The Mother African Union Church in Wilmington was destroyed by a second alarm fire on May 17.
Two firefighters have minor injuries. No civilians were injured.
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#MotherAfricanUnionChurch #wilmington #fire
You've heard of puppy yoga. @ramseys.farm is offering something different. Yoga with...goats? Yes, goats. The goated event is sold out for May. Visit their website to see June's schedule. Tickets required. 🐐🧘
#delaware #goatyoga #thingstodoindelaware
A Delaware bill that looks to bolster access to mental health care unanimously passed the Senate May 13.
Also known as the Fair Standards Mental Health Care Act, this bill would allow residents with private insurance to obtain “timely, evidence-based” mental health and substance use disorder treatment in the First State, according to its text.
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📷 Photo by Damian Giletto/Delaware News Journal: Legislative Hall in Dover as seen on April 15, 2026.
Delaware has 15 native turtle species, and many are currently migrating to lay eggs. Learn about them at the link in bio.
#animals #animalsurvival #turtles #spottedturtle
The legacy of late Delaware State Trooper Cpl. Matthew 'Ty' Snook will live on in a special tribute during Saturday's NASCAR race at Dover Motor Speedway. Hear from the driver of the car, Myatt Snider, who reflects on how much this opportunity means to him, and what he's learned about Cpl. Snook. #NASCAR #DoverMotorSpeedway #AllStarWeekend
Delaware State Police have identified the body found at Fox Point State Park April 24 as a 27-year-old New Jersey man missing since February.
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📷 Photo by Shannon Marvel McNaught/Delaware News Journal: A Delaware State Police vehicle.
There's a new exhibit opening June 4th at the Federal Reserve Bank in Philadelphia. "Money in Motion" features games, rare coins and bills, and more. Here's a sneak peak. 🪙💵
#Thingstodo #Philadelphia
Police misconduct led the town of Millsboro to pay a $30,000 legal settlement, documents obtained by Delaware Online/The News Journal revealed.
Hertford Gibbs was arrested in relation to a car accident in Millsboro in December 2022. Those charges were dropped a few months later due to potential mishandling by former Millsboro Police Sgt. Matthew Dufour, court documents said, who later pleaded guilty to charges related to tampering with drug evidence. (Gibbs' case involved marijuana, but Dufour's exact role in that case is unknown.)
Additionally, in September 2023, Gibbs filed a civil rights lawsuit against the town and the officer who arrested him, former Millsboro Police Cpl. John Wharton, claiming Wharton unlawfully detained him and used excessive force. Wharton resigned last year after a department investigation into numerous claims of misconduct.
The lawsuit also claimed the Millsboro Police Department had a pattern of tolerating or encouraging police misconduct.
Millsboro officials, including Police Chief David Moyer, did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
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From corner shops to national chains, Delaware has no shortage of convenience stores.
Several new ones are being added to municipalities up and down the state to meet the growing demand for shopping quick trips.
But Delawareans clearly have a favorite, as revealed from a recent Delaware Online/The News Journal poll.
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📸Isabel Hughes/Delaware News Journal: Gas prices at the Wawa on Route 202 in Talleyville on April 16, 2026.
#7-Eleven #DashIn #RoyalFarms #Wawa
On a cool April afternoon, Dan Borkoski lifts a cinder block from a painted beehive and opens it for the first time since November.
Bees pour out as he raises a panel, and a sweet smell fills the air, like banana Laffy Taffy. The University of Delaware apiary technician watches closely, hoping for a lively hive but bracing for what a particularly cold winter may have left behind.
“In the dead of winter, you’re kind of just waiting and hoping that all your hard work paid off,” said Borkoski, who has managed the 60 hives with up to 100,000 individual bees since 2017. The hives are used for teaching, research and small-scale honey production.
🐝Even bees can’t escape spring cleaning. 🐝
Depending on the temperatures, beekeepers across Delaware open their hives in April and May for inspection and routine maintenance. It’s part of a statewide program to monitor colony health and track disease, said Jennylyn Redner, the Delaware state apiarist.
🔗Ellie Hintz, a student at the University of Delaware with a minor in journalism, takes a closer look. To learn more, see link in bio.
📸Ellie Hintz/Special to Delaware News Journal: Dan Borkoski, research apiary technician at the University of Delaware, prepares a bee smoker before inspecting hives at the UD apiary in Newark on April 3, 2026.
📸Ellie Hintz/Special to Delaware News Journal: Dan Borkoski, research apiary technician at the University of Delaware, holds a drone bee during a spring hive inspection at the UD apiary in Newark on April 3, 2026.
#bees #beekeeping #apiary #hives
A middle school wrestling coach’s five-year suspension was upheld May 14 by the Delaware Interscholastic Athletic Association’s board of directors.
Avon Jones, the coach at Postlethwait Middle School in the Caesar Rodney School District, had appealed the five-year suspension handed down last month by DIAA executive director David Baylor.
It resulted from what Baylor felt was the mistreatment of a wrestler in practice that could be seen in a video shared on social media and with the DIAA by the wrestler’s parent.
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📸Provided by Postlethwait Middle School: Postlethwait Middle School, just outside Camden, Delaware, is part of Caesar Rodney School District.
#PostlewaitMiddleSchool #DIAA_DE #wrestling
Wilmington Manor's former fire chief faces charges that he slapped the buttocks of a fire company employee before telling her to smile, according to court documents.
The March 30 incident occurred while Stephen J. Maichle was still fire chief of Wilmington Manor Volunteer Fire Company.
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📷 Photo by Esteban Parra/Delaware News Journal: Wilmington Manor Volunteer Fire Company, located at 301 N. Dupont Highway, near New Castle, on May 13, 2026.
