we have some breaking news in pineville where crews battled a house fire overnight. this all happened on dell court lane right near lancaster highway around 1:00 this morning, there was heavy smoke and flames when they arrived

pineville matthews road is busy as well as rea road. back to you. >> it's been that kind of day. investigators trying to figure out what led up to this crash that shutdown i-77 in huntersville. this happened at 9:30 on i-77 northbound at gilliard road. the wreck involved a tractor-trailer and a construction zone. the hazmat team was called in to remove leaking diesel fuel. hospital with minor injuries. >> some parents here say a school's dress code is unfair. >> they filed a federal lawsuit. we'll explain why they believe their children are being discriminated against. the only way to make em' better was to make em' bigger. our new center cut 10 ounce filet. our perfectly seasoned 16 ounce t-bone. and our fire grilled 18 ounce outlaw ribeye. big, bold, steaks. only at longhorn steakhouse. you can't fake steak. for lunch, try our steakhouse burger transgender student athletes in texas maybe kept from playing on teams. >> school leaders believe the rule was not created to be spiteful but to make teams fair. students must show their birth certificate to qualify for a sports team. so

in pineville, an electrical fire caused heavy damage to this home overnight. it was just before 1:00 this morning. investigators said an extension cord that was used as permanent wiring in the home caused the fire.

in pineville, an electrical fire caused heavy damage to this home overnight. it was just before 1:00 this morning. investigators said an extension cord that was used as permanent wiring in the home caused the fire. charred and part of the war is gone. thankfully everyone made it out safely. fire crews had to rescue some of the family pets. in york county, someone hit and killed a man walking along a busy highway. it was yesterday evening on u.s. 21 on marine drive, and it was south of rock hill. troopers identified the driver as willie small. he was not hurt. we are asking for more information including the victim's name and if any charges will be filed. >> more breaking news just ahead on daybreak. i will be back in the breaking news center to break down the results from supertuesday. >>> a story we are following for your day ahead. today a leader will push to meet the cmpd chief about this video here that shows an officer punching a hit-and-run suspect. joe bruno is live outside of the cmpd headquarters, and the >> cmpd has not released any information about

pineville matthews two accidents one at mcmullen creek parkway and the other is close to pineville matthews highway 51 and johnston. and another accident on johnston. and also look at the buildup it's early for this to start on 485. we have a lot of congestion from rea road back towards south boulevard as if we needed more church road by south boulevard another accident. nations ford is a great alternate route and this is 485 by steele creek. a business si commute for the evening. back to you. >> thank you. every corner. in the area dealing with something. >> stay put if you do not have somewhere that you have to be. >> you can still see the traffic. let's talk weather beautiful picture sunshine and warm. >> you have to be stuck in traffic roll the win doughs down and sunroof it up. not a bad day to be outside. >> that is right. there is the bright side of it all. and if you do not have to be anywhere pull a chair outside and sit somewhere it is that nice. and your hd towercam beautiful blue skies outside. it is one nice afternoon. look at the numbers. 74 in charlotte. 74 in salisbury and s

. >>> few tonight at 6, shoppers in pineville will be losing this retail option. kohl's plans to close the south boulevard location by middle of june. pineville's is on a list with 17 other locations across 7 states that have been deemed under performing. today we spoke with shoppers who just learned that their store was closing down. >>i find it easier there's more shops here ill going to miss it. >> kohl's says the 8 to 0 -- 08 offered severance packages the which consin is based company is opening smaller stores in several states as pilot program. >>> a 19-year-old accused of shooting a person if he bonds out they will be tracking his move. he shot at a man several times during a fight outside the transit center yesterday. >>> happening right now job seekers are talking to dozens of companies at a career fair in union county. 46 employers are therefrom a wide range of industries including the union countypublic school system look for bus drivers and carolina health care system and armed services recruiters and manufacturing companies and also the police and fir

. >> a pineville family is without a home after a fire destroyed their home this morning. look. this was the scene at 2:00 a.m. the family was able to get out safely. still no word on what caused that fire. >> and a live look outside at uptown charlotte through the hd towercam. cooler today. >> meteorologist leigh brock is center. and she is tracking changes. hey, leigh. >> 20 cooler right now than it s yesterday. a big difference on temperatures. it's still looks beautiful outside. the sun is headed down. here is our camera from our network of cameras. beautiful clear blue skies. and the highest elevations you have seen most of the cloud cover through the day today. and heading into the next several hours we will see the temperatures falling off more. right now we have temperatures and 20s in the highest elevations. and here are the numbers low 50s down through the upper 30s by 11:30. tomorrow morning it's going to be chillier close to the freezing mark in a lot of cases. we stay cool for a couple days. and we have a huge warm-up in store. i will tell you when to expect that in

so that pineville location will be closed on june 19th. >> john: residents of a community in hickory worried they have a nest in a tree they have been swooping down and attacking anyone who gets too close. neighbors started wearing protective gear, putting on helmets and carrying wiffle ball bats. >> come up from behind and get you in the back of the head. >> i thought i got hit by a basketball. >> john: steve ohnesorge put on his army helmet working on the story. this is the sixth year the hawks have been nesting here. neighbors have put up spikes in trees but they find other spots. the hawks are a protected species you can't shoot them. >> christine: you're never more than seven minutes away from weather and traffic on wbtv news this morning. here is meterologist chris larson. >> chris: quiet end to the work week across the charlotte area, right now 53 hickory, 45 in boone, 55 charlotte, 57 degrees in monroe, let's switch over to max 2 and take a look at what to expect for this afternoon. there you go, power doppler is quiet in the charlotte area, up to statesville back toward morg

. >> shoppers in pineville will soon be losing a retail option. kohl's plans to close the south boulevard location by the middle of june. it is on the list of 17 other locations in seven states that have been under performing. we spoke with shoppers who just learned their store was shutting down. >> i find it easier. there is a lot more shops here. i'm going to miss it. >> kohl's says the 80 to 100 employees in pineville will be offered severance packages. the wisconsin company is opening several stores in states as a pilot program. >>> dangerous pets targeting homes. they're getting more calls about better -- dangerous pests targeting homes they're getting >>> children kept out of school for years despite living a block away. the reason school officials had eren't enr someone's hacked all our technology. technology... say, have you seen all the amazing technology in geico's mobile app? mobile app? look. electronic id cards, emergency roadside service, i can even submit a claim. wow... yep, geico's mobile app works like a charm. geico. . >>> we're

>> i'm in the breaking news center a family escaped their burning home in pineville. firefighters sent us these pictures, and you can see the charred ceiling and part of the wall is gone. this was the scene near lancaster highway, and investigators say the fire started because an extension cord was being used as permanent wiring. >>> troopers say a driver hit and killed someone who was it happened on u.s. 21 here i- 77 last night. troopers have not released the victim's name or said if the driver will face any charges. i will be back in the breaking news center in a bit, breaking down the overnight supertuesday results. >>> the suspect seen in this video right here will be in court today, amid questions about the officer's actions, and some say the cmpd officers went too far, one punched the suspect while taking him into custody. joe bruno is live at the police department to explain more on this. joe? >> reporter: we will be pushing for more information from cmpd today, and we note officer is being investigated for excessive use of force. it's because of this video an

. >> john: breaking overnight news, a family forced out of their home by early morning fire near pineville. this was the scene on dell court lane before 2:00 this morning. firefighters say when they arrived they saw heavy flames ripping through the home. the family was able to get out safely. no injuries reported. the cause of the fire is now under investigation. >> christine: now this morning, a man who rush in a home after a propane explosion in cleveland county is speaking out for the first time. brian crotts who served four years in the marines, was driving on east stage coach when he saw flames and heard the explosion from the home. he rush in and found jb and naomi newton. this morning he is talking only to wbtv northbound about what happened. ashton pellom is live with the story and as you can see from the video, ashton, a tearful interview. >> reporter: yeah, a very traumatic experience for that retired marine. he tells us he cannot sleep at night after what he saw sunday night trying to help that elderly couple get out of that burning home. brian crotts tells us that flames were s

belmont could topple a pineville and matthew into uptown charlotte some of that starting to move in. further out of the metro area westport gastonia lincolnton cherryville clover, a decent amount of rain out there. 70 was the high today. the average is 64. to 48 and i don't think we will see a ton of warming after this is beginning to to. lowe's dropping down to 38 and we anticipate a high tomorrow in the low 50's so we have a cold front sweeping through dragging in some really cool air and we could even see some snow in the high terrain as we get into sunday night and monday morning. energy keeping chances for the rain in forecast for tomorrow in the piedmont. there are sesno briefly appearing. we clear out nicely for the rest of monday, tuesday wednesday and thursday and as a result clear skies overnight maximum cooling so we could see a freeze as we get into monday morning without watch in place. tomorrow first day of spring and it's not going to feel like it at all. the last two weeks have been unofficially for the first day of the new season 356 monday rebounding into the low 60

belmont could topple a pineville and matthew into uptown charlotte some of that starting to move in. further out of the metro area westport gastonia lincolnton cherryville clover, a decent amount of rain out there. 70 was the high today. the average is 64. we have fallen a lot so from 70 to 48 and i don't think we will is beginning to to. lowe's dropping down to 38 and we anticipate a high tomorrow in the low 50's so we have a cold front sweeping through dragging in some really cool air and we could even see some snow in the high terrain as we get into sunday night and monday morning. energy keeping chances for the rain in forecast for tomorrow in the piedmont. there are sesno briefly appearing. we clear out nicely for the rest of monday, tuesday wednesday and thursday and as a result clear skies overnight maximum cooling so we could see a freeze as we get into monday morning without watch in place. tomorrow first day of spring and it's not going to feel like it at all. the last two weeks have been unofficially for the first day of the new season 356 monday rebounding into the low 60

rea road and pineville matthews. and take a look at 485 as well. a lot of traffic still the and a lot of problems in this area as we continue to check around the area. problems on providence road and this is 485 and south tryon. the roads are packed at the moment. >> thank you. and eric was mentioning that we should enjoy the beautiful friday night because, well, the weekend is not going to be beautiful. >> that is right. not good for outdoor plans but maybe good for your lawn and garden. putting down the fertilizer and you need the rain to grow the flowers. >> i like that glass half full attitude. >> well, it's friday. in the southeast. the leading edge ready to crossover into georgia and you can see next up that will be the carolinas and they are marching our direction. your hd towercam 74 . it is mild and dry and the humidity is not even 20%. calm winds there's nothing to disrupt you heading out this evening. things change. here it is. future-cast, the showers are rolling across georgia and next up south carolina. and 11:00 if you are out you wi

and two additional accidents we have one at caramel road and pineville matthews and another at 485 and south boulevard. and we still have slow-moving traffic on i-77 southbound. safe travels back to you guys. >> thank you. i have been inside most of the day but that 66 is pretty nice. >> comfortable and lots of sunshine and the days are getting longer that is fun, too. here is eric thomas in the first alert weather center. >> ok. absolutely 66 was the high temperature today. after a morning low of 33 at the airport. so you have to figure a lot of areas around here especially in the suburbia did nip that 32 mark and hopefully you protected your plants and that cool air is shoved off to the northeast thanks to the high pressure. great stuff. look what it's providing us here 66 and brisk wind. almost on top of us. gusts over 20-miles-per-hour. the last four hours now. here is the rest of it. if you are heading out, are you in great shape mid-60s are locked in. and mid-to upper 50s on the blue ridge. and down to 56 at 9:00 and 54 through 11:00 p.m. and what do we have heading our way? it w

we have another accident also at pineville matthews road highway 51 and polk street. park road will help out. but that turns into johnston road also real volume on south boulevard in both directions. as we monitor i-77 and see how traffic is moving, volume northbound and southbound as we look at tyvola road. no accidents. we did have a stranded motorist earlier and that cleared out. safe travels back to you. >> thank you. and we have enjoyed the temperatures over the past couple of days but i understand they will start dropping >> reminder it is march today was perfect. >> i love to do. >> here is eric thomas in the first alert weather center. >> i tell you what they have dropped. now i suppose when you are 3 shy of 80 it does not feel that way. 86 a 10 drop today. the high temperature 77 . you will see evidence of cool air trickling in. this is the overnight here as we take you through day break. there's plenty of cool air piling up to the northwest. and a fantastic sunset. metro school in uptown charlotte. 75 . the number there. 76 officially at the airport. mid-70s

several robberies and breaks in at gun shops across this year, and we reached out to the atf of pineville for a theft there and have not heard back. >>> and a run in the new district 12 now includes most of mecklenburg county with incumbent alma adams, and on the republican side, leon threatt filed last week. law makesy redrew the districts last month, saying that the old lines were based on race. and the naacp claims that the new lines are unfair, too. >>> and a bizarre turn in the race for the white house as candidates jump on the brussels train. >> what donald trump, they -- and ted cruz are suggesting is not only wrong but it's dangerous. >> the claims that they are making to sound tough on terror, and a new shake up at the pageland police department, the permanent change in just two weeks. warm, dry, and windy leading to an enhanced fire danger threat. i just got new da >>> stocks are dropping this mid day as oil prices fall once again. the dow is down more than 52 points. the nasdaq is down about 37. >>> more permanent changes are coming to pageland's police department. chief larry

have had problems on i-77 an earlier incident caused problems southbound and now two accidents at pineville matthews. one near caramel executive park drive. johnston road is a great alternate route. and notice the buildup we have and we get it this time of day but more starting to happen from rea road back towards south boulevard as we look at i-77 not much better as far as congestion at tyvola. back to you. >> thank you. the job york county deputies bidding farewell to one of their own. >> and coming up new at 6:00... >> university of north carolina's new president in town today and she is greeted with leaky roofs why she wants a bond referendum to pass and greeted with critics who claim she is not the right fit for the university. her reaction is coming up. on wbtv news is sponsored by... >> new tonight, the york county sheriff's office is bidding farewell to canine deputy justice is retiring. >> justice spent his career sniffing out drugs and working to stop drug trafficking sales in the state. career highlights include a drug bust on i-85 in spartanburg county in 2007 where he found get

driver involved and one student were early morning fire forcing a family out of their home near pineville, this is the scene before 2:00 this afternoon. firefighters say when they arrived on scene, they could see heavy flames ripping through the home. the family was able to get out safely. the cause is under investigation. a man who rushed into a home is speaking out. cross, who served four years in the marines, was driving on east stage coach trail in fallston sunday night when he heard the explosion and saw flames. newtons. he sat down with us to talk about what happened next in an exclusive interview. we have his story. >> reporter: a very traumatic scene for retired marine, brian cross. he tell us he can't sheep at night after what he saw late sunday night at the home explosion. flames were shutting up as he rushed toward the house. a driver ran off the road sunday hitting a tank and the house. cross says newton had fire raging beside him. neighbors helped lift him over a bench. he went back into the home and found naomi unconscious. he said his instinct is to run and help. >> when he

bizarre details right now about their car was -- the vehicle owner was able to make it to cmc pineville with minor injuries and is expected to be okay. the tow truck driver you see right there will come a he was arrested and charged with assault with a deadly weapon. >>> right now, charlotte police are looking for three people they say were involved in a home invasion and shooting in north charlotte. it happened around 1230 this morning on potters grove road near west sugarcreek road. there were three people inside the home at the time. one woman was shot, she was taken to the hospital but she should be okay>> just in, we just learned about a fatal accident in york county. the county court's office responded to an accident on south highway 161 this morning. the victim has been identified as johnny anthony of clover south carolina. the accident is still under investigation by the south highway patrol and york county >>> right now, a gathering where it west mecklenburg high school student was killed in a crash earlier this week. these are life pictures your seeker there holding the camera

pineville neighborhood forecast tomorrow mid-70s, pretty nice. jefferson, the high country, readings in the 60s, and then comes the cool air headed into the weekend. friday, futurecast, and then the weekend, back to average. we have a chance of rain late saturday into early sunday, and that would help pollen but the chill is a short-lived blast but you'll moi it through the -- notice it through the weekend. >> cooler after the 80s? we'll notice it. thank you. >>> and firefighters rescue an unconscious woman as fire engulfs her home. >> you have a responsibility. once you're there. you're the police. >> the 911 calls show why she refused to leave. >> and controversy over the i- 77 toll lanes are impacting the election. we are looking at the election rates that could be overturned. >>> a huge surprise for two middle school students in mint hill when their dad came home from his deployment. >> tears of happiness. the sergeant's 12-year-old twins thought they were at an and careers at mint hill middle school but their dad walked right in and surprise

>> fire investigators say that an extension coward caused a fire overnight in painville on on -- pineville on delcort elaine. they had to keep the chemical analysis portion of the crime lab open in iredell county. >>> less than 30 minutes ago, union county sheriffs office announced that it's investigating two school threats. investigators say that the students from port or ridge high school will likely face charges after posting threats on instagram last night and then at sun valley middle school, definites say -- deputies say that a 14-year-old wrote threatening messages on a bathroom wall. >>> all 40 students on this bus are okay after a pickup truck rear end today in charlotte. the students were on their way to mary oaks elementary when the crash happened near long fellow street. the driver did not suffer any injuries. it's not clear if charges will be filed. memorial is getting bigger and bigger where a west mecklenburg student was killed in a crash. heaven seay was in the back seat when they hit a tree. they are still investigating the case that stunned so many. >> reporter: scott, po

there is an accident also on pineville matthews road and rea road congestion building and providence is a great route. and volume on 485 as we look on 485 between rea road and johnston road traffic is starting to build in this area. i-77 for some reason is starting to pick up congested since about 3:00 p.m. i talked to state troopers and they said no accidents but notice the volume at i-77 by tyvola northbound and southbound as we go back to the mapping traffic leaving center city on try vow la, three miles of stop-and-go traffic. and brookshire i-77 south to i-85, 25 minutes. back to you. >> thank you. of course former president clinton just took the stage for his campaign stop here in west charlotte. >> we are watching the pictures from johnson c. smith university as he gets into the meat of his speech and we will bring you watch it right now on wbtv.com. back to the breaking news, former president clinton at the podium at johnson c. smith university. >> therefore we don't need it anymore. throw it out. i used to teach constitutional law. somebody giving me that answer i would have

. >>> up to 100 people in pineville will lose their jobs soon. the kohl's in carolina pavilion one of 18 stores nationwide closing. the department store announcing it would shut down under-performing stores in february. they will be closed on june 19th. >>> incredible damage in texas after golf ball size hail along roads. piles slowing traffic in fort worth, huge chunks damaged cars. >> boom, that happened. >> when i came out this morning, it was covered and the only thing i saw was the golf ball size hail. >> boy, i tell you what, that would hurt a lot if you were walking underneath it and got hit. neighbors raked hail stones and clearing out downed tree branches and firefighters used a hose to clear the piles away from trains. that is one heck of a mess. >>> nothing like that here in our area this morning, here is a live look at the charlotte skyline from scott clark nissan honda hd tower cam, decent start to the day, meterologist chris larson has the details. >> chris: john, first alert forecast, cooler temperatures, much cooler as we head in

the accident at pineville matthews and beverly crest boulevard another at rea road and providence lane all close to providence road and a stranded moift on providence. notice the stop-and-go traffic we have slow-moving traffic in this area. and 485. volume started to build in this area as well. back to you. >> i know if you are looking at your screen and you see 86? 84? >> we are at 84 at the airport. >> a record. >> that is right. 831945. the previous record we smash to do by 3 . you do not see that that often but now, a front is coming through. you want to see it. >> guess what? you sense it, right? >> well, yes, you do. and if you look at the map you do not see evidence. it's 82 in chester, south carolina. and 82 in morganton. but that is why you hired eric thomas. because now see that now suddenly now the map looks different. what is that? this is the dew point map. this of course the moisture in the atmosphere cooler colors dry and higher dew points and this is wetter. so you can see the dry air working it way in. not hard to find the front now. dew points in the 20s. northwest of

folks, things are moving smoothly here this morning, just one accident we're seeing here in the pineville area off 485, not causing slow downs so you should be good to go if you're coming in from cornelius on 77. southbound traffic moving smoothly as well. here is a live look at 77 at the woodlawn road exit, things do pick up in the 6:00 hour, stay with wbtv, we'll let you know when problems arise first. >>> lawmakers in south carolina are taking steps to protect your children from internet predators. all new in the 6:30 half hour, we'll tell you about the new bill and hear from the girl it is named after. >> john: a plane struck by lightning on flight from north carolina, we hear from passengers who described the terrifying experience. you're watching wbtv news this before 6:00. this broadcast sponsored by subaru south boulevard and subaru concord. wbtv on your side. wbtv news starts right now. >> he's my hero, my baby. >> christine: a young boy in gaston county helps his family escape their burning home, this morning, we're hearing what he did to get his family to safety. >> john: krist

pineville matthews near east john street is a great alternate route. and providence road an accident that right lane is blocked and we have volume building in this area. back towards 485. that is two miles of stop-and-go traffic. east john street again a better alternate route because there is an accident on rea road creating congestion. we can see that around rea road. and here is that additional accident at rea road and bevington place. caramel road is a better alternate or johnston. >> first at 4:00, we are a little more than two months away from speed street taking over uptown charlotte. and the two opening bands were announced. the voltage brothers and soul fusion will kickoff the festival may 26. the voltage brothers america's number one band. and other concerts include montgomery gentry. it will be a fun time. >> and it is a great mix of ones you are not so familiar with. soul fusion was performing on first night for the past -- >> lots of fun. got the crowd hopping. >> we will be there i'm sure. and a warning why you should not follow other dri

. >>> a fire broke out in pineville, heavy flames ripping through the home when they arrived, no one injured, the cause is under investigation. >>> wbtv is digging in a video of what appears to show several charlotte-mecklenburg police custody. shows an officer repeatedly hitting a person being arrested in connection to a hit and run. this happened at the sardis place apartments in matthews. security expert carl della dela guerra is where they are hitting him is key. >> from my experience if the officer is striking a major my opinion excessive force was not used. >> he says officers used the technique to get a suspect to release their arms instead of pulling it out and break a bone. cmpd's internal affairs unit is looking in the allegations of excessive force. >>> we're learning more about a former marine that ran in a burning home to save an elderly couple. the stranger pulled jb and naomi newton out of a home that exploded sunday. initially, he was driving a dark pick up truck is all we knew. we tracked down brian crotts of shelby, coleen harry talked with him in a story you will s

but an injury accident at pineville matthews road and echo forest drive southbound in the center of the intersections. rea road or sardis roads are great alternate routes. and volume is building on 485 but not bad between rea road and johnston road. and i have a shot of the accident that i mentioned and you can see traffic is down to one lane in that area. back to you guys. >> all right, tonya, thank you. >> we continue to follow that breaking news out of uptown charlotte. sky3 live over the scene of a shooting right across the street from the transit center. one person taken to the hospital with life threatening injuries. an active investigation going on. coleen harry is on the scene gathering details. as soon as she is live we will hear from her. we are back right after this. >> first at 4:00 a canadian court unveiled video of a dramatic prison escape in 2013. the clip shows two inmates at a detention center in odell beckham, jr. dangling by a rope from a helicopter. >> two apolices hijacked the helicopter and forced the pilot to fly to the jail and they clung to the rope. and the cho

as we check in here elm lane a problem at pineville matthews road. the right lane is blocked and congestion on 485. we got started early today with from providence beyond 485, stop-and-go traffic. and i-77 very slow-moving traffic as well. really slow-moving traffic for four miles on tyvola. i-77 never recovered. sports streak ended last night after the mavs defeated the hornets. the team was back at practice and working on mistakes before hosting the magic tomorrow night. the game came down to too many turnovers. and the final stretch can be tough walker knows you have to embrace it. >> always tough, man but that is the nature of our league. and you have to be prepared for the games. we work hard all year all summer to playing games like that. i mean at this point of the year everyone is tired. we have to want it. >> and to the ncaa tournament this week. duke and unc wilmington taking on each other on wbtv and the tar heels in action on thursday we'll keep >> breaking news. live pictures in kings mountain. a deadly accident. one person dead. and we

you got to albermarle, that normal there, otherwise, wherever you're traveling from, cornelius, pineville, gastonia, matthews, your commute should be great. let's look live at i-77 at arrowood, this area gets backed up pretty good at this exit but right now, things moving smoothly both north and southbound. >>> coming up in the next hour of wbtv news this morning -- >> john: we follow this breaking news of that house fire in iredell county, plus the search ises on for a man who robbed a gas station in south charlotte overnight. find out how police say he got away with cash. >>> voters in one county will vote on major school bond referendum tomorrow, all new in the 6:30 half hour, what it means if it passes. >>> you're watching wbtv news before 6:00. >>> this broadcast sponsored by subaru south boulevard and subaru concord. wbtv on your side. wbtv news starts right now. >> christine: a spring cool-down this morning. this is as live look at current manytemperatures, near or below freezing across the charlotte area. meteorologist al conklin on your side tracking when with the warmth will ret

and in addition to that, volume on pineville matthews highway 51 by 485. and johnston and we are seeing volume is on i-77. state troopers say there is no accident but notice how slow average speeds 28-miles-per-hour around that area. slow-moving traffic as we check in. this is i-77 at tyvola road. perhaps you are heading to time warner cable arena for the hornets tonight. maybe adam o'daniel from the "charlotte business journal" national time if you are headed for that game. >> and the hornets are playing well. this system that you see here, dumping a lot of rain across the south. it's been there for days you can see the damage in louisiana. rivers and streams covering the roads now. at least five people have died since it started raining. wbtv anchor maureen o'boyle has more new at 5:00. >> the deadly storm system punishing the south unleashed another round of torrential rain overnight. thousands have been forced from their homes in northern louisiana where more than 20 inches of rain fell just this week. guard staff sergeant in this parish. they delivere

today's clinic at the starbucks at carolinas medical center south on pineville-matthews road. it runs from 1:00 until 3:00 this afternoon. curry. turning 28 years old, his wife turns 27 later this month. they announced they will hold a joint birthday party to raise money for two charities they support, nothing but nets and no kid hungry. happy birthday. >> christine: quite the cake there. give you a live look at the commute this morning we're watching a dozen cameras t each morning. this is i-77 at trade street, a good bit of cars at 5:00 a.m. on the roads but no major back ups we will tell you about them first on wbtv, because you're never more than seven minutes away from weather and traffic on wbtv news this morning. here is meteorologist al conklin conklin. >> al: we have concerns, christine, that is dense fog. we have a dense fog advisory until 10:00 this morning for lincoln and up to iredell county, catawba county and cleveland county and all counties north an west of there all the way up in the mountains. this does not include charlotte-mecklenburg but again around here

that fire breaking out around 1:00 this morning on dell court lane near pineville. firefighters said heavy flame were ripping through the home when they arrived. no one was injured, the cause is still under investigation. >> john: this morning, we're working to learn the name and condition of an eight-year-old boy hit by a car in south carolina. sky 3 the only news helicopter out in indian land as this was happening last night. troopers say the little boy was on his bike, ran a stop sign and hit a moving car. they say he was not wearing a helmet at the time. a bad head injury. >>> a memorial growing at the scene of a deadly crash that killed a student from west mecklenburg high school. sky 3 over the scene yesterday morning on windy grove road. investigators say the driver was speeding, lost control and hit a tree. 15-year-old heaven seay, a passenger in the are car, died. two other passengers in the car west meck students were seriously hurt. the driver was also taken to the hospital. it is not clear if the driver also goes to west meck. police have not said if any

up to 100 people in pineville will lose their jobs.zv thelp+n0 carolina pavilion social security one of 18 stores shutting down. they will be closed on june 19th. >> new york city decked out in green this st. patrick's day for one of its oldest traditionsfjy a couplef* milr)&n people line the streets. new york city mayor bill de blasio attend ed the first time in three years. in protest when one gave group was allowedlp to plate. >> this saturday will belp the 20th anniversary for the parade. the charlotte goes green festival is free and open to everyone. it kicks off at 11:00 in thei morning.t( starts at ninth street.t( the spotjf where it ends will be where dancing ensues.e1rjf >> a lot of people know thatf* we stand in front after green wall. i didn't disappear. >> ixd wouldn't have been able to tell. it does look green. i told my daughter she had to wear green.xdf* >> a lot of people say they can see through me. not today. it's late. gaez what, we are going rightlp to it, no waste of one m of your time, here. >> your seven-day forecast first ',qie=it,t( the cooler airf* isxd tric

pineville back into steel creek. out to the west. light rain fall over elsewhere at this time. to the north, showers, pushing on other into landis and also through fair view and unionville at this point. we'll put a track on this as it pushes off to the east and areas like wayns borrow will start to see some light rain fall to help out your car. maybe not your allergies, but your car. while we track that rain, we are watching cooler air moving straight over i-58 from raleigh expo hold those temperatures in the 40s. look at this how we drop to 45. it feels very cool out there. almost, well over 20 degrees cooler than what we had earlier today. and this all happens as spring gets ready to start. after the midnight hour, we'll be mapping out how long we'll deal with winter-like temperatures when we come back. >> thanks, john. you can stay on top of the changing weather conditions. down load our app for free in the app store and on google play. another major story we are following for you. two homicide investigations in just one day in charlotte. both happened in busy areas, includ

you can see carowood boulevard pineville to uptown 11 minutes, wiley to uptown about five minute the. you can check drive times on our website, we have them posted for you at wsoctv.com. >>> we're following several stories from our breaking news center. first cmpd is investigating after thieves tried to break into two businesses overnight. now, one was a popular gun store. it's over in west charlotte. the other is a nearby family dollar store. eyewitness news reporter brittany johnson is live right in front of that family dollar store. this is on wilkinson boulevard. and, brittany, police are also investigating another break-in, that one at a gun store about 12 miles from there. >>reporter: they are, john. a very, very busy morning for cmpd. you can see there's still an officer staked out in this shopping center on wilkinson boulevard right outside the family dollar. police believe thieves tried to break into this store and the hyatt store which is right next to it in the same shopping center around 3:00 this morning. we haved video of officers on the scene of both. around 3:00 a.m.,

detecting on live early warning doppler 9 through pineville, ballantyne and matthews toward mint hill. the brighter the white. the higher the clouds. mostly east and south of charlotte. a few clouds northwest of town will diminish once the sun goes down for a while. 66 in charlotte, mint hill. 66 in valentine and gastonia, readings in the upper 50s across the high country, there's no escaping this warm up. with temperatures a solid 5 to 10 degrees warmer than just this time yesterday. maybe lighting up the grill for dinner. maybe taking a walk either before or after dinner. the sun doesn't go down until 6:15ish. mid 50s at 9:00. very light jacket is all you'll need tonight. tomorrow morning, we only fall to the mid 40s. this is over 5 degrees warmer than it should be this time of year. upper 30s as you hit the high country. future cast first thing tomorrow morning. the mowns may see a patch or two of fog. everyone else, just a few low clouds. the sun. and the warm up really kicks in tomorrow. today was nice. tomorrow even better. assuming you're a fan of the warmth. we have mid 50s at

south of town through pineville, ballantyne, indian land down the i-5 corridor and toward monroe, the shades of orange is where it maybe mixing in. and a big shade of orange, north of highway 9. you'd see this, and you'd say, it's got to be heavy rain, let's show you the real deal. we can show you the difference. it can detect the difference between a rain drop and a snow flake. now we're seeing snow grains. north of lancaster. and plain old wet snow flakes on the highway 9 corridor. that changes to rain. don't worry, this is not a snow issue. one of the things we're dealing with, dry air, it's moistening up. as it does, it makes rain just about everywhere east of the hit and runs, -- mountains. 38 in salisbury and lancaster and hickory. in the high country, readings below freezing. there's the steady rain. more of it will be pushing out of the upstate. this is plain rain in the upstate. moving into chester and york county in the next 40 to 45 minutes. rock hill a little bit after.

earlier this year, we told you about gun shop robberies across our area in fort mill, pineville, and statesville. police charged the statesville cases. i reached out to the atf. they are looking for leads in the case and they haven't made any more arrests. >>> new tonight, north korea claims it is getting nuclear an order from kim junk kim -- military leaders say it is unlikely that north korea can actually follow through with its threats. >>> the white house says president obama will decide who he will meet with when he goes to cuba. the president is making the historic trip this month. the president has a meeting set with prodemocracy activists and he and the cuban president decided to restore formal diplomatic relations between their countries that happened last year. on wednesday, we told you that american airlines applied for 14 daily flights to havana, cuba. one of those would fly in and out of charlotte and most of the others would fly out of miami. >> we have new developments. a man has just been arrested for an armor truck robbery involving $5 million worth in gold. we told

have a great wed >>> and we are following breaking news right now out of pineville this morning. a family will not be final return home after an overnight fire seriously damaged this home. just ahead, what we are learning about how the fire started. >>> seven cmpd officers caught on camera holding down a suspect, and one throwing punches as you can see there. the action cmpd is taking to answer the community's concerns. i'm liz foster. >> and i'm john paul. first, we will have the weather. >> reporter: much cooler this afternoon compared to what it felt like yesterday. breezy in charlotte. no big gusts here. 16miles an hour in shelby. in the mountains, gusting 30 to 40 miles an hour, and we have seen a few gusts up to 50 out there we are at 50 for charlotte. mid-30s for the mountains, and the cool air is just starting to spill in now, but we will not rebound much. falling pack to the low 50s this afternoon. a lot of sunshine all day today, and there's a chill working its way in. we will show you how long it will last and the next round of rain coming our direction. the next track

the victim drove to cmc pineville. they will be okay. the shooting was after the victim's car was booted. simpson is scheduled in court in two weeks. >>> officers are searching for whomever left an suv sitting on train tracks to be hit by an am track -- amtrak train 167-8960 passengers on the train at the time of the crash. nobody was hurt. police say no one was in the suv. >>> all new at 11, a charlotte music venue could be closing. at the observer, the double door inn is in discussions with piedmont to sell the property and some of the property around it. again this is in elizabeth not on it. it opened in 1973 and hosted anyone who was anyone in music. eric clapton stopped by in the early '80s. nothing is final yet. the due diligence ends in june and college could back out of the deal. >>> it was a bond formed at birth, 30 years ago carissa thornburg was sick. she stayed in carolina's nicu for the first two full years of her life. she never left the hospital. many nurses and doctors worked on her but one face always stuck with her. and

. >> now old pineville road runs behind this shop, which again, is off south boulevard. in fact, in the video, we could see headlights drivers passing by anyone with information is asked to call police. ashwell, channel 9 eyewitness news. >> donald trump is well on his way to the republican nomination, but it is certainly not a lock yet and if he doesn't get it, the front runner predicts outrage. >> i think you would have riots. i'm representing a tremendous, many, many, millions of people. >> those comments come as we're getting a look at some new video of another violent attack during trump's rally in fayetteville last week. a student at east carolina university video taped deputies wrestling a person to the floor after an argument. he says that's when deputies told him he had to go. as the student was being escorted out, a man in his suit called him names before taking a swing at him. meanwhile, five north carolina deputies have been suspended for their actions. a protester was escorted after he was punched right there by that 78-year-old man. the cumberland county sh

so we're looking at places like lesli later on and possibly south charlotte, lake wiley, maybe pineville and chestily chapel by 1:00 in the morning. we'll see more downpours possible between now and 4:00 in the morning. after that, we're finished. even in the high country, not a lot happening. meteorologist, vicki graf is over. the skies will be clearing out

this happened near pineville. this was the scene when we arrived on dell court lane before 2:00 this morning. the family was able to get out safely and the cause is now under investigation. >>> first alert traffic brought to you by toyota of north charlotte. >> christine: a brand new accident involving a school bus on central avenue and longfellow street. and it is blocking the left lane going in both directions on central avenue, watch for that as you are commuting this morning. this live picture of independence boulevard where the accident that was in the left lane has been cleared, now that moving smoothly again here on independence before you get to briar creek but watch for residual delays and several accidents in and around the city causing slow downs. you will need to give yourself extra time. now go to meteorologist al conklin. >> al: out there this morning, we have clear skies all across the area, one exception in the mountain where we have cloud cover and a few flurries after last night's rain that moved

in waldorf an accident has the left lane blocked, northbound side at pineville road. watch out for that. on the beltway, river road you can see the moderate volume kicking up on the inner and outer loop. watch out for the earlier issue around the gw parkway. still to come, big money. what the jury awarded erin andrews in the peeping tom trial. >> voters in four states are heading to the polls. detaon votes is next in campaign 2016. >> huge kudos to one town in the area named the best small town in area. skincare now becomes skinactive. new garnier skinactive introducing clearly brighter. a new active moisturizer to brighten dull skin. packed with antioxidant vitamin c, e and lha. it actively smoothes, boosts radiance and protects with spf 15. clinically proven. see brighter skin in just one week. new clearly brighter from garnier skinactive. the active way to better skin. >>> welcome back. what a gorgeous sunrise. this is the beginning. wait until you see th

pineville. the tow truck driver was arrested charged with assault with deadly weapon. >> one person died while test agg race car this happened here in rowan county. state highway patrol says the person was thrown from their car on performance road in mooresville near the mooresville drag strip. it appears the car went off the road and hit a ditch causing it to roll over. there was a harness in the car but not a traditional seatbelt the driver of the car was from canada. he was test driving the repairs made on the car. the victim was claiming to take it back to canada. now state highway patrol are investigating. >> mcdonald's is helping the restaurant at their hickory branch wednesday night. -- lost audio. one died at the scene and the other passed away friday from his injuries. all mcdonald's in the area will host a fund-raiser tomorrow. here's how it works a dollar from every big mack extra value meal sold will be donated to the victims. account. we posted that for you on our website. well frie

i expect mid-70s across our area from concord to lincolnton, gastonia, monroe and charlotte and pineville and mid to upper 70s from rock hill to chester, mostly sunny skies. again, the only real issue in the short term isal here jeans. juniper, ash and elm. rain across the middle part of the country, low clouds tomorrow morning, probably again thursday morning, and some of this is going to move in our direction, we will see rain chances go up and that will likely be, unfortunately, just in time for the weekend. i don't think a wash out, nothing is set in stone because the models are sending mixed messages on the timing but i'm sure it will rain some part of the weekend. but temperatures will hold in the 70s. mid to upper 70s until we get to the weekend, low 70s thereafter. you're never more than seven minutes away from weather and traffic on wbtv news this morning. here is chris, first alert traffic. chris: al, thank you, traffic sponsored this morning by toyota of north charlotte. if you're just heading out the door let's start with a few drive times for you. coming up from rock hill, 20

atf are looking for leads in pineville and they haven't arrested anyone in that case. >>> a warning for drivers in east charlotte. in a few hours, crews will shut down part of independence boulevard to make repairs. they plan to fix a leaky water main on the inbound lanes of independence near sunnyside and 277. this is the spot where crews closed it down because of water seeping out. it will be shut down until noon for prep work then crews close it down tomorrow night through the weekend. it will reopen monday in time for rush hour traffic. the construction of new homes. the commerce department released a report showing a spike in new construction nationwide. it found construction jumped 5.2% in february. that is the highest level in five months. construction on new homes fell in december and january. experts say the winter weather is partly to blame for the drop. >>> meanwhile, the construction industry boosted the number of jobs in 29 states including north carolina. from december 2015 to january of this year, 3800 jobs were added in the tar heels state. 7900 jobs. >>> new this mornin

announcing plans to close a number of us doors across the country including the one on south hola barden pineville. strategy by the company to try to improve sales. between 80 and 100 people would be laid off from when the store closes on june 19. there are currently four other kohl's stores in the charlotte area. the a band with a major presence in the queen city is keeping its pay at the same level. wells fargo ceo john stumps -- $19.3 million. stumps receives $2.8 million in salary, 4 million-dollar bonus and 12.5 million in stock the same amount he got back in 2014. wells fargo had a banner year in 122015 a record amount of $23 billion in profit. the bank holds most of its employees here in charlotte. plans for a 30 story residential condo tower and uptown charlotte are officially on hold. this would have been the first time the condo tower built in a developers say they have learned there is in the market for their plans. sam smith has more on what this means for the condo market in charlotte. >> big plans for big project of stock. the developers wanted to add to charlotte skyline with high-e