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Toyota on Tuesday announced plans to invest an additional $8 billion in its electric battery manufacturing site in Randolph County, bringing 3,000 more jobs to North Carolina.

<p>ISRAEL AND UKRAINE AID WOULD BE A NON-STARTER. &gt;&gt; AND HAPPENING NOW, THE W AREA LIVES IN A MAJOR ECONOMIC NEWS FOR OUR STATE. TOYOTA ANNOUNCING THIS MORNING PLANS TO INVEST AN ADDITIONAL 8 BILLION DOLLARS IN ITS ELECTRIC BATTERY MANUFACTURING SITE. THEN RANDOLPH COUNTY. THIS WILL INCLUDE HIRING ANOTHER 3,000 EMPLOYEES. NOW, THIS BRINGS TOYOTA'S TOTAL INVESTMENT IN RANDOLPH COUNTY TO ALMOST 14 BILLION DOLLARS AND MORE THAN 5,000 JOBS. THIS MAJOR ANNOUNCEMENT COMES AFTER GOVERNOR COOPER RECENTLY TRAVELED TO TOKYO FOR THE SOUTHEAST. U.S. JAPAN COMPTON'S WHILE HE WAS IN TOKYO. THE GOVERNOR MET WITH 2 OF HIS</p>

Toyota invests another $8 billion in NC plant, 3,000 more jobs

Toyota begins hiring, brings jobs and community support to Randolph County

The man is currently under a bond of over $275,000.

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Brady began his career by hand painting Coca-Cola signs. Now, he's almost 80, lives in Randolph County and still paints vintage signs on buildings across the area.

CALL NOW TO SEE 40%. >> ART COMES IN ALL SHAPES, SIZES AND LETTERS. TONIGHT WE FIND OUR TAR HEEL TRAVELER IN RANDOLPH COUNTY, SCOTT NATION. MEET A MAN WHO'S BEEN PAINTING SIGNS SINCE BEFORE MANY OF US WERE BORN. >> AND WE'RE IN DOWNTOWN SILER CITY WHERE LEWIS BRADY HAS AN INTERESTING AND UP CLOSE PERSPECTIVE. A GOOD DAY. BUT YEAH, IT'S A GOOD DAY TO ALLY. MAY NOW KNOW ARE TAKING HIS TIME WITH THE SIGN. I'M TALK. ALL I'M DOING IS HE'S BACK ISN'T AGAINST THE WALL. IT'S STEP. >> IT'S JUST THAT THE LAKERS HAVE TO MOVE. >> WELL, A LOT IS PLAYING ALL KINDS OF SANTA AND HE ALSO PAINTS AT HOME IN FRANKLINVILLE NEAR ASHBORO. JUST LIKE I'M DOING YOUR HAND LATER, A STEADY HAND. YOUR HAND IS TRYING. HE'S HAD DECADES OF HAVE BEEN PAYING SIGNS FOR LIVING FOR 59 YEARS. LEWIS FIRST WORKED FOR COCA-COLA, PAINTING KOCH SIGNS IN THE 1960'S AND EARLY 70'S. SO I GOT USED TO PAYING SIGNS OWN BREAK. THOSE CLASSIC COKE SIGN. THAT WAS THE YEN THE NEAR AND BUT I DO KNOW THAT SO MANY OTHER SIGNS DIFFERENCE. I I WANTED TO GO IN BUSINESS FROM THE SALE AND HE HAD PLENTY OF BUSINESS. ALL OF THE STUFF I DO ON THESE OLD CARS. IN TRUTH HAS TO BE DONE BEHIND. BUT IT'S NOT JUST SIGNS. THE OLD BLUE MIST BARBECUE AND THE CAPE LOOKOUT. A LIGHT. WELL, I'VE ALWAYS BEEN DRAWN ONE CENSUS SMALL DRAWING LED TO LETTERING. YOU CAN SPELL SOME OR ALL SPELLED ANYTHING WRONG. OH, YEAH. WHEN YOU TIMES AND TOO MANY TIMES HE HAS SEEN COMPUTER GENERATED SOME. AND BY THE WAY, THAT COMPUTER DOESN'T KNOW A WHOLE LOT >> AND IT DOESN'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT LANDERS EITHER. THIS IS THEIR PHONE NUMBER PAYMENT. READ. WITH THAT DAY. IT'S A RED LETTER DAY. A RED NUMBER DAY. IT'S A PERFECT DAY. WELL, ALMOST PERFECT. NOW GOT TO MOVE. YOU. >> O LOUIS, CALL IT A DAY. WE'RE ALL THOSE SITE THAT BEAR YOUR SIGNATURE. IT'S AN ARMFUL. WANT GOT THE TALENT? I MEAN, YOU KNOW, WE ALL HAVE OUR FONT RIGHT TO MICROSOFT WORD THAT COMPUTER GENERATED. HE'S JUST DOING THAT BY HAND IN MAKING IT LOOK SO EASY. BUT IT IS SO COOL. LOOSE BRADY FUN. YEAH. HE'S 80 YEARS OLD. >> HAS NO IDEA HOW MANY SIGNS HE'S PAINTED OVER HIS LIFE. AND WE PAINTED OVER THE YEARS HE DOES KNOW HE HASN'T HAD TOO

Tar Heel Traveler: Louis Brady, sign painter

Ginny is a guinea, an albino bird that has made its home in the Randolph County town of Trinity. The Tar Heel Traveler spoke to the owner of the home Ginny frequently visits to learn more about her dear feathered friend.

SINKING WEREN'T EVEN. >> FRIENDSHIP AND COMPANIONSHIP. IT'S NOT FOR THE BIRDS. TONIGHT WE FIND OUR TAR HEEL TRAVELER IN RANDOLPH COUNTY. SCOTT MASON TAKES US TO THE TOWN OF TRINITY AND MEETS A FINE FEATHERED FRIEND. >> SOMETHING IS STIRRING. SOMEONE IS CAMPING OUT. COME ON, JEANNE. >> DOES ANYBODY KNOW WHAT THIS >> WELL, STILL TO COME IN. YOU KNOW, WHAT IS THIS SAYING? YAHOO? IT'S JENNY. DOES JENNY FLY? SHE DOES, JEANNE, THE GUINEA BUT SAYING IT IS ONLY GRAY OR BLUE SPRAY AND SHE'S WHITE SAYS SHE'S AN ALBINO. >> AN ALBINO GUINEA IN RANDOLPH COUNTY AND PUTTING THEM IN TRINITY TO HER HOME TO MY EARS WIDE IN GRAY. JUST LIKE MY MY TO US TO STOP AT. SO NOW, JEANNE IS A PERMANENT PART OF THE PROPERTY. HEY, YOU SHOW THE CAT'S MEOW IS NOW, JEANNE, THE GUINEA AND SHE LOVES HER PATIO BECAUSE SHE HAS LOTS OF TOYS. CAN WE AND MIRRORS? SO GET REALLY MAD. THIS BIG MIRROR. AND WE SAY SHE'S ARGUING WITH HER HUSBAND. SHE IS VERY CONFIDENT, VERY >> SHE CAN ALSO BE LOUD. SHE DELIVERS FIERY SERMONS, 2 RUNS BACK AND FORTH LIKE THE CHURCH IS OWNED BY THE CHURCH BAHA THAT SHE LIKES TO BE THE VOLS. SHE IS THE IMPRESS AND SHE IS A CHARACTER. SHE IS THE MAIN CHARACTER. MISS JENNY, THE GUINEA, A BOOK AND I HAD NEVER PAINTED. BUT JEANNE WAS JUST SO COLORFUL. WHAT'S GREAT ABOUT IT IS THAT MY MOM PAINT HER SO WELL AND IT MAKES ITS OK, BUT I'VE ALSO ENJOYED SHARING HER. SHE IS SUCH A GIFT. HE MORE AND FUN THAT ALSO DESCRIBES IT. BUT MY HUSBAND WAS VERY SICK AND WE DIDN'T REALLY KNOW WHAT IT WAS. IT TURNED OUT TO BE A BRAIN TUMOR AND PASSED AWAY IN HE WOULD LOVE IT. HE WOULD BE SO PROUD. PROUD OF THE BOOK. >> AND TICKLED BY JEANNE. THERE'S NEW DETAILS ON WHAT HE WOULD SAY TO CHECK EVERY SINGLE MIRROR. IT'S HILARIOUS. PING-PONG BALL. AND WHEN IT'S SUNNY, SHE JUST LOVES TO SIT ON THOSE EGGS OR TAP ON THE WINDOW. SHE WANTS TO LET US KNOW SHE'S HERE. SHE'S LIKE YOU'RE NOT PAYING ENOUGH ATTENTION TO ME. SHE BE THE GUINEA. WHAT A CUTE FUNNY STORY. TELL US ABOUT HIS TEEN. WHAT A MEANINGFUL, BEAUTIFUL STORY. ALL COMPANIONSHIP LIFE LESSONS. SHE'S A GREAT FRIEND. A GREAT >> A GREAT SOURCE OF >> SHOW THAT IS SO FUNNY THAT THEY CALL IT HEARD YELLING AT OUR HAS BEEN WHAT'S IN THE >> ALL RIGHT. HERE'S GETS THE POPULAR FACEBOOK PAGE ABOUT HER BOOK AND THE FUNNY HAPPENINGS OF JENNY TO GUINEA. CHENEY HAS BEEN BY HER SIDE FOR ABOUT 2 YEARS NOW AND EVEN AT NIGHT SLEEPS OUTSIDE ON THE WINDOW

Tar Heel Traveler: Ginny the Guinea

Randolph County crash kills 1 when a car drives off an overpass

Randolph County crash kills 1 when car drives off overpass, lands on interstate 85

North Carolina has its scenic treasures and Tar Heel Traveler Scott Mason visits one in Randolph County.

<p>TECHNOLOGY. TECH WIRE REPORTS CALYX IS A SPINOFF OF ITS PARENT COMPANY. &gt;&gt;&gt; NORTH CAROLINA HAS SIX SCENIC TREASURES. WE VISIT ONE AND RANDOLPH COUNTY WOULD FIND SCOTT MASON AT THE BRIDGE. &gt;&gt; Reporter: THERE IS AN ICONIC PIECE OF HISTORY HERE IN RANDOLPH COUNTY AND MAYBE PEOPLE HERE KNOW BETTER THAN MOST THAT HISTORY CAN BE LOST AND RECOVERED AND COVERED. THIS IS A WONDERFUL PLACE AND IT'S A VERY SPECIAL PLACE BECAUSE IT HAS HISTORY AND CULTURE AND NATURE. &gt;&gt; AND IT HAS LOVE. MAYBE TOO MUCH LOVE. ALTHOUGH IT IS A FREE COUNTRY. IT'S REALLY SAD THEY FEEL THEY HAVE TO DO THAT. THE COVERED BRIDGE. IT'S IN A REALLY PRETTY SETTING IN THE NATIONAL FOREST ONE OF JUST TWO HISTORIC COVERED BRIDGES LEFT AND IT IS A LITTLE MORE THAN 50 FEET LONG BUILT IN 1911. &gt;&gt; HOW MUCH DID IT COST TO BUILD? &gt;&gt; THAT WAS $42. BUILT OVER THE WEST FORK OF THE LITTLE RIVER AND MODEL TEE'S THAT LATER MORE MODERN CARS WHAT HAD YOU THAWING WHEN THE BRIDGE HAD WALKED AWAY EXPECT 2003. WATER GOT UP 14 FEET HIGH AND WASH IT AWAY. WHEN IT GOT KNOCKED OFF THE FOOTERS IT WAS A BIG DEAL. &gt;&gt; IT WAS A BIG MESS. &gt;&gt; DID YOU THINK IT WOULD BE LOST FOR GOOD? &gt;&gt; BY THE HISTORIC ICON FROM 1911. &gt;&gt; THERE WAS A TREMENDOUS EFFORT OF RESCUING WOOD AND THE PIECES THEY COULD PUT TOGETHER. &gt;&gt; SLOWLY IT CAME TOGETHER REBUILD USING NEARLY ALL THE ORIGINAL WOOD. A PICTURE OF THE BRIDGE AFTER RECONSTRUCTION. WHAT IS IMPRESSIVE IS THE FRAME. &gt;&gt; MADE FROM ORIGINAL 1911 BRIDGE MATERIALS AND THERE IS A POURED STEEL RIM CONCRETE PIECE BEHIND ALL THE ROCK YOU SEE THERE. SO IT IS EXTREMELY STURDY NOW. &gt;&gt; SO MANY PEOPLE ARE INTERESTED IN THE BRIDGE FROM OUTSIDE THIS AREA. &gt;&gt; HAVE THERE BEEN ANY WRITINGS ON THE BRIDGE? &gt;&gt; AND MUCH LOVE. MAYBE TOO MUCH. &gt;&gt; CAN SOMETHING SO HISTORIC SURVIVE IN THE MODERN DAY UNTOUCHED? &gt;&gt; OH, I THINK SO. IS JUST ANOTHER GREAT PLACE TO STOP AND TAKE A LOOK AT A CULTURAL ICON. &gt;&gt; $42. THE PISGAH IS OPEN FROM DAWN TO</p>

Pisgah Covered Bridge's history lost, recovered and covered 

Residents at the Victorian Senior Care Facilities nursing home in Asheboro were looking for pen pals. The response they have received so far has been incredible.

BUIL >>> SO MANY SENIORS ARE IN LOCKDOWN ISOLATED AND ALONE SOME HAVE FOUND NEW FRIENDS AROUND THE COUNTRY.>> TONIGHT WE FIND OUR TAR HEEL TRAVEL AND RANDOLPH COUNTY IN ASHBOROUGH WITH A HEARTWARMING STORY OF PENPALS.>>REPORTER: THIS IS A BLESSING.>> SHE HAS GOT MAIL, PILES OF MAIL OPEN. VICTORIAN SENIOR CARE AND ON FACEBOOK THE SENIORS AT ITS VARIOUS CENTERS AGAIN ASKING FOR PENPALS. SPENT IT EXPLODED. SPENT>> NORTHPOINT IN ASHBOROUGH ONE OF THE SENIOR CARE FACILITIES.>> THEN THERE IS A JANICE.>> 102. >> THAT IS HER AGE AND MAYBE THE NUMBER OF LETTERS SHE RECEIVED TODAY.>> MOST ARE ASKING HOW DID YOU GET TO BE 102 AND I HAVE NOT THE FAINTEST IDEA. IT JUST HAPPENED. >> IT JUST HAPPENED, THE PENPAL LETTERS TO JANICE AT ALL OF THE OTHER SENIORS.>> OH MY LORD.>> HIGH MY NAME IS LINDA.>> NORTH LITTLE ROCK ARKANSAS, NAZARETH PENNSYLVANIA, XENIA, OHIO, SENT TO ASHBOROUGH TO JANICE. SHE WAS BORN DURING WORLD WAR I. SHE CHRISTENED A SHIP DURING WORLD WAR TWO. STAR CITY INDIANA. MARYSVILLE WASHINGTON. ASHLAND ALABAMA. HELLO JANICE I AM ALSO A TEACHER.>> I USED TO GO HOME AT NIGHT AND PUT MY HEAD DOWN AND SOB.>> SHE TAUGHT DISADVANTAGED CHILDREN. >> I DID NOT KNOW HOW TO HELP THOSE YOUNG PEOPLE TO ASPIRE TO GET OUT OF THE CIRCUMSTANCES THAT LIFE HAD CAST THEM.>> AND NOW LIFE HAS CAST THEM INTO UNINSPECTED ISOLATION. THE STAFF PRAISE BEFORE THEIR SHIFTS. NO VISITORS AT THIS TIME.>> THEY LOVE IT AND THEY ARE BLOWN AWAY.>> THANK YOU.>> PHOENIX, ARIZONA. WALKER, MICHIGAN.>> I WANT TO CORRESPOND WITH THEM AND I HAVE BEEN EXCITED BY LIFE. I THINK EVER SINCE I WAS A LITTLE GIRL PUT I HAVE LOVED LIFE AND I STILL DO. I STILL DO.>> SIMPLE THINGS MEAN SO MUCH AND THE OUTPOURING

Seniors at Asheboro nursing home get outpouring of support ... and letters

N.C. seniors looking for pen pals

A man suspected of trying to rob a cab driver at gunpoint was shot and killed by Randolph County deputies Tuesday morning on North Carolina Zoo property.