State awards federal grants for new, expanding charter schools
Department of Education | Newsroom | Date Posted: Monday, August 12, 2019
The Delaware Department of Education has awarded funds to five charter schools as part of a $10.4 million federal grant Delaware won in October to strengthen the state’s charter school system.
Prison sentence for 2017 murder
Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Newsroom | Date Posted: Friday, August 9, 2019
A Queens, NY man was sentenced by a Superior Court judge for a Wilmington murder. In September 2017, Sandy Lashley, 31, shot and killed Allen Melton of Wilmington after Melton attempted to intervene in an altercation on Cedar Street between his girlfriend and Lashley’s female friend. Lashley pleaded guilty in May to Murder Second Degree […]
DOJ announces early success in child support absconder initiative
Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Newsroom | Date Posted: Thursday, August 8, 2019
The Delaware Department of Justice’s Family Division announced that a new targeting of child support absconders has resulted in location of individuals who collectively owe more than $1 million in child support payments in order for them to begin paying support to their families. Led by Deputy Attorney General Phyllis Scully, Special Investigator William McGillan, […]
“The Scorched Pamphlet: Sherlock Holmes Returns to Delaware” at Dover’s Old State House on Aug. 17, 2019
Historical and Cultural Affairs | Kent County | Newsroom | Date Posted: Wednesday, August 7, 2019
Theatrical performance in which the celebrated British detective is called upon to solve a grisly case at Delaware College.
Prison for Man Who Murdered His Grandmother
Criminal Division | Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Newsroom | Date Posted: Friday, August 2, 2019
Department of Justice hosts forum on re-entry after incarceration A 31-year-old Georgetown man has been sentenced to 30 years in prison after pleading guilty to murdering his grandmother. Deputy Attorneys General Michael Tipton and Amanda Nyman secured the plea and sentence for George Bailey, III. In October 2018, Bailey choked 69-year-old Lorraine Bradley to death […]
