Slight risk of Severe Weather later this afternoon and evening. Stay tuned to WBFJ-FM for the latest weather information from the National Weather Service.
Confluence Coffee is celebrating their one year anniversary this Saturday. Tons of fun for the entire family. Details about the party and directions: www.guesswhoisone.com
Big Celebration at the Salvation Army Family Thrift Store on Saturday. Most items 50% OFF. Plus, a silent auction for a vintage 1964 Volkswagen between 2-2:30pm. The VW ‘bug’ will be on display at the Salvation Army Family Store on Peters Creek Parkway in Winston-Salem through Saturday. All proceeds benefit local Salvation Army programs
www.uss.salvationarmy.org/uss/www_uss_winston_salem.nsf/
For more information call (336) 723-9552
THE SO-CALLED ‘CASH FOR CLUNKERS PROGRAM’ MAY BE IN JEOPARDY. The Washington Post is one of several news organizations reporting that the one billion dollar program is almost out of cash. The program was passed by Congress in June and started this past Monday.
Cash for Clunkers was scheduled to run until November first or until it ran out of money. But officials didn't expect it to run out of money so quickly. Congressional leaders are working to find a way to keep the program running
FOLLOWING A WHITE HOUSE GET-TOGETHER, THE POLICE OFFICER WHO ARRESTED A HARVARD PROFESSOR SAYS THE TWO MEN, ALONG WITH PRESIDENT OBAMA, SPENT MORE TIME TALKING ABOUT THE FUTURE THAN WHAT HAPPENED IN CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS ON JULY 16TH. Police Sergeant James Crowley told reporters after yesterday’s visit that he and Professor Henry Louis Gates ‘agreed to disagree’ but that they still have a lot to talk about and plan to meet again.
Safe at home: The Space Shuttle Endeavour (and its crew) has landed safely around 10:48am this morning at Florida's Kennedy Space Center.
POLICE IN LOCKPORT, NEW YORK BELIEVE THE DRIVER OF A TOW TRUCK WAS TEXTING ON ONE PHONE AND TALKING ON ANOTHER WHEN HE HIT A CAR AND ENDED UP IN A SWIMMING POOL. Police say the tow truck driver rear-ended a car that was stopped to make a turn. After the collision with the car, the flatbed tow truck vehicle went through a yard and sideswiped a house…then continued through a privacy fence and into an in-ground pool.
The 68-year old driver of the car and her eight-year old niece were taken to the hospital…treated and released.
Officials with the Second Harvest Food Bank of Northwest North Carolina expect empty shelves to be an ongoing problem unless they find new, permanent sources of supplies. www.hungernwnc.org
The US military has been accused of damaging a portion of the Hanging Gardens of Babylon while converting the ‘ruins’ into Camp Alpha shortly after the US invaded Iraq in 2003. A military official said that one of the reasons troops set up a base at the site was to safeguard it. The troops and their contractors caused "major damage" by digging, cutting, scraping and leveling while they were revamping the site to meet military standards. Babylon, about an hour's drive south of Baghdad (in Iraq), dates to ancient Mesopotamia. The city on the banks of the Euphrates River was the home of Hammurabi and later Nebuchadnezzar who built the famous gardens for his wife. The US has agreed to pay $800,000 dollars to help refurbish the Babylon site. http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/07/31/iraq.babylon.damage/index.html?iref=hpmostpop
SPORTS: The nation’s largest outdoor ‘youth’ track meet is going on at the A&T State University campus in Greensboro. More than 7,000 athletes are competing in the U-S-A-T-F Junior Olympic Track and Field Championships. The Greensboro Area Convention and Visitor's Bureau said the event will bring in about $20 million dollars to the local economy. Competition continue through Sunday. Admission is $6.
http://www.myfox8.com/news/wghp-jr-olympic-track-event-090730,0,2846858.story
Former Northern Guilford High School basketball coach, Stan Kowalewski, has been hired by Oak Ridge Military Academy to turn its basketball program around. Kowalewski coached the N. Guilford boys basketball team to a state championship earlier this year. But, the team was stripped of the title after an investigation revealed the team had used ineligible players.
