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KENNY BECK CONTINUES OUR COVERAGE RIGHT NOW AT 6:00.
>> WXII 12 NEWS AT 6:00 STARTS RIGHT NOW.
KENNY: BREAKING NEWS IS IN WILKES COUNTY, WHERE INVESTIGATORS JUST FINISHED SEARCHING A POND IN CONNECTION WITH A 15-MONTH-OLD GIRL MISSING OUT OF TENNEESSEE.
BUT THEY SAY THEY DIDN’T FIND ANYTHING NO GIRL, NOBODY, NO CLUES.
STEVE KING IS LIVE AT THE SCENE.
WE’LL CHECK IN WITH HIM IN JUST A MOMENT WITH MORE ON WHAT BROUGHT INVESTIGATORS TO WILKES COUNTY STARTING OFF IN WEATHER WORLD.
MOUNT AIRY HAS A LIVE LOOK.
BUT THAT IS ABOUT TO CHANGE.
WE ARE IN FOR SOME CHILI CHANGES.
-- CHILLY CHANGES.
LANIE: IT WILL FEEL MORE LIKE WINTER WHERE TEMPERATURES WILL DROP 30 DEGREES FROM WHERE THEY WERE EARLIER TODAY.
62 IN BURLINGTON.
IT IS JUST ON THE OTHERS OF THE MOUNTAINS.
HILLSVILLE AND GALAX, ALL THROUGH GRAYSON COUNT THIS RAIN STARTS TO PUSH THROUGH THE FOOTHILLS AND THE TRIAD.
NOT EVERYBODY IS GOING TO SEE RAIN TONIGHT.
A RUMBLE OF THUNDER NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION.
WIND ADVISORY ALSO OUT IN THE MOUNTAINS.
THE WIND WILL TAKE THE TEMPERATUR TO THE TEENS AND 20’S.
KENNY: BREAKING NEWS IN WILKES COUNTY, CREWS ARE SEARCHING A POND AS PART OF AN AMBERT ALERT CASE OUT OF TENNESSE INVESTIGATORS ARE TRYING TO FI 15-MONTH-OLD EVELYN BOSWELL, WHO
HASN’T BEEN SEEN SINCE DECEMBER.
STEVE KING IS LIVE NEAR THE SCENE, ABOUT NINE MILES SOUTH OF STONE MOUNTAIN STATE PARK.
STEVE WHAT’S GOING ON OUT THERE RIGHT NOW?
STEVE: THE SEARCH AT THE POND NEXT TO NORTH LOMAX ROAD IN STONE MOUNTAIN STATE PARK.
THIS WAS ALL FROM A TIP THAT EVELYN WAS POSSIBLY HERE IN THIS AREA.
THE SEARCH IN THE VICINITY HAS ENDED.
EARLIER A FEW DAYS AGO, WILLIAM MCCLOUD AND ANGELA BOSWELL WERE BOTH ARRESTED HERE IN WILKES COUNTY.
WILLIAM MCCLOUD ACCORDING TO HIS GRANDMOTHER, THEY SPOKE RIGHT NEXT TO WHERE THE SEARCH WAS TAKING PLACE.
SHE SO WILLIAM MCCLOUD ON FRIDAY.
SHE DID NOT SEE A SMALL CHILD WITH HIM AND WAS SHOCKED AND SURPRISED AUTHORITIES WERE SEARCHING THE LAND NEXT TO HER HOME.
MEGAN BOSWELL, EVELYN’S MOTHER, WAS ARRESTED IN TENNESSEE FOR FILING A FALSE REPORT.
LEADERS SAY SHE GAVE FALSE INFORMATION THAT DELAYED THEIR ABILITY TO EVEN BEGIN SEARCHING FOR EVELYN BOSWELL.
SHE IS IN CUSTODY.
WILLIAM MCCLOUD HAS BEEN EXTRADITED BACK TO TENNESSEE.
SHE ALSO HAS BEEN EXTRADITED TO TENNESSEE.
THE REWARD FOR INFORMATION LEADING AUTHORITIES TO FINDING EVELYN BOSWELL AT THIS TIME AGAIN.
THE GRANDMOTHER SAYS SHE DID NOT SEE A SMALL CHILD WITH WILLIAM THE NIGHT HE WAS ARRESTED IN WILKES COUNTY.
KENNY: MORE BREAKING NEWS, AT LEASE PEOPLE ARE DEAD IN A THREE REPORTED SHOOTING AT MILLER BREWING HEADQUARTERS IN MILWAUKEE.
SEVERAL OTHER PEOPLE WERE ALSO SHOT.
OUR SISTER STATION WISN IS REPORTING THE SUSPECTED SHOOTER WAS A FORMER MILLERCOORS EMPLOYEE WHO WAS FIRED EARLIER IN THE DAY.
POLICE SAY THIS IS NOT AN ACTIVE THREAT RIGHT NOW, BUT THE SCENE IS STILL ACTIV IN COMMITMENT 2020, FIVE OF THE 8 DEMOCRATS RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT, AND PRESIDENT TRUMP
WILL BE IN NORTH CAROLINA BEFORE NEXT TUESDAY’S PRIMAR AND THOSE CANDIDATE VISITS STA TONIGHT.
SENATOR BERNIE SANDERS IS ON HIS WAY TO GOLDSBORO.
HE’S SPEAKING AT THE REVEREND WILLIAM BARBER’S CHURCH AT 7:00 TOMORROW HE WILL BE AT WINSTON-SALEM STATE UNIVERSITY.
AMY KLOBUCHAR WILL ALSO BE IN THE TRIAD TOMORROW.
SHE’S HOSTING AN EVENT IN GREENSBORO.
JOE BIDEN, MIKE BLOOMBERG, PETE BUTTIGIEG AND PRESIDENT TRUM WILL ALSO BE IN OUR STATE OVER THE NEXT FEW DAY THE DEADLY CORONAVIRUS IS SPREADING OVERSEAS, AND THE CDC
WARNS IT COULD MAKE ITS WAY TO THE UNITED STATES.
THERE HAVEN’T BEEN ANY CASES IN NORTH CAROLINA.
BUT TODAY THE GOVERNOR’S CORONAVIRUS DISEASE TASK FORCE ENCOURAGED FAMILIES, BUSINESS AND SCHOOLS TO GET READY NOW.
HEALTH EXPERTS SAY THE BEST THING YOU CAN DO IS PRACTICE GOOD HYGINE.
-- HYGIENE.
SO WASH YOUR HANDS, COVER YOUR MOUTH, AND AVOID BEING AROUND PEOPLE WHO ARE SICK.
THEY ALSO SUGGEST MANAGERS AND SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS START REVIEWING POLICIES NOW REVIEW EXTENDED SICK LEAVE AND THE ABILITY FOR EMPLOYEES TO WORK FROM HOME.
THE U.S. STATE DEPARTMENT ISSUED A NEW TRAVEL WARNING FOR ITALY BECAUSE OF THE CORONAVIRUS OUTBREAK THERE.
NOW NEARLY TWO DOZEN ELON UNIVERSITY STUENTS AND STAFF ARE PACKING UP AND COMING HOME.
THEY HOPE TO BE OUT OF FLORENCE BY THE END OF THE WEEK.
STUDENTS WERE THERE FOR A STUDY ABROAD PROGRAM.
THEY WILL BE ABLE TO FINISH THEIR SEMESTER BY TAKING ONLINE CLASSES AT HOME.
PRESIDENT TRUMP IS EXPECTED TO TALK ABOUT THE CORONAVIRUS, IN ABOUT 25 MINUTES.
HE WILL BE JOINED BY REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE CDC.
YOU CAN WATCH THE PRESS CONFERENCE AT 6:30 ON NB NIGHTLY NEWS.
WE WILL ALSO STREAM IT LIVE ON THE WXII 12 NEWS FACEBOOK PAGE.
A NEW VERSION OF AN OLD SCAM IS TARGETING CONGREGATIONS THROUGHOUT THE PIEDMONT TRIAD AND WINSTON-SALEM.
KIRSTEN GUTIERREZ IS LIVE FROM MOUNT CARMEL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH NEAR CLEMMONSVILLE AND EBERT ROADS.
KIRSTEN, HOW DOES THIS SCAM WORK?
WHAT DO PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW?
KIRSTEN: POLICE SAY SCAMMERS ARE TARGETING PEOPLE IN VARIOUS CONGREGATIONS IMPERSONATING CHURCH LEADERS AND ASKING FOR GIFT CARDS.
IT’S A SCAM THAT PASTORS SAY IS A NEW LOW.
>> WHEN WE KNEW IT WAS A PROBLEM WAS WHEN WE STARTED GETTING PHONE CALLS.
KIRSTEN: IN A MATTER OF DAYS, PASTORS AT THREE DIFFERENT CHURCHES IN WINSTON-SALEM REALIZED SOMETHING WAS WRONG.
>> THERE IS SCAMMING GOING ON AND THEY’RE TARGETING CHURCHES AND PASTORS WHICH IS A SHAME BECAUSE WE HAVE A LOT OF GENEROUS PEOPLE IN OUR CONGREGATIONS.
KIRSTEN: WINSTON-SALEM POLICE SAY MOUNT TABOR UNITED METHODI CHURCH, MOUNT CARMEL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, AND SAINT LEO THE GREAT CATHOLIC CHURCH HAVE REPORTED THE RECENT SCAM.
THE SCAMMER IMPERSONATES LEADERS IN THE CHURCH AND SENDS EMAILS OR TEXTS ASKING FOR A FAVOR.
THEY REQUEST EBAY GIFT CARDS FOR A WOMAN BATTLING CANCER IN THE HOSPITAL, AND SAY IF YOU PURCHASE THEM YOU WILL B REIMBURSED.
>> IT IS A SICK SCAM.
SCANDAL.
PREYING ON PEOPLE’S EMOTIONS.
IT’S ALSO CREATING PARTICULARLY IF ANYONE IS FALLING FOR IT JU THE SENSE OF DISTRUST.
THAT I CAN’T TRUST EVEN MY PASTOR EVEN IF THEY LEARN THAT IT’S NOT THEIR PASTOR THAT DID IT.
KIRSTEN: MANY PASTORS ARE WORRIED IT WILL CREATE A LACK OF TRUST WITHIN THE CHURCH.
>> WE WOULD NEVER ASK ANYONE TO GIVE GIFT CARDS OVER THE PHONE, TEXT.
WE ONLY ASK FOR THOSE IN PUBLIC, IN OFFERING.
SO, IF IT DOESN’T FEEL RIGHT IT’S OK TO CALL AND CHECK BEFORE YOU SEND ANYTHING OR RESPOND TO ANY KIND OF REQUES KIRSTEN: POLICE ARE LOOKING INTO THE RECENT REPORTS.
FORTUNATELY, NO ONE HAS LOST ANY MONEY SO FAR.
BUT THEY WANT TO REMIND PEOPLE IF IT DOESN’T SEEM RIGHT, IT PROBABLY ISN’T AND TO REPORT ANY SCAMS TO THE POLICE DEPARTME