Your WBFJ Family Station Forecast: Sunny, breezy and cooler…High 63
Sunny and Highs near 70 for the weekend
Wind Advisory through Noon: Wilkes County as well as Carroll and Grayson County (Va). Expect 40 to 50 mph winds near the Blue Ridge Parkway.
Freeze Watch overnight into Saturday morning: Davie, Stokes, Surry, Yadkin and Wilkes County. Frost Advisory: Rowan County
News...
With ‘Halloween’ falling on Sunday this year, some cities and towns including Dobson, King, Walnut Cove, Asheboro and Wilkesboro are encouraging Trick or Treating on Saturday night (Oct 30). Watch out for the ‘little ones’ roaming around the neighborhood both Saturday and Sunday evening. For a list of Halloween alternatives including Trunk or Treats go to www.wbfj.fm
Early voting for the November 2nd mid-term Elections continues in North Carolina through 1pm on Saturday. For Voter Guides (especial the Judicial candidates) and a list of early voting sites by county…go to the Elections section on the top right corner of the News Blog.
FYI: This election you can participate in a first for North Carolina and the country…a statewide instant runoff election. Voters will select a first, second and third choice to fill a vacant seat on the state Court of Appeals. If no candidate gets the 50-percent plus one vote needed to win the seat, election officials will then tally up voters' second and third choices to get a winner.
Is there a problem with some of the touch-screen voting machines around the state? Well, Tom Fetzer, the chairman of the Republican Party in North Carolina alleged Thursday that a programming flaw with touch-screen voting machines used for early voting in 36 counties is causing votes intended for GOP candidates to be counted for Democrats. Fetzer said that if the State Board of Elections does not enact a list of demands intended to remedy the problem ASAP, then GOP lawyers will be in federal court later today seeking a statewide injunction. www.charlotteobserver.com/2010/10/28/1793274/nc-gop-head-voting-machines-defective.html#ixzz13k7Y1dec
Pepsi Co. will expand its Winston-Salem call center, adding about 200 jobs and investing $7 million dollars in new construction. Sources close to the deal, saying that the Pepsi jobs would pay, on average, $36,500 a year, not including benefits. www.journalnow.com/news/2010/oct/29/pepsi-to-keep-local-unit-ar-492866/
Jobs site: http://careers.pepsico.com/key/pepsi-call-center-winston-salem-jobs.html
Two tornadoes in two days hitting Stokes County. Officials with the National Weather Service confirmed that a tornado did touched down in Stokes County around 7:30pm early Wednesday evening. (Jouralnow.com)
Rain and a large collection of silt closed all seven soccer fields at the Sara Lee Soccer Complex in Winston-Salem. The soccer fields should be opened within the next 10 days. Two soccer teams canceled their games this weekend due to flooding. www.myfox8.com/news/wghp-story-soccer-field-floods-101028,0,2238712.story
Sports: Conference races are heating up in High School Football.
Mt Tabor vs North Davidson...High Point Andrews vs Carver...Thomasville at Salisbury
(The World Series) Game TWO: The GIANTS over the RANGERS… 9 -0. (Game 3…Saturday at 7pm on Fox 8)
Big win for the Wolfpack last night: NC State over Florida State…28 – 24.
Saturday College Football: Wake Forest at Maryland…Duke at Navy…William and Mary at UNC… ASU hosting Furman…
