Bear News

JOE TRINCIA, 51, OF BEAR will report next Monday to his job at the auto assembly plant just like he's done countless times since he was a 19-year-old kid who had the good fortune to land a decent-paying manufacturing job.

Residents in two homes in the Newtown Green development in Bear were startled Sunday morning when several gunshots were fired into their homes.

Two men are wanted for firing a gun at a 22-year-old Newark man, narrowly missing him, police said.

An unlicensed driver was arrested Thursday night after crashing a car into a house near Bear and walking away from the scene, police said.

Residents in New Castle County are lighting up the lines at the county dispatch center with reports of rumblings that were confirmed to have been caused by a small earthquake.

Jun 30, 2009 7:19 pm US/Eastern BEAR, Del. Police in Delaware are searching for a suspect who robbed a pharmacy of a prescription medication.

An early morning crash in Bear left a 17-year-old from Newark dead, police said.

Alex Ratel says four days at Camp New Hope has helped her recover from her grandmother's death this year.

Two men were charged in an early morning carjacking and shooting Thursday in Wilmington that left the owner of a stolen motorcycle critically injured.

A Bear man died as a result of a boating accident in Bowers Beach on Thursday morning.

New Castle County police say a Bear couple are facing drug charges after a raid uncovered an indoor marijuana growing operation in their home.

Patrick Lemon of Wilmington dropped his cell phone while driving along Maryland Avenue near Newport late Wednesday.

Delaware Homeowner Subdues Burglar Jun 11, 2009 12:38 pm US/Eastern Delaware Homeowner Subdues Burglar BEAR, Del.

Sudden downpours broke out across Delaware Saturday, continuing the trend for a rain-soaked June.

BEAR, Del. - June 11, 2009 - -- A man who allegedly tried to rob a home in Bear, Delaware failed to take into account the size and determination of the homeowner.

A homeowner who caught an intruder in the master bedroom of his Crofton community home near Bear made short work of stopping and detaining him until police arrived.

Police say a Delaware man who faked his own kidnapping used the ransom paid by his sister to buy cocaine.

Bear - Police continue to investigate a crash which killed Leonard Johnson, 45, of Newark on Friday night.

Delaware State Police say the male suspect walked into the bank on Pulaski Highway just after 3:30pm. He gave a demand note for cash to a teller while holding a handgun.

Package-store owners and the Delaware Asian-American Business Association are gearing up to battle a proposal to allow supermarkets to sell beer and wine, claiming it would cost more in lost jobs and taxes than it would raise in new revenue.