5 weekend reads: Stories from Delaware Online you might have missed

Andrew Sharp
The News Journal

It's the weekend! Put up your feet, grab some coffee, and take some time for a little reading. Here are five stories we recommend from recent weeks. 

A new family at age 73

She found out she was adopted at age 15. Decades later, after spitting into a vial and sending a sample of her DNA to the genomics and biotechnology company 23andMe, 73-year-old Liz Cuccinello found out she has not one, but six siblings.

More:After home DNA test, adopted Dover woman finds a half-sister in Florida

Liz Cuccinello, left, gets to know her newfound half-sister Christine Courtwright during a visit to Florida.

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A police chase went horribly wrong. A family innocently waiting in traffic suffered the consequences

The family from Baltimore was sitting in their car in traffic on I-95 when a suspect fleeing police flew by on the shoulder, clipping their mirror. Then police vehicles started to slam into the car. Weeks later, the family says they’re facing mounting medical bills and ongoing trauma.

More:Police vehicles plowed into a family's car during a high-speed chase, upending their lives

The sandwich, the myth, the legend

Capriotti's subs might seem like magic, but there's a lot of hard work behind that turkey craftsmanship. Ryan Cormier and photographer Jennifer Corbett got a behind-the-scenes look at the making of the iconic Bobbie (a Thanksgiving-themed sandwich made with turkey, cranberry sauce, stuffing and mayo).

More:From bird to Bobbie: How Capriotti's hand picks one of Delaware's best known sandwiches

There's something ugly in the air

In some Delaware neighborhoods, where residents face challenges related to race and poverty, air pollution and the threat of industrial accidents are a sort of unwanted bonus.

More:Advocates say Delaware is ignoring thousands of vulnerable residents breathing pollution

How a mother’s fight to keep her son ended in murder-suicide

Family photographs of Laura Connell and her 18-month-old son Walton.

Who was the woman from Texas who killed herself and her 18-month-old baby Walton in an apartment in northern Delaware? After the death of Laura Connell and her son, Reporter Brittany Horn investigated the story behind the dismaying headlines.

More:The final days of Laura and Walton