Did you know?
53 countries around the world grow coffee. All located close to the equator.
Moby’s Coffee Grind…win a $25.00 Gift Card
Play Tuesdays at 7:50am and Thursdays at 6:50am only on WBFJ
Thanks to Greg with Moby’s Coffee www.Mobyscoffee.com
Moby’s Coffee (at Summit Square off University Parkway in WS)
Hosting a ‘Birthday Party for Jesus’ this Sunday (Dec 23) from 2-3:30pm
(St Nick will make an appearance as well)
http://www.mobyscoffee.com/
A powerful 6.8 magnitude earthquake shook the northeastern coast of New Zealand earlier this morning. Serious damage reported. http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/12/20/newzealand.quake/index.html
A school bus driver and a student were taken to High Point Regional Hospital yesterday afternoon after a tractor-trailer ran a stoplight and struck their bus, which sent the bus into a telephone pole. The accident happened at the intersection of Fairfield Road and Baker Road in High Point. Thirty-three students were on the bus heading home from Alen Jay Elementary when the wreck happened. http://www.wxii12.com/news/14892303/detail.html
Greensboro police cancelled an Amber Alert late yesterday morning after7 month old Brionna Michelle Johnson was turned over to authorities. Greensboro police said that the girl’s father (Quito Johnson) violated a domestic order and took the child. The dad turned himself into police around noon on Wednesday.
Four members of a family in Northern California who ventured out into the woods in search of a Christmas tree on Sunday have been rescued. The dad (Frederick Dominguez) and his three children were spotted by a California Highway Patrol helicopter yesterday afternoon. The dad was waving to the helicopter, and used twigs to spell out the word help. All four were taken to the hospital…treated and released.
When it comes to their phones, Americans are cutting the cord. This year is likely to be the first calendar year in which U.S households spent more on cell phone services than on land line phones. While there are roughly 170 million land lines in use nationwide, industry officials estimate there are close to 250 million cell phones. http://www.wxii12.com/money/14879091/detail.html
SPORTS: College Basketball
Wake Forest over South Florida…74 – 61
The Tarheels remain unbeaten with a win over Nicholls State.
North Forsyth and Carver win their opening games at the
Frank Spencer Holiday Classic.
Your WBFJ Family Station Forecast:
Today: Mix of sun and clouds…High 54
Tonight: Cloudy skies. Shower possible…Low 36
Friday: Showers early. Cloudy…High 50
Sneak Peak to the Weekend:
WINTER OFFICIALLY BEGINS THIS SATURDAY
Saturday: Mostly cloudy…High 52
Sunday: Showers…High 58
Christmas Eve (Monday) Some clouds…High 52
Christmas Day (Tuesday): Mostly cloudy. A shower possible…High 45
