Blades News

BLADES , Del.- One police officer can only cover so much territory. And that is how many officers work in the town of Blades.

Sussex County is considering creating a uniform sewer service charge for its tens of thousands of customers, a move sure to anger residents who could see their fees increase.

Sussex County Emergency Medical Services officials have announced it has scheduled a groundbreaking ceremony on Tuesday, April 21 at 1 p.m. for the future home of Paramedic Station 102; slated for location on Sycamore Road in Laurel.

Fish and Wildlife Enforcement Agents on a routine patrol along the Nanticoke River in downtown Blades helped pull a boater from the river after he was knocked out of his boat.

It's official: Middletown's annual municipal election is over. In what was called the first-recorded do-over election in Delaware history, residents Thursday picked the same three of six Town Council candidates as in a voided March 3 vote.

Five residents filed a complaint about Middletown's do-over election Thursday, saying it violates the town charter.

Fire officials say a two-story house fire on King Street in Seaford forced Front Street and Market Street to close on Sunday.

A 45-year-old Seaford woman has been arrested in connection with an October crash that claimed the life of a toddler.

A 25-year-old former preschool teacher from Laurel was arrested Tuesday, charged with fourth-degree rape, after a seven-month police investigation indicated she had a two-month sexual relationship with a ...

A man died Monday afternoon in a mobile home fire east of Bridgeville, state fire officials said Tuesday.

Delaware fire investigators are trying to identify the body of a man found inside a Coverdale Crossroads home that caught fire yesterday.

Elections in Blades, Delaware had been rescheduled for Monday, but they have been pushed back again.

Delaware's Division of Public Health's Office of Drinking Water announced that the Town of Magnolia will add fluoride to its public water system on March 11 to comply with state law.

It's official: Middletown will hold what is said to be the state's first do-over municipal election, after Delaware's only recorded snow-out of voting in all three counties.

Blades' municipal election, initially postponed a week because of Monday's snowstorm, has been delayed until next month.

The Delaware State Fire Marshal's Office is looking for what caused a house fire on Fourth Street this morning.

LAUREL -- Gregory Albert Williams, 17, of Laurel passed away Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2008, from injuries sustained in an automobile accident in Blades.

BLADES , Del.- Delaware State Police say two teenage boys were killed and two other teenage boys were injured Tuesday when the SUV they were in crashed west of Blades.

Delaware State Police say two Sussex County teens were killed and two others were hurt when an SUV went off the road and hit a tree west of Blades.

SEAFORD , Del.- Authorities blame an electrical malfunction for a Monday morning fire that damaged the Pizza King restaurant in Seaford.