north carolina – Cincy Link https://cincylink.com Explore Cincy Sun, 16 Jul 2023 09:46:54 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://cincylink.com/pub/content/uploads/sites/27/2020/03/apple-touch-icon-precomposed-100x100.png north carolina – Cincy Link https://cincylink.com 32 32 Multiple beach houses collapse into Atlantic waves https://cincylink.com/2023/07/16/multiple-beach-houses-collapse-into-atlantic-waves/ https://cincylink.com/2023/07/16/multiple-beach-houses-collapse-into-atlantic-waves/#respond Sun, 16 Jul 2023 09:46:54 +0000 https://cincylink.com/?p=159514

RODANTHE, N.C. — The National Park Service says two beach houses have fallen into the waves along North Carolina's coast. The homes, which were unoccupied when they fell into the ocean, were located along Ocean Drive in the Outer Banks community of Rodanthe.

The park service confirmed the collapses on Tuesday and has closed off the areas around the fallen structures. Debris from the first fallen house has spread widely. Officials from the Cape Hatteras National Seashore say they'll be working closely with the homeowner to coordinate cleanup activities. This is the third time a Rodanthe home has fallen into the surf this year.

“Unfortunately, there may be more houses that collapse onto Seashore beaches in the near future,” David Hallac, superintendent of National Parks of Eastern North Carolina, said in a statement obtained by the Associated Press. “We proactively reached out to homeowners along Ocean Drive in Rodanthe after the first house collapse and recommended that actions be taken to prevent collapse and impacts to Cape Hatteras National Seashore.”

The coast of North Carolina is almost entirely made up of narrow, low-lying barrier islands. Hatteras Island is part of what’s known as the Outer Banks.




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]]> https://cincylink.com/2023/07/16/multiple-beach-houses-collapse-into-atlantic-waves/feed/ 0 Texas family members rob North Carolina Waffle House after eating there https://cincylink.com/2023/07/08/texas-family-members-rob-north-carolina-waffle-house-after-eating-there/ https://cincylink.com/2023/07/08/texas-family-members-rob-north-carolina-waffle-house-after-eating-there/#respond Sat, 08 Jul 2023 04:10:57 +0000 https://cincylink.com/?p=165765

Authorities in North Carolina say several members of a Texas family were arrested for allegedly robbing a Waffle House they had just eaten at.

According to the Hillsborough Police Department, Tamiko Lashun Jones and Tony Eugene Lemon, both of Marshall, Texas, and Diamond Walton, of Longview, Texas, were arrested in Western North Carolina on Wednesday.

Police said Jones, Lemon, and Walton were part of a family of six who entered the Waffle House and sat down to eat.

After the meal, police said Lemon allegedly took out a handgun and demanded money from the employees before he fled to a nearby gas station, where he had parked.

Officials said the suspects then left in two separate vehicles.

According to the department, they secured warrants Tuesday for the arrest of Jones, Lemon, and Walton.

They have each been charged with robbery with a dangerous weapon, conspiracy to commit armed robbery, and defrauding an innkeeper, police said.

Officials said the suspects have similar outstanding charges from an incident in Minden, Louisiana, that occurred a few days prior to Monday's robbery.

Police said the suspects could face additional charges.




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]]> https://cincylink.com/2023/07/08/texas-family-members-rob-north-carolina-waffle-house-after-eating-there/feed/ 0 Woman asks for help to find bracelet that has baby’s ashes in it https://cincylink.com/2023/06/24/woman-asks-for-help-to-find-bracelet-that-has-babys-ashes-in-it/ https://cincylink.com/2023/06/24/woman-asks-for-help-to-find-bracelet-that-has-babys-ashes-in-it/#respond Sat, 24 Jun 2023 04:28:02 +0000 https://cincylink.com/?p=179759

TO YOUR PHONE. WE’LL KNOW IT FOR 30 OR TRY OUT. A WOMAN IS ASKING THE COMMUNITY FOR HELP AFTER SHE LOST A BRACELET IN FORSYTH COUNTY. SHE EXPLAINED TO WXII SIZE MARIAN DEBONE WHY THE BRACELET MEANS SO MUCH TO HER. IT’S A HEART AND IT HAS. ON ONE SIDE, IT SAYS ZACHARY JAMES CLODFELTER, 730, 20, 21, AND ON THE OTHER SIDE IT HAS WINGS AT THE TOP. AND IT SAYS, YOUR HEART, YOUR WINGS ARE READY. BUT MY HEART WAS NOT WORKING. CLODFELTER WAS PREGNANT WITH HER THIRD CHILD, A BABY BOY, WHEN SHE STARTED HAVING COMPLICATIONS SINCE SHE DELIVERED HIM. BUT HE DIED SHORTLY AFTER I WOKE UP IN RECOVERY, AND MY HUSBAND WAS SITTING THERE HOLDING MY HAND AND I ASKED WHERE MY BABY WAS, AND HE SAID, HE’S BEING CARE OF. WE’RE GOING TO DO THE RIGHT THING. MORGAN’S BABY ZACHARY WAS CREMATED, AND SOME OF THE ASHES WERE PUT INTO THE BRACELET. I’M NOT ABLE TO PHYSICALLY HOLD MY BABY. BUT I ALWAYS WANTED TO HAVE A PIECE OF HIM WITH ME. WE. YOU KNOW, IT’S OKAY TO HAVE THIS URN SITTING ON THE TABLE THAT WE HAVE FOR HIM AT HOME. BUT TO BE ABLE TO WEAR A PIECE OF HIM, IT MEANT A LOT. MORGAN SAID SHE WAS WEARING IT WHILE RUNNING ERRANDS HERE IN THE WINSTON-SALEM ELAM CLEMMONS AREA MONDAY AND SHE GOT HOME. SHE REALIZED IT WASN’T ON HER WRIST ANY MORE. I LOOKED IN MY CAR THAT’S GOING BACK TO TARGET STARBUCKS. THE CHICK FILLET, THE LOWES FOODS AFTER ALL MY STEPS. NOW SHE’S ASKING THE PUBLIC THEIR HELP IN FINDING IT. I JUST HOPE THAT THEY LOOK DOWN AND HOPEFULLY SOMEBODY SEES IT, FIX IT UP AND THEY’RE GENEROUS ENOUGH TO FIND ME OR WHAT OF MY FAMILY MEMBERS AND RETURN IT BACK TO US. MORGAN’S CONTACT INFORMATION AND PICTURES OF THE BRACELET CAN BE FOUND ON WXII 12. WELCOME AND WINSTON SAL

Woman asks for help to find bracelet that has baby's ashes in it


A woman is asking her community for help after she lost a bracelet that had her baby's ashes in it.Morgan Clodfelter, of Winston-Salem, North Carolina, was pregnant with her third child, a baby boy when she started having complications. She delivered him but he died shortly after.“I woke up in recovery and my husband was standing there holding my hand. I asked where my baby was and he said, he's being taken care of, we're going to do the right thing,” Clodfelter said.Clodfelter's baby, Zachary, was cremated and some of the ashes were put into the bracelet.She said it has a heart and on one side it says, "Zachary James Clodfelter 7/30/2021" and the other side has wings and says "your wings were ready but my heart was not".“I'm not able to physically hold my baby but I always wanted to have a piece of him with me," Clodfelter said.Clodfelter said she was wearing it while running errands this past Monday. When she got home, she realized it wasn’t on her wrist anymore.“I've traced all my steps," Clodfelter said.She said she visited a Target, Starbucks, Chick-fil-a, Lowes Food, Dollar General and a post office. Now, she’s asking the public for their help in finding it.“I just hope that they look down and, hopefully, somebody sees it, picks it up, and they're generous enough to find me or one of my family members and return it back to us," Clodfelter said.If you find the bracelet, Morgan asks that you contact her through Facebook.

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. —

A woman is asking her community for help after she lost a bracelet that had her baby's ashes in it.

Morgan Clodfelter, of Winston-Salem, North Carolina, was pregnant with her third child, a baby boy when she started having complications. She delivered him but he died shortly after.

“I woke up in recovery and my husband was standing there holding my hand. I asked where my baby was and he said, he's being taken care of, we're going to do the right thing,” Clodfelter said.

Clodfelter's baby, Zachary, was cremated and some of the ashes were put into the bracelet.

She said it has a heart and on one side it says, "Zachary James Clodfelter 7/30/2021" and the other side has wings and says "your wings were ready but my heart was not".

“I'm not able to physically hold my baby but I always wanted to have a piece of him with me," Clodfelter said.

Clodfelter said she was wearing it while running errands this past Monday. When she got home, she realized it wasn’t on her wrist anymore.

“I've traced all my steps," Clodfelter said.

She said she visited a Target, Starbucks, Chick-fil-a, Lowes Food, Dollar General and a post office.

Now, she’s asking the public for their help in finding it.

“I just hope that they look down and, hopefully, somebody sees it, picks it up, and they're generous enough to find me or one of my family members and return it back to us," Clodfelter said.

If you find the bracelet, Morgan asks that you contact her through Facebook.


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]]> https://cincylink.com/2023/06/24/woman-asks-for-help-to-find-bracelet-that-has-babys-ashes-in-it/feed/ 0 Thousands in North Carolina county still without power https://cincylink.com/2023/06/18/thousands-in-north-carolina-county-still-without-power/ https://cincylink.com/2023/06/18/thousands-in-north-carolina-county-still-without-power/#respond Sun, 18 Jun 2023 04:10:21 +0000 https://cincylink.com/?p=182760

People living in one North Carolina county are still without power three days after two power substations were damaged by gunfire.

According to poweroutage.us, more than 37,000 Moore County residents are still without power as of early Tuesday afternoon.

The outages began just after 7 p.m. Saturday after someone pulled up and opened fire on the substations, which are owned by Duke Energy, Moore County Sheriff Ronnie Fields said Sunday at a news conference, the Associated Press reported.

In response to the outages, a state of emergency was announced, including a curfew from 9 p.m. Sunday to 5 a.m. Monday, the Associated Press reported.

Moore County Schools, which was closed Monday, remained closed Tuesday, the district said in a tweet.

Fields said the incident is being investigated as a criminal act, adding that "it was targeted," the news outlet reported.




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]]> https://cincylink.com/2023/06/18/thousands-in-north-carolina-county-still-without-power/feed/ 0 Ted Kaczynski, also known as the “Unabomber,” dies in prison https://cincylink.com/2023/06/11/ted-kaczynski-also-known-as-the-unabomber-dies-in-prison/ https://cincylink.com/2023/06/11/ted-kaczynski-also-known-as-the-unabomber-dies-in-prison/#respond Sun, 11 Jun 2023 04:00:09 +0000 https://cincylink.com/?p=203761

Known infamously as the Unabomber. Ted Kaczynski was serving eight live sentences for his 17 year deadly reign of terror. When he died Saturday, prison officials tell CNN the ailing 81 year old was found unresponsive in *** cell overnight his cause of death not yet released in December 2021 Kaczynski was transferred to *** federal medical facility in Butner, North Carolina used to house inmates with health conditions. I think it's very important for transparency reasons to fully understand the circumstances, the death. But I would caution speculation at this point. We don't really have any reason to believe anything untoward happened here just yet. Andrew mccabe is *** former FBI deputy director who was with the bureau as agents closed the Unabomber case. It was in 1978 when Kaczynski started his campaign of violence by leaving *** mail bomb in *** parking lot at *** Chicago University. He would go on to plant explosives on an airplane, university buildings and by computer stores. He also mailed powerful bombs to university professors and business executives. By the time he was arrested in 1996 his 16 devices killed three innocent people and injured 23 others. His own words published in *** manifesto were what eventually led FBI agents to his off the grid primitive cabin in the woods of Montana tipped off by Kaczynski's own brother. He pursued this bombing campaign as *** way of striking back against technological advancement which he believed was damaging the environment in ways that needed to be stopped. Before becoming prolific bomber. Kaczynski was *** high school honor student in Illinois who enrolled at Harvard at just 16. It was during his college years that Kaczynski took *** dark turn, recalled his brother, Ted was withdrawing. There wasn't the desire to come home and enjoy the family as part of *** deal with prosecutors to dodge the death penalty. Kaczynski admitted to the bombings and was sent to Colorado's super max prison where he remained until his medical transfer at the time of Kaczynski's 1998 sentencing, the widow of victim Jill Murray wrote he will never ever kill again.

Ted Kaczynski, also known as the “Unabomber,” dies in prison

Ted Kaczynski, the man known as the “Unabomber,” was found dead in his prison cell Saturday morning, according to a Bureau of Prisons spokesperson. Kaczynski was found dead around 8 a.m. at a federal prison in North Carolina. A cause of death was not immediately known.He was 81. Kaczynski was arrested in 1996 after building and mailing bombs for 17 years. He first came to the attention of law enforcement in 1978 when his first bomb exploded in Chicago at a university. His bombs were untraceable, according to the FBI, and were delivered to random targets. The bombs he created killed three Americans and injured nearly two dozen more, according to the FBI.He lived in the mountains of Montana in a cabin. When he was arrested, authorities found bomb components, 40,000 journal pages that talked about the bombs and one live bomb, which was ready to be mailed. He pleaded guilty in January 1998. He spent two decades in a federal Supermax prison in Colorado then was moved to the federal prison medical facility in North Carolina.

Ted Kaczynski, the man known as the “Unabomber,” was found dead in his prison cell Saturday morning, according to a Bureau of Prisons spokesperson.

Kaczynski was found dead around 8 a.m. at a federal prison in North Carolina. A cause of death was not immediately known.

He was 81.

Kaczynski was arrested in 1996 after building and mailing bombs for 17 years. He first came to the attention of law enforcement in 1978 when his first bomb exploded in Chicago at a university. His bombs were untraceable, according to the FBI, and were delivered to random targets. The bombs he created killed three Americans and injured nearly two dozen more, according to the FBI.

He lived in the mountains of Montana in a cabin. When he was arrested, authorities found bomb components, 40,000 journal pages that talked about the bombs and one live bomb, which was ready to be mailed.

He pleaded guilty in January 1998. He spent two decades in a federal Supermax prison in Colorado then was moved to the federal prison medical facility in North Carolina.


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]]> https://cincylink.com/2023/06/11/ted-kaczynski-also-known-as-the-unabomber-dies-in-prison/feed/ 0 Winston-Salem man wins $120,000 lottery prize https://cincylink.com/2023/05/29/winston-salem-man-wins-120000-lottery-prize/ https://cincylink.com/2023/05/29/winston-salem-man-wins-120000-lottery-prize/#respond Mon, 29 May 2023 12:19:52 +0000 https://cincylink.com/?p=193325

Related video above: Winner of $2B Powerball jackpot revealed in CaliforniaA North Carolina man won a $120,000 jackpot in Monday’s Cash 5 drawing four years after his father's death, according to North Carolina Lottery officials. Thomas Workman said the game was a father-son tradition.“My dad used to play them and, after he died, I told myself I’m going to keep playing them,” Workman said. He said their mutual love of sports inspired the lucky numbers.“It’s jersey numbers from some favorite players like Scottie Pippen and Shaquille O’Neal,” he said.According to lottery officials, the 47-year-old maintenance worker bought his lucky $1 Cash 5 ticket from a grocery store in Winston-Salem. He matched all five white balls Monday night to win the jackpot.“I thought it was an April Fools’ joke,” he said. “I was flipping out a little bit.”Workman said he told his girlfriend many times that he would one day win the lottery.“I truly believe in karma,” Workman said. “I just felt that one of these days, something like this would happen to me.”Workman arrived at lottery headquarters Tuesday to collect his prize and, after required state and federal tax withholdings, took home $85,500.He said he will use the winnings to pay off his car and look into buying a home with his girlfriend.The odds of winning a Cash 5 jackpot are 1 in 962,598.

Related video above: Winner of $2B Powerball jackpot revealed in California

A North Carolina man won a $120,000 jackpot in Monday’s Cash 5 drawing four years after his father's death, according to North Carolina Lottery officials.

Thomas Workman said the game was a father-son tradition.

“My dad used to play them and, after he died, I told myself I’m going to keep playing them,” Workman said.

He said their mutual love of sports inspired the lucky numbers.

“It’s jersey numbers from some favorite players like Scottie Pippen and Shaquille O’Neal,” he said.

According to lottery officials, the 47-year-old maintenance worker bought his lucky $1 Cash 5 ticket from a grocery store in Winston-Salem. He matched all five white balls Monday night to win the jackpot.

“I thought it was an April Fools’ joke,” he said. “I was flipping out a little bit.”

Workman said he told his girlfriend many times that he would one day win the lottery.

“I truly believe in karma,” Workman said. “I just felt that one of these days, something like this would happen to me.”

Workman arrived at lottery headquarters Tuesday to collect his prize and, after required state and federal tax withholdings, took home $85,500.

He said he will use the winnings to pay off his car and look into buying a home with his girlfriend.

The odds of winning a Cash 5 jackpot are 1 in 962,598.


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]]> https://cincylink.com/2023/05/29/winston-salem-man-wins-120000-lottery-prize/feed/ 0 Man prays with friend in Ukraine amid crisis https://cincylink.com/2022/02/26/man-prays-with-friend-in-ukraine-amid-crisis/ https://cincylink.com/2022/02/26/man-prays-with-friend-in-ukraine-amid-crisis/#respond Sat, 26 Feb 2022 12:17:19 +0000 https://cincylink.com/?p=150901

A North Carolina man who often teaches in Ukraine, recently received a message from one of his students, asking him to pray for his family. Sister station WXII spoke with Herbert Burns, Jr. of Winston-Salem, who is a board member for the Triad Success Partners. Before the pandemic began, Burns and several members of the organization would fly to Ukraine to teach people how to run businesses every year.For the past seven years, he said people from different industries — recreational facilities, agricultural, medical, marketing, faith, etc. — would take part in his leadership and marketing programs in Ukraine.This week, one of his students messaged him amid the Ukraine and Russia crisis."At 3:25 am two days ago, I got a message from Elsey Pronin, saying please pray for us." Burns said. "I was almost in tears. It broke my heart."Burns, Pronin, and a couple of other good friends gathered on a virtual meeting to pray together. Burns said he considers Pronin as family. "I felt like a family member in need. Because he’s like a dear family member. He’s like a brother to me. If you have children, and your children get hurt, you know how you feel for your children. I felt the same way for Elsey and his family," Burns said.Pronin told Burns that his family and many others were in danger. "He said there’s going to be thousands of refugees coming from the east and they’re going to need places to stay," Burns said.However, instead of running away from danger, Pronin traveled toward it."He was getting ready to head east into the storm to see how he can help others. He was headed toward the battle to see what he can do to save other people," Burns said. Burns said he last spoke with Pronin through Facebook messenger on Thursday. However, Pronin responded with "I can't talk."Burns still keeps in touch with a number of his students in Ukraine, he said, and worries about many of them."I can't reach out and physically help him. It just broke my heart. I can't reach out and grab him. Let me hug you. Let me help you. What can I do?" Burns said.

A North Carolina man who often teaches in Ukraine, recently received a message from one of his students, asking him to pray for his family.

Sister station WXII spoke with Herbert Burns, Jr. of Winston-Salem, who is a board member for the Triad Success Partners. Before the pandemic began, Burns and several members of the organization would fly to Ukraine to teach people how to run businesses every year.

For the past seven years, he said people from different industries — recreational facilities, agricultural, medical, marketing, faith, etc. — would take part in his leadership and marketing programs in Ukraine.

This week, one of his students messaged him amid the Ukraine and Russia crisis.

"At 3:25 am two days ago, I got a message from Elsey Pronin, saying please pray for us." Burns said. "I was almost in tears. It broke my heart."

Burns, Pronin, and a couple of other good friends gathered on a virtual meeting to pray together.

Burns said he considers Pronin as family.

"I felt like a family member in need. Because he’s like a dear family member. He’s like a brother to me. If you have children, and your children get hurt, you know how you feel for your children. I felt the same way for Elsey and his family," Burns said.

Pronin told Burns that his family and many others were in danger.

"He said there’s going to be thousands of refugees coming from the east and they’re going to need places to stay," Burns said.

However, instead of running away from danger, Pronin traveled toward it.

"He was getting ready to head east into the storm to see how he can help others. He was headed toward the battle to see what he can do to save other people," Burns said.

burns and pronin

Burns said he last spoke with Pronin through Facebook messenger on Thursday. However, Pronin responded with "I can't talk."

Burns still keeps in touch with a number of his students in Ukraine, he said, and worries about many of them.

"I can't reach out and physically help him. It just broke my heart. I can't reach out and grab him. Let me hug you. Let me help you. What can I do?" Burns said.


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]]> https://cincylink.com/2022/02/26/man-prays-with-friend-in-ukraine-amid-crisis/feed/ 0 Community rebuilds historic chapel originally built on North Carolina plantation https://cincylink.com/2022/01/28/community-rebuilds-historic-chapel-originally-built-on-north-carolina-plantation/ https://cincylink.com/2022/01/28/community-rebuilds-historic-chapel-originally-built-on-north-carolina-plantation/#respond Sat, 29 Jan 2022 03:07:19 +0000 https://cincylink.com/?p=141652

LELAND, N.C. — Buildings are knocked down every day to make way for new construction.

But in one community, people are coming together to rebuild an old chapel to preserve and honor its history.

If you look past the cobwebs and chipped paint, this building has a story to tell.

“Reaves Chapel is located on the banks of Cape Fear River, and we’re estimating that it was built by former enslaved African Americans on the Cedar Hill Plantation right around the 1850s, 1860s,” Al Beatty, the president of the Cedar Hill/West Bank Heritage Foundation, said.

It was moved to the lot it sits on now in the early 1900s, just outside Wilmington, North Carolina.

“It became active and stayed active until roughly 2005,” Beatty said. “The church was deteriorating pretty rapidly.”

Beatty has been visiting this building most of his life.

“Around 1955, 1956 somewhere in that time frame,” he explained.

“I grew up in the community here. I can walk to the church from my house.”

So he decided to create the Cedar Hill/West Bank Heritage Foundation to restore it.

With the help of partner organizations and fundraising, renovations started about three months ago.

They are trying to preserve every part possible, including the original bell which currently sits in storage.

“Historic preservation is important for a variety of reasons. First of all, when you preserve the built history of a community it grounds your community, to give your community a sense of place, a sense of identity, of uniqueness,” Travis Gilbert, executive director of the Historic Wilmington Foundation, said.

The nonprofit provides resources in the community to preserve the area’s history.

It has also played a role in restoring Reaves Chapel.

“Our region has lacked the preservation and interpretation of Black historic sites, and the preservation of Reaves Chapel is one of many efforts to bring that history back to the forefront of our shared experience,” he explained.

“This particular structure is at the northern range of the Gullah Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor, which is a national park service corridor identified specifically because of the culture of the descendants of the people, the Gullah Geechee, from West Africa that were brought over specifically for their knowledge of rice cultivation,” Jesica Blake, associate director of the North Carolina Coastal Land Trust, said.

The land trust has partnered with Beatty’s foundation for the past six years to help buy and preserve the chapel.

“It’s American history that hasn't been told really well and this structure is a piece of that history,” Blake said.

“It’s the oldest building, African American structure in this area. You have to realize after slavery because of the laws and because of Jim Crow, African Americans weren't allowed to socialize at a lot of other public places, so churches and schools were very instrumental,” Beatty said.

He said the project sends a message about preserving this piece of the past.

“It’s not being wiped out as other history in the country had been,” he said.

The plan is for the building to be finished by the end of the year.

While it may never hold services again, Beatty and Blake hope it will be accepted by the state as a historical site, with the original bell and all.

“This was our venue for outside letting us know there was a bigger world than just here,” Beatty said.




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]]> https://cincylink.com/2022/01/28/community-rebuilds-historic-chapel-originally-built-on-north-carolina-plantation/feed/ 0 NC trooper killed in crash involving brother’s patrol car https://cincylink.com/2022/01/05/nc-trooper-killed-in-crash-involving-brothers-patrol-car/ https://cincylink.com/2022/01/05/nc-trooper-killed-in-crash-involving-brothers-patrol-car/#respond Wed, 05 Jan 2022 22:17:34 +0000 https://cincylink.com/?p=134650

A North Carolina community is heartbroken after a police trooper died in a tragic car crash Monday night.

Trooper John Horton was pronounced dead at a Spartanburg hospital after suffering injuries in a crash involving a police cruiser driven by his brother, Trooper James Horton.

A motorcyclist that John Horton had pulled over also died in the collision.

"He's one of the greatest men I ever met," said James Lovelace, a family friend of the Hortons.

Lovelace arrived on the scene after hearing the crash just outside his home in Rutherford County.

"I knew just as soon as I seen him who it was," Lovelace said. "He's gone. All his kids. His wife. Why couldn't they have picked somebody else?"

Some in the area came by Tuesday to place markers at the scene. Others came by to pay their respects to the men who died there.

Friends say James Horton — who goes by Nick — was inspired to go into law enforcement because of his older brother's dedication.

"It's probably like a bad dream to him this morning. Like a bad dream you just can't get out of," family friend Anthony Smith said.

Colonel Freddy L. Johnson Jr., the commander of the North Carolina State Highway Patrol, released a statement honoring the fallen trooper.

"Our hearts are broken with the loss of our friend and our brother, Trooper John Horton. For all involved in this tragic event the coming days will undoubtedly be difficult, but we are committed to stand alongside with them with our thoughts, prayers, and unwavering support," Johnson's statement read.

Back the Blue NC told CNN that the organization started a GoFundMe to assist the family with funeral costs.




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Gospel singer with leg paralysis uses music to uplift others



CONTINUE TO PERFORM GOSPEL MUSIC IN THE COMMUNITY. AND HE DOESN’T PLAN ON STOPPI.NG -- STOPPING ANYTIME SOON. CHRISTINE: THANK YOU. IT IS BEING CALLED A ONCE-IN-A-LIFETIME EXPERIEE.NC WHAT SETS THIS FIREFIGHTER TRAINING EVENT APART FROM ANY OTHERS. AND, PROGRESS ON GRANDFATHER MOUNTAIN. CREWS SAY THEY ARE GETTING THE UPPER HAND ON THE FIRE BURNGIN NEARLY A WEEK NOW. CHRISTINE: WELCOME BACK, EVERYONE. FIRE CREWS ARE MAKING PROGRESS ON THE WILDFIRE BURNING RIGHT NOW ON GRANDFATHER MOUNTAIN. OFFICIALS SAY, THE LOST VECO FIRE HAS GROWN TO A THOUSAND ACRES. BUT, IT’S NOW 60% CONTAINED. THAT’S A 40% JUMP FROM YESTERDAY. THE FIRE, WHICH STARTED ON CHRISTMAS EVE, IS BURNING THE WILSONRE CEK WATER-SHED IN ARYVE COUNTY. TRIAD TRAINING FOR FIREFIGHTERS, IGNITING QUITE THE SIGHT TAYOD IN HIGH POINT. A NUMBER OF FIRE CREWS GOT THE CHANCE TPRO ACTICE THEIR SKILLS DURING A LIVE-BURN DRILL AT THE OLD AMERICAN SUITES HOTEL BUILDING. AROUND 125 FIREFIGHTERS OKTO PART IN THE HISTORIC TRAINING. THEY RARELY, IF EVER, GET THIS OPPORTUNITY TO PERFORM A LIVE-BURN TRAINING ON SUCH A LARGE BUILDING. >> FMRO WINSTON-SALEM, UNFORTUNATELY, WE ARE NOT ALLOWED TO RN SBUTRUCTURES. SO WE HAD TO GO TO OTHER COUNTIES TO TRAIN OUR FIREFIGHTERS. EACH YEAR WE ARE RELEASING RECRUITS INTO THE STATIS ONIN WINSTON-SALEM. THIS OPPORTUNITY, THIS INVITATION FROM HIGH POINT, WAS TREMENDOUS TO TRAIN OUR FIREFIGHTERS. CHRISTINE: WHAT AN OPPORTUNITY. THE CITY DONATED THE BUILDING TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT SO THIS TRAINING COULD HAPPEN. IT WAS A WARM WELCOME HO FORME THE WOLFPACK. DOZENS OF N.C. STATE FSAN GATHERED AT THE MURPHY CENTER TO SHOW OFF THEIR PACK PRIDE. THE TEAM LEFT SAN DIEGO THIS AFTERNOON WITH THE HOLIDAY BOWL TROPHY IN HAND. THEIR POST-SEASON CAME TO A SUDDEN END YESTERDAY WHEN JUST FIVE HOURS BEFORE KICKOFF, UCLA PULLED OUT OF THE GAME BECAUSE OF COVID ISSUES. LAUREN WALSH HAS MORE FROM THE WOLFPACK, COMING UP IN SPORTS. THE BATTLE OF THE CAROLINAISS STILL SCHEDULED FOR 11:30 TOMORROW MORNING AT BANK OF AMERICA STADIUM IN CHARLOTTE. UNC VERSUS USC. IT’LL BE THE TAR HEELS AND THE GAMECOCKS’ SIXTH MEETING IN THE LAST 30 YEARS. SPORTS DIRECTOR LAUREN WSHAL WILL BE IN CHARLOTTE TOMORROW, AND WILL BRING YOU ALL THE HIGHLIGHTS. SHE IS BUSY THIS WEEK. THE GATOR BOWL IS STILL ON FOR FRIDAY. THE DEMON DEACONS ARE GETTGIN READY FOR THEIR GAME AGAINST RUTGERS. KICKOFF IS SET FOR 11:00 A.M. IN JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA. GATOR BOWL OFFICIALS SAY BOTH TEAMS ARE HEALY.TH BUT THEY WILL BE READY, IF ANYTHING CHANGES WITH THE COVID-19 SITUATI.ON LET’S FIND OUT MORE ABOUT THE STORMS THAT COULD BE HEADING OUR WAY. WHAT DO YOU THINK? OVERNIGHT HOURS, EARLY TOMORROW? DAVE: OVERNHTIG PREDOMINANTLY, THE NEXT FEW HOURS. BUT IT MAY WKEEAN, SO WE WILL SEE ABOUT THAT. YOU WERE LKTAING ABOUT FOOTBALL AND MAY BE A LOT OF YOU GOING TO CHARLOTTE TO WATCH THE MAYONNSEAI BOWL, CAROLINA VERSUS SOUTH CAROLINA. SHOWERS. IT WILL BE WARM. YOU HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THE WINDS AND SHOWERS THAT WILL BE OFF AND ON AND MAY AN ISOLATED THUNDER STORM. AT THIS HOUR WE ARE WATCHGIN THUNDERSTORMS FROM THE CHARLOTTE AREA, UPSTATE NORTH CAROLINA. SOME CELLS HAVE HEAVY RAIN. THEY WILL MAKE IT TO THE TRIAD AND EAST THE REST OF THE NIGHT. YOU CAN SEE ANOTHER LINE OF SHOWERS. YOU CAN SEE CLOUDS COME IN MORE. THIS LINE HAS BEEN ACTIVE AS WE GO THROUGH THE LATRTE PARTS OF THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. NOTHING SEVE.ER THERE ARE TORNADO WATCHES IN SOUTH CAROLINA AND AREAS OF GEORGIA. THE NORTHERN EXTENT IS WEAKENIN G, BUT THERE IS EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY AND RAIN CELLS. THIS ENHANCED SWARM RISK -- STORM RISK IS IN PLAY FOR EXTREME SOUTHERN PARTS OF TENNESSEE. WE HAVE A MARGINAL RISK IN THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. WE MAY SEE A THUNDERSTORM OR BRIEF, HEAVY DOWNPOUR. THAT WILL CARRY ON INTO THE DAY TOMORROW, ESPECIALLY AS WE GET A BREAK MIDDAY. IN THE AFTERNOON, A BETTER CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS. AS WE GO THROUGH TONIGHT AND THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING, MAY BE BRIEF HEAVY RAIN OR GUSTY WINDS. THE HAIL AND TORNADIC THREAT IS ON THE LOW SIDE. YOU CAN STAY UPDATED WHIT NOAA, THE RADIO, AND GET THE WXII APP. YOU CAN HREA ALL THE ALERTS GO OFF WITH THAT. HIGH POINT, 66. BREEZES AT THE SOUTHWEST AT 8. 69 IN FAYETTEVILLE. PLENTY OF WARM AIR. THE ATMOSPHERE IS NOT REAL UNSTABLE, BUT WE WILL SEE HOW STORMS MOVE THROUGH. GOT TO A HIGH OF 70. WE MISSED IT BY A FEW DEGREES. THE MOST ACTIVE PERIODS THROUGH SUNDAY ARE TONIGHT AND THURSDAY AFTERNOON WITH SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTOS.RM FRIDAY NIGHT, GOOD CHANCES OF RAIN AROUND MIDNIGHT TO SATURDAY MORNING. SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY THERE WILL BE PLENTY OF RAIN, ISOLATED STORMS, AS A COLD FRONT MOVES AIR. THIS FRONTAS H BEEN PLAYING WITH US, MEANDERING. THAT WILL BE THE FOCAL POINT OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AS WE GETOT THE DAY TOMORROW. COLDER AIR IS OUT WEST. THAT WILL MOVE IN THE FIRST PART OF THE WEEK. SHOWERS THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. NOT RAINY, BUT ISOLATED THUNDER AND DWERY OUT MONDAY. OUR HIGHS GET COLDER. THEY ARE CLOSER TO NORMAL. HERE IS THE RANGEVE ORNIGHT TONIGHT. TOMORROW WE START OFF WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE 60’S AND SPOTTY SHOWERS HERE AND THERE. MOST THUNDER SHOWERS SHOULD HAVE GONE BY THE WAYSIDE. TOMORROW AFTERNOON, SHOWERS. IN THE EVENING, THUNDERSTORMS MIGHT DEVELOP. NEW YEAR'’ EVE FORECAST RIGHT NOW, A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND RAIN TOWARD MIDNIGHT. THEN WE WILL SEE MORE SHOWERS AS WE GET INTO NEW YEAR’S DAY WITH TEMPERATURES AROUND THE 70 DEGREE MARK. STLIL MILD SATURDAY, THE FIRST DAY OF 2022. A THUNDERSTORM MIGHT CROP UP HERE AND THERE. THE SEVEN-DAY FORECAST SHOWS UNSETTLED WEATHER THROUGH THE WEEKEND. THEN WE DRY OUT AND COOL OFF FOR THE FIRST PART OF NEXT WEEK. CHRISTINE: THANK YOU. LATER, CALL IT A SIGN OF THE TIMES. THE THREAT THIS MASSIVE GLACIER IS FACING, AND THE IMPACT IT COULD HAVE ON THE WORLD. >> WXII 12 NEWS IS ALWAYS AVAILABLE ON THE FREE WXII APP. STAY CONNECTED TO CHRISTINE CRUZ ON HER FACEBOOK PAGE. CHRISTE:IN WELCOME BACK. COVID-19 HAS CLAIMED ANOTHER LOCAL NEW YEAR’S EVE CELEBRATION. THE AVETT BROTHERS POSTPONED THEIR DECEMBER 31 SHOW AT THE GREENSBORO COLISEUM COMPLEX. THEY SAY IT’S OUT OF CONCERN FOR THE SAFETY AND WELL-BEING OF THEIR FANS AND EMPLOYEES AT GREENSBORO COLISEUM. THE BAND IS WORKING TO RESCHEDULE THE SHO ONE NEW YEAR’S EVE CELEBRATION THAT IS STILL ,ON THE MT. OLIVE PICKLE DROP. IT WILL TAKE PLACE ON FRIDAY AT 7:00. FIREWORKS WILL GO OFF RIGHT AFTER. AND OF COURSE, THERE WILL BE FREE PICKLES FOR ALL TO ENJOY. YOU CAN ALSO WATCH IT FROM HOME. THEY WILL LIVESTREAM THE EVENT ON MTOLIVEPICKLES.COM. YOU’RE TAKING A LIVE LOOK AT TIMES SQUARE IN NEW YORK CY.IT THE NEW YEAR’S EVE CELEBRATION WILL BE SCALED BACK, WITH THE CROWD LIMITED TO 15,000 PEOPLE. THAT’S FOUR TIMES SMALLER TNHA USL.UA THAT ONE FINAL PREPARATION LEFT TO CHECKOFF WAS TAKEN CARE OF TODAY, THE CONFETTI TEST. ORGANIZERS LET LOOSE HANDFULS OF COLORFUL CONFETTI FOR A TEST FLIGHT AND GRAVITY DID ITS JOB. IT WAS A SUCCESS. ABOUT 51. TONS OF CONFETTI WILL COME DOWN AT THE STRIKE OF MIDNIGHT TO RING IN 2022. THEN THEY HAVE TO CLEAN IT UP. CHMU MORE COMING UP IN OUR NEXT HALF-HOUR OF NEWS SAFETY ALERT , INCLUDING A SAFETY ALE FORRT PARENTS. A WOMAN IS SHARING HER DAUGHTER’S STORY ABOUT THE DANGEROUS CHALLENGE THAT CAME FROM THEIR ALE.XA AND IT’S BEEN AN EVENTFUL FIRST YEAR IN OFFICE FOR PRESIDENT BIDEN. WE HAVE A LOOK AT THE MAJOR STEPS AND CHALLENGES HE FACED. >> YOU ARE WATCHING WXII 12 NEWS ON THE TRIAD CW. CHRISTINE: LET’S GET A LOOK AT THE UNSETTLED WEATH HEREADING OUR WAY. DAVE: WE HAVE BEEN WATCHING THE RADAAR GOOD PORTION OF THE AFTERNOON. IT HAS BNEE INACTIVE, JUST A FEW SPRINKLES AND SHOWERS OFF AND ON AND AN ABUNDANCE OF CLOUD COVER. WE STILL HAVE CLOUDS OUT THERE. WATCNGHI CLOUDS MOVE OUT OF THE CHARLOTTE AREA AND WEAKENING. NOT QUITE AS STRONG AS THEY ONCE WERE. WE COULD SEE SHOWERS PUSHING TOIN DAVIDSON COUNTY. THE MAIN CONCERN IS OVER THE STWE, PORTIONS OF TENNESSEE WHERE THERE HAS BEEN AN ICE LINE. IT HAS WEAKENED A BIT. TORNADO WATCH TO THE SOUTH AND YOU CAN SEE LIGHTNING, BUT IT HAS WEEKEND A BIT AND WE WILL ESE HOW IT MOVES ACROSS. THERE IS A TORNADO WATCH JUST ISSUED AND THAT INCLUDES PORTIONS WEST OF THE ASHEVLEIL AREA, UPSTATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA AND GEORGIA. IT WILL PROBABLY GO BY THE WAYSIDE BEFOREHA TT. OVER WINSTON-SALEM IT IS 67. A SOUTHWESTEYRL BREEZE, VERY HUMID. WATCH FOR SHOWERS AS WE GO INTO THE OVERNIGHT. WARM WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE LOW 60’S AND MAYBE AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTO.RM THAT STORM MAY HAVE A GUSTY WINDS OR CELLS WITH HEAVY RAINS. ISOLATED ACTIVITY WILL GO OFF AND ON INTO TOMORROW MORNING. WE WILL HAVE THE REST OF YOUR THURSDAY FORECAST AND TAKE A LOOK INTO THE FIRST WEEKEND OF 2022. CHRISTE:IN YOU CAN STAY AHEAD OF ANY STORM IN THE FORECAST WITH THE FREE IIWX NEWS APP. IN ADDITION TO THE INTERACTIVE RADAR YOU CAN CHECK OUT THE CURRENT AND FUTURE RADAR AS WELL AS SIGN UP FOR SEVERE WEATHER ALERTS. TONIGHT, A MOTHER TALKING ABOUT A DANGEROUS SITUATION INVOLVING AMAZON’S ALEXA AND HER TEN-YEAR-OLD CHILD. ACCORDING TO A TWEET BY KRISTIN LIVDAHL, HER DAUGHTER ASKED ALEXA FOR A CHALLENGE. ALEXA REPORTEDLY TOLD THE GIRL TO PLUG IN A PHONE CHARGER ABOUT HALFWAY INTO A WALL OUTLET, THEN TOUCH A PENNY TO THE EXPOSED PRONGS. THAT IS THE SO-CALLED PENNY CHALLENGE THAT WENT VIRAL ON TIKTOK LAST YEAR. IT’S A DANGEROUS STUNT THAT RUNS THE RISK OF ELECTRICAL FIRESND A INJURIES. AMAZON SAYS IT HAS SINCE FEDIX THE ISSUE WITH ALEXA, AND IS TAKING STEPS TO PREVENT SOMETHING SIMILAR FROM HAPPENING AGN.AI PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN AND RUSSIA’S PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN WILL SPEAK TOMORROW, AFTER PUTIN HAS STEPPED UP HIS DEMANDS FOR SECURITY GUARANTEES IN EASTERN EUROPE. THE TALKS COME AS THE U.S. AND WESTERN ALLIES HAVE WATCHED THE BUILDUP OF RUSSIAN TROOPS NEAR THE BORDER OF UKRAINE, GROWING TO AN ESTIMATED 100,000, AND FUELING FEARS OF A RUSSIAN VAINON.SI IT 'T ’S BEEN QUITE A FIRST YEAR FOR THE BIDEN WHITE HOUSE, BETWEEN MASSIVE UPS AND DOWNS WITH A GLOBAL PANDEMIC,UC SCESSES AND CHALLENGES ON CAPITOL HILL, AFGHANISTAN, RUSSIA, CLIMATEND A MORE. NBC’S MONICA ALBA LOS OKBACK AT THE PRESIDENT’S FIRST YEAR IN OFFICE, AND WHAT HIS ADMINISTRATION FACES IN 2022. RE PORTER: EVERY PRESIDENT’S FIRST YEAR IN OFFICE TESTS THE POWER OF PROMISE MARKED WITH CAMPAIGN PLEDGES KEPT AND THOSE STILL UNFULFILLED. PRES. BIDEN: WE WILL KEEP UP THE FIGHT UNTIL WE GET IT DONE. REPORTER: BEFORE JOE BIDEN WAS EVEN SWORN IN, HE KNEW THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC WOULD LARGELY DEFINE THE BEGINNING OF HIS TE.RM PRES. BIDEN: TO HEAL, WE MUST REMEMBER. REPORTER: HONORING THE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS DEAD ON THE EVE OF HIS INAUGURATION. PRES. BIDEN: THIS IS AMERICA'’ DAY, A DAY OF HISTORY AND HOPE. REPORTER: THE BIDEN-HARRIS ADMINISTRATION LAUNCHING A MASSIVE EFFORT TO GET AMERICANS VACCINATED. PRES. BIDEN: IT IS TIME TO ACT. WE CAN REDUCE SUFFERING IN THIS COUNTRY. REPORTER: LEADING TO THE PRESIDENT’S FIRST LEGISLATIVE VICTORY IN MARCH IN E THFORM OF A $1.9 TRILLION COVID RELIEF BILL. AS 100 DAYINS OFFICE MARKED MORE THAN 100 MILLION COVID VACCINE SHOTS ADMINISTERED. PRES. BIDEN: GO GET VACCINATED, AMERICA. REPORTER: STILL, MANY REFUSED TO ROLL UP THEIR SLEEVES, EVEN AS WNE VARIANTS BROUGHT SPIKES AND SURGES. PRES. BIDEN: IT’S BECOME A POLITICAL ISSUE, WHICH IS A SAD, SAD COMMENTARY. REPORTER: THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION’S VACCINE MANDATES FOR FEDERAL WORKERS, CONTRACTORS, AND PVATERI BUSINESSES CHALLENGED IN COURTS. >> IT’S NOT ABOUT JUST GO AND GET THE VACCINE. IT’S ABOUT HAVING THE CHOICE TO GET IT. REPORTER: RULES AND ENFORCEMENT ACROSS THE COUNTRY A TANGLED WEB AS U.S. COVID DEATHS TOPPED 800,000 AND NORMAL NEVER QUITE RE0,000 AND NORMAL NEVER QUITE TURNED. PRES. BIDEN: DO NOT WAIT, GO GET YOUROO BSTER IF IT’S TIME FOR YOU TO DO SO. REPORTER: OVERSEAS, HIGH-STAKES CHALLENGES ON THE WORLD STAGE. AS THE U.S. REJOINED THE PARIS AGREEMENT, THE INTERNATIONAL TREATY ON CLIMATE CHANGE. PRES. BIDEN: THE UNITED STATES IS DETERMINED, DETERMINED TO REENGAGE WITH EUPE.RO REPORTER: WHILE ALSO PLACING SANCTIONS ON RUSSIA. AHEAD OF A CRITICAL FACE-TO-FACE SUMMIT WITH VLADIMIR PUTIN IN SWITZERLAND. YET IT WAS AFGHANISTAN THAT WOULD MOVE FRONT AND CENTER. AFTER THE PRESIDENT ANNOUNCED HIS DECISION TO WITHDRAW ALL TROOPSRO FM THE COUNTRY BY THE 20TH ANNIVERSARY OF SEPTEMBER 11. PRES. BIDEN: WE’LL DO IT RESPONSIBLY, DELIBERATELY AND SAFELY. REPORTER: UNDERESTIMATING HOW QUICKLY THE TALIBAN WOULD TAKE CONTROL. RESULTING IN A CHAOTIC AND DEADLY EVACUATION. PRES. BIN:DE I AM PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND THE BUCK STOPS WITH ME. I DO NOT REGRET MY DECISION TO END AMERICA’S WARN I AFGHANISTAN. REPORTER: THE PRESIDENT FOLLOWED UP ON HIS PLEDGE TO COMBAT GLOBAL WARMING AT A MAJOR U.N. SUMMIT IN GLASGOW. PRES. BIDEN: WE MEET WITH THE EYES OF HISTORY UP UONS. REPORTER: CLIMATE ALSO A KEY PART OF THE PRESIDENT’S DOMESTIC AGENDA -REVOKING A PERMIT FOR , THE KEYSTONE XL PIPELINE AND HALTING NEW ENERGY LEASING IN ALASKA’S ARCTIC NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE. ALSO KEEPI HNGIS WORD WHEN APPOINTING A DIVERSE CABINET AND REPEALING THE BAN ON TRANSGENDER PEOPLEN TH IE ARMED FORCES. PRES. BIDE TRANSGENDER PERSONNEL, IF QUALIFIED IN ERYVE OTHER WAY, CAN SERVE THEIR GOVERNMENT IN THE UNITED STATES MILITARY. REPORTER: ON CAPITOL HILL, AFTER MONTHS OF NEGOTIATIONS AND DEMOCRATIC INFIGHTING A EDALSC , BACK $1.2 TRILLION INFRASTRUCTURE BILL IS SIGNED INTO L.AW PRES. BIDEN: AMERICA IS MOVING AGAIN AND YOUR LIFE IS GOING TO CHANGE FOR THE BETTER. REPOERRT: WHILE THE SECOND HALF OF THE PRESIDENT’S ECICOMON AGENDA A MASSIVE SOCIAL SPENDING AND CLIMATE PLAN REMAI INSN LIMBO WITH NO CLEAR PATH FORWARD, ALONG WITH OTHEMAR JOR PRIORITIES STILL STALLED IN CONGRESS, LIKE VOTING RIGHTS. >> THE PEOPLE NEED THE ACT. REPORTER: POLICE REFORM. >> AIN’T NO JUSTICE IN THIS TOWN. REPORTER: CREATING A PATHWAY TO CITIZENSHIP. >> THE PROMISE OF PROTECTION FOR IMMIGRANT FAMILIES, NOTHING HAS CHANGED. REPOERRT: AND MAKING ROE V. WADE THE LAW OF THE LAND. >> ABORTION STILL NEEDS TO BE LEGAL. REPORT:ER WITH MUCH STILL UNFINISHED, THE PRESIDENT WILL TAKE THE COUNTRY INTO A NEW YEAR WITH CHANGE AND CHALLENGES AHEAD OF THE CRITICAL 2022 MIDTERM ELECTIONS. MONICALB AA, NBC NEWS, THE WHITE HOUSE. CHSTRIINE: STILL AHEAD TONIGHT NEXT YEAR, THERE WILL BE ONE , LESS HEADACHE FOR PEOPLEHO W FIND THEMSELVES IN THE HOSPITAL. STILL TO COME, MORE ON A NEWAW L PROTECTING PATIENTS, AND THE GROUPS WHO ARE SUING THE WHITE HOUSE OVER IT. AND LATER, THE SECRET HIDING IN THIS GIANT ROCK THAT HAS VERY LIKELY SET A NEW RECORD INHE T SCIENCE WORLD. CHRISTINE:HE T NEW YEAR WILL ALSO RING IN A NEW HEALTH LAW. SUPPORTERS SAY IT’LL PROTECT MILLIONS OF PATIENTS BY STOPPING SURPRISE MEDICALIL BLS. BUT, SOME HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT A PROVISION IN THE BILL, AND HAVE SUED THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. MANDY GAITHER HAS MORE IN TONIGHT’S HEALTH MINUTE. REPORTER: IT’S CALLED THE NO SURPRISES ACT, NEW FEDERAL PROTECTIONS FOR PATIENTS, AGAINST SURPRISE MEDICAL BILLS, -- BILLS. >> THIS HAS BEEN A PERVASIVEND A ABUSIVE BILLING PRACTICE BY SOME PROVIDERS TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF SITUATIONS WHERE THE PATIENT HAS NO ABILITY TO CHOOSE. REPORTER: THE LAWS I SET TO GO INTO EFFECT JANUARY 1. A REPORT FROM THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES SAYS IT PROTECTS PATIENTS WITH MOST INDIVIDUAL AND EMPLOYER INSURANCE PLANSY B NO LONGER ALLOWING THEM TO BE BALANCE-BILLED FOR EMERGENCYND A CERTAIN NON-EMERGENCY SERVICES PATIENTS WILL ALSO NOT BE IN THE IN MOST CIRCUMSTANCES. PATIENTS WILL ALSO NOT BE IN THE MIDDLE OF BILLING DISPUTES BETWEEN PROVIDERS AND INSURERS, AND THE CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE PREDICTS THE LAW WILL REDUCE HEALTH INSURANCE PREMIUMS. >> WE CAN NOW GO TO EMERGENCY ROOMS AND GET EMERGENCY CARE WITHOUT WORRYING ABOUT AN OUT OF NETWORK CHARGE. REPORTER: BUT, THE AMERICAN HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION AND AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION HAVE SUED THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, CHALLENGING A PRVISION OF E THRULE ISSUED IN SEPTEMBER, AIMED AT DETERMINING FAIR PAYMENT FOR SERVICES BYUT O OF NETWORK PROVIDERS. IN A JOINT STATEMENT, THE ORGANIZATIONS SAY, THE BILLING RESOLUTION PROCESS ALSO SHOULD NOT IMPEDE PATIENT ACCESS TO CARE BY MAKING FEWER CAREGIVERS AVAILABLE IN THEIR INSURANCE NETWK.OR THIS IS WHY THE AHA AND AMA ARE ASKING THE COURT TO BRING ETH REGULATIONS IN LINE WITH THE PATIENT-FRIENDLY, BALANCED APPROACH CONGRESS INTEND.ED THE LAWSUIT IS NOT EXPECTED TO STOP THE CORE OF THE LAW FROM MOVING FORWA.RD FOR HEALTH MINUTE, I’M MANDY GAITHER. CHRISTINE: THE LAW WILL ALSO REIRQUE A NATIONAL HOTLINE TO BE ESTABLISHED, WHERE PEOPLE CAN FILE COMPLAINTS ABOUT SUSPECTED SURPRISE MEDICAL BILLING DAVE: WE HAVE SEEN A FEW SHOWERS ACROSS THE AREA THIS EVENING. OVERNIGHT, SHOWERS STILL IN PLACE OFF AND ON. UYO CAN SEE THIS LINE BACK OUT OVER TENNESSEE GETTING READY TO VEMO INTO THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS. A FEW TORNADO WATCHES OUT. WE WILL TALK ABOUT THAT AND YOUR WEEKEND FORECAST. CHRISTINE: WELCOME BACK, EVERYONE. I’'S THE LATEST VICTIM OF GLOBAL WARMING. SCIENTISTS WARN THE SO-CALLED DOOMSDAY GLACIER IN ANTARCTICA COULD COLLAPSE IN THREE TO FIVE-YEA.RS THE GLACIER IS THE SIZE OF FLORIDA, AND IS THE WIDEST GLACIER IN THE WOR.LD SCIENTISTS SAY SATELLITE IMAGES SHOW THE ICE SHEETS AROUND IT ARE FRACTURING, AND COULD EVENTUAL SLYHATTER. EXPERTS SAY IF THAT HAPPENS, IT WOULD CAUSE THE BIGGEST THREAT TO SEA-LEVEL RISE THIS CENTURY. THE GLACIER ITSELF HOLDS ENOUGH WATER TO RAISE SEA LEVEL BY MORE THAN TWO-FEET. IT COULD GO AS HIGH AS 10 FEET IF IT TAKES THE SURROUNDING GLACIERS WITH IT. UNCLE SAM IS ABOUT TO GET A WINDFALL JUST SHY OF $11 BILLION, COURTESY OF ELON MU.SK THAT’S HOW MUCH THE TESLAEO C OWES IN TAXES, AFTER SELLING MORE THAN 10 MILLION SHARES OF HIS COMPANY. MUSK HAS BEEN HOLDING ONTO MILLIONS OF STOCK OPTIONS SINCE 20.12 THEY WERE SET TO EXPIRE IN AUGUST. HE EXERCISED THEM THIS YEAR TO GET IN ON THE 40% TAX BRACT,KE THAT THE CASH PUTS HIM IN. FORBES STILL ESTIMATES HISET N WORTH TOE B AROUND $280 BILLION, SO IT WON’T HURT HIS WALLET TOO MUCH. A WARNING, THIS STORY MIGHT GIVE YOU THE CREEPY-CRAWLS.IE THAT IS THE TECHNICAL TERM WE ARE USING TONIGHT. SCIENTISTS IN EUROPE BELIEVE THEY HAVE FOUND OF THE BIGGEST BUG THAT EVER LIVED AFTER A COMPLETE FLUKE. BACK IN JANUARY 2018, A CHUNK OF SANDSTONE FELL FROM A CLIFF ON A BEACH IN NORTHERN ENGLAND. IT CRACKED OPEN REVEALING THE , FOSSIL OF A GIANT MILLIPEDE. IT’S NAMED ARTHROPLEURAAN, DATES BACK 326 MILLION YEARS. SCIENTISTS ESTIMATE THE BUG WOULD HAVE WEIGHED MORE ANTH 100 POUNDS, BEEN 22 CHINES WIDE AND EIGHT FEET LONG. THE FOSSIL IS SET TO GO ON DISPLAY IN ENGLAND NEXT YEAR. DAVE, WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THAT? DAVE: I DON’T KNOW HOW YOU WOULD AVOID IT. WHERE DID THEY COME UP WITH THIS STUFF? WHAT WE HAVE COME UP WHIT OUR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY TO OUR WEST. NOT TOO MUCH ACTIVITY ACROSS THE PIEDMONT. IF YOU SHOWERS OVER RANDOLPH COUNTY, LIGHT IN SOUTHERN DAVIDSON COUNTY. MORE IN THE WAY OF CELLS IN CHARLOTTE. NO THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WITH THOSE. TO THE WEST, WE HAVE ENBE WATCHING THIS LINE. THE NORTHERN EXTENT HAS LOST INTENSITY AS YOU SEE YELLOWS AND ORANGES HAVE DISSIPATED. THERE WAS A LINE AND THE SOUTHERN EXTENT AS IT PUSHES TO THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS, AND SOUTH CAROLINA. ALSO THERE HAS BEEN ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH FOR EXTREME WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. THESE ARE STORM REPORTS OVER THE PAST 12 TO 24 HOURS OVER BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA. ISOLATED ACTIVITY OVER TENNESSEE WITH ISOLATED HAI

Gospel singer with leg paralysis uses music to uplift others


A quadriplegic singer is using the obstacles he faces to help others going through a difficult time in his music.Semaj Moore, also known as "Showoff Praise," is a gospel artist in North Carolina.The 33-year-old is known within his community for sharing positive messages in his trap gospel music.Moore said many songs have negative, sexual, or drug-related content. He said he wanted to change that with his own music, and dedicated his life to God.However, in 2016, his life took a turn.Moore, a sophomore at Winston-Salem State University at the time, said he was walking near campus when a vehicle struck himThe driver of the car drove off, and Moore was left in a coma for two weeks, he said. He has not been able to walk again since.However, he's not letting that stop him from sharing his belief, and helping others in the community, especially his little girl.His 5-year-old daughter, Smara Moore, said, "I want him (Moore) to walk, and take me places everywhere like Chuck E. Cheese, Dave & Buster's, and Disney, and drive a car with me."Moore said that he's determined to help others, and walk again, to teach his daughter important lessons in life."So I could motivate her not to give up on anything in life," he said. "Once she (Smara) sees me accomplish this, and she knows that her daddy done this, she would be able to accomplish anything.”Moore said he's currently raising money for medical rehab to help him walk again.In the meantime, he said he plans to continue to perform his gospel music within the community.He said he will continue to rely on his faith in God, and support his little girl."It don’t matter what it looks like. Give it to God. He’ll turn it around," he said.A GoFundMe was created to help Moore receive medical rehab. If you'd like to help out, please click here.

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. —

A quadriplegic singer is using the obstacles he faces to help others going through a difficult time in his music.

Semaj Moore, also known as "Showoff Praise," is a gospel artist in North Carolina.

The 33-year-old is known within his community for sharing positive messages in his trap gospel music.

Moore said many songs have negative, sexual, or drug-related content. He said he wanted to change that with his own music, and dedicated his life to God.

However, in 2016, his life took a turn.

Moore, a sophomore at Winston-Salem State University at the time, said he was walking near campus when a vehicle struck him

The driver of the car drove off, and Moore was left in a coma for two weeks, he said. He has not been able to walk again since.

However, he's not letting that stop him from sharing his belief, and helping others in the community, especially his little girl.

His 5-year-old daughter, Smara Moore, said, "I want him (Moore) to walk, and take me places everywhere like Chuck E. Cheese, Dave & Buster's, and Disney, and drive a car with me."

Moore said that he's determined to help others, and walk again, to teach his daughter important lessons in life.

"So I could motivate her not to give up on anything in life," he said. "Once she (Smara) sees me accomplish this, and she knows that her daddy done this, she would be able to accomplish anything.”

Moore said he's currently raising money for medical rehab to help him walk again.

In the meantime, he said he plans to continue to perform his gospel music within the community.

He said he will continue to rely on his faith in God, and support his little girl.

"It don’t matter what it looks like. Give it to God. He’ll turn it around," he said.

A GoFundMe was created to help Moore receive medical rehab. If you'd like to help out, please click here.


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ELIZABETH CITY, N.C. — Authorities in North Carolina are investigating a deadly shooting that left three people dead, including a 3-year-old girl.

Police in Elizabeth City says the three people were reportedly shot to death inside a vehicle on Thursday.

According to the Daily Advance, the shooting happened around 5 p.m.

Police say once officers arrived on scene, they found several people who were suffering from gunshot wounds. The victims died as a result of their injuries.

Councilman Michael Brooks told News 3 the Pasquotank County Sheriff's Office told him two adults and a young child died from gunshot wounds.

Later Thursday night, Elizabeth City Police identified the victims as 18-year-old Jaquan White of Elizabeth City; 39-year-old De‘Shay Berry of Manteo; and 3-year-old Allura Pledger of Manteo.

A person at the scene told the Daily Advance law enforcement officers had blocked access to the neighborhood and were canvassing the area for gun shell casings.

This incident happened near where deputies shot Andrew Brown Jr. as they were serving a warrant on April 21.

The car that was involved in the shooting was towed away around 9 p.m. The vehicle’s entire back window was shattered, due to what police say were gunshots.

Police have not released a motive nor any suspect information.

This is still an active investigation.

On Friday morning, News 3 arrived at the scene around 6 a.m., and there was still a police presence and the crime scene was still blocked off.

News 3 Reporter Anthony Sabella found what appeared to be bullet holes in cars and buildings around the crime scene.

One man who owns properties in the area, including a hair salon across the street from where the shootings happened said it sounded like a "war zone" Thursday night.

If you know anything about this shooting, you are asked to contact the Elizabeth City Police Department at (252) 335-4321 or call the Crime Line at (252) 335-5555.

Scripps station WTKR first reported this story.




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EVER GIVEN AWAY IN THE STATE OF MARYLAND. >> TONIGHT WE HAVE ANOTHER LIFE-CHANGING JACKPOT. REPORTER: AS THE NUMBERS WERE DRAWN WEDNESDAY NIGHT, THE CONEY MARKET IN THE TINY WESTERN MARYLAND TOWN OF LONACONING WAS ABOUT TO BE PUT ON THE NATIONAL STAGE. THE STORE’S MANAGER GOT THE CALL AROUND 7:00 THURSDAY MORNING AND IMMEDIATELY TOLD THE OWNER. >> WHEN I WAS GOING BACK I SAID IT TO THEM. THE LOTTERY WANTS TO TALK TO YOU AND I THINK WE SOLD THE BIG WINNER. REPORTER: OWNER RICHARD RAVENSCROFT COULDN’T BELIEVE IT. >> I AM REALLY EXCITED FOR SOMEBODY. WE DO NOT KNOW WHO YET. REPORTER: RAVENSCROFT HAS OWNED THE STORE FOR ABOUT SIX YEARS AND THE BIGGEST LOTTERY PRIZE THEY EVER HAD WAS A SCRATCH-OFF FOR $150,000. AS THE WINNING MERCHANT, HE GETS $100,000, WHICH HE PLANS ON SHARING. >> WE ARE GOING TO FIGURE THE TAXES AND THEN THE EMPLOYEES ARE GOING TO GET SOME OF IT. REPORTER: AS CUSTOMERS WALKED IN THROUGHOUT THE MORNING, EVERYONE WAS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHO WON, INCLUDING JAQUELINE GATES WHO THOUGHT IT MIGHT BE HER. >> DID YOU THINK IT WAS YOU? >> I SAID IT COULD HAVE BEEN. I AM GOING TO GO FIND THAT STORY. REPORTER: WE WERE ABLE TO REACH LONACONING MAYOR JOHN COBURN OVER THE PHONE, WHO TOLD US THE WINNERS ARE A LOCAL COUPLE WHO’VE LIVED IN THE TOWN OF 1200 FOR A LONG TIME BUT WISH TO REMAIN ANONYMOUS STILL QUITE AN EVENT FOR A TOWN ONLY KNOWN AS THE HOME OF HALL OF FAME PITCHER LEFTY GROVE, NOW HOME TO THE LARGEST MARYLA LOTTERY WINNER IN HISTORY. >> AND THIS WEEK I HUNG UP TWO BIG OLD SIGNS AT THE MONEY AND TOLD HIM WE ARE GOING TO GET MONEY CURED THIS WEEK BECAUSE THE LOTTERY IT WAS SO HIGH AND WE DID. REPORTER: MARYLAND KEEPS ITS WINNING WAYS JUST ON THE ROAD FROM HERE IN HAGERSTOWN. THEY SOLD A SECOND TIER TICKET WORTH $2 MILLION. THE POWERBALL JACKPOT OF $731.1 MILLION IS THE FOURTH-LARGEST IN POWERBALL HISTOR

2 Mega Millions tickets win $2 million prizes, several others win $1 million each


Above video: $731.1 million Powerball jackpot-winning ticket sold in Western MarylandA $2 million Mega Millions ticket was sold at a North Carolina convenience store.NC Education Lottery says the winning ticket was sold in Brunswick County at the Minuteman Food Mart on Mercantile Drive in Leland, WLOS-TV reported."The $3 Megaplier ticket matched the numbers on all five white balls, 4-26-42-50-60, to beat odds of 1 in 12.6 million and won a $1,000,000 prize," NC Education Lottery said in a statement. "The prize was doubled to $2,000,000 when the 2X Megaplier was drawn."Friday's $1 billion drawing was the second-largest jackpot in the history of Mega Millions. Someone in Michigan bought the winning ticket for the jackpot.A person in Virginia matched all five numbers along with the Megaplier for another $2 million win, and eight other people won $1 million, playing in Florida (two), Maryland, Missouri, New Jersey, New York (two) and Pennsylvania, according to Mega Millions.NC Education Lottery says the odds of winning a Mega Millions jackpot are 1 in 302.5 million. Hearst TV contributed.

RALEIGH, N.C. (WLOS) —

Above video: $731.1 million Powerball jackpot-winning ticket sold in Western Maryland

A $2 million Mega Millions ticket was sold at a North Carolina convenience store.

NC Education Lottery says the winning ticket was sold in Brunswick County at the Minuteman Food Mart on Mercantile Drive in Leland, WLOS-TV reported.

"The $3 Megaplier ticket matched the numbers on all five white balls, 4-26-42-50-60, to beat odds of 1 in 12.6 million and won a $1,000,000 prize," NC Education Lottery said in a statement. "The prize was doubled to $2,000,000 when the 2X Megaplier was drawn."

Friday's $1 billion drawing was the second-largest jackpot in the history of Mega Millions. Someone in Michigan bought the winning ticket for the jackpot.

A person in Virginia matched all five numbers along with the Megaplier for another $2 million win, and eight other people won $1 million, playing in Florida (two), Maryland, Missouri, New Jersey, New York (two) and Pennsylvania, according to Mega Millions.

NC Education Lottery says the odds of winning a Mega Millions jackpot are 1 in 302.5 million.

Hearst TV contributed.


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Student dead after shooting at North Carolina high school; suspect apprehended after hourslong search



SIX HOURS, A VERY UP-AND-DOWN Y.DA WE’RE GNGOI TO SEND IT BACK TO YOU WHILE WE CHECK THIS OUT. TALITHA: THANK YOU, THERE ARE SO MUCH TO UNPACK WITH ALL OF THIS, THE SCHOOL WHERE ALL OF TSHI UNFOLDED, PARENTS ARE FRUSTRATED, ANXIOUS AND ALSO NERVOUS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHERE THEY FALL IN LINE WITH ALL OF THIS, THEN YOU HAVE THE STUDENTS OF COURSE WHO ARE I’M SURE TRAUMATIZED BY ALL OF THIS AND THE LAW ENFORCEMENT PRESENCE AS WL,EL BEING SO HEAVY AND SUCH AN EMOTIONAL DAY ACROSS THE BOARD AS WELL. KIMBERLY: THEY HELD A NEWS CONFERENCE THIS AFTERNOON AT 4:30, THE WINSTON CAN DUST WINSTON-SALEM FORSYTH COUNTY SCHOOLS, THE POLICE TO BARB AND ANDY FORSYTH COUNTY SHERIFF AND WE WILL GET DETAILS NOW FROM RACHEL ELLIS. RACHEL GOOD EVENING, WE JUST LEARNED MOMENTS AGO THAT THAT SUSPECT IS NOW IN CUSTODY AND GOING -- I’M GOING TO READ A TWEET THAT THE ORSAY COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE SHARED, THE SUSPECT FROMHE T SHOOTING WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY WITHOUT INCIDENT, THE INVESTIGATION IS ONGOING AND WE WILL RELEASE MORE INFORMATION AS APPROPRIATE. OUR CONTINUED PRAYERS ARE FOR FAMILY AND LOVED OSNE OF WILAMLI REYNARD MILLER JUNIOR ARE IN THEIR THOUGHTS NOW. MORE INFORMATION WILL BE RELEASED LATER ON ABOUT THAT SPSUECT, BUT LIKE YOU MENTIONED EARLIER, THE FOCUS, THE FOCAL POINT, WE ARE STILL ON THE VICTIM AND HIS FAMILY TONIGHT AS THEY GRIEVE THE LOS -- WE HEARD FROM MEMBERS OF LAW ENFORCEMENT SAYING THAT THE SUPERINTENDENT -- ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT TODAY. THEY SHARED, COMINGO T UNDERSTANDING ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED, THE EMOTIONS IN THE ROOM, FINDING -- DESCRIBING WTHA HAPPENED IN THAT SCHOOL TODAY, THE UNIMAGINABLE. WE HEARD FROM SHERRIFF TOWNSEND THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS IS WHAT SHE SAID. >> ONE STUDENT WAS LOCATED WITH A GUNSHOT WOD.UN MEDICAL RESPONDSER BEGAN LIFESAVING MEASURES AND THE INJURED STUDENT SWA TRANSPORTED TO WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY BAPTIST MEDICAL CENTER. WHERE HE SUCCUMBED TO HIS INJURIES. RACHEL: THAT MOMENT WHEWEN LEARNED THATHE T VICTIM HAD DIED AGARNED THATHE T VICTIM HAD DIED AIN, JUST TEARS ACROSS THE ROOM, YOU COULD HEAR THE EMOTION COMING OUTF O THOMPSON THIS AFTERNOON. SHERRIFF KIM BRO ALSO SHARING THE EMOTIALON MESSAGE SIMILAR TO THOMPSON, POINTING OUT THAT THE FOCUS REALLY IS ON ETH FAMILY AND IT AISN ONGOING INVESTIGATION, WE KNOW THE SUSPECT IS IN CUSTODY AND THERE IS AOT L MORE TO BE DONE. HOW DID SOMETHING LIKE THIS HAPPEN INSIDE A SCHOOL BUILDING, SOMETHING THESE LAW-ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS WANT TO CONTINUE TO PRESS ON IN THIS INVESTIGATION. I DID ASKF ITHEY ARE GOING TO BE CONTINUED SECURITY MEASURES INTO THE NEXT FEW DAYS AS THIS COMMUNITY GRAPPLES WITH WHAT HAPPENED TODAY, AND I WAS TOLD THERE WERE GOING TOE B INCREASED PATROLS AND SECURITY OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS, UNSURE OF WHAT THAT TIMELINE LOOKS LIKE OR WHAT SPECIFICALLY THAT LOSOK LEIK BUT WE ARE TOLD THAT IS THE CASE AND THERE WILL BE A CRISIS TEAM SENT OUT INTO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. THIS IS AN EMOTIONAL TIME FOR EVERYONE IN THIS COMMUNITY, ESPECIALLY THOSE AT MOUNT TABOR HIGH SCHOOL TOY.DA IT IS SOMETHING A LOT OF US ARE STILL TRYING TO UNDERSTAND, BUT THE LAST THING I WANT TO SAY, THE LAW ENFORCEMENT INSIDE THAT ROOM EMPHASIZED OR VEAND OVER AGAIN IF YOU KNOW ANYTHING AT HOME ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED OR LED TO THE SHOOTING, ANY VIDEOS, PHOTOS, PHONE CALLS, ANYTHING KELI THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT IS PERTINENT TO THIS INVESTIGATION. THEY ARE ASKING YOU TO PLEASE COME FORWARD. NOW, LIVE IN DOWTOWN WINSTOSAN-LEM, RACHEL ELLIS, WXII 12 NEWS. KIMBERLY: I’M SURE THE OFFICERS ARE GETTING A LOT OF INFORMATION, ANDE W WILL LEARN MORE TONIGHT. WE WANT TO HREA FROM MAYOR ALLEN JOINES, HE WAS AT THAT PRESS CONFERENCE TODAY. >> IT’S A SAD DAY FOR THE SCHOOLS, BUT IT IS SET OR FOR THE CITY OF WINSTON-SALEM AND THE COUNTY OF FORSYTH AS WE EXPERIENCED SOMETHING WE SEE ON TV ACROSS THE COUNTRY BUT WE HAVE BEEN SO FORTUNATE HERE WE HAVE NOT HAD TO EXPERIENCE THAT. TODAY WE ARE FACING IT HEAD ON WITH THE DEATH OF A STUDE FNTROM MOUNT TABOR HIGH SCHOOL. TALITHA: GIVING AN UPDATE FROM THE FORSYTH COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE AT THAT PRESS CONFERENCE. WE WANT TO UPDEAT YOU ALL THAT IS SUSPECT HAS BEEN IN CUSTODY. WE HAVE BEEN ON THE AIR SINCE 12:00 NOON TALKING ABOUT THIS AND SIX HOSUR LATER ON THAT WE DO KNOW A SUSPECT WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY. I WILL READ THIS DIRECTLY FROM A FORSYTH COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE, EYTH SAID ETH SUSPECT FROM THE SHOOTING AT MOUNT TABOR HIGH SCHOOL WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY WITHOUT INCIDENT. THE INVESTIGATION IS ONGNGOI AND WE WILL RELEASE MORE INFORMATION AS APPROPRIATE. OUR CONTINUED PRAYERS FOR THE FAMILY AND LOVED ONES OF WILLIAM CHAVIS RAYNARD MILLER JR. WE DO WANT TO MENTION THAT WE KNOW THAT THE SUSPECT IS ALSO A STUDENT FROM MOUNT TABOR HIGH SCHOOL. TODAY WE WERE STILL WORKING TO GET THOSE ANSWERS, SO UNFORTUNATELY THE VICTIM ALSO FROM MOUNT TABOR HIGH SCHOOLND A WE NOW KNOW THE SUSPECT IS A STUDENT AS WELL. KIMBERLY: AT THIS POINT WE HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THE MOTIVE WAS FOR THE SHOOTING, WE WILL LIKELY FIND OUT MORE INFORMATION IN THE DAY AHEAD AND A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE ALSO ASKING ABOUT SCHOOL AT MOUNT TABOR TOMORROW. WE HAVE NOT GOTTEN ANY INFORMATION ABOUT THAT YET. BUT REMEMBER, THIS IS STILL AN ACTIVE CRIMECENE S ANDHE T OFFICERS ARE THERE. THEY ARE DOING TIRHE INVESTIGATION. IT IS POSSIBLE THERE MAY NOT BE SCHOOLED BUT WE HAVE NO IDEATA THIS POINT. WE WILL LET YOU KNOW THAT INFORMATION AS SOON AS A COMES INTO OUR NEWSROOM. TALIA:THE W TALKED TO SOME PARENTS EARLIER TODAY AS THEY WAITED OUTSIDE THE YA,MC YOU ARE LOOKING ATOM SE VIDEO OF THAT RIGHT HERE. LET’S LISTEN IN AS WE HEAR RE ACTION FROM PARENTS AND WHAT THEY WENT THROUGH JUST TO BE REUNITED WITH THEIR CHILDREN. >> I GOT A CALL, I ACTUALLY GOT A TEXT MESSAGE FROM MY DAUGHTER, SHE SWA LIKE OH MY GOSH, THEY ARE SHOOTING, COME GET ME, PLEASE COME TGE ME,O S I GET READY TO TEXT HER BACK AND THAT SHE CALLS AND SHE IS FRANTIC, SHE’S LIKE MOM, CO GMEET ME, AND ALL OF A SUDDEN I HEAR SCREAMING, PUSHING, I HEAR NO WEIGHT, NO, IT WAS CHAOTIC. I WAS AT MY OFFICE, I SOFTWARE I WAS DOING, I GRABBED MY DAUGHTER, I JUMPED IN THE CAR, I CALLED MY HUSBAND, I WAS FRANTIC. THEOLD ME TO CALM DOWN, SO I GOHERET WITHIN 10 MINUTES. SHE STILL WAS I GUESS IN THE SCOLHO GETTING SHUFFLED AROUND, SHE WAS LITERALLY BYHE T INITIAL ALTERCATION, SHE WAS IN THE CAFETERI FORA, MY UNDERSTANDING THEY WERE RIGHT INSIDE THE CAFETERIA WHEN THE BOYS RAN PAST TH.EM SO I AM JUST THINK BOTH THAT SHE IS HERE AND NOT ONE THAT GOT HIT BECAUSE IT VERY WEL COULLD HAVE BEEN HER. KIMBERLY: HEARINFROMG PARENTS ABOUT WHAT IT WAS LIKE HEARING FROM THEIR CHILDREN IN THE SCENE ABOUT SHOOTING TODAY. WE WANT TO TELL YOU THAT THE SANCTUARY AT CENTENARY UNITED METHODTIS CHURCH IN WINSTON-SALEM WILL BE OPENOR F ABOUT 40 REMO MINUTES UNTIL 7:00 TONIGHT, THIS IS FOR PRAYER ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED TODAY. THE ADDRESS IS 646 WEST 5TH STREET IN WINSTON-SALEM AND IN CLEMMONS,HE T YOUTH GROUP AT THE FRIENDS BAPTIST CHURCH IS HOLDING COUNSELORS FOR ANYONE WHO NEED TO TALK TO SOMEONE AND EYTH WILL BE AVAILABLE UNTIL 9:00 TONIGHT. TALIA:TH UNION BAPTIST CHURCH IN WINSTON-SALEM ARE ALSO HOLDING A PRAYER AND ACTION PRAYER GATHERING MOTUN TABOR AND ALL SCHOOLS. THATS I HAPPENING TONIGHT. IF YOU CAN’T MAKE IT TO THOSE EARLY HURT, THAT IS STARTING DUST EARLIER, THAT IS STARTING AT ABOUT 7:00. THEY’RE ALSO GOING TO BE PUTTING TOGETHER A ZOOM CALL IF THEY HAVE MORE INFORMATION ON THEIR WEBSITE. IF YOU CAN’T MAKE IT O,UT THAT IS 301-715-8592. IT IS A PRAYER AND ENCOURAGING WORDS FROM BISHOP MACK D ANYOUTH MINISTER FRANCIS WILL BE SPEAKING. THAT IS CRITICAL, HOW DO WE NOW REACH CHILDREN WHO HAVE ALREADY GONE THROUGH SO MUCH AND HOW DO THEY COPE, HOW DO THEY DEAL WITH THIS, AND HOW DO THEY ALSO ENOP UP FROM IT BECAUSE THAT IS GOING TO BE SO MANY MAJOR TALKING INPOTS TONIGHT WITH CHILDREN. AND EVEN DEFECTIVE HOW DO THEY ENTH GO BACK TO SCHOOL. THROUGH ALL OF THIS, THEY HAVE BEEN THROUGH SO MUCH. KIMBERLY: THAT IS THE HARD PART. EIGHT DAYS INTO SCHOOL. FOR MANY OF THESE KIDS, THE FIRST OR SECOND WEEK OHIF GH SCHOOL FOR THEM. WE WANT TO GET RIGHT OUT TO KENNY BECK, HE HAS NEW INFORMATION ABOUT THE SUSPECT TAKEN INTO CUSTODY JUST A SHORT WHILE AGO. KENN Y:KIMBERLY, TO LEAVE THE, A LO--T TALITAH, A LAW ENFORCEMENT SERVES -- SOURCE TELLS ME THE SUSPECT IS UNDER 18 SO THEIR IDENTITY WILL NOT BE RELEASED PUBLICLY. THE SUSPECT WAS EITHER A FRESHMAN OR SOPHOMEOR AT MOUNT TABOR HIGH SCHOOL, AND UNDERCLASSMEN. THE SUSPTEC WAS ARRESTED OUTSIDE OF THE CITY OF WINSTON-SALEM. MORE DETAILS EXPECTED TO EMERGE AS THE EVENING GOES ON. AS FOR WHAT IS HAPPENING HERE, WE ARE ABOUT A MILE AWAY, THE RAIN CONTINUES TO MECO DOWN OUTSIDE OF THE MOUNT TABOR AREA. SEE IF YOU CAN PAN OVER AND SHOW SOME OF THE HEADLIGHTS. THIS PARKING LOT HAS PICKED UP, IT HAS BEEN MORE ACTIVE HERE IN THE LAST 10 OR 15 MINUTES OR SO THEN IT HAS BEEN INHE T PREVIOUS TWO HOURS. A NUMBER OF PARENTS HAVE MECO THROUGH AND I ASKED LAW ENFORCEMENT EMBERS FROM WINSTON-SALEM PD WHO W OUTAS HERE WHAT FOLKS NEED TO KNOW. THIS CONTINUES TO BA PLE ACE THAT MNTOU TABOR FAMILIES, PARENTS, GUARDIANS CAN COME TO TORENTS, GUARDIANS CAN COME TO GET INFORMATION ABOUT WHERE THEY CAN REUNITE WITH THEISONR OR DAUGHTER. THE SOUERC AT TABOR LDTO ME STAFF IS STILL THERE AND A NUMBER OF STUDENTS ARE STILL THERE AND IT IS UNCLEAR HOW LONG IT IS GOING TO TAKE FOR THAT PROCESS TO BIN.EG THE GOOD NEWS AGAIN, WE CAN REPORT, THE SUSPECT IS IN CUSTODY AND CHRIS, PAN UP AT THAT. WHAT AN UNBELIEVABLE IMAGE HERE AT THE END OF A TRAUMATIC DAY MOM A RAINBOW LESS THAN A MILE FROM MOUNT TABOR HHIG SCHOOL HERE OUTSIDE OF WHITAKER SQUARE, SUSPECT IS IN CUSTODY,AR PENTS BEING UNITED WITH THEIR FAMILIES, WITH THREI STUDENTS, THREI LOVED ONES. ITAS H BEEN A DREADFUL DAY OUT HERE BUT MANY OF THE QUESTIONS THATE W HAD AS RECELYNT AS HALF AN HOUR OR 45 MINUTES AGO ARE BEGINNING TO COME INTO FOCUS, LAW ENFORCEMENT SOURCE TELLING USHE T SUSPECTS I A JUVENILE, UNDER AGE 18. ISTH PERSON’S IDENTITY WILL NOT BE REAELSED PUBLICLY. THIS PERSON WAS AND UNDERCLASSMEN, SOPHOMORE OR FRESHMAN AT MOUNT TABOR HIGH SCHOOL AND THEY WERE ARRESTED OUTSIDE OF THE CITY OF WINSTON-SALEM. PARENTS CONTINUE TO COME IN HERE, THIS IS THE MOST ACTIVE I HAVE SEEN THIS PARKING LOT IN ABOUT A COUPLE OF HOURS AS MORE AND MORE PARENTS, PERHSAP SOME WHO WERE UNABLE TO LEAVE WORK EARLIER IN THE DAY, IT IS NOW WELL PAST 6:00. THEY ARE BEGINNING TO START THE PROCESS OF REUNITINGIT WH THEIR CHILDR.EN THIS IS A PROCESS THAT COULD STILL TAKE NYMA MORE HOURS. LIVE IN WINSTON-SALEM, KENNY BECKWX, II 12 NEWS. KIMBERLY: I’M SURE FOR A LOTF O PARENTS, A RELIEF THAT OUR SUSPECT HAS BEEN TAKEN INTO CUSTODY A ONDNE REAYLL ROUGH NIGHT FOR THEM AS A FAMILY, GOING THROUGH WHAT HAPPENED TODAY. SOME OF THESE KIDS HAVE BEEN REUNITED BUT IT IS HAPPENING. TALITHA: I TOUGH TEIM FOR STUDENTS, TEACHERS, STAFF, ETH COMMUNITY IMPACTED BY TH.IS KIMBERLY: AND THE LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS TWO. WE SAW EMOTION TODAY FROM SHERRIFF BOBBY KIMBROU.GH LISTEN TO THIS. >> I DON’T EVEN KNOW HOW TO HANDLE TT.HA I JUST DON’T. I CAN TELL YOU WHAT I SAW DAN FELT. WHAT SHE SENT TO MET I WAS KIMBROUGH, M BABY. I TOLD HER IAS W GOING TO DO EVERYTHING THAT I COULD TO FIND OUT AND BRING WHOEVER ROSE FOR SPONSOR BOTH FOR THIS --S I RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS. KIMBERLY: HES I A TOUGH GUY AND IS SEEING SOMEONE LIKE HIM BREAK DOWN AND TELLS YOU THE GRAVITY OF THE SITUATION THEY ARE DEALING WITH AND HAVE DEALT WITH ON A DAILY BASIS. TALITHA: ANDE H KNOWS PERSONALLY THE EXPERIENCEF O GRIEF WITHIN HIS FAMILY AND HE SAYS I HAVE NOT CRIED THE WAY I CRIED TODAY AND A VERY LONG TIME AND HE HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO STOP CRYING SINCE LEAVING THE HOSPILTA, AT WAKE FOREST BAPTIST MEDICAL CENT

Student dead after shooting at North Carolina high school; suspect apprehended after hourslong search


A student died on Wednesday after being shot at a North Carolina high school, according to authorities. Authorities said the shooter is believed to be a fellow student and has been taken into custody.Winston-Salem police Chief Catrina Thompson, fighting back tears, told a news conference that Mount Tabor High School went into immediate lockdown as emergency responders, sheriff’s deputies and police officers arrived just after noon to search for the suspect, who she said was believed to be a student at the school.The student killed at Mount Tabor High School has been identified as William Chavis Raynard Miller Jr. He was taken to a hospital, where he died, Thompson said. "I haven’t cried in a while, but I've been crying since I left the hospital," said Forsyth County Sheriff Bobby Kimbrough Jr.The campus was placed on a lockdown after the shooting happened at about 12:05 p.m., and deputies with the Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office confirmed all other students were safe. Agents from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives also responded to the incident, according to the agency’s Charlotte office.Police blocked roads to the school, which has an enrollment of more than 1,500 students, and numerous emergency vehicles were on the scene. Parents frantic for information parked their cars on the sidewalks several blocks from the school as police directed traffic away from campus. Students and parents could be seen walking toward a nearby shopping center.Christopher Johnson said his son told him that he heard the gunshots while in the school gym and students were told to hide because there was an active shooter on campus."It’s scary to know that it actually reached out and touched you this time. My son’s not a victim, but he’s part of this and he’ll probably remember this forever," said Johnson, whose son was still at the school awaiting transportation to a pickup point.

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. —

A student died on Wednesday after being shot at a North Carolina high school, according to authorities.

Authorities said the shooter is believed to be a fellow student and has been taken into custody.

Winston-Salem police Chief Catrina Thompson, fighting back tears, told a news conference that Mount Tabor High School went into immediate lockdown as emergency responders, sheriff’s deputies and police officers arrived just after noon to search for the suspect, who she said was believed to be a student at the school.

The student killed at Mount Tabor High School has been identified as William Chavis Raynard Miller Jr. He was taken to a hospital, where he died, Thompson said.

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"I haven’t cried in a while, but I've been crying since I left the hospital," said Forsyth County Sheriff Bobby Kimbrough Jr.

The campus was placed on a lockdown after the shooting happened at about 12:05 p.m., and deputies with the Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office confirmed all other students were safe.

Agents from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives also responded to the incident, according to the agency’s Charlotte office.

Police blocked roads to the school, which has an enrollment of more than 1,500 students, and numerous emergency vehicles were on the scene. Parents frantic for information parked their cars on the sidewalks several blocks from the school as police directed traffic away from campus. Students and parents could be seen walking toward a nearby shopping center.

Christopher Johnson said his son told him that he heard the gunshots while in the school gym and students were told to hide because there was an active shooter on campus.

"It’s scary to know that it actually reached out and touched you this time. My son’s not a victim, but he’s part of this and he’ll probably remember this forever," said Johnson, whose son was still at the school awaiting transportation to a pickup point.




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150-year-old marriage certificate found at thrift shop to be given to couple's great-granddaughter



While cleaning a picture frame, a hope chest thrift employee found a nearly 150 year old marriage license nailed inside the back. It was so old only the year city and couples first name's William and Katie are eligible and this couple was married in New Jersey and somehow the certificate found its way to a thrift store on old Ocean highway in Bolivia north Carolina a unique find. So W. W. A. Y. Aired a story on the discovery not long after while home in upstate new york William and Katie Duckworth's great granddaughter, Irene cornish decided to log into ancestry dot com on a whim I haven't been on ancestry in quite a few months but was actually went on to research a family member on the other side and I happened to notice I had these messages, messages from viewers who were able to track cornish down. The cornish doesn't know how this love story began. She knows her great grandmother. Catherine have moved to America toward the end of the irish potato famine. Her great grandfather, William Dolworth had his own ventriloquist e and fire eating acts. But some questions still remain. Now though we don't know exactly why that marriage certificate was hidden in the back of that frame. We do know that according to ancestry dot com William and Catherine had a child out of wedlock two years before their marriage certificate was filed and how the frame wound up in north Carolina, sadly the family homestead, the person that inherited that in the family at one point basically sold everything that was in it to a local thrift shop and ultimately lost their homes. Though the mystery isn't completely solved, cornish says she feels more connected than ever to family. She's only heard stories about when my mother passed away five years ago. I don't have any family immediate family in the area where I live, so I feel a little isolated at times and so it just felt comforting that most of these people are reaching out somehow. I am connected in Brunswick county Peyton Furtado, W W A. Y News.

150-year-old marriage certificate found at thrift shop to be given to couple's great-granddaughter


A woman in New York was tracked down after her great-grandparent's marriage certificate from 150 years ago was found at a North Carolina thrift store.The marriage certificate was found nailed in the back of an old picture frame, WWAY-TV reported."I haven't been on Ancestry in quite a few months," Irene Cornish told the TV station. "I actually went on to research a family member on the other side. And I happened to notice I had these messages."Those messages were people who had tracked down Cornish after seeing a story about the 150-year-old marriage license being found.Watch the video above to learn more about this story.

BRUNSWICK COUNTY, N.C. —

A woman in New York was tracked down after her great-grandparent's marriage certificate from 150 years ago was found at a North Carolina thrift store.

The marriage certificate was found nailed in the back of an old picture frame, WWAY-TV reported.

"I haven't been on Ancestry in quite a few months," Irene Cornish told the TV station. "I actually went on to research a family member on the other side. And I happened to notice I had these messages."

Those messages were people who had tracked down Cornish after seeing a story about the 150-year-old marriage license being found.

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]]> https://cincylink.com/2021/08/12/150-year-old-marriage-certificate-found-at-thrift-shop-to-be-given-to-couples-great-granddaughter/feed/ 0 During narcotics search, officers find real firearm ‘altered to resemble a toy Nerf gun’ https://cincylink.com/2021/07/09/during-narcotics-search-officers-find-real-firearm-altered-to-resemble-a-toy-nerf-gun/ https://cincylink.com/2021/07/09/during-narcotics-search-officers-find-real-firearm-altered-to-resemble-a-toy-nerf-gun/#respond Fri, 09 Jul 2021 04:39:18 +0000 https://cincylink.com/?p=38926

CATAWA, N.C. – Narcotics investigators in North Carolina say they came across a firearm disguised as a toy while executing a search warrant at a home Wednesday.

The Catawba County Sheriff’s Office says it worked with the Newton Police Department to search the residence in Catawba after gathering evidence of narcotics possession at the location.

During their search, investigators say they seized quantities of cocaine, psilocybin mushrooms and marijuana, as well as $2,300 in cash and 20 guns.

The firearms included pistols, rifles and shotguns. The sheriff’s office says one of the weapons, a converted Glock model 19 pistol with a 50 round drum magazine, “had been altered to resemble a toy Nerf gun.”

The sheriff’s office noted that it’s not illegal to possess these types of firearms, but officers said the guns “are concerning to law enforcement.”

As a result of the search, 35-year-old Damien Alonzo Burch was arrested and charged with felonious possession of cocaine, felonious possession of mushrooms and misdemeanor possession of marijuana.

“Another success resulting from our area narcotics teams working together. Our agencies pooling their resources allows for a greater impact to be felt county wide,” said Sheriff Don Brown in a statement.




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]]> https://cincylink.com/2021/07/09/during-narcotics-search-officers-find-real-firearm-altered-to-resemble-a-toy-nerf-gun/feed/ 0 Tropical Storm Elsa moves into Carolinas, expected to move up East Coast later in week https://cincylink.com/2021/07/09/tropical-storm-elsa-moves-into-carolinas-expected-to-move-up-east-coast-later-in-week/ https://cincylink.com/2021/07/09/tropical-storm-elsa-moves-into-carolinas-expected-to-move-up-east-coast-later-in-week/#respond Fri, 09 Jul 2021 04:07:41 +0000 https://cincylink.com/?p=68490

Nearly a full day after making landfall in Florida, Tropical Storm Elsa is still dumping heavy rainfall and bringing dangerous winds to the Southeast U.S.

As of Thursday morning at 5 a.m. ET, Elsa was located near the Georgia-South Carolina border with sustained winds of 40 mph. The National Hurricane Center (NHC) forecasts that the storm will continue to move northeast through the weekend, hugging the Eastern Seaboard up into Canada.

The NHC says Elsa poses a threat for "limited flash and urban flooding" across the Carolinas on Thursday. Tropical storm conditions are expected on the coasts of North Carolina throughout the day, and the Mid-Atlantic will see similar conditions in the region by Thursday night.

Later in the week, the system will dump heavy rainfall from the Mid-Atlantic into New England, which could lead to additional flooding.

Elsa made landfall in the "Big Bend" region of western Florida on Wednesday morning. Since then, officials have blamed the system for at least one death in Jacksonville. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis described that fatality as a "freak accident" on Thursday, saying that a tree fell on a moving car.

He added that Elsa had "as minimal impact as could have been anticipated" on the rest of the state.

In addition to the one fatality, a tornado spawned by Elsa injured another 10 people at an RV park on a Navy base in southern Georgia.

The system killed three people in the Caribbean earlier this week.

According to the Associated Press, one person died in St. Lucia. In the Dominican Republic, a 15-year-old boy and a 75-year-old woman died Saturday in separate events after walls collapsed on them.




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A stray dog who relentlessly tried to run off with a purple unicorn plush toy from a North Carolina discount store is up for adoption.Duplin County Animal Services wrote in a Facebook post that 1-year-old Sisu was picked up on allegations of larceny and breaking-and-entering after he tried to swipe the toy multiple times from a local Dollar General.The department said Sisu had obviously set his eyes on the purple unicorn that had a red, sparkly horn and hooves.After multiple attempts to take the toy, animal control officers were called to the store to get the dog.The responding officer ended up purchasing the unicorn for Sisu, and made sure he had it nearby when he was taken to the shelter.A photo posted to the department's Facebook page shows Sisu peacefully resting his head on his new friend.Duplin County Animal Services is looking to find Sisu a forever home.While obviously determined, animal control officers describe Sisu as sassy with other dogs and very vocal. Sisu is also an obedient pup and “loves unicorns from Dollar General.”He weighs about 67 pounds. Anyone interested in adopting Sisu must fill out an adoption application and email it to dcanimals@duplincountync.com.Video shows dog stopping traffic in Ontario to get help for owner

A stray dog who relentlessly tried to run off with a purple unicorn plush toy from a North Carolina discount store is up for adoption.

Duplin County Animal Services wrote in a Facebook post that 1-year-old Sisu was picked up on allegations of larceny and breaking-and-entering after he tried to swipe the toy multiple times from a local Dollar General.

The department said Sisu had obviously set his eyes on the purple unicorn that had a red, sparkly horn and hooves.

After multiple attempts to take the toy, animal control officers were called to the store to get the dog.

The responding officer ended up purchasing the unicorn for Sisu, and made sure he had it nearby when he was taken to the shelter.

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A photo posted to the department's Facebook page shows Sisu peacefully resting his head on his new friend.

Duplin County Animal Services is looking to find Sisu a forever home.

While obviously determined, animal control officers describe Sisu as sassy with other dogs and very vocal.

Sisu is also an obedient pup and “loves unicorns from Dollar General.”

He weighs about 67 pounds. Anyone interested in adopting Sisu must fill out an adoption application and email it to dcanimals@duplincountync.com.

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When Jeff Benesch realized he likely didn't have much life left to live, he decided to make the most of it. Benesch has been in and out of a North Carolina hospital for the last few months with congestive heart failure. After he recently learned that he's not eligible for a heart transplant, Benesch chose to tie the knot with his soulmate. "They told us it could be days, it could be weeks, it could be months," Sarah Myler, Benesch's girlfriend of nine years, told WRAL. "It could be any time. They don't know."Myler and Benesch got married outside of Duke Hospital, thanks to hospital staff and family members. A hospital minister performed the ceremony, while nurses organized the event. "It was important for us to have the moment together," Myler said. "I wanted that as a memory. And he wanted that as a memory."Myler said nurses lined up chairs to make an aisle and decorated for the occasion the couple says they'll cherish forever. "It's what you do for the person you love," Myler said. "You're there for them. It's till death to us part. But it's beyond that. It's forever for us. Forever — however long we have. It's forever for us." Watch the video above to learn more about this story.

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When Jeff Benesch realized he likely didn't have much life left to live, he decided to make the most of it.

Benesch has been in and out of a North Carolina hospital for the last few months with congestive heart failure.

After he recently learned that he's not eligible for a heart transplant, Benesch chose to tie the knot with his soulmate.

"They told us it could be days, it could be weeks, it could be months," Sarah Myler, Benesch's girlfriend of nine years, told WRAL. "It could be any time. They don't know."

Myler and Benesch got married outside of Duke Hospital, thanks to hospital staff and family members. A hospital minister performed the ceremony, while nurses organized the event.

"It was important for us to have the moment together," Myler said. "I wanted that as a memory. And he wanted that as a memory."

Myler said nurses lined up chairs to make an aisle and decorated for the occasion the couple says they'll cherish forever.

"It's what you do for the person you love," Myler said. "You're there for them. It's till death to us part. But it's beyond that. It's forever for us. Forever — however long we have. It's forever for us."

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The body of a fourth tuber has been found in a North Carolina river following a deadly accident in which a family on a recreational float went over a dam, local officials said Sunday.The Rockingham County Sheriff’s Office confirmed in a news release that Isiah Crawford, 7, was the person who was found in the Dan River.Another tuber, Teresa Villano, 35, is still missing. The search for her continued on Sunday, including near the Virginia state line, officials said.Emergency Services Director Rodney Cates said officials knew it was likely the victims could surface overnight Sunday as a result of increased river flow with the release of water from Belews Lake.Emergency services officials said they continue to "stand firmly behind the decision made to suspend search efforts until we had new leads upon which to search." Two watercraft searched for Villano again Sunday morning with no results. Another search was conducted near the Virginia state line, which was also unsuccessful. Emergency Services Director, Rodney Cates said the agency's thoughts and prayers go out to the victims and families of the tragic incident. Cates thanked the first responders from multiple agencies who assisted with the search operation. He also thanked the community for their support during the operation. Authorities said nine people were floating on the water on the Dan River Wednesday evening when they went over the dam near the Duke Energy facility.But emergency officials said it wasn’t until around 3 p.m. Thursday that they received a 911 phone call from a Duke Energy employee. Emergency crews rescued four people out of the water Thursday who were taken to the hospital. Page said they had a floatation device with them when they were rescued from the water."I can't imagine going over the dam and I can't imagine being down there from dark on Wednesday, 8:30, nine at night, to yesterday at 3:30 or four o’clock in the afternoon. That's got to be tough. I can't imagine that," Page said.Emergency crews rescued 35-year-old Rueben Villano, 14-year-old Eric Villano, 18-year-old Irene Villano, and 14-year-old Karlos Villano who were clinging to the dam in the river authorities said. Later that night, the bodies of 27-year-old Bridish Crawford, 30-year-old Antonio Ramon and 14-year-old Sophie Wilson were recovered. The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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The body of a fourth tuber has been found in a North Carolina river following a deadly accident in which a family on a recreational float went over a dam, local officials said Sunday.

The Rockingham County Sheriff’s Office confirmed in a news release that Isiah Crawford, 7, was the person who was found in the Dan River.

Another tuber, Teresa Villano, 35, is still missing. The search for her continued on Sunday, including near the Virginia state line, officials said.

Emergency Services Director Rodney Cates said officials knew it was likely the victims could surface overnight Sunday as a result of increased river flow with the release of water from Belews Lake.

Emergency services officials said they continue to "stand firmly behind the decision made [Saturday] to suspend search efforts until we had new leads upon which to search."

Two watercraft searched for Villano again Sunday morning with no results. Another search was conducted near the Virginia state line, which was also unsuccessful.

Emergency Services Director, Rodney Cates said the agency's thoughts and prayers go out to the victims and families of the tragic incident.

Cates thanked the first responders from multiple agencies who assisted with the search operation. He also thanked the community for their support during the operation.

Authorities said nine people were floating on the water on the Dan River Wednesday evening when they went over the dam near the Duke Energy facility.

But emergency officials said it wasn’t until around 3 p.m. Thursday that they received a 911 phone call from a Duke Energy employee. Emergency crews rescued four people out of the water Thursday who were taken to the hospital. Page said they had a floatation device with them when they were rescued from the water.

"I can't imagine going over the dam and I can't imagine being down there from dark on Wednesday, 8:30, nine at night, to yesterday at 3:30 or four o’clock in the afternoon. That's got to be tough. I can't imagine that," Page said.

Emergency crews rescued 35-year-old Rueben Villano, 14-year-old Eric Villano, 18-year-old Irene Villano, and 14-year-old Karlos Villano who were clinging to the dam in the river authorities said. Later that night, the bodies of 27-year-old Bridish Crawford, 30-year-old Antonio Ramon and 14-year-old Sophie Wilson were recovered.

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]]> https://cincylink.com/2021/06/22/4-tubers-dead-in-rockingham-county/feed/ 0 North Carolina county votes to remove Coca-Cola machines from county buildings https://cincylink.com/2021/06/06/north-carolina-county-votes-to-remove-coca-cola-machines-from-county-buildings/ https://cincylink.com/2021/06/06/north-carolina-county-votes-to-remove-coca-cola-machines-from-county-buildings/#respond Sun, 06 Jun 2021 04:28:05 +0000 https://cincylink.com/?p=56471

Commissioners of a North Carolina county have voted to remove Coca-Cola machines from their office buildings in response to the company's criticism of Georgia's new voting law.

According to WXII-TV, commissioners of Surry County — a county located on the state's northern border — voted 3-2 to remove Coca-Cola machines from the buildings.

Coca-Cola has faced criticism among conservatives in recent months after the CEO James Quincey denounced a law that rolled back absentee voting, early voting hours and limited ballot drop boxes in the company's home state of Georgia.

Surry County Commissioner Eddie Harris, who supported the measure, said the commissioners were hoping to take a stand against "cancel culture" — the act of boycotting a company or person due to political leanings or past behavior.

"Yes, we are trying to cancel Coca-Cola to use their tactics against them," Harris told WRAL-TV.

Harris told WRAL that he accepts that President Joe Biden's win in the 2020 election was legitimate but said "millions of Americans" believe the last election was "not fair" and that more laws like Georgia's will make future elections more secure.

Trump administration cybersecurity officials said late last year that the 2020 election was the "most secure election in American history."

Harris also told WXII that the response to the boycott has been "mostly positive."

WXII also reported that the Coca-Cola machines have not yet been removed from the buildings. Coca-Cola Consolidated — a bottling company — has reached out to the commissioners to set up a meeting.




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A 12-year-old in North Carolina used the downtime he had during the pandemic to take on a few extra classes in school.Now, one year later, Mike Wimmer, of Salisbury, is getting ready to graduate high school and college — in the same week.Wimmer completed four years of high school and a two-year associate's degree all in one year. He will graduate from Rowan-Cabarrus Community College on May 21, and from Concord Academy High School on May 28, where he is valedictorian.But this wasn't always Wimmer's plan, he said.Related video: Parenting Tips to Encourage Your Child’s Optimum CapabilitiesThe student was taking dual enrollment classes and realized that at the pace he was going, he just needed a few more classes to get his associate's degree by his high school graduation.He said his GPA at Rowan-Cabarrus Community College is 4.0, while his high school GPA is 5.45.A love of roboticsDespite being several years younger than his classmates, Wimmer said he gets along well with them — and was even nominated to Homecoming Court last year.Wimmer, who has an interest in robotics, told CNN that he's "the math and science guy." He's always had an affinity for technology — he got his first iPad when he was 18 months old, and wondered how it worked.He learned almost all of his programming and robotic knowledge through trial and error and online videos, according to his website, Next Era Innovations.He also created his own startup, called Reflect Social, which "combines popular social media platforms with Internet of Things (IoT) devices, providing a new dynamic social experience," according to its website.Wimmer's goal for the startup is to simplify how smart home technology works, with the ultimate goal to help others."My entrepreneurial goal is to build technology that enables people to live better lives," he said.What the future holdsWimmer's parents said they are proud of the person their son has become."If one door's locked, he'll find out another way around to figure out how to accomplish his goals," his mother, Melissa Wimmer, told CNN.With graduation just a few weeks away, Wimmer said he's weighing many options for his next steps.Those options include job offers in and out of the United States, more school, or a fellowship that will allow him to grow his startup.But he said he wants people to know that he's still a kid — he makes time for normal kid activities, such as playing basketball and building legos."A lot of people think I've given up my childhood or somehow lost it," Wimmer said, "and I say to them that I'm having the time of my life."

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A 12-year-old in North Carolina used the downtime he had during the pandemic to take on a few extra classes in school.

Now, one year later, Mike Wimmer, of Salisbury, is getting ready to graduate high school and college — in the same week.

Wimmer completed four years of high school and a two-year associate's degree all in one year. He will graduate from Rowan-Cabarrus Community College on May 21, and from Concord Academy High School on May 28, where he is valedictorian.

But this wasn't always Wimmer's plan, he said.

Related video: Parenting Tips to Encourage Your Child’s Optimum Capabilities

The student was taking dual enrollment classes and realized that at the pace he was going, he just needed a few more classes to get his associate's degree by his high school graduation.

He said his GPA at Rowan-Cabarrus Community College is 4.0, while his high school GPA is 5.45.

A love of robotics

Despite being several years younger than his classmates, Wimmer said he gets along well with them — and was even nominated to Homecoming Court last year.

Wimmer, who has an interest in robotics, told CNN that he's "the math and science guy." He's always had an affinity for technology — he got his first iPad when he was 18 months old, and wondered how it worked.

He learned almost all of his programming and robotic knowledge through trial and error and online videos, according to his website, Next Era Innovations.

He also created his own startup, called Reflect Social, which "combines popular social media platforms with Internet of Things (IoT) devices, providing a new dynamic social experience," according to its website.

Wimmer's goal for the startup is to simplify how smart home technology works, with the ultimate goal to help others.

"My entrepreneurial goal is to build technology that enables people to live better lives," he said.

What the future holds

Wimmer's parents said they are proud of the person their son has become.

"If one door's locked, he'll find out another way around to figure out how to accomplish his goals," his mother, Melissa Wimmer, told CNN.

With graduation just a few weeks away, Wimmer said he's weighing many options for his next steps.

Those options include job offers in and out of the United States, more school, or a fellowship that will allow him to grow his startup.

But he said he wants people to know that he's still a kid — he makes time for normal kid activities, such as playing basketball and building legos.

"A lot of people think I've given up my childhood or somehow lost it," Wimmer said, "and I say to them that I'm having the time of my life."


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ELIZABETH CITY, N.C. — For nearly a dozen nights, Josh Grooten has taken to the streets of his hometown, Elizabeth City.

“Basically, I wanted to support my community,” Grooten said. “We're just out here making a stand. We just want the tape. That's what we want — we want the tape.”

Monday night, Grooten and others marched down Ehringhaus Street with police following closely, hours after Andrew Brown Jr.’s funeral.

Brown was shot and killed by a Pasoquotank County sheriff's deputy on April 21. His death added to the list of officer-involved deaths that have led to protests across the country, including several days of peaceful ones in Elizabeth City.

“It's crazy what's going on right now, and I love my daddy to death,” one of Brown’s sons said at his funeral Monday.

Brown's family and civil rights leaders, including Rev. Al Sharpton, joined the message protesters have voiced for nearly two weeks since Brown's death, calling for answers and the release of the body cam footage related to the shooting.

“This must stop,” Sharpton said. “I come in Jesus’s name to stand up for a Black man that might've had a record, but he had a right to live his life.”

Meanwhile, for Grooten, he said what drives him to keep protesting is to keep the pressure on.

“We want answers, and we're asking for answers, and we won't stop until we get answers,” he said.

Law enforcement did not respond when asked if any arrests were made during Monday night's demonstrations.

While video footage of the shooting has not been made public, the sheriff's department showed Brown's family and their lawyers a a 20-second portion of the video last week. Brown's claims the video showed an "execution."

An autopsy commissioned by Brown's family and their lawyers showed that he was shot five times during the incident — four times in his arm, and once in the back of the head.

Meanwhile, the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation (SBI) and FBI are both investigating the shooting, and Governor Roy Cooper has called for a special prosecutor to handle the case.

This story was originally published by Zak Dahlheimer on Scripps station WTKR in Norfolk, Virginia.




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ELIZABETH CITY, N.C. — Nearly three weeks after his death, Andrew Brown Jr.’s family and attorneys watched more body cam footage from the deadly deputy shooting of the 42-year-old Black man.

As they went inside the Public Safety Center, protesters and activists gathered outside, echoing calls for accountability, transparency and public release of the video.

“Transparency precedes trust,” said Rev. Dr. T. Anthony Spearman, President of the North Carolina NAACP. “These family members certainly deserve to be able to trust those who are sent to protect them.”

Peaceful protests continued Tuesday night after Brown's family and attorneys viewed more footage capturing the incident.

“He wasn’t in the wrong at all. What’s in the dark is going to come to light,” said Brown’s son, Khalil Ferebee.

“My father did not deserve to die at all,” said another one of Brown’s sons, Jha’rod Ferebee. “He did not deserve to get killed.”

Emotions were high after family and attorneys viewed the video.

“They [Brown’s sons] had to go through and endure something over the last two hours that not many of us can ever imagine,” Brown family attorney Bakari Sellers said. “For them, this is a pain that induces anger, outrage, disbelief, shock. This is pain for this community. This is pain for Black men and women all across the country.”

Attorneys, family members and protesters say they'll continue raising their voices peacefully.

“If you want peace, go out here and give us justice,” Sellers said.

Pasquotank County Sheriff Tommy Wooten II said in a video posted to Facebook Tuesday, "We showed all the footage authorized by the courts to the Brown family."

This story was originally published by Zak Dahlheimer at WTKR.




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