New Castle News

Investigators look into what caused an explosion in Delaware after a widow handed over some of her deceased husband's belongings.

Rehoboth Beach's first Chick-fil-A restaurant will open Thursday, May 23, bringing more than 75 new jobs and the chance for 100 adults to win free Chick-fil-A meals for a year as the chain reaches the 10th anniversary of its signature grand opening celebration.

Officials say a man has been injured in an explosion at a home in New Castle. City police, firefighters and a state fire marshal responded to the home on Van Dyke Drive on Tuesday morning, but officials have not released details about the explosion.

Two winning jackpot tickets were sold in Friday's $190 million Mega Millions drawing, but even if you aren't holding those magic numbers in your hand, you have a chance at an even bigger prize Saturday night.

Anyone who ever dreamed of buying a Fisker plug-in hybrid automobile but blanched at the $102,000 price tag is now in luck.

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Members of Sweden's royal family joined Gov. Jack Markell and other Delaware officials Saturday to celebrate the 375th anniversary of the founding of a Scandinavian colony in the U.S. King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia began their day in Delaware with a luncheon hosted by Markell at the Buena Vista conference center in New Castle, the ... (more)

New Castle County Police say a man awaiting arraignment on drug charges broke a sprinkler head in a holding cell and caused the area to flood.

The 12-9 vote came more than three hours after lawmakers began to hear testimony from House Bill 75 supporters and opponents.

Today, Delaware River and Bay Authority officials announced the selection of Joseph J. Gibbons, P.E. to serve as the agency's new Director of Maintenance.

Police say a man driving the wrong way on a Delaware highway caused a head-on crash that sent four people to the hospital, including a 2-year-old boy.

A New Castle County official says four people were seriously injured when a car and pickup truck crashed on U.S. 13 near New Castle.

Call it retro-futuristic, ornamental-industrial or 21st-century brooding with a hint of Victorian whimsy.

New Castle County police have arrested a 27-year-old man and his 63-year-old mother on drug charges.

A son and mother have been arrested in an investigation into illegal drugs in the Swanwyck Estates neighborhood near New Castle, county police said tonight.

A tip from the public led to the arrests Tuesday of two New York women who offered two undercover state troopers sex during separate massages, police said today.

Jim Ferris, the president of the Korean War Veterans Association, poses with then-Vice President Elect Joe Biden and Ferris' wife, Felice, in this Nov.

DOVER -- Days after supporters failed to muster enough support to move legislation repealing Delaware's death penalty out of a House committee, opponents successfully tabled the measure Tuesday, making it more difficult to revive the bill this session.

Five men were arrested on charges Friday night by police who were patrolling the Wilton community and were addressing quality-of-life issues, police said today.

A hard-to-remove toxic chemical that surfaced in a deep new Artesian Water Co. well south of New Castle has heated up debate over financial responsibility for fouled public water supplies and the effectiveness of a more-than-30-year Superfund cleanup effort.