After lengthy and wrenching debate, local leaders of the Boy Scouts of America have voted to open their ranks to openly gay boys for the first time, but heated reactions from the left and right made clear that the BSA's controversies are far from over.More>>
Another Wicomico County community has private wells with contaminated ground water. Officials in the Wicomico County Health Department say eight wells in the Doe Run subdivision near Salisbury contain low levels of 1,2 dichloropropane. This contamination, according to officials, is not connected to the TCE that was found in the Morris Mill community.More>>
Shops and restaurants in Rehoboth Beach are gearing up for one of the busiest weekends of the year, when tourists flood the boardwalk for Memorial Day Weekend.More>>
If oyster aqua-farming comes to Delaware, up to 5 percent of the Rehoboth and Indian River Bays and 10 percent of the Little Assawoman Bay could be closed to boaters.More>>
Friday, May 24 2013 8:26 AM EDT2013-05-24 12:26:05 GMT
Tourists will soon start flocking to Delaware's beaches for the beginning of the summer season. But there's a different flock already gathering at the beach. The horseshoe crabs and shorebirds are in theMore
The shorebirds have migrated north, sometimes thousands of miles, to fatten up on the crabs' eggs.More
Friday, May 24 2013 8:17 AM EDT2013-05-24 12:17:57 GMT
DOVER, Del. - New homes are popping up across Delaware."Our builder members are saying that their traffic has increased at their sale sites. People are coming back. They're buying sooner," said HowardMore
Friday, May 24 2013 8:10 AM EDT2013-05-24 12:10:32 GMT
Oysters are causing a big commotion in Sussex County.More
If oyster aqua-farming comes to Delaware, up to 5 percent of the Rehoboth and Indian River Bays and 10 percent of the Little Assawoman Bay could be closed to boaters.More
Friday, May 24 2013 8:06 AM EDT2013-05-24 12:06:09 GMT
REHOBOTH BEACH, Del.- Shops and restaurants in Rehoboth Beach are gearing up for one of the busiest weekends of the year, when tourists flood the boardwalk for Memorial Day Weekend. Cabo Restaurant andMore
Shops and restaurants in Rehoboth Beach are gearing up for one of the busiest weekends of the year, when tourists flood the boardwalk for Memorial Day Weekend.More
Friday, May 24 2013 8:05 AM EDT2013-05-24 12:05:30 GMT
DOVER, Del. - The debate over guns continues in Delaware and people like Emory Lewis of Dover want legislators to do more to get guns off the streets. "It's too many loose guns running around the streets.More
The debate over guns continues in Delaware and people like Emory Lewis of Dover want legislators to do more to get guns off the streets.More
Thursday, May 23 2013 8:02 AM EDT2013-05-23 12:02:25 GMT
MARYLAND- A new law approved by Governor O'Malley is designed to make homes a little safer. Starting July 1st, battery-operated smoke detectors will be required to be run by ten-year lasting lithium batteries.More
A new law approved by Gov. Martin O'Malley is designed to make Maryland homes a little safer. Starting July 1, battery-operated smoke detectors will be required to be run by lithium batteries with a 10-year life. The law requires homes in Maryland to have the new smoke detectors installed by 2018.More
Friday, May 24 2013 8:30 AM EDT2013-05-24 12:30:14 GMT
A parking garage has partially collapsed outside a shopping mall in suburban Maryland, and officials say two people are trapped inside.More
A parking garage has partially collapsed outside a shopping mall in suburban Maryland, and officials say one construction worker who was trapped has died.More
Friday, May 24 2013 8:01 AM EDT2013-05-24 12:01:13 GMT
WICOMICO COUNTY, Md.- Another Wicomico County community has private wells with contaminated ground water. Officials in the Wicomico County Health Department say 8 well in the Doe Run subdivision nearMore
Another Wicomico County community has private wells with contaminated ground water. Officials in the Wicomico County Health Department say eight wells in the Doe Run subdivision near Salisbury contain low levels of 1,2 dichloropropane. This contamination, according to officials, is not connected to the TCE that was found in the Morris Mill community.More
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Thursday, May 23 2013 8:16 AM EDT2013-05-23 12:16:19 GMT
A Virginia man who was once one of the nation's most prominent swimming coaches is scheduled to be sentenced for sexually abusing one of the girls he instructed.More
A Virginia man who was once one of the nation's most prominent swimming coaches is scheduled to be sentenced for sexually abusing one of the girls he instructed.More
Thursday, May 23 2013 1:56 PM EDT2013-05-23 17:56:02 GMT
BALTIMORE- With 10 national championships and 428 wins to his name, Head Coach Jim Berkman of the Salisbury University men's lacrosse team has been considered by many to be a Hall of Fame-caliber coach;More
With 10 national championships and 428 wins to his name, Head Coach Jim Berkman of the Salisbury University men's lacrosse team has been considered by many to be a Hall of Fame-caliber coach; that accolade will become official on Oct. 26, as Berkman will be included in a class of eight that will be inducted into the National Lacrosse Hall of Fame.More
Thursday, May 23 2013 5:02 PM EDT2013-05-23 21:02:29 GMT
ASHBURN, Va. - Robert Griffin III's rehab started with a "cry festival." Then came a special new passcode for his cellphone and a chance to hash things with coach Mike Shanahan. There's also beenMore
Robert Griffin III's rehab started with a "cry festival." Then came a special new passcode for his cellphone and a chance to hash things with coach Mike Shanahan.More
Thursday, May 23 2013 4:59 PM EDT2013-05-23 20:59:15 GMT
CHESTERTOWN, MD -- The eighth-ranked Washington College women's rowing team, champion of the Mid-Atlantic Rowing Conference, is set to compete at the NCAA Division III Rowing Championships May 31stMore
The eighth-ranked Washington College women's rowing team, champion of the Mid-Atlantic Rowing Conference, is set to compete at the NCAA Division III Rowing Championships May 31st and June 1st at Eagle Creek Park in Indianapolis.More
Thursday, May 23 2013 4:53 PM EDT2013-05-23 20:53:16 GMT
GREENSBORO, N.C. – The Atlantic Coast Conference on Thursday announced the start times for Maryland's first two games of the 2013 season. The Terrapins open the 2013 season on Saturday, Aug. 31 at 12:30More
The Atlantic Coast Conference on Thursday announced the start times for Maryland's first two games of the 2013 season.More
Thursday, May 23 2013 3:39 PM EDT2013-05-23 19:39:50 GMT
PRINCESS ANNE, Md.— The University of Maryland Eastern Shore Track and Field team will have eight student-athletes competing in the National Collegiate Athletic Association East Regional May 23-25 in Greensboro,More
The University of Maryland Eastern Shore Track and Field team will have eight student-athletes competing in the National Collegiate Athletic Association East Regional May 23-25 in Greensboro, N.C.More
As jurors in Jodi Arias' murder trial filed one by one from the courtroom after a dramatic five months of gut-wrenching testimony and gruesome photographs, three women on the panel cried and one looked to the...More
As jurors in Jodi Arias' murder trial filed one by one from the courtroom after a dramatic five months of gut-wrenching testimony and gruesome photographs, three women on the panel cried and one looked to the...More
Dan Sligh and his wife were in their pickup truck on Interstate 5 heading to a camping trip when a bridge before them disappeared in a "big puff of dust."More
A truck carrying an oversize load struck a bridge on the major thoroughfare between Seattle and Canada, sending a section of the span and two vehicles into the Skagit River below, though all three occupants suffered only...More
The National Hurricane Center is changing the way it talks about storm surge in hopes that emergency officials, the media and the public can better understand the dangerous phenomenon.More
During a hurricane, storm surge is one of the greatest threats to life and land, yet many people don't understand the dire warnings from forecasters to get out of its way. So this season, they hope to offer...More
After lengthy and wrenching debate, local leaders of the Boy Scouts of America have voted to open their ranks to openly gay boys for the first time, but heated reactions from the left and right made clear that the...More
After lengthy and wrenching debate, local leaders of the Boy Scouts of America have voted to open their ranks to openly gay boys for the first time, but heated reactions from the left and right made clear that the BSA's...More
Uganda's president has removed his top military commander and put him in a civilian role in a shuffle apparently prompted by an ongoing row over a rumored plan for President Yoweri Museveni to have his son...More
Uganda's president fired his top military commander Friday, the ouster apparently linked to turmoil over President Yoweri Museveni's alleged plan to have his son succeed him as head of state.More
Two Muslim hardline preachers say that one of the suspects in the killing of a London soldier was interested in their teachings. And a British government official said one of the men tried to go to Somalia to train...More
The slaying of a British soldier in southeast London cast a spotlight on radical preachers that influenced Michael Adebolajo, the attacker seen in videos with bloody hands holding a butcher knife. It also raised questions...More
Austria said Friday that it may rethink its U.N. peacekeeping role in the Golan Heights, if the European Union doesn't extend its arms embargo to Syria.More
Austria said Friday that it may rethink its U.N. peacekeeping role in the Golan Heights, if the European Union doesn't extend its arms embargo to Syria.More
This slide show is a collection of Mug shots taken of the criminals of Delaware, Maryland and Virginia, that WBOC has covered.More
Guilty or not, these mugshots from around Delmarva are worth a look. This information was supplied by law enforcement and describes arrests and charges. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty.More
WBOC has received multiple photos from people who has submitted them via email. Here are a bunch of the photos we have gathered for this slide show.More
Photos taken by WBOC Weather Watchers from across the Delmarva Peninsula. More
Memorial Day weekend marks the unofficial start of the summer season. These traffic cameras will help you navigate on Delmarva throughout the weekend.More
Memorial Day weekend marks the unofficial start of the summer season. These traffic cameras will help you navigate on Delmarva throughout the weekend.More
