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Secretary Walker Announces Appointment of New Director to Lead DHSS’ Division of Health Care Quality

Delaware Health and Social Services | Newsroom | Date Posted: Tuesday, September 3, 2019

NEW CASTLE (Sept. 3, 2019) – Department of Health and Social Services (DHSS) Secretary Dr. Kara Walker announced the appointment of Yrene Waldron, former Executive Director of the Delaware Health Care Facilities Association, to lead the Division of Health Care Quality. She will begin her duties Sept. 16. “I am thrilled that Yrene is joining […]




CORRECTION: “The 1960s in Delaware”—Chautauqua tent show in Lewes, Del. from Sept. 19 to 21, 2019

Historical and Cultural Affairs | Newsroom | Sussex County | Date Posted: Tuesday, September 3, 2019

The civil rights movement, the Vietnam War, the space program and rock ‘n’ roll will be among the 1960s-era events explored during the 2019 Chautauqua tent shows.




Delaware Officials Issue Warning after 6 Suspected Overdose Deaths During Holiday Weekend

Delaware Health and Social Services | Division of Public Health | Newsroom | Office of the Governor | Sussex County | Date Posted: Tuesday, September 3, 2019

NEW CASTLE (Sept. 3, 2019) – Health and public safety officials are urging people in active use of heroin or other opioids and their families to seek immediate treatment and to acquire the overdose-reversing medication naloxone in the wake of six suspected overdose deaths, including four in Sussex County, during the holiday weekend. The six […]




Delaware Division of the Arts Announces Recipients of the 2019 Governor’s Awards for the Arts

Delaware Division of the Arts | Department of State | Kent County | New Castle County | Newsroom | Sussex County | Date Posted: Tuesday, September 3, 2019

Dover, Del. (September 3, 2019) — The Delaware Division of the Arts is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2019 Governor’s Awards for the Arts, which pay tribute to distinguished individuals and organizations that have had a profound and lasting impact on the state’s artistic and cultural life.  The 2019 Governor’s Awards for the […]




Murder at State Museum Sends Man to Prison

Criminal Division | Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Newsroom | Date Posted: Friday, August 30, 2019

Other defendants sentenced on kidnapping, manslaughter, assault, and weapons charges Malcolm Casson, a Dover man who stabbed another man to death on the grounds of a state museum, has pleaded guilty to a 2018 murder. In February 2018, State Police were called to the John Dickinson House off of Kitts Hummock Road in Dover after […]







  Category: Newsroom

Secretary Walker Announces Appointment of New Director to Lead DHSS’ Division of Health Care Quality

Delaware Health and Social Services | Newsroom | Date Posted: Tuesday, September 3, 2019

NEW CASTLE (Sept. 3, 2019) – Department of Health and Social Services (DHSS) Secretary Dr. Kara Walker announced the appointment of Yrene Waldron, former Executive Director of the Delaware Health Care Facilities Association, to lead the Division of Health Care Quality. She will begin her duties Sept. 16. “I am thrilled that Yrene is joining […]




CORRECTION: “The 1960s in Delaware”—Chautauqua tent show in Lewes, Del. from Sept. 19 to 21, 2019

Historical and Cultural Affairs | Newsroom | Sussex County | Date Posted: Tuesday, September 3, 2019

The civil rights movement, the Vietnam War, the space program and rock ‘n’ roll will be among the 1960s-era events explored during the 2019 Chautauqua tent shows.




Delaware Officials Issue Warning after 6 Suspected Overdose Deaths During Holiday Weekend

Delaware Health and Social Services | Division of Public Health | Newsroom | Office of the Governor | Sussex County | Date Posted: Tuesday, September 3, 2019

NEW CASTLE (Sept. 3, 2019) – Health and public safety officials are urging people in active use of heroin or other opioids and their families to seek immediate treatment and to acquire the overdose-reversing medication naloxone in the wake of six suspected overdose deaths, including four in Sussex County, during the holiday weekend. The six […]




Delaware Division of the Arts Announces Recipients of the 2019 Governor’s Awards for the Arts

Delaware Division of the Arts | Department of State | Kent County | New Castle County | Newsroom | Sussex County | Date Posted: Tuesday, September 3, 2019

Dover, Del. (September 3, 2019) — The Delaware Division of the Arts is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2019 Governor’s Awards for the Arts, which pay tribute to distinguished individuals and organizations that have had a profound and lasting impact on the state’s artistic and cultural life.  The 2019 Governor’s Awards for the […]




Murder at State Museum Sends Man to Prison

Criminal Division | Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Newsroom | Date Posted: Friday, August 30, 2019

Other defendants sentenced on kidnapping, manslaughter, assault, and weapons charges Malcolm Casson, a Dover man who stabbed another man to death on the grounds of a state museum, has pleaded guilty to a 2018 murder. In February 2018, State Police were called to the John Dickinson House off of Kitts Hummock Road in Dover after […]