VOLUNTEERS TO WORK PULLING ON
ELECTION DAY.
THE LINEAL HAS THE STORY FROM
GREENSBORO.
BILL: YOU MAY HAVE SEEN -- BILL
O’NEIL HAS THE STORY FROM
GREENSBORO.
BILL YOU MAY HAVE SEEN THESE
VOLUNTEERS IN THE PAST.
THEY ARE NOW CALLED VOTE
PROTECTORS.
>> IT IS CALLING OUT WHAT WE ARE
DOING, PROTECTING VOTERS AND
PROTECTING THE BALLOT.
BILL: THE REBRANDING COMES WITH
WHAT THEY DESCRIBED AS A
DIFFICULT YEAR.
THE FIGHT FOR RACI EQUITY AND
THE PANDEMIC.
TELL ME WHAT IT IS YOUR
PROTECTING VOTERS FROM?
>> PROTECTORS WILL BE OUT THERE
MONITORING POLLING PLACES AND
MAKING SURE THAT THEY ARE OPEN
ON TIME, MAKING SURE THAT
CURBSIDE VOTING IS UP AND
RUNNING.
DOCUMENTING LINES AND
DOCUMENTING ANY ISSUES THAT,.
-- THAT COME UP.
BILL THEY RECEIVE HUNDREDS OF
COMPLAINS EVERY ELECTION WITH
VOTERS WONDERING WHY THEY ARE
NOT ON THE VOTER ROLLS.
IT HAPPENED AT ONE POLLING SITE
DURING THE PRIMARY THIS YEAR.
IN THE PAST, VOTER PROTECTORS
INTERACTED WITH VOTERS ONE ON
ONE.
THIS YEAR, THEY SAY IT WILL BE
DIFFERENT.
IS THERE A POTENTIAL PROBLEM BY
HAVING PEOPLE AT POLLING SITES
ENCOUNTERING VOTERS?
>> I HEAR WHAT YOU ARE SAYING
AND I THINK WE WILL BE
INSTRUCTING VOTE PROTECTORS TO
TAKE A STEP BACK THIS YEAR.
BILL: THEY HAVE THE OPTION TO BE
CONTACT FREE.
>> WE WILL NOT BE INSTRUCTING
FOLKS TO INVADE PEOPLE’S
PERSONAL SPACES.
THEY WILL HAVE THEIR OWN SPACE
AND INVITE PEOPLE IN BUT NOT
APPROACH.
BILL: VOTE PROTECTORS WILL BE ON
THE GROUND AT POLLING SITES FOR
THREE DAYS THIS YEAR.
THE FIRST AND LAST DAY OF EARLY
VOTING AS WELL AS ON ELECTION
DAY.
IN GREENSBORO, BILL O’NEIL, WXII
12 NEWS.
KENNY: IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO
VOLUNTEER TO BE A VOTE
PROTECTOR, GO TO DEMOCRACYNC.O
AND SIGN UP.
LAUREN I’M LAUREN WALSH, LIVE
AT THE WYNDHAM CHAMPIONSHIP
WHERE WEBB SIMPSON HAD A VERY
SOLID PERFORMANCE IN THE FIRST
ROUND.
HE SAYS THIS IS LIKE A HOME GOLF
COURSE FOR HIM AND IT SHOWED.
KENN PLUS, A WARNING ABOUT THE
PACKAGE YOU DIDN’T ORD OR
DON’T RECALL BUYING.
WEAR MASKS ARE COMING FROM AND
WHAT YOU SHOULD DO IF YOU GET
ONE OF THESE.
>> HIS LIFE WAS TAKEN AND HE
DIDN’T GET THE CHANCE TO LIVE.
BRIANA A GROUP CALLING FOR AN
END TO VIOLENCE IN THE TRIAD
HERE FROM TWO MOTHERS THAT LOST
THEIR SON WANTING PEOPLE TO P
THE GUNS DOWN.
>> STAY CONNECTED WITH
METEOROLOGIST MICHELLE KENNEY ON
HER FACEBOOK PAGE.
BRIANA: IT IS OFFICIALLY DAY ONE
OF THE WYNDHAM CHAMPIONSHIP AT
SAID FIELD COUNTRY CLUB.
LAUREN WALSH HAS A LOOK AT WHO
IS LEADING THE PACK EARLY ON.
LAUREN: EARLIER THIS WEEK, WE
HEARD WEBB SIMPSON TALK ABOUT
HOW MUCH HE LOVES THE COURSE
HERE AT SAID FIELD COUNTRY CLUB.
THE RALEIGH NATIVE BACK THAT UP
WITH AN IMPRESSIVE FIRST ROUND
THIS MORNING.
HE ALSO SHOT A DOUBLE BOGEY ON
13.
SIMPSON ENDED WITH A BIRDIE ON
THE 18TH HOLE.
>> AS A GOLF COURSE, YOU CAN
MAKE A LOT OF BIRDIES.
STAY PATIENT AND I KNEW I HAD 15
COMING OFF.
I WAS ABLE TO GET THOSE AND TURN
THEM ONE UNDER AFTER BEING TO
OVER.
LAUREN: WEB SHOT FOR UNDER PAR
TODAY AND WE DON’T WANT TO SAY
WHERE HE IS ON THE LEADERBOARD
BECAUSE IT IS A FLUID SITUATION
WITH GOLFERS FINISHING THEIR
FIRST ROUND.
BUT THERE IS A THREE WAY TIE FOR
FIRST TODAY BETWEEN HARRELL
VERNER, TOM SLOAN, AND TOM
HOAGIE.
THEY ARE ALL AT EIGHT UNDER PAR.
REPORTING LIVE FROM SAID FIELD
COUNTRY CLUB, I’M LAUREN WALSH,
WXII 12 NEWS.
KENNY: WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK
EVERYONE WHO DONATED TO OUR
VIRTUAL FOOD DRIVE WITH SECOND
HARVEST FOOD BANK.
BECAUSE OF YOU, WE WERE ABLE TO
COLLECT MORE THAN $51,000 IN
DONATIONS.
IT WILL PROVIDE 361,000 MEALS
FOR FAMILIES HERE IN THE TRIAD
AS THEY GET READY TO SEND THEIR
KIDS BACK TO SCHOOL.
WHILE THE FOOD DRIVE IS OVER THE
NEED IS STILL THERE.
YOU CAN FIND OUT WAYS TO DONATE
TO SECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK ON
OUR WEBSITE WXII12.COM SLASH
-- WXII12.COM/SECONDHARVEST.
BRIANA: TURNING TO THE FORECAST,
IT HAS BECOME ALL TOO FAMILIAR
THIS WEEK.
THE DAY STARTS OFF SUNSHINE,
BRIGHT, BEAUTIFUL, AND THE
AFTERNOON COMES WITH SERIOUS
STORM TO TALK ABOUT.
MICHELLE, WHO IS GETTING HIT
TODAY?
MARRYING THE LOVE OF HER LIFE AT
-- MICHELLE: A LOT OF FOLKS IN
THE WESTERN FOOTHILLS.
LOOK AT THIS BEEN IN THE
ATMOSPHERE.
WE HAVE LOTS OF SURFACE FEATURES
HERE.
WE ALSO HAVE A LOT OF
UPPER-LEVEL HELP AND A
STATIONARY FRONT TO THE NORTH.
THESE AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS,
THE HEAT OF THE DAY, AND GETTING
WAVES OF ENERGY AT THE SURFACE.
WE DO HAVE WARNINGS.
IT WILL INCLUDE A LITTLE BIT OF
SURREY COUNTY.
WATCH AS THEY STAY UP THROUGH
NOON TIME.
THE ADVISORIES ARE IN PLAY FOR
FOLKS DOWN THROUGH DAVIDSON
COUNTY GETTING HIT WITH HEAVY
DOWNPOURS AND SOUTHERN SECTIONS
OF YADKIN COUNTY WHERE THERE ARE
TWO TO THREE INCHES JUST WITHIN
THE LAST 48 HOURS.
SCATTERE STORMS, SOME SUNSHINE
TRYING TO PEEK THROUGH.
80 DEGREES BY NOON TIME AND
TAKING THE TEMPERATURES TO NEAR
84 AND LATER IN THE AFTERNOON,
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ABOUT
A 60% CHANCE.
AND A LITTLE SOONER.
NEAR 82 DEGREES LATE AFTERNO
AREAS OF PATCHY DENSE FOG WITH
IMPACT HOURS BEGINNING AFTER THE
9:00 HOUR WHERE WE SEE SOME OF
THE SOAKING SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSHOWERS FILLING IN IN THE
MID TO UPPER 70’S TOMORROW.
MORNING SHOWERS AND PATCHY,
DENSE FOG.
WE GET YOU THROUGH THE NOON HOUR
AND WE SEE THE AFTERNOON STORMS
BUILDING MAINLY WEST.
A LATE DAY STORMS WILL NOT GO
AWAY.
THE FRONT DOESN’T CLEAR US OUT
ANYTIME SOON.
UP OVER KENTUCKY, THIS IS
CREATING EVEN MORE SPIN.
WE ARE GETTING SOME GOOD LIFT
OUT THERE AND THE THUNDERSTORMS
ARE FIRING AS A RESULT.
IT DOES MEAN SOME HEAVIER RAIN.
SHOWERS ARE SPINNING UP OVER
BURLINGTON AND YANCEYVILLE.
SO WE HAVE SHOWERS AFTER
BURLINGTON.
-- OUT THROUGH BURLINGTON.
WE COULD SEE THE SOAKING RAINS
LIKE THROUGH FAIR GROVE.
THEY ARE NOT MOVING VERY FAST
AND IT HELPS CREATE THE FLASH
FLOOD CONCERNS AND FLOOD
ADVISORY’S IN GENERAL.
WE ARE LOOKING AT STREAMS AND
CREEKS.
MAKE SURE KIDS STAY OUT OF THE
STORM DRAINS LIKE THE BIG ONES.
YOU HAVE FOUR INCH TOTALS COMING
IN AND ROWAN COUNTY AND
SOUTHWEST DAVIDSON COUNTY.
HEAVIER TOTALS IN SOUTHERN
SECTIONS HERE AS WE GET YOU INTO
FORSYTH COUNTY NEAR DAVIDSON.
WATCHING MOSTLY FOR FOLKS IN
WILKES COUNTY OUT THROUGH BOONE,
WE HAVE FLASH FLOOD WARNING’S
LAST NIGHT.
ANOTHER ROUND HERE WITH SHOWERS
OUT OF DOBSON STARTING TO WIND
DOWN FOR NOW.
STORMS ARE STILL POSSIBLE ALONG
WITH PATCHY FOG THAT COULD FORM.
TAKE A LOOK AT THE MONTHLY
TOTALS SO FAR.
LEXINGTON OF COURSE MORE THAN
TWO INCHES TODAY AND THE STORM
CHANCES DON’T WIND DOWN UNTIL WE
HAD ABOUT MONDAY.
SCATTERED STORMS CHANCES WINDING
DOWN A BIT WITH A LITTLE BIT OF
SUNSHINE.
BRIANA: LET’S CHECK TRAFFIC NOW.
HERE’S I-40 AT ELM-EUGENE STREET
IN GREENSBORO.
CURRENTLY, THINGS LOOK GOOD.
GOOD NEWS, TRAFFIC IS LIGHT.
KENNY: WE HAVE QUITE THE LOVE
STORY FOR YOU NEXT.
THIS WOMAN MARRIED THE LOVE OF
HER LIFE AT HIS HOSPITAL BED.
HOW LONG HE HAS BEEN FIGHTING
FOR HIS OWN LIFE.
BRIANA: PUTTING STUDENTS TO THE
TEST TO SEE IF THEY KNOW HOW TO
SOCIAL DISTANCE.
JEFF ROSSEN HAS KIDS OF ALL AGES
SHOW US IF THEY KNOW HOW FAR
AWAY TO STAND.
WE’LL SHOW YOU WHO PASSES AND
WHO FAIL
KENNY: A CRITICALLY ILL COVID
PATIENT, CARLOS MUNOZ WAS
GETTING READY TO GET MARRIED TO
HIS LONGTIME GIRLFRIEND GRACE,
BUT THEN HE CAME DOWN WITH
CORONAVIRUS AND HAD TO BE
HOSPITALIZED.
IT HAS BEEN MORE THAN A MONTH
AND HE IS STILL THERE.
CARLOS POSNER’S CAME UP WITH THE
IDEA FOR CARLOS SET A GRACE TO
SAY THEIR VOWS IN THE HOUSE
TOTAL.
THEY DID SO YESTERDAY.
CONGRATULATIONS.
BRIANA: WE’VE WARNED YOU ABOUT
SUSPICIOUS SEED PACKETS NOW
PEOPLE ARE REPORTING THEY’RE
BEING MAILED MASKS THEY DIDN’T
ORDER.
ACROSS THE COUNTRY, PEOPLE ARE
GETTING A PACKAGE WITH TWO FACE
MASKS AND NO NOTE.
RECIPIENT SAY THE LABEL LOOK
LIKE IT CAME FROM SHANGHAI,
CHINA.
IT COULD BE AN INSTANCE OF A
COMPANY SENDING YOU AN ITEM AND
PUTTING UP A FAKE REVIEW KNOWN
AS "RUSHING."
IF THIS HAPPENS TO YOU, CONTACT
THE BETTER BUSINESS BUREAU.
>> I KNOW IT WON’T STOP IT.
HOPEFULLY IT WILL SLOW IT DOWN
FOR US TO TAKE OUR COMMUNITIES
BACK.
KENNY: A HEARTBROKEN MOTHER WHO
LOST HER SON AND IS ASKING FOR
OTHERS TO DO WHATEVER THEY CAN
TO END GUN VIOLENCE.
WE WILL EXPLORE EFFORTS SHE AND
OTHER PARENTS ARE LEADING THIS
WEEKEND.
MICHELLE: WE’RE TALKING ABOUT
THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
MOVING SLOWLY OVER AREAS OF
UPTOWN LEXINGTON BACK INTO MOCK
WILL.
-- MOCKSVILLE.
FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS ARE UP FOR
FOLKS IN WILKES RIGHT NOW.
KENNY: THE PRESIDENT IS HOLDING
A NEWS CONFERENCE.
WE HAVE A LOT OF LOCAL STORMS TO
GET TO AND ACTIVE STORM SO IF
YOU PREFER TO WATCH THE
PRESIDENT, YOU CAN DO SO ON THE
FACEBOOK PAGE.
A NEW DAY AND ANOTHER CHANCE FOR
HEAVY RAIN SHOWERS AND STORMS
ARE POPPING UP AGAIN OVER THE
PIEDMONT TRIAD.
BRIANA: THIS COULD LEAD TO FLASH
FLOODING FOR SOME PEOPLE.
WHERE ARE THE SHOWERS AT NOW?
MICHELLE: SHOWERS AND STORMS
CONTINUE TO FIRE IN THE
MOUNTAINS AND THE WESTERN
FOOTHILLS WHERE WE HAVE THIS
SURFACE EXTENDED.
LOTS OF LIGHTNING AND YOU SEE
THE VISIBLE IMAGERY.
FOR SOUTH INTO WILKES COUNTY AND
WATAUGA COUNTY, THIS IS WHERE WE
HAVE THE FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS.
THIS WILL BE UP UNTIL 10:00 --
10:15 IN WILKES COUNTY.
ESTIMATES ANYWHERE FROM ONE INCH
TO TWO INCHES.
COMBINE THAT WITH THE LAST 48
HOURS AND YOU HAVE THREE INCH TO
FOUR INCH TOTALS IN SOME SPOTS.
AT THE STORMS THAT CONTINUE TO
FIRE AND BEGINNING TO FORM
OVERHEAD IN GREENSBORO OUT OVER
TO NORTHERN RANDOLPH COUNTY.
SOME OF THESE STORMS MOVE TO THE
EAST AND SOUTHEAST VERY SLOWLY.
THEY’RE CREEPING ALONG THREE TO
FIVE MILES AN HOUR.
IT WILL DROP IN SOME VERY HEAVY
RAIN AND THIS WILL CREATE THE
RISES AND THE CREAMS AND STREAKS
-- STREAMS AND CREEKS.
WE WILL SEE THIS ONE PARTICULAR
THUNDERSTORM WITH THE HEAVIEST
RAIN ON THE WAY TO YOU WITHIN
THE NEXT MINUTE.
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
CONTINUE TO RISE TO ABOUT 40,000
FEET.
YOU SEE THE SOAKING RAIN WITHIN
THESE.
THE DOWNDRAFTS CAN BE GUSTY AT
TIMES AND YOU GET OFF THE ROADS.
WE DO EXPECT TO SEE MORE
AFTERNOON AND EVENING
DEVELOPMENT SIMILAR TO WHAT WE
HAVE TODAY.
SHOWERS FILLING IN OVER THE
WESTERN FOOTHILLS AND SEE THE
WESTERN STORMS TONIGHT.
THEY SHOULD HOLD TOGETHER IN
MOVE SLOWLY, BRINGING IN THE
THREAT OF SOME FLASH FLOODING
FOR SOME.
THE FLASH FLOOD WATCHES WILL
REMAIN IN THE FOOTHILLS THROUGH
NOON TOMORROW.
MORE STORMS HEADING INTO THE
WEEKEND.
IT IS COMING UP.
BRIANA: POLICE ARE TRYING TO
FIND THE PERSON THAT SHOT A
NINE-YEAR-OLD IN THE NECK.
A CHILD AND AN ADULT WERE TRYING
TO LEAVE THE SCENE OF AN
ARGUMENT AT FOREST HILLS AVENUE.
THE TRIAD FAMILY IS ALSO DEALING
WITH THE DEATH OF A 15-YEAR-OLD
SHOT AND KILLED ON CLEVELAND
AVENUE YESTERDAY AFTERNOON.
POLICE ARE STILL SEARCHING FOR
SHOOTERS AND BOTH OF THESE
INSTANCES.
BEFORE THESE SHOOTINGS EVEN
HAPPENED, PARENTS HAD ORGANIZED
A PROCESSION OF HEARSES FOR A
RALLY THIS WEEKEND.
IT IS AN EFFORT TO CURB VIOLENCE
AND SAVE CHILDREN, FATHERS,
MOTHERS THE PAIN OF LOSING LOVED
ONES.
TONIGHT, WXII’S TALITHA VICKERS
SPOKE EXCLUSIVELY TO TWO MOTHERS
WITH DEEP ROOTED PAIN WHO SAY
THEY NEED YOUR HELP TO SAVE YOUR
CHILDREN.
REPORTER: TWO MOTHER’S OF SONS.
>> WE ARE LOSING CHILDREN, OUR
CHILDREN ARE DYING AT THE HANDS
OF SOMEBODY ELSE.
>> TO LOSE A CHILD IS
DEVASTATING.
VERY DEVASTATING.
REPORTER: IT IS AN UNCONSOLABLE
GRIEF.
CRYSTAL THOMPSON’S SON,
CHRISTOPHER THOMPSON, WAS
MURDERED RIGHT IN FRONT OF HER
HOME IN 2014.
THE CASE REMAINS UNSOLVED.
>> HE WAS MY BABY.
I MISS HIM.
THERE’S NOT A DAY THAT GOES BY
THAT I DON’T.
REPORTER: THREE YEARS LATER
NATOSHIA MILES’ SON, KIMEKO
JAMES, WAS SHOT ON THE CAMPUS OF
AND SEE ANTISTATE -- IN SEE
ANTISTATE -- NC A&T STATE
UNIVERSITY.
>> THE TRAUMA THAT MY SON
SUFFERED WHEN HE WAS SHOT IT
DISFIGURED HIM FROM THE NECK
DOWN.
I DID NOT KNOW THE MAN THAT WAS
LAYING THERE.
PART OF ME IS GOOD WITH THAT.
BECAUSE THAT’S NOT HOW I WANTED
TO REMEMBER MY SON.
BUT WHAT I WANT THE COMMUNITY TO
KNOW IS THAT I HAD THE
OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT HIS FEET
AND THAT’S HOW I IDENTIFIED HIM
.
BY HIS TOES.
SO PEOPLE DON’T UNDERSTAND THAT
WHEN THEY CHOOSE TO PICK UP A
GUN, THEY ARE AFFECTING FAMILIES
FOREVER.
I WILL NEVER BE THE SAME.
I KNOW MY FAMILY WON’T EVER BE
THE SAME.
MY SON WAS A STAPLE IN MY
FAMILY.
HE WAS A TRUE STAPLE IN MY
FAMILY.
REPORTER: AND NOW YET AGAIN MORE
FAMILIES ARE SUFFERING.
TORN APART BY RECENT GUN
VIOLENCE.
>> OVER THE LAST 5 YEARS THERE
HAS BEEN APPROXIMATELY OVER 100.
-- 100 BLACK AND HISPANIC MEN
AND CHILDREN, THE YOUNGEST I AM
AWARE OF IS A FIVE-YEAR-OLD
CHILD WHO WAS SITTING IN THE
LIVING ROOM OF THEIR HOME.
KILLED BY SOMEONE WHO DECIDED TO
SHOOT A GUN, BE RECKLESS AND
CARELESS, AND ULTIMATELY NO
REGARD FOR HUMAN LIFE.
REPORTER: IN SUPPORT OF THESE
FAMILIES AND AN EFFORT TO STOP
THE VIOLENCE, THIS SUNDAY, MORE
THAN A DOZEN HEARSE WILL DRIVE
THROUGH WINSTON SALEM AS A
SYMBOLIC MESSAGE TO PUT DOWN THE
GUNS BEFORE IT’S TOO LATE.
>> IF WE CAN SAVE JUST ONE, IT
MEANS A LOT TO ME.
I KNOW THIS WON’T BRING MY SON
BACK, BUT IF I CAN SPEAK ON
BEHALF OF SOME OF THE OTHER
MOTHERS THAT HAVE GONE THROUGH
AND I PRAY TO GOD THAT NONE OF
THE OTHERS HAVE TO GO THROUGH IT
-- IF THIS CAN BE THEIR REALITY
, AND SEEING IT FIRSTHAND I
KNOW IT WON’T STOP IT, BUT
HOPEFULLY IT WILL SLOW IT DOWN
FOR US TO TAKE OUR COMMUNITIES
BACK.
>> OUR LOCAL FAMILIES DON’T HAVE
JUSTICE.
SOME OF OUR FAMILIES DON’T HAVE
JUSTICE.
AND THERE ARE PEOPLE OUT THERE
WHO KNOW WHO KILLED THESE
CHILDREN AND THEY WON’T SPEAK
OU
AS A COMMUNITY, WE HAVE TO COME
TOGETHER TO BE ABOUT CHANGE.
AND I SAY LET CHANGE BEGIN ON
SUNDAY.
REPORTER: TALITHA VICKERS, WXII
12 NEWS.
BRIANA: AGAIN A PROCESSION OF
HEARSES AND STOP THE VILENCE
RALLY IS SUNDAY STARTING AT 4:00
P.M.
FROM BOWMAN GRAY STADIUM’S EAST
IT WILL GO -- IT WILL GO FROM
BOWMAN GRAY STADIUM’S EAST
PARKING LOT.
THE RALLY WILL BE HELD AT RUPERT
BELL PARK AT 1501 MT. ZION
PLACE.
FAMILIES ARE ASKING FOR YOUR
SUPPORT.
THEY ASK YOU TO WEAR A MASK IF
YOU PLAN TO ATTEND.
CHECKING TRAFFIC RIGHT NOW, A
LIVE LOOK AT SALEM PARKWAY AND
SOUTH HAWTHORNE ROAD AND PETERS
CREEK ROCKWAY IN WINSTON-SALEM.
-- PARKWAY IN WINSTON-SALEM.
NO HEAVY DELAYS TO REPORT.
KENNY: A POWERFUL SHOWERHEAD
THAT COULD IMPACT YOUR MORNING
OR EVENING ROUTINES.
BRIANA: PLUS, A CHALLENGE.
CAN YOU ESTIMATE HOW FAR SIX
FEET IS?
JEFF ROSSEN BREAKS OUT THE
MEASURING TAPE TO FIND OUT.
KENNY: AND A LOOK AT HOW STOCKS
FINISHED THIS THURSDAY ON WALL
STREET.
BRIANA: THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION
IS PROPOSING A NEW RULE TO LET
YOUR SHOWER FIXTURE PUT OUT MORE
WATER.
THE U.S. GOVERNMENT IS PROPOSING
TO EASE WATER EFFICIENCY
STANDARDS.
        HE PRESIDENT RECENTLY
COMPLAINED ABOUT WATER FLOW
PROBLEMS WHILE AT A WHIRLPOOL
MANUFACTURING PLANT IN OHIO.
UNDER FEDERAL LAW, THE FIXTURE
CANNOT PUT MORE THAN TWO AND A
HALF GALLONS OF WATER OUT PER
MINUTE NO MATER HOW MANY
SHOWERHEADS YOU HAVE.
THE NEW PROPOSAL WOULD LET EACH
ONE SPRAY THAT AMOUNT
INDIVIDUALLY.
SOME CONSUMER AND APPLIANCE
STANDARDS GROUPS SAY THAT WOULD
BE UNNECESSARY AND WASTEFUL.
KENNY: HANK WILLIAMS JUNIOR IS
SET TO BE INDUCTED INTO THE
COUNTRY MUSIC HALL OF FAME THIS
YEAR.
HIS MANY HITS INCLUDE FAMILY
TRADITION AND ALL MY ROWDY
FRIENDS ARE COMING OVER TONIGHT.
AND HE’S RELEASED 53 FULL STUDIO
ALBUMS.
WILLIAMS’ FATHER WAS IN THE VERY
FIRST COUNTRY MUSIC HALL OF
FAME CLASS IN 1961.
THE COUNTRY MUSIC ASSOCIATION
OPTED NOT TO HOLD THE
TRADITIONAL CEREMONIAL
ANNOUNCEMENT AT THE HALL OF FAME
AND MUSEUM IN NASHVILLE BECAUSE
OF THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC.
THE INDUCTION CEREMONY IS
TRADITIONALLY HELD AT THE HALL
OF FAME IN OCTOBER.
THE OTHER TWO HONOREES OF THE
THREE-MEMBER CLASS OF 2020 ARE
MARTY STUART AND SONGWRITER DEAN
DILLON.
JEFF: COMING UP, WE HAVE BEEN
HEARING IT FOR MONTHS.
BE SIX FEET AWAY FROM EVERYONE.
BUT DO YOU ACTUALLY KNOW WHAT
SIX FEET LOOKS LIKE?
WE WILL TEST YOU.
WAIT TILL YOU SEE THE RESULTS.
MICHELLE: WE ARE GETTING REPORTS
FROM WILKES COUNTY THAT SOME
PARTS OF DOWNTOWN WILKESBORO IN
2ND STREET ARE CLOSE TO DO RAIN
AND FLASH FLOODING CONCERNS.
WE HAVE FLOOD CONCERNS AND A
LOOK AT SUNNIER TIMES, COMING
UP.
BRIANA: TONIGHT ON ROSSEN
REPORTS.
A NEW, EYE-OPENING EXPERIMENT.
WE’VE HEARD THE ADVICE FOR
MONTHS, STAY 6 FEET APART.
BUT DO YOU KNOW HOW FAR SIX FEET
REALLY IS?
BETTER YET, DO YOUR KIDS KNOW AS
THEY HEAD BACK TO SCHOOL?
OUR CHIEF NATIONAL CONSUMER
CORRESPONDENT JEFF ROSSEN IS
PULLING OUT THE TAPE MEASURE FOR
THIS ONE.
JEFF: BELIEVE IT OR NOT KNOWING
, HOW TO EYEBALL SIX FEET IS
ACTUALLY HARDER THAN IT SOUNDS,
ESPECIALLY FOR KIDS.
THINK ABOUT IT.
EVERYTHING FROM THEIR
PERSPECTIVE IS DIFFERENT.
THEY ARE ALL THE WAY DOWN HERE.
I ASKED MY KIDS THE OTHER DAY IF
THEY COULD SHOW ME WHAT SIX FEET
LOOKS LIKE.
IT WASN’T PRETTY.
THEY WERE WAY OFF.
AND THAT GOT ME THINKING THEY
KINDA NEED TO KNOW THAT,
ESPECIALLY IF THEY GO BACK TO
SCHOOL.
MIGHT BE MORE IMPORTANT NOW MORE
THAN EVER.
SO I’M USING MY TRUSTY TAPE
MEASURE TO SEE IF KIDS CAN
MEASURE UP.
CHECK THIS OUT.
WE ARE TESTING KIDS OF ALL AGES.
AND IT STARTS OUT WELL.
I’M GOING TO ASK YOU TO PULL
THAT TAPE MEASURE OUT FROM YOUR
MOM AND PULL OUT WHAT YOU THINK
6 FEET IS.
WE WATCH AS 11-YEAR-OLD ADRIANNE
TAKES A STEP BACK, AND BACK, AND
BACK.
YOU THINK THAT’S 6 FEET?
MOM, VERDICT?
>> 6’5".
JEFF: WOW.
YOU KNOW WHAT, STAY 6’5" AWAY.
THAT’S GOOD.
GOOD DAY FOR THE 11-YEAR-OLDS.
KATELYN DOES WELL TOO.
5 FEET, 9 INCHES.
PRETTY GOOD.
NICE JOB.
HER 8-YEAR-OLD BROTHER ZACH
DIDN’T DO SO BAD EITHER.
5 FEET, 10 INCHES.
BUT YOU’RE RIGHT THERE MAN.
BUT THINGS ARE GOING DOWNHILL.
THIS 9-YEAR-OLD TRYING TO COUNT
HIS STEPS BACKWARDS.
BUT 4 FEET, 4 INCHES.
KID AFTER KID JUST CAN’T GET IT.
WE HAVE HIGH HOPES FOR THIS
TEENAGER WHO SAYS SHE CAN DO IT.
MOM, FLIP IT OVER, WHAT’S THE
VERDICT?
>> 4 FEET, 8 INCHES.
>> DANIKA.
JEFF: LET’S SHOW YOU WHAT 6:00
-- WHAT SIX FEET ACTUALLY IS.
KEEP WALKING.
STOP.
WHAT DO YOU THINK?
>> IT’S A PRETTY BIG DISTANCE.
JEFF: MORE THAN YOU THOGHT,
HUH?
>> KIDS DON’T REALLY KNOW WHAT 6
FEET, SOCIALLY DISTANCING IS.
MAYBE WE NEED TO PRACTICE IT
MORE AT HOME.
JEFF: BUT IT’S OUR YOUNGEST BY
THE MOST.
YOU THINK THAT’S SIX FEET?
LET’S TURN THAT OVER.
TWO FEET SOMETHING.
TURN IT OVER MOM.
JUST OVER THREE FEET.
WAY OFF.
LET’S SHOW YOU WHAT 6 FEET IS.
COME ON.
KEEP WALKING AND STOP.
SO WHAT DOES THIS TELL YOU?
>> FOR LITTLE ONES IT MIGHT BE A
LITTLE HARD TO GAUGE THAT
DISTANCE.
JEFF: THEY NEED STICKERS ON THE
FLOOR.
BECAUSE WHEN YOU’RE A LITTLE
KID, EVERYTHING IS BIGGER.
THIS FEELS LIKE 6 FEET.
A GREAT TEACHING MOMENT FOR THE
KIDS AND US PARENTS.
AND WE HAD SOME LAUGHS.
FURTHER THAN YOU THOUGHT.
>> YEAH, BUT HOW MUCH DID MY
SISTER GET?
[LAUGHTER]
JEFF: GOOD TO SEE SOME THINGS
NEVER CHANGE.
BY THE WAY, WE SANITIZED THE
TAPE MEASURE BEFORE AND AFTER
EACH CHILD.
THIS IS A GREAT EXPERIMENT TO DO
AT HOME WITH YOUR KIDS.
IN FACT, IF YOU RECORDED, WE
WOULD LOVE TO SEE IT.
USE THE HASHTAG, #ROSSENREPORTS
AND POST YOUR VIDEO TO FACEBOOK,
INSTAGRAM, AND TWITTER.
LET’S SEE HOW THEY DO.
HOPE IT HELPS.
BACK TO YOU.
MICHELLE: -- KENNY: THANK YOU,
JEFF.
I KNOW THIS IS MORE THAN SIX
FEET AND I KNOW YOU’RE SICK OF
TELLING US ABOUT STORM CHANCES,
BUT HERE WE ARE.
MICHELLE: I WOULD LOVE TO TELL
YOU ABOUT SUNSHINE, BUT IT
DOESN’T HAPPEN FREQUENTLY OVER
THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.
INTO THE WEEKEND, IT WILL BE
IFFY.
WE HAVE STORMS THAT BEGIN TO
FIRE UP EACH AFTERNOON.
THIS IS WHAT WE HAVE SEEN TODAY.
A NEARLY STATIONARY STORM SYSTEM
DEVELOPS TO THE AFTERNOON HOURS
AS THE STORM DON’T HAVE A LOT OF
LOCALIZED WIND TO HELP MOVE IT
AROUND AND THERE IS NO SURFACE
FRONT COMING THROUGH.
THAT IS WHERE THE STORMS
CONVERGE WITH THE MOISTURE
COMING IN FROM THE BEACHES AND
THE MOISTURE THAT WE ALSO HAVE A
LOFT.
WE’RE LOOKING AT STATESVILLE,
MOCKSVILLE, LEXINGTON WITH HEAVY
THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY.
YOU HAVE HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND
FLASH FLOOD ACTIVITIES.
AND WE HAVE 2ND STREET BLOCKED
OFF FOR DANGEROUS FLOWING WATER
NEAR THE INTERSECTION WITH
HIGHWAY 115 AND NORTH
WILKESBORO.
IF YOU’RE WONDERING WHAT MIGHT
BE CAUSING DELAYS, THE RAIN AND
WATER ON THE ROADWAYS.
WE HAVE THE WARNING UNTIL 8:45
A.M. AND IT EXTENDS FURTHER
SOUTH INTO THE COUNTY.
WE HAVE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING THAT HAS POPPED UP JUST
OVER AREAS SOUTHWEST OF
INTERSTATE 77.
YOU’RE LOOKING AT SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS IN LEXINGTON.
THE THREAT OF SOME DAMAGING WIND
IS POSSIBLE WITH THUNDERSTORMS.
YOU’RE LOOKING AT FREQUENT
LIGHTNING AND REIGNS WITH FLASH
FLOODING.
RAIN CONTINUES TO BE THE MAIN
THREAT.
THEY ARE STARTING TO MOVE A
LITTLE BIT MORE TO THE EAST.
THIS IS FROM YADKIN COUNTY.
WE HAVE SEEN ALMOST TWO INCHES
OF RAIN IN THE LAST 12 HOURS.
ALSO FOR FOLKS AT AN EASTERN
SECTIONS OF WILKES, THAT
ADVISORY CONTINUES EVEN THOUGH
YOU MAY NOT BE IN THE FLASH
FLOOD WARNING IN THE NORTHERN
SECTIONS.
WE ARE WATCHING FOR THAT THREAT.
THE WATCH EXTENDS THROUGH NOON
TOMORROW.
IF ONE IN ASHEBORO, 86 IN
BURLINGTON.
A MOSTLY DRY DAY FROM GREENSBORO
THROUGH WINSTON-SALEM.
A LOT OF SUNSHINE PEEKING
THROUGH THE CLOUDS.
OVERCAST SKIES WILL BE WITH US
TOMORROW MORNING.
NOTICE A LITTLE BIT MORE
SUNSHINE.
WEST OF THE FOOTHILLS FROM THE
TRIAD, IT BUILDS INTO 5:00 OR
6:00.
THE HOUR-BY-HOUR FORECAST NOT
TYPICALLY HANDLING THE SYSTEM
WELL.
WE WILL GET YOU TO THE LATE DAY
HOURS.
IT WILL CONTINUE FROM FRIDAY
NIGHT TO SATURDAY MORNING.
SOME ROUNDS OF STORMS AND
RAINFALL TOTALS ARE FORECAST
ANYWHERE FROM A QUARTER OF AN
INCH WHERE YOU GET THE OUTSPREAD
OF THAT THUNDERSTORM BRINGING IN
SOME SPRINKLES TO SOME AREAS
GETTING TWO INCHES TO THREE
INCHES.
IN A BETTER AVERAGE GETTING INTO
NEXT WEEK.
IF YOU HAVEN’T SEEN THE STORMS
YET, IT WE SEE THEM IN THE NEXT
FEW DAYS.
WE SHOULD LIMIT THE HIGHS,
KEEPING ACIDITY FOR THE TRIAD.
THE STORM CHANCES ARE MORE
NUMEROUS LATE DAY UNLESS WE GET
THE HEAT GOING, AND THE SURFACE
FEATURE IS HANGING WITH US OVER
THE NEXT FEW DAYS.
THE SEVEN-DAY FORECAST SHOWS THE
STORMS IMPACTED FRIDAY,
SATURDAY, AND SUNDAY FOR BETTER
RAIN CHANCES.
A LITTLE SUNSHINE.
TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY, WE MAY
FINALLY BREAK THIS PATTERN DOWN
INTO NEXT WEEKEND.
BRIANA: COMING UP, A YOUNG BOY
IS KEEPING BUSY THIS SUMMER AND
LEARNING LIFE SKILLS.
KENNY: BACK WITH ONE MORE CHECK
OF TRAFFIC AT U.S. 29 AND COHEN
BOULEVARD IN GREENSBORO.
ALL DRY AND NO MAJOR TRAFFIC.
BRIANA: A SOUTH CAROLINA BOY IS
SPENDING THIS SUMMER BRINGING
SMILES TO FAMILIES, FRIENDS, AND
NEIGHBORS.
HE’S TURNING INTO QUITE THE
SALESMAN.
JOE RIPLEY INTRODUCES US TO
CALEB HIBBS.
REPORTER: THEY COME DOWN THE
SIDEWALK FROM EVERY DIRECTION.
ON SKATES, EVEN ON PAWS.
ALL FOR THE BOY WHO ADOPTED RED
RAIDER PRIDE.
JUST TEN YEARS AGO, CALEB HIBBS’
PARENTS ADOPTED HIM.
>> CALEB WAS OUR FOSTER SON.
WE GOT HIM WHEN HE WAS TWO WEEKS
OLD.
HE WAS BORN ADDICTED TO OPIATES
AND HE WAS IN THE ICU.
REPORTER: LATER DIAGNOSED WITH
CEREBRAL PALSY AND CABEZAS
SYNDROME, A RARE GENETIC
DISORDER THAT CAUSES
INTELLECTUAL AND SPEECH
DISABILITIES.
NOTHING CALEB COULDN’T OVERCOME.
WHEN SCHOOL SHUT DOWN IN THE
SPRING, HIS MOM, AMY, CRAFTED
CALEB’S CORNER.
REPORTER: HE HAS A WAY OF
UNITING PEOPLE.
HE DOESN’T KNOW A STRANGER.
ALL OF OUR NEIGHBORS KNOW HIM
BECAUSE HE DOESN’T GIVE THEM A
CHOICE.
REPORTER: A WAY TO SELL SNACKS,
AND EVEN A FEED A FEW, WITH A
SMILE, TO BUILD CRITICAL SOCIAL
SKILLS.
>> BE ABLE TO DO SOMETHING THAT
CAN GIVE HIM PURPOSE, THAT HE
CAN HAVE OWNERSHIP OF.
IT’S EVEN MORE PRONOUNCED THAT
WE’RE OVERCOMING EVEN BEING IN A
PANDEMIC.
BUT CALEB, I JUST FEEL LIKE IF
WE DON’T GIVE THESE CHILDREN
THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRACTICE,
THEY’LL NEVER BE ABLE TO LEARN.
REPORTER: HE’S LEARNED PLENTY,
WITH NEIGHBORS, TEACHERS, AND
FRIENDS TO CHEER HIM ON.
>> WE HAVEN’T SEEN A LOT OF
THOSE SMILES LATELY, JUST
BECAUSE SHE LOVES HER FAMILY,
BUT SHE LOVES HER FRIENDS AS
WELL.
REPORTER: ALLISON HUFFSTUTLER’S
DAUGHTER HALEY HAS RETT
SYNDROME.
THE SEVERE FORM OF AUTISM KEPT
HER IN THERAPY THIS SUMMER.
HALEY GOT TO MAKE THE LAST DAY
OF CALEB’S CORNER BEFORE SCHOOL
STARTS.
>> WITHIN THE DISABILITY
COMMUNITY, IT REQUIRES A VILLAGE
TO RAISE THESE CHILDREN.
THAT JUST MEANS SUPPORTING EACH
OTHER THROUGH THINGS LIKE THIS,
GOING TO EVENTS OR HELPING TO
FUNDRAISE FOR CURES FOR OUR
CHILDREN.
REPORTER: SUPPORT FROM MILES
AROUND FOR THE BOY WITH SPECIAL
NEEDS WHO FOUND SPECIAL PURPOSE
IN A PANDEMIC.
JOE RIPLEY, WY FF NEWS FOUR,
SIMPSONVILLE.
>> WXII 12 NEWS AT 6:00.
KENNY: SENDING KIDS BACK TO
DAYCARE.
PROTOCOLS AND SAFETY MEASURES
ARE IN PLACE.
BUT IS IT ENOUGH TO KEEP YOUR
CHILD SAFE?
PLUS --
>> IT GOES TO SHOW THESE PEOPLE
BEHIND THE GUNS CARE ABOUT
NOTHING IN LIFE BUT WHAT’S IN
FRONT OF THEIR EYES AND WHAT
THEY ARE CHASING.
>> CHILDREN ARE SOME OF THE MOST
RECENT VICTIM OF GUN VIOLENCE IN
WINSTON-SALEM.
WHAT INVESTIGATORS ARE SAYING
ABOUT THE SEARCH FOR SUSPECT AND
A MOM WHO LOST HER SON THREE
YEARS AGO, WHAT THEY WANT ALL OF
US TO UNDERSTAND.
KENNY: AND TAKING MATTERS INTO
THEIR OWN HANDS.
TAKE A LOOK AT THIS VIDEO INTO
THE NEWSROOM FROM NORTH-
WILKESBORO.M FROM NORTH-
IS ANY OF THAT COMING DOWN TO
THE I-40 PROPER TRIAD AREA?
MICHELLE: THERE IS A CHANCE THAT
WE SEE PONDING ON THE ROADWAYS.
WE DO HAVE THAT CAR OUT THERE
STRANDED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE
WATER.
HOPEFULLY PEOPLE WERE ABLE TO
GET OUT BEFORE.
YOU WANT TO STAY OFF THE ROADS
EVEN IF YOU DON’T HAVE WARNINGS.
TREMENDOUS DOWNPOURS AND
FREQUENT LIGHTNING.
YOU DON’T WANT TO DODGE THE
STORMS.
WE HAVE THAT REPORT ON 2ND
STREET BEING BLOCKED OFF FROM
AL THAT DANGEROUS FLOWING
WATER.
INCREDIBLE VIDEO COMING INTO THE
NEWSROOM.
WE HAVE A NEW THUNDERSTORM
WARNING SOUTH OF THE VIEWING
AREA.
AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING.
WE ALSO HAVE THE LIGHTNINGS
COMING THROUGH LEXINGTON AND
MOCKSVILLE.
WE HAVE HAD SEVERAL DAYS OF
HEAVY DOWNPOURS OFF AND ON.
LOOKING AT THE HEAVY RAINS, WE
SEE RAINFALL TOTALS.
AND YESTERDAY, WE HAD SOME OF
THE SAME TOTALS.
AND WHEN WE MAY ACTUALLY SEE
MORE SUNSHINE.
KENNY: DON’T FORGET, THE WXII 12
NEWS MOBILE APP WILL SEND YOU
ALERTS.
YOU CAN CUSTOMIZE THE LOCATION
AND SETTINGS.
TALITHA: THE COUNTDOWN IS ON AND
PARENTS ARE JUGGLING A LOT RIGHT
NOW.
SCHOOL STARTS MONDAY TRYING TO
FIGURE OUT HOW TO BALANCE JOBS
AND REMOTE LEARNING.
THERE IS ALSO CONCERNED ABOUT
DAYCARE AND IF IT IS SAFE TO
SEND KIDS BACK.
BILL O’NEIL SPOKE TO A CHILDCARE
EXPERT FROM THE YMCA AS WELL AS
STATE HEALTH OFFICIALS ABOUT
DAYCARE PROTOCOLS.
BILL: EXPERT SEE THE PROTOCOLS
ARE IN PLACE TO KEEP KIDS SAFE,
BUT THERE ARE NO GUARANTEES.
IT IS UP TO FAMILIES, PARENTS TO
DECIDE FOR THEMSELVES IF THIS IS
A SAFE OPTION FOR THEIR
CHILDREN.
>> IT REALLY DEPENDS ON THE
FAMILIES NEEDS AND COMFORT
LEVEL.
IN LEVEL OF RISK WITHIN THEIR
OWN FAMILY THAT THEY HAVE.
BILL: SUSAN PERRY, A 25-YEAR
VETERAN OF EARLY CHILD CARE
DEVELOPMENT SAYS NORTH CAROLINA
HAS PROTOCOLS IN PLACE, AND
INSPECTORS VISITING CHILDCARE
CENTERS MAKING SURE THOSE
PROTOCOLS ARE FOLLOWED.
BUT IS IT ENOUGH?
>> THERE IS SOME IS GO IS
ASSOCIATED WITH BEING IN GROUP
SETTINGS.
YOU WANT TO TRY TO MITIGATE THAT
RISK.
WE KNOW THERE IS A TREMENDOUS
AMOUNT OF EMERGING EVIDENCE THAT
THE EFFECTIVENESS OF WEARING THE
FACE COVERINGS -- WE DO KNOW THE
PREVALENCE OF COVID-19 AND
YOUNGER CHILDREN AND HOW SICK
THEY GET IS MUCH LESS THEN IN
OLDER CHILDREN AND ADULTS.
BUT THAT’S NOT TO SAY THEY DON’T
EVER GET SICK.
BILL: THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
AND HUMAN SERVICES HAVE MADE IT
CLEAR THAT LOTS OF RACES ARE NOT
A GOOD IDEA TO GO TO RIGHT NOW
AREA AND I’M WONDERING, ARE
CHILDCARE FACILITIES A GOOD IDEA
AT THIS POINT IN TIME TO GO TO?
>> THAT IS A REALLY GREAT
QUESTION.
WE ALL RECOGNIZE RIGHT NOW THERE
IS NOT A VACCINE FOR COVID-19.
SO ALL THE THINGS WE ARE DOING
TO TAKE GOOD PRECAUTIONS ARE
REALLY ABOUT MITIGATING RISK.
BILL: A SPOKESMAN FOR THE YMCA
OF GREENS BORROW -- OF
GREENSBORO SAYS THERE -- THEY’RE
DOING EVERYTHING POSSIBLE TO
MITIGATE RISKS.
EBONY BURNETT, FAMILY SERVICES
DIRECTOR AT THE HAYES TAYLOR
YMCA, SAYS THEIR SUMMER PROGRAM
DIDN’T HAVE ANY PROBLEMS WITH
COVID.
IS THERE SOMETHING YOU CAN TELL
ME AS A PARENT OR GRANDPARENT
THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I
SHOULD BE WILLING TO TRY?
BECAUSE THERE’S NOTHING MORE
IMPORTANT IN MY LIFE.
>> WE HAVE A LOT OF SAFETY
PROTOCOLS IN PLACE FOR OUR
CHILDREN AND FAMILIES.
BILL: THOSE PROTOCOLS INCLUDE
WEARING MASKS, HAND WASHING,
TEMPERATURE CHECKS, AND LIMITING
GROUPS TO NO MORE THAN 10-KIDS
IN THE EVENT SOMEONE GETS SICK
IT DOESN’T SPREAD THOUGHOUT THE
PROGRAM.
IT’S NOT GOING TO TAKE MUCH TO
THROW THIS OFF THE RAILS, IS IT?
>> IT WON’T.
BUT WE HAVE A LOT OF PROTOCOLS
IN PLACE.
BILL: DO YOU FEEL CONFIDENT YOU
CAN KEEP THE KIDS SAFE?
>> VERY MUCH SO.
BILL: A SPOKESMAN FOR THE STATE
HEALTH DEPARTMENT SAYS A RECENT
SURVEY FINDS LICENSED CHILD CARE
CENTERS ACROSS NC HAVE 30,000
OPEN SPOTS FOR SCHOOL AGE
CHILDREN.
IN GREENSBORO, I’M BILL O’NEIL,
WXII 12 NEWS.
TALITHA: IF YOU NEED A LICENSED
CHILDCARE FACILITY, THIS IS THE
NUMBER FOR THE STATE HOTLINE TO
CALL.
ONE-888-600-1685.
KENNY: AS STUDENTS AND PARENTS
GET READY FOR REMOTE LEARNING,
SOME FAMILIES ARE NOW TASKED
WITH DECIDING WHERE THEIR CHILD
WILL GO WHEN GUILFORD COUNTY
SCHOOLS RETURN TO IN-PERSON
INSTRUCTION.
RIGHT NOW, THE PLAN IS FOR
STUDENTS TO RETURN TO THE
CLASSROOM IN NINE WEEKS.
BUT THAT’S NOT AN OPTION FOR
MIDDLE COLLEGE AT BENNETT,
BECAUSE BENNETT COLLEGE IS
ONLINE ONLY FOR THIS SEMESTER.
JUNIORS AND SENIORS AT THE
MIDDLE COLLEGE WILL ATTEND CLASS
AT NORTH CAROLINA A&T WHEN THEY
RETURN TO THE CLASSROOM.
FRESHMEN AND SOPHOMORES WERE
GIVEN THREE OPTIONS OF WHERE TO
ATTEND, AND THEY HAVE TO RANK
THEIR PREFERENCES BY MONDAY.
THE SCHOOL DISTRICT SAYS MIDDLE
THESE CHANGES ARE ONLY
TEMPORARY.
THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL FOR MOST
STUDENTS IN THE PIEDMONT-TRIAD
IS MONDAY.
ALL STUDENTS WILL BE DOING SOME
FORM OF ONLINE LEARNING AT LEAST
ONE DAY A WEEK.
MOST DISTRICTS WILL DO REMOTE
LEARNING FOR THE FIRST COUPLE OF
MONTHS.
TALITHA: TWO CHILDREN ARE SOME
OF THE MOST RECENT VICTIMS OF
GUN VIOLENCE IN WINSTON-SALEM.
SOMEONE SHOT AND KILLED A
15-YEAR-OLD YESTERDAY.
AND A 9-YEAR-OLD INJURED IN A
SEPARATE SHOOTING, IS STILL IN
THE HOSPITAL TONIGHT.
JUSTIN SHRAIR SPOKE TO AN
INVESTIGATOR ABOUT THE SEARCH
FOR SUSPECTS.
JUSTIN: DETECTIVES SAY THEY
BELIEVE THEY’VE GOT LEADS AND
ARE CLOSING IN ON SUSPECTS IN
BOTH CASES.
TWO DIFFERENT SHOOTINGS LEAVE A
15-YEAR-OLD DEAD AND A
9-YEAR-OLD IN THE HOSPITAL A“
-- HOSPITAL, ALL WITHIN FIVE
MILES OF EACH OTHER.
>> THAT JUST GOES TOSHOW THAT
THE PEOPLE BEHIND THE GUNS CARE
ABOUT NOTHING IN LIFE BUT WHAT’S
IN FRONT OF THEIR EYES AND WHAT
THEY ARE CHASING.
JUSTIN: ON WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON,
WINSTON-SALEM POLICE SAY THEY
WERE CALLED TO THE 2500 BLOCK OF
NORTH CLEVELAND AVENUE AND FOUND
15-YEAR-OLD DACARIUS DION
WILLIAMS, WHO WAS SHOT.
HE LATER DIED.
ANNETTE GROOMS SAYS SHE AND HER
DAUGHTER WERE ONE OF THE FIRST
PEOPLE ON THE SCENE.
>> THAT’S ALL I CAN SEE IS THIS
BABY, THAT IT COULD’VE BEEN ONE
OF MY GRANDCHILDREN, AND I THANK
GOD THAT IT WASN’T.
JUSTIN: THEN ABOUT 8 HOURS
LATER, NEAR THE AREA OF NORTH
POINT BOULEVARD AND NORTHCLIFFE
DRIVE, A NINE-YEAR-OLD CHILD WAS
HIT BY GUNFIRE, WHEN THE VEHICLE
THE CHILD WAS IN WAS SHOT AT.
POLICE SAY THE SHOOTERS ONLY
CARE ABOUT THEMSELVES.
THEY DON’T UNDERSTAND THE END
RESULT OF THESE CONSEQUENCES AND
ITS GOING TO BE HARD ON THEM
WHEN WE FIND THEM.
THE JUSTICE SYSTEM IS NOT GOING
TO GIVE THEM A BREAK, THESE
VIOLENT OFFENDERS.
JUSTIN: AND WHILE POLICE SAY
THEY HAVE SOLID LEADS IN BOTH
CASES, THEY ARE STILL LOOKING
FOR MORE WITNESSES AND ARE
ASKING FOLKS IN THE COMMUNITY TO
CONTINUE TO GET INVOLVED.
>> MOMS, DADS, AUNTS, UNCLES,
COUSINS, GET IN THESE KIDS LIVES
AND TELL THEM THE IMPORTANCE OF
HOW GOOD THEIR LIFE’S GONNA BE
MOVING FORWARD.
JUSTIN: THE 15-YEAR-OLD WHO WAS
KILLED IS THE 19TH HOMICIDE IN
THE CITY.
ON SUNDAY, COMMUNITY MEMBERS
WILL LEAD A PROCESSION OF EMPTY
HEARSES AND HAVE A RALLY IN AN
EFFORT TO STOP THE VIOLENCE.
IN WINSTON-SALEM TONIGHT JUSTIN
, SHRAIR, WXII 12 NEWS.
TALITHA: LOCAL MOTHERS WHOSE
SONS WERE MURDERED WILL BE AT
SUNDAY’S EVENT.
NATOSHIA MILES IS PART OF
MOTHERS AGAINST VIOLENCE.
HER SON KIMEKO JAMES WAS SHOT AT
NCA&T STATE UNIVERSITY IN 2017.
MILES SAYS TOO MANY FAMILIES ARE
BEING TORN APART BECAUSE OF THE
VIOLENCE.
AND SHE WANTS TO PROTECT YOUR
CHILDREN.
>> PEOPLE DON’T UNDERSTAND THAT
WHEN THEY CHOOSE TO PICK UP A
GUN, THEY ARE AFFECTING FAMILIES
FOREVER.
I WILL NEVER BE THE SAME.
AND I KNOW MY FAMILY WON’T EVER
BE THE SAME.
TALITHA: SUNDAY’S PROCESSION
BEGINS AT 4 IN WINSTON-SALEM.
PARTICIPANTS WILL BEGIN LINING
UP AT 3:30 IN THE BOWMAN GRAY
STADIUM EAST LOT.
THE EVENT WILL END WITH A RALLY
AT RUPERT BELL PARK.
I SPOKE TO ANOTHER MOTHER WHO IS
STILL WAITING FOR HER SON’S
MURDER TO BE SOLVED.
YOU CAN SEE MY FULL REPORT WITH
THE RAW EMOTION AND THE MESSAGE
OF THESE TWO MOTHERS THAT SAY
THEY WANT TO SAVE YOUR CHILD
FROM BEING KILLED.
YOU CAN SEE THAT FULL REPORT ON
WXII12.COM.
KENNY: A MEMBER OF THE STOKES
COUNTY BOARD OF ELECTIONS IS
ACCUSED OF SEXUALLY ASSAULTING A
CHILD.
STATE AGENTS ARRESTED HAROLD
MABE YESTERDAY.
HE’S CHARGED WITH 12 COUNTIS OF
-- COUNTS OF STATUTORY SEXUAL
OFFENSE INVOLVING A CHILD.
THE DIRECTOR OF THE BOE SAYS
THEY ARE GATHERING INFORMATION
AND REVIEWING THE CIRCUMSTANCES.
LEADERS IN LEXINGTON ARE TAKING
LEGAL ACTION TO MOVE A
CONFEDERATE MONUMENT.
THE CITY ATTORNEY PLANS TO FILE
A COMPLAINT IN COURT TOMORROW.
