Wilmington News

Eds: APNewsNow. By RANDALL CHASE Associated Press Writer WILMINGTON, Del. The Catholic Diocese of Wilmington says it is obligated to keep paying retirement benefits to six priests who church officials have confirmed are pedophiles.

One of two or three men trying to rob a Wilmington liquor store Tuesday night was shot and killed by a store clerk who exchanged fire with the bandits in the store, police said.

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.

An employee of Winterthur Museum faces charges he stole more than $128-thousand over a five-year period by using a company credit card to make purchases for himself.

Wilmington Police have arrested two suspects in a robbery at Brandywine Park over the weekend.

Steam power rules! The history of human transportation is told better in and around Wilmington, Delaware than anywhere else on earth! Think I'm exaggerating? For the moment we'll skip walking and horseback riding since you can do that pretty much everywhere.

The Wilmington Housing Authority is getting more than $18-million in funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.

WILMINGTON, Del. - November 16, 2009 -- A Lilly Pulitzer sweater for $35. A new-with-tags Ralph Lauren jacket for $65. A Dooney and Bourke purse for $50. Those are just some of the deals we spotted at the Silver Lining Ladies Consignment Boutique at 302 West 9th Street in Wilmington, Delaware.

Officials will provide an update today on how federal stimulus money will be spent to shore up deteriorating public housing developments throughout Wilmington.

Wilmington Police and Mayor Baker still want to clear up what exactly happened October 24th, when an off-duty city police officer and an off-duty state trooper got into a physical altercation with two other men at a bar.

Charges were filed Thursday against friends of the Lakeview school teacher and coach who was paralyzed in a car crash in February.

The Delaware Supreme Court this week upheld the conviction and death sentence of Shannon M. Johnson, who was convicted of the Sept.

A county police dog and the man he was tracking were wounded after a gun battle erupted between the suspect and officers outside a Penny Hill apartment complex early Wednesday.

Eight people were arrested after leading police on a chase following a shooting, Wilmington police said.

WILMINGTON - Delaware attorney general Beau Biden, who is considering running for the Senate seat held by his father, found himself in the spotlight at the state Democratic Party's annual Jefferson-Jackson dinner.

Things turned out badly for a Wilmington youth who police say had robbery on his mind.

Acting on an anonymous tip, Wilmington police detectives identified 34-year old David Elswick as the alleged bandit who held-up the Delaware National Bank on South Harrison street Monday.

The Environmental Protection Agency has named longtime government liaison Shawn M. Garvin of Wilmington director of the agency's Philadelphia-based Region 3. Garvin, 42, will direct EPA activities in the mid-Atlantic, including Delaware, the District of Columbia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia and West Virginia.

Wilmington Police responded to the 200 block of South Jackson Street just after 9:15pm Friday.

Police are looking for the whereabouts of twenty-six-year old Jonathan Wiseman, of New Castle.