Matt Meyer becomes Delaware's 76th governor
The new office of education advocacy gives the city government a way to fund efforts to bring education back under city control in the future.
The Department of Justice is joining 17 states in suing the Trump administration for its order ending birthright citizenship.
A study of Tripadvisor data revealed that the Hotel du Pont in Wilmington is among one of the most stylish hotels in the U.S.
Matt Meyer will be sworn in Tuesday as Delaware's 76th governor. At 9:30 a.m., Meyer and Lt. Gov.-elect Kyle Evans Gay will take their oaths of office, and Meyer will deliver his inaugural address.
Joseph R. Biden Jr. Aquatic Center, 26th and Locust streets, Wilmington: A city pool in Prices Run where Joe lifeguarded in the summer of 1962. Out of 12 lifeguards that summer, he was the only one who wasn’t Black. The well-known story of him taking on “Corn Pop” is set at this pool, which was renamed for him in 2017.
Our reporters spent 2024 asking hard questions and tracking down the truth. Here are some of the stories that moved the bar in Delaware last year.
WILMINGTON, Delaware (WPVI) -- This Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Wilmington community members braved the snow to honor the holiday. The Delaware Art Museum teamed up with Delaware Urban Greens to provide a food distribution of fresh produce. All of this was to keep the trend of giving back alive in their community.
Delaware was the 45th state by population in the 2020 Census and that ranking didn’t change in the 2023 or 2024 figures. The only change in the bottom 10 states from 2020 to 2024 was Montana moving up to the 43rd state, passing Rhode Island.
WILMINGTON, Delaware (Reuters) - Meta Platforms' former chief operating officer, Sheryl Sandberg, was sanctioned by a judge on Tuesday for deleting emails related to litigation over Facebook's Cambridge Analytica privacy scandal, despite being told to preserve the messages.
WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - The Brooklyn Arts District will be home to the area’s first social district program. Wilmington City Council passed the ordinance that would allow the Brooklyn Arts District to pilot the program. Several people spoke during the public comment period in favor of the social district. One person spoke against it.
WILMINGTON, NC (WWAY) — Wilmington City Council has approved a social district pilot program to go forward. The council heard a second hearing during Tuesday’s meeting. The pilot program would create a social district covering 10 blocks in the Brooklyn Arts District.