Tag: Delaware

‘Doing Things Right’: Loving Dad of 2 Shovels Snow for Neighbors Every Time It Snows

Kindness is a choice of the will. A husband and father from Wilmington, Delaware, habitually chooses to demonstrate kindness to those around him. And while he doesn’t do it to be recognized, his bighearted service does not go unnoticed. Every time it snows—which can be quite often in a Delaware winter—Brian Dignen shovels his driveway…


2 Million Chickens and Turkeys Have Died in New US Bird Flu Epidemic

After several new outbreaks in Missouri and Iowa, along with other states, more than 2 million birds—mainly chickens and turkeys—died between February and March due to the highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI), said federal officials in a recent update. In New Castle, Delaware, between late February and early March, some 1.4 million poultry died after…


Whistleblower Sues Delaware Over Election Laws That Unconstitutionally Extend Voting Time

An election integrity group is representing a state government whistleblower who claims in a new lawsuit that Delaware is playing fast and loose with state election laws, enforcing statutes that violate the state’s constitution. The Delaware General Assembly passed a law in 2019 that allowed early voting in person at least 10 days before the…


Highly Pathogenic Bird Flu Detected in Delaware and Florida

Highly pathogenic strains of avian influenza were also found in flocks of wild birds in Delaware and Florida this week, officials said. The Delaware Department of Agriculture on Wednesday said that testing confirmed that cases of avian flu were discovered in a Delaware chicken flock. “We have taken immediate action to contain this disease and…


New Jersey, Delaware to Lift School Mask Mandates

School mask mandates in New Jersey and Delaware will be lifted next month, the governors of both states said on Feb. 7. The New Jersey mandate will be lifted on March 7, Gov. Phil Murphy, a Democrat, said in a statement. “Balancing public health with getting back to some semblance of normalcy is not easy….


New Jersey, Delaware, Connecticut to Lift School Mask Mandates

School mask mandates will be lifted next month in New Jersey and Delaware, and will be lifted by the end of the month in Connecticut, the governors of the respective states announced on Feb. 7. The New Jersey mandate will be lifted on March 7, Gov. Phil Murphy, a Democrat, wrote on Twitter. “Balancing public…


Pennsylvania State Senator Calls for Relocating Illegal Immigrants to Delaware

An airplane full of immigrant children and chaperones landed at the Wilkes Barre-Scranton International Airport in Pennsylvania on Christmas day. The children were then loaded onto buses and sent somewhere into Pennsylvania or neighboring New York or New Jersey. They were sent by the U.S. departments of Homeland Security and Health and Human Services. It…


Christmas Parade Reignites the American Spirit in a Delaware Town

ELSMERE, Del.—Santa Claus made an appearance in Elsmere, Delaware, bringing the holiday spirit back to town with him after going through the pandemic. After a hiatus in 2020 because of COVID-19, the 26th annual Elsmere Christmas Parade returned on Dec. 12. It included dignitaries, bands, marching units, dance units, floats, fire departments, police departments, and…


Former Delaware Governor Ruth Ann Minner Dead at 86

DOVER, Del.—Ruth Ann Minner, a sharecropper’s daughter who became the only woman to serve as Delaware’s governor, has died. She was 86. Minner, who served as governor from 2001 to 2009, passed away Thursday morning, according to Agriculture Secretary Michael Scuse, a friend who once served as her chief of staff. “She was a true…


Delaware Student Found Unresponsive in Prison Cell, Dies

DOVER, Del.—A University of Delaware student who was accused of threatening people with a BB gun has died after what authorities described as a “medical emergency” in his prison cell, police said Wednesday. Delaware State Police said Quinn Annable, 20, was pronounced dead Tuesday morning. Authorities said correctional officers at Howard R. Young prison in…