Walmart customers to check their account after reports of fraudulent activities inside store

RIGHT NOW. THANKS FOR JOINING US ON THIS BUSY TUESDAY. WE’RE FOLLOWING A NUMBER OF MAJOR STORIES FROM THE SPEAKER ELECTION WIN APOLOGY DUKE ENERGY CUSTOMERS HERE IN NORTH CAROLINA. AND WE WILL GET TO THOSE STORIES AND MORE. BUT FIRST, AT FIVE, BUFFALO BILL SAFETY DEMAR HAMLIN REMAINS IN CRITICAL CONDITION EVENING NEARLY 24 HOURS AFTER HIS HEART STOMPED ON THE FOOTBALL FIELD. AFTER SEVERAL MINUTES OF CPR, HE WAS RUSHED TO A CINCINNATI AREA HOSPITAL WHERE HE HAS BEEN TREATED EVER SINCE FOR WHAT THE TEAM IS NOW REFERRING AS A CARDIAC ARREST. BUFFALO BILLS WERE IN TOWN TO PLAY THE CINCINNATI, BUT THE GAME WAS STOPPED FOR THE NIGHT. THIS THE LEAGUE HAS ANNOUNCED THIS MATCHUP WILL REMAIN POSTPONED AT FOR THE TIME BEING. HAMLIN JUST 24 YEARS OLD HE IS IN HIS SECOND YEAR IN THE LEAGUE AFTER BEING DRAFTED OUT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH. NOW THERE’S BEEN AN OUTPOURING OF SUPPORT FOR HIM SINCE THIS HAPPENED AND THE FIRST OFFICIAL STATEMENT HAMLIN’S ACKNOWLEDGES SAYING BEHALF OF OUR FAMILY, WE WANT TO EXPRESS OUR SINCERE GRATITUDE FOR THE LOVE AND SUPPORT SHOWN TO DEMAR DURING HIS CHALLENGING TIME RIGHT NOW. THEY WENT ON TO ADD THEY’RE GOING TO BE RELEASING ANY UPDATES AS SOON AS THEY BECOME AVAILABLE. HAMLIN SAID IN KLOPP’S HIGHLIGHTS THE IMPORTANCE OF A SWIFT MEDICAL RESPONSE, WHICH INCLUDES KNOWING HOW TO ADMINISTER CPR AND USE A DEFERRAL. DOCTORS SAY IN THESE SITUATIONS, CRITICAL AND A SPEEDY RESPONSE CAN ALL THE DIFFERENCE. THE QUICKER THEY GOT THE CPR AND THE QUICKER THEY GOT IT. HIS HEART BACK INTO A NORMAL RHYTHM, THE MORE LIKELY FOR A GOOD OUTCOME. IT WAS A MOMENT THAT LEFT THE NATION ABSOLUTELY SHOCKED, STUNNED, FEARFUL MONDAY NIGHT, WATCHING FOUR YEAR OLD DEMAR HAMLIN SUDDENLY ON THE FOOTBALL FIELD FOLLOWING A TACKLE. SO WHEN IT OCCURS WITH SPORTS IT CATCHES ALL OF OUR ATTENTION BECAUSE THESE INDIVIDUALS ARE THE EPITOME OF FITNESS, RIGHT? WE THINK ABOUT PARTICULARLY AT THE PROFESSIONAL LEVEL, THESE THESE ATHLETES ARE WELL-TRAINED, WELL-CONDITIONED. AND SO IT’S CERTAINLY VERY SCARY WHEN WE SEE SOMETHING LIKE THIS HAPPEN. ACCORDING TO THE BUFFALO BILLS, HAMLIN SUFFERED CARDIAC ARREST FOLLOWING HIT IN THE TEAM’S GAME AGAINST THE BENGALS. HAMLIN’S HEARTBEAT WAS RESTORED ON THE FIELD AND THEN HE WAS TRANSFERRED TO A HOSPITAL FOR FURTHER TESTING AND TREATMENT. THE HEART IS QUIVERING AS OPPOSED TO BEATING NORMALLY, SO IF THAT HEART IS QUICKLY QUIVERING, IT’S NOT GENERATING BLOOD FLOW TO ALL THE PLACES THAT IT NEEDS TO GO. WE SAW FIRST RESPONDERS. ROSHAN TO THE FIELD TO BEGIN ADMINISTERING CPR IMMEDIATE NOVANT HEALTH PEDIATRIC CARDIOL SUGGESTS. DR. BILL HAMILL SAYS IN THESE MOMENTS, A SWIFT RESPONSE COULD REALLY MEAN THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN LIFE OR DEATH. IF YOU HAVE A SUDDEN CARDIAC EVENT LIKE THAT, MORTALITY IS 10% PER MINUTE, MEANING MEANING IF YOU DROP YOUR YOU’RE LIKELIHOOD OF A BAD OUTCOME GOES UP EXPONENTIALLY AS. YOU AS TIME GOES ON. SO SO WHAT YOU NEED IS REALLY CPR AND AID OR A DEFIBRILLATOR. THE TERRIFYING ORDEAL NOW HAS MANY OF US ASKING OURSELVES, WHAT DO WE KNOW HOW TO RESPOND IN A SITUATION LIKE THIS IN OUR OWN WORKPLACES? IT DOES RAISE AWARENESS TO SAY, HEY, DO I KNOW WHERE THE AID IS? AND MY FACILITY? RIGHT? MOST OF YOU PROBABLY HAVE AN AIDE IN YOUR OFFICE BUILDING SOMEWHERE. DO YOU KNOW WHERE IT IS. DO YOU KNOW HOW TO HOW TO ACTIVATE EMERGENCY RESPONSE FOR WHATEVER ORGANIZATION YOU’RE WORKING? BECAUSE RESPONDING SWIFTLY TO A CARDIAC EVENT CAN REALLY SAVE A LIFE. THE MORE THE MORE PEOPLE THAT WE HAVE TRAINED IN CPR AND THE MORE PLACES THAT WE HAVE, AID IS AVAILABLE. IT’S GOING TO BE IT’S GOING TO MAKE AN IMPACT. AND DR. HAMEL SAYS THE QUICKER CPR IS ADMINISTERED, THE MORE LIKELY A GOOD OUTCOME WILL COME. HE ADDS, IT’S AN IMPORTANT TIME TO REFLECT ON OURSELVES, TO SEE IF WE WOULDN’T KNOW HOW TO HANDLE A SITUATION LIKE THIS IN A PUBLIC PLACE. AND WE’LL CONTINUE TO FOLLOW ANY DEVELOPMENTS HANLON’S CONDITION AND GET YOU AN UPDATE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. YOU’LL FIND THOSE HERE ON AIR AS WELL AS ON THE WXII 12 APP. ANOTHER STORY WE’RE FOLLOWING THIS TUESDAY COMES OUT OF OUR NATION’S CAPITAL JUST AN HOUR INTO THE FIRST SESSION OF A NEW CONGRESS. LAWMAKERS MADE HISTORY, NOT NECESSARILY THE KIND THAT THEY WERE HOPING TO MAKE. MEMBERS JUST WRAPPED UP THEIR THIRD VOTE FOR HOUSE SPEAKER. IT IS THE FIRST TIME IN A CENTURY THAT IT’S PAST THE FIRST BALLOT. SEVERAL DIFFERENT HAVE BEEN MENTIONED IN THIS PROCESS, INCLUDING REPUBLICAN KEVIN MCCARTHY AND DEMOCRAT HAKEEM JEFFRIES. REPUBLICANS THE HOUSE BUT HAVE NOT HAD ENOUGH CONSENSUS TO GAIN THE SIMPLE MAJORITY LEAD IT TO PICK A SPEAKER. ONE OF NORTH CAROLINA’S NEWLY ELECTED MEMBERS OF CONGRESS WERE AMONG THOSE WHO VOTED AGAINST KEVIN MCCARTHY AS SPEAKER. IN A STATEMENT POSTED ON TWITTER AHEAD OF THE INITIAL TALLY. REPRESENTATIVE DAN BISHOP, WHO IS PART OF NORTH CAROLINA’S EIGHTH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT, WRITES KEVIN MCCARTHY IS NOT THE RIGHT CANDIDATE TO BE SPEAKER. HE HAS PERPETUATED THE WASHINGTON STATUS THAT MAKES THIS BODY ONE OF THE MOST UNSUCCESFUL AND UNPOPULAR INSTITUTIONS IN THE COUNTRY. THE HOUSE IS NOT THE ONLY CHAMBER OF CONGRESS WELCOMING NEW MEMBERS TODAY. NORTH CAROLINA’S NEWEST SENATOR, TED BUD OF DAVIE COUNTY, WAS SWORN INTO OFFICE AFTERNOON. DO YOU SOLEMNLY SWEAR YOU WILL SUPPORT AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES AGAINST ALL ENEMIES, FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC, THAT YOU WILL BEAR TRUE FAITH AND ALLEGIANCE TO THE SAME? THAT YOU TAKE THE OBLIGATION FREELY. ANY MENTAL RESERVATION OR PURPOSE OF EVASION. AND THAT YOU WILL WELL AND FAITHFULLY DISCHARGE THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE UPON YOU ARE ABOUT TO ENTER. SO HELP YOU GOD. I DO CONGRATULATE. SENATOR GRAHAM. THERE HE IS NOW OFFICIALLY SENATOR TED BUDD. FORMER CONGRESSMAN WAS JOINED BY HIS TOOK A FEW PHOTOS WITH VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA AND RIGHT AFTER THEN WAS JOINED BY HIS THREE CHILDREN. THE REPUBLICAN TAKES OVER THE SEAT OF RICHARD BURR, WHO RETIRED AND. WE’RE SHIFTING OUR FOCUS NOW TO THE WEATHER AS STORMS SLAM PARTS OF THE SOUTHEAST TODAY. IT’S SET TO ARRIVE IN THE TRIAD JUST HOURS FROM NOW. SO WE COULD SEE SOME RAIN. LET’S GET RIGHT TO OUR METEOROLOGIST AT JACLYN SHEARER. JACQUELINE, WHAT ARE YOU SEEING AS FAR AS THE TIMELINE IS CONCERNED? YEAH, WE HAVE TWO MAIN WAVES OF RAIN AND YOU CAN PROBABLY ALREADY TELL THAT THE FIRST ONE IS NOT FAR AWAY FROM US. AS WE LOOK OUTSIDE. IT IS CLOUDY, IT IS MUGGY OUTSIDE AND IT IS WARM. IT FEELS LIKE STORMS ARE ON THEIR WAY AND THEY DEFINITELY ARE. SO HERE’S A LOOK AT TEMPERATURES FROM THE UPPER SIXTIES. IT FEELS A LOT LIKE SPRING. THESE WILL ACT A LOT LIKE SPRINGTIME THUNDERSTORMS. WE’RE LOOKING RIGHT AT THE NORTH CAROLINA TENNESSEE STATE LINE WHERE HEAVY RAIN IS STARTING TO MAKE ITS INTO NORTH CAROLINA AT THIS POINT. WE’VE ALSO SEEN QUITE A BIT OF THUNDER AND LIGHTNING, INCLUDING SOME SEVERE STORMS TO OUR SOUTH IN GEORGIA. BUT AT THIS POINT FOR US THAT SEVERE THREAT, IT LOOKS LIKE IT’LL STAY THE WEST AND TO THE SOUTH AS WE HEAD THROUGH THE DAY TODAY. SO FOR OUR EVENING, WE’RE PRIMARILY CONCERNED ABOUT SHOWERS AND RAIN AND OCCASIONALLY THE RUMBLE OF THUNDER THROUGHOUT OUR FORECAST. THE FOOTHILLS ALSO HAVE THAT THREAT. WE HEAD INTO THE LATER PART OF THE DAY. TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN THE LOW SIXTIES THIS EVENING. IN THE MOUNTAINS. IT’LL START RAINING TONIGHT BUT AGAIN MOSTLY JUST RAIN HERE. WHAT WE’RE CONCERNED ABOUT IS TOMORROW THOSE GUSTY WINDS, HEAVY RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVE INTO THE AREA AND NOT JUST TYPICAL THUNDERSTORMS. WE’RE ABOUT SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AT THIS POINT. SO HERE’S A LOOK AT OUR SEVERE STORM IMPACT. AND FLASH FLOODING WILL BE A HIGH PROBABLY ESPECIALLY AROUND LUNCHTIME TOMORROW. THUNDERSTORMS BRINGING DAMAGING WINDS WILL ALSO BE A FACTOR. AND AT THIS POINT IS A CHANCE FOR TORNADOES. IT’S NOT A PERFECT SETUP FOR TORNADOES BY ANY MEANS, BUT IT’S POSSIBLE THAT WE COULD SEE THOSE. SO WE’RE GOING TO TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AT THE TIMING FOR WAVE TWO, WHICH IS THE ONE THAT REALLY MATTERS FOR US COMING UP. ALL RIGHT, JACQUELINE, THANK YOU. DUKE ENERGY IS APOLOGIZED FOR THE ROLLING BLACKOUTS THAT AFFECTED HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF CUSTOMERS ON CHRISTMAS EVE. WXII 12 JOSHUA DAVIS JOINS US IN STUDIO NOW TO EXPLAIN WHAT DUKE ENERGY REPRESENTATIVES TOLD THE NORTH CAROLINA UTILITIES COMMISSION TODAY. JOSHUA DUKE ENERGY SAID IT’S DEEPLY SORRY FOR ANY CUSTOMERS AFFECTED BY THE BLACKOUTS, AND IT’S LAUNCHING INTERNAL REVIEWS OF ITS. THE COMPANY SAYS MULTIPLE FACTORS LED UP TO THE DECISION OF CAUSING ROLLING BLACKOUTS. OFFICIALS SAY THE COLD OVER THE WEEKEND LED TO HIGHER DEMAND MUCH HIGHER THAN WHAT WAS ORIGINALLY PREDICTED. THE COMPANY ALSO SAYS IT WAS DEALING WITH MALFUNCTIONING EQUIPMENT THAT PREVENTED THEM FROM GENERATING POWER. THE COMPANY TRIED TO BUY POWER FROM OUT-OF-STATE COMPANIES, BUT DUKE ENERGY’S PRESIDENT OF NORTH CAROLINA OPERATIONS, KENDALL BOWMAN, SAYS THE POWER THEY PURCHASED NEVER SHOWED UP. WE WERE CONFRONTED THE HARD TRUTH THAT OUR ENERGY WOULD SOON BE ECLIPSED BY OUR CAPACITY. AT THAT TIME, WE MADE THE ONLY DECISION THAT WE COULD, FOR THE FIRST TIME IN OUR COMPANY’S HISTORY. WE BEGAN ROLLING SERVICE TO DUKE ENERGY LEADERSHIP, ALSO THANKED CUSTOMERS WHO CONSERVE THEIR ENERGY USAGE AND SAID THEY PLAYED AN ROLE IN HELPING THE COMPANY MEET DEMAND. ON CHRISTMAS DAY AND AFTER IN-STUDIO JOSHUA DAVIS, WXII 12 NEWS. JOSHUA, THANK YOU. MEANWHILE, A NONPROFIT IN YADKINVILLE HAD ITS BUILDING DESTROY IT BY THE CHRISTMAS WEEKEND. WINTER WEATHER WXII 12. MARIA DEBONE WENT TO NEW HORIZONS ADULT DAY SERVICES TO SEE SOME OF THE DAMAGE THAT WAS CAUSED BY FROZEN AND ULTIMATELY DESTROYED PIPES. WELL, STAFF HERE AT NEW HORIZONS, ADULT DAY SERVICES HAVE SEVERAL FANS GOING RIGHT NOW THAT YOU CAN PROBABLY HEAR. NOW THEY’RE WORKING TO RESTORE THIS BUILDING THAT ADULTS WITH INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES RELY ON EVERY DAY. ONE STAFF MEMBER CALLING IT A TRUE NIGHTMARE. THE DAY AFTER CHRISTMAS, THEY CAME IN TO, SEE AN INCH OF WATER THROUGHOUT, THE BUILDING. THE CEILING COLLAPSED AND INSULATION EVERYWHERE. 28 ADULTS OR AS HORIZONS CALLS THEM, CONSUMERS COME TO THE FACILITY FIVE DAYS A WEEK TO ACHIEVE PHYSICAL, MENTAL, SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL GOALS. THEY ALSO HAVE A THRIFT STORE IN THE FRONT THAT CONSUMERS CAN WORK AT. A LOCAL CHURCH IS HELPING THEM OUT BY HAVING THE CONSUMERS USE THEIR FOR THE TIME BEING. BUT THEY’D LIKE TO BE BACK IN THEIR OWN BUILDING. BUT WITH EVERYTHING BEING DESTROYED, THEY NEED HELP. YES, THE INSURANCE COMPANY IS GOING HELP AS FAR AS A FACILITY. WE NEED THINGS TO CONTINUE TO OPERATE. SO WE NEED CLEANING SUPPLIES THAT THE CHURCH PAPER, PRADA BAGS ACTIVITIES FOR THE TO CONTINUE TO DO DURING THE DAY. AND THEY HAVE AN AMAZON WISHLIST SET UP TO HELP THEM. YOU CAN FIND A LINK TO THAT AND OTHER WAYS TO DONATE ON WXII 12 DOT. COM. IN YADKINVILLE CREATIVE WXII 12 NEWS. AND WE ARE ALSO FOLLOWING A DEVELOPING STORY THIS EVENING OUT OF PENNSYLVANIA. AND THAT IS WHERE THE SUSPECT IN THE QUADRUPLE MURDER OF COLLEGE STUDENTS IN IDAHO APPEARED IN COURT TODAY. BRIAN CORY BOOKER WAIVED HIS RIGHT TO EXTRADITION MEANING HE’LL BE TAKEN BACK TO MOSCOW TO TRIAL. ONCE HE IS THERE MORE ABOUT WHAT POLICE FOUND DURING THE INVESTIGATION SHOULD BE RELEASED. AN ATTORNEY FOR THE 28 YEAR OLD SAYS HE IS EAGER TO BE EXONERATED. NEXT ON WXII 12 AT FIVE, SECURITY CHANGES TO TRY AT GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS WILL NOW HAVE TO PASS THROU

High Point Police warning customers of skimmers inside two Walmart stores

Updated: 8:35 PM EST Jan 3, 2023

High Point Police Department has found skimmers inside two local Walmart stores in the Triad.Click the video player above to watch other headlines from WXII 12 News.Officers said this happened on registers inside the Walmart stores on South and North Main Street in the month of December.They are asking anyone who used an Electronic Benefits Transfer card – known as an EBT card – at those locations to immediately change the card’s PIN and check the account for fraudulent activity.Many of the victims receive Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits.People can check their account balance by calling the number on the back of the EBT card. To request a card replacement, contact the local department of social services office or call 336-641-3000. It is also recommended that people create an EBT EDGE account and place a block on out-of-state and online transactions.

HIGH POINT, N.C. —

High Point Police Department has found skimmers inside two local Walmart stores in the Triad.

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

Officers said this happened on registers inside the Walmart stores on South and North Main Street in the month of December.

They are asking anyone who used an Electronic Benefits Transfer card – known as an EBT card – at those locations to immediately change the card’s PIN and check the account for fraudulent activity.

Many of the victims receive Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits.

People can check their account balance by calling the number on the back of the EBT card. To request a card replacement, contact the local department of social services office or call 336-641-3000. It is also recommended that people create an EBT EDGE account and place a block on out-of-state and online transactions.