Your WBFJ Family Station Forecast: Mix of sun and clouds. Breezy…High 73
Severe storms caused tornado warnings in Wake, Nash, and Edgecombe counties last night. A funnel cloud was spotted near Zebulon.
Hundreds of residents in Mississippi are still cleaning up (many still without power) in and around Yazoo City after a tornado hit the area on Saturday. Ten deaths have been blamed on the twister. This is Mississippi’s worst natural disaster since Hurricane Katrina in 2005. The tornado was part of a broad band of storms that stretched from Missouri to the Florida Panhandle.
If you are looking to buy a new home you have until this Friday to take advantage of tax credits for first-time and second-time buyers. First-time home buyers can receive an $8,000 dollar tax credit, and people moving into their second home receive a $6,500 dollar tax credit if they lived in their previous house for five years or more. Home buyers will need to sign a binding contract by this Friday (April 30) and then close the deal by June 30.
http://www.myfox8.com/wghp-home-buyer-tax-credit-100425,0,4226360.story
Early voting continues over the next 6 days. Early voting for the May 4th primaries runs through Saturday, May 1st. Contact your local board of elections about early voting locations.
http://www.sboe.state.nc.us/content.aspx?id=13
After 5 weeks at the movies: "How to Train Your Dragon" took the top spot at the box office with an estimated $15 million dollars.
PRESIDENT OBAMA AND VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN ATTENDED THE MEMORIAL ON SUNDAY FOR THE VICTIMS OF THAT WEST VIRGINIA MINING DISASTER. 29 miners lost their lives in the explosion on April fifth.
President Obama made the short drive to Montreat from Asheville yesterday , where he spent the weekend, to see Dr Billy Graham and son Franklin.During the visit, which lasted about 30 minutes, Obama had a private prayer and conversation with Billy Graham. The evangelist gave Obama two Bibles, one for him and one for the first lady, Graham spokesman Larry Ross said. Franklin Graham said his father and Obama did most of the talking. They reminisced about their roots in Chicago. And they talked about golf.Graham said his father prayed for the nation and that God would give Obama wisdom in his decisions. http://www.myfox8.com/wghp-obama-billy-graham-100425,0,2773027.story
An armed man who was spotted at the Asheville airport yesterday afternoon said that he just wanted to meet with the President. Police arrested Joseph Sean McVey, 23, of Coshocton, Ohio, yesterday afternoon at the Asheville Regional Airport shortly after Air Force One took off. McVey was charged with going ‘armed in terror of the public’…a misdemeanor. McVey will make his first court appearance later today. http://www.myfox8.com/news/nationworld/sns-ap-us-obama-nc-airport-arrest,0,7564731.story
SPORTS: ASU quarterback Armanti Edwards will move less than 100 miles to begin his pro NFL football career, being selected by the Carolina Panthers in the third round of the 2010 National Football League Draft (89th selection overall) on Friday night.
www.goasu.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=104458&SPID=12811&DB_OEM_ID=21500&ATCLID=204935301
Kevin Harvic winning at Talladaga
NBA Playoffs: Game 4: Charlotte Bobcats vs Orlando Magic (Tonight). Orlando has a 3 – 0 lead in the series
A stretch of I-40 in western North Carolina that has been closed for six months because of a rockslide is now back open.
