Authorities issued a Silver Alert for a missing elderly man from Winston-Salem shortly after midnight Thursday. Charles Mitchell Guffey, 79, was last seen in Forsyth County at 3:30 p.m. Thursday. He was thought to be driving a tan, four-door 1997 Buick LeSabre, with N.C. license plate number VZF-1335. Authorities believe he might be traveling in or to Davie, Iredell, Stokes, Surry, Forsyth or Davidson counties.Guffey is described as a white man, standing 6 feet 2 inches tall and weighing 230 pounds. He was last seen wearing beige khaki pants, a brown long-sleeved T-shirt and beige lace-up shoes. Silver Alerts are issued when authorities believe a missing adult suffers from a cognitive impairment. Guffey has dementia, officials said. Anyone with information on Guffey's whereabouts is asked to call Winston-Salem police at 336-773-7700.
http://www.ncwanted.com/ncwanted_home/story/2410300/
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Limiting your time in the shower, cutting the water off when you brush your teeth…are you still conserving water? A report issued yesterday by the U.S. Drought Monitor says that all of North Carolina is still listed under exceptional, extreme or severe drought conditions. The National Weather Service expects the next three months to be drier than normal.
http://www.wxii12.com/news/15242108/detail.html
The Flu bug is still going around. Moses Cone Hospital in Greensboro saw a record number of patients come through their emergency room Tuesday, prompting hospital officials to ask that people with flu symptoms not visit patients. State Health Director Leah Devlin saying that the flu is widespread across North Carolina.
Over 23,550 students dropped out of North Carolina’s public schools during the 2006-2007 school year. That information in a report given to the State Board of Education was the highest in seven years. http://www.wxii12.com/news/15246957/detail.html
Presidential Primaries going on in 5 states this weekend including Kansas, Louisiana, Maine, Nebraska, and, Washington. Republican Mitt Romney announcing yesterday that he is suspending his campaign for the White House.
The check is not yet in the mail: The Senate passed a version of the ECONOMIC STIMULUS PACKAGE yesterday that President Bush said he could support. The Senate version adds rebate checks for disabled veterans and retired Americans who pay Social Security.
The weather cooperated with the launch of space shuttle Atlantis yesterday afternoon. Atlantis is set to dock with the International space station tomorrow.
The Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus at the Greensboro Coliseum through Sunday.
And the final weekend for the Hannah Montana 3-D Movie. To find a Triad theater showing the movie near you go to the Morning Show Page at wbfj.fm. Disney presents "Hannah Montana/Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert Tour Movie"
http://disney.go.com/disneypictures/hannahmontana3d/
ACC SAT: Virginia vs Wake Forest, BC at Duke, State at Maryland. SUN: Clemson at Carolina
2-time NASCAR Champion Jimmie Johnson met the President this week…
The Bud Shoot-out on Saturday. 50th running of "The Great American Race" at Daytona next Sunday
Your WBFJ Family Station Forecast:
Today: Sunny skies…High 58
Tonight: Mostly clear…Low 38
The Weekend: Lots of sunshine. Breezy…Highs in the 50s
