Good Morning New Castle

At the top of local news today, of course, is the incoming snowstorm projected for Thursday.

All day Thursday.

This will make it, by my count, the fourth major snow event of this winter. DelDOT Secretary Carolann Wicks calls this season "a complete abnormality." The agency reportedly spent $7.8 million between February 7 and 12 during our last bout with the cold 'n' fluffy, all of which surpassed this fiscal year's planned budget. To close the gap, the agency plans to cut employee hours at the Smyrna Rest Area on Del. 1/US 13, as well as at the EZPass customer service center. And with that, the value of a high-school degree takes another small blow, and this is not to mention the allegation that workers who cleared all the snow were underpaid due to underestimated snowfall.

February 17 was the most violent day in Wilmington so far this year, with two shootings and one fatal stabbing. Police arrested a 30-year-old man that day for the stabbing of 30-year-old Davelle Neal on the 300 block of E. Seventh Street during Wednesday's early hours, but had not charged him as of Thursday. Read the comments for Terry Sanginiti's article for jaded comments and remarks, oozing with ignorance, that shake their heads at Wilmingtonians that shoot one another in the midst of all the opportunities thrown at them.