STATE SENATE APPROVES STUDENT BEHAVIOR TASK FORCE

The Delaware Senate is calling for a task force that will look into school discipline and student behavior. Senate majority leader Bryan Townsend, a Glasgow Democrat, introduced a concurrent resolution Tuesday that would create the student behavior and school climate task force, tasked with looking at the causes and impact of student behavior issues on …

DETV News Brief for February 22, 2024

DETV’s Matt Ford is here with the news for your Thursday, February 22, 2024. – Pharmacies nationwide face delays as health-care tech company reports cyberattack – One local school district’s announcement of professional misconduct in a classroom is raising more questions than answers. – Will this Delawean’s voice get the coaches to turn their chairs?

EMERGENCY ALERT SYSTEM TO BE TESTED FRIDAY MORNING

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 …

CARNEY TO NOMINATE LONGTIME HOUSING AUTHORITY STAFFER AS DIRECTOR

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, …

FORMER SBY REPORTER RECEIVES NEW LEASE ON LIFE

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 …

DETV News Brief for February 14, 2024

DETV’s Matt Ford is here with the news for your Wednesday, February 14, 2024. – Brandywine school district approves the first tax hike in eight years. – Residents were evacuated from their homes after a sinkhole opened in the street – Find out which Delaware restaurant made the top 100 romantic restaurants in America.