Winter Storm Warning until noon on Saturday
Also…A Flood Watch in effect for central NC
Roads in northwestern North Carolina (including the Triad) are dangerous
this morning. Conditions will likely NOT improve today into tonight.
Your WBFJ Family Station Forecast: Today into tonight: Wintry mix (mainly freezing rain). Breezy conditions. Temperatures holding around the freezing mark through Saturday.
Most public, private and Christian schools are closed...
Most Colleges and Universities are closed as well…
Here is the deal from the National Weather Service: The snow has changed to freezing rain…expect Freezing Rain to continue into this evening. We may see some snow flurries before precept ending around noon on Saturday. Significant icing is expected with this storm north and west of Winston-Salem. Temperatures holding around the freezing mark through Saturday
NEWS:
The backlash against Focus on the Family’s upcoming Super Bowl ad in which Pam Tebow describes how she rejected medical advice to have an abortion when she was pregnant with her Heisman Trophy-winning son, Tim, continues to escalate. Now, Planned Parenthood has posted its own 30-second commercial on their website. http://www.worldmag.com/webextra/16391
Colts vs Saints in Super Bowl 44 in Miami this Sunday evening at 6:30pm.
Keeping your Super Bowl party foods safe…
www.fsis.usda.gov/News_&_Events/NR_020210_01/index.asp
The Backpack Program celebration kick off at Pickett Primary School will take place on Tuesday, February 9th. The event was postponed this week due to the inclement weather and closing of schools. Communities in Schools of Lexington/Davidson County, Pickett Primary School and Second Harvest Food Bank of Northwest North Carolina will hold the ceremony this Tuesday, Feb 09th at 4 p.m. in the media center. The program focuses on childhood hunger in rural communities by assisting at-risk children with nutritious, child-friendly food for the weekends during the school year.
http://www.the-dispatch.com/article/20100204/ARTICLES/100209952/1005/stormpost&tc=email_newsletter
Wonderful article about the inside of the new Creasey Family home in
Lexington from the Winston-Salem Journal…
www.journalnow.com/content/2010/feb/05/extreme-makeover-inside-tour-grateful-family-thank/living/
The house featured on the family sitcom 'Full House' is up for sale to the highest bidder. According to NBC Los Angeles’ the stately Victorian home, which was featured in the opening credits for most of the show's eight seasons, is on the auction block with an asking price of $4.1 million dollars. The picturesque dwelling is located on some of San Francisco's most prestigious real estate -- it is located in Alamo Square, in what is known as Postcard Row.
http://insidetv.aol.com/2010/02/02/full-house-house-on-sale/
SPORTS: ACC action last night:
Duke over Georgia Tech
Virginia Tech over UNC
