Delmar News

SALISBURY , Md.- A Wicomico County Circuit Court jury on Wednesday afternoon found 16-year-old Kenneth Alvira guilty of murder and related charges in connection with the January fatal stabbing of a 25-year-old Salisbury woman.

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SALISBURY , Md.- The trial for a 16-year-old accused of killing a Salisbury woman got underway Monday in Wicomico County Circuit Court.

DELMAR, Md. - Police released the names of the two people found dead inside a travel trailer near Walnut Street yesterday afternoon.

Authorities are investigating the deaths of two people whose partially decomposed bodies were discovered Tuesday afternoon at a travel-trailer park just south of Delmar, Md.

Kenneth Alvira only wanted a ride. Anitra Pirkle paid for that ride with her life.

Anitra Pirkle laid in a pitch black field around 10 to 15 feet from Williams Mill Pond Road on a cold January night.

A Delmar woman and a juvenile were arrested on Thursday on drug charges. Delmar police said at 6:15 AM, officers executed a search and seizure warrant for the premises located at 12 E. Chestnut Street.

A Maryland state trooper has been cited in a fatal crash last year in Vienna. Forty-nine-year-old Trooper First Class Paul Zimmerman, who is assigned to the Easton Barrack, was charged Tuesday with failure to reduce speed to avoid a collision.

CAMBRIDGE , Md.- The Dorchester County State's Attorney on Tuesday ordered a Maryland State Police involved in a fatal crash late last year in Vienna be charged with a traffic offense.

SALISBURY -- A 46-year-old former Wicomico County Circuit Court employee was seated at the defense table facing theft charges for a second time Monday after police charged her with embezzling thousands of dollars from a cheerleading organization.

SALISBURY -- A string of robberies in the area has recently led to increased interagency cooperation among local police.

SALISBURY -- The city encourages minority and faith-based 501c 3 organizations to submit applications for Department of Housing and Community Development funds to be applied for through the city.

Firefighters from five departments were called to the scene of an afternoon propane leak.

OCEAN CITY a ' Two Pennsylvania men were charged with assault this week after police observed them beat up another man.

DELMAR -- A place that had gained a reputation for being unsafe and an 'eyesore' recently changed hands, and the new owners hope to change things for the better.

Two Salisbury men, a Fruitland woman and a Delmar woman are facing drug charges after a K-9 unit detected drugs in the vehicle they were sitting in, according to police.

SALISBURY , Md.- Salisbury police on Sunday arrested two suspects wanted in connection with two separate stabbings that left people injured.

SALISBURY -- Starting July 1, Wicomico County will eliminate the street sweeping and leaf cleanup services it has offered to residents of housing developments for years.

MILTON -- D. Randall Sprenkle, 94, of Milton, and formerly of Delmar, died Friday, June 12, 2009, at Renaissance Health Care of Millsboro.