NEWS. ALL RIGHT, SARAH, WE WILL KEEP AN EYE ON IT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. A STOKES COUNTY TEENAGER IS BEING LAID TO REST TOMORROW AFTER HE DIED IN A CAR CRASH ON HIS WAY TO HIS OWN SENIOR PROM. A CELEBRATION OF LIFE FOR 17 YEAR OLD WILL TURNER IS BEING HELD TOMORROW AT TWO IN THE AFTERNOON AT THE COLONIAL FUNERAL HOME, STOKES CHAPEL IN SANDY RIDGE. FOLLOWED BY THAT HE WILL BE BURIED. TURNER WAS KILLED IN A CRASH ON HIGHWAY EIGHT NEAR SAWMILL ROAD SATURDAY. HIGHWAY PATROL SAYS HE LOST CONTROL OF HIS VEHICLE AND HIT TWO TREES. HE WAS KILLED AT THE SCENE THIS MONTH. THIS MONTH MARKS ONE YEAR SINCE ALAMANCE COUNTY SOLVED A MURDER CASE THAT WAS 45 YEARS OLD. DURING THE SUMMER OF 1979, TAMMY SUE ALDRIDGE WENT OUT FOR A RUN IN BURLINGTON, BUT NEVER RETURNED HOME. SHE WAS FOUND DEAD DAYS LATER IN THE MIDDLE OF HIGHWAY 54, HAVING BEEN KIDNAPED, HELD FOR DAYS, AND SEXUALLY ASSAULTED. INVESTIGATORS WERE EVENTUALLY ABLE TO CONNECT GARY LANE LAFRAMBOISE TO THE CASE. HE DIED IN 2020, BUT AFTER 45 YEARS, ALDRIDGE’S FAMILY FINALLY HAD AN ANSWER. ANSWERS ARE STILL NEEDED FOR OTHER FAMILIES, THOUGH IN OTHER CASES. THERE’S ABOUT 16 UNSOLVED CASES FROM YEARS BACK THAT ARE BEING LOOKED INTO. NO FAMILY SHOULD HAVE TO LIVE WITH LOSING A CHILD OR A RELATIVE AND NEVER KNOW WHAT HAPPENED. THAT’S WHAT KEPT US GOING. IF YOU KNOW ANYTHING THAT COULD HELP INVESTIGATORS WITH ANY OF THESE CASES, YOU’RE URGED TO GET IN TOUCH WITH THE ALAMANCE COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE OR CRIME STOPPERS. THE ATHLETIC PROGRAM AT ROCKINGHAM COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL IS UNDER REVIEW RIGHT NOW. ACCORDING TO THE SUPERINTENDENT, STAFF DISCOVERED SEVERAL ATHLETES AT REIDSVILLE HIGH SCHOOL HAD OUT-OF-DATE PHYSICALS OR MEDICAL PARTICIPATION FORMS DURING A RECORDS REVIEW. THE DISTRICT IS WORKING WITH THE STATE HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION TO MAKE SURE EVERYTHING IS UP TO DATE. THEY ALSO HAVE HIRED A CONTRACTOR TO INVESTIGATE WHILE THEY LAUNCHED THEIR OWN INTERNAL PROBE. THEY’RE HOPING TO HAVE THAT REPORT FINISHED BY JUNE. TWO ADULTS AND TWO CHILDREN HAVE LOST THEIR HOME AFTER AN ELECTRICAL FIRE BROKE OUT IN WINSTON-SALEM. THIS HAPPENED AT A HOUSE ON CLINE STREET NEAR SPRAGUE EARLIER TODAY. NO WORD ON IF ANYONE WAS INJURED, BUT INVESTIGATORS DID SAY ONE PET WAS SUCCESSFULLY RESCUED FROM THE HOME. SOME GOOD NEWS OUT OF STOKES COUNTY TONIGHT. A WILDFIRE ON LOWGAP MOUNTAIN IS NOW COMPLETELY CONTAINED. 100%. THAT’S ACCORDING TO THE SKULL CAMP FIRE AND RESCUE. HIGHWAY 89 IS ALSO BACK OPEN AFTER FIREFIGHTERS HAD TO SHUT IT DOWN AS THEY WORKED TO GET THINGS UNDER CONTROL. THE FIRE CHARRED ABOUT 65 ACRES SINCE IT BROKE OUT YESTERDAY AFTERNOON. AND THE LARGEST OF ALL THE WILDFIRES IN OUR STATE RIGHT NOW IS STILL BURNING IN MCDOWELL COUNTY. IT HAS GROWN TO MORE THAN 500 ACRES AND IS ONLY ABOUT 10% CONTAINED. WE’RE TOLD ABOUT 181ST RESPONDERS ARE ASSISTING WITH THIS FIRE RIGHT NOW. HELICOPTERS HAVE BEEN DROPPING WATER TO SLOW ITS PROGRESS FROM ABOVE. EVACUATION ORDERS REMAIN IN PLACE FOR THAT COMMUNITY, AND THERE’S STILL AN AIR QUALITY ALERT IN PLACE. THE CAUSE OF THIS ONE UNDER INVESTIGATION AT THIS POINT. AND YOU CAN STAY UP TO DATE ON THE LATEST ON CONTAINMENT EFFORTS WITH AN INTERACTIVE MAP THAT’S TRACKING, TRACKING ALL THE WILDFIRES ACROSS NORTH CAROLINA. YOU CAN FIND THAT RIGHT NOW ONLINE AT WXII 12.COM. IN GREENSBORO, CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVISTS HELD WHAT THEY CALLED A DAY OF RESISTANCE. THEY’RE OPPOSING COMPANIES THAT CANCELED THEIR COMMITMENTS TO DEI EFFORTS. THE GROUP JUSTICE FOR THE NEXT GENERATION HELD A TOWN HALL AT THE DOWNTOWN GREENSBORO MARRIOTT, THEN MARCHED TO THE INTERNATIONAL CIVIL RIGHTS CENTER AND MUSEUM. ATTORNEY BEN CRUMP AND REVEREND GREGORY DRUMWRIGHT SPOKE ABOUT SEVERAL ISSUES, INCLUDING THE 40 DAY BOYCOTT AGAINST TARGET, WHICH ENDED TODAY. THE RETAILER ROLLED BACK ITS DEI INITIATIVES AND GOALS BACK IN JANUARY OF THIS YEAR. THE FACT THAT MILLIONS OF DOLLARS. I THINK THE FIGURE IS OVER $7 MILLION. TARGET LOST EVERY DAY BECAUSE OF OUR DAYS OF RESISTANCE. IT MEANS THAT THE COMMUNITY OF JUSTICE, THE COMMUNITY THAT IS SERIOUS ABOUT DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION EFFORTS, LIVING AND NOT DYING, IS STILL ALIVE. THE BOYCOTT ORGANIZER, THE REVEREND JAMAL BRYANT, SPOKE LATER IN THE EVENING. EARLIER, HE WAS IN NEW YORK FOR A M