Name: WRAL Investigates lack of transparency at mental health facilities
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Description: A joint investigation by WRAL and North Carolina Health News uncovered a history of issues with mental health hospitals in North Carolina that cater to children.

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A joint investigation by WRAL and North Carolina Health News uncovered a history of issues with mental health hospitals in North Carolina that cater to children.

<p>AND THE WRAL APP ON YOUR TV OR STREAMING DEVICE. &gt;&gt; WITH THE CLICK OF A MOUSE, WE CAN GET SAFETY AND CARE RATINGS FOR PLACES WE SEND A LOVED ONES LIKE DAYCARES, NURSING HOMES AND HOSPITALS. BUT WHEN YOU HAVE SOMEONE CLOSE TO YOU, WE CLOSE TO YOU IN CRISIS. THERE IS NO DATABASE FOR MENTAL HEALTH CARE FACILITIES. WRAL INVESTIGATES FOUND GETTING INFORMATION ABOUT THESE FACILITIES IS NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE. &gt;&gt; IT KIRK HAS MORE ON THE CALL FOR MORE TRANSPARENCY. &gt;&gt; ARE YOU FEARFUL THAT CALEB WILL END UP AT HOLLY HILL AGAIN? &gt;&gt; I WOULDN'T WANT TO GO BACK. &gt;&gt; JASON CLARK'S DAUGHTER IS NO STRANGER TO HOLLY HILL MENTAL HEALTH HOSPITAL IN RALEIGH. SHE EVEN TRIED TO ESCAPE EARLIER THIS YEAR, BUT WAS STOPPED AT THE NURSE'S STATION. CLARK SAID KAYLA ASKED TO LEAVE DURING PRIOR VISITS. WHEN I FINALLY DID SEE HER, SHE WAS HAPPY TO SEE ME. AND THEN SHE WOULD PRETTY MUCH JUST BE DROOLING AND ASKING ME IF I CAN HELP OR GET OUT. &gt;&gt; CLARKE SUPPORTS INVOLUNTARY COMMITMENT IN CASES LIKE HIS DAUGHTER WHO REALLY NEEDED HELP. HE JUST WISHES PARENTS HAD MORE CONTROL. EVERY PARENT SHOULD HAVE A SAY WHERE THEIR CHILD IS INVOLUNTARY COMMITTED. BUT WRAL INVESTIGATES FOUND EVEN WITH MORE CONTROL. PARENTS ARE STILL LEFT IN THE DARK WHEN IT COMES TO MENTAL HEALTH FACILITIES LIKE HOLLY HILL. THAT'S VERY CONCERNING. AND WE ASKED A REPRESENTATIVE SARAH CRAWFORD WHY YOU CAN GO ONLINE AND SEE INSPECTIONS SCORES AND VIOLATIONS FOR REGULAR HOSPITALS. CHILDCARE CENTERS, NURSING HOMES AND RESTAURANTS. &gt;&gt; BUT WHEN YOU TRY TO SEARCH MANY IN-PATIENT MENTAL HEALTH HOSPITALS, NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE. WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT &gt;&gt; ANY CLAIMS THAT ARE SUBSTANTIATED ARE PUBLICLY AVAILABLE TO FOLKS. WE ASKED THE CENTERS FOR MEDICARE AND MEDICAID SERVICES ABOUT THE LACK OF INFORMATION IN A STATEMENT, A CMS SPOKESPERSON SAID, ALTHOUGH CMS DOESN'T GIVE STAR RATINGS FOR PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITALS, CONSUMERS CAN STILL FIND VALUABLE QUALITY INFORMATION BY USING THE FOLLOWING CMS RESOURCE. THOSE RESOURCES, A SPREADSHEET. YOU CAN'T EVEN DECIDE FOR YOU AND A DATABASE THAT AGAIN HAS NO INFORMATION ABOUT THE SOLIDITY QUALITY OF CARE THROUGH A PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST. WE FOUND 2021 INSPECTION. HOLLY HILL WAS RELEASING PATIENTS WITH DISCHARGE PAPERS SIGNED BY SOMEONE WITH NO NURSE'S LICENSE AND 2 DIDN'T WORK FOR HOLLY HILL JUST LAST YEAR. INVESTIGATORS FOUND ISSUES WITH PATIENT TREATMENT PLANS NOT BEING DONE ON TIME AND MULTIPLE ISSUES WITH THE HANDLING ADMINISTRATION AND RECORD KEEPING OF DRUGS. REPRESENTATIVE CRAWFORD SAYS THAT NEEDS TO CHANGE. I NEED TO DO A LITTLE BIT OF RESEARCH TO FIND OUT HOW WE CAN HANDLE THIS. AND I THINK THAT THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE FOR PARENTS LIKE CLARK. MORE INFORMATION COULD GIVE PARENTS PEACE OF MIND IF THERE IS A TRANSPARENCY AND MAKES ME WONDER. &gt;&gt; BUT BEING HIDDEN BECAUSE I'VE NEVER KNOWN ANYTHING THAT WAS HIDDEN BY A COMPANY OR CORPORATION. &gt;&gt; HEIDI KERR WRAL NEWS, RALEIGH. &gt;&gt; MENTAL HEALTH, AMERICA JUST RANK THE STATES BASED ON MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES NORTH CAROLINA WAS NUMBER. 37, ONE KEY METRIC THAT HURT THE READING HERE. NEARLY 62% OF CHILDREN WITH</p>

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Good morning. I'm meteorologist, Elizabeth Gardner. Some patchy fog around the area this morning. But for the most part, we'll see a good bit of sunshine for it today and it will be pleasant. Our dew point or humidity is fairly low today, we'll see a high of 80 in Raleigh, 81 in Durham and 81 in Fayetteville. Today's day is nice and dry and we have some really comfortable weather in our forecast for the next couple of days this morning. Our muggy meters sitting right there, comfy. Our due point is 56. So feeling pretty good, but it starts to climb into the next several days. By Thursday and Friday, we're back up to around tropical with some warmer temperatures. Thursday. We could hit nineties again. Take a look at that temperature change. We had temperatures below normal over the weekend. So you can see that there in the blue shaded area as we move ahead, especially by midweek, we'll see the temperatures swinging back to above normal. We could be in the nineties by Thursday, but then after that, mainly mid eighties otherwise, but that's still a little bit above normal as our normal high right now is 81 degrees. Should have a beautiful evening for baseball tomorrow. Tomorrow kicks up the next home stand for the Durham Bulls Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday. Um, it should be very nice for that 6630 game time at six o'clock, temperatures, 79 and just holding into the seventies through the evening and the humidity still stays on the lower side for tomorrow. Again, our normal high is 81. We'll see 84 today and then 84 tomorrow, we do hit 91 on Thursday. We start to cool back down on Friday with that high of 86. But that's because we may end up with some scattered thunderstorms. Here's a look at a sneak peek at our Memorial Day. Weekend, things may change somewhat but we're definitely trending wetter for the weekend, some afternoon and evening storms on Friday as folks are trying to hit the road and head out for the weekend on Saturday, scattered showers and storms odd enough for a good chunk of the day. Sundays, maybe mainly in the afternoon and the same with Monday. But, uh, you know, we'll do our best to help you plan around it as we get closer to the weekend. We'll continue to update you on the timeline for showers and storms.

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Nightly N.C. Education Lottery drawings during the 11 p.m. News.

Good evening, Darren Ott here with tonight's drawings for Sunday. May 19th, 2024. Let's get started. As always with Carolina pick three where the first winning number is eight. The second is three and the third is four and our pick three. Fireball number tonight is eight. Joining me for tonight's drawing is our auditor from mcconal Jones L LP. We move along to Carolina pick four. The first pick four, number is one. The second is four. The third is one and the fourth is two. In our pick for fireball number is five. Turning now to the Carolina cash five. If no one wins the top prize tonight, tomorrow's top prize is estimated at $130,000. Good luck. The first cash five number is 11. The second is 12. The 3rd 34. The fourth is five and the fifth and final number tonight is seven over the past 16 years. The lottery has contributed over $10 billion to education. So thanks for your support and thanks for playing the North Carolina Education lottery.

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Good afternoon. I'm Claire Justin and welcome to this afternoon. Choice for Sunday. May 19th, 2024. Let's get started with our car to pick three. Your first number is eight. Second is nine, third is also nine and your pick. The fireball is two. Joining me for this afternoon's drawing is our auditor from mcconnell and Jones L LP. Now let's move on to the Carolina pick for your first pick. Four. Number is four. Second is six. Third is one, fourth is one and your pick four. Fireball is eight. The North Carolina Education lottery contributed over $10 billion to education. Thanks for your support. Get your winning numbers each day here on your exclusive station for the North Carolina Education lottery.

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Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday Powerball drawings, as shown live on WRAL.

Johnson tonight, we have another life changing jackpot for you. It's worth an estimated $77.5 million. I get those tickets out. Let's play. That first number is 42. Followed by the number 59. Tonight. We're going to meet, keep on trucking who won $50,000 playing powerball. Now, for the rest of those numbers, we've got 3719, rounding it out with 36. Your powerball number tonight. Good luck. Everyone is 19 and your power play multiplier is two. Let's take a look at those numbers one last time. Remember there are multiple ways to win. We'll see you back here Monday night. Good night, everyone. Favorite jackpot game. This is powerball. Good evening America. I'm.

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>> ACROSS AMERICA WITH MEGA JACKPOTS, IT'S MEGA MILLIONS WOODS UP AMERICA. I'M JOHN CROW. IT IS FRIDAY MAY 17TH AND TONIGHT'S MEGA MILLIONS JACKPOT IS AN ESTIMATED A NEW TIES. 393 MILLION DOLLARS. AND WIN THAT JACKPOT. YOU MUST MATCH THESE 5 WHITE. PLUS THAT GOLD MEGA BALL NOW LETS SEE IF I CAN MAKE YOU A MILLIONAIRE TONIGHT. YOUR FIRST WINNING NUMBER TONIGHT IS 8 AND FOLLOWED BY 60. UP NEXT, WE HAVE 70. YOUR NEXT NUMBER IS 17 IN YOUR FINAL WHITE BALL NUMBER FOR THIS FRIDAY EVENING IS 40 NOW FOR THE MEGA BALL NUMBER. THAT IS 3. AGAIN. TONIGHT'S WINNING NUMBERS ARE 8, 60, 70

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