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North Carolina: ‘Honorary grandmother’ of wild horses dies

North Carolina: ‘Honorary grandmother’ of wild horses dies
>> FROM WXII 12 NEWS THIS IS BREAKING NEWS. KENNY: BREAKING NEWS FROM WASHGTON, D.C., THE PRESIDENT IS EXPECTED TO EXTEND THE EVICTION MORATORIUM. TALITHA: THIS COMES AS CASES OF COVID-19 SURGE AROUND THE COUNTRY. MORATORIUM WILL BE 60 DAYS LONG AND PROTECT AREAS WHERE 90% OF THE POPULATION LIVES. KENNY: THE PRESIDENT DID NOT ANNOUNCE IT AT HIS PRESS CONFERENCE BUT THE CDC WLIL ANNOUNCE TONIGHT. THE EVICTION MORATORIUM EXPIRED LAST THAT. -- MONTH. TALITHA: PRESIDENT BIDEN IS CALLING ON NEW YORK ANDREW CUOMO TO STAND DOWN. GOVERNOR CUOMO CAN QUOTE NO LONGER REMAIN IN OFFICE AND THE LEGISLATURE WILL EXPEDITE AN IMPEACHMENT INVESTIGATION. KENNY: THIS COMES AFTER A NEW PORE FROM THE STATE ATTORNEY GENERAL THAT FOUND THE GOVERNOR SEXUALLY HARASSED MULTIPLE WOMEN. EY ALSO FOUND THE CULTURE IN HIS OFFICE NORMALIDZE HIS BEHAVIOR AND ALLOWED SEXUAL TO PROCESS. TALIA:TH TODAY THE GOVERNOR DENIED MANY ACCUSATIONS AND SAID QUOTE THE FACTS ARE MUCH DIFFERENT THAN WHAT HAS BEEN PRETRADE. -- PORTRAYED. KENN Y:A PENTAGON POLICE OFFICER HAS DIED AFTER AN INCIDENT AT A TRAIN STATION JUST OUTSIDE THE BUILDING. THE OFFICER WAS STABBED IN THE SUSPECT KILLED BY LOCAL POLICE. THE HEADQUARTERS OF THE U.S. MILITARY WAS TEMPORARILY PLACED ON LOCKDOWN TODAY. NIGHTLY NEWS WITH LESTER HOLT WILL HAVE MORE ON THESE DEVELOPING STORIES AT THE BOTTOM OF THE HOUR ON WXII. TALITHA: THE WYNDHAM CHAMPIONSHIP CHANGED ITS MASS POLICY TODAY, PEOPLE WHO AREOT N VACCINATED WILL NEED TO WEAR THEIR MASK OUTSIDE OF THEY CANNOTOC SL DISTANCE. ORGANIZERS MAKING THAT ANNOUNCEMENT TODAY BECAUSE OF A SURGEON, 19 CASES. THEY WILL BE FOLLOWING THE CDC’S NE W GUIDELINES. THAT MEANS MASKS ARE REQUIRED FOR EVERYONE, REGARDLESS OF VACCINATION STATUS, INSI.DE THE 82ND ANNUAL WYNDHAM CHAMPIONSHIP IS SET STORT NEXT WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 11. KENNY: TOMORROW IS NORTH CAROLINA’S FINAL TAXING LOTTERY DRAWG,IN THE LATEST OF FOUR THAT OCCURRED THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER, GETTING VACCINATED PEOPLE IN OUR STATE THE CHANCE TO WIN $1 MILLION. THERE’S ALSO A CHANCE FOR A $25,000 COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIP FOR TEENS. TATHLIA: THE DEBATE OVER WHO OR WHAT TO DO ABOUT WINSTON-SALEM’S CRYSTAL TOWERS AND THE PEOEPL WHO HAVE LIVED THERE IS TAKING ANOTHER STEP FORWARD. PEOPLE WHO LIVE THERE SAY THE FACILITY IS IN DIRE NEED OF REPAIR, AND THE NEED FOR MORE FORMAL HOUSING IS ALSO CRITICAL. WXII 12’S LEE ANNE DENYER SPOKE WITH CONCERNED COMMUNITY MEMRSBE AND THE MAYOR ABOUT WHAT COMES NEXT. LAUREN: -- LEE AE:NN RESIDENT SPOKE WITH THE MAYOR TODAY TTAO ABOUT WHAT THEY SAY IS A DESPERATE NEED OF REPAIRS, AND THEY ALSO WANT TO SEE MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN THE CITY. CRYSTAL TOWERS HAS BEEN AT THE CENTER OF THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEBATE IN WINSTON-SALEM FOR ARYES. ON TUESDAY, RESIDENTS JOINED BY CONCERNED COMMUNITY MEMBSER CALLED ON CITY LEADERS TO TNO -- TO MAKE RIGELL REPAIRS INSIDE AND MAKE BRINGING MORE AFFOABRD UNITS TO THE CITY A PRIORITY. >> THERE IS NO AFFORDABLE HOUSING. THERISE NO PLACE FOR PEOPLE WHO WOULD BE GIVEN A VOUERCH TO GO TO NDC. >> MAJOR ALLEN JOINES SAYS THE HOUSING AUTHORITY IS STUDYING CRYSTAL TOWERS RIGHT NOW TO BETTER UNDERSTAND WHAT NEEO TDS BE DONE, AND HOW MUCH IT WOULD COST. >> WE NEED TO SEE THE RESULF OTS THE STUDY AND I WANT TO KNOW WHERE WE WOULD PLACE THESE UNITS IN THE CITY, BECAUSEE W DON’T WANT TO JUDGE FRYE AND MOVE PEOPLE OUT OF THE CITY. >> CRYSTALOWER TS HAS TOO MANY PEOPLE IN IT AND MANY WANTO T STAY BUT SAY CONDITIONS WILL WORSEN. >> RESIDENTS DEMAND THAT THEY DON’T HAVE TO KEEP LIVING IN A DETERIORATING BUILDING. LEE ANNE: THE MAYOR SAID PLANS -- COMPLAIN SEE HER TODAY ARE ONCE HE HEARD BEFORE BUT NO PLANS WERE MADE. KENN Y:TWO WOMEN FACING CHARGES TONIGHT AND CONNECTION TO A HOMICIDE LAST YEAR, SANDRA AND CRYSTAL HKS -- LARRY HAWKS DIED FROM COMPLICATIONS WITH NEGLECT. THE WONME ARE DUE IN COURT LATER THIS MONTH. WINSTON-SALEM ALSO INVESTIGATING THE DEATH --HE T SHOOTING OF A JUVENILE, THERE WAS NEVER JUVENILE WITH HIM BUT THAT THE PERSON REFUSED TO TELL THEM HOW THE SHOOTING OCCURRED. KIMBERLY: -- TALITHA: TONIGHT - THE FORSYTH COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE IS ASKING THE COMMUNITY TO SUPPORT ONOFE THEIR OWN AS HE FACES A HEALTH CRISIS. KENNY: RACHEL ELLIS IS IN WINSTON-SALEM, TO EXPLAIN WHAT HE AND HIS FAMILY ARE GOING THROUGH RIGHT NOW AND HOW UYO CAN GET INVOLVED. RACHEL: DETENTION OFFICER CHRIS DEAN WAS DIAGNOSED WITH A RARE FORM OF BLADDER CANCER BACK IN MAY. TODAY, HE AND HIS WIFE CONTINUE TO FIGHT THIS BATTLE TOGHER,ET WHILE ALSO SHARING AN IMPORTANT MESSAGE. HE’S A GOOD MAN. -- >> HE’S A GOOD MAN. I DON’T THINK THERE WILL BE ANOTHER MAN FOR ME LIKE M.HI AND SO MY PRAYER IS, GOD, UYO CAN’T TAKE HIM, NOYET T. RACHEL: AN EMOTIONAL PLEA FROM DR. KAREN DEAN. SHE’S BEEN MARRIED TO DETENTNIO OFFICER CHRIS DEAN FOR OVER 30 YEARS. >> THE TYPE OF CANCER IS CALLED UROTHELIAL CARCIMANO CLEAR CELL VARIANT. I PUT IT ON AN INDEX CARD. WE ARE GOING TO FIGHT UNTIL WE CAN’T FIGHT ANYMORE. BUT THIS RIGHT HERE, THIS CANCER CAME OUT OF NOWHE.ER RACHEL: HER HUSBAND, A MEMBER OF THE FORSYTCOH UNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE, IS BATTLING THE AGGRESSIVE AND RARE BLADDER CANCER. >> I AM GOING TO THE BATHROOM EVERY 30 TO 45 MINUTES, EVEN WHEN I GO TO SLEEP AT NIGHT, THE URGE IS WAKING ME UP AND CAUSING ME TO GO AND OF COURSE IM A HOPING THAT PASSES AS WELL, BUT NOT BEEN FEELING THE GREATEST THE LAST FEW DAYS.HE GREATEST RACHEL: HE’S ALREADY BEEN, THROUGH SEVERAL SURGERIES, AND WEEKS OF PROCEDURES LIE AHEAD. DR. KAREN DEAN SAYS THIS DIAGNOSIS SERVES AS A REMINDER. >> CHECK YOURSELVES OUT, WATCH WHEN YOU’RE GOING TO THE BATHROOM, LOOK FOR ANY SIGNSF O ANY DISCOLORATION IN YOUR URE.IN RACHEL: SHE’S ALSO HOPEFULO T CONNECT WITH OTHERS WHO MIGHT KNOW WHAT HER FAMILY IS GOGIN THROUGH. >> I WANTED PEOPLE THAT DO RESEARCH TO KNOW ABOUT THAT AND IF THERE IS ANYONE THAT MAY KNOW SOMETHING ABOUT THIS TYPE OF CANCER BECAUSE IT IS SO RARE, THERE IS N MOTUCH DATA ON .IT RACHEL: IN THE MEANTIME, DR. DEAN WILL CONTINUE TO FIGHT FOR HER OTHER HALF AND SHARE HIS STY.OR >> MY HUSBAND IS A PASTOR. HE’S A GOOD MAN, HE’S A GOOD DAD, HE’S A GOOD GRANDPA, DAN HE’S THE LEMON IN MY LEMONADE RACHEL: I HAVE THE LINK, TO GOA FUND ME PAGE, WHERE PEOPLE CAN HELP O
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North Carolina: ‘Honorary grandmother’ of wild horses dies
A beloved wild horse that was one of the oldest mares in the herd that roams North Carolina’s Outer Banks has died, officials said.Hazel was believed to be close to 30 years old, the Corolla Wild Horse Fund wrote in a Facebook post on Sunday. She didn’t show signs of trauma, injury or illness when the organization found her.Click the video player above to watch headlines from WXII 12 News.But her death came when the National Weather Service said some areas of the Outer Banks saw heat index values near 110 degrees Fahrenheit (43 degrees Celsius).“We had noticed that she’d been slowing down some lately,” the mustang protection group said. “The heat has been really hard on the older horses.”Hazel was part of a herd of about 100 Spanish horses that occupy a beach area north of Corolla off North Carolina’s coast. She “seemed to enjoy her role as honorary grandmother to the foals” and was often seen babysitting them, according to the organization. The Corolla Wild Horse Fund has been testing DNA from the horses to piece together the herd’s history. It said several of Hazel’s offspring and relatives have been identified so far, and the group expects to find more as it continues to collect samples.She was laid to rest near Penny’s Hill, the area where she spent her whole life.“Hazel lived and died as every wild horse should — free, and on her own terms,” the organization said.

A beloved wild horse that was one of the oldest mares in the herd that roams North Carolina’s Outer Banks has died, officials said.

Hazel was believed to be close to 30 years old, the Corolla Wild Horse Fund wrote in a Facebook post on Sunday. She didn’t show signs of trauma, injury or illness when the organization found her.

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Click the video player above to watch headlines from WXII 12 News.

But her death came when the National Weather Service said some areas of the Outer Banks saw heat index values near 110 degrees Fahrenheit (43 degrees Celsius).

“We had noticed that she’d been slowing down some lately,” the mustang protection group said. “The heat has been really hard on the older horses.”

Hazel was part of a herd of about 100 Spanish horses that occupy a beach area north of Corolla off North Carolina’s coast. She “seemed to enjoy her role as honorary grandmother to the foals” and was often seen babysitting them, according to the organization.

The Corolla Wild Horse Fund has been testing DNA from the horses to piece together the herd’s history. It said several of Hazel’s offspring and relatives have been identified so far, and the group expects to find more as it continues to collect samples.

She was laid to rest near Penny’s Hill, the area where she spent her whole life.

“Hazel lived and died as every wild horse should — free, and on her own terms,” the organization said.