Your WBFJ Family Station Forecast: Mostly cloudy skies with a 50/50 chance of thunderstorms, mainly this afternoon...High 85
Strong thunderstorms rumbling through parts of the Piedmont Triad last night. Duke Energy reporting that close to 300 customers in Surry County are without power this morning because of the severe weather last night Power outages: www.duke-energy.com/outages/stats/
If your child is planning on riding the bus this year in the Winston-Salem/Forsyth County School system and you don’t know their bus stop assignment, your time is running out. You need to call the school your child will be attending by 2 p.m. Wednesday. All requests are routed through the schools NOT through the school's transportation department. List of schools www.wsfcs.k12.nc.us/wsfcs/site/default.asp
Oil giant BP making major changes at the Top. BP C-E-O Tony Hayward will be replaced by American Robert Dudley on October 1st. BTW: Tony Hayward will receive a massive $20 million dollar payout…as BP reported a $17billion dollar quarterly loss yesterday.
www.foxnews.com/us/2010/07/27/bp-confirms-hayward-dudley/
One of two U.S. sailors missing in Afghanistan since last week has been found …and his body recovered. The search continues for the other missing US sailor. RnR
Winston-Salem making the Top 10 “most accessible and livable communities for people using wheelchairs.” Winston-Salem coming in at # 8. Seattle was ranked first. The only other North Carolina city on the list was Durham at #13. The list was compiled by the Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation. www.christopherreeve.org/
Sad News…Wilma the Bald Eagle, who had lived at Grandfather Mountain's animal habitat since 1981, was euthanized over the weekend after a period of declining health. Her arthritis had become so bad that she had to lie down frequently. She was at least 34 years old, and was brought to Grandfather Mountain after being shot and wounded somewhere in the western U.S.
www.grandfather.com/
The Queen of Soul will perform tonight with a former secretary of state…for a good cause. Aretha Franklin and former U.S. secretary of state Condoleezza Rice are headlining a concert in Philadelphia tonight to raise money for inner-city youth in Detroit and Philadelphia. Aretha will be singing…Condee will be playing the piano. Ms Rice is trained as a classical pianist. FYI: After she left government, Rice returned to California, to Stanford University, where she is teaching and writing several books.
www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gcYHsPqZrFUKfvl-7o8aIBNrDJewD9H794FO6
The Old Hickory Council is celebrating 100 years of scouting this Saturday at BBT Ball Park (where the WS Dash play their home games). The Christian band ‘Revive’ will be in concert. Fireworks to end the evening. Affordable family fun. Open to the public…Ticket info: www.wbfj.fm
SPORTS
After a meeting with management yesterday, guard Chris Paul did NOT request a trade and will remain with team…for now.
Matt Garza with the Tampa Bay Devil Rays threw the first no-hitter in franchise history last night and the fifth ‘no-hitter’ in the majors so far this season. BTW: Tampa Bay beat the Detroit Tigers 5-0 Monday night. http://apnews.myway.com/article/20100727/D9H7C3V80.html
The Winston-Salem Dash over the Kinston Indians…7 - 2. The Dash taking on the Kinston Indians at home through Wednesday. Tonight (7pm) + Wednesday at noon
www.wsdash.com
