Scout Day connects adventure, leadership and Delaware’s maritime history
Kalmar Nyckel event on September 12 will challenge Scouts with boat racing, knot tying, cannon drills, sea chanteys and an outdoor adventure course By George D. Rotsch, Editor and Publisher of Delaware LIVE WILMINGTON — Long before young people learned leadership around a campfire, sailors learned many of the same less
Nation’s oldest HBCU celebrates its past while looking towards its future
A mong the rolling hills at the far western end of Delaware County lies a historic campus that is home to the nation’s oldest historically Black university, Cheyney University. Founded in 1837 as the African Institute and shortly thereafter renamed the Institute for Colored Youth, the school boasts a...
95 traffic stop leads to drug indictment
A federal grand jury in Wilmington has indicted a North Carolina man on charges of possession with intent to distribute cocaine. 55-year old James Pyrtle was pulled over by a Delaware State trooper along I-95 near Marsh Road on March 29, 2026. Police said the trooper became suspicious during the...
A set of Flock cameras were recently decommissioned in Wilmington
Flock cameras are no longer being used in Wilmington. The Flock cameras – which are automated license plate readers – scan license plates and track the vehicles to help in police investigations. Throughout the country there’s been debate about how the company uses the data it obtains from...
Inside Mount Cuba Center, Delaware’s tranquil home for wildlife, native plants
Tucked away in Hockessin, Delaware, Mount Cuba Center has become one of the state's hidden gems, offering visitors a peaceful escape.
Delaware woman accused of attacking storage facility employee with hammer
A Delaware woman is facing several charges after police said she attacked a storage facility employee with a hammer and put them in a chokehold. According to Delaware State Police, on Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2026, around 10 a.m., troopers were called to Storage Rentals of America, located at 2090 Stafford Way in Newark, afte
His mom died in a March murder-suicide. Now he’s charged with shooting a child.
The son of a woman killed in a murder-suicide earlier this year is jailed on charges that he wounded a 4-year-old child when he fired a barrage of bullets at a Cumberland County home. Gavyn W. Brooks, 22, of Carneys Point, allegedly drove to a home on James Moore Road...
Woman charged in hammer attack at Newark self-storage business
A woman is accused of using a hammer to attack an employee of a Newark self-storage business and also assaulting a witness who intervened, police said. The incident happened at 10 a.m. Tuesday at Storage Rentals of America on Stafford Way, off Ogletown Road, according to Delaware State Police. Amber Goldsborough, 35, o
Newark woman charged in road-rage assault
A Newark woman is facing several charges following a road-rage incident in New Castle last month. Sharon Damiani, 23, was arrested Wednesday and charged with second-degree assault, second-degree unlawful imprisonment, leaving the scene of an accident and malicious mischief by a motor vehicle. She was released on $11,2
Historic Chadds Ford Property Tied to Andrew Wyeth Heads to Auction
One morning in the late 1980s, George and Helen Sipala looked out at their swimming pool at home and found a stranger painting beside it. The stranger was Andrew Wyeth. That house, Painter’s Folly, is now headed for the auction block. Chadds Ford Township is preparing to sell the...
