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A midafternoon attack inside the George W. Hill Correctional Facility in Delaware County left a 38-year-old inmate with severe facial injuries that required reconstructive surgery, according to investigators. The beating unfolded in housing unit 5B around 1:30 p.m., where surveillance cameras recorded the incident befo

From Philly and the Pa. suburbs to South Jersey and Delaware, what would you like WHYY News to cover? Let us know!. It’s a bad summer for ticks, according to recent data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which showed that emergency room visits for tick bites has reached a 10-year high.

The Winterthur Museum, Garden, and Library opened an ambitious and wide-ranging exhibit telling the stories of its land and buildings, and the site's evolution from a private home to a center for scholarship and conservation. Called "At Home at Winterthur," the five-year exhibit brought together rarely seen objects fro

DOVER, Del. – 27 incarcerated students earned their high school diplomas Thursday evening. The commencement ceremonies were held in the prison chapels of Baylor Women’s Correctional Institution in New Castle and Sussex Correctional Institution in Georgetown. The events were hosted by the Delaware Department of Correcti

Travelers heading along Pulaski Highway, also known as Route 40, should be aware of shoulder closures currently in place in both directions between the Maryland state line and Christiana Road, which is Route 273. According to DelDOT, the closures are due to a trash operation taking place along that stretch...

Delaware County doesn’t agree on much when it comes to pizza, and that’s exactly the point. Some locals want an old-school pie with a little nostalgia baked into the crust. Others search for crispy Detroit-style corners, square slices, sauce-on-top pies, or Neapolitan dough that can sell out before...

A single-family home in Swedesboro that sold for $999,000 tops the list of the most expensive residential real estate sales in Gloucester County during the week of June 15-21. In total, 164 residential real estate sales were recorded in the county over the week of June 15-21, with an average price of $396,267, or $228

Don't be lulled into a false sense of security by this week's seasonally mild temperatures – summer heat returns in full force next week. The first week of July figures to be a scorcher on the East Coast, and Delaware is no exception. The National Weather Service is predicting highs in the upper 90s for Wilmington and

In this week's Shelter Me, we introduce you to Patricia from Providence Animal Shelter!

WEST CHESTER, PA — A fire in a crawl space beneath the kitchen of D-K Diner in West Chester prompted health officials to order the restaurant closed Wednesday until damage is repaired and the facility passes a reinspection. According to the Chester County Health Department, an employee arriving at...