Headline … At least 3 dead after suspected tornadoes steam through Midwest … Indiana, Ohio & Kentucky all reported twisters…
Local temps in the low 80s in eastern North Carolina…
The local forecast is for lots of sunshine today with a high near 85 and wind gusts as high as 25 mph. Tonight, a chance of showers and thunderstorms before midnight, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm between midnight and 3 a.m. followed by a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 3 a.m. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 62. West wind with gusts as high as 16 mph. Chance of rain is 60%.
Saturday, a chance of showers, mainly before 8 a.m. Partly sunny with a high near 76 … Windy and a 30% chance of precipitation … Saturday night, mostly cloudy with a low around 54 … Sunday (Church Day), mostly sunny with a high near 76.
High temps will be more like March next week … ranging between 58 on Tuesday and 70 Thursday…
ACC tournament scores from yesterday and last night…
UNC 92 – Florida State 67
Pitt 81 – Wake Forest 69
NC State 74 – Duke 69
Virginia 66 – Boston College 60 (OT)
Semifinals today…
7 p.m. UNC vs Pitt
9:30 p.m. Virginia vs NC State … all games on ESPN’/ESPN2
Championship game Saturday 8:30 p.m.
3 players tied at 7-under in The PGA Players Championship at Sawgrass in Florida after one round of play…
Xander Schauffele
Rory McIlroy
Wyndham Clark
2 tied for second at minus 6
Nick Taylor
Matt Fitzpatrick
7 tied at minus 5 … Play continues today…
NASCAR is in Bristol for the Food City 500, a 500 lap event Sunday…
Bladen County Commissioners have scheduled a budget workshop for Monday … Minus longtime County Manager Greg Martin who announced his retirement in December. His last day of work was January 31st … No replacement at this time. Chairman Charles Ray Peterson is interim. Deadline for approving the 2024-25 budget is June 30.
Check our BladenOnline website for all the news that is news … Including John Clark’s local sports.
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