River Wilson, born as a micro-preemie, was shorter than the average-sized Barbie doll. Author: Carrie Hodgin (WFMY News 2 Digital) Published: 12:14 PM EDT May 5, 2021 Updated: 12:34 PM EDT May 5, 2021
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. He weighed just 1 pound, 11 ounces after he was born at 25 weeks.
River Wilson was born on Nov. 15, 2020, at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center. He was shorter than the average-sized Barbie doll. He spent 169 days in the NICU.
River’s parents, Jessica and Hayden Wilson of Greensboro are glad to have their baby boy home with them. He has two older sisters, Ridgely, 8, and Murphy, 2.
Jessica Wilson went into labor early at 19 weeks due to preterm premature rupture of membranes (PPROM). She was admitted to the Birth Center where her labor was delayed for six more weeks.
John Neville, a 56-year-old Greensboro man, died Dec. 4, 2019, while in custody at the Forsyth County jail, after he apparently suffered a seizure after being restrained in a prone âhog-tieâ position. Five former jailers and a nurse now face criminal charges.
Those are unpleasant, even gruesome facts. But itâs necessary for those who care about public matters to be aware of them.
Thereâs more that the public should know, and the Winston-Salem Journal has joined a coalition of media outlets that sued on Monday to have that information released.
The information includes a 723-page report by the State Bureau of Investigation, an internal investigation by the Forsyth County Sheriffâs Office, officersâ statements, investigative notes, jail medical records, Nevilleâs medical reports and video of the incident that led to Nevilleâs death. The contents are being held by the N.C. Department of Health and Human Services.
We want moderate weather and live within an hour of the mountains and less than three hours to the beach where should we retire? MarketWatch 5/4/2021
My wife and I are 57 and looking to retire in five years. Here is what we are looking for in a locale:
Mountains within an hour and beach within a three-hour drive. Access to water close by would be ideal (lakes, river, ocean)
Moderate climate, with winters near freezing (or warmer) but nice summers
Moderate cost of living, especially housing. We would like to buy a home for $700,000 or less
Access to theater, music, great restaurants, similar to a college town
There was little time to spare after 17-year-old Griffin Weathers was shot in the chest in 2018.
He was losing blood fast, and needed surgery to have any chance of survival.
An ambulance rushed Weathers the 10 minutes to nearby High Point Medical Center. Itâs the closest hospital and the place where paramedics are supposed to take patients with immediately life-threatening injuries.
But High Point Medical Center was not really equipped to save the teenagerâs life. It is not a designated trauma center and does not have the doctors, surgeons and anesthesiologists that come with that designation. So shooting victims like Weathers often need to be transferred to another hospital for surgery.
GREENSBORO â The young mother wouldnât accept money for her deeds. Not as a volunteer at the Islamic Center of the Triad accompanying new immigrants to the doctor as an interpreter or helping someone study for a driverâs license.
But each time Amal Khdour extracted a promise.
âRemember, one day you are going to be put in this situation â please donât say no,â she told them.
Those who know her say her work decades later continues to live out the spirit of the Muslim observance of Ramadan on a daily basis.
Ramadan, which ends May 12, is the month when Muslims believe Allah revealed key passages of the Quran to the prophet Muhammad.