Delaware News

DOVER -- Crowding at Baylor Women's Correctional Institution near New Castle, the state's only women's prison, could become a crisis even if there's a relatively small spike in crime, Corrections Commissioner Carl C. Danberg told state budget writers Thursday.

Sussex County is reminding property owners affected by the recent nor'easter to report any damage to their homes, businesses, automobiles or other property, and to do it soon, as officials will use that information in asking for federal dollars to help clean up in the storm's aftermath.

Slower, lower Delaware's serene countryside and quiet way of life was of little concern to the planners of one of the most intrusive construction projects ever planned for this part of the state.

A 60-year-old New Castle County man became the fifth person in Delaware to die from complications related to swine flu.

WILMINGTON - The Delaware Department of Transportation says most of the approximately 50 Delaware roads that were closed or had high water from coastal flooding are now open.

BETHANY BEACH -- The monster offspring of Tropical Storm Ida has taken a huge bite out of Delaware's Atlantic coastline, devouring much of the beaches, gnawing at the protective dunes and creating a huge challenge for the state and resort towns who are unsure if repairs can be done quickly enough for the summer tourist season.

The LMTV, shown above, has a payload of 5,000 pounds and can carry 12-15 people.

National Weather Service forecasts call for high tides tonight and Friday to run as much as 4 feet above normal, with up to 4 inches of rain and winds as high as 55 mph in addition to that.

DOVER -- The state Department of Correction has started using a new national tool to identify wanted undocumented immigrants.

For the second time this year, the Delaware Supreme Court has found that a person legally can be removed from the state's sex offender registry -- implicitly finding that the registry is not a permanent life sentence without exception and that the registry statute does not overpower all other state laws.

SMYRNA -- Dereke Moore's Facebook page is filled with smiling faces, friends who list Smyrna High School and Sussex Technical High School as their connection online.

To give them money ! The Internal Revenue Service is "having a time" delivering some tax refunds.

DOVER -- Conservation organizations urged the state Monday to increase funding for farmland preservation, saying that the decline in real estate values presents a golden opportunity to keep Delaware green.

State Public Health officials report a fourth death in Delaware related to swine flu.

About 400 people turned out Saturday night to hear a message of hope from the Rev.

Delaware Technical & Community College leaders presented the zero-growth budget requested by state officials Thursday, but President Orlando George warned that absorbing greater cuts might lead to eliminating class sections for courses that already have long waiting lists The Office of Management and Budget asked Cabinet departments and state ...

Delaware is the only state without an NPS unit. A bill recently introduced in the U.S. Senate aims to fix that.

President Obama's 2008 campaign manager says the conventional wisdom on Obama that he's governing as an incrementalist rather than a visionary leader is "ridiculous" and won't hold up if Congress passes health care and energy-saving legislation.

Twenty-three airmen left New Castle on Friday, aboard a C-130, and another twenty-four departed on Saturday.

As flu season makes the rounds, some Delawareans are more vulnerable than others.