Mayor Mike Purzycki

A new program to help Wilmington homebuyers and promote more home ownership in the city is set to start in the summer.

Wilmington City Council passes a no confidence vote against Police Chief Robert Tracy.

Wilmington will receive federal funding for a major piece of infrastructure work.

Flood risk is increasing in low-lying, coastal Delaware due to climate change.But nationwide, flood insurance rates aren’t high enough to cover the growing risk, or even the risk right now. Delaware Public Media’s Sophia Schmidt examines the cost of flood insurance in the First State.

Wilmington residents won’t see higher taxes next fiscal year, despite a projected multi-million dollar deficit fueled by the pandemic. Mayor Mike…

The City of Wilmington’s gun violence problem is not going away. Last year, it got worse. Even as overall crime decreased, the number of shootings in the…

Wilmington Mayor Mike Purzycki was sworn into his second term Tuesday. He took the oath of office from home, where the 75-year-old is recovering from…

Elected officials—both returning and new— are taking oaths of office in New Castle County Tuesday. New Castle County Executive Matt Meyer was sworn in for…

Wilmington Mayor Mike Purzycki is recovering from emergency heart surgery he had Wednesday morning. Purzycki, who is 75, was elected to a second four-year…

Wilmington Mayor Mike Purzycki vetoed a measure that would have required the city conduct pre-rental inspections on all residential units. It was the…