Your WBFJ Family Station Forecast: Drizzle this morning. Rain this afternoon…High only 48 degrees. Warmer and dryer for the weekend.
Up-Date: A small plane crash in High Point yesterday afternoon claimed the life of a local prominent doctor. The Winston-Salem Journal reporting that Dr. Thomas Littlejohn, the president of P-M-G Research and a founder of Maplewood Family Practice, was a passenger onboard the plane that crashed in a subdivision near Sandy Ridge and Gallimore Dairy roads. No one on the ground was injured. Jim Black, who lives in the subdivision , was walking his dog when the crash happened. "I heard a loud noise and I thought that it was an accident on Sandy Ridge. Black was 10 houses away from the actual crash. Bad weather forced the pilot to abort a landing at Smith Reynolds Airport in Winston-Salem. The plane was about 2 miles from PTI when the crash happened. http://www.journalnow.com/news/2011/mar/31/wsmain01-two-die-in-plane-crash-near-pti-ar-907036/
Investigators in Wilkes County are trying to figure out what happened to a 2-year-old girl last Saturday evening that injured her ‘severely enough’ that she had to be airlifted to Brenner Children's Hospital in Winston-Salem. The girl was being treated at Brenner when police said her mother's boyfriend, 26-year-old Jacob Andrew Minton, of Millers Creek, attacked the child early Sunday morning. Minton faces an attempted first-degree murder charge. The two year old girl was listed in critical condition on Wednesday afternoon.
http://www.wxii12.com/news/27360279/detail.html
A Lexington man remains in critical condition after being hit by a car Monday night. Police said Ronald Rachels, 32, of 2210 Greensboro Street Ext., confessed to hitting David Craver around 9 p.m. Monday night in Lexington. Craver was staying at the Regency Inn. His body was found near the hotel along Business 85. www.myfox8.com/news/wghp-story-possible-hit-run-110329,0,1480967.story
No super fast internet service for the Triad: Google has chosen Kansas City for its ultra fast broadband network, trumping out Winston-Salem and Greensboro. Over 1,000 cities nationwide were campaigning for Google’s ‘Fiber for Communities’ program. (WS Journal)
Doctors with the American Academy of Pediatrics are warning that young people who spend a lot of time on social media sites, are at risk of ‘Facebook depression’. The new clinical report details both the negative and positive effects of social media use on youth and families. "The Impact of Social Media Use on Children, Adolescents and Families" http://www.aap.org/pressroom/aappr-mar2811mailing.htm
THE FDA FOOD ADVISORY COMMITTEE IS REVIEWING DATA ON WHETHER DYES USED IN FOOD CAUSE HYPERACTIVITY IN KIDS. The committee will vote later today on whether the agency should take action on dyes in food, which could include banning them altogether.
NASA IS INSPECTING THE SPACE SHUTTLE ENDEAVOUR'S LAUNCH PAD FOR ANY POSSIBLE STORM DAMAGE. A strong storm front passed over Florida's Kennedy Space Center on Wednesday. The scheduled lift-off of Space Shuttle Endeavor will be on April 19th.
Libya’s Foreign Minister has defected to the UK, but will not be offered ‘immunity’. The defection is seen as another blow to Muammar Gaddafi's "crumbling" regime…in favor of a "better future" for Libya.
With over 6,500 fans on hand, the Winston-Salem Dash beat THE Chicago White Sox 3 – 0 in an exhibition game at BB and T Ballpark last night. BTW: The Chicago White Sox is the parent organization of the WS Dash. http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/index.jsp?sid=t580
The Boys of Summer are warming up: Today is the official start of Major League baseball.
