The Clean Up from Tuesday night’s deadly tornadoes continues in Tennessee, Kentucky, and Arkansas...they were hardest hit by severe weather on Tuesday. The death toll stands at 55. President Bush is offering federal assistance.
A school resource officer used a Taser stun gun on a student at Northeast Guilford High School on Wednesday…after a 17 year old student refused a request to search him for weapons. Deputies said they found marijuana and a box cutter on the student. The Guilford County Sheriff's Department is still investigating the incident. (Fox 8)
Perry Manufacturing based in Mount Airy will lay-off 149 people. Most of the jobs are moving overseas. The company, which manufactures knit and woven clothing, was founded in Mount Airy in 1950. (WXII / Fox 8)
NASA may postpone the launch of space shuttle Atlantis because of the threat of bad weather. The scheduled 2:45 launch could be moved to Friday or Saturday. A deadly mix of painkillers, anti-anxiety drugs and sleeping pills killed actor Heath Ledger. (CNN)
The Toxicology report lists six prescription medications that were found in the body of the 28-year-old actor. The Medical Examiner concluded that Ledger’s death was an accident, resulting from the abuse of prescription drugs. (CNN)
Former ABC Newsman John McWethy was killed in a Skiing Accident yesterday. The longtime national security correspondent with ABC died during a ski trip. He was 61. McWethy had recently moved to Boulder, Colo., with his wife Laurie to enjoy retirement close to ski slopes and golf courses. http://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=4253571&page=1
(Iron County, Utah) Miracle rescue...Thomas and Tamitha Garner were rescued yesterday by a snowplow driver who spotted them on a little-traveled canyon road near the Utah-Nevada state line. The couple had been missing for 12 days. The couple had taken a road trip to photograph wild horses. Their pickup got stuck in the snow on January 26. They ripped the cushions out of their Dodge Dakota and used them as snow shoes. Garner's father-in-law, Gerald, told reporters the family had been praying for divine intervention for days. "There's no word to describe it," he said. "I knelt down and thanked my father in heaven for the miracle he sent us."
http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/02/07/utah.couple/index.html?iref=mpstoryview
Big ACC match up last night… Duke over Carolina…89 - 78
Wake Forest losing to Georgia Tech…89 - 83
NASCAR legend Junior Johnson will drive the pace car for the start of the 50th running of "The Great American Race" at Daytona on February. Johnson won the Daytona 500 back in 1960
Seven-time Daytona 500 winner Richard Petty will utter the famous phrase “gentlemen start your engines”.
Your WBFJ Family Station Forecast:
Today: Sunny skies…High 58
Tonight: Mostly clear…Low 33
Friday: Mostly sunny…High 58
Sneak Peak to the Weekend: Lots of sunshine
Saturday: High near 60 Sunday: High only 45
