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Salisbury Police searching for missing woman
SALISBURY, Md. – Salisbury Police are asking for the public’s help in locating a missing woman. We’re told 33-year-old Patoria Giddens was last seen at Cross Winds Apartments at around 10:30 a.m. Monday. She is about 5’6″, 225 pounds, with brown eyes and black hair. Police say she was last seen wearing a black Adidas sweatshirt and black pants.
Laurel man arrested for resisting arrest
LAUREL, Del. – Laurel Police have charged a man with resisting arrest for a second time. At around 10:40 p.m. Wednesday, an officer on patrol was conducting a property check of the Hollybrook Apartments due to the high crime rate in the area. The officer observed a man walking on Grazing Court, who caught the officer’s attention by his reported deliberate attempts to avoid detection by the officer and covering his face entirely with a hooded sweatshirt. The man then walked between buildings to get away from the officer.
Officials shed light on reason for upcoming Wicomico Co. Library move
SALISBURY, Md. – A big move for the Wicomico County Library is all but a done deal. Thousands of books will find their new home at the old Ward Museum, and library director, Seth Hershberger, said it was just time to be out with the old and in with the new.
Weapons detection systems to be implemented at Seaford High after gun incident Thursday
Seaford High School will begin using a weapons detection system Friday after a gun and a knife were found in a student's possessions Thursday. The items were found during a "student disciplinary procedure" in which staff searched the student's belongings, a statement from the Seaford School District said. A school resource officer immediately detained the student, and no one was harmed.
Fire truck crash on Wicomico county road
ALLEN, MD -The Fruitland apparatus overturned at Saint Lukes Rd. and Scott LN. in Allen around 5pm today. Chopper 16 caught it lying in a roadside ditch as cleanup crews spread its hoses out into a nearby field. The road wasn't closed, but traffic was backed up. Several large tow...
Homeowners association jumps into fight over Delmar jeep event as war of words heats up
Wicomico County Executive Julie Giordano has drawn the ire of the Shadow Hills Homeowners Association following her doubling down of her support for the Safari at the Quarry offroad event. The event, scheduled for the weekend of May 4 in Delmar, was the subject of a statement on Monday in...
Millsboro man arrested for assault, resisting arrest
LONG NECK, Del. – A Millsboro man is behind bars on multiple assault and resisting arrest charges following an incident early Sunday morning. Just after 5:30 a.m., troopers were called to a house in the 26000 block of Oak Forest Lane for a reported assault. They learned that a man, identified as 35-year-old Brandon Myers, had assaulted a woman at the house and left. A short time later, troopers found Myers on the property of a business in the 32000 block of Long Neck Road and tried to take him into custody, however, he physically resisted arrest. Myers then allegedly tried to take a trooper’s gun from the holster while they were arresting him.
Combating Homelessness: Panel Discusses What's Needed to Lower the Numbers
SALISBURY, Md. - Chronic homelessness has reached an all-time high nationwide, with more than one thousand individuals experiencing homelessness on Maryland's Eastern Shore. These individuals find themselves without a permanent address, whether living on the streets, in wooded encampments, or in homeless shelters. At a Wednesday evening town hall panel...
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