DelawareLive March 12

Delaware LIVE Weekly Review – Mar. 12, 2023

Sonja FreyDelaware Live, Weekly Review

Click on the image below to view as a PDF This Week’s Top Headlines Include: Headlines Bill would remove confession privileges for child abuse Kent, Sussex child care centers may get higher Del. payments Wilm. City Council nepotism law draws debate Culture DoMore24 final tally: $2.3 million for state nonprofits Packing 100,000 meals takes less time than you’d think Business …

Jimmie Allen and The Frozen Farmer founder Katey Evans show off their new flavor.

Jimmie Allen, Frozen Farmer partner for new ice cream flavor

Jarek RutzHeadlines, Food

A Delaware country music star and a Bridgeville creamery are partnering to bring a new ice cream flavor to shelves across America.  Jimmie Allen, who topped the music charts with his singles “Big Shot” and “Make Me Want To” in 2018 andThe Frozen Farmer in are inspired by his mother’s cooking. Among his accolades are winning the Country Music Association Award …

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Delaware LIVE Weekly Review – Jan. 8, 2023

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Click on the image below to view as a PDF This Week’s Top Headlines Include: Headlines House committees feature more women, minorities as leaders Teachers taking alternate route to classroom may leave faster Top stories you may have missed in 2022 Culture Former Uber driver: Giving rider kidney ‘easiest decision’ Mt. Pleasant’s Matt Auerbach named Eagles fan of 2022 Maggie …

Jimmie Allen, left, and Willis Lonzer will be the keynote speakers at DSU's May 12 graduation ceremonies.

Jimmie Allen, Willis Lonzer to speak at DSU graduations

Jarek RutzHeadlines, Education

Country music star and Delaware native Jimmie Allen will be the keynote speaker for Delaware State University’s 2023 undergraduate commencement in May. Dr. Willis Lonzer, a 1990 graduate of DSU with more than two decades of work in global medical affairs and global pharmaceutical research and development, will be the keynote speaker for the History Black College and University’s graduate …

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Jimmie Allen to appear on literacy program with new book

Jarek RutzEducation, Headlines

Country music sensation and Delaware native Jimmie Allen will join Read Aloud Delaware Wednesday for a Q+A session about his children’s book, “My Voice Is a Trumpet.” The book will then be read by his kindergarten teacher, Mary Beth Alexander. “He took my hand and held my arms and said, ‘I want the world to hear you read to them …

Delaware LIVE Weekly Review – April 24, 2022

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This Week’s Top Headlines Include: Headlines Public infighting returns to Wilmington City Council Conservatives marshal forces as school board elections near Delaware’s affordable housing crisis affects middle class, too Darby ordinance would make Wilm employers pay for shift changes Red Clay to bring up Wilmington Charter review again in May Culture Museum of Nature and Science sets reopening events She …

Milton’s Jimmie Allen to perform at NASCAR Cup Series race

Charlie MegginsonCulture, Headlines

One of Delaware’s brightest stars will return home for Dover Motor Speedway’s biggest NASCAR weekend ever. Multi-platinum selling, award-winning country music superstar and Milton native Jimmie Allen will perform a pre-race concert at the Monster Mile on Sunday, May 1.  The 12:45 p.m. concert at the Embrace Home Loans Stage in Victory Plaza will immediately precede the DuraMAX Drydene 400 …