Latest Delaware Headlines

All the headlines from our Delaware Topic Page, ordered by recency.

Delaware Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rates to Decrease for Fifth Year

Nov 30 2021 // Delaware Insurance Commissioner Trinidad Navarro announced that workers’ compensation insurance rates in the state will decrease for the fifth year in a row, effective December 1, 2021.The voluntary market is seeing...

Fire Causes Estimated $50K in Damage at Delaware Restaurant

Nov 29 2021 // Fire officials in Delaware are investigating a fire that damaged a restaurant in Newark.The Delaware State Fire Marshal’s Office is investigating after the fire at Miller’s Ale House at Center Pointe Plaza,...

$2M in Damage from Oceanfront Home Fire in Delaware

Nov 10 2021 // A fire heavily damaged an oceanfront home in Bethany Beach, Delaware, over the weekend, according to fire investigators. Flames were engulfing the home on Seaside Drive as firefighters arrived around 11:30 p.m. Saturday,...

Multiple Delaware Residents Indicted for Auto Insurance Fraud

Oct 22 2021 // Late last month in New Castle County, Delaware, a grand jury indicted multiple residents for insurance fraud.The indictments stem from Department of Insurance Fraud Prevention Bureau investigations, in partnership with the...

Delaware Sues Monsanto Alleging Damage to Natural Resources

Sep 28 2021 // Delaware’s attorney general has filed a lawsuit against chemical company Monsanto and spinoffs Solutia and Pharmacia, alleging long-lasting damage to the state’s natural resources.The lawsuit filed Delaware...

Smaller Delaware Businesses Find Ways to Survive Pandemic

Sep 28 2021 // Small businesses have faced big-time problems throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.And for many, it was no longer just about trying to get by. It was a matter of survival. Local small-business owners Rous and Angie Robles of...

Former Delaware Pastor Found Liable for Child Sexual Abuse

Sep 20 2021 // A woman who said her father, a former pastor of a Delaware church, sexually abused her as a child and trafficked her to other men, was awarded $1.5 million by a federal jury on Friday.Alicia Cohen, 41, said in her civil...

Delaware Trooper Suspended Amid Investigation of Thefts

Sep 9 2021 // A Delaware state trooper has been suspended with pay amid a federal investigation into a series of thefts from a package reshipping company in New Castle.According to an FBI affidavit unsealed late last week, Jamal J....

Delaware Insurance Commissioner Issues Alert About Recalled Respiratory Machines

Aug 6 2021 // Delaware Insurance Commissioner Trinidad Navarro has released a consumer alert for users of respiratory devices manufactured by Philips.An estimated four million Philips Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP) and...

Delaware Farm Receives Violation for Damaged Pipeline, Wastewater Spill

Jul 30 2021 // Delaware environmental officials have issued a notice of violation to Mountaire Farms in Millsboro after a contractor damaged a pipeline and treated wastewater spilled into Swan Creek. The notice from the Department of...

DuPont, Spinoffs to Pay $50M to Delaware for ‘Forever Chemical’ Cleanup

Jul 21 2021 // DuPont Co. and two spinoffs will pay at least $50 million to Delaware to help clean up toxic chemicals, the Delaware Department of Justice announced.It’s the first time the state’s Department of Justice has...

Small Delaware Town Triples Police Liability Insurance

Jul 19 2021 // A small Delaware town has opted to triple its police department’s liability insurance, noting a rise in civil rights lawsuits.The Dewey Beach Town Council voted recently to increase the coverage from $1 million to $3...

Delaware Captive Insurance Legislation Signed by the Governor

Jul 16 2021 // With Delaware Governor John Carney’s recent signature, the state’s Captive Insurance Division is providing increased flexibility in its offerings to captive insurance companies.Senate Substitute 1 for Senate...

Weather Service Confirms Second Tornado in Delaware

Jul 6 2021 // The National Weather Service has confirmed a second tornado touched down in Delaware during storms earlier this week.The weather service’s office in Mount Holly, New Jersey, announced details from a survey of storm...

Man in Prison for Maryland Arsons Linked to Delaware Fires

Jun 21 2021 // A man serving time for Maryland arsons is accused of starting fires in two Delaware beach towns last year. The Delaware Office of the State Fire Marshal announced Thursday that it has obtained warrants for Richard Lodeski...

Judge Tosses Suit Seeking End to Delaware River Drilling Ban

Jun 14 2021 // A federal judge on Friday threw out a lawsuit by Republican state lawmakers in Pennsylvania that sought to overturn a ban on gas drilling and hydraulic fracturing in the Delaware River basin, ruling they lacked standing to...

Fire Displaces 50 People from Delaware Apartment Complex

May 26 2021 // More than 50 people have been displaced by a fire at a Delaware apartment, according to the state fire marshal’s office. Officials estimate that Saturday afternoon’s fire at the Lighthouse Hill Apartments...

Delaware Man Sentenced to Prison for Role in $2M Fraud Plot

May 24 2021 // A Delaware man was sentenced on Friday to nearly four years in prison for his role in a plot to defraud a beauty product manufacturer out of more than $2 million.U.S. District Judge James Bredar in Baltimore also ordered...

Lawsuits Over University of Delaware COVID-19 Shutdown Can Proceed

May 20 2021 // A federal judge on Tuesday refused to dismiss two lawsuits filed against the University of Delaware by current and former students who argue that they are entitled to refunds for services they didn’t receive when...

Final Settlements Inked in Delaware Poultry Plant Pollution Lawsuits

Apr 14 2021 // A Delaware judge on Monday gave final approval to a $65 million settlement in a class-action lawsuit involving thousands of residents of a southern Delaware community affected by groundwater contamination from a local...