Music Is Art Festival 2025

“That’s how I know everything is going well right now—I don’t have a free second, man,” laughs Robby Takac, Goo Goo Dolls co-founder/bassist and creator of the Music Is Art (MIA) Foundation and the annual Music is Art Festival. This year’s MIA...

2025 Delaware HS Football Week 1 Preview - Don't False Start

It still seems strange that high schools in Delaware go back to school before Labor Day, but for some teams, a key part of their final grade could be in place before September starts. 33 teams will step onto the field for the first week, including...

Connexa Sports Technologies Inc. and JuCoin Sign $500 million Agreement to Launch a New Cryptocurrency Exchange focused on RWA

Connexa Sports Technologies Inc is a U.S.-based company focused on merging sports with technology. Their mission is to transform how people play, watch, and learn sports by integrating smart devices, AI, and content platforms. (Image from the...

27 states sign on to Florida’s battle over law blocking kids from social media

TALLAHASSEE — Pointing to a “significant interest in protecting children and youth from social media’s harms,” 27 states last week backed Florida in an appeals-court battle about a law aimed at keeping kids off certain social-media platforms....

25 Things I Still Have to Do in Delaware in 2025

It's unbelievable to me that we are already in the last months of 2025! I feel like I was ringing in Y2K just yesterday, yet here we are, a whole 25 ½ years later. Where does the time go? Because time seems like it's always moving at such a fast...

Belmont Behavioral Health is opening a crisis response center in Delaware County

Belmont Behavioral Health, one of the Philadelphia area’s largest mental health providers, has been selected to the fill the gap in mental heath crisis services in Delaware County. The county has been without a leading crisis response provider...

Over two dozen states back Florida in social media fight

News Service of Florida — Pointing to a “significant interest in protecting children and youth from social media’s harms,” 27 states have backed Florida in an appeals-court battle about a law aimed at keeping kids off certain social-media...

Delaware Football’s new era begins in FBS

From overlooked underdog to football’s biggest stage, Delaware is ready for its moment. For years, Delaware football has carried a reputation as a proud but overlooked program. Some mocked the small state with the old “Dela-where?” punchline. But...

Florida's fight to keep children off social media gets backing from 27 states

Pointing to a "significant interest in protecting children and youth from social media's harms," 27 states last week backed Florida in an appeals court battle about a law aimed at keeping kids off certain social media platforms. Attorneys general...

Winners chosen in Delaware Waterfowl, Trout Stamp art competitions

Dream Sports CEO Harsh Jain: Won’t legally challenge real-money gaming ban by Indian govt

Dream Sports, the parent of fantasy sports giant Dream11, has said it will not challenge the government’s ban on real-money gaming, ending speculation that the sector’s largest player would move court against the Promotion and Regulation of Online...

Some Delaware County commuters face headaches with SEPTA service cuts

Some of those taking public transportation in Media on Monday morning expressed concern over 20% across-the-board SEPTA service cuts that took effect Sunday. The cuts are expected to be only the first of several steps to fill a $213 million budget...

Going back in time! Revisit Delaware in the 1950s

The front page of the Wilmington Morning News from July 8, 1950.Delaware News Journal ArchivesA rare 1950 Jackie Robinson baseball card sold by Scott Polsen AB Sports at Concord Mall.Jennifer Corbett, The News JournalThe Delaware Memorial Bridge...

Ted Leonsis on sports empire building and what comes next

0:03 spk_0 Welcome to a new episode of the opening bid unfiltered podcast. Um, Ya finds executive editor Brian Sai. Like I always say it's a podcast that will make you a smarter, uh, investor, period, and we have a real, uh, treat on this episode,...

Today in Delaware County history, Aug. 25

100 Years Ago, 1925: In an effort to do away with the practice of automobiles blocking the highways and racing the firetrucks while they are making their way to fires, persons will be arrested and prosecution will follow, it was decided last night...

Vote for the Delaware Preseason Field Hockey Player of the Year

The best high school field hockey players in Delaware are already committed to some of the region's, and the nation's, top collegiate field hockey players. Reigning Division I Player of the Year Bree Moffett will head to Northwestern after her...

In the Spotlight | Conemaugh Valley grad leading effort to preserve soundtrack from bilingual musical

JOHNSTOWN, Pa. – A former Bishop McCort Catholic music director’s work bringing a Shakespearean musical’s songs to life in Delaware has brought him back to Johnstown to record that music on a grander scale. Johnstown native Michael Meketa, a...

In the Spotlight | Local native leading effort to preserve soundtrack from bilingual musical

JOHNSTOWN, Pa. – A former Bishop McCort Catholic music director’s work bringing a Shakespearean musical’s songs to life in Delaware has brought him back to Johnstown to record that music on a grander scale. Johnstown native Michael Meketa, a...

Delaware waterfowl & trout stamp competition winners

First-time winners Gerald Putt and Charles Wurst received blue ribbons in Delaware’s Waterfowl and Trout Stamp contests. Putt’s Northern Shoveler will appear on the 2026/27 Waterfowl Stamp, while Wurst’s brown trout will be on the 2026 Trout...

Delaware County lawyer among first to try a Nazi 80 years ago

On this day 80 years ago in the liberated concentration camp of Dachau, Germany, the first of some 465 military trials began with the prosecution of Austrian Nazi war criminal Franz Strasser. The Dachau trials, which ultimately resulted in more...