WE’LL SEE YOU THEN. RIGHT NOW HERE AT 803 IN HIGH POINT. POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING A DEADLY CRASH VERSUS FOUNDERS WERE CALLED TO THE AREA OF GREENSBORO ROAD AT 530 YESTERDAY EVENING FOR THIS. AND INVESTIGATORS SAY 48 YEAR OLD ANTONIO JENKINS HAD BEEN RIDING EAST ON I-70, FOUR ON HIS MOTORCYCLE WHEN HE SWERVED ON THE CURB, GOING OFF OF THE ROADWAY AND INTO THE MEDIAN. THE MOTORCYCLE OVERTURNED SEVERAL TIMES, HITTING THE MEDIAN CABLE BARRIER. POLICE SAY JENKINS DIED AT THAT SCENE AND THAT SPEED WAS A CONTRIBUTING FACTOR IN THIS CRASH. A MAN WHO NEARLY HIT TWO KIDS GETTING ON A SCHOOL BUS IN IREDELL COUNTY IS NOW FACING CHARGES THIS MORNING. POLICE SAY IT WAS 35 YEAR OLD JOSEPH GRAHAM PADGETT, JUNIOR BEHIND THE WHEEL OF THIS CAR THAT SPED PAST A STOPPED BUS JUST BARELY MISSING. THOSE TWO YOUNG GIRLS CROSSING THE ROAD. PADGETT WAS ARRESTED EARLY YESTERDAY MORNING, IS NOW CHARGED WITH PASSING A STOP SCHOOL BUS AND DRIVING WHILE HIS LICENSE WAS REVOKED. IREDELL COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE RECORDS SHOW HE IS OUT ON BOND AS OF THIS MORNING. ACCORDING TO THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION, CAR CRASHES ARE A LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH FOR CHILDREN. SO THE KERNERSVILLE FIRE RESCUE DEPARTMENT IS HOSTING SESSIONS TO EDUCATE PARENTS AND CAREGIVERS ON CHILD PASSENGER SAFETY. ONE OF THOSE FREE EVENTS WAS HAPPENING YESTERDAY. IT OFFERS FREE INSTRUCTIONS FROM SAFETY EXPERTS ON FINDING THE RIGHT CAR SEAT FOR YOUR KIDS AND ALSO HOW TO CORRECTLY INSTALL AND USE THEM. OFFICIALS SAY CHILDREN AGES 2 TO 5 WHO USE SAFETY BELTS PREMATURELY ARE FOUR TIMES MORE LIKELY TO GET A SERIOUS INJURY IN AN ACCIDENT. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT SAYS PROVIDING THIS SERVICE CHECK FOR THE COMMUNITY IS A GREAT WAY TO DO INJURY PREVENTION. WE WANT TO FIND OUT THAT IN AN ACCIDENT, MY CAR SEAT WASN’T INSTALLED PROPERLY. OR DO YOU WANT TO COME IN AND HAVE SOMEBODY INSURE YOU THAT, HEY, YOU KNOW, YOU DID THE JOB CORRECTLY OR HEY, HERE’S A TIP THAT YOU CAN DO TO MAKE SURE THAT YOUR CHILD’S A LITTLE SAFER. WE ALWAYS WANT TO REDUCE RISK IN OUR COMMUNITY AND NOT JUST HERE IN KIRKSVILLE, BUT ALL THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES. KERNERSVILLE FIRE RESCUE DEPARTMENT IS HOLDING MORE OF THESE SAFETY EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. ALL SESSIONS, THEY SAY, WILL TAKE PLACE BETWEEN 9 A.M. AND 12 P.M. WITH NO APPOINTMENTS NECESSARY. YOU CAN FIND THE UPCOMING DATES ON OUR WEBSITE WXII 12 DOT COM. IN RANDOLPH COUNTY, A MAN ACCUSED OF ASSAULTING AND KIDNAPING A WOMAN NEARLY TWO YEARS AGO WILL APPEAR BEFORE A JUDGE TOMORROW ON THAT. JASON BROWN WAS ARRESTED IN JUNE OF 2021 ON UNRELATED CHARGES. HE WAS RELEASED THIS PAST OCTOBER. NOW SHERIFF’S OFFICE SAYS THE FEBRUARY SESSION OF THE GRAND JURY ISSUED AN INDICTMENT AGAINST HIM, WHICH INCLUDED VIOLATING A DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PROTECTION ORDER. DEPUTIES ARRESTED BROWN ON FRIDAY IN ASHEBORO IN FORSYTH COUNTY. A MAN HAS BEEN SENTENCED TO NEARLY 30 YEARS IN PRISON FOR A SERIES OF GUN CRIMES IN WINSTON-SALEM. THE DA’S OFFICE SAYS ALL OF THESE INCIDENTS HAPPENED ALL ACROSS THE CITY OVER THE COURSE OF JUST SEVERAL DAYS IN MAY OF LAST YEAR. THE FORSYTH COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY’S OFFICE SAYS 22 YEAR OLD JARED HALL PLED GUILTY TO MORE THAN 20 CHARGES AGAINST HIM, INCLUDING SEVERAL COUNTS OF ASSAULT, POSSESSION OF A STOLEN FIREARM, ARMED ROBBERY AND THEFT IN GREENSBORO, FAMILIES GATHERED THIS WEEKEND TO REMEMBER THOSE WHO LOST THEIR LIVES TO GUN VIOLENCE. THIS EVENT YESTERDAY WAS HOSTED BY MOTHERS STANDING AGAINST GUN VIOLENCE AND IT CONTINUES THEIR GOAL OF BRINGING AWARENESS TO THE IMPACT OF VIOLENT CRIME ON THE COMMUNITY AND PROVIDE SUPPORT TO VICTIMS FAMILIES. THE ORGANIZATION ALSO HOSTS SUPPORT GROUPS, BY THE WAY, FOR THOSE FAMILIES OF HOMICIDE VICTIM