North Carolina Fried Apple Pie Festival returns to Sparta [Video]

HERE’S A LOOK AT SOME OF THE TOP STORIES. THE WXII 12 NEWSROOM IS FOLLOWING RIGHT NOW. THE YADKIN COUNTY EMERGENCY SERVICES DEPARTMENT SAYS A SEARCH AND RECOVERY MISSION IS ON THIS MORNING FOR A MAN MISSING IN THE YADKIN RIVER. EMS SAYS THEY RECEIVED A CALL ON SUNDAY AROUND 1245 YESTERDAY AFTERNOON. FIRST RESPONDERS SAY A 44 YEAR OLD MAN WAS TRYING TO HELP HIS FAMILY MEMBERS WHILE THEY WERE STRUGGLING ON THE RIVER, AND HE WAS ABLE TO HELP THE FAMILY. BUT HE HIMSELF NEVER RESURFACED, EMS SAYS THE SEARCH IS A MULTI-AGENCY RESPONSE BETWEEN OFFICIALS IN YADKIN AND SURRY COUNTIES THROUGHOUT THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE GATHERED AT THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA, CHAPEL HILL OVER THE WEEKEND TO PROTEST THE WAR IN GAZA. THE STUDENTS SAY THEY’RE CALLING FOR A CEASE FIRE THERE, AND THE END OF THE AND THE END OF THE US AID TO ISRAEL. THEY’RE …