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2+ hour, 29+ min ago (295+ words) Guilford County Emergency Services is coordinating with local partners and the National Weather Service to prepare for possible hazardous weather conditions. Guilford County Emergency Services is actively preparing for potential wintry and hazardous conditions by coordinating with local partners and the National Weather Service. Scott Muthersbaugh, the public information officer with Guilford County Emergency Services, emphasized the importance of consistent communication with the National Weather Service to ensure everyone is on the same page. "We never know what the weather is going to do, but we've got a lot of eyes on it," said Muthersbaugh. "We're kind of getting everybody on the same sheet of music, we're in consistent communication with the National Weather Service, really just kind of making sure that everyone is on the same page." Muthersbaugh said they are in talks with their local partners to be…...

4+ hour, 1+ min ago (76+ words) The Brass Band of the Western Reserve will present a free concert at First Presbyterian Church in Salem at 7 p.m. on Saturday. This concert will feature holiday music, and is open to the general public. For information, contact the church office at 330-337-9555. Formed in 1997, the Brass Band of the Western Reserve is [] Brass Band of the Western Reserve at First Presbyterian Church in Salem Salem schools food drives...

4+ hour, 4+ min ago (303+ words) SALEM " The city council Tuesday voted to move forward with a proposed intergovernmental agreement with Perry Township outlining the terms of future annexations. The city council voted unanimously to approve a resolution permitting a joint session of the council and the Perry Township trustees preceded by a public hearing to review and possibly accept the embattled intergovernmental agreement to be scheduled. While the resolution authorizes the meeting, the date still needs to be determined with the Perry Township trustees. Once a date is selected, it will need to be advertised both in print and online for 30 days prior to the meeting. City Council President Evan Newman asked if the proposed income tax revenue split between the township and city " which would see the city retain 70% of the income tax revenue generated by properties annexed under the agreement while the township…...

4+ hour, 7+ min ago (291+ words) Three police officers are injured after in a shooting and a suspect is dead after an incident at a gas station in Omaha, Nebraska, on Wednesday afternoon, officials said. The incident occurred at a QuikTrip around 2:25 p.m. Omaha police said the officers were taken to a local hospital with non-life threatening injuries. Omaha police chief Todd Schmaderer said officers obtained a license plate of the suspect in a shooting at a grocery store earlier Wednesday. Detectives tracked the vehicle to the QuikTrip and the suspect allegedly came out of the bathroom and started shooting, Schmaderer said. According to Omaha police, officers tried to get him out of the bathroom, and that was when the gunfire broke out. One officer was injured during this initial shooting. There was a civilian in the bathroom at the time, and officers were able to get…...

4+ hour, 18+ min ago (471+ words) The Trump administration is threatening to withhold SNAP management money from most Democrat-led states, but experts say that won't directly impact benefits. The U.S. Department of Agriculture is threatening to withhold SNAP management money from Democrat-led states that have refused to turn over personal data on recipients. Experts say the feud won't directly impact the amount of food aid that Americans receive, but it could cause other disruptions. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said Tuesday that the Trump administration needs information on SNAP recipients to crack down on fraud. "As of next week, we have begun and will begin to stop moving federal funds into those states until they comply, and they tell us and allow us to partner with them to root out this fraud to protect the American taxpayer," Rollins said at a cabinet meeting. Twenty-two other states previously sued…...

5+ hour, 24+ min ago (75+ words) Police in Greensboro are investigating after a deadly early-morning shooting. Officers said they responded to the 1000 block of West Barton Street, near West Wendover Avenue, around 3:45 a.m. on Wednesday. One person, identified as Tayvione Adams, was found unresponsive in a vehicle. Officials said he had been shot at least once. Despite life-saving measures, Adams died at the scene. This is a developing story. Please check back for more information....

5+ hour, 30+ min ago (327+ words) A heartfelt wave of generosity and toys is filling emergency vehicles. Winston-Salem police and fire departments are teaming up, and their goal is simple: Fill this patrol car and a firetruck to the brim. They're hoping to gather enough toys and essential items to bring a little extra holiday joy to children and families who need it most. "I donated two toys for boys and two toys for girls," Dustin Cassidy, a donor, said. "I had one that was like a little pony and had some trucks." For many parents like Cassidy, giving a little means making sure no child feels forgotten this time of year. "I try to do it every year because there's children out here that don't get anything, and they need-- they feel unloved when they don't get anything," Cassidy said. "So it's very important for…...

5+ hour, 44+ min ago (1086+ words) High school basketball basketball fans in Northwest Arkansas will have a double serving on the menu this week. The third version of Hoopin on the Hill will be held at Fayetteville's Bulldog Arena and will offer some of the top boys basketball teams from multiple states. What was previously called the Great Eight Classic has been expanded and renamed the F1rstNB Women's Basketball Classic. It offers a huge helping of girls basketball offerings in Rogers. Both events begin on Thursday and runs through Saturday. The defending Great Eight champion Greene County Tech has returned to take on the expanded field. The Lady Eagles (5-0) finished as the state runner-up in Class 5A a year ago, and Coach Jason Smith credits his team's visit to Northwest Arkansas as a reason they went on to great success. "We won the Great Eight and then came…...

6+ hour, 39+ min ago (226+ words) WASHINGTON " Check your tickets: could you be a winner in Wednesday's $775 million Powerball drawing? While nobody took home the jackpot, there were some big winners, including two $1 million winners in California and Florida and a $2 million ticket sold in Kentucky with the Power Play add-on." The jackpot rises to $820 million for Saturday's drawing." The prize has grown to become the second-largest Powerball jackpot this year, though the prize pales in comparison to September's historic drawing, when two tickets sold in Missouri and Texas split a $1.8 billion jackpot " the second-largest U.S. lottery prize ever won. The jackpot was last won Sept. 6, when two Missouri and Texas winners overcame odds of 1 in 292.2 million. The largest Powerball jackpot remains $2.04 billion, won in California in November 2022. This year has seen three major Powerball wins: the record $1.787 billion September prize, a $526.5 million jackpot claimed in California…...

6+ hour, 42+ min ago (277+ words) A man who was accused of jumping the fence at Travis Kelce's Leawood, Kansas, home earlier this year has received probation, court records show. Justin Lee Fisher was ordered to a 12-month diversion program in connection with the incident. Fisher was arrested and charged with criminal trespass in September for allegedly jumping a fence to get onto Kelce's property. Fisher described the incident differently in an application for diversion, which allows people to avoid a conviction by completing court-ordered community service, treatment, etc. In a court document, he said he was trying to serve a subpoena for his job as a process server and walked through a gate as it opened to try to speak to a security guard. "I was never told to leave or even spoken to. Police arrived and arrested me," Fisher wrote in his application. Fisher…...