DOC to close New Castle County community corrections facility
Newsroom | Date Posted: Tuesday, September 30, 2025
Wilmington, DE – The Delaware Department of Correction announced today that it will close the century-old Plummer Community Corrections Center (PCCC) in Wilmington, citing factors that include the continued decades-long drop in the number of individuals sentenced to DOC community corrections supervision, the excessive capacity of DOC’s underutilized community corrections facilities, and the prohibitive costs […]
Lisa Schieffert to Serve as Acting DHSS Secretary
Delaware Health and Social Services | Newsroom | Date Posted: Tuesday, September 30, 2025
WILMINGTON – Governor Matt Meyer today announced Lisa Schieffert as Acting Secretary of the Delaware Department of Health and Social Services (DHSS), beginning Wednesday, Oct. 1. Schieffert, a Deputy Secretary for DHSS, will oversee the agency in the interim following the departure of Secretary Josette Manning and while the Delaware State Senate considers the nomination of […]
Dagsboro Explosion
State Fire Marshal | Date Posted: Tuesday, September 30, 2025
The Delaware Office of the State Fire Marshal is investigating a single-family residential structure explosion that was reported on September 30, 2025 shortly after 7:00 AM in the 25000 block of Gum Tree Road Dagsboro, Delaware. The Dagsboro Volunteer Fire Company and assisting mutual aid fire companies arrived on scene and found a single-family dwelling […]
Delaware Division of Revenue Issues Warning About Tax Refund Text Scams
Department of Finance | Division of Revenue | Featured Posts | Newsroom | Date Posted: Tuesday, September 30, 2025
Statewide, DE — The Delaware Department of Finance and the Division of Revenue are warning residents about a recent surge in fraudulent text messages impersonating the Division of Revenue. These scam messages claim that a taxpayer’s refund “has been processed and approved” and demand that recipients provide “valid payment information” by a specific deadline. The […]
DNREC Launches New Online Tracking Tool Enabling Easier Access to Permit Information
Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Water | Featured Video | Governor Matt Meyer | Newsroom | Date Posted: Tuesday, September 30, 2025
DNREC now offers homeowners, contractors and the public an easier way to access information about several environmental permits. New interactive dashboards from the DNREC Division of Water will enable users to check the status of applications, view their place in the review queue and retrieve issued permit documents.
