(GREENSBORO) Traffic info:
W MARKET STREET BETWEEN SANDY RIDGE ROAD AND MARSHALL SMITH ROAD IS CLOSED DUE TO AN EARLY MORNING ACCIDENT. POLICE ARE ASKING MOTORISTS TO AVOID THIS AREA IF POSSIBLE UNTIL NOON.
Winston-Salem police are looking for the gunman who shot three people on Jonestown Road in Winston-Salem. Two Meals-On-Wheels volunteers were among the victims. Police said 78-year-old William Magness and his wife Edith, 77, were delivering a meal to the home of Robert Denning around noon yesterday when someone began shooting at them. Police are looking for white male in his early 20s who was last seen in a light gray or silver SUV. (WXII / Fox8)
The Treasury Department will start distributing tax rebate checks beginning on Monday.
THE Food and Drug Administration will hear testimony from people whose eyesight worsened after having Lasik Surgery. The FDA is considering warnings and regulations for LASIK SURGERY.
Billionaire Nelson Peltz (the owner of Arby’s) has acquired Wendy’s in a
$2.3 billion dollar deal. Pam Thomas Farber, the daughter of Wendy's founder Dave Thomas, said the family is devastated. She said if her father were alive and heard news of the buyout, "he would not be amused."
Chinese officials will meet with representatives of the Dalai Lama. Beijing has been under increased International pressure to have an open dialogue with the spiritual leader of Tibet.
The White House saying that North Korea was secretly helping Syria build a nuclear reactor. The reactor in question was damaged beyond repair by an Israeli air strike last September.
BRITISH AIRPORTS ARE REPORTEDLY PREPARING TO BEGIN USING FACE SCANNING THIS SUMMER. The facial recognition systems will determine if the person being scanned matches the identity of the person on their passport. The pilot project will be open to British and European Union citizens who hold new biometric passports.
‘Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed’ starring Ben Stein is out in theaters now.Official Movie site: http://www.expelledthemovie.com/Resource information: http://www.getexpelled.com/
Jr League of Winston-Salem is having it’s annual Rummage Sale on Friday and Saturday at the LJVM Coliseum. http://www.jlws.org/
SPORTS: NASCAR: Racing in Talladega on Sunday. Kenny Wallace
(#78 Monte Carlo) will be sporting the National Day of Prayer logo and color scheme.
http://www.nationaldayofprayer.org/
Your WBFJ Family Station Forecast:
Today: Mix of sun and clouds. Breezy…
High near 80
Tonight: Partly cloudy…Low 57
Saturday: Partly sunny. Scattered showers and thunderstorms
during the afternoon…High 78
Sunday: Cloudy skies. An afternoon shower possible…High 75
