Your WBFJ Family Station Forecast: (President’s Day) Partly sunny. Breezy and warm…High 75. Record HIGH = 73 degrees set back in 1930.
Because of the warm, dry and breezy conditions, there is an increased ‘Fire Danger’ for central North Carolina including the Triad. Please NO outdoor burning again today.
All DMV Drivers License offices in North Carolina will be closed TODAY for a system update. All DMV offices should be back up and running by 8 a.m. Tuesday morning. The closings will not affect any license plate agencies (that register and title vehicles).
Gas prices up five cents nationwide over the past two weeks. In North Carolina, the average price for a gallon of regular unleaded is $3.10.
The political unrest in the Middle East. In Libya, Moammar Gadhafi's son says there will be a "fierce civil war" if anti-government protests continue. More than 200 people have been killed during anti-government protests in Libya. www.wxii12.com/news/26934701/detail.html
Pastor and author John MacArthur doesn't believe the uprisings that are spreading across the Arab world will lead to the freedom that hundreds of thousands of protesters are demanding. The longtime Southern California pastor telling The Christian Post that "I just think the upshot of all of this is more instability, more chaos. I don't think the future looks good." www.christianpost.com/news/influential-evangelical-mideast-uprisings-violate-biblical-command-49086/
Police are still searching for the driver of a fatal hit-and-run over the weekend. Fox 8 news is reporting that 18 year old Trevor Prough of Mt Airy was killed early Saturday morning along Highway 421 North near Peace Haven Road in Winston-Salem. The hit and run happened around 3:15am Saturday morning. Fox 8 / WXII 12
A U.S. Navy warship is trailing a yacht believed to be the one that was hijacked by Somali pirates over the weekend. Four Americans are being held hostage. RnR
Thousands of teachers, nurses, firefighters and other public sector workers have camped out at the Wisconsin Capitol, protesting Republican Gov. Scott Walker's efforts to reduce their take-home pay -- by increasing their contribution to their pension plans and health care benefits -- and restrict their collective bargaining rights. Republicans control the state Legislature, and initially it seemed certain that Walker's proposal would pass easily. But then the Democrats in the Legislature went into hiding, leaving that body one vote shy of a quorum. The Legislature was at a standstill.
Pastors and ministry leaders, still need some help with your 2010 taxes? More information about the FREE online webinar this Wednesday afternoon at 1pm sponsored by the E-C-F-A (Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability) on the News Blog at wbfj.fm. Sign up to participate: http://www.ecfa.org/.
The nominees for the 42 annual GMA Dove Awards have been announced. The Dove Awards will be held at the Fox Theatre in Atlanta on Wednesday, April 20th and re-aired on Sunday April 20th on the Gospel Music Channel. Check out all of the Dove nominees…
www.watchgmctv.com/news/42nd-annual-gma-dove-award-nominees
www.doveawards.com/
NASCAR: Congratulations to 20 year old Trevor Bayne, the youngest driver to ever win the Daytona 500.
