Name: Goldsboro man says angel saved him from wreck
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Description: When Frankie Graves was trapped inside his 18-wheeler truck and covered in flames, he didn't know if he was going to survive.

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When Frankie Graves was trapped inside his 18-wheeler truck and covered in flames, he didn't know if he was going to survive.

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Goldsboro man says angel saved him from wreck

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Good morning. I'm meteorologist, Elizabeth Gardner. It's a cold start out there this morning. We're seeing some clouds mixed with sunshine as the sun starts to come up this morning. It's going to be a breezy day today. We'll see gusts up to 30 MPH this afternoon. Those winds will really start to pick up late morning through the middle of the afternoon, steady out of the northwest at about 10 to 15, we take a look at the wind chill that will go along with that. It's not a dangerous wind chill, just an uncomfortable one. So at 10 a.m. it'll feel like 33 at noon. It will feel 38 and at two o'clock it'll feel like 42. So it's going to feel really cold. Our normal high temperature for January is 50 degrees. So it's a cold one. A little disturbance swinging by to the south and that's bringing a little bit of cloud cover into the area this morning that will continue to slide out of North Carolina. A little bit of a little bit of snow flurry activity up there in West Virginia. I think skiers excited. I'm sure temperatures colder than normal. You see the blue color contours. That's where we're below normal as we into the weekend though. We see the yellows and the oranges returning. So temperatures will be back up to above normal, but we'll also be back to a wetter pattern as well. Let's talk about the forecast for tonight. Much colder than what we're seeing this morning. This is what we'll see at about 7 a.m. tomorrow. 17 in Louisburg and Rocky Mount 20 in Wilson 19 in Durham. We head south 17 in Sanford 20 in Smithfield 22 Fayetteville. It's a good night. It'll be a hard freeze. Good night to maybe if you have older pipes to let the strip a little bit, you definitely want to bring your pets inside. It will be near our record 21 for the low for tomorrow, for tomorrow morning in Raleigh 18 is the previous record and in Fayetteville, just two degree difference 22 for the low and the previous record 20. So back in 1956 we were looking at our normal at 37. So these temperatures are well below normal. We climbed in your normal Friday and then back to above normal Saturday and Sunday, but we'll have some rain to go along with that. We're excited about our tower, Durham Raleigh Rocky Mount, that's going to be Wednesday night, tomorrow night at seven o'clock. Join us for that on TV, or in person. And Durham Rocky Mount, we're looking at some chilly temperatures at seven o'clock, temperatures will be in the upper thirties. We do, as I mentioned, have the potential for some showers as we get into the weekend starting on Friday. Saturday looks a little drier but Sunday and Monday, we could see some patchy rain. We'll continue to follow that timeline as we get closer.

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Good evening. I'm Tina South in Cash with tonight's lottery drawings for Monday, November 27th, 2023. Our first one in Carolina pick three. Number tonight is three, followed by eight third winning pick three numbers, zero, pick three. Fireball number. Tonight is six. Joining me for tonight's drawing is our auditor from the Jones L LP. Now it's time for the Carolina pick for. So check your tickets. Good luck when you pick for number tonight is to second pick for nine. Third winning number seven. Our fourth pick for is three and our pick for fireball number is also three. Let's turn now to the Carolina cash five. If no one matches all five numbers to win the jackpot tonight, tomorrow's top prize has grown to an estimated $641,000. 16 is our first winning Carolina cash five number tonight followed by 31 3rd winning number 40. Our fourth C five tonight is for and good luck. Our final winning number in the cash five is 17. The North Carolina Education lottery has contributed over $10 billion to education. Thanks for your support and get the winning numbers every night right here. Thanks for playing.

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Good evening, America. I'm Laura Johnson. Tonight, we have another life changing jackpot for you. It's worth an estimated $354.7 million to get those tickets out. Let's play that first number up. It followed by the number 61 tonight. We're going to meet the lucky 30 who won $1 million playing powerball. Now, for the rest of those numbers, we've got 3866 rounding it out with 21. Your powerball number tonight, good luck. Everyone is 12 and your power play multiplier is two. Let's take a look at those numbers. One last time. Remember there are multiple ways to win. We'll see you back here. Wednesday night. Good night everyone. It's time to play America's favorite jackpot game. This is powerball. Good evening.

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The Texas A&M football program introduces former Duke coach Mike Elko on Monday, days after Elko coached the Blue Devils to a 30-19 win in Durham.

You have led your blood, sweat and tears into to new levels and new heights. And I take a lot of responsibility and a lot of pride in doing that the right way. Good. Made it through that. No, I'm back, I'm back in Aggie land. I'm back where I belong. Uh I'm back at a place where we considered home for four amazing years of this coaching journey. Um This is a special time to be the leader of this great football program from the moment I came down here back in 2018, I've been blown away by this place. Ok. Resourced as the premier football program in the country supported by the 12th man, the absolute best fan base in the country. A football program and university rooted in tradition that links all of our former students like no other university across this great nation. Ok. I was told very early on here in my time that Aggies take care of Aggies. And since then I've seen that play out time and time again. This place is special. The people that have been through here is special. We are going to continue to do special things. My vision for this program is very simple. OK? We are going to build the premier football program in the country, ok? We are not going to talk about it anymore. We are gonna be about it. We are gonna chase excellence in every aspect of our life. We are gonna be excellent in the classroom. We are gonna earn degrees. We are going to get our Aggie Rings. We are going to become great members of this great university. We are going to be excellent in the community. OK? We will be selfless service like this university stands for, we will get out in the community. We will represent this university with pride. We will make choices that represent football and all that. That means we will be innovative in our thinking like all great organizations, we will lay out a clear blueprint for success, but we will adapt and adjust along the way where necessary to perform this program to great heights. We will develop men, we will graduate players and we will win championships on the field on Saturdays this program and this job comes with a lot of expectations and I'm ready for them. I'm ready for everything that this program should be about. I'm ready to take this program, everything everywhere where it wants to go. I cannot wait to roll up my sleeves and go to work. Thank you so much for believing in me. Thank you so much for allowing me and my family this opportunity. We will make you extremely proud starting this fall on Saturdays. I promise you that. Thank you, Brad Living war him. Get up here guys now, right? Oh, that.

Texas A&M introduces Mike Elko

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 Tina S in cash with the daytime lottery drawing for Monday, November 27th, 2023. Here we go with the Carolina pick 36 is our first winning number followed by nine, third winning pick today. Seven and our three fireball number is joining me for today's drawing is our auditor from the Jones L LP. Now it's time for the Carolina pick four. Check your tickets. Good luck. First winning number eight. Second pick for today is two, third pick for seven. Fourth winning number is another two and our pick for fireball number is six. The North Carolina Education lottery has contributed over $10 billion to education. Thanks for your support and get the winning numbers every day at three and again at 1122 every night. Thanks for playing.

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Southeast Raleigh High School is under a Code Red lockdown after two students were stabbed.

A brief statement to make regarding today's incident I have with us, Chief Estella Patterson, chief of police for the Royal Police Department and Dr Robert Taylor, superintendent of public schools here at Wake County. At this point, I'll turn it over to Chief Patterson. Good afternoon today. At approximately 11 o'clock, a school resource officer here at Southeast Raleigh High School radioed in and reported that a juvenile had been stabbed, responding officers and school security quickly secured the scene and rendered first aid to two juvenile victims. Both victims were transported to an area hospital. Sadly one victim succumbed to his injuries. The second victim remains hospitalized with non life threatening injuries, both police and school personnel secured the building and are working and we are working very closely with Wake County public school officials to identify those directly involved in this altercation. One suspect is in custody at this time and we're happy to report that and there is no further threat to the school or to the community. Of course, this is an ongoing investigation and we will continue to provide information as it becomes available to us. We are asking for the public's patience as we work with Wake County Public School to reunite students with their parents. This is a very unfortunate incident that has occurred today. One that is very disturbing to us, but please note that the Raleigh Police Department is committed to partnering with the Wake County schools to make sure that our schools are safe for all our students. At this time. I will turn it over to superintendent Doctor Robert Taylor to share information that he has for you. Thank you, Chief Patterson. Good afternoon to you all. Chief Patterson is shed around 11 a.m. today, Southeast Raleigh High School went into our highest level lockdown after a report of a stabbing in the school's gym, law enforcement and wake county security on site immediately went into action to respond. We partnered with law enforcement throughout this investigation. We will proceed with a controlled dismissal that has started at 218 carpool. Students will be reunited with their parents at Walnut Creek amphitheater. Bus riders, walkers and student drivers will be dismissed via regular processes. We are working closely with school administration to determine plans for tomorrow and to identify every resource possible to support students and staff. More information about this will be shared with families later today, we are working with local and state law enforcement, our security team and other agencies to conduct a full investigation regarding this incident. We will be transparent in our findings and we will continue to work to find ways to strengthen the safety and the security of our schools. This is a tragedy for everyone involved in the days and weeks ahead. We will be supporting our students and staff as they process the incident and work through their grief. The district's crisis team will be available to offer students as much support as possible professionals from the district's employee support and wellness program will also be on hand to support the staff. I want to share my condolences with the family and the loved ones of the victim. As a parent, I can't imagine getting that call. I just cannot imagine that I offer my prayers for those affected. However, most importantly, I pledge my resolve, schools should be a safe haven for our students and staff. What happened here today is unacceptable as superintendent, I can tell you there is nothing more important than the well being and the safety of our students in the aftermath of today's tragedy. We will review all of our safety processes and protocols to determine what happened, what changes may need to be made. Following that review, I will work with our board to pursue any additional prudent actions that may prevent such actions of violence in the future. I want to extend my gratitude to the Raleigh Police Department Chief Patterson and school resource officer, Counsel for the quick response to this incident. I would also like to thank the staff and the students of East Southeast Raleigh High School as we work and continue to work through this incident. Thank you. The chief of the, what do you call the it looked like from video we've seen circulating quite a large incident. It appears that way we don't have a lot of information. Again. This is so preliminary as we're going through it. But I do agree with you just from the video that we've seen, it appears that there was a fight at the school. Are there any processes in place to ensure that weapons don't? And so we don't use metal detectors, but we do have processes and protocols where if there's a reason, reasonable suspicion that a student has a weapon, then we will search those students. But that is the extent of what we do at this point. We rely on other students to relay information to us. We look at reasonable suspicion at certain events such as sporting events. We may have more high level ways that we look at students who bring things into that arena. But this is what we do now is search if we have probable cause. No, no, I can't confirm that it is a student. Of course, he is a juvenile. So we can't give more information on that. Get to the juvenile. All right. Any other questions? All right. Thanks for your time, everyone. Thank you. Thank you superintendent. Thank you.

Police provide live update on stabbing that left a student dead at Southeast Raleigh High School

Watch live as a funeral is held Monday for Wake County Commissioner Dr. James West, who passed away earlier this month. West's funeral service will take place at the Martin Marietta Center for the Performing Arts in downtown Raleigh.

Funeral held for Wake County Commissioner Dr. James West

Duke University Director of Athletics Nina King addresses the announcement that the head football coach would leave the Blue Devils after two seasons and a 16-9 record

Um obviously, we know why we are all here. So, first and foremost, um want to thank coach Mike Elko. Um He worked tirelessly in his two seasons here to truly elevate our Duke football program. And so we are really appreciative uh of Mike. Uh um and the work that he did here, um Mike and I had great conversations um including into the late hours of last night, relative to the investment, the growth and the support uh from this university and our administration uh for the Duke football program. Um But given that we wish Mike and his family all the best in college station. Uh So as you can imagine today's been a busy day uh this morning, uh One of my first phone calls was to coach Trooper Taylor and I asked him if he would serve as interim head coach and he has graciously agreed to do so. Uh So we will hit the ground running here uh with coach Taylor as our interim head coach. Um Our priority is the well being of our current student athletes and to ensure that uh they have what they need um as they close out the semester academically, um as well as prepare for a very well earned ball game later this month. Uh So to that end, I met with the current student Ale this morning as well as the staff uh in the UO building and had those conversations uh later tonight, I will zoom with the um verbally committed prospects and their families uh as well as another zoom later on uh with our current players families uh to be available for anybody um with questions and, and to provide them an update. Um Our national search for our next Duke football coach is well underway. Um We've retained Parker executive search to assist us uh in this regard. And um as with our last search, our goal is to find an exceptional head coach to come in and lead this group of elite student athletes. Um We'll be thorough in our process and we will certainly work swiftly um as we have done before. So I'm gonna kinda stop there. That's, that's the update. Uh I wanna thank you all for your time today. Um I know you're truly not here to see me. You're here to see Coach Shire. So uh I'll stop, give it uh a pause there and uh we will update you all as we can throughout the process. So turn it back over to t thank you very much. Bring in Coach Shire here shortly. Thank you guys.