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Late in the night on Sept. 20, 2025, 37-year-old Mayo Whitaker was found bleeding at the 1400 block of West Congress Street in Chester due to a fatal gunshot wound to the chest. Detectives found eight spent shell casings at the scene that were determined to be from the same...

The Wilmington-area Division of Motor Vehicles office, where a Delaware state trooper was shot and killed in December, reopened on Tuesday, with new weapons screening systems in place.

Wilmington Police are searching for a suspect they say is connected to a shooting incident from last month. On February 23, officers responded to the area of West 4th and North Scott streets at around 8 p.m. Upon arrival, police found two men—ages 36 and 37—with gunshot wounds.

A 17-year-old military cadet was killed, and her brother is hospitalized with critical injuries after a motorcycle crash on Route 213 in Northern Maryland. Loved ones are mourning the loss of Montana Maskers, who is being described as "vibrant and beautiful" following the weekend crash that claimed the life of the...

A severe thunderstorm watch was issued by the National Weather Service on Wednesday at 7:03 p.m. in effect until 11 p.m. for Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cumberland, Gloucester, Mercer, Monmouth, Ocean and Salem counties. Lightning on the horizon: Expert safety measures for thunderstorms. Each year, lightning...

Public records and social media posts show the Chester County man who shot and killed a state trooper and then himself on March 8 was a father with a history of anti-police views. Jesse Nathan Elks, 32, shot and killed Cpl. Timothy O'Connor, 40, after the officer stopped his vehicle...

After months of acrimonious debate, and at least one middle finger, the New Castle County Council passed new regulations for the data center industry. The post After months of debate, New Castle County Council agrees to regulate data center industry appeared first on Spotlight Delaware .

WILMINGTON, DE — A Wilmington man was arrested on a gun charge following a vehicle stop last month, according to police. Wilmington police reported that officers with the Uniformed Services Division conducted a traffic stop at approximately 12:15 p.m. on February 27 in the area of Chestnut Street and South Adams...

WILMINGTON, DE — Police are investigating a shooting that left a teenage girl injured Tuesday evening in Wilmington. Wilmington police reported officers responded at approximately 5:40 p.m. Tuesday, March 10 to the 800 block of West 6th Street following reports of a shooting. According to investigators, officers...

A Maryland man is behind bars, accused of home-improvement fraud in Pike Creek. New Castle County Police Department detectives and Cecil County Sheriff’s Office deputies arrested the suspect — Richard Kirchner, 58 — on Monday at a residence in the 800 block of Elk Mills Road, northeast of Elkton, Md., police...