The federal minimum wage increases to $7.25 per hour today. For the average full time worker making minimum wage, the pay increase adds up to an additional $1,400 dollars per year. The wage increase is the third in a series of federally mandated raises.
http://www.myfox8.com/wghp-minimum-wage-increase-090723,0,3796382.story
Because of a state reduction in transportation funding, the Winston-Salem / Forsyth County school system is looking to cut its bus routes by about 3,000 miles per day. One catch: according to school policy, students are not allowed to walk more than one-half mile from their home to the bus stop. http://www.myfox8.com/news/wghp-wsfc-vuttting-bus-routes-090722,0,1136128.story
Speaking of the Winston-Salem / Forsyth County school system…
TODAY is the last day to request a NEW bus stop if you want bus service on the first day of school…which is August 25.
For more information: Call 748-2287 X-4
Students at Oak Ridge Elementary School will go back to school at a new location…at least through October. School officials at Oak Ridge Elementary will temporarily move students in the second through fifth grades to Oak Ridge Military Academy through October.
Federal health officials have recommended that the school remain closed until work on its heating, ventilating and air conditioning system is finished.
http://www.myfox8.com/news/wghp-oak-ridge-sick-school-090723,0,432313.story
A land mine found in a donation box earlier in the week at a Goodwill store in a west-Denver suburb was a training device and didn't have an explosive component. A Goodwill employee familiar with military explosive devices found the land mine. An area strip mall was evacuated and a bomb squad called in. Police haven't identified the person who dropped off the device.
Investigators say someone clearing out a home or garage might not have known what the item was. Claymore mines were widely used during the Vietnam war.
http://www.wxii12.com/news/20160807/detail.html
From school supplies to computers, the North Carolina Tax Free Weekend is coming up…August 7 – 9th. South Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia will also be hosting aTax Free weekend on August 7 – 9…as well. There are some exceptions. FYI: The state is also offering a sales tax weekend on qualifying energy star certified appliances from Nov. 6-8, 2009.
THE FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE SAYS IT IS DISAPPOINTED WITH PRESIDENT OBAMA'S REMARKS ABOUT THE ARREST OF A HARVARD PROFESSOR. Near the end of his news conference on Wednesday, President Obama stated that Cambridge, Massachusetts police acted "stupidly" when they arrested prominent black scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr outside his own home. A neighbor called police. They thought he was breaking in...
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/07/23/police-officer-obama-butt-arrest/
Bill Cosby speaks out on incident:
www.myfoxchicago.com/dpp/news/dpgo_Bill_Cosby_reacts_to_Gates_incident_fc_20090723_2698628
THE DOW JONES INDUSTRIAL CLOSED ABOVE NINE THOUSAND FOR THE FIRST TIME THIS YEAR. That’s the highest close since November of last year.
EXISTING HOME SALES ROSE FOR THE THIRD STRAIGHT MONTH IN JUNE. The National Association of Realtors says the pace of existing home sales increased by 3.6%.
This is the final collection weekend for the WBFJ 'Shoes for Orphan Souls' shoe drive. The drop-off deadline is this Monday (July 27).
Drop-off locations online at http://www.wbfj.fm/
FYI: Shoes for Orphan Souls has distributed close to 2 million pairs of new shoes to at-risk children in the US and to orphans in 63 countries around the world.
To find out more about Buckner International and Shoes for Orphan Souls: http://www.wbfj.fm/
