DETV’s Matt Ford is here with the news for your Wednesday, February 21, 2024. – A Delaware high school student attacks another with knife. – Why a move by the head of a local church has some maroon and gold parents and parishioners seeing red. – Clean drinking water for Delaware just got a $42 …
A Black History Month call-to-action for students, parents, and schools By Atnre Alleyne I was rushing to catch a plane last year when a piece of Black history stopped me in my tracks at an airport bookstore. The book title read – American Sirens: The Incredible Story of the Black Men who Became America’s …
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Sirens will blare Friday morning throughout Wilmington during a test of the emergency alert and notification system. Thirteen sirens located throughout the city will be activated for three to five minutes at about 10:45 Friday morning. The siren system is part of the city’s expanded emergency system that includes the subscription based smart 911 and …
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Gov John Carney announced today he will nominate a long-time state housing authority administrator to lead the department. Cynthia Karnai has been with the agency for nearly two decades and currently serves as the department’s deputy director. She will serve as acting director beginning next month when current director Eugen Young will step down. Young, …
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Coming Up on Good Morning Wilmington LIVE Vincenza and guest host MeeShach Stennet are here with an exciting show! First up, we have Dr. Patrice Gilliam-Johnson from Delaware State University here to talk about the School of Graduate Adult and Extended Studies, and the Center for HBCU Non-Traditional Completion, Prior Learning Assessment. Plus, Natalie Belcher, …
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33-YEAR-OLD ALLEN VICKERS HAS FACED KIDNEY FAILURE SINCE MARCH 2021 — CONTINUING DIALYSIS FOR FOUR HOURS OF TREATMENT – THREE DAYS A WEEK – WHILE AWAITING A TRANSPLANT. WE (MATT FORD) WORKED TOGETHER AT OUR FIRST TV STATION IN SALISBURY MARYLAND. ANOTHER FORMER COLLEAGUE – KODY LEIBOWITZ – STEPPED UP AS A DONOR AFTER DISCOVERING …
CAR INSURANCE RATES ARE SKYROCKETING ACROSS THE COUNTRY – WITH OUR AREA SEEING A MASSIVE INCREASE OF 154% – THAT’S ACCORDING TO AN ANNUAL REPORT FROM BANKRATE. PEOPLE IN THE PHILADELPHIA METRO AREA ARE SPENDING MORE THAN 5% OF THEIR INCOME ON CAR INSURANCE — AND EXPERTS SAY WE MIGHT NOT SEE A RATE DECREASE …
TO HEALTH NEWS – CARDIOLOGISTS WITH BEEBE HEALTHCARE ARE THE FIRST PROVIDERS IN DELAWARE TO OFFER NEW CARDIOVASCULAR IMPLANTS TO PATIENTS SUFFERING FROM AFIB. THE HEALTHCARE PROVIDER IS NOW UTILIZING THE “WATCHMAN FLX PRO IMPLANT” – WHICH ACTUALLY LOOKS TO HELP DECREASE STROKE RISKS IN PATIENTS BY USING THE LATEST TECHNOLOGY TO DECREASE CLOT FORMATION …
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HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETES MAY SOON BE ALLOWED TO SECURE A PAYDAY FOR THEIR RECOGNITION. THE DELAWARE INTERSCHOLASTIC ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION IS CONSIDERING ALLOWING STUDENTS TO ENTER INTO N-I-L DEALS, ENCOMPASSING ACTIVITIES SUCH AS AUTOGRAPHS, APPEARANCES, AND BRAND PROMOTIONS, A PRACTICE ALREADY PREVALENT AT THE COLLEGE LEVEL. SHORT FOR NAME, IMAGE, AND LIKENESS, AN “NIL” REFERS TO …
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