Baseball Preseason Ranking Ranking School Record Last Week’s Ranking 1 DMA 0-0 1 2 Appoquinimink 0-0 2 3 Caravel 0-0 3 4 Sussex Central 0-0 4 5 St Mark’s 0-0 5 6 Sussex Tech 0-0 6 7 St Georges Tech 0-0 7 8 Sallies 0-0 8 9 Cape Henlopen 0-0 9 10 Conrad 0-0 10 Softball Preseason Rankings Ranking …
Police officers are not on board with a revised bill to amend Delaware’s Law Enforcement Officer Bill of Rights. The bill would open police misconduct records for the public to view and create two tiers of community review boards, each with the power to examine law enforcement agencies’ handling of officer misconduct cases and make recommendations for improvements. Police misconduct …
A bill to require Delaware cities and towns to use the state’s voter registration system for local elections passed in the State Senate Tuesday. Under Senate Bill 233, voters who live within town limits would be able to vote in municipal elections without having to register separately with both the state and the town. The bill, sponsored by Sen. Tizzy …
25 New Castle County Vo-Tech students will be hire to work on Wilmington revitalization projects. New Castle County Vo-Tech students will swap their pencils for screwdrivers as part of the effort to revitalize the city of Wilmington. The students will be involved in the city’s $50 million residential redevelopment and stabilization plan funded through the American Rescue Plan …
Delawareans could soon have wine shipped directly to their homes under a bill released from the House Economic Development Committee Tuesday. House Bill 210, sponsored by Rep. Mike Smith, R-Pike Creek, would permit wineries in the United States to obtain a license to ship wine directly to consumers so long as it is done through a common carrier like FedEx …
Photo/Getty Images Buoyed by personal and corporate income taxes, as well as real estate transfer taxes, predicts of Delaware’s 2022 revenues, and therefore its state budget, remain stable. But state fiscal experts expect the financial good times to slow as the state enters its fiscal year 2023 on July 1. With three months left in the 2022 budget, the Delaware …
Four bills aimed at increasing penalties for destructive and dangerous conduct during times of civil disorder will be heard by a Senate committee Wednesday. The first of the four bills – all sponsored by Sen. Dave Lawson, R-Harrington – would make it illegal to manufacture, transfer, possess or use Molotov cocktails or other incendiary or explosive devices during a riot. …
The Most Reverend William E. Koenig, Bishop of the Diocese of Wilmington. Photo courtesy of the Diocese of Wilmington. In response to an invitation from Pope Francis, William Koenig, Bishop of the Diocese of Wilmington, will join in a prayer of peace for the consecration and entrustment of Russia and Ukraine to the Immaculate Heart of Mary. Koenig, along with …
Billy Scialla. a Fifer Middle School eighth grader, won the state spelling bee on the word “surrogate.” Photo courtesy St. Mark’s High School Billy Scialla can thank The Hulk for his 2022 Delaware spelling bee title. Out of the 12 words he spelled correctly to win, only one gave him pause. “Punily.” But then his love for films came to …
State education officials, legislators are moving to be sure the science of reading is used when teaching public students. Delaware’s once highly ranked reading scores now are worse than those in Mississippi. Much worse. In 2002 Delaware fourth graders outperformed Mississippi’s by 21 points on national scores, with the First State well above the national average. Today, after a …
