Your WBFJ Family Station Forecast: Showers and thunderstorms. Breezy…High 77
FYI: The Triad tied a record high of 90 degrees yesterday at PTI.
Recall: If you have Children’s Tylenol, Motrin, Zyrtec or Benadryl in your medicine cabinet?? Listen up… McNeil Consumer Healthcare has recalled more than 40 of its liquid cold and allergy products for children because some of the medications may not meet federal quality standards. http://www.healthday.com/Article.asp?AID=638727
Details about the Tylenol recall
http://www.mcneilproductrecall.com/page.jhtml?id=/include/new_recall.inc
On Sunday, students from High Point Christian Academy gathered together for a prayer vigil at the scene of the wreck that claimed the lives of two their classmates. On Friday, four students in an SUV from High Point Christian Academy were involved in a crash at the intersection of Phillips Avenue and Westchester Drive. Justin Payne Simmons died at the scene. The driver of the SUV, Jacob Foster Nance, passed away Saturday night at Baptist Hospital. Both were 17 years old. Two other teens in the SUV were injured but released. http://www.hpe.com/view/full_story/7278568/article-Prayer-vigil-held-for-teens?instance=main_article
A teenager from Thomasville drowned in Belews Lake on Saturday. Joshua James Soloman was fishing from the shore around noon when officials believe his fishing line got tangled in the water and pulled him in. The incident happened near Humphrey's Ridge Campground.
At least 11 deaths are blamed on the massive flooding in Tennessee. Five of those deaths were in Davidson County, Tennessee. Nashville is located in Davidson County. Storms on Saturday brought in heavy amounts of rain. I-40 through Nashville is remains closed. Nashville got close to 13 inches of rain. 1,500 guests were evacuated from the Gaylord Opryland resort and convention center which is close to the Cumberland River to a local High School. The Cumberland River, which winds through Nashville, is expected to ‘crest’ at 10 feet above flood stage this morning.
http://www.weather.com/outlook/weather-news/news/articles/tenn-flood-update_2010-05-03
A 20-second video may reveal more about a failed car bomb attempt in Times Square over the weekend. The video released by authorities showed an image of a man, who police say is possibly connected to the attempted bombing, changing his shirt along a New York street. A street vendor along Times Square saw smoke coming from a box inside a Nissan Pathfinder…and notified police. http://www.wxii12.com/news/23337690/detail.html
Get out and VOTE on Tuesday. May 4th primaries: Polls will be open from 6:30 a.m. until 7:30 pm for registered voters… State Board of Elections link: http://www.sboe.state.nc.us/content.aspx?id=13
SPORTS: 20 year old Rory McEllroy won the Quail Hollow Championship in Charlotte.
