🗞️ Two local soccer teams make it to the playoffs

🗞️ Kevin Bugg named the next executive director of the Kernersville Foundation

🗞️ Tiny trick-or-treaters: NICU babies at Brenner celebrate their first Halloween

🗞️ Your Saturday in Kernersville: a cool Halloween, last call for early voting and an extra hour of sleep

⛅ Partly Sunny | High: 65°F | Low: 47°F

Happy Halloween! It's a cooler day than yesterday, partly sunny with a high near 65 and a northeast breeze around 9 mph. Clouds thicken this evening and it slides toward a low of 47, so bring a jacket for trick-or-treating. Sunday stays mostly cloudy with a high near 65.

The postseason is coming to the Kernersville area. East Forsyth and Bishop McGuinness have both qualified for the NCHSAA boys' soccer playoffs, the Kernersville News reports, and both teams will open at home.

East Forsyth earned the No. 16 seed in the 7A West bracket and will host No. 17 Southwest Guilford in the first round Monday, Nov. 2. That is about as even a matchup as the bracket allows, so expect a close one. The Eagles head into the playoffs with momentum after blanking Parkland 4-0 on Senior Night earlier this month.

Bishop McGuinness landed the No. 6 seed in the 2A West, which earned the Villains a first-round bye. They will host the winner of Alleghany and Cherryville in the second round Thursday, Nov. 5.

The playoffs move fast from there. The third and fourth rounds follow the same Monday and Thursday schedule the next week, regionals are set for Tuesday, Nov. 17, and the state championships run Nov. 19 to 21. Good luck to both teams, and if you can make it out to cheer them on, a home crowd always helps.

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A familiar local face will lead the Kernersville Foundation into the new year. The foundation has appointed Kevin Bugg as its next executive director, the Kernersville News reports. He starts Jan. 1, succeeding Bruce Boyer, who has led the foundation for the past three years. Boyer will stay on for several months to help with the transition.

Bugg brings a long career in financial services. He has been with State Farm since graduating from Radford University in 1985 and has run a State Farm office in Kernersville since 1995. Board chair Duane Long called the appointment "a great opportunity for Kernersville," crediting Bugg's 30-plus years of community service and his ability to help people find ways to give that also reduce their tax liability. "He will grow the Kernersville Foundation to the next level," Long said.

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Some of the area's newest residents are only a few days old, and they are already in costume. With help from the medical staff, babies in the neonatal intensive care unit at Atrium Health Levine Children's/Brenner Children's Hospital in Winston-Salem dressed up for their very first Halloween, FOX8 reports. The lineup included pumpkins, firefighters and even Winnie the Pooh characters, and the result was smiles all around the unit.

Many of the babies are in the NICU because of a premature birth, low birth weight or other medical conditions. The staff's little costume party is a sweet reminder that these families get some joy alongside the care, too.

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Happy Halloween! Here's what to know today.

Grab a jacket. Today is partly sunny and cooler, with a high near 65 and a northeast breeze. Clouds move in tonight and temperatures slip toward 47, so layer up the trick-or-treaters under their costumes. Sunday stays mostly cloudy with a high near 65.

Last call for early voting. Today is the final day of early voting. Both Kernersville sites, the Recreation and Event Center on Shields Road and Paddison Memorial Branch Library on Harmon Lane, are open 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. After that, you will vote at your assigned polling place on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 3, from 6:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. See sites and hours.

Treats all over town. The Bunker Hill UMC Trunk or Treat runs from 1 to 3 p.m., the VFW Post 5352 Trunk or Treat from 4 to 8 p.m., Downtown Trick or Treat from 6 to 8 p.m. and the Masonic Lodge No. 669 Trunk or Treat from 6 to 9 p.m. Check the events calendar above for addresses and links, and keep an eye out for little ones crossing the street tonight.

Fall back tonight. Daylight saving time ends at 2 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 1, so set your clocks back an hour before bed. Enjoy the extra hour of sleep, and it's a good time to change the batteries in your smoke detectors, too.