Philadelphia Metro News

Shortly after high noon on Wednesday, Army Capt. Timothy O'Donnell, clad in his fatigues, stepped out of Philadelphia International Airport and into the overcast, 87-degree weather.

NEW CASTLE - Delaware authorities have charged a 24-year-old former firefighter from Wilmington with setting fires throughout New Castle County.

WINSLOW TWP., Pa. - July 22, 2008 -- Winslow Township police have arrested two men on murder charges, in the fatal shooting of David Dunbar of Philadelphia on Sunday.

A Philadelphia man was intoxicated when he veered into oncoming traffic on Route 47 Monday in a collision that killed a local motorcyclist, township police said.

I recently returned to Atlantic City after more than 30 years, and one of the first articles I read was about a young woman being escorted from her high school graduation because of remarks she made in a speech ...

New Castle police say two Philadelphia men face drug charges following a traffic stop.

CHINCOTEAGUE - Offi cials identified a Penn sylvania man Friday as the person found floating face-down in water on the Virginia side of the Assateague Island National Seashore.

Couldn't you just kick yourself sometimes? What did I have to do on Oct. 19, 2002, that was more important than watching a re-enactment of the placing of a Mason-Dixon crownstone near Harney on the ...

A Wilmington woman and a Newark man on their way to a funeral home died after a car accident Tuesday night.

Chesapeake Bay crabber Paul Kellam has advice for the teenage boys who help tend his traps every summer: You better have a backup plan.

MIDDLETOWN - A Wilmington developer is planning two hotels in Middletown even though Delaware lodging officials say there's no market for it.

Saturday, July 12, 2008 WBAL Radio as reported by Leonard Roberts, the News-Journal and Associated Press Teenagers who congregate at Christiana Mall will have to find somewhere else to hang out on Friday and ...

Remember the Khian Sea? The cargo ship, dubbed the Flying Dutchman of Debris, spent 14 months in the 1980s sailing the globe with 14,000 tons of Philadelphia's toxic incinerator dust in search of a landfill.

Anyone looking for a unique gift or item for their home, will probably find it -- and benefit a good cause -- at Somerset Antiques, the gift shop of Somerset County Historical Society.

NEW CASTLE - New Castle Police have arrested a man who allegely signed for a package with 21 pounds of marijuana that was delivered to a vacant house in New Castle.

Gorfine, Schiller & Gardyn PA, an Owings Mills certified public accounting firm, merged yesterday with the accounting division of Smart and Associates in Towson, the firm formerly known as Grabush, Newman & Co. PA.

Gorfine, Schiller & Gardyn gained about 20 people in the transaction, expanding it to more than 75 employees. It will retain its name and location at the corporate campus in Owings Mills. No employees will be laid off, said W. James Schiller, a founding partner.

'We just hired about four new accountants, and we're still hiring,' Schiller said. 'The merger really creates more growth opportunities for our staff. And it's going to improve our client services.'

' Despite concerns about soaring gas prices and a shaky economy, resort business leaders are locked and loaded for what has the potential to be an outstanding Fourth of July weekend.

You know something is a legit problem when even the mainstream press is talking about it.

Atlantic City police Officer Dennis McGurk did not die in the line of duty. And his name will not appear on the wall of fallen officers.

WILMINGTON -- Two tractor-trailers containing 57,000 pounds of frozen chicken were stolen over the weekend from the Food Bank of Delaware, but were recovered Wednesday morning in Jersey City, N.J. The rigs ...