Marcus Hook News

NO MATTER WHICH way you're driving on Interstate 95, you can't miss the billboard at exit 1. On the south side of the sign, TNT Fireworks announces the grand opening of its new super-center in Delaware County, just off the Chichester Avenue exit.

Oil prices extended a three-day rally to over $73 a barrel on Thursday on hopes for a recovery in world energy demand and worries refinery shutdowns could tighten gasoline supplies heading into the U.S. summer driving season.

Delaware state fire investigators say they have not yet been able to enter the site of an explosion at Sunoco's Marcus Hook Refinery to search for the cause.

Sunoco Inc., the largest refiner in the U.S. Northeast, plans to restart a gasoline-making unit at the Marcus Hook refinery this week, according to a person familiar with plant operations.

Delaware Gov. Jack Markell says Sunoco's Claymont ethylene complex should stay closed until the cause of the explosion and fire there earlier this month is determined and the plant can run cleanly.

The region's refineries are behemoths, enriching the economy, but also ranking among the region's top air polluters.

Oil prices rose on Tuesday, touching a six-month high over $60 a barrel as a flurry of U.S. refinery problems stoked supply fears leading into peak summer driving season.

It's a miracle no one was killed. Not even an injury, in fact. The massive explosion Sunday night at Sunoco's Marcus Hook oil refinery, which straddles the Pennsylvania-Delaware border, set off a raging fire that was still burning yesterday afternoon.

Two outside groups want Bush administration lawyers linked to memos on harsh interrogation techniques of detainees to lose their licenses to practice law.

Residents living near the Sunoco oil refinery in Marcus Hook are rattled by the Sunday night explosion at the facility.

Firefighters early Monday contained a blaze caused by an overnight explosion at a Delaware oil refinery that rattled nearby homes but caused no injuries.

MARCUS HOOK, Pa. - Firefighters are trying to control a blaze that erupted from an explosion at an oil refinery along the Delaware River.

A series of loud explosions has been reported in the area of a Sun Oil ethylene facility in New Castle County.

Sunoco has been fined $762,000 for air quality violations at its petroleum refinery in Marcus Hook, Delaware County, the state Department of Environmental Protection said today.

A 'miracle fuel' imported from the U.S. helped Spitfire and Hurricane fighter pilots win the Battle of Britain, it has been claimed.

May 10, 2009 -- It was a remarkable morning on the Parkway with upwards of 100,000 people, what seemed like a sea of humanity taking part in the 19th annual 'Race for the Cure.' "I believe it's important because we need to find the cure for this cancer, there's so many women that are being affected by it," cancer survivor Rose Turner said.

Elizabeth "Betty" Greenawalt embezzled more than $900,000 from her long-time employer and neighbor, robbing him of money that he could have taken into his retirement.

Nine people needed treatment after a spill of sulfuric acid on Route 9 near Delaware City.

Trico Lift, a nationally established aerial work platform company with offices in Marcus Hook, Pa., and headquartered in Millville, recently held an employee appreciation dinner to honor employees for their efforts and to recognize several milestones.

A Pennsylvania woman was seriously injured in a fiery crash reported at Ind. 15 south of C.R. 26 at 8:40 p.m. Thursday.