THIS IS BREAKING NEWS. SEVEN STORIES ARE BREAKING, RIGHT NOW. AT NOON, WE BEGIN IN STOKES COUNTY. A MAN IS DUE IN COURT TODAY ON MURDER CHARGES IN THE SHOOTING DEATH OF HIS WIFE. DEPUTIES RESPONDED TO A HOME LAST NIGHT ON KNOB VIEW LANE IN PILOT MOUNTAIN. WHEN THEY GOT THERE, THEY FOUND 53 YEAR OLD TAMMY HODGES INSIDE WITH A GUNSHOT WOUND. INVESTIGATORS SAY SHE DIED AT THE SCENE. DEPUTIES ARRESTED HER HUSBAND, 68. YEAR-OLD SAMMIE COLLINS. IN HER DEATH, HE IS IN JAIL WITHOUT BOND. WE HAVE BREAKING NEWS NOW OUT OF CALIFORNIA. THE MILITARY SAYS FIVE MARINES ABOARD A HELICOPTER THAT WENT DOWN OUTSIDE SAN DIEGO ARE DEAD. THE MARINES WERE FLYING FROM NEVADA TO CALIFORNIA TUESDAY NIGHT WHEN THEIR CH 53 SUPER STALLION HELICOPTER WENT MISSING IN HEAVY RAIN. RESCUERS FOUND THAT HELICOPTER WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON IN THE MOUNTAINS OUTSIDE SAN DIEGO. EFFORTS TO RECOVER THE REMAINS OF THE FIVE HAVE BEGUN IN. INVESTIGATORS ARE CONSIDERING IF WEATHER CONDITIONS AT THE TIME PLAYED A ROLE IN THE CRASH. JUST ONE OF THE MOST CAPABLE AVIATION UNITS ON THE FACE OF THE EARTH, THERE, NORMALLY CAPABLE OF HANDLING ALL OF THIS, BUT IN THIS CASE, OBVIOUSLY SOMETHING WENT, UH, BADLY WRONG. AND PRESIDENT BIDEN ISSUED A STATEMENT ON THE LOSS OF THE MARINES. IT SAYS IN PART, QUOTE, OUR SERVICE MEMBERS REPRESENT THE VERY BEST OF OUR NATION. AND THESE FIVE MARINES WERE NO EXCEPTION. TODAY, AS WE MOURN THIS PROFOUND LOSS, WE HONOR THEIR SELFLESS SERVICE AND ULTIMATE SACRIFICE AND REAFFIRM THE SACRED OBLIGATION WE BEAR TO ALL OF THOSE WHO WEAR THE UNIFORM AND THEIR FAMILIES. ALSO, BREAKING A MAJOR CHANGE FROM THE FCC HAS THE 2024 ELECTION SEASON RAMPING UP. THE AGENCY IS BANNING ROBOCALLS THAT CONTAIN VOICES GENERATED BY AI. THE RULING WAS UNANIMOUS, AND THIS IS OVER CONCERNS THE TECHNOLOGY WILL BE USED TO SCAM PEOPLE OR MISLEAD VOTERS, AND NEW HAMPSHIRE AUTHORITIES ARE INVESTIGATING AI GENERATED ROBOCALL CALLS THAT MIMICKED PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN’S VOICE TO DISCOURAGE PEOPLE FROM VOTING IN THE STATE’S PRIMARY LAST MONTH. BREAKING NEWS OUT OF FORSYTH COUNTY NOW LONG TIME COUNTY COMMISSIONER DAVE PLYLER ANNOUNCED HIS RETIREMENT. HE SAYS HE WILL STEP DOWN FROM THE BOARD AT THE END OF JUNE. PLYLER WAS FIRST ELECTED TO THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS IN 1994. AFTER A CAREER AS A LOCAL RADIO AND TV BROADCASTER FOR. AND LOOKING AHEAD NOW, THE ATLANTIC COAST CONFERENCE IS HOLDING A NEWS CONFERENCE IN TWO HOURS TO ISSUE A MAJOR ANNOUNCEMENT. WXII 12 MARIA DEBONE JOINS US LIVE FROM THE COLISEUM NOW IN GREENSBORO, AND MARIA, WHAT SHOULD WE EXPECT WITH THIS ANNOUNCEMENT? YEAH, WELL, IN A NEWS RELEASE SENT OUT, THE ACC SAYS THIS WILL, QUOTE, BE TO ANNOUNCE A SERIES OF FUTURE LOCATIONS FOR NUMEROUS ACC CHAMPIONSHIPS. NOW, IN THE PAST, THE ACC HAS RULED OUT FIVE YEAR ROTATIONS ON WHERE THE CHAMPIONSHIPS WILL BE. GREENSBORO HAS ALWAYS BEEN THE DOMINANT CITY, BUT RECENTLY THERE’S BEEN UNCERTAINTY. FROM 1967, WHEN GREENSBORO HOSTED IT FOR THE FIRST TIME. IT’S VIRTUALLY BEEN THE PLACE WITH THE TOURNAMENT HAS BEEN. IT’S IT’S IT’S JUST THE HEADQUARTERS OF THE OF THE TOURNAMENT, THE LEAGUE, EVERYTHING. AND THAT’S CHANGING. AND AND WE REALLY DON’T KNOW WHAT’S GOING TO HAPPEN. AND AS REPORTED HEAVILY IN THE PAST, BUSINESSES SURROUNDING THE GREENSBORO COLISEUM COMPLEX BENEFIT GREATLY FROM THE CROWD. THE ACC TOURNAMENT BRINGS.PWE HA HERE PRETTY MUCH ALL TIMES DURING THE DAY. THERE WERE TIMES WHERE I WOULD WORK PROBABLY 12 HOURS. SOMETIMES. AND FOLLOWING THE ACC ANNOUNCEMENT AT 2 P.M., GREENSBORO MAYOR NANCY VAUGHN WILL BE SPEAKING AT 3 P.M. WE WILL BE THERE TO GET HER REACTION TO WHATEVER THIS ANNOUNCEMENT IS, AND WE’LL HAVE THE FULL COVERAGE COMING UP LATER TONIGHT ON WXII. FOR NOW, LIVE IN GREENSBORO, MARIA DEBONE, WXII 12 NEWS. THANK YOU. MARIA. OUR SPORTS DIRECTOR, JOHN JOHNSON, WILL BE IN CHARLOTTE THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE ACC NEWS CONFERENCE THAT’S SCHEDULED FOR 2 P.M. YOU CAN WATCH IT LIVE ON THE WXII 12 FACEBOOK PAGE. AND THIS AFTERNOON, ALAMANCE BURLINGTON SCHOOL OFFICIALS WILL SIT DOWN WITH COUNTY COMMISSIONERS AND STATE LAWMAKERS. THEY ARE EXPECTED TO TALK ABOUT THE FUNDING ISSUES THE DISTRICT IS FACING DUE TO BUILDING CONCERNS. THE MEETING COMES AFTER THE COMMISSIONERS APPROVED $250,000 TO DELAY ANY POTENTI