Your WBFJ Family Station Forecast: Showers ending. Clearing skies. Sunny and breezy…High 60. Frost Advisory overnight for Davie, Stokes, Surry, Wilkes and Yadkin counties.
Support our troops, donate blood (TODAY)
The Mobile blood unit from Fort Bragg will be collecting blood for our troops from 11am to 7pm at the American Legion (Post 55) on 111 Miller Street (across from Panera Bread) in Winston-Salem. Walk-ins welcome. Call 408-7280 for more information.
Use caution this morning while driving to work or school
School Closings (Due to power outages)
Davidson County Schools
Thomasville City Schools (OTW)
Randolph County Schools (9 schools without power)
Rowan Salisbury County Schools
**Opening at 10am - GTCC (Greensboro campus)
Lots of storm damage reported...
As of 5am: Duke Energy is reporting over 200,000 customers in North and South Carolina without power due to storm damage overnight. Over 700 homes and businesses in Guilford County without power this morning. Energy United reporting over 4,300 customers without power in Davidson County.
(Wallburg) Janette saying that Highway 109 is closed between Ledford Middle School and Shady Grove Church Road because of trees down.
(Lexington) Old Highway 64 at Reeds exit - (tree down)
Happy Hill Road (west of Lexington) – several homes were damaged by storms
A mother and daughter are in the hospital with non-life threatening injuries after their vehicle was rear-ended by a tractor-trailer yesterday around 2pm on Highway 68 near Oak Ridge. The big rig not only rear-ended a PT Cruiser driven by Allysson Queen (with her 18-year-old daughter Valerie inside), but the truck pushed the car down an embankment, overturned and landed on top of the PT Cruiser. Fox 8 reporting that Allysson’s husband and a ‘good Samaritan’ on the scene worked to get Allysson and Valerie out of the car. Crews finally reopened Highway 68 around 8 p.m. last night.
McDonald's to hire 50,000 workers - in one day. McDonald's is planning a one-day hiring spree of 50,000 new workers nationwide on April 19. The new job positions will include crew and management positions, part-time and full-time. She said the average pay for the jobs is $8.30 an hour. That's compared to the federal minimum wage of $7.25 an hour. McDonald's has 14,000 restaurants in the US . http://money.cnn.com/2011/04/04/news/companies/mcdonalds_jobs/index.htm?hpt=T2
Mark Hall (Casting Crowns) TWEETED…"McDonalds is planning a hiring spree of 50,000 workers in April. Suggestion: please teach the new guys to smile, be nice, & make eye contact."
SPORTS: Men’s NCAA Championship game last night: UCONN over Butler…53 – 41
