Sussex County (Delaware)

Time to discard the John Nance Garner jokes comparing the vice presidency to "a bucket of warm spit" and calling the decision to take the position "the worst damn fool mistake I ever made." The job matters. Those who argue otherwise don't know squat....

A paramedic and a patient who was being taken to a hospital were killed in an ambulance crash yesterday after the driver tried to avoid a deer in the road, authorities said. Betty J. Hall, 82, and Sussex County paramedic Stephanie L. Callaway, 31, both...

Atrip to the beach can be an educational one if you choose Lewes, Del., as your destination. It can be a quiet one, too, especially in the fall as the peak tourist season winds down. Located near Cape Henlopen (where the Delaware Bay meets the Atlantic...

DOVER, Del. - After an outbreak of avian influenza was discovered at a Delaware farm, state authorities have tested several nearby facilities but have not released the results. Scientists will not release the results of a first round of tests until a...

DOVER, Del. - Delmarva chicken farmers appear to have dodged a bullet: Tests released yesterday show no spread of the avian influenza discovered in Delaware on a southern Kent County farm. Now state officials are trying to stamp out negative economic...

A second flock of chickens infected with avian influenza was discovered yesterday in Delaware, surprising experts and greatly expanding the economic dangers from the outbreaks. The infected chickens were found on a farm in Sussex County that supplies...

Delaware officials said they found no new cases of the potentially devastating avian influenza yesterday - but that was little comfort to farmers in the poultry-intensive Delmarva peninsula, who are isolating themselves in an effort to keep their...

Delaware went another day without a new case of avian influenza, but New Jersey health officials said yesterday that the virus has popped up in four live bird markets there. The virus, which makes regular appearances at markets with live poultry, is less...

More than 300,000 chickens on Maryland's Eastern Shore were destroyed yesterday to stem a fresh outbreak of avian influenza. The flu has infected birds in Delaware, Pennsylvania and New Jersey in recent weeks and is threatening the heart of the tri-...