afternoon. >> many of the children enjoyed an afternoon at home , the weather prompted the school districts to close early. let's go to chief meteorologist, greg fishel to find out what we can expect tonight. one of the scenes we didn't see was the great snow along the outer banks today. >> reports of 3 inches in some areas over there. we talked last night about that being the sweet spot of the system, if anybody was going to make out, it would be them. that's turned out to be the case. the radar around here, everything has wound down a bit now, we see a couple of patches there in martin county, east of tarboro, that is speeding away. looks like we are done with the precipitation. with regard to temperature, we are at or just below the freezing mark in most areas , the only years that are warmer, are greensboro and asheboro, they were able to pick up sunshine early this afternoon, there is the streak where most of the significant snow occurred, when i say

were under an inch, so far as we know. there were some years that got enough to whiten things up, in a narrow band to the south and east of raleigh, expecting the cloud cover to move out of the here, once we get to midnight and beyond, the wind is going to start to pick up, that's going to be a sign that second blast of arctic air is moving in, and this one promises to be colder than when we experienced the last few days. we have winter to deal with, we lock l talk about signs releasing the grip a little bit all that coming up in a little bit. slick spots have been an issue on the roadways and to chethe ndionsnove 5,is i onwest stony, aca see, no problems. rain this morning, quickly turned in to a wintery mix in cumberland county. gilbert baez is life on highway 401, where the slick conditions caused a bad accident that sent

>> reporter: we are just south of lyndon this, is reefs bridge road, the accident came in, the call to the highway patrol 1:45, it did involve two vehicles. back to show you pictures this afternoon, investigators say the driver of the suzuki was headed north on highway 401, he lost control of his vehicle. we are told his vehicle crossed the center line ask slammed in to a honda odyssey. the vehicle was driven by 63 year old linda rainer, she lives in lyndon, the drive of the suzuki was trapped inside the vehicle, rescue workers had to cut him out and both vehicles ended up in the ditch. >> possibly due to the road conditions, with itbeing wet and icy. i lost control, came in to the on coming lane of the other vehicle who collided with the vehicle. both vehicles ended up in the ditch. >> reporter: the threat of the icy weather forced cumberland county schools to release students an hour earlier than expected.

down plenty of brine on the highways and highway 95, was treated from south carolina border up to benson, i talked with the bill amons, the maintenance director in cumberland county, hopeful the brine would last until monday, that's the next expected storm. the rain basically washed that away. >> they will be busy putting more down. most of the schools in rocky mount canceled classes, the winter weather fell short of some of their expectations. it did snow in rocky mount this afternoon. mostly flurryses little or no accumlation. this is u.s. 64, traffic was moving without problems, the highway patrol report nod weather related accidents in nash and edgecombe counties. if you have snow we would like to see it. share the photos and video, by using the reported feature on wral.com and the wral news app. the president elect of the

education affordable and accessible. margaret spellings outlined the plan. julie sims joins us with what spelling says about the road ahead. >> spellings described the challenges the system faces as complex and critical and for the first time publicly address teds criticism aimed at her. >> it is our privilege. >> reporter: she wished she hasn't gotten emotional in the address to the board of human. >> much has been said of the process that resulted in my selection and me personally. i must say, that after spending most of my career in service to the public, working on behalf of stupes and people of all points of view, i have been surprised that surprise at the intensity of the reaction.

and faculty questioned her lack of academic experience and others taken aim at her connection to for profit education companies. spellings vowed not to micromanage the 17 campuses, she wants to make north carolina a leader in affordable and higher education. spellings made it a point to students. >> the global knowledge economy, we are required to help more people particularly people of color and those from first generation and low income backgrounds to achieve at much higher levels and not done this well in the past and we continue to fall short now. >> reporter: she acknowledged in order to reach her goals, she has to build relationships across the board, foster trust within the system. >> people are going to stop talking about margaret spellings. >> spellings officially takes

item, she is planning a listening tour across all campuses. >> you mentioned the recent protests, i understand the board is increasing security measures as a result. >> reporter: we were told, in response to the protests and other events, you will see more uniformed officers at meetings, journalists given badges identifying them as members of the media, and all purses and bags will be searched. we are told large bags will be banned from the meeting, chairman lewises byet says it's not to discourage the public but out of abundance of caution. bars and restaurants in chapel hill want to help you drink responsibly. the fallout from an under age drunk driver and the steps businesses are taking to i want everyone safe. the plan to save millions in the durham public school

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the state expects to get that stay but is repairing for the other possibility. it created a special committee on redistricting and will hold public hearings next week. the first steps to a special session. if there is no stay, lawmakers return to work thursday. the 6 public hearings are set for 10:00 a.m. on monday at locations across the state. on tuesday, the committee will discuss the public feed back, and what needs to happen next. we plan on being at one of the public hearings next week, we will let you know what happens. durham public schools maybe cutting close to 140 jobs. 58 central office positions, 50 teacher assistants and 30buwo

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