Reminder: Adam Cunningham LIVE at Calvary Baptist tonight...7pm
Details...www.wbfj.fm (concert page)
Gas prices on the rise…again. In some parts of California and Hawaii, gas prices have already hit $3 dollars a gallon.
Triple-A of the Carolinas saying that the average in the Triad is $2.46
A devastating fire in a three-story building in the Bronx near Yankee Stadium last night …killing eight children and one adult. Witnesses at the scene told authorities that a woman was hurling children through broken windows in hopes of saving them from the fire. http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/03/08/bronx.fire.ap/index.html
A video game dispute may have led to a shooting incident in which a
14-year-old boy was killed on Tuesday. Winston-Salem police said
Dakota Ravon Doster, age 19, was charged with first-degree murder.
Neighbors said that the two teens had been playing video games at Doster's house when they get into an argument.
Terion Damonte Frazier was a ninth-grade student at Carver High School. (wxiinews)
A 17-year-old boy shot and wounded his ex-girlfriend at a central Michigan high school yesterday. The girl's mother was present when the teen shot the ex-girlfriend four times in a parking lot outside the and then turned the gun on himself. The girl was in serious condition but her injuries were not considered life-threatening. http://www.usaradio.com/news_details.php?catid=0&storyid=1010
A 6.0 magnitude earthquake struck off the eastern coast of Japan
earlier today. There are no reports of injury or damage. (cnn)
Breast cancer survivors treated with radiation during the 1980’s may have an elevated risk of heart disease. The latest study published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. http://www.usaradio.com/news_details.php?catid=11&storyid=1129
Food scientists at Ohio State University (in Columbus) have grown a special variety of orange tomatoes that may even be healthier than the garden-variety of red tomatoes. http://www.usaradio.com/news_details.php?catid=11&storyid=1128
A truck driver from northwest Georgia has claimed half of the record
$390 million dollar Mega Millions jackpot…the largest lottery prize in U.S. history.
Ed Nabors, of Rocky Face…a town about 90 miles north of Atlanta, was the first person to step forward and claim part of the jackpot from Wednesday night's drawing. (cnn)
Daylight-saving time happens this weekend:
This Saturday night/Sunday morning (March 11) we ‘spring’ forward one hour. Daylight Saving Time will last until November 4.
Sports:
ACC Tournament in Tampa…
Noon Clemson vs FSU
2:30 Maryland vs Miami
7pm Duke vs State
9:30 Wake and Georgia Tech
Your WBFJ Family Station Forecast:
Today: Mostly sunny…High 56
Tonight: Clear skies…Low 33
Friday: Mix of sun and clouds…High 53
Saturday: Mix of sun and clouds…High 62
Sunday: Cloudy with afternoon showers…High 62
'Click Back' often for the latest news and happenings from Verne (the News Guy) and the WBFJ Family Friendly Morning Show.
