Still below normal temperatures through the weekend. Secondary roads, sidewalks and parking lots should improve today.
Your WBFJ Family Station Forecast: Mix of sun and clouds. Warmer…High 45
Mostly cloudy on Saturday with a chance of snow flurries…High 42
Breaking News: A trooper with the Highway Patrol was transported to Baptist Hospital this morning after he was injured in a accident along I-40 (WB) near Clemmonsville Road. The accident happened around 8:30am. Trooper Brett Daniels was investigating another wreck on I-40 when an SUV hit the back of his patrol car. Investigators said the driver of the SUV was in the far left lane when she hit a patch of black ice. Her car slid and hit the trooper's patrol car on the right shoulder. http://www.digtriad.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=151850&catid=57
Third Day is coming to the Triad this Spring. The ‘Make Your Move Tour’ with Third Day will make a stop in Greensboro on May 13, 2011. Joining Third Day on some of the tour dates…will be Tenth Avenue North and Revive. Third Day's eleventh studio album "Move" is in stores now.
Tour details: www.thirdday.com/touring/upcoming-shows
Double ‘giving’ today at the Salvation Army in Winston-Salem. The Christmas distribution program was postponed yesterday because of bad weather. Officials with the Salvation Army in Winston-Salem are asking Thursday’s clients who were scheduled to pick up their toys and food boxes on Thursday…to stop by TODAY at your same appointment time. Call 245-2081 for more information. www.salvationarmycarolinas.org/commands/winston-salem
FYI: From now until January 3rd, Modern Chevrolet of Winston-Salem will donate $10 dollars to the area Salvation Army for every test drive you take! Call 723-6366 for more details… www.salvationarmycarolinas.org/commands/winston-salem
A seventh-grader at Walkertown Middle School died after he collapsed during an intramural basketball game on Wednesday. WXII reporting that Teddy Davis was taken to Baptist Hospital and died of a heart problem. The family is fulfilling Teddy's wishes by donating his organs. Counselors will be on hand for students today. A funeral is planned at Stephen's Missionary Baptist Church on Monday. www.wxii12.com/news/26160960/detail.html
The FDA reporting now that the world’s best selling cancer drug is NOT safe and effective. Avastin is a drug used to treat breast cancer. The FDA says that after four clinical studies it does not believe Avastin's benefits are significant enough to outweigh the risks including high blood pressure, heart attack, and hemorrhage. However the FDA says that it does not plan to remove Avastin from the market. RnR
THE TAX CUT BILL HAS CLEARED THE HOUSE AND IS NOW ON ITS WAY TO PRESIDENT’S DESK. Politico-dot com reports the compromise between Obama and congressional Republicans passed the House around midnight last night. It provides a two-year extension for Bush-era tax cuts that were due to expire Dec. 31st fro all income levels. It also extends unemployment insurance benefits through next year.
A US EMBASSY VEHICLE WAS THE TARGET OF A BOMB IN YEMEN. American embassy personnel came under attack when a bomb exploded near their vehicle outside a restaurant in Yemen's capital. No one was injured in the blast. RnR
25 years on CNN. Larry King's last edition of "Larry King Live aired last night featuring a serenade from Tony Bennett and greetings from President Obama and California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger. King said he plans to do CNN specials and some radio work. He concluded the show by saying, "I don't know what to say, except to you my audience, thank you. And instead of goodbye, how about so long?" The set then went black, except for a spotlight illuminating his chrome microphone. (CNN / RnR)
Mount Airy mayor recovering after wreck on Wednesday. Mayor Deborah Cochran was involved in a two-car collision while on her way to work at WSYD (local radio station in Surry County). Cochran's 1993 Honda Del Sol was hit by a teenager who pulled out in front of her. The 17 year old boy was on his way to Mount Airy High School. www.journalnow.com/news/2010/dec/16/mount-airy-mayor-recovering-after-wreck-ar-622391/
We need YOU to make some homemade cookies. Calling all bakers in the Triad!!! Christmas for the City needs plenty of homemade cookies for the ‘party room’ at the Millennium Center next week. Bake some cookies and bring them wrapped on disposable serving trays to the drop off locations listed below. (You can also bring canisters of hot chocolate for the party to the same locations).
Monday + Tuesday (Dec. 20 & 21) between 10am and 6pm…
-Pinedale Christian Church gym, 3395 Peters Creek Pkwy, W-S
Monday + Tuesday (Dec. 20 & 21) between 9am and 9pm…
-Braided Cord Coffee and Book, 1483 River Ridge Rd, Clemmons, NC 27012
Tuesday – Thursday (Dec 21-23) between 4pm and 8pm…
-Millennium Center, 101 W. 5th St., Winston Salem, NC 27101
http://winstonsalemfirst.onthecity.org/plaza/needs/c29e07d7b1cdac6115bd2b794924683845ca878f
Come celebrate Christmas for the City next week…Tuesday –Thursday (Dec 21 -23) at the Millennium Center in downtown Winston-Salem. Totally family friendly…and it’s a FREE gift to the community. FYI: WBFJ will broadcasting ‘LIVE’ all three nights…
Details on our website http://www.wbfj.fm/
