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Delaware's homeless population up 9% in 2024 count – WHYY

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2 years ago

May 30, 2024

Delaware's homeless population up 9% in 2024 count – WHYY

Earlier this year, HAD invited WHYY News to join Brandywine Counseling outreach volunteers as they went out overnight to count the number of people living outside. On Jan. 24, the group walked through the woods in Kent County, eventually reaching an encampment in the Dover area where most residents chose not to engage, affecting the count.

Of the total count, 1,120 had found shelter while 238 remained unsheltered, indicating a significant increase in the unsheltered count compared to pre-pandemic times.

“We’ve been seeing the sheltered numbers go up a lot. So that’s people who are literally without a place, people sleeping outside and their cars. In 2024, it was 238 people, which is 58% higher than it was in 2020 right before COVID-19 hit,” she said. “About 60% of all people who are experiencing homelessness on the night of the Point-in-Time here in Delaware were Black and African American.”

HAD found about 800 Black residents didn’t have a permanent place to stay, while nearly 360 children were experiencing homelessness and over 500 individuals were age 55 and above.

“One in four people experiencing homelessness that night was a child under the age of 18, which is just completely unacceptable, and we also see a pretty high number of [people] over the age of 55,” she said. “Homelessness among seniors and people who are older is increasing across the country, and we’re also seeing that here in Delaware. About 22% of people were also over the age of 55.”

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Delaware needs to take care of littering

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8 hours ago

January 27, 2026

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Shooting in Wilmington, Delaware, leaves teen, man injured, police say

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January 26, 2026

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Shooting in Wilmington, Delaware, leaves teen, man injured, police say

Updated on: January 26, 2026 / 9:21 PM EST
/ CBS Philadelphia

A teenager and a 21-year-old man were injured in a shooting in Wilmington, Delaware, Monday afternoon, police said.

The shooting happened in the area of East 23rd and North Pine streets at around 2:30 p.m., according to Wilmington police.

The 21-year-old man was placed in critical condition at the hospital, while the 16-year-old was placed in stable condition, police said.

The shooting is under investigation.

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Delaware snow totals for Jan. 25 top out at 10 inches, says NWS

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January 26, 2026

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Delaware snow totals for Jan. 25 top out at 10 inches, says NWS

The Jan. 25 snowstorm was the Wilmington area’s biggest single snowfall since the January 2016 blizzard, according to the National Weather Service.

At Wilmington Airport near New Castle, 8.3 inches of snow was recorded. On Jan. 22-23, 2016, 16.1 inches fell at the airport.

The Jan. 25 daily snowfall record at the airport, set in 2000, is 10.0 inches.

The airport has recorded 15.6 inches of snowfall this snow season. The normal amount through Jan. 25 is 7.6 inches.

Here are snow totals for other places in Delaware, according to the National Weather Service and the Delaware Environmental Observing System’s Snow Monitoring Network.

New Castle County snow totals for Jan. 25

Here is the snowfall reported, with the provider in parentheses:

Bear: 10.0 inches at 11 p.m. (public)
Wilmington area: 9.0 inches at 8 p.m. (public)
Holiday Hills area, Brandywine Hundred: 8.7 inches at 9 p.m. (trained spotter)
Pike Creek: 8.5 inches at 10 p.m. (trained spotter)
New Castle County Airport: 8.3 inches at midnight (Automated Surface Observing System)
Twin Oaks, Brandywine Hundred: 8.1 inches at 8 p.m. (trained spotter)
New Castle: 8.0 inches at 6:46 p.m. (public)
Talleyville area: 8.0 inches at 3:15 p.m. (public)
Hockessin: 7.8 inches at 10:15 p.m. (trained spotter)
Newark: 7.5 inches at 6 p.m. (trained spotter)
Blackbird: 7.3 inches (DEOS)
Talley: 6.9 inches (DEOS)
Glasgow: 6.8 inches (DEOS)
Port Penn: 6.8 inches (DEOS)
Newark: 6.7 inches (DEOS)
White Clay Creek: 6.7 inches (DEOS)
Claymont: 6.3 inches (DEOS)
Greenville: 6.4 inches (DEOS)
Prices Corner: 6.3 inches (DEOS)
Hockessin: 6.2 inches (DEOS)
New Castle: 6.0 inches (DEOS)

Kent County snow totals for Jan. 25

Here is the snowfall reported, with the provider in parentheses:

Dover: 6.5 inches at 9:10 a.m. (public)
Dover Air Force Base: 6.5 inches at 11:55 a.m. (Automated Surface Observing System)
Smyrna: 6.5 inches (DEOS)
Woodside: 6.3 inches at 3 p.m. (trained spotter)
Camden: 6.0 inches at 11:38 a.m. (trained spotter)
Smyrna: 6.0 inches at 9:38 a.m. (trained spotter)
Magnolia: 5.6 inches at 1 p.m. (trained spotter)
Dover: 5.5 inches at 11 a.m. (public)
Dover: 5.4 inches (DEOS)
Harrington: 5.4 inches (DEOS)
West Dover: 5.3 inches (DEOS)
Frederica: 4.5 inches (DEOS)
Woodside: 4.5 inches (DEOS)