2+ day, 3+ hour ago   (287+ words) A day after terrorist attacks rocked the country, a Wilmington-based ship received its orders to protect the nation's waterways. According to a story in the Sept. 13, 2001, Wilmington Morning Star, the Coast Guard cutter Diligence set out from downtown Wilmington to…...

2+ day, 6+ hour ago   (188+ words) DOVER, Del. - Delawareans can now take a trip back through the state’s railroad history with a new exhibit at the Delaware Public Archives. Tracks, Towns, and Transformation: How the Railroad Changed Delaware opened Thursday, September 10, marking 194 years since the New…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (612+ words) Would you book a vacation so you could spend a week at Slaughter Beach? Or hope to buy a home near Murderkill River? One might find it strange that Delaware, celebrated for beach tourism, hasn't scared off visitors with its…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (550+ words) The Delaware history column features excerpts from The News Journal archives including The Morning News and The Evening Journal. See the archives at delawareonline.com. "Virtually 100 percent of the state has driven over it, but probably less than 1 percent has…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (1406+ words) The night that dumb luck may have saved America. JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT on January 24, 1961, 18-year-old Billy Reeves came home from his late shift, kicked off his boots, and looked up just in time to see a B-52 falling out of the…...