The Mobile Blood Unit from Fort Bragg will be collecting blood for our troops…
At the VFW in Hamptonville (between Yadkinville and I-77 off 421 on Hwy 21)
Wednesday from (9 to 5) For more information: (336) 679 – 8209 (336) 766-8436
Strong storms sweeping through the Piedmont last night:
Lightning was ruled the cause of a fire at the Colonial Village at Mill Creek Apartments in Winston-Salem. The Red Cross helping 27 people who were displaced from their homes.
-Lightning strike damaging the roof of a home on Southwind Drive in Greensboro. No one was injured.
-Rockingham County's 911 Center was also a victim of lightning. The strike knocked out their computer systems last night.
Residents of Charleston, SC and firefighters across America morning the loss of 9 firefighters killed while battling a fire at a warehouse late Monday night. The International Association of Fire Chiefs called for a moment of silence at 7 p.m. last night to honor the nine who died. The tragedy was the nation's largest loss of firefighters since 9-11. (CNN)
Ohio authorities say a newborn baby girl has been found in a basket on a doorstep 45 miles from where a pregnant woman who vanished last Wednesday. A DNA sample has been taken from the infant and given to authorities investigating the disappearance. It's unclear if the baby, found yesterday, is related to the missing women. Jessie Davis was last heard from Wednesday when she spoke to her mother by phone from her home in North Canton in northeast Ohio. (CNN)
Toddler take the wheel: A 2-year-old toddler escaping serious injury despite being run over by his 4-year-old cousin. Witnesses said the younger boy was playing at the end of his aunt's driveway in High Point when the family car, driven by his older cousin, backed into him. Officers said the older boy grabbed the keys to his mother's car from a hook in the kitchen, got inside, cranked the engine and pulled the gear shift into neutral. (WFMY News 2)
Six fatalities now associated with the massive flooding that hit parts of North Texas on Monday. Texas Governor Rick Perry has declared four counties a disaster area. The National Weather Service said the flooding was caused by heavy rains…falling at a rate of an inch every 15 minutes. (USA Radio news)
Day two of Operation Arrowhead Ripper. 10,000 US troops are taking part in the US military’s latest major offensive against al Qaeda north of Baghdad.
(USA Radio News)
Two nurses accused in the post-Katrina deaths of four patients at
New Orleans Memorial Medical Center have been offered immunity to testify before a special grand jury. Family members claim that medical staffers used drugs to kill patients so they could flee New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina. (CNN)
President Bush plans to veto a bill that would have eased restraints on federally funded embryonic stem cell research. (CNN)
Space shuttle Atlantis has undocked from the International Space Station.
Atlantis (and crew) will be back to earth on Thursday.
Astronaut Suni Williams will also be coming back home. Ms Williams has been aboard the I-S-S for more than six months…setting an endurance record for women living in space. (USA Radio News)
It’s no secret…the city of Greensboro was recently named the 47th sweatiest city in America by Old Spice. The deodorant maker factoring in the average weight of city residents with the average high temperatures during the summer months in order to come up with the sweat factor. Phoenix coming in at #1…Raleigh, Charlotte and Asheville also made the list of the top 100 sweatiest cities in America. http://www.oldspice.com/pdfs/OS_Sweatiest_Cities_2006.pdf
SPORTS:
-College World Series: Carolina defeated Louisville (3-1).
Up next for the Tarheels…Rice. UNC must defeat the Owls twice to win its bracket and return to the championship series.
Your WBFJ Family Station Forecast:
Today: Scattered showers and thunderstorms.
Partly cloudy after lunchtime…High 86
Tonight: Clear…Low 60
Thursday (First Day of Summer): Sunny…High 86
Sneak Peak to the Weekend:
Mix of sun and clouds…High near 90
An isolated thunderstorm possible.
WBFJ / Mock-Beroth “Wish You Were Here” Getaway Forecast:
Disney World (Florida): Partly cloudy. A thunderstorm possible…High 88
Asheville: (Lake Junaluska) Partly cloudy with thunderstorms…High 80
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