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Day: January 5, 2019

Newark / Public Safety

Accident Shuts Down Route 40 WB In Newark

January 5, 2019January 5, 2019

Rescue crews have responded to Route 40 at Lagrange Avenue near Delaware State Police Troop 2 for an injury accident. State police released the following statement. “Traffic Advisory * Newark- Rt 40 …

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Marshallton / Public Safety

Kirkwood Highway Closed After Car Slams Into Occupied Bus Stop, Four In Hospital

January 5, 2019January 6, 2019

At 6:37 this evening, Saturday, January 5, 2019, rescue crews from the Mill Creek Fire Company, along with crews from surrounding companies responded to Kirkwood Highway in the area of …

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Fire / New Castle / Public Safety

Investigators: Burglars Douse Home With Gasoline, Scared Off By Occupant

January 5, 2019January 5, 2019

The Delaware State Fire Marshal’s office is investigating last night’s attempted arson of a townhouse in New Castle, according to Assistant State Fire Marshal Michael Chionchio. Deputy state fire marshals …

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Newark / Public Safety

Just In: Rollover Crash Shuts Down Otts Chapel Road, Two To Hospital

January 5, 2019January 5, 2019

Newark – Just before 12:00 today a Trooper with the Delaware State Police radioed to dispatch that he had just witnessed an injury rollover crash on Otts Chaple Road at …

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Crime / Dover / Public Safety

Police: One-Year-Old With Head, Torso, And Internal Injuries Dies, Charges Pending

January 5, 2019

Just after 12:30 Wednesday afternoon, January 2, 2019, the Dover Police Department responded to an apartment in the 800 Block of Woodcrest Drive for a call reporting that a one-year-old …

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Fire / New Castle / Public Safety

Several Residents Forced To Evacuate Homes After Gasoline Spill

January 5, 2019January 5, 2019

New Castle – At 10:44 Last evening, Friday, January 4, 2019, firefighters from the Christiana Fire Company, along with crews from the Wilmington Manor, Minquas, Good Will, and Aetna responded …

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Crime / Maryland / Public Safety / Regional News / Salisbury

IED Found At Apartment Complex, Police Say Man Attempted To Set Off Explosives

January 5, 2019January 5, 2019

Wicomico County, Md. – Deputy State Fire Marshals arrested a Wicomico County man who they say possessed and attempted to detonate a destructive device in Hancock, Washington County on December …

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