Michael Hennessey
FOX8 WGHP
Greensboro, NC, United States
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High Point University students working to combat fake news
HIGH POINT, N.C. (WGHP) — Open your eyes, and it’s there. Misinformation. Disinformation. Flat-out false information. In the digital age, it’s everywhere you scan, scroll or skim. “People are swiping or scrolling if something doesn’t catch their attention within three seconds,” said Christy Hribar, a senior at High Point University. As the COVID-19 pandemic progressed, […] → Read More
More Americans are living to 100; 2 Triad centenarians explain how you can join them
(WGHP) — More people are living to the age of 100 in America. In the 1990s, about one American per 10,000 was a centenarian. Today, they’ve doubled, to about one per 5,000. We met two of the Piedmont Triad’s oldest residents and heard from health specialists about why more people are reaching that milestone. → Read More
Danahey victims’ families still waiting to speak in front of parole commission
GUILFORD COUNTY, N.C. — Certain dates have defined Amy Carrickhoff’s life for decades. From anniversaries to birthdays to holidays and purchases, she’s experienced a lifetime of positive memories. However, there is another saga in her life most couldn’t fathom, beginning on Feb. 15, 2002. The date her brother was murdered. In those early morning hours, […] → Read More
How Bobby Kimbrough became Forsyth County’s first Black sheriff
FORSYTH COUNTY, N.C. (WGHP) — As a young boy, Sheriff Bobby Kimbrough became infatuated with the television show “The Wild, Wild West.” Its characters and their journeys compelled him to become a special agent, which he went on to do in his adulthood. This is the story of how Kimbrough evolved from the boy known […] → Read More
Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office group works to prevent juveniles from entering life of crime
FORSYTH COUNTY, N.C. — Members of the Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office’s Juvenile Intervention and Investigations team start their days with some literal heavy lifting. When you’re dealing with teens on the verge of their athletic prime, it’s important to stay in shape yourself. “When the George Floyd protests were going on, I put in my […] → Read More
Battle over quadruple murderer Danahey’s possibility of parole continues
GREENSBORO, N.C. — “Please get them all. I’m telling you, the whole building’s on fire. Every damn part of it in flames.” Those were the words from a woman to 911 dispatchers around 2:30 in the morning on February 15, 2002, asking for firefighters to respond to the Campus Walk Apartments in Greensboro. Within four […] → Read More
High Point barbershop comes together for family that lost wife, mother to cancer
HIGH POINT, N.C. (WGHP) — A local family is receiving an outpouring of support after the tragic loss of a wife and mother. They were brought together at a place where that mom would bring her son for haircuts, a place that’s helped other young people through loss before because within the walls of Anointed […] → Read More
Chief Catrina Thompson reflects on career with Winston-Salem Police Department
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (WGHP) — June 17, 1994, is referred to as “the wildest day in sports.” So much so, the date itself is the subject of an ESPN 30 for 30 documentary featuring the New York Rangers celebrating winning the Stanley Cup, Arnold Palmer playing his last round in the U.S. Open, and famously, the […] → Read More
Triad woman diagnosed with ALS walks to defeat paralyzing disease
GREENSBORO, N.C. (WGHP) — Taking everything a step at a time is the epitome of Debbie Dickerson’s ALS battle. On Nov. 12, 2022, approximately eight months after her official diagnosis, she stepped in the literal sense, in an effort to defeat the disease which may one day strip her of her ability to walk. “I’m […] → Read More
UNCG photography students working to share view of the world through the eyes of the blind
GREENSBORO, N.C. (WGHP) — Tens of thousands of people drive or walk by a large rick building on West Gate City Boulevard in Greensboro every day. Many, with no knowledge of what goes on inside. But under that roof, hundreds of people with a similar impairment found a new way of navigating the workforce. “Some […] → Read More
‘Disturbing’ photos taken at cemetery link back to one of North Carolina’s greatest ghost stories
STOKES COUNTY, N.C. (WGHP) — Tragedy has a way of lingering, like the car crash that spurred the haunting of Lydia’s Bridge in Jamestown or the construction accident that gave rise to the Little Red Man in Old Salem. But some tragedies leave a more powerful legacy, one that spans multiple towns or, in this […] → Read More
The real tragedy behind the legendary haunting of Lydia’s Bridge in Jamestown
JAMESTOWN, N.C. (WGHP) — If you grew up in Jamestown, you know the story. Lydia’s Bridge is one of the most well-known ghost stories in the Piedmont Triad. We began investigating this story in 2020, just a couple years after paranormal authors Michael Renegar and Amy Greer announced a surprising discovery: they believed they had […] → Read More
‘He may have not survived’: Winston-Salem parents detail twins’ NICU journey
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (WGHP) — For Ben and Leslie Branch Bloodworth, 2019 featured quite a high note. “The lows are low, but the highs are even higher,” Leslie said. About mid-way through the year, the couple learned their family was growing. “I was ecstatic, we were trying for quite a long time,” Ben added. […] → Read More
Piedmont high school sports teams battling participation decline
DENTON, N.C. (WGHP) — Football, at its core, is a game of numbers. At some local schools, however, participation numbers haven’t been trending in the right direction. According to a new report released by the National Federation of State High School Associations, our local schools, and North Carolina as a whole, are not alone. […] → Read More
NC woman gets encouraging news as ALS battle continues
ALAMANCE COUNTY, N.C. — When Halloween 2022 arrives, it will have been two years since Alamance County’s Debbie Dickerson felt the first symptoms of ALS. By all accounts, that means she’s doing better than the average ALS patient. However, about six months after her official diagnosis, she admits those effects are starting to worsen. In […] → Read More
ACC headquarters will move from Greensboro to Charlotte
After months of anticipation, the tournament’s board of directors announced Tuesday that the ACC Tournament will be leaving Greensboro and set up its headquarters in Charlotte in 2023. → Read More
How NC dam helped win World War II
GRAHAM COUNTY, N.C. (WGHP) — When the United States entered World War II, preparatory efforts across the country were ramped up on a massive scale. Tucked in a valley in a subrange of the Appalachian Mountains, thousands of North Carolinians were forced to leave their lands for the creation of the largest dam east of […] → Read More
‘Largest Ponzi scheme in history’: 10 years since Lexington-based ZeekRewards
LEXINGTON, N.C. (WGHP) — In August 2012, nearly a million people throughout the world learned an online rewards program they thought would exponentially increase their wealth was being investigated as what prosecutors would later deem an “over $850 million ‘Ponzi’ scheme,” promising a “bogus 125% return on investment based on profits from a sham internet-based […] → Read More
Greensboro sports leaders detail offer to rename Greensboro Coliseum for ACC
GREENSBORO, N.C. (WGHP) — In a full-court press as the clock nears 00:00, the city of Greensboro has placed another chip on the negotiating table with the Atlantic Coast Conference: the naming of the Greensboro Coliseum. Last year, the ACC, which was created in Greensboro in 1953, announced it was exploring options for its headquarters. […] → Read More
Female Guilford College Athletics Hall of Famer reflects on 1st years of Title IX
GREENSBORO, N.C. (WGHP) — Sports were always a major influence on Elizabeth Parker Haskins’ life but had it not been for a statute signed into law on June 23, 1972, her name never would have been immortalized in the rafters of Guilford College’s Ragan-Brown Field House. “My mother played basketball and her coach convinced her […] → Read More