Elsmere News

At what age should a parent begin reading a nightly bedtime story to a young child? As soon as the parent brings him or her home from the hospital, says storyteller Terry Colonna of Hockessin.

Rob Cameron is the newest foot soldier in the war against graffiti in New Castle County.

Two 19-year-old graffiti vandals were arrested Tuesday night after they were caught stuffing cans of spray paint down their pants at an Elsmere area store, state police said.

A 13-year-old boy has died from injuries received in a collision with a car west of Wilmington, state police said this morning.

The town of Elsmere has joined neighboring Wilmington as the only jurisdictions in Delaware to ban the use of hand-held cell phones and texting while driving.

ELSMERE, Del. - Elsmere is banning talking on hand-held cell phones while driving or riding a bike.

Two men who were spotted wearing gloves while running through the woods near a Pike Creek home burglarized last week have been linked to other residential break-ins in the Centreville area, New Castle County police said.

Kelly and Seth Roberts had a plan: Kelly would be a stay-at-home mom until their two kids started school, then resume her job as an attorney.

No red carpet was in view, but with all the leaping and shrieking and hugging and crying, the handmade signs and special T-shirts, there was no doubt this was a red-letter day.

A Monday night traffic stop in Elsmere led to the arrest of a Wilmington man after the officer spotted the butt of a rifle protruding from a cardboard box on the passenger seat, police said.

A 36-year-old man and 30-year-old woman in the Elsmere area were found intoxicated, living in squalor and unable to care for the nine children they were tending, police said.

All those naysayers, mockers, and critics of civic architecture -- the ones who pointed to New Castle County's new library on Kirkwood Highway and said "Ewwwww!" -- had to move out of the way or be trampled Saturday.

Delaware Chancery Court denied a temporary restraining order filed by the attorney for Elsmere Police Chief Liam P. Sullivan on Wednesday that would have forced the town to handle the possible firing of the chief under an ordinance the town has since rewritten.

Dennis Rochford has been selected by Gov. Jack Markell to chair the Sports and Video Lottery Commission, the group that will study the impact of adding new casinos or allowing sports betting at additional sites.

School officials need to remain vigilant in promoting good hygiene and other measures to prevent an outbreak of the swine flu, but shutting down should be used only as a last resort, according to updated guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Delaware residents who need a caregiver for their elderly loved ones now have an easier way to check up on a potential hire.

A hearing to determine whether Elsmere Police Chief Liam P. Sullivan will be fired or fully reinstated has been postponed until Aug.

A 16-year-old Elsmere boy was charged Tuesday with causing about $26,900 in damage by painting graffiti on 13 businesses since January, police said.

Arthur Grace of Los Angeles,author of "State Fair," said he's never visited Harrington but would take an alien to any state fair to understand the nation and its people.

Wilmington Police arrest two men and charge them with drug trafficking. Nearly 69-hundred bags of heroin, with a street value of more than $90,000, was confiscated Monday night.