Today is Presidents' Day...
Your WBFJ Family Station Forecast
(For the Triad) Rain and snow, becoming all rain this afternoon…High 40
Winter Weather Advisory for the Foothills including Surry and Wilkes County
Snow early. Rain and snow mix likely this afternoon…High 38
Special programming note: Starting around noon, WBFJ will be off the air for a couple of hours in order to make some technical adjustments. Again, WBFJ will be off the air around NOON for a couple of hours this afternoon.
Good News: Go to our home page www.wbfj.fm where you can listen to WBFJ online while we are off the air around NOON.
Join the WBFJ Morning Show (with Darren, Tami and Verne) for LUNCH at River Birch Lodge in Winston-Salem this ‘Fat’ Tuesday from noon to 1pm. The third annual Celebrity Serve for Wishes in Forsyth County. Location: River Birch Lodge is located on Robinhood Road in Winston-Salem. Participating restaurants are donating 10% of food sales to the local chapter of Make-A-Wish (plus tips given to the Morning Show). www.celebrityserve.org
In the News:
In a town just outside Brussels: Two commuter trains hit ‘head-on’ during rush hour…killing at least 11 people and severely injuring several more.
After being delayed twice by the weather, parents were invited to tour the cleaned-up and renovated Oak Ridge Elementary School on Sunday. The school was closed after complaints that ‘something’ at the school was making students and teachers sick. Students will return back to class at Oak Ridge Elementary next Monday.
http://www.myfox8.com/news/wghp-oak-ridge-tour-100214,0,2975419.story
A sixth student has been hospitalized while attending a YMCA Youth and Government conference in Raleigh over the weekend. Of the 1,000 or so students who attended a catered dinner Friday night at the Raleigh Convention Center, about 150 students were hit with symptoms similar to food poisoning. The Wake County health department is continuing to investigate the cause of the illness.
A GUNMAN OPENED FIRE DURING A SUNDAY CHURCH SERVICE IN RICHMOND, CALIFORNIA. A Richmond police spokeswoman tells CNN three hooded gunmen in the late teens or early 20s fired on the congregation at New Gethsemane Church of God in Christ, injuring two teens. The shooting happened about 12:30 p.m. Pacific Time. Police said they are not sure whether the two victims were targeted, but that someone in the general area where the victims were sitting were the targets of the shooting. Police do not yet have a motive.
The victims, a 14-year-old boy and 19-year-old man, are expected to make full recoveries.
Doug Fieger, lead singer of the 80s rock group the Knack, lost his battle with cancer on Sunday. Fieger was 57 years old. Fieger, a Detroit-area native, formed The Knack in 1978. He co-wrote and sang lead vocals on their hit song "My Sharona," which spent 6 weeks at No. 1. (ET)
SPORTS:
The 21st Winter Games in Vancouver…
-The USA leads in the medal count (3-Bronze, 2-Silver and one Gold)
-American skier Hannah Kearney has brought home the first gold medal for the US with a first place finish in Ladies' Moguls.
-The USA broke through the Nordic combined barrier yesterday, winning their first Olympic medal in the sport dominated by the Europeans…
Today's medal events include Men's Five Hundred-Meter Speed Skating, Pairs Free Style Figure Skating, and Men's Snowboard Cross Finals.
Learn more: www.vancouver2010.com
NASCAR: Jamie McMurray edging out Dale Earnhardt, Jr
to capture his first Daytona 500.
http://www.nascar.com/
