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Magnolia man sentenced for child sexual abuse

Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Newsroom | Date Posted: Friday, August 16, 2019

A Magnolia man has been sentenced by a Superior Court judge for continuous sexual abuse of a child. Emmanuel Wright, 20, engaged in a pattern of sexual and physical abuse began when the victim was 12 years old and continued for approximately 2 years until Wright was arrested in late 2018. An investigation found Wright […]




DOJ warns Delawareans about jury duty phone scam

Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Newsroom | Date Posted: Thursday, August 15, 2019

The Delaware Department of Justice Consumer Protection Unit is alerting residents of a phone scam regarding missed jury duty service. Similar scams have been reported in the past.




Ribbon cut on Little Heaven intersection project

Department of Transportation | Former Governor John Carney (2017-2025) | Newsroom | Office of the Governor | Date Posted: Thursday, August 15, 2019

Project eliminated traffic signal on Route 1 Bowers Beach — With help from Governor John Carney, Lt. Governor Bethany Hall-Long, members of the State General Assembly, members of the project team, and others, Delaware Department of Transportation (DelDOT) Secretary Jennifer Cohan cut the ribbon on the SR 1 Little Heaven Grade Separated Intersection project today. […]




DPH Releases First Drug Overdose Mortality Surveillance Report

Delaware Health and Social Services | Division of Public Health | Newsroom | Date Posted: Wednesday, August 14, 2019

WILMINGTON  – For the first time, the Delaware Division of Public Health (DPH) through the integration of 12 multi-agency datasets, has developed a demographic picture of the Delawareans who died from drug overdoses in 2017. DPH released the Drug Overdose Mortality Surveillance Report, Delaware, 2017, in Wilmington on Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2019. In addition to […]




DelDOT Earns Credit Rating Upgrade

Department of Transportation | Kent County | New Castle County | Newsroom | Sussex County | Date Posted: Monday, August 12, 2019

Secretary of Transportation Jennifer Cohan announced today that Moody’s Investors Service has upgraded the Delaware Transportation Authority’s bond rating from Aa2 to Aa1, and that Standard & Poor’s has affirmed its ‘AA+’ rating to the Authority’s senior revenue bonds series. Moody’s has also upgraded to Aa3 from A1 the rating on the authority’s outstanding US […]







  Category: Newsroom

Magnolia man sentenced for child sexual abuse

Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Newsroom | Date Posted: Friday, August 16, 2019

A Magnolia man has been sentenced by a Superior Court judge for continuous sexual abuse of a child. Emmanuel Wright, 20, engaged in a pattern of sexual and physical abuse began when the victim was 12 years old and continued for approximately 2 years until Wright was arrested in late 2018. An investigation found Wright […]




DOJ warns Delawareans about jury duty phone scam

Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Newsroom | Date Posted: Thursday, August 15, 2019

The Delaware Department of Justice Consumer Protection Unit is alerting residents of a phone scam regarding missed jury duty service. Similar scams have been reported in the past.




Ribbon cut on Little Heaven intersection project

Department of Transportation | Former Governor John Carney (2017-2025) | Newsroom | Office of the Governor | Date Posted: Thursday, August 15, 2019

Project eliminated traffic signal on Route 1 Bowers Beach — With help from Governor John Carney, Lt. Governor Bethany Hall-Long, members of the State General Assembly, members of the project team, and others, Delaware Department of Transportation (DelDOT) Secretary Jennifer Cohan cut the ribbon on the SR 1 Little Heaven Grade Separated Intersection project today. […]




DPH Releases First Drug Overdose Mortality Surveillance Report

Delaware Health and Social Services | Division of Public Health | Newsroom | Date Posted: Wednesday, August 14, 2019

WILMINGTON  – For the first time, the Delaware Division of Public Health (DPH) through the integration of 12 multi-agency datasets, has developed a demographic picture of the Delawareans who died from drug overdoses in 2017. DPH released the Drug Overdose Mortality Surveillance Report, Delaware, 2017, in Wilmington on Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2019. In addition to […]




DelDOT Earns Credit Rating Upgrade

Department of Transportation | Kent County | New Castle County | Newsroom | Sussex County | Date Posted: Monday, August 12, 2019

Secretary of Transportation Jennifer Cohan announced today that Moody’s Investors Service has upgraded the Delaware Transportation Authority’s bond rating from Aa2 to Aa1, and that Standard & Poor’s has affirmed its ‘AA+’ rating to the Authority’s senior revenue bonds series. Moody’s has also upgraded to Aa3 from A1 the rating on the authority’s outstanding US […]