The Delaware Department of Health and Social Services has announced they will be opening eight warming stations across the First State. This comes as Delaware faces dangerously cold temperatures in the next few days.
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The City of Rehoboth Beach has announced that dates for restrictions on dogs, parking, left turns on certain streets, sleeping on the beach, and smoking will be amended.
On January 7, 2026, Frank was sentenced to a total of 14 years of incarceration, followed by probation, according to the Laurel Police Department. Frank has a related case with similar charges in Maryland that is still pending.
The Delaware State Police say they have arrested 41-year-old Shelly Sortino of Milton for a January 13 robbery in Lewes.
Police say around 7 p.m. that evening, they responded to the Dollar General on Savannah Road in Lewes for a report of a robbery. Upon arrival, troopers learned that a white female suspect in white sweatpants, a dark sweatshirt, and a mask approached two employees at the store, implied she had a gun, and demanded money from them. The suspect then accessed the register, stole cash from it, and fled the scene in a blue Ford Focus with a Delaware license plate.
Congressman Andy Harris has announced that $4,785,000 in federal funding will be delivered for the Slaughter Creek Dredging Project in Slaughter Creek, Maryland. The funding comes from the Energy & Water Development appropriations bill for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
DNREC has announced that several updates to wildlife regulations in Delaware will take effect on January 11th.
The Delaware State Police say they have arrested 46-year-old Krista Rule of Wilmington for murder after a 2023 homicide in Dover.
The Dover Police Department say they have arrested Traymere Stevens, a 29-year-old man from Magnolia, following a barricade situation on January 6th. WBOC was on scene during the incident.
Police say they were called to the scene on South New Street just after 7 p.m. that evening. There they found a vehicle and a home had both been struck by gunfire. The investigation revealed that two victims were sitting in a vehicle when they were shot at by unknown suspects. One of the victims then left the vehicle and ran away.