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DIANA: A FREE PET PANTRY IS IN NEED THIS EVENING AFTER VANDALS APPARENTLY LEFT IT EMPTY AND DAMAGED. 12 NEWSS ZOIE HENRY SHOWS US HOW THE COMMUNITY NEAR 91ST AND CRAWFORD ON MILWAUKEES SOUTHWEST SIDE IS JUMPING IN TO HELP. ZOIE: VICKY VAN LARE IS ON A MISSION TO HELP HER NEIGHBORS WITH PET FOOD AND SUPPLI BUT HER KINDNESS HAS BEEN CRUSHED. >> IT HURTS ME. IT REALLY HURTS THAT SOMEBODY FEELS THAT ENTITLED, THAT THEY NEED TO COME DESTROY SOMETHING ELSE THAT SOMEBODY IN THE COMMUNITY IS DOING. ZOIE: VAN LARES NONPROFIT, ROXZS RESOURCES, STOCKS A FREE FOOD PANTRY IN THE MORGAN HEIGHTS NEIGHBORHOOD ON MILWAUKEES SOUTH SIDE. BUT OVER THE LAST TWO MONTHS, SHE CLAIMS VANDALS DAMAG FREE BOX IN FRONT OF HER HOUSE AND CLEANED OUT THE SUPPLIES. >> DOORS BEEN BROKEN AND WEVE BEEN EMPTIED OUT TWICE AVERAGE OF $200 AT A TIME. ZOIE: SHES CALLED THE POLICE, BUT THEY TOLD HER SINCE THE ITEMS ARE FREE, THERES NOTHING THEY CAN DO. >> IT IS HEAVY, BUT IM NOT. — YOURE NOT GOING TO STOP ME. AND I JUST ASKED THE COMMUNITY IF THEY CAN JUST HELP, YOU KNOW, DONATE SOME STUFF TO R THIS, BECAUSE BRUNOS PET PANTRY IS JUST A SIDEKICK OFF OF ROXYS RESOURCES AND AWARENESS, AND LET THEM KNOW, HEY, ROXYS DOES THIS, BUT YOU ALSO KNOW WHO KNOWS US, WE DO SO MUCH OTHER STUFF. ZOIE: AFTER THE VANDALISM COMMISSION MADE A FACEBOOK POST ASKING THE COMMUNITY FOR HELP, AND THEN CAME THIS AND MORE. >> SOMETIMES I COME HOME FROM WORK BECAUSE MY HUSBAND I BOTH WORK FULL-TIME JOBS. WE HAVE BOXES LINED UP. WE HAD OUR FREE COMMUNITY, PET FOOD, AND SUPPLIES EVENT ON SATURDAY. I HAD PEOPLE COME UP WITH CARTS, WHEELIE CARTS, JUST ST ZOIE: FOR NOW, SHELL BE STOCKING A LITTLE LESS AND KEEPING A CLOSER EYE ON THE SUPPLIES. BUT SHES SAYS SHE REMAINS COMMITTED TO HELPING HER PE

Voters weigh in on presidential campaigns as election season kicks into high gear [Video]
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Voters are weighing in on the 2024 general election as the race kicks into high gear. There are fewer than 70 days before voters head to the polls on Nov. 5. According to the latest RealClearPolitics Poll Average, former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris are polling within one percentage point of each other. Get the latest news stories of interest by clicking hereJohn Dinan, a political science professor at Wake Forest University, says the race is still too close to call at this point.In this Harris/Trump matchup, you can see a path to victory for both, he said.WXII spoke to Republicans, Democrats and undecided voters. They largely agreed it is a toss-up when asked if they think their preferred presidential candidate will win. I guess Im just a bit pessimistic about North Carolina, a Democratic voter said. But anything can happen.Do I think he can? Really, Im not certain there, Karen Harrington, a Trump voter, said. I hope he can.Dinan says that while North Carolina is not as likely to swing the race as other battleground states such as Pennsylvania, North Carolina could still significantly impact who ends up in the Oval Office.North Carolina is likely to continue, at least for the foreseeable future, to attract attention from both of the presidential campaigns, and thats significant, Dinan said. Its possible to see North Carolina being the pivotal state.We asked voters what their top issues were in this election. Several cited the economy, immigration and education as priorities. Others included abortion rights and the environment. Some voters said they were fairly certain who they were going to vote for. One Republican voter named Rick said he doesnt believe Harris has been clear enough with her policy positions and sees Trump as a good adversary to her in the upcoming presidential debate.I think the debate, if its done properly, might give Trump a bump, Rick said. I think hes better at that than Harris is by far.However, some Democratic voters say they are more enthusiastic about Harris’ entry into the race than President Joe Bidens candidacy.I wasnt that confident before we made the switch to Kamala, but now that shes switched, Ive definitely been feeling the momentum people have been talking about, one voter said. Dinan says that the current state of politics means its becoming increasingly unlikely that most voters will change their minds about who they vote for. In todays polarized environment, you just dont see that many shifts take place. So many people are already decided and fixed in their positions, he said. That being said, theres still opportunities.One of those opportunities lies with an undecided voter named Marilyn Fulton. She says shes leaned Democratic in the past but still has not made up her mind about this election.A lot of soul searching, a lot of doing research, which I am still doing to decide where my vote lies, she said. A common theme among the voters we spoke to is wanting both candidates to put aside their personalities and focus on policy. I dont care about personality, Rick said. I care about the economy, supporting the police, enforcing our laws.Even though they label her as being a Black woman and I am a Black woman, Fulton said. That has nothing to do with it. Its what you can do for this country.Im looking for (Trump) to do away with the hype that he is known for and really tell us This is what Im going to do, and do it, Harrington said. Dinan says that Harris and Trump will continue to spend time courting voters in North Carolina. He says the next big event on the election calendar is the debate scheduled for Sept. 10. NAVIGATE: Home | Weather | Watch NOWCAST TV | Local News | National | News We Love | Trending Stories

Dry June, Wet July, & Tropical Rain in August [Video]
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Dry June, Wet July, & Tropical Rain in August [Video]

This summer has brought us record heat on July 15 of 99 degrees for the high in Greensboro at the Piedmont Triad International Airport. SUMMER 2024 We have had three heat waves from the end of June through the end of August with drought conditions that were nearly wiped out even before Tropical Storm Debby arrived in North Carolina.JUNEThe beginning of June started with highs in the 70s and comfortable conditions and a few days of light rainfall. By the end of the month, hot and dry conditions began with our first round of 90s for 2024. We reached a high of 97 degrees in Winston-Salem on June 26. as the hottest day in two years and hottest day for 2024 as of August 31, 2024. Parts of the Piedmont Triad went into abnormally dry conditions as drought concerns worsened. We ended the month with more than three inches below normal rainfall totals.JULYJuly started out strong by turning up the heat! We had 13 days of 90 degrees or more prompting a Heat Advisory for parts of the Piedmont Triad. A few scattered storms developed before many of the Fourth of July festivites got underway. You can checkout our ulocal North Carolina Facebook Group members’ photos in this summer slidewhow for the month of July.Early July also brought the first hurricane of the season and a landfall in the United States along the Gulf of Mexico. Beryl missed making landfall in Jamaica, but it came dangerously close and brought major damage to the island’s west coast. On its path through the Caribbean, Beryl became a major hurricane and reached Category Four Hurricane status.With light and sporadic rainfall, hot temperatures, and plenty of sunshine, most of North Carolina was thrust into a drought. By the middle of the month, we also reached our hottest day of 2024 at 99 degrees as recorded at the Piedmont Triad International Airport. [/twitter]Here’a look at the July 18 drought map showing severe drought for parts of the Foothills.As Meteorologist Brian Slocum reported, July 2024 was the wettest July in 40 years. PTI Airport received more than a foot of rain from mid-July to mid-August, about three times our normal rainfall over that period. The rain has helped ease the impact of the very hot and dry period in late June through mid-July. For more on the mid-summer drought, check out Meteorologist Brian Slocum’s Drought Story.By the end of July, we were monitoring the tropics for what would become Hurricane Debby.AUGUSTIn the first few days of August, rainfall returned with steamy 90s through August 3rd. [/twitter]Take a look at our ulocal North Carolina Facebook Group in our August slideshow. Tropical Storm Debby was on the way to bringing major impacts to North Carolina and the Piedmont Triad on the morning of August 8. By late afternoon August 8, Tropical Storm Debby made a beeline for the Piedmont Triad and was downgraded to a Tropical Depression by 5 p.m. Tornado Warnings were issued for the Northern Piedmont as Debby’s damaging wind gusts and rotating storms lifted through the Triad.Debby brought damaging winds with deadly consequences. A severe thunderstorm embedded in Debby’s tropical bands caused the death of 78-year-old Hilda Jones of Browns Summit on the night of August 8. She was seeking shelter in her Rockingham County mobile home in Southeastern Rockingham County. From the first mainland landfall in Floida through the tropical storm impact in North Carolina, there were 8 reported deaths due to Debby.For more on damage and flooding, here is our slideshow from Debby’s path through the Piedmont Triad. Tropical Storm Debby dropped beneficial rainfall across the Piedmont Triad from Burlington to Boone. Just one day after Debby became a depression, lingering tropical moisture brought intense flooding to the Piedmont Triad along a stalled frontal boundary. Later that night, after I posted those storm cloud photos, a Flash Flood Emergency was issued for Guilford County. Three to Five inches fell in less than 40 minutes in some areas of western Greensboro and Guilford County causing at least a dozen water rescues and damaging property as cars across the city became flooded.After the storm passed, Brian Slocum reminded us to look up for the peak of the Perseid Meteor Shower.On August 12, Laura Wilmoth captured the Northern Lights in Laurel Springs, North Carolina during the early morning hours.Chief Meteorologist Lanie shared more about Ernesto forming in the Atlantic Ocean- a tropical system we had been monitoring for more than a week for chances of development.Another heat wave brought more hot 90s and high heat indices by the final weeks of August along with a pleasant surprise of Hurricane Lilies blooming at Reynolda House Museum of American Art.