(Monday) Back-to-School for students…
Davie and Randolph Counties…and students at Bishop McGuiness.
With Tuesday being the first anniversary of Hurricane Katrina…
The latest storm in the Atlantic will likely effect Florida, even North Carolina, by Wednesday. Ernesto weakened dramatically on Sunday…being downgraded to a tropical storm. Ernesto will likely gain strength as it nears Cuba. Hurricane watches have been posted across South Florida and the Florida Keys. (weather.com)
http://www.weather.com/hurricanecentral/?from=footer&ref=/weather/narrative/27101
Because of Tropical Storm Ernesto: NASA officials will have to decide whether or not to keep the space shuttle Atlantis on the launch pad for a scheduled liftoff Tuesday afternoon. (AP)
President Bush will return to Mississippi and Louisiana today to discuss the ongoing recovery from the deadly storm that struck the Gulf one year ago.
(USA TODAY)
Comair Flight 51-91 crashed about half a mile past the end of the runway shortly after takeoff Sunday morning in Kentucky. There was one survivor. The National Transportation Safety Board said the evidence so far shows that the Comair jet that crashed…took off from the wrong runway. (usa radio news)
Free at last: Two Fox News journalists were released Sunday after two weeks in captivity. The journalists had been seized in Gaza City on August 14 by a previously unknown terror group. (FoX News)
Samaritan’s Purse is urgently asking for your help. The Christian Relief organization is providing food and medicine to thousands of people displaced during the month long fighting between Israel and Hazaballah. You can find out more about Samaritan’s Purse on our website…wbfj.fm.
While researchers have long shown that tall people earn more than shorter people – a new study saying that tall people are just smarter.
"As early as age three -- before schooling has had a chance to play a role -- and throughout childhood, taller children perform significantly better on cognitive tests," The findings were based primarily on two British studies that followed children born in 1958 and 1970, respectively, through adulthood and a U.S. study on height and occupational choice.
Will MacKenzie, a former hammock salesman who grew up in North Carolina, earned his first PGA tour win at the Reno-Tahoe Open.
MacKenzie is a Greenville native who gave up golf for a while…but he returned to golf after seeing his boyhood idol, the late Payne Stewart, win the 1999 U.S. Open at Pinehurst.
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Your WBFJ Family Friendly Forecast:
Today: Lots of sunshine…High 90
Tonight: Some clouds…Low 70
Tuesday: Mix of sun and clouds. Scattered showers and
thunderstorms during the afternoon…High near 90.
Best chance of rain for the Triad will be Wednesday.
- The first anniversary of Hurricane Katrina is Tuesday. (August 29)
-For the latest on Hurricane Ernesto log onto wbfj.fm…look for the ‘News Link’. :)
All this week...
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