YOU EXCITED? 12 NEWS AT FIVE STARTS RIGHT NOW. RIGHT NOW SENTENCING CHANGE THE TRY ON WOMAN. THE CENTER OF A HIGH PROFILE MURDER CASE COULD SOON LEAVE PRISON WIND THAT COULD HAPPEN. PLUS, ADDRESSING SEMITISM AFTER RECENT INCIDENTS. THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA, HOW A LOCAL JEWISH IS STANDING UP TO HATE. AND LATER, PROVIDING JOY. THE LOCAL EFFORT TO MAKE SURE NO CHILD WITHOUT A TOY ON CHRISTMAS MORNING. THE PIEDMONT TRIED IS BRACING FOR ANOTHER BLAST OF COLD AIR IN THE DAYS LEADING UP TO CHRISTMAS. AND THAT MIGHT NOT BE ALL. PLENTY COLD TODAY. I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE WOULD SAY ABSOLUTELY, I WOULD AGREE. LET’S GET STRAIGHT TO CHIEF METEOROLOGIST LANIE POPE TO START OUR NEWS AT FIVE THIS EVENING. AND LADY RAIN IS IN THE FORECAST, TOO. BUT WHAT WE SEE ANY OF THAT TONIGHT, WE SHOULD NOT SEE ANY RAIN TONIGHT. IT WILL LIKELY BE TOMORROW THAT WE WILL HAVE THE WET WEATHER. WE DEFINITELY HAVE THE CLOUDS TONIGHT AND WE HAVE THE COLD AIR IN PLACE. THIS IS OUR NORMAL COLD DAY IN DECEMBER. BUT WE ARE GOING TO HAVE SOME UNUSUALLY COLD AIR HEADING OUR WAY RIGHT NOW. YOU SEE WHERE IT IS, TEENS AND TWENTIES BELOW, ZERO OVER THE NORTHERN PLAINS STATES. SO IT IS GOING TO CONTINUE TO DRIVE SOUTHWARD AND EVENTUALLY HERE IN TIME FOR HOLIDAY WEEKEND. YOU MENTIONED THE RAIN. IT IS LARGELY TO OUR SOUTH RIGHT NOW, THE NORTHERN EXTENT OF IT CREATING MAYBE A FEW SPRINKLES OR SNOWFLAKES OVER DAVIDSON AND RANDOLPH COUNTIES. BUT MOST OF THIS IS OVER TOWARD RALEIGH AND THEY MAY HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF LIGHT SNOW. THIS EVENING. WE SHOULD STAY PRETTY DRY AND COOL. WE’VE GOT NUMBERS IN THE THIRTIES NOW. IT’LL BE CLOSE TO FREEZING, SO MAKE SURE YOU’RE BUNDLED UP IN THOSE WINTER JACKETS IF YOU’VE GOT SOME EVENING PLANS, THEN TOMORROW MORNING LAYERED UP EVEN SO, WITH THE COATS, THE GLOVES, THE HEAVIER COATS AS WELL. TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN THE MID TO UPPER TWENTIES. WE’VE GOT A COLD WET THURSDAY IN THE FORECAST AND THEN THAT RAIN WILL KIND TAPER OFF. EARLY FRIDAY, IT MAY END AS A BRIEF PERIOD OF SNOW AND OR SOME SNOW FLAKES AND TEMPERATURES ARE FALLING THROUGHOUT DAY FRIDAY. MORE ON THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND FORECAST COMING UP. ALL RIGHT, LENNY, THANK YOU. MAKE SURE. YOU KNOW, WHEN CONDITIONS START TO CHANGE, SIMPLY DOWNLOAD THE WXII 12 APP OR HEAD OVER TO OUR WEBSITE AND SIGN UP FOR WEATHER. YOU’LL FIND UPDATED FORECASTS AND GET ACCESS TO OUR RADAR. THERE. WELL. GOVERNOR COOPER HAS COMMUTED THE SENTENCE. A WOMAN CONVICTED IN A DEADLY GRAINS FIRE. JANET DENNEHY HAD SERVED TWO DECADES BEHIND BARS FOR 22 INCIDENT AT CATWALK APARTMENTS. FOUR PEOPLE DIED AFTER SHE SET FIRE TO HER EX-BOYFRIEND’S PATIO. DIANA HAY WAS SENTENCED TO LIFE IN PRISON WITHOUT THE POSSIBLE LITY OF PAROLE. HOWEVER, TODAY’S DECISION NOW MAKES HER ELIGIBLE FOR PAROLE IN JUST A FEW WEEKS. AT THE START OF 2023, A COUPLE OF RECENT ACTS, VANDALISM IN KERRY AND MOORE COUNTY ARE, RAISING AWARENESS ABOUT ANTI-SEMITISM THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA. WXII 12 JOSHUA DAVIS SPOKE WITH JEWISH LEADERS IN AND HAS OUR REPORT. THE RABBI OF TEMPLEMAN SAYS RESILIENCE IS PART OF THE JEWISH EXPERIENCE AND HOPE IS WHAT ALLOWS PEOPLE TO KEEP GOING. WHEN WE LIGHT OUR HANUKKAH CANDLES, WE DO IT TO BRING MORE LIGHT TO THE WORLD. BUT WE ALSO REMEMBER THAT MESSAGE OF FREEDOM. LAST WEEK, THE FBI RELEASED HATE CRIME STATISTICS DATA FOR 2021. IT SHOWS LAST YEAR THERE WERE 1013 INCIDENTS BASED ON RELIGION WITH 396 INCIDENTS BEING ANTI-SEMITIC THE LOWEST IT’S BEEN IN A DECADE. BUT RABBI ANDY KOREN OF TEMPLE EMANU-EL, GREENSBORO, SAYS THERE ARE STILL WORK BE DONE IN ADDRESSING HATE. I JUST NEED TO REMIND THOSE IN OUR AREA THAT IT WAS JUST A YEAR AGO THAT THERE WERE LEAFLETS THAT WERE DISTRIBUTED DRIVEWAYS HERE IN THE GREENSBORO AND RABBI ELIEZER SNEIDERMAN BELIEVES RECENT ANTI-SEMITIC INCIDENTS ARE SYMPTOMS OF CURRENT POLITICAL CONVERSATION, OPEN AND SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS ALLOWING TO BUILD FOLLOWINGS BASED ON HATEFUL IDEAS. YOU’RE AMPLIFYING THE MESSAGE OF ANTI-SEMITISM, AND THAT’S WHAT THE YOU KNOW, THE PEOPLE THAT THAT HATE. THAT’S WHAT THEY WANT. THEY WANT THEIR MESSAGE TO BE AMPLIFIED. HE SAYS JEWISH IN THE TRIAD AREN’T ALONE AND ARE SUPPORTED BY THE PEOPLE AROUND THEM. AND WHEN YOU HAVE CONNECT CHANGED AND THEN ANTI-SEMITIC ISM AND RACISM AND THESE TYPE OF THINGS JUST DON’T ARISE BECAUSE YOU FEEL A CONNECTION TO THE PEOPLE AROUND YOU. RABBI KAREN SAYS IN LIGHT OF RECENT EVENTS, HE’S REACHED OUT TO OTHER FAITH BASED ORGANIZATIONS IN GREENSBORO AND RECEIVED ENCOURAGEMENT. THEY’LL STAND TOGETHER AGAINST ANTI-SEMITISM TO, GET THE STATE OUR NEIGHBORS FROM OUR FRIENDS, FROM PEOPLE THAT WE’VE WORKED CLOSELY WITH AND PEOPLE THAT WE’VE STOOD TOGETHER WITH ON SO MANY OTHER ISSUES HAS BEEN SOMETHING THAT’S BROUGHT MUCH MORE LIGHT TO THIS COMMUNITY AND TO -- IN OUR ENTIRE. AND HE SAYS HE STILL HAS HOPE. WE AS A PEOPLE COULD HAVE GIVEN UP HOPE. IT COULD HAVE HAPPENED IN EGYPT. IT COULD HAVE HAPPENED IN A NUMBER OF OTHER PLACES. YET WE DON’T. I THINK THAT NOT ONLY DO WE HAVE HOPE AND FAITH IN GOD, BUT WE ALSO HAVE HOPE AND FAITH IN HUMANITY. RABBI KOREN SAYS A GREAT WAY BE AN ALLY IS IF YOU SEE SOMETHING TO SAY SOMETHING. AND HE SAYS, THERE SO MANY PEOPLE IN GREENSBORO ARE STANDING WITH THEM AGAINST HATE. IN GREENSBORO, JOSHUA DAVIS, WXII 12 NEWS A WOMAN FACES CHARGES IN ALAMANCE COUNTY ACCUSED OF ASSAULT AND ATTEMPTING TO ABDUCT HER CHILDREN. THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE SAYS THIS ALL HAPPENED LAST FRIDAY. WE’RE TOLD THERE WAS AN ACTIVE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PROTECTIVE ORDER AGAINST CANDACE MYLES, WHO ALLEGEDLY DRAGGED ONE OF THE KIDS FROM A HOME IN ELON. THEY MANAGED TO GET AWAY. AUTHORITIES TELL US SHE THEN LEFT THE HOME BUT WAS ARRESTED A FEW HOURS LATER. THERE IS AN UPDATE TO THE BREAKING NEWS STORY. WE BROUGHT YOU JUST 24 HOURS AGO. GREENSBORO POLICE CHARGES HAVE BEEN FILED IN A WRECK ON MARTINSVILLE ROAD, INCLUDING MISDEMEANOR DEATH BY MOTOR VEHICLE. ACCORDING INVESTIGATORS, GENE REYES WENT OVER THE CENTER LINE, HITTING ANOTHER CAR, HEAD ON. THE PASSENGER IN THAT VEHICLE DIE AND REYES, AS WELL AS THE OTHER DRIVER, WERE TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL WITH SERIOUS INJURIES. THE POLICE FORCE IN ONE TRIAD TOWN IS ABOUT TO DISPATCH. THIS WILL BE HAPPENING IN COOLEEMEE, DAVIE COUNTY, WHERE TOWN COMMISSIONERS UNANIMOUSLY MADE THAT DECISION LAST NIGHT DURING A MEETING. TOWN LEADERS SAY THEY BELIEVE IT’S THE BEST OPTION. THE COOLEEMEE POLICE CHIEF ALREADY SET RESIGN AT THE END OF THIS MONTH. LAW ENFORCEMENT SERVICES IN THE AREA WILL NOW BE HANDLED BY THE DAVIE COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE FOR AT LEAST THE NEXT TWO AND A HALF YEARS. THE SHERIFF TELLS US IT’LL STILL BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THE SAME SERVICES THROUGHOUT THE REST OF THE COUNTY THAT THEY’VE ALREADY BEEN PROVIDING TO CURRENT MEMBERS. MEANWHILE, A COUPLE OF PEOPLE FROM THE PIEDMONT TRIBE UNDER THE NORTH CAROLINA TASK FORCE FOR EQUITY AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE, THE APPOINTMENTS OF JEFFREY SMYTH AND, RICKY HURTADO WERE MADE BY THE GOVERNOR. SMYTH AS A FORMER POLICE CHIEF IN BURLINGTON A REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE. HURTADO MOST RECENTLY SERVED IN THE NORTH CAROLINA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, BUT LOST HIS FOR REELECTION LAST MONTH. THE APPOINTMENTS WERE JUST A COUPLE OF SEVERAL DOZEN ANNOUNCED BY THE GOVERNOR’S OFFICE EARLIER TODAY. SPEAKING OF ROY COOPER, THE GOVERNOR MADE HIS WAY TO THE PIEDMONT TRIAD ON THIS TUESDAY, INCLUDING MAKING A STOP IN THE CITY OF ELKIN WHERE HE TOURED THE YADKIN VALLEY SEWER AUTHORITY WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT. THE GOVERNOR ALSO ENCOURAGED MORE RURAL CITIES TO FOLLOW THE LEAD OF THE AUTHORITY, WHICH IS FORMED BY SEVERAL TOWNS TO HELP POOL RESOURCES FOR INFRASTRUCTURE ISSUES. IT RECENTLY GOT A $15 MILLION GRANT FOR UPGRADES. WE WANTED TO TAKE A QUICK AT SOME OF THE STORIES MAKING HEADLINES THE COUNTRY TODAY. PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN WILL VISIT MEXICO NEXT MONTH. THE WHITE HOUSE SAYS HE WILL ATTEND THE NORTH AMERICAN SUMMIT WITH THE COUNTRY’S PRESIDENT AS WELL AS CANADA’S PRIME MINISTER. THIS ALL COMES AS A SURGING NUMBER OF MIGRANTS HEAD TOWARD OUR SOUTHERN BORDER. MANY WERE WAITING FOR THE END TO A PANDEMIC ERA POLICY ON IMMIGRATION, BUT THAT’S NOW ON HOLD AFTER THE US SUPREME COURT TOOK UP A LEGAL CHALLENGE FROM MORE THAN A DOZEN REPUBLICAN LED STATES. WELLS FARGO WILL PAY CLOSE TO $4 BILLION IN A SETTLEMENT TIED TO ILLEGAL FEES AND INTEREST ON LOANS. THE CONSUMER PROTECTION BUREAU SAYS THE FINANCIAL INSTITUTION WILL USE ABOUT HALF OF THE FINE TO REPAY THE CUSTOMERS. WELLS FARGO REMAINS UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE AFTER A SCANDAL RELATED TO ITS SALES PRACTICES. TWO PEOPLE HAVE DIED AFTER A STRONG HIT. NORTH CALIFORNIA TODAY. TENS OF THOUSANDS LOST POWER TO THE 6.4 MAGNITUDE QUAKE. AND OFFICIALS SAY SEVERAL OTHER PEOPLE ALSO SUFFERED INJURIES. THE EARTHQUAKE WAS CENTERED NEAR THE CITY OF FERNDALE, WHERE THERE WAS SOME DAMAGE TO BUILDINGS AND INFRASTRUCTURE. CITY OF GREENSBOROUGH WAS GOING BE EXTENDING LOOSE LEAF COLLECTION. OFFICIALS EXPECTED THE FIRST ROUND TO BE DONE. THIS WEEK, BUT THEY NOW SAY IT’LL FINISH UP ON JANUARY 14TH. THE SECOND ROUND WILL NOW START ON THE 16TH AND END FEBRUARY 10TH. WE’RE TOLD WET WEATHER VOLUME OF LEAVES AND STAFFING ISSUES ARE BEHIND THIS DELAY. AND THE CITY OF WINSTON-SALEM IS ALSO WARNING RESIDENTS SOME CHANGES TO NORMAL COLLECTIONS COMING UP DUE TO THE HOLIDAYS NEXT WEEK. BE COLLECTING GARBAGE AND RECYCLING ON A NORMAL SCHEDULE NEXT WEEK, HOWEVER, YARD WASTE COLLECTIONS WILL BE DELAYED BY AT LEAST ONE DAY. SAME GOES FOR THE FOLLOWING WEEK AFTER NEW YEAR’S. MEANWHILE, CITY OFFICIALS AS WELL AS CITY LINK 311 WILL BE CLOSED FRIDAY THROUGH DECEMBER SEVENTH AS WELL AS MONDAY, JANUARY SECOND. A NEW PROGRAM LINING THE LOAD FOR FAMILIES ACROSS THE PIEDMONT TRIAD. UNITED WAY HAS PARTNERED WITH SEVERAL GROCERY STORES TO DELIVER FREE GROCERIES TO FAMILIES WHO NEED SOME HELP. WHILE STUDENTS ARE HOME THIS WINTER BREAK WITH RISING COSTS ON NEARLY EVERYTHING THROUGHOUT THE NATION RIGHT NOW, MORE FAMILIES ARE FINDING THEMSELVES FACING FINANCIAL HARDSHIPS AND STRUGGLING THIS HOLIDAY SEASON. UNITED WAY OF FORSYTH COUNTY, PARTNERING WITH DOORDASH WINSTON-SALEM FORSYTH COUNTY SCHOOLS AND LOCAL NONPROFITS TO DELIVER FOOD TO THE DOORSTEPS OF FAMILIES OVER THE HOLIDAYS. IN A PROGRAM CALLED RIDE UNITED. LAST MILE DELIVERY AND IMPACTS OVER 650 CHILDREN IN THESE 205 FAMILIES. AND WHAT ABOUT THE FOOD THAT’S BEING DONATED AND ORGANIZED BY UNITED WAY WITH PARTNERS SUCH AS PUBLIX, LOWES FOODS, FOOD LION, RAMADA INN? WE WOULD NOT ABLE TO SUPPORT THESE FAMILIES, AND THEY WOULD NOT THE FOOD THAT THEY NEED OVER THIS LONG CHRISTMAS BREAK. THINK AND PUBLIX LOWES FOODS AND FOOD LION ALL DONATED ALL KINDS OF FOOD ITEMS AND THE RAMADA INN MADE A MONETARY DONATION FOR ADDITIONAL GROCERIES TO BE BOUGHT. THE FOOD AND OTHER ESSENTIAL ITEMS WILL BE DELIVERED TO LOCAL FAMILIES TOMORROW AND ANYONE WHO NEEDS HELP FINDING RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO THEM CAN CALL 21