Wilmington Manor News

Strong thunderstorms swept across northern New Castle County on Tuesday afternoon bringing gale-force winds that downed trees and power lines, blew in windows and partially collapsed the roof of a storage building near New Castle Airport.

A FORMER heavyweight boxing champion celebrated his 102nd birthday yesterday . Henry Hobin was joined by Mayor of Dartford Councillor Ian Armitt at his home at Wilmington Manor care home in Common Lane, Dartford, for a party to mark the occasion.

Nearly 300 people turned out in the rain and drizzle Sunday to pay tribute and participate in a 5K run/walk to benefit the family of fallen volunteer firefighter Michelle Smith.

A New Castle-area teen has been charged with trying to steal an elderly man's car at gunpoint Thursday evening in Penn Acres.

Steady afternoon traffic and a cold January wind stream by on Kirkwood Highway. Inside, a few firefighters sip coffee in the radio room.

Two people escaped injury Friday night when a fire tore through a home near New Castle.

Wilmington Manor firefighter Joe Olivero dumps donations for Michelle Smith's 12-year-old daughter into a boot outside the Jake's Burgers at 150 S. Du Pont Highway in New Castle.

Family and friends, as well as hundreds of firefighters, police officers, emergency service personnel and dignitaries, paid their respects and said their goodbyes to fallen Delaware City Volunteer Fire Company ...

Delaware State Police say a Milford man is facing stalking charges for allegedly calling his ex-girlfriend, despite a no-contact order.

Family and friends, as well as hundreds of emergency personnel and dignitaries, paid their respects and said their goodbyes to fallen Delaware City Volunteer Fire Company firefighter Michelle Newton Smith ...

Michelle Newton Smith loved to help people. Her mother, Joanne Newton, said the 29-year-old firefighter and emergency medical technician fulfilled what she set out to do until her death Dec.

With horns honking, motorists careened past lit flares that firefighters placed Sunday beside a parked emergency vehicle along South Du Pont Highway near New Castle.

Firefighter Michelle Smith of Delaware City Fire Company No. 1 was assisting with patient care at the scene of a motorcycle accident on December 22, 2008.