her husband, lanson stalf, told investigators he broke into autrys home by throwing a rock through the window. he strangled her with a wire used to hang a picture in the home while trying to get the pin from her. stalf was found three days later in mississippi. ree days later in mississippi. authorities believe the vehicle involved in a deadly hit-and- run in garner was used as a cab. 22-year-old kayla higgins was found february 7th on highway 70 at yeargan road. according to court documents -- the vehicle was a 2005 dodge caravan owned by mohamed dwedari. investigators say the van was used as a cab in raleigh, and has damage consistent with evidence left at the scene. they've requested a search rat or electronic devices used by dwedari during the time of the accident. tonight in our cover story...a raleigh man convicted of murder is now in a fight for his life. travion smith was found guilty a mother in her north hills apartment. wral's lamb tells us....now a jury will choose between life and death. the same jury who convicted travion smith of murder, will now decide if he lives or di

according to the search warrant he admitted breaking into stephanie autry's home and hitting her in the head with a hammer and then strangling her with wire. bank. tisha: search warrant's link a raleigh hit-and-run. was early sunday morning. he hit higgins and kept going. accident at the time police believe he may of been on his cell phone at the time. no charges have yet been filed. raleigh police identifying a man found dead. 60 three-year-old andrew terry junior. was found behind a homeless shelter. the initial calls for a drowning. steve: an intense day of testimony for the penalty phase of the trial of trading on smith. the courtroom camera was ordered turned off during that testimony. she never became emotional even when she talked about finding her mom dad in their apartment. the first witness for the defense was his mother. she talked about how his father abused her when she was pregnant. the jury will decide whether tisha: a father's heartbreaking play the first daughter to come back home. it is been over a week since anyone is heard from this 33-year-old woman and her three-ye

according to the search warrant he admitted breaking into stephanie autry's home and hitting her in the head with a hammer and then strangling her with wire. authorities say he robbed a bank. tisha: search warrant's link a raleigh cabdriver to a deadly hit-and-run. was early sunday morning. he hit higgins and kept going. the driver reported being in an accident at the time police believe he may of been on his cell phone at the time. no charges have yet been filed. raleigh police identifying a man found dead. 60 three-year-old andrew terry junior. the initial calls for a drowning. steve: an intense day of testimony for the penalty phase of the trial of trading on smith. the courtroom camera was ordered turned off during that testimony. she never became emotional even when she talked about finding her mom dad in their apartment. the first witness for the defense was his mother. she talked about how his father abused her when she was pregnant. the jury will decide whether smith gets life in prison or the death penalty. tisha: a father's heartbreaking play the first daughter to come back ho

been locked up since the murder and according to a warrant he admitted to breaking into stephanie autry's home and strangling her. he was later arrested in mississippi where authorities say he robbed a bank. john: a hit-and-run in garner turned over to the d.a. after search warrants put a raleigh cab driver at the time and place of the accident. kayla higgins was walking down highway 70 and was hit. a driver for the raleigh city cab service reportedly hit her. they believe he may have been on his cell phone. no charges have been filed. barbara: a chase with a motorcycleist ends in a collision. scottie horne was booked charged with d.w.i. and reckless driving going 3 miles over the -- 30 miles over the speed limit when a trooper tried to stop him. he started going down highway 401 and hit a car head-on. john: 5:41 and extortion, arson, some of the charges a d.c. hospital hacked. how much the medical center had to pay. >> you are an angel. small act barbara: welcome back, 5:45 and 35 degrees on thursday morning. the tobacco road showdown turns into a nailbiter with duke on top. that is one

you see him at the ballgame with gene autry? he looked sensational. mr. bender, according to mr. rizzo here, and you imprisoned him. it was a fair trial, too. oh, yeah, with him as my lawyer? i gave it my best shot. didn't it ever occur to you people that you're not allowed to do this? now, hold it. wait a minute. we got a charter, and that makes us the neighborhood justice center. come on, show him the paper. go ahead. looks official. that's from the law enforcement assistance administration from the justice department. you ever hear of them? i'll check this out, mr. bender. in the meantime, we're gonna need some more information from all of you, if you don't mind finding seats... anywhere. here you go... bruno. uh, mrs. neimier... dietrich, you don't look busy. can't fool you. would you mind having a seat over there? what about my muffins? park them over there. levitt, you want to take a statement from mister, uh... huh? roth. leon roth. i can't hear shrugs! i'm sorry, i'm afraid i don't recognize you. you arrested me for shoplifting three years ago. oh, right, yes! and you --

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to give you a break down how council members voted, austin, mitchell, autry, eiselt, mayfield, kinsey and vi lyles were all in favor. driggs. fallon, phipps and smith opposed it. 140 people were on the list to speak at the council meeting and took hours to hear everyone's opinion. those who spoke either for or against the ordinance were split almost evenly, which is different from the last time the debate was before the council. people opposed to it. the ordinance deals with a lot more than bathrooms but that consumed most of the comments. many worried about the safety of their children. one transgender woman told council she is not a predator, she wants equal rights. >> they are afraid i want to victimize children. >>> many business owners were worried about how this will affect them. >> businesses have been targeted for their beliefs, why do we think it will be any different in charlotte? >> there was one man who was asked to leave last night, you see him here dressed in a king's costume, he spoke out against the ordinance. >>> we have the most complete coverage of the story on the

an airline lost track stephanie autry >> if you are hearing this i beg you please let us know if you are safe. john: a father's plea to her daughter to come home. they could be in trouble. caitlin: some parents concerned about sending their kids it a local high school after a threat online. the steps taken to ensure safety. barbara: it is safe to say the shocking end to the tobacco road showdown. thirst, february 18 fplt. i'm barbara gibbs. john: i'm john clark what went wrong and why coach williams is shouldering the blame. barbara: we will check in with meteorologist don schwenneker in the first alert storm center. john: what is up for today? nothing going on out there? don: it is the first morning we have had all welcome without rain or sleet or any precipitation falling from the sky. that is is good news. it will last into tomorrow morning. we look at the next 12 hours we have a nice climb in the temperatures although we are a little below normal. we start in the 30's. by 10:00 we see temperatures into the 40's, 42.

austin, mitchell, autry, eiselt. northfield, vi lyles vote in favor, all democrats. here is who opposed it, driggs. fallon, smith and phipps. >> john: we are getting more reaction on the vote. >> christine: the advocacy group says this city council lost all sanity of government mandate that says men can enter women's bathrooms and locker rooms at any time for any reason is absurd. >> john: the arru clu praised the vote. we urge municipal leaders across the state to follow their example is what they said. complete coverage on the website right now, wbtv.com. you can easily share the story with others and leave comments on our wbtv facebook page. >>> we are just getting started for you this morning at 5:00 a.m., president obama is taking action to fight the zika virus, the request he plans to make to congress today. >> john: kristen miranda live in the alert center. >> kristen: take a look, these are some of the pictures i have been able to find from a train crash in the netherlands. look at the damage. i'll show you more from the alert center. >> john: a quick check o

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according to a search warrant he admitted to breaking into stephanie autry's home. barbara: a hit-and-run in garner is turned over to the district attorney after search warrants say a cab driver was there. kayla higgins was walking down highway 70 sunday when hit. so far no charges have been filed. john: charges are filed in a chase and crash involving a motorcycle in wake county. the highway patrol says scottie horn err face as list of charges including d.w.i. and reckless tkraoeufrpbg. it ended in head-on crash. the other driver was not hurt. barbara: the tobacco road show down duke comes out on top. duke rallied for an improbable win over u.n.c. duke took the lead with a machine to play and -- with a john: don, going to need the coat? don: the out-the-door forecast showing clear skies and sunshine. you will need the sunglasses in the 30's through 9:00 and top out around 50. 60's by the weekend. amber: watch for an accident delay growing 40 westbound rock quarry. accident involving several vehicles and only one lane getting by. barbara: "good morning america" is n

austin, mitchell, autry, eiselt, mayfield, kinsey and vi lyles vote in favor. driggs, fallon, phipps and smith opposed it. >>> governor pat mccrory's public safety and vow to have the general assembly take action if it passed. legislators have several options, they could nullify the entire ordinance, they could strike down the provision allowing the bathroom or hand the issue to voter in charlotte. >> christine: the mayor of hildebran says she received threats after that historic school caught fire. we first brought you news of the fire at the hildebran school as breaking news on wbtv news this morning yesterday. the school had been the center of controversy recently as the mayor and other town leaders fought to tear it down. this morning, investigators from the sbi and atf are trying to figure out what caused the fire, they say it appears the fire started in the basement. they tell us there was power to part of the building but that is all they know at this point. >>> firefighters across the area have something other than usual duties to worry over. for the te

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