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From Delco to Chesco and Montco to Bucks, what about life in Philly’s suburbs do you want WHYY News to cover? Let us know!. For the first time in more than three decades, “Everybody’s Hometown” in Delaware County will have a new mayor. Media Borough Mayor...

Albertson's, which owns ACME supermarkets, continues to have a large number of stores in Delaware County. For the last 30 years, the traditional supermarket industry has shrunk to a handful of big-name grocers, writes Kevin Schaul and Jaclyn Peiser for The Washington Post. Walmart, Kroger, Aldi (Süd) and Albertsons...

NEW CASTLE, DE — Detectives from the New Castle County Division of Police have arrested a 25-year-old man after an attempted online sale of a stolen dirt bike led investigators to uncover a second stolen vehicle tied to the suspect. According to police, the investigation began when detectives were...

One person died and two others were injured in a head-on crash on Christina Parkway on Saturday night. The crash happened just after 10 p.m. in the area of the Amtrak railroad bridge, according to Lt. Greg D’Elia, a spokesman for the Newark Police Department. An SUV entered the oncoming lane of traffic and collided...

Neighbors of a suburban townhome community in Delaware had already been in a five-year, bitter legal feud over one resident's backyard oasis-turned-animal sanctuary when animal welfare officers descended on the property and seized nearly 100 animals in September. Mark Ptomey, the owner of the sanctuary nonprofit in...

Two men were convicted of murder on Monday for the fatal shooting of Sgt. Richard Mendez, a Philadelphia police officer who was shot and killed while responding to a car break-in at an airport parking garage two years ago.

Newark Police investigated a fatal crash on Christina Parkway late Saturday night after a head-on collision left one driver dead and two others injured. Officers were dispatched at approximately 10:06 p.m. to the area east of the Amtrak bridge, where callers reported that one of the vehicles involved had left the...

New Castle County Council tabled an ordinance at its Nov. 18 meeting seeking to regulate data centers. Several Councilmembers raised concerns about the bill’s constitutionality, particularly relating to sections permitting retroactivity. If passed with that language, Project Washington, a proposed 6 million...

Sy’Aire Redd, 3, was pulled from the burning Wilson Street home on Wednesday, Nov. 19, around 8:45 p.m., but later succumbed to his injuries, according to the City of Chester Bureau of Fire. Firefighters arrived to find heavy flames tearing through the residence on the 200 block of Wilson...

A New Jersey woman accused of stabbing her infant daughter to death in 2021 was found not guilty by reason of insanity last Monday, ending a case that began with a disturbing confession to police. Kristhie I. Alcazar, 30, appeared before Superior Court Judge Russell DePersia for a bench trial...