Fire and explosion at Wilmington wastewater treatment plant
Firefighters from the City of Wilmington and neighboring New Castle County companies, were called out for a two alarm fire early Tuesday morning, February 17, 2026, at the Wilmington Wastewater Treatment Plant on Hay Road. Arriving units made an initial interior attack of the flames involving an industrial dryer and...
Diamond found in the sole of a shoe, traveled to Florida and back to...
Cindy Ware of Chester County realized a couple of months ago that the diamond from her ring, passed down through her late husband's family, was gone. "I still don't believe it. It's in my purse now but I still don't believe it," she said. Turns out, it just went to...
5 Places Where Washington Slept: A County-by-County Journey Across the Delaware Valley
Washington's Headquarters, also known as the Isaac Potts House, is the structure used by George Washington as his household during the 1777-1778 encampment of the Continental Army at Valley Forge. You can’t have driven anywhere around the Delaware Valley without passing a place where George Washington is reported to...
Statutory Rape Claim Shakes Quiet Chester County Community Near Elverson
A reported sex crime involving a 17-year-old girl from Elverson has Pennsylvania State Police combing a quiet stretch of Cambridge Road in Honey Brook Township, where the alleged statutory rape is said to have taken place this past summer. According to a public information release relayed by Daily Voice West...
Volvo pulled over leads troopers to major drug seizure
Traffic stop in New Castle leads to felony drug charges for two Delaware men NEW CASTLE, DE — An early-morning traffic stop on Memorial Drive resulted in the arrest of…
Teen gunman in Elkton attempted carjacking case gets seven years
ELKTON — A 19-year-old man caught on security-camera video pointing a handgun at a man during an attempted carjacking at an Elkton carwash in August received a seven-year prison term Friday after accepting a plea deal, according to Cecil County Circuit Court records. Cecil County Circuit Court Judge Cameron A. Brown...
Chester Residents Struggle These Days for Healthcare, But There’s Hope
Chester Mayor Stefan Roots speaks at a press conference Saturday organized by One Pennsylvania. Chester has no family doctors, said Mayor Stefan Roots, stressing the healthcare crisis still facing the city since Crozer Health’s closing. The mayor spoke at an event Saturday organized by the nonprofit advocacy group,...
Jeep slams pole in Newark fire kills passenger
Newark, DE – A quiet stretch of Pulaski Highway turned fatal Sunday afternoon when a Jeep veered off the roadway and struck a telephone pole, leaving one passenger dead and…
Wastewater treatment plant in Wilmington, Delaware damaged in 2-alarm fire
A two-alarm fire causes extensive damage to equipment inside a wastewater facility
‘We’ve got to stop building seven-story buildings in this town’: Council members criticize student...
Plans for a new seven-story student apartment building in Newark appear to be in jeopardy after several city council members expressed their opposition to the project. “We do not want the skyline of Newark to look like the skyline of Wilmington,” Councilwoman Corinth Ford said. “Many of us don't.” Councilman Jay...

















