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Delaware State Fire Commission Updates Fire Regulations.
Date Posted: February 20, 2024
GACEC Hosts Celebration for Disability History and Awareness Month Poster Contest
Date Posted: February 20, 2024
Governor Carney Announces Delaware State Housing Authority Nomination
Date Posted: February 20, 2024
Treasurer Davis Honored for Delaware EARNS
Date Posted: February 20, 2024
Lt. Gov. Hall-Long Outlines Recommendations to Protect State Retiree Healthcare, Foster Fiscal Sustainability
Date Posted: February 19, 2024
Secretary of State Presents 2023 John Lewis Youth Leadership Award
Date Posted: February 19, 2024
Governor Carney Announces Judicial Nominations
Date Posted: February 19, 2024
Terra Taylor Sworn in as Department of Correction Commissioner
Date Posted: February 16, 2024
Brian Emig Named Warden of James T. Vaughn Correctional Center
Date Posted: February 15, 2024
Office of the Marijuana Commissioner (OMC) is accepting public comment for Informal Regulation Review until March 29
Date Posted: February 15, 2024
Department of Correction Announces Senior Leadership Promotion
Date Posted: February 14, 2024
DNREC to Assume Management of Deauville Beach
Date Posted: February 14, 2024
Spring Pond Trout Season to Open With Youth-Only Day March 2, Followed by Regular Downstate Opener March 3
Date Posted: February 13, 2024
DHSS and DHCC Launch Benchmark Trend Report Dashboard
Date Posted: February 12, 2024
Quality Education Requires School Referenda
Date Posted: February 9, 2024
Governor Carney Releases Statement on Delaware State Housing Authority Director Young’s resignation
Date Posted: February 9, 2024
Get a look inside Delaware’s correctional system through the DOC Citizens Academy
Date Posted: February 9, 2024
More Than 91,000 Bags of Trash Collected from Delaware Roads in 2023
Date Posted: February 8, 2024
DOL Reissues Unemployment Insurance Tax Rate Letters
Date Posted: February 8, 2024
Delaware Public Archives Celebrates African American History
Date Posted: February 7, 2024
Sponsors and Meal Sites Sought for 2024 Summer Food Service Program
Date Posted: February 7, 2024
Delaware Department of Human Resources Sets Consecutive Hiring Records
Date Posted: February 6, 2024
Rep. Kimberly Williams and Sen. Jack Walsh Honor the Office of Animal Welfare with a Tribute for 10 Years of Service
Date Posted: February 6, 2024
Div. of Small Business – Announces Fall 2023 EDGE Grant Winners
Date Posted: February 6, 2024
Delaware Receives $120K Grant for American Kestrel Conservation Project
Date Posted: February 5, 2024
Delaware 250: Grants for Museums, Heritage Groups, and Non-Profits
Date Posted: February 2, 2024
DSHA Launches Expanded Homeownership Programs For First-Time And Repeat Homebuyers
Date Posted: February 2, 2024
Governor Carney Orders Lowering of Flags
Date Posted: February 2, 2024
Probation and Parole’s Operation ZiPP Up collects 1,400 winter clothes items to warm local residents in need
Date Posted: February 2, 2024
AG Jennings announces $350 million multistate settlement with marketing firm Publicis over role in opioid epidemic
Date Posted: February 1, 2024
Downtown Dover Revitalization to Get Boost With $25 Million in State Funding
Date Posted: February 1, 2024
Delaware Division of the Arts Presents “The Knowing” by Cony Madariaga – Opens February 2
Date Posted: February 1, 2024
Delaware Office of Animal Welfare Rescues 76 Animals from Felton Home
Date Posted: February 1, 2024
State Employees’ Charitable Campaign Opens 2024 Application Opportunity
Date Posted: February 1, 2024
National Unclaimed Property Day 2024
Date Posted: February 1, 2024
2024 Arbor Day Poster Contest Now Open
Date Posted: February 1, 2024
Delaware Division of Substance Abuse and Mental Health Presents Gold Award to High 5 Hospitality
Date Posted: January 30, 2024
Woman Arrested for Vehicular Assault on a Natural Resources Police Officer
Date Posted: January 30, 2024
DPH Confirms Flu-Related Deaths During 2023-2024 Flu Season, Urges Public to Get Vaccinated
Date Posted: January 30, 2024
AG Jennings, law enforcement leaders announce record low violent crime rates
Date Posted: January 29, 2024
Statement from Delaware State Treasurer Colleen Davis
Date Posted: January 29, 2024
The Delaware Tenant Rent Reporting Program Pilot To Close March 2024
Date Posted: January 29, 2024
Department of Insurance Releases 2023 Data
Date Posted: January 29, 2024
Georgetown Fire
Date Posted: January 28, 2024
Millsboro Fire
Date Posted: January 26, 2024
Governor Carney Presents Fiscal Year 2025 Recommended Budget
Date Posted: January 25, 2024
Governor Carney’s Statement on Senate Confirmation of Terra Taylor as DOC Commissioner
Date Posted: January 24, 2024
Federal judge sides with Jennings against Cabela’s
Date Posted: January 24, 2024
Winter Fire Safety
Date Posted: January 24, 2024
Downtown Development District Program Successes Showcased in 2023 Annual Report and Story Map
Date Posted: January 23, 2024
Milton Fire
Date Posted: January 23, 2024
Delaware Officials Underscore Urgency Regarding Individuals Facing Homelessness Related to Substance Use
Date Posted: January 22, 2024
DelDOT, DEMA Issue Travel Advisory for Snow and Ice
Date Posted: January 19, 2024
State of DE offices in Kent & NCC Counties are closed on Friday, January 19, 2024
Date Posted: January 18, 2024
Scheduled Closure of the Office of Vital Statistics in Dover for Renovations
Date Posted: January 18, 2024
Governor Carney Postpones State of the State Address
Date Posted: January 18, 2024
Delaware Office of Highway Safety Announces Occupant Protection and Distracted Driving Enforcement Effort
Date Posted: January 17, 2024
Level 1 Driving Warning Rescinded at 7:00 a.m.
Date Posted: January 17, 2024
Level 1 Driving Warning Issued Due to Icing Conditions
Date Posted: January 16, 2024
Governor Carney Nominates Terra Taylor as DOC Commissioner
Date Posted: January 16, 2024
State of DE offices in NCC & Kent Counties will open at 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday, January 16, 2024
Date Posted: January 16, 2024
Lewes Fire
Date Posted: January 13, 2024
Governor Carney’s Statement on Ted Blunt
Date Posted: January 12, 2024
DHR Unveils FY23 EEO/AA Report, Highlighting Transparency and Diversity in Executive Branch Agencies
Date Posted: January 12, 2024
Road Fatalities Decrease in 2023 from 2022 High
Date Posted: January 12, 2024
Nominations Open for Delaware Women’s Hall of Fame & She’s on Her Way Awards
Date Posted: January 12, 2024
DNREC to Close Part of Cape Henlopen State Park Jan. 16, 17 for Managed Deer Hunt
Date Posted: January 12, 2024
Delaware Division of the Arts Announces FY 2024 Individual Artist Fellowship Awardees
Date Posted: January 12, 2024
DOL to Re-issue Unemployment Insurance Tax Rate Letters Due to Error
Date Posted: January 11, 2024
The Delaware Division of Public Health Issues Update About Potential Measles Exposure
Date Posted: January 11, 2024
Governor Carney Expands Opportunities for Careers in State Government
Date Posted: January 11, 2024
State Releases School Facility Tools
Date Posted: January 10, 2024
NCC Officials Urge Residents Not to Drive After Dark Due to Flood Risk
Date Posted: January 9, 2024
DSHA Scales Back Delaware Mortgage Relief Program As Federal Funding Expires
Date Posted: January 9, 2024
Delaware to Solicit Water Quality Improvement Projects With Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Funding
Date Posted: January 9, 2024
Delaware Farmers Market Sales Grow to $4.14 Million in 2023
Date Posted: January 9, 2024
DOL Conducting 2024 Annual Prevailing Wage Survey
Date Posted: January 9, 2024
The Delaware Division of Public Health Issues Notification About Potential Measles Exposure
Date Posted: January 8, 2024
Major Storm Could Bring Widespread Flooding
Date Posted: January 8, 2024
State of Delaware Announces Expansion of White Clay Creek State Park
Date Posted: January 8, 2024
Multiple Fires in New Castle County
Date Posted: January 6, 2024
Panel Submits Recommendations to Protect State Retiree, Worker Healthcare, Reduce Unfunded Liability
Date Posted: January 5, 2024
DNREC State Energy Office Delivers Offshore Wind Procurement Report to Governor, Legislators
Date Posted: January 3, 2024
Secretary of State Announces Massage Technician License Suspension
Date Posted: January 3, 2024
Delaware Forest Service Partners with Delaware Libraries to Promote Smokey Bear Reading Challenge
Date Posted: January 3, 2024
Delaware’s Tax Season Starts January 23, 2024
Date Posted: January 2, 2024
Public Input Sought on Delaware’s Clean Water Trust Strategic Plan and Annual Report
Date Posted: January 2, 2024
Attorney General Jennings Announces $150 Million Settlement with Hikma Pharmaceuticals to Help Combat Opioid Crisis
Date Posted: January 2, 2024
Emergency Sirens Test on January 2 at 10:45 a.m.
Date Posted: December 26, 2023
2024 Delaware Ag Week Promises Networking and Latest Innovations
Date Posted: December 26, 2023
$1.075 Million in Grants Announced to Support Homeless Services in Delaware
Date Posted: December 22, 2023
DPH Reports Zero Cases of High Blood Lead Levels in Children Consuming Recalled Cinnamon Applesauce Pouches
Date Posted: December 22, 2023
DNREC Announces Closure of Newton Pond for Construction of New Piers
Date Posted: December 22, 2023
Gun offenders guilty on all counts in Attempted Murder trial
Date Posted: December 22, 2023
Delaware Medicaid to receive $7.6 million for alleged false claims caused by Christiana Care Health System
Date Posted: December 22, 2023
DNREC Announces Closure of the Records Pond Tidal Pier
Date Posted: December 21, 2023
Delaware to Negotiate with US Wind Over Benefits for State
Date Posted: December 19, 2023
Attorney General Jennings announces $700 million settlement with Google over Play Store misconduct
Date Posted: December 19, 2023
DNREC Announces New Superintendents at Three Delaware State Parks
Date Posted: December 19, 2023
Carney, Carper, Coons, Blunt Rochester Host Energy Department’s Deputy Secretary Turk at hydrogen hub conference
Date Posted: December 19, 2023
School board elections are one of the highest-leverage, lowest-participation decisions in Delaware. Turnout is low. Margins are small. In some cases, candidates run without a real contest. When voters do not engage, leadership is not selected. It is decided by default. When governance is decided by default, the system performs accordingly.
It’s clear that when residents fail to vote, it can have consequences — ones that most people recognize, but rarely connect to the ballot box. It shapes whether schools are focused on clear priorities or pulled in competing directions. It determines whether resources are invested in what improves student outcomes or spread thin. Those decisions show up in real ways: in the preparedness of students, the confidence of families, and the strength of Delaware’s workforce and economy.
In 2024, fewer than 5% of eligible voters cast ballots in Delaware school board elections, even as concern about outcomes, funding, and district leadership remained high across every sector of public life. The disconnect between what communities demand and how they participate is one of the most significant, and most solvable, barriers to progress in our state.
Data from the 2026 Delaware Opportunity Outlook reinforce this disconnect. A majority of Delawareans believe school board members have a direct influence on the quality of K–12 education, yet far fewer report understanding how improvement efforts are being carried out, or how decisions are made at the local level. In other words, people believe boards matter, but are not consistently using the one mechanism they have to influence who serves and how decisions are made.
What governing actually requires
A strong board member asks clear, outcome-focused questions and expects specific answers. They connect decisions to priorities, work through tradeoffs with colleagues, and ensure decisions are understood before the board moves forward. They listen for whether information reflects progress or activity, and press for clarity when it does not.
These are not intuitive responsibilities. They require preparation. School board governance is often treated as something individuals can step into without training, but these are complex roles that involve setting priorities, interpreting data, making tradeoffs, and ensuring decisions lead to results over time.
The Delaware Opportunity Outlook suggests that this is not how the role is widely understood. While Delawareans recognize that school boards influence the quality of education, far fewer identify training and professional preparation as essential.
That gap has direct consequences. As the state advances new priorities, the effectiveness of those efforts will depend on whether local board members are prepared to implement them, monitor progress, and make results visible.
Delaware’s moment
Delaware has established a clear direction for public education: defined priorities, a statewide literacy commitment, and a funding reform that will place significant new responsibilities on local boards. Plans set direction. Boards determine whether those plans turn into results.
What happens next will not be determined by those plans alone. It will be determined by how effectively school boards translate those priorities into decisions, how consistently they track progress, and whether they make results visible to the public.
Candidate evaluation
Evaluating a candidate is straightforward: Can they name a small number of district priorities and explain why those matter? Can they describe what data they would review regularly and how they would use it? Can they explain how resources should align to outcomes and what they would do if results do not improve? Candidates who can answer those questions demonstrate an understanding of the role. Those who cannot speak to governance beyond the issues that brought them to the race may find the role more demanding than they anticipated.
Make your voice heard
Voting in a school board election is one of the few places where individual participation has a direct and immediate impact on how the system performs. School board elections are decided by small numbers of voters. Your decision to engage, or not, determines who governs. Choosing not to participate is not neutrality. It is a choice, and it carries the same weight as the vote itself.
Today, a decision will be made about who governs Delaware’s schools. You can be part of that decision, or it will be made without you. Either way, the results will show up in classrooms, in communities, and in the long-term strength of this state.
Find out who is running. Evaluate them on the work the role requires, not only on the positions they hold. Vote, and encourage others to do the same.
For more details about voting in today’s elections, visit First State Educate’s 2026 School Board Elections page.
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Monday, May 11, 2026 10:57AM
TRAINER BOROUGH, Pa. (WPVI) — A person has died after being hit by a vehicle in Delaware County.
It happened around 2:45 a.m. on Monday in the 4300 block of West 9th Street in Trainer Borough.
Police and fire crews were called to the Parkview Mobile Home community for reports of a pedestrian hit by a car.
Officials say the victim went into cardiac arrest immediately after the crash.
The investigation into the crash is ongoing.
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LAUREL, Del. — Delaware State Police are investigating a shooting in Laurel that left a 19-year-old man injured Friday afternoon and resulted in firearm charges against a Georgetown man, authorities said.
Troopers responded around 3:20 p.m. Friday to TidalHealth Nanticoke after the victim arrived at the hospital in a personal vehicle with non-life-threatening gunshot wounds, according to police. Investigators said the man had been shot in front of a residence on Portsville Road near Randall Street in Laurel.
Police said the victim was transported to the hospital in a blue Mazda 3 driven by 20-year-old Alexison Amisial of Georgetown. Troopers later located the vehicle and Amisial at First Stop Gas Station, where investigators said he was found carrying an untraceable firearm concealed in his waistband.
Amisial was taken into custody without incident and charged with carrying a concealed deadly weapon and possession of an untraceable firearm, both felonies, police said. He was arraigned in Justice of the Peace Court 3 and released on a $3,500 unsecured bond.
The Delaware State Police Troop 4 Criminal Investigations Unit continues to investigate the shooting. Authorities are asking anyone with information to contact Detective R. Mitchell at 302-752-3794 or Delaware Crime Stoppers at 800-847-3333.
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