Consolidating Delaware's 19 school districts could save the state $50 million a year, a new report suggests, though critics say the needed salary adjustments would outweigh much of the savings

State prosecutors cut a deal four weeks ago with a man charged with robbery and murder after he promised to testify against his alleged partner in the August 2008 slaying of a Dunkin' Donuts manager.

Fishermen pull woman out of her sinking car

Most guitar teachers and ace-level players will tell you two things about the video games Guitar Hero and Rock Band.

Delaware finally has a translation of the state's oldest document -- from 1653 -- thanks to a descendant of its original owner and a world-level expert.

Skip Paulman once stood guard on the flight line at Dover Air Force Base as a C-5A cargo jet brought back coffins containing the bodies of American soldiers during the waning days of the Vietnam War.

In recent days, questions have been raised about a front-page story in the Nov. 16 News Journal about a Navy veteran who donated a flag to the Delaware Military Museum, a flag he said came from the USS Cole.

MILFORD -- Mark McDaniel led the group of visitors down the concrete block and Sheetrock-walled halls of the school, into classrooms with wiring poking out from the walls and underneath exposed ductwork and pipes.

DOVER -- Citing budget pressures and changing times, Delaware's top environmental officer proposed a radical restructuring of the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control.

WILMINGTON -- Deputy Attorney General Steven P. Wood on Monday asked a jury that found Clifford Wright guilty of a 2006 double homicide to "let the punishment fit these crimes" and vote to put Wright to death.

WILMINGTON -- On the eve of trial, the final two of four defendants in the 2008 slaying of 45-year-old Michael Holloway admitted to their roles in the crime.

Two gunmen tried to rob a group of partygoers late Sunday at a Newark-area apartment complex, police said.

Two Wilmington men were assaulted and robbed Sunday night on the city's west side.

WILMINGTON -- The city government has $1 million in federal stimulus money to help people with housing payments.

SOCCER PLAYER MISIDENTIFIED: Sanford School soccer player Jordan Poarch was misidentified in a list of All-State players published in Sunday's Sports section. Incorrect information was supplied.

If Beau Biden runs, he'll have his father's political heft in his corner -- but that could backfire

DOVER -- W. Charles Paradee III believes the Internet is poised to send libraries the way of the eight-track tape.

A utility room in the Cavalier Country Club Apartments near Christiana caused smoke damage to one apartment and temporarily displaced residents Sunday.

An ailing World War II veteran from New York wants to fix a government goof in Brooklyn's Williamsburg area that has slighted a Founding Father from Delaware since the 1800s.

For the last decade, visitors to Cape Henlopen State Park have been pedaling around the park for free, courtesy of a volunteer-driven bicycle-lending effort.