Sheetz Pushes Into Wawa Territory With Downingtown Store
It's a convenience store showdown in Downingtown. Sheetz, the Altoona-based convenience store chain, is working to redevelop a closed Rite Aid storefront in Downingtown, Chester County, Pennsylvania, into a 6,100-square-foot store. According to the Delaware News Journal, the new store, at the intersection of East...
Newark man charged in knifepoint robbery outside Kirkwood Highway store
A Newark man is behind bars after allegedly robbing a woman at knifepoint outside a Kirkwood Highway department store. The robbery happened just before 7 p.m. Aug. 20 in the parking lot of Kohl's in the Kirkwood Plaza shopping center, according to Delaware State Police. A man approached the victim as she sat in her...
SEPTA Chaos Begins This Weekend
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19-year-old charged with carjacking couple at gunpoint in West Philly
The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania says a masked Xavier Peterson held the couple at gunpoint as the boyfriend was parking his Subaru CrossTrek, forced them out of the car, then hopped in and sped off.
Man accused of attacking woman at Bucks County senior complex after she rejected him
A Philadelphia man is facing felony charges after police allege he assaulted a woman who refused his sexual advances, later breaking into her apartment at a county-run senior complex. Doylestown Township police alleged that the victim said Joseph Brown, 69, was at her apartment at Grundy Tower in the 1200...
Red Clay board votes to lower residents’ school tax bills, Amazon to still get...
The Red Clay School District continued the trend of New Castle County districts shifting school tax burdens away from residents, but it did not wipe out one corporation's major tax break. Red Clay was authorized to create different school tax rates for its resident and non-resident properties by the state...
Chester officers shoot armed suspect who fired gun, police say
Chester police shot an armed suspect who was firing shots in the direction of officers on Wednesday night, police said.
Two Men Arrested After Wilmington Burglary — Police Say Victim Threatened With Knife
WILMINGTON, DE — Wilmington Police have arrested two men in connection with an alleged burglary on Maryland Avenue, during which one of the suspects is accused of threatening a victim with a knife. According to authorities, the incident occurred on August 15, 2025, at approximately 10:36 p.m. when officers...
Opioid grantee audit finds financial inconsistencies within Congo Legacy Center spending
Delaware's Office of Auditor of Accounts (AOA) releases the second wave of opioid grantee audits, finding financial inconsistencies within Congo Legacy Center's plans to fund the Congo Tarir Project. The audits are being conducted on a rolling basis after State Auditor Lydia York flagged Kent County nonprofit Code...
Delaware Explained: Revised school district taxes
Why Should Delaware Care?New Castle County homeowners can expect smaller tax bills this year now that school boards approved new split rate structures for residential and commercial properties. Following public outcry, state lawmakers approved legislation in a special session last week allowing northern school...