Wilmington DE

It happened on June 25 around 11:30 a.m. Police say the suspect was riding a bicycle down 19th and Pine streets when she pushed the elderly woman from behind and grabbed her purse, causing the woman to fall to the ground.

So far this year, there have been seven homicides, down from 10 last year at this time, and the total number of recorded violent incidents is 445, down from 484 last year, which was the safest year in decades.

CLAYMONT, Del. — Delaware State Police are investigating a robbery that occurred Tuesday afternoon at a McDonald’s on Philadelphia Pike during a planned sale arranged online. According to investigators, two…

A new dining concept that opened in The Grove at Newark this week aims to put an end to arguments over where to go for dinner. “You're in the mood for Chinese. I really want Italian. We're not battling to see where we're going to go today,” explained Kris Gobeil, regional director for Wonder food hall. “We can all go...

NEWARK, DE — A Wilmington man is facing a felony firearm charge after a traffic stop in Newark on Sunday afternoon led to the discovery of a loaded handgun, Delaware State Police announced this week. According to authorities, on July 6, 2025, at approximately 3:32 p.m., a trooper on...

Newark Police are asking for the public’s help finding a woman wanted on several shoplifting charges. Markesha Dollard, 39, of Wilmington, is suspected in multiple shoplifting incidents around Newark from October 2024 through March 2025, according to Lt. Greg D’Elia, a spokesman for the Newark Police Department. ...

New Castle— The Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control (DNREC) announced Thursday that several shooting ranges at the Ommelanden Hunter Education and Training Center will be temporarily closed beginning Monday, July 14, to allow for a lead recovery project. The closures will affect the...

PHILADELPHIA - A 20-year-old man was charged with the murder of a 16-year-old boy who died in a barrage of gunfire last April in Philadelphia. Zaakir McClendon was arrested on Wednesday and charged with murder, weapons offenses, and other crimes. What we know:. Investigators say on the night of April...

First responders in Wilmington are searching the Delaware River for the driver of a bobtail tractor that went off the Delaware Memorial Bridge early Friday morning.

The Philadelphia Police Department is asking for the public’s assistance in locating endangered missing person Mesisiah Ransom. Mesisiah was last seen Wednesday July 9, 2025, at 8:33 am, on the 49xx block of N. Marvine Street. Mesisiah is 20 years-of-age, 5’8”, 130 lbs., thin build, dark brown complexion, brown...