to track this to avoid it to be spreading. they're similar to the flu, but you have swollen glands underneath your ear. i'm working on how effective the vaccination is and whether this recent fight cause cause these rare illnesses to resurface, today at 5:00. >> we have posted more information on the mumps cases with more on the symptoms and how it's spread on our facebook page. breaking now out of cabarrus county, students have been allowed back into hickory ridge high school in harrisburg after a suspicious package was found in front of this school. school was evacuated while police investigated. students were packed into the stands at the football field. we have calls in to police to learn more. stocks are surging this midday, boosted by recovering oil prices and on strong

u.s. crude is trading at just about $30 a barrel now, and let's take a look at how that's affecting the dow. up 206 points now. the nasdaq is up 75. we'll be keeping an eye on this throughout the day. a fire swept through a northwest charlotte barn and killed seven dogs, two horses. this morning. now eyewitness news reporter angela hong has learned what may have led to this fire. angela. >> reporter: john, we have been here all morning and within the last 30 minutes you can see a bulldozer crew out here taking barn. we have new information, we learned a space heater used in the barn to keep the animals warm may have caused this fire. we were here shortly after 6:30 when the call came in off

we spoke with the owner off camera who said he lost two horses, a dog and six puppies. he said the animals were family pets and loved by his children. he saw the fire after he came back from dropping off his called 911. he tried to make it inside the barn but it was too late. the chickens, peacocks and other dogs outside the barn survived. channel 9 spoke with a neighbor. >> i feel sad that all those animals had to die. i feel really sad. >> reporter: no people were actually hurt in this fire. the fire marshal told channel 9 the space heater was likely flammable things nearby. an electrical inspector will be out here later on to take a look at this property, because the fire marshal noticed some of the wiring may not be up to code.

>> channel 9 let drivers know the firefighters closed oakdale road to fight this. you can sign up for those news tab. police have now upgraded the charges against a hickory man accused of shooting his girlfriend to death. james thacker faces murder charges. police say he shot his girlfriend in her stomach at her home monday. she died that night. the victim gave two statements to police in the hours before she died of her injuries. eyewitness news is gathering more information about that evidence now. we'll have a full report at 5:00. in the past hour south carolina senators began talking about how to pay to fix crumbling state roads. they've been fighting over this issue for years. they're facing a new pressure to get something done.

it's so critical now and the proposals they could make today. >> reporter: this has been a very long process here in south carolina, which includes not only dealing with south carolina's crumbling roads, but in this area problems with interstate overpasses crumbling. last year governor haley proposed a plan to raise the state gas tax by ten cents and decrease income tax by 2%. they're now looking at several plans today, one including raising the gas tax by 12 cents and possibly including an income tax decrease. some democrats are concerned an income tax cut could only affect the wealthy. that debate expected to go

from rock hill, greg suskin, eyewitness news. police officers are at gas stations with a new incentennial. in the past three months thieves stole 85 vehicles that still had keys in the ignition. today officers are rewarding any driver who shows them their car keys and they get a free drink coupon. >> they're not looking to steal the car to ship it somewhere to make a large amount of money. a lot of times it's juveniles looking to skip school for the day or do other crimes. >> officers say they have seen cars stolen from private businesses. opening statements expected to start today in the trial of a colorado woman accused of cutting an unborn baby from a

lane faces first degree murder among other charges. the baby did not survive. lane pleaded not guilty. the victim went to app state from 2006 to 2011. the boone community promised to support her for as long as she needed it. a battle brewing as apple refuses to let the fbi into iphones used by the san bernardino shooters. the reason the fbi says it's putting your safety at risk. >> governor haley says she's not sure who she'll endorse for president. the reason she's definitely ruling out donald trump. >> bright sunshine and mild temperatures working their way back in again. 52 now. very little wind or windchill. this is nothing compared to

where voters in south carolina will get the chance to ask republican presidential candidates crucial questions ahead of the state's primary. cnn is hosting two town hall events. all all six of the candidates expected to attend. donald trump is hanging on to his lead three days out from the primary, with support from 38% of gop voters surveyed. ted cruz came in second at 22%. about half of the voters said they're still deciding who they'll vote for. that does not count for governor nikki haley. she's undecided but says she's not made up her mind, but has ruled out trump, which she says represents "everything a president."

that will come in and bash and tell us what we're not doing right. we want a president that will help us fight. >> she says south carolina does not want syrian refugees or guantanamo bay prisoners coming to the state. she called trump obama-like. charlotte leaders are meeting to talk about ways to ensure women and minority business owners have a fair shot at working in the city. charlotte has done similar studies in the past. the committee will discuss finding a company to conduct that survey. a local college student on his way to class helped deliver a baby. >> we just went into boy scout mode. >> what he thought was wrong with the woman and what he did

>> t developing this midday, apple is vowing to fight a federal judge's order to help the fbi unlock iphones used by one of the san bernardino shooters. they say the case could have consequences affecting all cell phone users. the fbi says the phones could have crucial information. >> reporter: the fbi has been unable to access the phone for two months and the federal judge wants apple to help. a federal judge in california

cell phone used by one of the gunmen in the san bernardino terror attack that left 14 people dead. apple's ceo posted a response overnight saying the company is going to say no to the fbi and challenging the federal order. he's calling it an government overreach. he also says it could information. apple has said with the way newer iphones are engineered, enforcement. this concern all about what's known as encryption has brought the fbi director to capitol hill over the last year. he said not being able to unlock phones and encrypted messages is making it tough to catch terrorists. >> they know it's hard for us to get this information.

know where the san bernardino killers went before and after the shooting and if they were communicating with anyone else. >> republican presidential candidate donald trump weighed in this morning, saying apple should comply with the order to protect national security. apple and cyber security experts have said opening a back door to let the government access phones would lead to breaches by cyber criminals. dozens of viewers have shared their thoughts on our facebook page. you can join the conversation as well. just look for this story as the top story. a couple is due in court accused of hiding marijuana in animal. police said the couple sold drugs out of their home on brian circle.

of charges posing as a doctor and seeing patients. police say he has been pretending to be a doctor for months now. an undercover officer handcuffed the 18-year-old tuesday when he started giving her a physical exam at his practice. today we're asking police for more information as they search for the robber who targeted a popular south end restaurant. one worker at phat burrito said he saw the robber pull a gun on the manager. no one was hurt. police have not released a suspect description. police are searching for the gunman who shot a man three times in northwest charlotte early this morning near lasalle and beattie's ford at a mcdonald's. a former hotel operator charged in the death of three people may not go to trial.

could resolve this case. the hotel manager faces involuntary manslaughter charges. we're seeing lots of sunshine this midday. looks nice out there and warming up as well. >> pretty picture from our speedway camera. leftover moisture in the air, but that air will keep getting drier through the night tonight and next couple of days looks great. more sunshine moving in. already at 52 at charlotte, concord at the speedway. 49 hickory. 52 in lincolnton. you were 30 this morning. mountains with the north wind coming in, you're still stuck in the mid-30s and you're not going to get much warmer today. your warm up starts tomorrow. light jackets yes, low 40s by 11:00. 50s, that's close to our average for this time of the year.

but out the door early tomorrow morning still chill out there. you'll wake up to around 30 in charlotte. mid- to upper 20s on the i-40 corridor and low 20s in the mountains. drier air, clear skies coming in, conducive for a cold night tonight, seasonbly cold, though. for the weekend it's not just the afternoons warming up, but night time temperatures will get warmer. christine rapp put this together this morning. every day we had a temperature well below average here in the yellow. we'll be adding all yellow numbers the rest of this week and weekend. close to average for today, tomorrow and into friday we see the numbers warm back up as a surge of warm air from the southwest starts to kick in, 60 degrees friday and well into

look at the trend, going sharply upward through saturday and sunday. looks amazing this weekend. numbers closer to 70 for outdoor plans. get out there and enjoy, shake off the cabin fever we've had the last several weeks it feels like. overnight lows in the 40s, so starting to warm back up. use our weather app to keep you up-to-date in the changes of the temperatures. you can download that free at the app store and google play. five-day forecast, warming up close to 60 friday. near 70 by sunday. other than the high clouds this weekend, stays quiet. data for next week shows a couple of days of rain possibly coming in starting late monday. enjoy this weekend. we may be going back inside next week. >> great forecast, though. keith, thanks. students armed with weapons on local school campuses, mace,

discovered. today at 5:00 we're investigating why schools the weapons out. a local college student helped deliver a stranger's baby. >> i'm about to give birth, and i'm like, you're about to give birth, like what? >> the moment he realizeed the woman was in labor and the thing she wanted to do immediately after giving birth. story.

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answer the >> the day started like any other day for daniel. >> got my backpack. >> but changed. >> i thought she got locked out of her apartment or something happened. i didn't know. she didn't look like she was in any pain at all. i'm like, excuse me, do you need any help? she's like, yes, i do. i'm go to give birth. i'm like, you're about to give birth? >> he raced up three flights of stairs getting blankets and calling his mom on the way and woke up his roommate. >> we went into boy scout mode. >> the baby was two-thirds out and there was a lady helping out. >> then what happened next made it more startling. >> she was like, i need to call a cab. i was like, you just gave

took the mother and baby to get checked out, leaving the two roommates with quite a story. >> as soon as we stepped back outside, thumbs, text, done. >> south carolina school district is now considering changing bus routes after 17 children were stuck on a broken bus for hours monday. the students in sumter had no access to food, water or bathrooms. some of them didn't even get home until almost 9:00 at night. parents say no one called them, despite repeated calls to transportation officials. >> i don't know if the bus driver got kidnaped, you don't know. got in a bad accident. couldn't get an answer from nobody. so sad. >> the superintendent says this is at least the tenth time that bus has broken down. he says the district is stuck with whatever the state gives it. the cold winter is cutting into construction of new homes. the commerce department said today that housing starts fell 4% last month to 1.1 million homes.

though it did drop in the south as well. still more americans are buying homes. by 11%. take a look at these pictures here, crews in tennessee trying to clean off carolina line. rocks piled up 20 feet high on highway 19 yesterday afternoon. the road is still closed now. tennessee officials blame freezing water and thawed out. mountains have that freeze and thaw cycle going. >> a lot of that going on as temperatures warm up. sunshine, mid-50s this afternoon. next couple of days will be really nice. lots of sunshine, warm temperatures. steve will be focusing on that today at 5:00, and maybe going back downhill next week with more rain coming our direction. >> great weekend on tap. keith, thanks. and thanks for making channel9 your choice for news this midday. see you tonight at 5:00.

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