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Kent County News

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Saturday | News Journal

Police step up speeding, DUI patrols for 4th

This Fourth of July weekend, the red and blue that speeding or intoxicated drivers spot in their rearview mirrors won't be fireworks but police lights, officials warn.

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Related Topix: Delaware, Millsboro, DE, Newport, DE, Milford, DE, Harrington, DE

Wed Jul 01, 2009

Delaware Coast Press

Police plan crackdown on drunken driving

Police agencies across the state are stepping up measures to arrest drunk drivers with six DUI checkpoints planned during the Fourth of July weekend and 92 others scheduled during the next six months.

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Related Topix: Life, Holidays, 4th of July

Mon Jun 29, 2009

News Journal

Budget ax aimed at fix-up program

The upcoming state budget would give lawmakers less than half the money they got this year for a controversial program to fix streets, plant trees and pave parking lots in their districts, a legislative committee recommended Sunday.

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Related Topix: Elsmere, DE, Smyrna, DE

Sat Jun 27, 2009

News Journal

Kent court's annex 'topped off'

A crowd of dignitaries, including Delaware Gov. Jack Markell and Delaware Supreme Court Chief Justice Myron Steele, gathered Thursday in Dover to "top off" the new annex to the Kent County Courthouse.

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Related Topix: Dover, DE

Wed Jun 17, 2009

WBOC-TV Salisbury

Kent County Men Arrested for Growing Marijuana

WOODLAND BEACH , Del.- Authorities have arrested a third man accused of growing more than 350 marijuana plants near Woodland Beach Wildlife Area.

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Related Topix: Drugs

Mon Jun 15, 2009

WMDT-TV Salisbury

WMDT--Pounds Of Marijuana Seized By Police In Kent County

Nearly 7 and a half pounds of marijuana is off the streets in Kent County, Delaware.

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Related Topix: Drugs

Sat Jun 06, 2009

News Journal

DOC names new warden for Kent corrections

Deputy Warden Jim Hutchins has been named Warden of Kent County Community Corrections, the state Department of Correction announced Friday.

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Related Topix: Dover, DE, Dover Metro, Central Violation of Probation Center, State Prisons, Prison, Smyrna, DE

Tue Jun 02, 2009

WBOC-TV Salisbury

Woman Arrested for Transporting Drugs from N.J. to Dover

Delaware State Police say they have arrested a woman for drug dealing charges after she was stopped for a traffic violation in Smyrna Wednesday night.

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Related Topix: Drugs, Smyrna, DE, New Castle County, DE

Sun May 31, 2009

News Journal

Republicans put some 'party' in recruiting push

The Republican Party can be called the Grand Old Party for good reason: Its voters are older, while younger voters are gravitating toward the Democrats.

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Related Topix: US News, Dover, DE, US Politics, 2008 Presidential Election

Fri May 29, 2009

News Journal

No fight coming over DSU case dismissal

Last week, the state Attorney General's Office was a day away from putting Loyer Braden on trial for the death of a 17-year-old Delaware State University student.

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Related Topix: Delaware State University, Dover, DE

Thu May 28, 2009

The Daily Times

DELAWARE: Former trooper draws six years in poker heist

DOVER - Disgraced former state trooper HyunJin Kim was sentenced Tuesday to spend six years behind bars for orchestrating the gunpoint robbery of a poker game at a Kent County country club.

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Related Topix: Games, Card Game, Poker, Life, Veteran Affairs, Surveillance

Wed May 27, 2009

News Journal

Modernizing Kent government difficult

Kent County Levy Court wants to hold onto the 354 years' worth of history reflected in its name, but that seemingly noble ambition is getting in the way of its effort to modernize county operations and save up to $250,000 a year in the process.

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Related Topix: Smyrna, DE, New Castle, DE, New Castle County, DE

Sat May 23, 2009

WBOC-TV Salisbury

Officers Continue to Investigate Dog Fighting in Delaware

A court has convicted four people from Dover in connection with dogfighting in Delaware.

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WRDX-FM Claymont

Authorities Looking for Downstate Probation Violator

Governor's Task Force specializes in searching and finding wanted persons and "active probationers." The GTF is looking for 27-year old Michael Holland of Smyrna.

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Related Topix: Smyrna, DE

Fri May 22, 2009

News Journal

Workers not waiting quietly

Now halfway through its two-week budget-balancing process, the state's Joint Finance Committee has nipped about $1 million from the budget in "easy" cuts, but some lawmakers say they're ignoring the "elephant in the room" -- a proposed 8-percent state salary cut that, alone, would save almost $92 million.

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Related Topix: Georgetown, DE, Milford, DE

Tue May 19, 2009

WBOC-TV Salisbury

Del. Woman Helps Victims Face Their Attackers; Move on With Their Lives

CAMDEN, Del.- It has been nearly 12 years since Linda Jobes was attacked in her own home.

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Related Topix: Camden, DE

Fri May 15, 2009

Milford Beacon

Six Downstate Ponds to Be Treated for Aquatic Weeds

During the next three weeks, weather permitting, the DNREC Division of Fish and Wildlife will be treating six downstate ponds for aquatic nuisance weeds that, left unchecked, can choke the waters, crowd out other, more beneficial plant species and prevent fishing and boating access.

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Related Topix: Smyrna, DE, Sussex County, DE, Millsboro, DE, Agriculture, Science

Wed May 13, 2009

Smyrna/Clayton Sun-Times

Clark wins School Board election in landslide

SMYRNA, CLAYTON, and KENTON, Del. - Incumbent Jeff Clark won the Smyrna School District Board of Education election on Tuesday with nearly 85 percent of the vote.

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Related Topix: Smyrna, DE, Kenton, DE, Clayton, DE

Tue May 12, 2009

6 ABC

2 charged in more than 100 car break-ins

State police have charged two men in more than 100 car break-ins in Kent County since February.

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Related Topix: Frederica, DE, Dover Metro, Felton, DE

Mon May 11, 2009

Dover Post Online!

Kent men face more than 100 burglary charges

Troopers with the Delaware State Police on May 7 arrested two men believed responsible for more than 100 burglaries and thefts in Kent County.

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Related Topix: Frederica, DE, Dover Metro, Camden, DE

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