Delaware
Advance Auto Parts to close hundreds of stores. Delaware stores’ future unclear
Which well-known retail stores filed for bankruptcy?
Red Lobster, Walgreens, Rite Aid and many other retailers are battling with worsening financials.
Advance Auto Parts is shuttering or leaving over 700 locations around the country by mid-2025.
The car parts store based in North Carolina announced the closures on Nov. 13. It is a part of a “restructuring” and “asset optimization plan” with the goal of increasing profits and streamlining the companies operations, according to a public filing. There will be a headcount reduction as a result.
It is closing 523 corporate stores and four distribution centers and exiting 204 independent locations. The locations of the closures have not been made public as of this writing.
“We are charting a clear path forward and introducing a new three-year financial plan, with a focus on executing core retail fundamentals to improve the productivity of all our assets and to create shareholder value,” said CEO and president Shane O’Kelly in a statement on Nov. 14.
How many Advance Auto Parts locations are in Delaware?
There are 19 locations in Delaware, with stores in all three counties. Which locations are closing, if any, has not been released to the public.
As of October, there were 4,781 locations total in the U.S., Canada, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
Delaware
Biden honors the memory of his late first wife and baby daughter who died in a 1972 car crash
Associated Press
WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — President Joe Biden is remembering his first wife and baby daughter who were killed in a car crash in Delaware in 1972 weeks after he was first elected to the Senate. Biden, his current wife Jill, and son Hunter and his family attended a private memorial mass at a Delaware church on Wednesday’s 52nd anniversary of their deaths. Biden was in Washington when he was informed about the crash that killed his wife, Neilia, and year-old daughter, Naomi, a week before Christmas. Their young sons, Beau and Hunter, were gravely injured. Beau died of brain cancer in 2015 at age 46.
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Wednesday, December 18, 2024 5:01AM
NEW CASTLE, Del. (WPVI) — A gunshot victim jumped on a school bus full of students on Tuesday while trying to seek help in New Castle, Delaware.
The shooting happened just before 4 p.m. on Old Forge Road, near Appleby Road.
The bus driver called 911 to report the incident.
Police say the victim is hospitalized at Christiana Hospital. There was no word on his condition.
No other injuries were reported.
Further details on the shooting have not been released.
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Wednesday, December 18, 2024 1:05AM
NEW CASTLE COUNTY, Del. (WPVI) — Twenty-eight-year-old Zachary Yeldell is being accused of attacking an officer in New Castle County, Delaware.
It happened around 11:14 p.m. Monday when police responded to a disturbance at Midway Plaza Apartments, which is located on the 4800 block of Old Capitol Trail.
Police say officers responded following reports of an individual yelling in the hallway and kicking an apartment door.
When officers arrived, authorities say Yeldell hit an officer repeatedly before another officer arrived and helped detain the suspect.
The injured officer was treated at a local hospital and released.
Yeldell is facing several charges, including resisting arrest with violence.
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