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Tropical nursery stock a risk for red imported fire ants

Department of Agriculture | Newsroom | Date Posted: Wednesday, May 29, 2019

Media: Images of fire ants can be found at the Center for Invasive Species and Ecosystem Health. DOVER, Del. – The Delaware Department of Agriculture (DDA) is alerting local businesses and purchasers of tropical nursery stock of the recent detection of fire ants in a shipment of palm trees imported from Florida. The red imported […]




Motorcycle Crashes Spike in Delaware May 2019

Department of Safety and Homeland Security | Motorcycle | Newsroom | Office of Highway Safety | Date Posted: Tuesday, May 28, 2019

Delaware (May 28, 2019) – The Delaware Office of Highway Safety, Delaware State Police, Delaware Department of Transportation, and AAA Mid-Atlantic are working together to notify the public about the recent spike in motorcycle crash fatalities in Delaware. Since January 1st, 2019 there have been six motorcycle fatalities across the state all within the month […]




Division of the Arts Announces the 2019 “Award Winners” Exhibition

Newsroom | Date Posted: Tuesday, May 28, 2019

A group show featuring the work of the 2019 Individual Artist Fellows On view in all three counties this summer! Dover, Del. (May 28, 2019) – Each year, the Biggs Museum of American Art, in partnership with the Delaware Division of the Arts, exhibits the work of Delaware’s Individual Artist Fellows. The Award Winners XIX […]




DelDOT Honors Second Class of Project SEARCH Graduates

Department of Transportation | Kent County | New Castle County | Newsroom | Sussex County | Date Posted: Monday, May 27, 2019

Department of Transportation Secretary Jennifer Cohan, Delaware Chief Information Officer James Collins, Department of Education Secretary Susan Bunting, Secretary of Labor Cerron Cade, and Caesar Rodney School District Superintendent Kevin Fitzgerald celebrated the second class of Project SEARCH graduates at a ceremony Friday afternoon. “We are so proud of these nine young men and what […]




Murderer Sentenced to Life in Prison

Criminal Division | Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Newsroom | Date Posted: Friday, May 24, 2019

Others sentenced to prison for assault with firearm, and drug convictions An Elsmere man was sentenced by a Superior Court judge to life in prison plus 25 years for the murder of his girlfriend. Deputy Attorneys General Matthew Frawley and Jenna Milecki secured the sentence for Steven Pierce, 45, who was convicted by a Superior […]







  Category: Newsroom

Tropical nursery stock a risk for red imported fire ants

Department of Agriculture | Newsroom | Date Posted: Wednesday, May 29, 2019

Media: Images of fire ants can be found at the Center for Invasive Species and Ecosystem Health. DOVER, Del. – The Delaware Department of Agriculture (DDA) is alerting local businesses and purchasers of tropical nursery stock of the recent detection of fire ants in a shipment of palm trees imported from Florida. The red imported […]




Motorcycle Crashes Spike in Delaware May 2019

Department of Safety and Homeland Security | Motorcycle | Newsroom | Office of Highway Safety | Date Posted: Tuesday, May 28, 2019

Delaware (May 28, 2019) – The Delaware Office of Highway Safety, Delaware State Police, Delaware Department of Transportation, and AAA Mid-Atlantic are working together to notify the public about the recent spike in motorcycle crash fatalities in Delaware. Since January 1st, 2019 there have been six motorcycle fatalities across the state all within the month […]




Division of the Arts Announces the 2019 “Award Winners” Exhibition

Newsroom | Date Posted: Tuesday, May 28, 2019

A group show featuring the work of the 2019 Individual Artist Fellows On view in all three counties this summer! Dover, Del. (May 28, 2019) – Each year, the Biggs Museum of American Art, in partnership with the Delaware Division of the Arts, exhibits the work of Delaware’s Individual Artist Fellows. The Award Winners XIX […]




DelDOT Honors Second Class of Project SEARCH Graduates

Department of Transportation | Kent County | New Castle County | Newsroom | Sussex County | Date Posted: Monday, May 27, 2019

Department of Transportation Secretary Jennifer Cohan, Delaware Chief Information Officer James Collins, Department of Education Secretary Susan Bunting, Secretary of Labor Cerron Cade, and Caesar Rodney School District Superintendent Kevin Fitzgerald celebrated the second class of Project SEARCH graduates at a ceremony Friday afternoon. “We are so proud of these nine young men and what […]




Murderer Sentenced to Life in Prison

Criminal Division | Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Newsroom | Date Posted: Friday, May 24, 2019

Others sentenced to prison for assault with firearm, and drug convictions An Elsmere man was sentenced by a Superior Court judge to life in prison plus 25 years for the murder of his girlfriend. Deputy Attorneys General Matthew Frawley and Jenna Milecki secured the sentence for Steven Pierce, 45, who was convicted by a Superior […]