Name: Wake Forest company helps save town's last grocery store
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Description: A company in Wake Forest has donated a generator to the store, making sure it never loses power. This little country store is the only grocery store in the town of Rich Square.

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A company in Wake Forest has donated a generator to the store, making sure it never loses power. This little country store is the only grocery store in the town of Rich Square.

<p>THE &gt;&gt;&gt; THE TINY TOWN OF SQUARE WITH JUST ONE SMALL GROCERY STORE. A LIFELINE AT A SOURCE OF COMFORT DURING THE PANDEMIC. LAST MONTH WAS FACE OF THE CRISIS. HOW A COMPANY WILL HELP WHEN THE RAIN COMES. &gt;&gt; Reporter: A BEAUTIFUL DAY AT THE RICH SQUARE MARKET. THE RAIN POURS OUT BACK WITH THE MONEY-LOSING AND THE CHICKENS ARE DRENCHED. WITH BARBECUE SAUCE BECAUSE NO MATTER THE WEATHER THIS STORE OWNER WILL MAKE SURE HIS PEOPLE ARE WELL FED. THE STORM IN APRIL GAVE HIM HEARTBURN. &gt;&gt; IT WAS SERIOUS. &gt;&gt; ALREADY LOSING SLEEP IS OF THE CORONAVIRUS, COULD YOU KEEP SHELVES STOCKED? IN THE MIDDLE OF IT ALL, THE STORE POWER WENT OUT BECAUSE EIGHT HOURS. &gt;&gt; I LOST MY INVENTORY. I HAD TO DUMP HIS. &gt;&gt; Reporter: THE TURKEY NEXT, PORKCHOPS. &gt;&gt; THE COMMUNITY WOULD HAVE BEEN AT LEAST THREE OR 405 WEEKS. &gt;&gt; THAT DID NOT HAPPEN. &gt;&gt; NOT THIS TIME. IT HAPPENED BEFORE WITH OTHER STORMS. &gt;&gt; IT IS HARD-WORKING. HEARTBREAKING. &gt;&gt; THIS IS A NEW DAY. &gt;&gt; I DON'T HAVE A WORRY. I MIGHT GET SOME SLEEP. &gt;&gt; IT BRINGS US TO THE CHICKEN AND RIBS ON THE GRILL. THEY FEED MEN IN MUDDY BOOTS WHO MADE A BIG DELIVERY TO THE GROCERY WITH A GENERATOR DONATED BY POWER SECURE OF WAKE FOREST. &gt;&gt; I DO NOT KNOW HOW TO EXPRESS HOW THANKFUL I AM. &gt;&gt; Reporter: THE CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER CAME ACROSS A RECENT STORY ABOUT THE RICH SQUARE MARKET IN THE WALL STREET JOURNAL HE WAS TROUBLED TO READ ABOUT THE TROUBLE HOURS. &gt;&gt; TRYING TO SUPPORT THE COMMUNITY, KEEPING HIM SAID, YOU KNOW WHAT? THIS IS WHAT WE DO, WE WILL FIX THIS. WE HAVE. &gt;&gt; Reporter: WHEN MR. TO LIKE SAYS NEVER COULD HE AFFORD THIS ON HIS OWN. &gt;&gt; I DO NOT HAVE TO CALL ANYBODY. I DON'T HAVE TO DO ANYTHING. YOU KNOW? 10 SECONDS. WE ARE ON. HOW AMAZING IS THAT? &gt;&gt; Reporter: POWER SECURE ALSO INSTALLED L.E.D. LIGHTS THROUGHOUT THE STORE WHICH ARE EXPECTED TO BE POWER COSTS IN HALF. IN THE RAIN MR. TIMBERLAKE HAS SHIRTS FOR THE WORKERS, WE'RE IN THIS TOGETHER. THEN HE DOES WHAT HE DOES BEST, FEEDS THE. &gt;&gt; THIS COMMUNITY NOW IS NOT GOING TO BE THE SAY. &gt;&gt; Reporter: WHEN LET THE RAIN COME, IT'S A BEAUTIFUL DAY AT THE RICH SQUARE MARKET. &gt;&gt; THE VIRUS BROUGHT UP SUCH GOODNESS IN PEOPLE. &gt;&gt;&gt; WORKER SPENT THE LAST TWO WEEKS INSTALLING GENERATORS AND WIRING, THE COMPANY MONITORS THE GENERATOR TO DETERMINE WHAT</p>

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Meteorologist Elizabeth Gardner. Remember how breezy it was yesterday, we're going to see the same thing again as we get through the afternoon notice once we get to say noon or so, our winds are as steady out of the southwest at about 10 to 15 and we'll be gusting 20 to 25 MPH. It's going to be perfect for spending your lunch hour outside today. Temperatures are going to be nice and warm. We'll see 81 degrees right around noon and then a high of 88 this afternoon when we hit that 88 in the triangle area, going to end up tying the record 81 for tomorrow. Tomorrow. We're going to start off in the morning with some showers. The window of opportunity for that is going to be between nine and noon and the afternoon looks dried and we should see sunshine returning. So if you have outdoor plans on Saturday, I feel like the afternoon is going to be just fine. Sunday also looks beautiful. We see mostly sunny to partly cloudy skies with a high of 83 degrees. There's that 88 for today, it will tie the previous record set back 1929. And then for Fayetteville looking at 88 degrees, 87 was the previous record. So we're probably going to end up breaking that record. We take a look at the next system that's headed our way. This is going to bring us some showers on Saturday morning. Lots of thunderstorms with this especially closer to the low pressure system. We've seen some severe thunderstorm warnings and watches close to that low. And as it travels eastward toward the Mississippi Valley, there's a chance of a tornado there, but we don't have a risk for severe storms here with the system. This is a look at Saturday morning and we'll get it partly cloudy skies to begin with. We'll start to see some showers, maybe some embedded thunderstorms as well. Around nine AM in our western town, say Roxboro Durham, southern Pines, it'll slip through the triangle area and all the way to the I 95 corridor, Rocky Mount Roads, Gold Clinton by 11 o'clock and then it moves on out pretty. So the afternoon looks like it will be dry and you can see the increasing sunshine as we see skies clearing. So it doesn't look like Saturday will be a wash out by any means. We have three days in a row of highs in the eighties. Today will be the warmest at 88 but low eighties again on Saturday and Sunday, we have a chance of some showers on Monday right now, Tuesday is trending a little drier and we're fairly dry into the middle of next week. But it will be cooler temperatures in the mid sixties to near 70.

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Good evening, Darren Vot. Here it's time for tonight's drawings for Thursday, March the 23rd, 2023. Let's get started with Carolina pick three where the first winning number is nine. The second is four and the third is one and our pick three. Fireball tonight is six. Joining me for tonight's drawing is our auditor from Thomas and Gibbs. We move right along to Carolina pick four. The first pick four number is three. The second is seven. The third is eight and the fourth is six and our pick four. Fireball number is four turning now to the Carolina cash five. If no one wins the top prize tonight, tomorrow's top prize is estimated at $222,000. Good luck. Here's the first cash five number. It's 30. The second is three, the 3rd 13. There's the fourth, it's 18 and the 5th and final number. Tonight is 15. Over the past 16 years, the lottery has contributed over $9 billion Education lottery.

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Disclaimer: Language. Listen at your own risk. City council members in explosive argument after Monique Holsey-Hyman was accused of offering her support to a developer in exchange for campaign donations.

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Daytime Pick 3 and Pick 4 drawings are held at 3 p.m. daily. They can be seen as live or on-demand video.

Good afternoon. I'm Darren. It's time for today's drawings for Thursday, March the 23rd, 2023. Let's get rolling with Carolina pick three where the first winning number is two. The second is one and the third is zero and our pick three fireball number today is four. Joining me for this afternoon's drawing is our auditor from Thomas and Gibbs. We move along to Carolina pick four. The first pick four number is seven. The second is eight. There, it is the third is two and the fourth is three and our pick four. Fireball number is zero over the past 16 years. The lottery has contributed over $9 billion to education. So, thanks for your support and for playing the North Carolina education lottery.

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On Thursday, State Auditor Beth Wood appeared in court for a hit-and-run crash case.

When I have it in the queue. I'm also looking at the charging document. Ok. Um Your own m wood was charged with Misan hit and run and unsafe movement. Um State has taken a dismissal of the unsafe movement. Mr Smith, how did your client plead to misdemeanor hit and run property damage? She pleads guilty to that charge? Thank you, Mr. Smith does the state have facts from the state's attorney investigating officer or others? The investigating officer is here your honor. I'll be providing the factual basis. Law enforcement responded to calls of an accident on December eight at approximately 9 21 PM at the scene. They located lack where the Camry display a North Carolina license plate number six with the engine running and keys still in it. Camry had overridden up onto the hood of another parked vehicle along the side of Salisbury street. The car that was hit was a white Camry that had been parked. Officers attempted to speak to individuals in the area who were patrons of some of the local bars but were not able at that time to readily identify anyone who had been involved in the accident. The owner of the White Camry returned to her vehicle. And that's the point in time when she realized that her car had been hit, officers subsequently were able to locate video from a number of local businesses in the area and other sources and were able to identify the defendant, MS Wood as the driver of the vehicle. Since that time, additional video which was not previously provided to law enforcement was released by a public citizen and that has now led to further investigation, additional charges in the past week of two other individuals involved in this accident, Miss Wood has already made payments to the state of North Carolina from her personal accounts in excess of over $11,000 to pay for the damage to her own or to the state vehicle as well as to the state for paying for the victim's car that was hit. The victim will receive back the money that he paid out or she paid out as her deductible. If this matter was to have gone to trial on it, that would have been a little bit. Thank you. Thank you. Anything from defense on the facts to the facts whatsoever. All right. Did the investigating officer want to be heard in addition to the facts stated by the state's attorney? All right. Thank you. Was there anybody here in our audience to uh, the victim of the offense or any other person who needed to be heard? We have been in contact with the white and they are satisfied with the result. All right. Thank you. On a factual basis provided in pursuant of defendants pleaded guilty to the hit and run leaving the scene causing property damage. I find the defendant guilty of the, I believe it's a class one misdemeanor. Is that correct, Mr Freeman? Class one misdemeanor hit and run leaving the scene causing property damage. Do we know what record level the defendant is for purposes of misdemeanor sentencing? Record level one? We certainly stipulated that I understand anything concerning her driving record in recent years, I need to consider no, your honor. I have her lifetime driving record that I will touch on if given the opportunity to just say a few words on her behalf. We'll do that in a moment. I'm gonna ask both council now if there's any sort of agreement or arrangement or plea arrangement regarding terms of judgment. At this point, the state is satisfied from the injury of his plea of guilty and payment of over $11,000 in this matter. All right. So we'll hear from the defense concerned in terms of judgment and otherwise your honor. Thank you very much. Um And, and after I'm done, if it's ok with the court, that MS Wood would also like to make a statement to the court. Very good, your honor. I, I didn't know Beth before this incident on December the eighth, but since that time, over the past few months, of course, of the representation. I've certainly gotten to know her very well. Um What really has impressed me about her is how she's utterly devoted to her job as state auditor and serving the people of North Carolina. She's the first person that arrives at that office. She's the last person to leave. She truly loves her job as state auditor That impressed me about her. What also impressed me about her is how terrible, how bad she feels about the decision she made on December eight. It truly is out of character for her. She's embarrassed. She's Shane And she feels like she let down the people of North Carolina that she's proudly served since 2009. Of course, today, she's accepted responsibility all along today. She's formally doing that here in front of you, your honor. She's accepting full responsibility for that bad decision on December eight. She has no criminal record whatsoever. Her last traffic violation was in 2012. That was an improper equipment violation. As M Freeman pointed out she has made full restitution out of pocket her personal funds $7707 to the Department of Administration for damages to the state vehicle that she was, She's paid out of pocket $4,108 also to North Carolina Department of Administration. But that was for the damage to the other vehicle, the private vehicle that she had. And, you know, your honor. For my part as a criminal defense attorney, I don't sue people. I don't handle divorces. I represent people when they've made a bad mistake. And I certainly believe in what I do and I believe that everybody can make a mistake and everybody makes mistakes and I believe they deserve a second chance and that's what I wanna say on her behalf. And if it's ok, if she can say something to the court too, yes, we'll hear from Miss Wood your honor. I want to speak to you and the people of North Carolina to who I, I take full responsibility for my actions on December eight, I will repeat that I take full responsibility for my actions. No excuses. I made a great mistake leaving the scene of my accident that night after I had attended a Christmas party in downtown Raleigh, I should have stayed on the scene. I should call law enforcement. I should have let the system play out. I was not impaired But given the positioning of the two cars and the fact that I had had two glasses of wine at this event, I made an error in judgment in the moment. And if I made the right decision, we would not have been here. We would not be here today while I've already paid out of the pocket for the damages to the state car. I was driving and to the other car. I regret that two young men have also been charged in this case. The truth is I am a public servant elected by the people of North Carolina. I am human. I am not perfect. I apologize to the people in North Carolina who have trusted me. I'm so very sorry to have let them down. I have done my best to serve them well, for now, I'll accept whatever your honor hands down. I will hold my head up and God willing continue to serve the people of this great state. Thank you. Anything further from the state. Thank you. All right. Well, thank you. Uh Yes, you made a big mistake. We all do make mistakes. Um, and it's important that we pay for our mistakes and remedy our mistakes. And I believe you've done that here with the full restitution for the state damages to the state vehicle and the damages to the other vehicle. Um, I don't see a need for a judgment other than court cost and a fine. It is a serious class one misdemeanor. Uh, but you, uh, you know, you, you have enough punishment as it is, uh, in the sense of, uh, certainly the publicity. This was a glaring incident of poor judgment. Um, And, uh, I think it's important to recognize that you don't have a criminal record. Your last traffic violation was in 2012 And you have made full restitution. As I mentioned, uh, you stand convicted of a serious class one misdemeanor and that'll be on your record. You now have a criminal record. So I don't feel there's a need to impose more than cost of court and fine, but I am going to make it a substantial fine because this was a very glaring incident of poor judgment and there were consequences to other folks. Uh so it will be cost of court which is a little under $200 plus a $100 fine. Your bill of costs will be available electronically in our clerks. Our cashiers excuse me, electronic system in 2-3 days, it must be paid within 39 days. It could be paid online or in person as long as you have your case number. We appreciate you resolving this case. We appreciate you accepting responsibility for this offense. We also appreciate you making hold both the state whose vehicle was damaged by you and the other person whose vehicle was damaged by you. Uh Is there anything further in this matter? We do have? Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Yes, ma'am. Yes. Um show our resident, you know your name again. I apologize for our people. It like seven times check, check, check, check, check, check 12, check, check, check, check, check, check, check. Let me check, check. Ok, so you think that's it. Everyone good. All gather around. Give us one moment. We we sometimes technically challenge Check, check, check, check, check, check, check, check one how much I'll put Roger in court to the bringing a revolution to this. Why decide to make this decision to plead guilty today? Well, you know, as I said, in court, she's accepted responsibility really all along. She didn't want to put the state of North Carolina through a trial of this matter. She's accepted responsibility for what she had done and she formally did that today in court, she pled guilty. You know, we've asked all along that she had been drinking at that holiday gathering and court said two glasses of wine, was she not impaired? And should she have made a better decision? Well, first of all the reason why I would not let her make a statement all along is I don't let clients talk to the media about pending cases. I don't think it's appropriate. I don't think I'm doing my job if I let a client do that, as she clearly said in court, she was not impaired, but she had had two glasses of wine and she made a poor choice. She made a spur of the moment decision at the time and left, you know, as she said, and I completely agree with it if she had stayed right there called law enforcement and just let the process play out, we wouldn't even be here today to make it, excuse me. How difficult was it for her to make that difficult? It wasn't difficult at all for her to make that decision. That's what we were gonna do all along. That's what she was. She talked about the two other people who are now involved that adds another related to all of this. So how does that play out? Well, she certainly feels bad that, you know, that one decision that she made to leave and not stay at the scene has resulted in two young men now being charged with crimes. So she feels bad about that. The penalties. She has roughly $300. Yes, sir. The court imposed as you heard in our, the factual basis from the state and our comments she's paid around a little more than $11,000 out of pocket. We're not talking insurance money out of pocket for restitution. You've represented plenty of people in criminal cases in driving cases like this would the average driver, average citizen be treated in the same way? I think so. Yes. You mean by the court system, by the D A s office? I think so. The fact that she made restitution seemed to play heavily on the judge. He liked the fact that she took responsibility for everything that she did. Absolutely. I think that played a big part in Judge Meyers decision. That's not why she paid the restitution. She paid the restitution because it was the right thing to do. Do you think Miss Wood could have been a little more transparent with the people of North Carolina about this incident? I mean, just considering the fact that by and large, the public didn't find out about this until more than a month after it happened. There's more facts in this case coming to light that the two other people were charged last week, more than three months after this crash happened. And also her saying today in court that she did have two glasses of wine, that's been something that people wanted to know about was that a factor here? So, you know, in the interest of transparency, should some of these details have been revealed earlier? Well, I think it comes back to my role as a criminal defense attorney. If I represent one of y'all that have gotten in trouble, I'm not going to let y'all talk to the media about a pending case once it's over. Hey, I'm right here to answer questions. But what about in her position as a statewide elected official she elected by? But she has the right to let the process play. She accepted responsibility publicly to you folks a while. How will this affect her ability to do her job in the future? Well, this hasn't affected her ability to do her job, as I said in court, she absolutely loves her job. She is so dedicated and devoted to being the state auditor. So now that this is behind her, she can just return to that focus on serving the people of the fact that she was open. Does that give more credibility as he reports on other people. Well, I hope so. And I meant what I said in there, I don't sue people. I don't do divorces. I represent people when they've made a bad decision. And obviously there are varying degrees of those types of decisions. But look, everybody deserves a second chance. I don't think this has any bearing on her ability to be state all of her. She's done a fantastic job and if given the opportunity, she'll continue to do that from your conversations with her. What lessons has she learned from this? Don't ever do this again. She has no criminal record whatsoever. She would never be in this position again. It was a spur of the moment, bad decision influenced perhaps by others said, hey, come on, get out of here. Perhaps. I mean, we can speculate on that. We can speculate on that. It may have been a combination of factors. I don't know, but she does say in her statement to the judge at the court, she takes full responsibility for that. I don't remember the exact date January fairly early on. Like anyone, you know, somebody called me about a speeding ticket, it would be after they got a speeding ticket. So fairly early on not trying to dodge the question. I honestly don't remember. I can ask you really quickly because this has been something that has been of high interest people. There's been a lot of speculation, obviously, and that's, you know, we just want to know what the facts are. But the fact that she says in court today that she did have two glasses of wine during that party, I mean, what's your sort of response or how do you respond to people who say that there's the speculation that maybe she might have avoided a stricter charge, maybe like ad W I charge, for example, by not being at the scene when the police showed up. So the fact that we're finding this out several months later because it has been an open question. I'm just wondering what your response is to people who say the way she sort of handled disclosing that can people trust her that she's sort of being transparent about that she can absolutely be trusted because she came in court today in, in person and pled guilty to exactly what she was charged with. Absolutely, she can be trusted and I disagree with the notion that she avoided a more serious charge. I disagree with that completely. So, do you think it's fair to say that if auditor would, did not leave the scene, if she stayed there and cooperated with the responding officers with police that this would have been the same charge? Well, you know what the charge would have been, would have been unsafe movement for running into the car and hit that car. Correct? Yeah, there wouldn't be no charge because it would be an infraction of running into a park that's more accurate. Can you confirm that the party was the party of Edmonton right in front of where the crash happened? Yes, it was. I think that's already been in the news. So that was Mr Sure. It's Roger Smith R O G. Er S M I, this, this might be a question for her, for her in her office. But, um, she indicated right before this. Ok. That. Mhm. We wanted to get this day behind her. We really, we hadn't talked about that yet. I'm not much into politics. I'm a criminal defense. Hey, I appreciate y'all's time. Thank you. Thank you. This. So I'm a Republican In 2024.

State Auditor Beth Wood appears in court for hit-and-run crash case

A Durham City Council member has been accused of supporting developers in exchange for donations, according to a statement read by Durham Mayor Elaine O'Neal in a council work session on Thursday.

All right, I am now going to read a statement that has been prepared by our city attorney uh Kim Raber who seated to my left on Monday, March 13th 2023 the Durham City Council was informed by city attorney Kim Raber that a proper, that a property developer had reported to a city staff that a sitting city council member had suggested to the developer that support will be given for the developer project in exchange for a donation to the council members election campaign. I promptly reached out to the UN C School of Government for guidance on how the city council of the body could and or should respond to these allegations at my request. City attorney also met with several members of the UN C School of Government faculty as well as an attorney in private practice practice with experience in such allegations to compile a list of options that the city council could work from In determining how to respond to such allegations. On Monday March 20, the mayor and city attorney met with members of the council individually or in pairs in order to discuss the reported allegations. The consensus amongst a majority of city council members is that the allegations are incredibly disturbing, must be taken very seriously and if true may constitute criminal activity and could lead to criminal consequences. In light of that, the city council has elected to refer uh The majority of the city council has elected to refer the matter to law enforcement. City council staff is currently in the process of preparing a formal reform of the matter to state law enforcement. The Durham City Council remains steadfastly committed to maintaining honesty, integrity, and trustworthiness in all city business transactions, activities and policy making. And to that end, the city council looks forward to a full investigation of the events in question and to taking the most appropriate action in response to the investigatory findings given that the matter is a pending uh criminal investigation. Uh City council members are at their discretion as elected officials and this is my modification to the statement to make any statements they deem appropriate or inappropriate at this time. There are individuals and they may do so. However, I do uh believe also with the city attorney, uh the city staff are probably not in a position to provide additional comments about these matters beyond the foregoing statement. And with that, we will now turn to our priority items.

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A 21-year-old man faces charges of possessing a weapon on educational property and carrying a concealed weapon after a weapons detection system alerted when he entered Clayton Middle School Tuesday to pick up his sisters.

DETAIL THE NUMBER OF ALERTS OF REST AND POLICE RESPONSE TIMES. MAN ACCUSED OF BRINGING A GUN ONTO CAMPUS OF CLAYTON MIDDLE SCHOOL APPEARED IN COURT THIS MORNING. 21 YEAR-OLD UBALDO PEREZ FACES A CHARGE OF POSSESSING A WEAPON ON EDUCATION POLICE SAY SET OFF THE SCHOOL'S WEAPONS DETECTION SYSTEM WHILE PICKING UP HIS SIBLINGS YESTERDAY AFTERNOON. THE SYSTEM SHOWED PEREZ WAS CARRYING A 9 MILLIMETER

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