All the headlines from our Delaware Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jan 12 2011 // Delaware Highway Safety officials say the state saw a 14 percent drop in traffic deaths in 2010. A preliminary count announced this week shows 101 people were killed on Delaware roads last year, the lowest number of such...
Jan 5 2011 // A ban on hand-held cell phone use while driving is taking effect in Delaware. Beginning Sunday, drivers will have to carry on their cell phone conversations using hands-free devices. The law also bans texting while...
Dec 16 2010 // The state Fire Marshal’s office says an unknown malfunction in the engine compartment of a car parked under a house sparked a fire that caused $800,000 in damage to the home and surrounding dwellings. The fire broke...
Dec 14 2010 // A Delaware jury that broke precedent by placing some of the blame for a priest abuse case with the local parish has gone light on the punitive damages.The jury last week chose to make St. Elizabeth’s parish in...
Oct 21 2010 // A new study has found that crashes involving 16-year-olds in Delaware have dropped 30 percent since the graduated driver’s license law took effect in 1999. The University of Delaware study attributes the drop to more...
Sep 21 2010 // Volunteer fire departments across Delaware are having to scrimp and put off buying new equipment just to stay afloat as local, state and charitable funds are harder to find.Kevin Wilson, president of the Delaware Volunteer...
Sep 6 2010 // Aon Consulting has named Shelly Blackstone as vice president of business development in its Richmond, Virginia office. In her new role, Blackstone will develop new products and services clients in Central and Southern...
Sep 6 2010 // Former longtime AIG chief Maurice “Hank” Greenberg and another former executive will get $60 million from the company’s insurers to cover legal and other costs as part of a proposed settlement of investor...
Aug 30 2010 // Former longtime AIG chief Maurice “Hank” Greenberg and another former executive will get $60 million from the company’s insurers to cover legal and other costs as part of a proposed settlement of investor...
Aug 27 2010 // The Insurance Agents & Brokers, a partnership of agents’ associations in Delaware, Maryland and Pennsylvania has elected new directors.Chairman David Rosenkilde, of ABCO/ICS Insurance Services Inc., in...
Aug 20 2010 // At least 80 Claymont, Delaware residents have joined a damage and personal-injury lawsuit targeting a long-troubled steel recycling plant there, in a case that claims owners failed for years to control “poisonous...
Aug 20 2010 // State fire marshal’s investigators are probing five separate arsons that caused heavy damage to buildings and vehicles in northern New Castle County.Authorities said the fires were set 2 a.m. and 5:30 a.m. Wednesday...
Aug 6 2010 // Delaware’s governor has given temporary authorization for the hiring of more workers for the Department of Motor Vehicles after residents complained of long lines. Gov. Jack Markell took the action after long lines...
Jun 8 2010 // State officials are warning motorists that police are cracking down on aggressive driving in Delaware.The Delaware Office of Highway Safety says 11 state, county and municipal police agencies will conduct patrols this...
May 28 2010 // Delaware authorities say 26,000 birds were lost after an electrical malfunction caused a fire that destroyed a poultry house west of Bridgeville. The State Fire Marshal’s Office says the fire started shortly before...
May 18 2010 // A U.S. judge has taken the unusual step of sanctioning a unit of Transocean Ltd, owner of the rig in the Gulf of Mexico spill, for “vexatious” tactics in fighting liability from a decades-old oil well spill in...
Apr 22 2010 // Zenith National Insurance Corp. announced today that the Delaware Court of Chancery, ruling from the bench after hearing arguments from plaintiffs who had filed actions in both Delaware and California, has denied the...
Mar 12 2010 // Allstate will be refund $428,355 to 2,445 Delaware policyholders who had not received discounts on their automobile insurance premiums to which they were lawfully entitled, the state’s insurance commissioner said.All...
Dec 17 2009 // A former New York State Corrections officer who reportedly owned two Delaware sandwich shops surrendered to authorities in New York last week to face workers’ compensation fraud charges initiated by the New York...
Nov 6 2009 // Delaware’s four-month campaign against speeding produced 6,322 citations.The Office of Highway Safety says that’s an increase of nearly 4,000 compared to a similar, three-month campaign last year. Office...