IT IS CANCELING SPRING BREAK STUDY ABROAD PROGRAMS IN CHINA.
SOUTH KOREA JAPAN IN NORTHERN ITALY BECAUSE OF CORONAVIRUS CONCERNS THE UNIVERSITY SAYS IT’S STUDENTS WHO WERE ALREADY STUDYING ABROAD WILL REMAIN WHERE THEY ARE EARLIER THIS
WEEK.
WE SAW SOMETHING SIMILAR FROM ELON UNIVERSITY WHEN THE PHOENIX ANNOUNCED IT WOULD BE SUSPENDING ITS PROGRAM IN FLORENCE ITALY WHERE CORONAVIRUS CASES HAVE SOARED OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF
WEEKS CORONAVIRUS ALSO LED TO AN HISTORIC DAY ON WALL STREET AND NOT THE GOOD KIND OF HISTORY THE DOW HAD ITS WORST SINGLE DAY EVER IN TERMS OF POINTS LOST IT.
ALMOST 1200 AND HAS NOW LOST MORE THAN 11% THIS WEEK ALONE OFFICIALLY PUTTING THE INDEX INTO CORRECTION TERRITORY.
ALL THREE MAJOR INDICES ARE ON TRACK NOW FOR THEIR WORST WEEK SINCE 2008 STOCK MARKETS ACROSS THE GLOBE WERE IN TROUBLE AS INVESTORS CONTINUED TO SELL OFF AS THE CORONA VIRUS SPREADS AND
ALSO SPREADS UNCERTAINTY AND BECAUSE OF THIS OUTBREAK, SOME PEOPLE MAY BE RECONSIDERING THEIR TRAVEL PLANS PARTICULARLY IF IT INVOLVES SOMETHING OUT OF THE COUNTRY COMING UP IN OUR
NEXT HALF HOUR KIRSTEN GUTIERREZ SPEAKS.
LOCAL TRAVEL AGENT ABOUT WHETHER PEOPLE ARE CANCELING THEIR PLANS IN BIG BIG NUMBERS AND WHETHER THAT IS RIGHT FOR YOU AGAIN, THAT’S ALL NEW AT 10:30 TONIGHT MADE WHILE THE STATE OF NORTH
CAROLINA IS REPORTING 15 NEW FLU DEATHS THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES SAYS THOSE 15 PEOPLE DIED WITHIN THE LAST WEEK THAT BRINGS THE TOTAL TO THIS SEASON NOW 215 FLU SEASON BEGAN
BACK IN OCTOBER THE GRANDMOTHER OF A 15 MONTH OLD GIRL WHO WAS STILL MISSING FROM TENNESSEE WENT BEFORE A JUDGE THIS MORNING.
ANGELA BOSWELL WAS IN COURT IN KINGSPORT, TENNESSEE.
FOR A PROBATION VIOLATION THIS AFTER BEING ARRESTED IN WILKES COUNTY JUST LAST WEEK THE CHARGES FROM A PRIOR COURT CASE DATING TO BEFORE THE DISAPPEARANCE OF HER
GRANDDAUGHTER LITTLE 15 MONTH OLD EVELYN BOSWELL.
THE GRANDMOTHER WAS ALSO FACING A THEFT CHARGE IN CONNECTION WITH A STOLEN BMW THAT POLICE WERE LOOKING FOR AS PART OF THE AMBER ALERT EVELYN’S MOTHER MEGAN BOSWELL IS ALSO BEHIND
BARS HER BOND SET AT $25,000.
SHE’S BEEN CHARGED WITH FALSE REPORTING.
NEW TONIGHT THE CITY OF WINSTON-SALEM WORKING TO MAKE DOWNTOWN SAFER FOR PEDESTRIANS BY CHANGING SOME TRAFFIC PATTERNS AROUND OUR BRANDON BATES WENT TO THE FIRST TWO FOR
INFORMATIONAL SESSIONS OUTLINING EXACTLY WHAT IS CHANGING AND WHY THEY’RE CHOOSING CHOOSING TO DO THIS NOW.
THE CITY OF WINSTON-SALEM WILL SOON START CONSTRUCTION DOWNTOWN TO CONVERT 4 MAIN ONE-WAY ROADS INTO TWO-WAY ROADS.
WE WANT TO LIMIT THE RACETRACK FILLED WITH THESE WIDE ONE-WAY STREET OFFICIALS SAY ONE-WAY ROADS ARE MEANT FOR BETTER FLOW OF TRAFFIC.
BUT WITH NEW CONSTRUCTION ON MAJOR HIGHWAYS AROUND THE CITY STUDIES SHOW THE NEED FOR ONE-WAY.
TRAFFIC IS UNNECESSARY.
WE MODELED THIS BASED ON THE NEW RAMP CONFIGURATION WITH THE BUSINESS 40 PROJECT.
WE’RE GOING TO IT’S FEASIBLE FOR US TO HAVE TWO WAY TRAFFIC FIRST.
SECOND LIBERTY AND MAIN STREETS DOWNTOWN WILL ALL BE CONVERTED TO TWO WAY.
TRAFFIC OFFICIALS SAY THIS IS MEANT TO KEEP SPEEDING TO A MINIMUM ALLOW A MORE ACCESSIBLE DOWNTOWN AND ALSO HELP BUSINESSES WITH CUSTOMERS FOR EASIER ACCESS IS MORE
CONVENIENT.
IT’S AN OVERALL FEEL OF DOWNTOWN WE WANT WE ENCOURAGE PEDESTRIAN ACTIVITY.
HE SAYS STUDIES SHOW THAT THE NEW EXIT AND ENTRANCE RAMPS FROM THE NEW SALEM PARKWAY WILL CHANGE THE TRAFFIC FLOW DOWNTOWN.
HERE ARE THE BLUEPRINTS FOR THE TWO-WAY PROJECT IN WINSTON-SALEM.
IF YOU TAKE A LOOK FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, YOU CAN SEE THE FIRST PHASE OF THE PROJECT WILL START ON PETERS CREEK PARKWAY BY BB&T BALLPARK THE PROJECT BEGINS WITH NEW STREET LIGHTS NEW
MARKING AND SURFACING THE ROAD THE CITY HAS THE GREEN LIGHT CONSTRUCTION STARTS THIS SUMMER THE ONLY THING SOME PEOPLE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT IS WHEN THE CONSTRUCTION STARTS.
IT’S PROGRESS IS ALWAYS GOOD THING RIGHT CONSTRUCTION BETWEEN FIRST STREET BETWEEN PETERS CREEK PARKWAY AND SPRUCE STREET AS WELL AS PORTIONS OF 2ND STREET WILL START THIS SUMMER
WORK ON PORTIONS OF MAINE AND LIBERTY STREET START THE SUMMER OF 2021 REPORTING