Elsmere News

James Green, 83, started clearing his street at 9 a.m. Sunday, just as he's been clearing the street after snows for the past 15 years, since it's unlikely the road will see a plow by today, he said.

State Police have arrested a Wilmington man for last week's robbery at the PNC Bank on Kirkwood Highway near Elsmere.

Four suspects have been arrested in a home-invasion robbery that police said they committed at a mistaken address.

PROBLEM: A reader e-mailed that the lights on the Elsmere Bridge have not been lit for months.

State police released surveillance photographs of a suspect wanted in a bank robbery Thursday.

New Castle County police have charged a 27-year-old Elsmere man with beating another man with a baseball bat during a fight.

On the eve of trial, the final two of four defendants in the 2008 slaying of 45-year-old Michael Holloway admitted to their roles in the crime.

The contest between Rick Perry and Kay Bailey Hutchison is a microcosm of the Republican party's search to keep itself relevant.

One of four men accused in an Aug. 15, 2008, robbery that ended in the death of a Wilmington man in his home pleaded guilty to manslaughter and a weapons charge Tuesday.

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ELSMERE, Del. - November 19, 2009 -- A man has been arrested for allegedly breaking into an Elsmere, Delaware home and repeatedly stabbing a family dog.

Forty years ago, Wilmington University opened its doors in a former motel as a school focused on giving "run of the mill," "C-plus" students a chance at higher education.

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.