Today is Cinco de Mayo (Spanish for "fifth of May") is a holiday that commemorates the Mexican army's unlikely victory over French forces at the Battle of Puebla on May 5, 1862.
It's also a prefect day to enjoy great Mexican food!
Your WBFJ Family Station Forecast: Sunny and warm…High 85
Results from Tuesday’s Primary Races in North Carolina (State Board of Elections)
http://results.enr.clarityelections.com/NC/15705/24367/en/summary.html
Republican Sheriff’s race in Davidson County
Sheriff David Grice defeated former sheriff Gerald Hege and former highway patrolman Terry Price, receiving 61% of the vote in Tuesday's Primary.
Grice will face Democrat Tommy Evans, Jr. in the November election.
In Forsyth County
Forsyth County Sheriff Bill Schatzman beat his former chief deputy Dave Griffith. Schatzman won with 54% of the vote.
In Guilford County
Sheriff B.J. Barnes easily defeated his Republican primary opponent with 91%
of the vote. The Democratic race was much closer between Phil Wadsworth and C.B. Goins and appears to be heading to a runoff.
U.S. Senate
Republican Sen. Richard Burr won with 80% of the vote.
On the Democratic side: None of the candidates received 40% of the vote required to avoid a two-person runoff, so Secretary of State Elaine Marshall and former state senator Cal Cunningham will compete in a runoff election in June.
U.S. House
Republican Rep. Howard Coble won with 64% of the vote. His closest challenger, Guilford County Commissioner Billy Yow, received 16% of the vote.
A few incumbents appeared to have lost their primary races. Incumbent Democrat Earl Jones lost his primary to Marcus Brandon for the NC House District 60 seat. Also, incumbent Garth Hebert appears to have lost to Ed Price for Guilford School Board, District 2.
Voters in the area also addressed alcohol referendums. In Stoneville, the ABC Store referendum passed by 7 votes, while the mixed drink referendum narrowly failed by two votes. Voters in Caswell County passed their mixed drink referendum with 62 percent voting in favor.
News updates
GOD'S PIT CREW from Danville, Virginia is traveling to Nashville, TN with truck loads of product to the hundreds of victims affected by the flooding.
More info: http://www.thegodspitcrew.org/
Contact God’s Pit Crew at 434.836.4472
Email: contact@thegodspitcrew.org
The fate of Michael Hayes, who killed four people and wounded five others in a 1988 shooting spree on Old Salisbury Road, will be decided later this week by a judge who heard Hayes testify that he is no longer mentally ill.
http://www.journalnow.com/content/2010/may/05/im-no-longer-mentally-ill-hayes-testifies/
The Evangelical Christian Publishers Association has announced the winners for this year’s Christian Book Awards. Winners include…
-Christian Book of the Year - "The Hole in Our Gospel" by Richard Stearns
-The winning Bible is "Glo" by Immersion Digital.
The winning Bible Reference book is "The New Moody Atlas of the Bible".
The top fiction book is "Watch Over Me", by Christa Parrish.
Winning in the Children and Youth Category –
"Before You Date" by Haley and Michael DiMarco.
The top Inspiration and Gift book was "Grace Notes" by Phillip Yancey.
http://www.christiannewswire.com/news/6714813801.html
