WIZS Christmas Special
“Listen Live” to WIZS 1450 AM or by clicking “Listen Live” at WIZS.com.
If non-stop Christmas music is your thing, or you want Christmas music at your home Christmas party, be sure to tune in or listen live each night this week from 7 p.m. until 11 p.m. plus all day Christmas Day.
We’ll have all your traditional favorites, and the music in the evenings will be commercial free.
— courtesy Franklin County Government
Kristen King, Clerk to the Board of the Franklin County Commissioners, wrote in an email to WIZS News, and to others today, and said, “It is with great sadness we inform you of the passing of Mr. Stephen Merritt, Airport Manager of Triangle North Executive Airport. Mr. Merritt passed away after being involved in an aircraft crash.
“We will forward any information about funeral arrangements when they become available.”
In addition to the information from Franklin County, you can read more online at WRAL.com by clicking here.
— courtesy City of Henderson
The City of Henderson webpage (click here) says on the Recreation and Parks Department section (click here):
“THE AYCOCK RECREATION CENTER WILL BE CLOSED MONDAY, DECEMBER 18 THROUGH SATURDAY, DECEMBER 23 FOR YEARLY GENERAL MAINTENANCE. NO ACTIVITIES WILL TAKE PLACE DURING THIS TIME.”
— courtesy NC SBI and North Carolina Department of Public Safety
The State Bureau of Investigation has deployed a mobile fingerprint scanning application for local and state law enforcement officers that instantly searches state and national databases for a positive identification.
The process is simple. A suspect places his or her finger on a small portable device, about the size of a smartphone and the fingerprints become digitized and sent to the SBI’s Statewide Automated Fingerprint Identification System and to the FBI for a search of their databases for any matches.
The Rapid ID System allows law enforcement officers to capture fingerprints remotely using the mobile fingerprint scanner. An officer quickly receives the results of a search on the hand-held device. If a fingerprint match is made, the device provides a person’s name, photo (if available) and other relevant information allowing for a quick assessment of a potential threat level.
“All of this happens in seconds,” said Wyatt Pettengill, SBI’s special agent in charge of the Criminal Information and Identification section. “Once the fingerprint image is received at the SBI, the image is compared against the SBI’s entire biometric database and sent to the FBI for a search of the Repository of Individuals of Special Concern, a combination of many different FBI databases that house sensitive law enforcement information.”
Officers who participated in SBI’s pilot program saw how valuable the technology is in correctly identifying individuals who had given them fictitious information or who had outstanding warrants in North Carolina.
A national fingerprint search through the Rapid ID System also provides officers access to outstanding warrants in other states, national sex offender registry subjects and known or suspected terrorists. Several states are already using this remote identification technology and are experiencing great success, according to Pettengill.
“The SBI tries to provide its law enforcement partners with the most current, cutting edge technology in the effort to apprehend criminals and make North Carolina safer,” said Pettengill. “It’s an amazing investigative and officer safety tool.”
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— courtesy theacc.com
Noting ACC Basketball
ACColades
Two ACC teams are in action on Monday night against opponents from the state of South Carolina … Florida State plays host to Charleston Southern, while Wake Forest travels to Coastal Carolina in search of its sixth straight win … Sunday action sees No. 7 North Carolina rally for a 78-73 road win at No. 20 Tennessee, while Boston College and Georgia Tech win big at home … Joel Berry II’s 21 points and Kenny Williams’ go-ahead 3-pointer are key for UNC in its victory over the Vols … the Tar Heels win after trailing by six points at halftime and by as many as nine points in the second half … freshman Steffon Mitchell registers his first collegiate double-double with 13 points and a season-best 14 rebounds in Boston College’s 84-65 win over Central Connecticut … the victory is the Eagles’ fourth straight … freshman forward Moses Wright scores 19 points on 8-for-9 shooting from the floor in Georgia Tech’s 79-54 win over Florida A&M … preseason All-ACC second-team selection Josh Okogie also scores 19 for the Yellow Jackets in his first action of the season … Miami’s 9-0 start is its best since opening the 2007-08 season 12-0 … Clemson’s 9-1 start is its best since 2008-09 … Clemson’s Marcquise Reed named ACC Player of the Week while Syracuse’s Oshae Brissett earns Rookie of the Week honors.
