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Two 23-year-old men were charged with burglary after they were stopped Thursday because their vehicle's headlights weren't on, state police said.

Fire ripped through the Crestmoor Swim Club south of Elsmere just after 1 a.m. today.

Robert M. Coupe traded in his commander's title for a colonel's badge Tuesday to become the first captain promoted to state police superintendent in 67 years.

The longtime chief of police for the town of Newport has been recognized by an international law enforcement group for his commitment to impaired-driving enforcement, state highway safety officials said.

This Fourth of July weekend, the red and blue that speeding or intoxicated drivers spot in their rearview mirrors won't be fireworks but police lights, officials warn.

NEWPORT, Del. - The National Earthquake Center says a small earthquake shook parts of New Jersey, Delaware and Pennsylvania Wednesday morning.

A minor earthquake has been reported Wednesday morning in Wilmington, Del., and callers tell Fox 29 News they were able to feel a tremble.

Vijay Fernandes began Tuesday as he does many other mornings: cleaning the carpet in front of the 7-Eleven where he works as a cashier.

In the 2004 presidential election, George W. Bush claimed 59 percent of the vote in beating John Kerry in Montana -- no surprise in one of the most conservative states in the nation.

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

Elsmere's top two cops and an administrative assistant were placed on paid administrative leave by town council Thursday night.

New Castle County police are searching for two men who fled the scene of a Sunday shooting south of Newport that left an unidentified Wilmington man dead.

A shooting this week in Newport has claimed a second life. State Police say 32-year-old Adrian Arroyo died Thursday in the hospital of injuries suffered earlier this week.

Masquerading as a church volunteer, John J. Vattilano III walked into the ticket booth Saturday night at St.

Investigators are following up leads in an early-morning double shooting Tuesday at a Newport storage facility that left a 24-year-old Wilmington man dead and a second man fighting for his life.

A New Castle man is dead, another man in the hospital with gunshot wounds, after both were found shot at a Newport storage facility.

At least one person wasn't looking forward to watching Wilmington Mayor James M. Baker on CNN's "State of the Union" on Sunday morning: Baker.

A 19-year-old Newport man, already awaiting trial in a slaying last year, has been charged in a 2008 unsolved Wilmington murder.

WILMINGTON, Del. - June 5, 2009 - -- On July 2, 2008 a body was found sitting in a car in Wilmington, Delaware.

NEWPORT, Del. - May 29, 2009 -- Minquas Fire Department and paramedics were called to a home in the 200 block of E. Ayre Street shortly after 3:00 p.m. Friday afternoon to a report of four children sickened with possible Carbon Monoxide poisoning.