Tuesday, May 21, 2013 - 11:19am
Okla. governor: We will rebuild after tornado
Updated Tuesday, May 21, 2013 - 2:57pm
Gov. Mary Fallin says an Oklahoma suburb that was devastated by a deadly tornado will be rebuilt.
At least 24 people, including nine children, were killed in the massive tornado that flattened homes and a school in Moore, Okla., on Monday afternoon.
Fallin told a Tuesday news conference that she doesn't know how many people are still missing following the tornado.
She says: "We will rebuild and we will regain our strength."
Man credits teacher with saving children's lives
The father of an 8-year-old Oklahoma boy says a teacher saved his son's life as a tornado tore into their school yesterday.
David Wheeler says the teacher at Briarwood Elementary in Moore took students into a closet and shielded them with her arms as the tornado collapsed the roof and starting lifting children upward. He says the pull was so strong that it sucked the glasses off their faces.
As the tornado approached, students at Briarwood Elementary were sent into the halls. But Wheeler says third-grade teacher Julie Simon thought it didn't look safe, so she ushered the children into a closet instead.
In Wheeler's words, "She saved their lives by putting them in a closet and holding their heads down."
Wheeler says he raced to the school through blinding rain and gusting wind. When he got there, he says "it was like the earth was wiped clean."
He eventually found his son, Gabriel, sitting with the teacher who had protected him. His back was cut and bruised and gravel was embedded in his head, but he was alive.
Hospitals treat more than 200 after Okla. tornado
Hospital officials say they've treated more than 200 patients, including over 70 children, since a tornado ripped through an Oklahoma City suburb.
Dozens of patients remained hospitalized Tuesday following Monday's tornado.
Spokeswoman Brooke Cayot says Integris Southwest Medical Center has seen 90 patients, including five children who have been released. About 20 people remain hospitalized there.
OU Medical Center spokesman Scott Coppenbarger says his hospital has treated 89 people, including 59 children. Sixteen patients, including 10 kids, remain hospitalized Tuesday. He said four other adults were treated after Sunday's storms and also remained hospitalized.
St. Anthony Hospital spokeswoman Sandra Payne says her hospital and two regional facilities have seen 36 patients, including 14 children. Three children were transferred elsewhere. All other patients there were being released.
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Tuesday, May 21, 2013 - 9:13am
20 homes evacuated; Man seriously hurt in shrapnel explosion
| By Mellany Armstrong/Andrew Sgroi |
Updated Tuesday, May 21, 2013 - 3:45pm
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20 homes have been evacuated, and a New Castle man is in the hospital after a box that he trash-picked from a neighbor exploded.
It happened at 4 Van Dyke Drive around 8 a.m. Brian Atkins says he was outside working.
"I went running across the street found Bill lying in the front yard with shrapnel-like cuts. Seems that one of the neighbors had thrown something out, he had thought that he might be able to use, so he went over to grab it. It was an old metal box," says Atkins.
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Atkins says he believes it was live ammunition that went off. The man had shrapnel wounds and was taken to Christiana Hospital.
More explosives were found in the bed of the man's pickup truck and in a nearby garbage can. Police cordoned off the area as the search continued for more explosives.
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Tuesday, May 21, 2013 - 2:59pm
GE Aviation takes off in Newark
Updated Tuesday, May 21, 2013 - 5:35pm
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| WDEL's Amy Cherry reports. |
General Electric Aviation is expanding in Newark.
WDEL's Amy Cherry reports.
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A plane takes off every two seconds with parts made at GE Aviation.
Now, they're gearing up for the the next generation of aircrafts with ceramic matrix components or CMCs that will be manufactured in Newark.
Plant leader Jeff Wessels explains the benefits of this new, advanced technology.
"CMCs mean high temperature capability to the engines, it means lighter weight to the engines, and it also means better fuel consumption and value to our customer," says Wessels.
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With the $27 million, GE will create "Lean Labs" that allow for more collaboration between engineering and manufacturing.
"The growth potential for this technology is just phenomenal and so we're very, very excited to be part of the beginnings of this," says Wessels.
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Governor Markell says it's a great feeling knowing this kind of innovation is happening in our backyard.
"I feel very confident knowing that GE components are going into and are really at the core of any plane that I'm flying in, and knowing that the technology is coming out of Newark, Delaware, makes it all the better," says Markell.
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As part of the expansion, GE plans to add 70 jobs in five years.
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Tuesday, May 21, 2013 - 4:19pm
Old Fashioned Ice Cream Festival set for June
Updated Tuesday, May 21, 2013 - 7:02pm
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Organizers call it "Delaware's Largest Family Picnic."
WDEL's Carl Kanefsky has details of the 2013 Old Fashioned Ice Cream Festival.
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Event coordinator Barry Schlecker says everyone should BYOB, bring their own blanket, because the festival in Rockwood Park has something for everyone.
"We'll have 10 to 12 local restaurants, 5 or 6 local dairies, about 8 snack foods, about 100 business vendors, some artists, some non-profits...we have a children's area run by the Boys and Girls Club," says Schlecker.
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The venue will be expanded from the rolling green hills of Rockwood Park, since the Rockwood Mansion and the area behind the mansion will be put to use.
And Schlecker says despite all of the activities, ice cream and other eats, still take top billing.
"We'll have everything from BBQ, to pizza, to crab cakes. And as I say, all local restaurants, all local dairies, so it's a fun time. What's better than to eat, play, shop, and listen? Win, win, win.
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Schlecker says he expects 20,000 people at this year's event, scheduled for June 29th and 30th.
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Tuesday, May 21, 2013 - 12:27am
Plans for New Cab Calloway theatre unveiled
Updated Tuesday, May 21, 2013 - 3:00pm
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| VIDEO: Cab Calloway School of the Arts' Dean, Julie Rumschlag, discusses plans for the new theatre |
Students and administrators at Cab Calloway School of the Arts helped turn out the lights at the school's now-shuttered theatre Monday night.
WDEL's Tom Lehman reports.
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The event also let officials from Red Clay School district unveil plans for a new theatre to be constructed in the space where the original one, which was built in the 1960s, currently stands.
Cab Calloway's dean, Julie Rumschlag, says constructing a new theatre has been one of her goals since she joined the school in 1999.
"We already had a theatre that was in disrepair at that time and I remember sitting down...and talking with some architects about what we needed to do to create a state-of-the-art facility," Rumschlag says.
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Rumschlag says the new facility will cost $6 million, but was approved as part of a prior referendum.
Marcin Michalski, the manager of facilities and maintenance for Red Clay school district says the facility is expected to open in August 2014 and will be a major improvement from the old theatre.
"This is going to be the theatre that everyone's going to be proud to say this is where I went to school, this is where I put on a play," Michalski says.
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Michaelski says the facility will seat 950, a smaller number than the current seating capacity. However, he says the facility will be also ADA compliant.
Graduating senior Caroline Colino expressed her fond memories of the theatre that she once performed at.
"On this stage I have learned my strengths, my weaknesses. I have created friendships, stories. We have created memories," Colino says.
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Rumschlag says Cab Calloway students will continue performing at a variety of different venues, including middle schools, while the construction on the new theatre occurs.
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Tuesday, May 21, 2013 - 6:53am
Wilmington teen who took calculator to prom Skypes with Jimmy Kimmel
Updated Tuesday, May 21, 2013 - 3:00pm
A Wilmington teen who took her calculator to the prom Skypes with Jimmy Kimmel.
Regina Reynolds took her TI-84 calculator to the prom when a promised date dumped her. She told Kimmel about it Monday night.
"Well, first of all, would you like to introduce us to your prom date?
"Certainly, he's right here, his name is TI. As you can see, he brought me flowers," says Reynolds.
"Do your parents know that you're alone together in the house?" asks Kimmel
"Actually, they're sitting right inside here," says Reynolds.
"They're chaperoning the event," jokes Kimmel.
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The Charter School of Wilmington junior dressed the calculator up in a tuxedo and slow danced with it as well, and she has become an internet sensation because of it.
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Tuesday, May 21, 2013 - 10:49am
Williams' veto of budget could come early next week
Updated Tuesday, May 21, 2013 - 11:05am
Wilmington's Mayor says his threat to veto a budget okayed by city council remains a possibility and he's ready to pull the trigger in the next few days if a compromise can't be reached.
Williams tells Delaware's Morning News some of the actions council took like eliminating one of his cabinet positions and wiping out a contingency fund, are unconstitutional.
Williams' response to Council President Theo Gregory saying he has the nine votes needed to override the Mayor's veto...
"Well, the mayor is going to take the high road whatever way it plays out. People elected me, they didn't elect Dennis Williams to come over here and decide he could do anything he wants to do. If it plays out in favor of city council, I will continue to do my job as I took the oath. Power flows from the people.
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Williams says the current situation is an example of politics at its worst.
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Tuesday, May 21, 2013 - 5:21pm
Father charged with filing false report for child, who wasn't missing
Wilmington Police charge a father with filing a false report after they spent significant time and manpower trying to find someone who was never missing at all.
Police say Harry Hyland said he had left his 11-year-old stepdaughter in his parked car on 500 North Market Street for a minute and when he came back, she had vanished.
A police investigation found the girl was never even with Hyland and wasn't in any danger. She was at her grandmother's house, where she goes every day after school.
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Tuesday, May 21, 2013 - 10:35am
Progress and problems in latest DE Kids' Count fact book
Location is key to the well being of kids in Delaware, says the latest Kids' Count Delaware fact book just released.
Kids Count Director Janice Barlow says the new numbers show some positive signs.
"One of the things that we're seeing is that our births to teens, age 15 to 17, has decreased to 19.6 per thousand. The other positive thing that we're seeing, unemployment and foreclosure rates that are decreasing and that's good because it's a modest but hopeful change in our economic outlook."
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A continued concern, says Barlow, is low birthweight babies and too many children living in poverty in the state.
You can see the complete findings at dekidscount.org.
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Monday, May 20, 2013 - 5:08pm
Appo HS teacher, coach arrested for indecent exposure
Updated Tuesday, May 21, 2013 - 3:07pm
An Appoquinimink High School gym teacher teacher and head baseball coach is free on bail after being arrested for indecent exposure.
It happened early Sunday morning along South Chapel Street near Delaware Avenue.
A woman tells police she was walking when Charles Word of Newark allegedly pulled down his pants inside his car and asked her for directions.
Word fled in his car, but video surveillance helped police catch him at his home. He now faces charges of indecent exposure and harassment.
Appo has placed Word on administrative leave. He's not permitted to teach, coach, or be on school premises pending an investigation.
A note on the school's website, that was also sent to all parents via the emergency alert system, says the incident did not involve any Apoo students.
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Monday, May 20, 2013 - 4:29pm
New Castle woman arrested for alleged attempted gas station robbery
Updated Monday, May 20, 2013 - 4:33pm
County police arrest a New Castle woman who allegedly tried to rob a gas station Sunday night.
Laura Moles is accused of trying to rob the Citgo on the 400 block of Moores Lane--just down the street from her own home.
Police say Moles threw a stick at a cashier, grabbed him by his shirt and tried to get behind the counter.
She also allegedly implied she had a knife, told the cashier she was going to take his money.
The cashier also told police Moles grabbed the phone and tried to keep him from calling 911.
Moles has been committed to the Baylor Women's Correctional Institution in lieu of secured bail and has been issued a no-contact order.
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Monday, May 20, 2013 - 6:43pm
DEFAC: Revenues up $20M
| By Randall Chase, Associated Press |
Updated Monday, May 20, 2013 - 6:44pm
Members of the powerful budget writing Joint Finance Committee will have a little bit of extra money to play with as they spend the next two weeks marking up the Fiscal Year 2014 budget.
The Delaware Economic and Financial Advisory Council (DEFAC) estimates revenues have grown by slightly more than $20 million due to the corporate income tax.
State Finance Secretary Tom Cook, who sits on DEFAC, says that's only a quarter of one-percent, which means tough decisions lie ahead for lawmakers.
"The Joint Finance Committee and the Bond Bill Committee certainly have a lot of demands placed on them whether it be court security or initiatives for job creation," says Cook.
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DEFAC has one more meeting in June, where the state could see some added revenue from the corporate franchise and corporate income taxes.
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Tuesday, May 21, 2013 - 1:57pm
Rehoboth resident sues over scooter parking fees
A Rehoboth Beach resident has filed a federal lawsuit challenging the town's new $40 parking permit fee for motorized scooters.
In a complaint filed Monday, Lawrence Myslewski says the new fee is unconstitutional because residents do not have to pay to get parking permits for their cars or other motorized vehicles.
The new scooter permit was imposed amid complaints that scooter owners were driving and parking on sidewalks, which officials said created safety concerns.
The new permit allows scooters to park on city streets in non-metered areas, in permit parking areas on residential streets, and in some 200 newly designated "scooter-only" locations.
The city manager says more than 120 scooter parking permits have been sold so far in advance of this year's summer season.
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Tuesday, May 21, 2013 - 8:16am
Delaware Arts Showcase: CoroAllegro
Updated Tuesday, May 21, 2013 - 8:22am
It's not your standard group sing-along...
WDEL's Carl Kanefsky has details in your WDEL Delaware Arts Showcase.
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Established in 1986 as an outgrowth of the Performing Arts Society, CoroAllegro provides an outlet for some of the areas most acclaimed musicians.
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"CoroAllegro is technically an amateur group...in the strict sense of that, we sing for the love of music," says Music Director, Jack Burnam.
Burnam says while some of the people who sing with CoroAllegro get paid for their music in other arenas, the group itself isn't just for professionals.
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"CoroAllegro is a place for people who, as musicians and singers, enjoy and welcome a challenge," he says.
And not only does its small size and performance versatility set it apart, Burnam says the group is truly one of a kind in Delaware.
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"CoroAllegro, I think, has its own distinctive sound," Burnam says. "It's different from other groups that I regularly work with and conduct, and it really is the sum total, and maybe a little more, of the widely varied individuals who participate in it."
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Monday, May 20, 2013 - 7:20pm
Charter volleyball advances to the finals
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Charter's Jake Flanders led the Force with 12 kills to help his team beat St. Mark's (25-9, 25-19,25-17) in a semi final boys volleyball match up Monday afternoon.
In the first, Andrew Hearn's nice serve pushed the Force ahead with the early 4-0 edge, and Charter cruised to an easy first set victory.
St. Mark's took their first lead of the match in the second, when Taylor Maxwell dropped in an ace. The Spartans held a lead, until Charter's Phil Kemmerer drilled one of his eight kills and eventually won the second.
The Spartans showed life in the final set, when they came from behind and took a 13-9 lead, after a Michael Hertsenberg serve.
The Force knotted the game up at 14 a piece and went on to win in straight sets.
Charter's John Hughes tallied 30 assists. Hertsenberg led St. Mark's with five kills. The Spartans finished the 2013 season with a 5-8 record.
This is the first time Charter (13-1) has made the final, and the Force will battle the winner of the Sallies/Dickinson game.
The only loss Charter has received this season is from Sallies last week.
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Tuesday, May 21, 2013 - 12:32am
Serving, Power put Sals into VBall finals
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T.J. Wiechecki's 16 kills paced the way as Salesianum advanced to the New Castle County Volleyball championships with a straight-sets victory over Dickinson Monday night.
Dickinson had an early 5-1 lead in the opening set in the visiting gym, but the blocking combination of Wiechecki and Dylan Hertel quickly turned the momentum around, using a 16-6 run to seize control of the set and ultimately won the first frame on a kill by Matt Mallow 25-16.
The second set saw Salesianum jump ahead 6-1 only to see the Rams cut the set to 6-5 on a kill by Chris Cordova, and later 12-11, but three straight aces by Mallow put Salesianum up 21-12 and they didn't look back in a 25-15 set.
Dickinson (13-4) again had an early 6-5 lead in the 3rd stanza, but Salesianum jumped ahead, and back-to-back kills by Wiechecki put Salesianum in control of what ultimately became a 25-20 victory.
Wiechecki added 4 blocks and 5 digs to his 16 kills, while Mallow finished with 10 aces, 13 kills, and 5 digs. The victory was the Sals' second straight sweep of Dickinson after losing to the Rams 3-sets-to-1 in the middle of the season.
Louis Valentin recorded 12 assists, while Frank Nasser had 10 kills and 8 digs for the Rams.
Salesianum (18-2) advances to face Wilmington Charter Wednesday night at Wilmington University's new complex on Route 40 for the County championship. There is no DIAA tournament in Boys' Volleyball.
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