Rescuers were called to the Alapocas Run Park at 3:10 p.m., to a report of a drowning in the Brandywine Creek.

New Castle County Police are searching for a New Castle area man who allegedly beat his mother while his three children watched.

New Castle County police are looking for a man they said beat his mother. Police said 30-year-old John Simpson punched his 55-year-old mother and knocked her over a table.