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Authorities issued a Silver Alert for a missing elderly man from Winston-Salem shortly after midnight Thursday.

<b>WINSTON-SALEM, N.C.</b> — Authorities issued a Silver Alert for a missing elderly man from Winston-Salem shortly after midnight Thursday.

Charles Mitchell Guffey, 79, was last seen in Forsyth County at 3:30 p.m. Thursday. He was thought to be driving a tan, four-door 1997 Buick LeSabre, with N.C. license plate number VZF-1335.

Authorities believe he might be traveling in or to Davie, Iredell, Stokes, Surry, Forsyth or Davidson counties.

Guffey is described as a white man, standing 6 feet 2 inches tall and weighing 230 pounds. He was last seen wearing beige khaki pants, a brown long-sleeved T-shirt and beige lace-up shoes.

Silver Alerts are issued when authorities believe a missing adult suffers from a cognitive impairment. Guffey has dementia, officials said.

Anyone with information on Guffey's whereabouts is asked to call Winston-Salem police at <strong>336-773-7700</strong>.

Anne Johnson

Silver Alert Issued for Elderly Winston-Salem Man

Charles Mitchell Guffey

Thursday is a WRAL Weather Alert Day, with a level 2 risk for severe storms in the morning.



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Brier Creek residents are upset with a recent string of break-ins. It comes as police say break-ins to start the year are their highest since 2022.

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At 10:13 p.m., officers responded to Duke University Hospital after four people, three men and a woman, walked into the hospital with gunshot wounds. One man was pronounced dead shortly, after arriving at the hospital.

One man killed, three others shot at Durham apartment complex on South Lasalle Street

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A positive case of tuberculosis (TB) has been identified at a school in Randolph County.

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COLUMBIA, Tenn. (AP) — Forecasters warned a wave of dangerous storms in the U.S. could march through parts of the South early Thursday, after storms a day earlier spawned damaging tornadoes and massive hail, leaving two dead in Tennessee and one dead in North Carolina.

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