Your WBFJ Family Station Forecast (Triad): Mostly sunny…High 60
What??? A Winter Weather Advisory has been issued for up to six inches of snow in the higher elevations of the Northern Mountains today.
New this morning: Traffic update… According to the Dispatch:
An early morning accident involving a school bus and several other vehicles had Cotton Grove Road near Shumaker's in Lexington closed in both directions while crews investigate the accident. Seven students and the driver from Stoner-Thomas School were taken to Lexington Memorial Hospital with minor injuries. The driver of one of the vehicles was pinned in. Once freed the driver was transported to Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center via Air Care. http://www.the-dispatch.com/article/20100315/ARTICLES/100319938/1005?Title=Emergency-personnel-respond-to-school-bus-wreck
According to Attorney General Roy Cooper, for the fifth year, the most common complaints from consumers in North Carolina involved health care. Consumer complaints included medical billing or collection practices, overcharging for medical services, and getting charged for supposedly free weight-loss products. (Journalnow.com)
A vote on the current version of the Healthcare Reform Bill in the House is expected sometime this week. The Democrats need 216 votes to pass the Bill. At this point, there are not enough votes for passage. Please let your Representatives know your opinion and / or concerns about Healthcare reform.
Police are still looking for a person who shot a man inside the electronics department at the Walmart in Wilkesboro. The isolated incident happened around 7:30pm yesterday. The victim was taken to the hospital. Again, police in Wilkesboro are still searching for the gunman.
http://www.journalnow.com/content/2010/mar/15/man-is-shot-inside-wilkesboro-walmart/
Flooding in the Northeast after heavy rains on Saturday. At least 7 deaths have been blamed on the storm-related accidents. More than a half-million customers in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York and Connecticut lost electricity during Saturday's storm.
Much of Chile was in the dark Sunday after a blackout knocked out power to 90% of the country. The blackout comes two weeks after a massive 8.8-magnitude earthquake struck the country, killing more than 500 people.
http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/americas/03/14/chile.blackout/index.html?hpt=T2
Actor Peter Graves, best known for his starring role on TV's "Mission: Impossible," died Sunday. A publicist says it appears that Graves had a heart attack outside his home. He was 83.
http://www.cnn.com/2010/SHOWBIZ/TV/03/14/obit.peter.graves/index.html?hpt=T2
Between now and Wednesday, expect your copy of the 20-10 Census form to show up in your mailbox. The Constitution requires counting people in the US every 10 years to re-distribute seats in the House of Representatives. Congress also needs the Census to allocate more than $400 billion dollars a year in federal aid to states and to re-draw political districts.
Questions on the Census include: how many people live at your address; whether the dwelling is owned or rented; a phone number; and, for each household member, a name, sex, age, date of birth and race. ***In May, thousands of Census workers will venture out to visit homes that did not return their census forms. More info at www.census.gov/
SPORTS: Six ACC teams are going to the Big Dance (the NCAA Tournament)…
Wake Forest will play Texas on Thursday...Duke will play on Friday
BTW: Duke over Georgia Tech 65 – 61 to win the ACC Tournament.
That’s the 9th ACC championship in 12 years for the Blue Devils
ACC teams going to the NIT…Carolina, State and Virginia Tech
Former Carolina Panther’s QB Jake Delhomme has signed with the Cleveland Browns…
