Laurel, DE

Image Courtesy of Google Earth LAUREL, Del. – The Delaware Department of Transportation has announced plans to convert the intersection of Old Stage Road and Salt Barn Road from a two-way stop to an all-way stop in early November. The changes to the intersection will include new signage and pavement markings. Flaggers will be on-site to direct motorists at the...

The Laurel School Board of Education announced Thursday that Superintendent Shawn Larrimore will step down effective October 30th. Larrimore has served the district for 13 years – and will had the reins over to Director of Student Services Susan Whaley and Assistant Superintendent Ashley Giska who will jointly assume the responsibilities of Superintendent. While no reason was given for Larrimore stepping down, he has had his issues during his time at Laurel School District, including a DUI

A Liberty Tree has been planted at Trap Pond State Park near Laurel to commemorate the 75th Anniversary of the first Delaware State Park and the 75,000th tree. This planting also makes the nation's 250th anniversary. DNREC is one of three state agencies taking part in the A Tree for Every Delawarean (TEDI) – with a goal of planting one-million new trees – one for every resident in the state – by 2030. The American Holly, which is the Delaware State Tree, was provided a place of honor in

The Sussex County Council will have a short meeting Tuesday beginning at 1pm. However there are four public hearings beginning at 1:30 on Conditional Use applications. All four applications are for solar arrays in the Laurel and Delmar areas and two in the Seaford area. Sussex County Council will begin at 1pm in the County Administration Building on The Circle in Georgetown. CLICK HERE FOR THE COUNCIL AGENDA CLICK HERE FOR THE FULL COUNCIL PACKET  

A two-month investigation by the Laurel Police Street Crimes Unit has ended with an arrest and seizure of a large amount of drugs. With the assistance of the DSP SORT Team, Laurel Police executed a search warrant at the Little Creek Apartments where they seized the following:  41.61 grams of heroin packaged in 1,387 individual bags    12.9 grams of crack cocaine  Two digital scales  More than $2,000 in U.S. currency Police arrested the target of their search, a 35 year old Laure

Image Courtesy of Laurel Police Department LAUREL, Del. – A two-month long investigation by the Laurel Police Department (LPD) has resulted in the seizure of heroin, crack cocaine, and related drug paraphernalia. On Friday, Oct. 16, the LPD Street Crimes Unit, with assistance from the Delaware State Police SORT Team, executed a search warrant without incident in the 300 block...

LAUREL, Del. – The Delaware State Police is investigating a fatal crash in Laurel that claimed the life of an elderly bicyclist. On Oct. 6, at 4:20 p.m., police say a Van Hool Charter Bus was traveling southbound in the left lane of Sussex Highway (US-13), in the area of Gordy Road. At the same time, a bicyclist was traveling...

A Laurel man has died from injuries he received after he rode his bicycle into the path of a charter bus on Route 13 near Gordy Road on Tuesday, October 6th. Delaware State Police say the bicyclist, 69 year old Lawrence Schreiber crossed the southbound lanes to enter the left-turn lane and rode into the path of the bus, which tried to avoid a collision but could not. Schreiber was taken to an area hospital where he died on Sunday from injuries he sustained in the crash. The driver of the chart

A bicyclist died Sunday, five days after he was struck by a charter bus in Laurel, Delaware, according to the Delaware State Police. Troopers said the crash occurred on Sussex Highway (U.S. 13) on Oct. 6 at approximately 4:20 p.m. According to state police, a Van Hool charter bus was traveling south in the left lane while a bicyclist was traveling south on the shoulder of the road. A preliminary investigation found that the bicyclist crossed the southbound lanes to enter a ded