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Burlington Recreation and Parks Department hosting job fair April 26

Burlington Recreation and Parks Department hosting job fair April 26
UP IN JUST A LITTLE BIT. ALL RIGHT, DAVE, THANK YOU. NEW DETAILS THIS AFTERNOON ABOUT THE SHOT FIRED INSIDE A DORM ROOM LATE LAST NIGHT AT NORTH CAROLINA. AND STATE UNIVERSITY CAMPUS. POLICE SAY NO ONE WAS INJURED IN THE SHOOTING, BUT THE STUDENT AND HIS GIRLFRIEND, WHO DOES NOT ATTEND A AND T WERE BOTH CHARGED. MARIA DEBONE JOINS US LIVE FROM THE CAMPUS WITH MORE ON WHAT TOOK PLACE. MARIA. WELL, UNIVERSITY POLICE SAY THIS HAPPENED LATE LAST NIGHT AROUND 1130 HERE AT A BARBIE HALL ON CAMPUS. NOW THEY DO SAY THAT THE ONE BULLET THAT WAS FIRED WENT THROUGH A WALL INTO A ROOM THAT HAD SEVERAL STUDENTS IN IT. NOW, POLICE SAY THE SHOOTING HAPPENED DURING AN ARGUMENT BETWEEN 18 YEAR-OLD STUDENT NICHOLAS MCCALL AND HIS GIRLFRIEND, 19 YEAR-OLD JULIA GIBSON. MCCALL IS CHARGED WITH FELONY POSSESSION OF A WEAPON ON EDUCATIONAL PROPERTY. SIMPLE POSSESSION OF MARIJUANA, POSSESSION OF DRUG PARAPHERNALIA AND MOLESTATION OF A FIRE DEVICE. GIBSON IS CHARGED WITH FELONY POSSESSION OF A WEAPON ON EDUCATIONAL PROPERTY AND FELONY FIRING A WEAPON INTO AN OCCUPIED DWELLING. NOW, GIBSON APPEARED IN COURT THIS AFTERNOON WHERE HER ATTORNEY STATED THAT IT WAS HER BOYFRIEND’S GUN AND THAT IT WENT OFF ACCIDENTALLY WHEN SHE WAS TRYING TO PUT IT AWAY. THE JUDGE ORDERED GIBSON TO HAVE NO CONTACT WITH MCCALL, AND IS NOT ALLOWED TO BE ON ANT’S CAMPUS NOW, ALTHOUGH NO ONE WAS INJURED. STUDENTS WHO LIVE IN BARBIE HALL SAY IT MAKES THEM WORRIED THAT SOMEONE HAD A GUN ON CAMPUS AT ALL. I THINK IT’S UNACCEPTABLE. NOTHING LIKE THIS SHOULD BE ABLE TO OCCUR AT A DORM. I SHOULDN’T HAVE TO HIT THE GROUND BECAUSE A GUNSHOT WENT OFF IN MY SLEEP. THAT SHOULDN’T HAPPEN AT ALL. BUT I WOKE UP UPSET PRETTY WELL BECAUSE I HAD PEOPLE CALLING ME, MAKING SURE I WAS OKAY, AND I JUST FELT LIKE IT WAS UNCOMFORTABLE. THE FACT THAT I’M LAYING MY HEAD ON SOMEWHERE WHERE SOMEONE HAS A GUN ON. AND UNIVERSITY POLICE SENT AN EMAIL TO STUDENTS THIS MORNING REMINDING THEM THAT WEAPONS ARE FORBIDDEN ON CAMPUS, AND THEY ARE REMINDING STUDENTS THAT IF THEY KNOW ANYONE HAS A GUN ON CAMPUS TO ALERT UNIVERSITY POLICE. LIVE ON NCAA CAMPUS MARIA DEBONE WXII 12 NEWS. THE UNIVERSITY IS OFFERING COUNSELING SERVICES TO STUDENTS RIGHT NOW. SERVICES ARE IN MURPHY HALL MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY FROM 8 A.M. UNTIL 5 P.M. STUDENTS CAN ALSO. CALL (336) 334-7727. APPALACHIAN STATES UNIVERSITY CHANCELLOR IS STEPPING DOWN AFTER MORE THAN A DECADE IN THE ROLE. DOCTOR SHERI EVERTS IS STEPPING DOWN EFFECTIVE FRIDAY. AN INTERIM CHANCELLOR IS EXPECTED TO BE NAMED BY THEN. THE CHANGE IN LEADERSHIP COMES AFTER RECENT PROTESTS FROM STUDENTS AT APP STATE UPSET OVER CLASSROOM CONDITIONS AT EAST HALL AND ONGOING RENOVATIONS AT WAY HALL. LAST MONTH, WE SPOKE TO MANY STUDENTS CONCERNED ABOUT THIS ISSUE, AND YOU CAN HEAR FROM THEM BY VISITING THIS STORY ONLINE AT WXII 12.COM. STATE HIGHWAY PATROL TROOPERS HAVE RELEASED THE NAME OF THE PERSON KILLED IN A CRASH IN GRAHAM LAST WEEK. TROOPERS SAY A MAN WAS DRIVING ON HIGHWAY 87 NEAR BOWOOD ROAD THURSDAY MORNING WHEN HE HIT ANOTHER DRIVER HEAD ON. A PASSENGER INSIDE HIS CAR, JORDAN WATTS WILSON, DIED FROM HER INJURIES AT THE HOSPITAL. BOTH DRIVERS INVOLVED WERE TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL WITH SERIOUS INJURIES. NO WORD ON IF TROOPERS MIGHT FILE ANY CHARGES. WINSTON-SALEM STATE UNIVERSITY POLICE TELL US THEY BELIEVE SEVERAL PEOPLE WERE INVOLVED IN CAR BREAK INS LAST THURSDAY, 70 SEEN CARS PARKED IN THE D LOT WERE IMPACTED, WITH THE SUSPECTS CAUSING DAMAGE AND TAKING ITEMS FROM INSIDE THOSE CARS. OFFICERS ALSO TELL US THEY’RE LOOKING FOR A LIGHT COLORED CAR BELIEVED TO BE INVOLVED. WE FIRST TOLD YOU ABOUT THIS STORY LAST THURSDAY. YOU CAN HEAR FROM STUDENTS RIGHT NOW ON WXII 12.COM. THE FIRST LADY DOCTOR, JILL BIDEN, IS IN THE TRIAD THIS AFTERNOON. SHE JUST WRAPPED UP A VISIT TO GUILFORD TECHNICAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE, MEETING WITH GOVERNOR ROY COOPER, LOCAL EDUCATORS AND STUDENTS. THE FOCUS OF THIS DISCUSSION WAYS TO BRING CAREER CONNECTED LEARNING TO SCHOOLS IN THE TAR HEEL STATE. THE PROGRAMS GIVE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS THE CHANCE TO TAKE COMMUNITY COLLEGE COURSES. NORTH CAROLINA HAS BEEN A LEADER IN PROVIDING THOSE OPPORTUNITIES AND IS EXEMPLARY IN TRANSFORMING HIGH SCHOOL INTO A PLACE THAT PREPARES STUDENTS FOR JOBS. OUR CHRIS PETERSEN WAS AT TODAY’S EVENT. HE’LL HAVE A LIVE REPORT COMING UP AT 4.3. HISTORY UNFOLDING INSIDE A NEW YORK COURTROOM TODAY FOR THE FIRST TIME, A FORMER PRESIDENT FACING FELONY CRIMINAL CHARGES AS DONALD TRUMP IS ACCUSED OF FALSIFYING BUSINESS RECORDS TO CONCEAL DAMAGING INFORMATION AND UNLAWFUL ACTIVITY FROM VOTERS BEFORE AND AFTER THE 2016 ELECTION. JAY GRAY IS OUTSIDE THE COURTROOM IN LOWER MANHATTAN WITH DETAILS. TRUMP IS NOT ABOVE THE LAW WITH A HANDFUL OF PROTESTERS GATHERED OUTSIDE FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP ARRIVES IN LOWER MANHATTAN DEFIANT AS HE ENTERS THE COURTROOM. THIS IS A PERSECUTION LIKE NEVER BEFORE. NOBODY’S EVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE IT. AND AGAIN, IT’S A CASE THAT SHOULD HAVE NEVER BEEN BROUGHT. IT’S AN ASSAULT ON AMERICA. THE TRIAL OPENS WITH ARGUMENTS OVER POTENTIAL EVIDENCE JUDGE JUAN MOSHAN RULING THE INFAMOUS ACCESS HOLLYWOOD TAPE WITH TRUMP DISCUSSING GRABBING WOMEN BY THEIR GENITALS WON’T BE PLAYED IN COURT, BUT PROSECUTORS CAN USE A PORTION OF THE TRANSCRIPT. A FORMER PLAYBOY MODEL WHO ALLEGES SHE HAD AN AFFAIR WITH TRUMP WILL BE ALLOWED TO TESTIFY. BUT THE SCOPE OF THAT TESTIMONY WILL BE LIMITED. AND NATIONAL ENQUIRER STORIES ATTACKING TRUMP’S POLITICAL OPPONENTS AT THE URGING OF THE THEN CANDIDATE WILL BE ALLOWED AS WELL. AT ONE POINT, THE JUDGE CHIDING BOTH SIDES, SAYING, QUOTE, ABOUT 500 JURORS ARE WAITING ON US. THE PROCESS TO SELECT 12 PANELISTS AND SIX ALTERNATES WILL INCLUDE QUESTIONS ABOUT SOME OF THEIR POLITICAL BELIEFS, PRIOR KNOWLEDGE OF THE CASE AND IF THEY FOLLOW THE FORMER PRESIDENT ON SOCIAL MEDIA, THERE WILL BE AN ELECTRICITY WHEN THEY FIRST WALK IN THE ROOM AND PERHAPS THE GRAVITY OF THE MOMENT HITS THEM AT THE END OF THE DAY. CAN YOU FIND A DOZEN PEOPLE IN NEW YORK CITY TO. TO BE FAIR, ABSOLUTELY. THOUGH MOST ACKNOWLEDGE FINDING THAT JURY COULD TAKE SOME TIME. JAY GRAY NBC NEWS, NEW YORK AND STICK WITH WXII 12 AS WE CONTINUE TO FOLLOW DEVELOPMENTS FROM THE TRIAL, WE WILL HAVE UPDATES THROUGHOUT OUR EVENING NEWSCASTS AND A FULL RECAP OF WHAT HAPPENED INSIDE THE COURTROOM TONIGHT ON NBC NIGHTLY NEWS. WELL, PEOPLE IN MAJOR CITIES ACROSS NORTH CAROLINA, INCLUDING WINSTON SALEM, ARE WORKING TOGETHER TO SOLVE ISSUES WHEN IT COMES TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING STATEWIDE. JOSHUA DAVIS JOINS US NOW FROM WINSTON-SALEM WITH MORE. THE NORTH CAROLINA TENANTS UNION HAS MEMBERS IN WINSTON SALEM, RALEIGH AND WILMINGTON, AMONG OTHERS, DEALING WITH PROBLEMS THAT MEMBERS SAY AREN’T UNIQUE TO JUST THOSE CITIES. NICK MCLEOD, THEIR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, SAYS A BIG FOCUS IS EDUCATION. IT MEANS TEACHING FOLKS THE BASICS OF ESTABLISHING THEIR OWN ADVOCACY GROUP IN THEIR LOCAL COMMUNITIES, FROM HOW TO FACILITATE A MEETING TO HOW TO COLLECTIVELY MAKE DECISIONS THEY WANT TO DRAW FROM THE EXPERIENCES AND LESSONS OTHER MEMBERS HAVE LEARNED. THEIR WORK ALSO INCLUDES ADVOCATING FOR POLICY CHANGES FROM THE LOCAL TO THE STATE LEVEL. WE THINK THERE IS A LOT THAT CITIES AND COUNTIES CAN DO RIGHT NOW WITHIN STATE LAW TO, UH, SUPPORT TENANTS AND MAKE IT A MUCH BETTER SITUATION FOR MANY, MANY TENANTS LIVING IN THEIR CITIES AND COUNTIES. STATEWIDE ORGANIZATION IS HOW WE’RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO BUILD THE POWER ACROSS THE STATE TO WIN THOSE MUCH BIGGER CHANGES THAT FUNDAMENTALLY CHANGE WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A TENANT IN NORTH CAROLINA. IF YOU’RE INTERESTED IN GETTING INVOLVED WITH THE TENANTS UNION, OR MAYBE HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD, WE’LL HAVE A LINK TO THEIR INFORMATION ON WXII 12.COM IN WINSTON SALEM. I’M JOSHUA DAVIS FOR WXII 12 NEWS. SECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK HAS LAUNCHED A NEW MOBILE PANTRY PROGRAM. THE GOAL IS TO IMPROVE FOOD SECURITY ACROSS THE FOOD BANK’S 18 COUNTY SERVICE AREA. THE PROGRAM ADDRESSES BARRIERS THAT MANY FAMILIES FACE IN ACCESSING FOOD, INCLUDING NO TRANSPORTATION OR CONVENIENT ACCESS TO GROCERY STORES. THIS IS A UNIQUE PROGRAM. IS THE THE CHOICE THAT FOLKS HAVE THE ABILITY TO BE ABLE TO GO INSIDE THE TRAILER, WALK THE LENGTH OF IT, AND CHOOSE THE ITEMS THAT MAKE THE MOST SENSE FOR THEIR FAMILY. WE FIGURE THAT IS ONE OF THE MOST DIGNIFIED AND DIGNIFIED AND RESPECTFUL WAYS THAT WE CAN PROVIDE FOOD TO PEOPLE, BECAUSE WE’RE NOT MAKING THE CHOICE FOR THEM. THE MOBILE FOOD PANTRY GOES OUT EACH DAY. WE’RE TOLD. PEOPLE OFTEN FIND OUT ABOU
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Burlington Recreation and Parks Department hosting job fair April 26
The city of Burlington is hosting a hiring fair for their Recreation and Parks Dept.Top StoriesWinston-Salem police identify woman shot and killed on North Main StreetMan falls several stories from Myrtle Beach hotel while trying to escape shooting, police sayNC A&T student charged after gun fired inside residence hall Get the latest news stories of interest by clicking hereThe job fair will take place on Friday, April 26, from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the Kernodle Senior Center at 1535 South Mebane St.The department is hiring both part-time and full-time employees for multiple positions. Click the video player above to watch the latest headlines from WXII 12 News. According to the city's news release, there is a chance to be hired on the spot and interviews and requisite screenings will take place on-site. Keep up with the latest news and weather by downloading the WXII app here. These screenings will include on-site drug testing and background checks. Those interested in lifeguarding positions should be prepared to perform a swim test.Watch: NOWCAST streaming newscasts Positions are available for anyone 16 or older. If you are under 18, the department asks that you bring a parent or guardian to help with the hiring process. NAVIGATE: Home | Weather | Watch NOWCAST TV | Local News | National | News We Love | To apply online, you may visit the City of Burlington's website. Trending Stories:

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The job fair will take place on Friday, April 26, from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the Kernodle Senior Center at 1535 South Mebane St.

The department is hiring both part-time and full-time employees for multiple positions.

Click the video player above to watch the latest headlines from WXII 12 News.

According to the city's news release, there is a chance to be hired on the spot and interviews and requisite screenings will take place on-site.

Keep up with the latest news and weather by downloading the WXII app here.

These screenings will include on-site drug testing and background checks. Those interested in lifeguarding positions should be prepared to perform a swim test.

Watch:NOWCAST streaming newscasts

Positions are available for anyone 16 or older. If you are under 18, the department asks that you bring a parent or guardian to help with the hiring process.

NAVIGATE: Home |Weather |Watch NOWCAST TV |Local News |National |News We Love |

To apply online, you may visit the City of Burlington's website.

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