Wilmington DE

A burglary led to a shooting in The Flats neighborhood of Wilmington on Tuesday, August 5, 2025, according to police. The burglary happened in the 32-hundred block of West 2nd Street near the city/county line earlier in the morning. Then, around 10 a.m. the alleged burglary suspect 35-year old Tyre...

WILMINGTON, DE — A 33-year-old Newark man is facing multiple weapons and drug charges after Wilmington Police allegedly discovered a loaded handgun with a drum-style magazine during a traffic stop in the early morning hours of August 3. According to the Wilmington Police Department, the incident occurred just after...

New Castle County Council voted to give permission for staff to try to stretch out the pain of the recent property tax hikes many residents are facing. Council once again heard from several frustrated residents about the effects of the recently-concluded 2024 property value reassessment, which has led to increased...

WILMINGTON, DE — A man and a woman from Wilmington have been arrested following an undercover investigation into suspected drug activity in the city’s West Side, authorities announced this week. According to the Wilmington Police Department, the arrests stem from a month-long probe conducted by the Drug, Organized...

Police say multiple vehicles were struck by gunfire, but no injuries were reported.

Two young men were injured in a shooting and crash in North Philadelphia overnight, police said. According to police, the incident happened around 1 a.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 6, 2025, at the intersection of Broad and Clearfield Streets. Police said a vehicle crashed into a pole after a shooting, and...

A suspended Pennsylvania mechanic faked safety inspections for hundreds of commercial vehicles, took in nearly $300,000, and risked lives by certifying trucks that should’ve been off the road, authorities said. Fares Farhat, 50, of Halifax, was arrested Sunday, Aug. 4 and charged with 81 felonies including dealing in...

A Wilmington City Council member says one solution to the current uproar over taxes, in the wake of property reassessments, is to go back and use last year's assessment numbers. "Sending tax bills out, charging people these taxes based on numbers that we know many of them are not correct,...

Wilmington City Councilwoman Christian Willauer is the latest to criticize Tyler Technologies property reassessment process in Northern Delaware. Willauer notes she got involved with the issue in January, talking to New Castle County and Tyler Technologies and even meeting with Tyler a couple of times. She wasn’t...

TWILMINGTON, DE — Two individuals, including a juvenile, have been arrested in connection with an alleged daytime robbery that occurred last month on Maryland Avenue in Wilmington, according to local authorities. Wilmington Police responded to a reported robbery on July 23 at approximately 12:31 p.m. in the 900...