10 days til Christmas… 12 days of Christmas music on WBFJ
Today is the stocking drop-off deadline:
More details about the Great Stocking Stuff with WBFJ and the Salvation Army…online at wbfj.fm.
The Piedmont is under a Dense FOG Advisory until 9am
The fog will affect travel along interstates 40 and 85…Highway 64, 220 and Highway 1. Visibility will be less than a quarter mile in some places.
A powerful storm has hammered the Pacific Northwest. Heavy rain and wind gusts close to 100 mph has flooded streets, toppled trees and cut power to thousands. At least three fatalities have been blamed on the storm.The massive storm has also hindered rescue efforts to find three climbers on Oregon's Mount Hood. (usaradionews)
A local marine was hit and killed by a Church van near his home on Wednesday. 18 year old Anthony Hudgins was home on leave and out for a jog on Old Greensboro Road just outside Kernersville when the accident happened. The wreck is still under investigation. No charges have been filed. Hudgins was a 2006 graduate of East Forsyth High School. (journalnow.com)
Police in Wake Forest along with the help of Greensboro police, have arrested Decarlo Rayshaun Bennett in the disappearance of Sherri Jackson. Jackson’s family reported her missing when she didn't show up for work on November 29th. She's was three-months pregnant.
Police say Bennett was a long-time acquaintance of Jackson and was previously charged with assaulting her. Jackson's body has not yet been found. (Fox 8, WFMY)
Doctors are saying that it is still too early to make a prognosis on Senator Tim Johnson's condition. The Democrat from South Dakota underwent brain surgery early Thursday morning after suffering a brain hemorrhage on Wednesday. Should Johnson not be able to complete his term, which ends in 2008, South Dakota Gov. Mike Rounds, a Republican, could appoint his replacement (likely a Republican) -- which could shift the balance of power in the Senate to 50-50. With Dick Chaney voting to break ties. (CNN)
Story HighlightsYou have the opportunity to send a Free video email to a friend or family serving in the military ( possibly in Iraq or Afghanistan).
Stop by…PC Plus System Solutions in Greensboro through Saturday the 16th …and they will send a Christmas greeting overseas by way of video email. All you need is the email address to a friend or family serving in the military overseas.
Call to make an appointment 336-275-3400
The governors of North Carolina and Massachusetts have made a friendly wager on tonight’s Division I-AA National Championship game between App State and the U-Mass.
-Governor Easley is putting up a box of Ashe County cheeses,
along with North Carolina gift basket including summer sausage,
Blue Ridge Mountain dried fruit mix and some Cheerwine.
-Governor Mit Romney has countered with a New England Lobster clambake with all the trimmings.
The Mountaineers and the Minutemen will play tonight at 8pm in Chattagoona. It’s a sell-out…but you can watch the game on ESPN -2. (www.goasu.com)
New movies out today:
-The Pursuit of Happyness (Will Smith)
-Eragon
-Charlotte’s Web (5 out of 5 stars from Plugged in Movie Review / Focus on the family)
AND…still in theaters: The Nativity Story and Facing the Giants
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Your WBFJ Family Station Forecast:
Today: Areas of dense fog early. Then, sunny skies…High 68
Tonight: Mostly clear…Low 38
The Weekend: Lots of sunshine and mild…Highs in the mid-60’s
Game time forecast: Clear and 50 when the Mountaineers take on the U-Mass Minutemen in the Division 1-AA National Championship game in Chattanooga.
Today is the stocking drop-off deadline:
More details about the Great Stocking Stuff with WBFJ and the Salvation Army…online at wbfj.fm.
The WBFJ…Chick-Fil-A NUGGET
-Music from Third Day… ‘Christmas Offerings’
-Brand new 2007 Chick-Fil-A calendar from Chick-Fil-A of the Triad
In 1950 the tallest one of these was put up at the Northgate Shopping Center in Seattle, Washington.
Clue:
We hope that the lights were pre-tested…
Answer:
The tallest cut Christmas tree on record…A 221-foot Douglas fir
'Click Back' often for the latest news and happenings from Verne (the News Guy) and the WBFJ Family Friendly Morning Show.
