In the middle: Seventh-graders' crucial path

New Castle County officials are proposing a bold public safety plan aimed at reducing overall crime by 10 percent by adding more than 120 police, emergency communications and support personnel over five years.

Supporters were finding it more difficult to raise pledges for the Delaware Humane Association's annual Walk for the Animals, and Executive Director J. Kevin Usilton said he knows that many people have less to give because of the difficult economy.

Although a downpour ended the largest of three statewide Delaware AIDS Walk 2008 events a week earlier in Wilmington, organizers in Kent and Sussex counties welcomed sunny skies and more than more than 1,000 walkers and volunteers.

Surprise trip follows state revenue declines

OCEAN VIEW -- Policing has become intensely political in this tiny eastern Sussex County town, where turmoil has reached a fever pitch over the future of the town's popular police chief.

Ears of sweet corn were less than an hour off the stalk from nearby fields before they were frozen to star in Sunday's menu.

If there's a pothole that jounces you around or a road that seems to have been closed forever, we want to know about it.

For a moment, forget the houses, the barges and the signs of the 21st century on the Nanticoke River.

Tickets are on sale for one of Delaware's largest benefits for homeless animals, with friendly dogs invited to share the fun.