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  Archives:  July 2019

Statement on Kili Mayfield

Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | News | Date Posted: Tuesday, July 16, 2019

Attorney General Kathy Jennings on Tuesday released the following statement regarding Kili Mayfield’s conviction in Superior Court: Justice was served today. A man who raped three women, including beating and strangling one victim until she lost consciousness, has been convicted of his crimes. I am proud of the work of our prosecutors, paralegals, and social […]




Dates for ‘Small Fry Adventures’ family outings announced by DNREC’s Division of Fish & Wildlife

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Date Posted: Tuesday, July 16, 2019

Fish & Wildlife invites families with young children to come out to the Aquatic Resources Education Center to enjoy “Small Fry Adventures” this summer.




DNREC invites public to Brandywine Creek State Park Trail Plan open house on July 23

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Parks and Recreation | Date Posted: Tuesday, July 16, 2019

DNREC’s Division of Parks & Recreation will host a public open house from 5 to 7 p.m., Tuesday, July 23, to review the Brandywine Creek Trail Plan, at the Brandywine Creek State Park Nature Center, on Adams Dam Road, in Wilmington.




USAF, Dover AFB advise state agencies that PFAS chemicals exceeding EPA health advisory found in four wells near base

Delaware Health and Social Services | Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Public Health | Division of Waste and Hazardous Substances | Office of the Governor | Date Posted: Sunday, July 14, 2019

The US Air Force and Dover Air Force Base have notified Delaware’s Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control and Division of Public Health, that four wells near the base sampled by the federal government for perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), including perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) and perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA), have returned elevated levels of PFOS and PFOA above the US Environmental Protection Agency’s health advisory for these substances of 70 parts per trillion (ppt).




Wilmington Man Pleads to Killing Teenage Girl

Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | News | Date Posted: Friday, July 12, 2019

A Wilmington man charged with killing a 16-year-old girl has pleaded guilty. Deputy Attorneys General John Downs and Timothy Maguire secured the plea from Shyheim Warren, 25. In April 2017, Warren fatally shot Tynesia Cephas as she tried to break up a large fight in front of a home on the 900 block of North […]






  Archives:  July 2019

Statement on Kili Mayfield

Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | News | Date Posted: Tuesday, July 16, 2019

Attorney General Kathy Jennings on Tuesday released the following statement regarding Kili Mayfield’s conviction in Superior Court: Justice was served today. A man who raped three women, including beating and strangling one victim until she lost consciousness, has been convicted of his crimes. I am proud of the work of our prosecutors, paralegals, and social […]




Dates for ‘Small Fry Adventures’ family outings announced by DNREC’s Division of Fish & Wildlife

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Date Posted: Tuesday, July 16, 2019

Fish & Wildlife invites families with young children to come out to the Aquatic Resources Education Center to enjoy “Small Fry Adventures” this summer.




DNREC invites public to Brandywine Creek State Park Trail Plan open house on July 23

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Parks and Recreation | Date Posted: Tuesday, July 16, 2019

DNREC’s Division of Parks & Recreation will host a public open house from 5 to 7 p.m., Tuesday, July 23, to review the Brandywine Creek Trail Plan, at the Brandywine Creek State Park Nature Center, on Adams Dam Road, in Wilmington.




USAF, Dover AFB advise state agencies that PFAS chemicals exceeding EPA health advisory found in four wells near base

Delaware Health and Social Services | Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Public Health | Division of Waste and Hazardous Substances | Office of the Governor | Date Posted: Sunday, July 14, 2019

The US Air Force and Dover Air Force Base have notified Delaware’s Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control and Division of Public Health, that four wells near the base sampled by the federal government for perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), including perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) and perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA), have returned elevated levels of PFOS and PFOA above the US Environmental Protection Agency’s health advisory for these substances of 70 parts per trillion (ppt).




Wilmington Man Pleads to Killing Teenage Girl

Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | News | Date Posted: Friday, July 12, 2019

A Wilmington man charged with killing a 16-year-old girl has pleaded guilty. Deputy Attorneys General John Downs and Timothy Maguire secured the plea from Shyheim Warren, 25. In April 2017, Warren fatally shot Tynesia Cephas as she tried to break up a large fight in front of a home on the 900 block of North […]