Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. “Reports coming from some sections of Sussex County,” the Milford Chronicle noted on March 4, 1932, “say that chicken thieves are ...

A whipping post at a public plaza in Delaware was removed to fanfare on Wednesday after historians and activists decried its presence as a reminder of systemic racism and injustice. A crowd gathered ...

Dozens of people gathered Wednesday morning outside the Old Sussex County Courthouse in Georgetown as crews worked to take down what's believed to be the state's last whipping post on public display.

GEORGETOWN, Del.- Delaware's last whipping post was removed from public display Wednesday morning, drawing a big crowd to the grounds of the Old Sussex County Courthouse in Georgetown. Its removal was ...

GEORGETOWN, Del. (AP) — An 8-foot (2.4 meters) tall whipping post was removed from a Delaware county courthouse square Wednesday after activists said the post was a reminder of racial discrimination.

An old whipping post that was used “disproportionally on Blacks” was removed from outside the Old Sussex County Courthouse in Georgetown, Delaware, a state official said Wednesday. “It is certainly ...

Delaware has removed its last whipping post, which stood outside a Sussex County courthouse in Georgetown. The Division of Historical and Cultural Affairs said the eight-foot-tall post had been used ...

GEORGETOWN, Del.- The Delaware Division of Historical and Cultural Affairs on Wednesday will remove a whipping post from public display on the grounds of the Old Sussex County Courthouse near the ...

“Reports coming from some sections of Sussex County,” the Milford Chronicle noted on March 4, 1932, “say that chicken thieves are again plying their infamous trade. "Some farmers have lost nearly ...