2+ mon, 2+ week ago   (67+ words) The Brandywine and Wilmington Cemetery has a newly discovered mass grave of Revolutionary War soldiers – on both sides. Wilmington's place in Revolutionary War widens with mass grave discovery The cemetery in downtown Wilmington is squeezed between ChristianaCare and I-95. Blaring…...

3+ mon, 1+ day ago   (550+ words) The woman who inspired and voiced the Walt Disney character Tinker Bell and spent her later years in the Wilmington area has died. Margaret Kerry, the model for Tinker Bell in the 1953 animated movie "Peter Pan" and the voice behind…...

4+ mon, 1+ day ago   (84+ words) Delaware lawmakers are considering a bill to allow the cremation of unclaimed or indigent remains, as public spaces run low. As cemeteries fill, Delaware weighs cremation for unclaimed bodies It isn’t easy to spot. Just off the Jack Markell Trail…...

4+ mon, 3+ week ago   (262+ words) Licking County history: WWII veteran's letter details Battle of the Bulge experiences In a letter dated Sept. 29, 1944, William wrote to his family in Newark that he had been wounded by shrapnel in the leg. In a second letter written Oct....

8+ mon, 4+ week ago   (632+ words) The English poet and author Chaucer wrote in the 1300s that, “Time and tide wait for no man.” Wilmington College sophomore Henry Hildebrandt and other members of the new student organization, WC History Council, are discovering that time has been relentless…...

9+ mon, 3+ week ago   (642+ words) MUNCIE, Ind. (WISH) — Delaware County Deputy Blake Reynolds died last week after he was hit by a truck while helping another driver on the side of I-69. Corporal Reynolds’ parents and brother sat down with News 8’s Melea VanOstrand. “When…...