Wind Chill factor today: It will feel like temperatures in the 20s…
Sun and clouds for Friday. Breezy…High near 40 (gusts up to 30 mph possible)
Samaritan’s Purse is providing emergency aid to camps housing thousands of refugees from the Democratic Republic of Congo. Dr Warren Cooper helped save the life of a five-year-old boy who was shot during a gun battle between rival militias in Congo.
Listen to the report: www.samaritanspurse.org/index.php/articles/crisis_in_the_congo/
Get those ‘shoe boxes’ ready! National Collection Week wraps up this weekend for Operation Christmas Child (through Samaritan’s Purse) http://www.operationchristmaschild.org/
Trustees at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have unanimously approved a series of tuition and fee increases. Tuition for in-state, undergraduate students would increase 6.5 percent. And tuition for out-of-state undergraduates would increase 5.6 percent under the plan, which must still be approved by the UNC Board of Governors. http://www.wxii12.com/news/18028977/detail.html?rss=gws&psp=news
The 12-year-old boy who was hit by a van while playing in a creek near his home last week has been upgraded to fair condition…Read more: http://www.myfoxwghp.com/myfox/pages/News/Detail?contentId=7910712&version=2&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=TSTY&pageId=3.2.1
Traffic patterns at PTI will change this weekend: DOT will open a new interchange entrance to the airport. www.journalnow.com/content/2008/nov/21/new-roadways-into-pti-to-open-this-weekend/business/
New pattern (maps): www.flyfrompti.com/gee/doc/PTI-New-Entrance-Information.pdf
THE NATIONAL AVERAGE PRICE FOR A GALLON of REGULAR, UNLEADED GAS IS UNDER TWO DOLLARS A GALLON. Triple A says the price is down to a $1.99. Back in mid-July gas hit a record high of $4.11 a gallon.
US ATTORNEY GENERAL MICHAEL MUKASEY is resting at a DC Hospital after being rushed to the hospital last night after collapsing during a speech in Washington, DC.
We all have taken items to Goodwill, right? It took some fancy footwork, but a Goodwill store in Illinois has found the owner of $7,500 dollars in cash mistakenly donated with some old shoes.
Teodora Petrova, a native of Bulgaria, found the money on her first day at the Goodwill store in Glen Carbon, Illinois. Read more: http://apnews.myway.com/article/20081118/D94H0PGO0.html
November is National Adoption Awareness Month
Survivor: Guatemala And then there were two. It’s down to Gary Gotee and Elise Electric. Voting continues through 6am Monday morning at www.wbfj.org/event3.htm
Survivor: Guatemala underwritten by “Castaway Kid” a 'must read' book by local author Rob Mitchell. BTW: All of our Top 10 finalists are not leaving the virtual island empty handed:
They get a great prize pack from WBFJ including: the book from Rob Mitchell “Castaway Kid”, a T-Shirt from Caroline’s Promise, and music from WBFJ.
Sharing is Caring…Need Knows No Season The Great Stocking Stuff going on NOW thru December 17 (Wed). Details online @ http://www.wbfj.fm/
Second Round of the State High School Play-offs:
The list: http://www.journalnow.com/content/2008/nov/20/192305/area-football-playoff-pairings/sports-highschool-football/
ACC Football on Saturday:
State vs Carolina…Boston College vs Wake Forest…Duke vs Virginia Tech
Southern Conference Football: ASU will travel to Western Carolina
