welcome back to first at 4:00 i'm jamie boll. >> i'm brigida mack. thank you for joining us on this thursday. concerned parents have been vocal about their feelings on forced busing and student assignment for today we are hearing from a student about the controversial topic. wbtv anchor maureen o'boyle has details on a packed meeting today. >> brigida, judging from the turnout of today's meeting it is clear that student assignment is an issue that matters to both parents and students. more than 100 people showed up for the forum here at cms' smith family center. some board members were there to answer questions and calm fears of forced busing. as i said, they also had students there. they wanted to voice their voice heard in the discussion. hannah is a senior at independence. we asked her what students are saying about the posse of school boundaries changing to create more diverse schools. >> they are not comfortable with it. they want to be with the ones they went to elementary and middle school with and that is who we are comfortable with. and they

store. >> brigida mack wbtv on your side. >> so glad she is making it home. carolinas healthcare system posted a blog. you will find a link on wbtv.com/web extras. >> if you are looking for financial advice wbtv is on your side we are partnering with clear point counseling solutions professionals will be taking your calls tomorrow morning 5-9 and tomorrow evening 4-6:30. the number is on the screen. please join us tomorrow for that. >> i bet you had a shock being out at the super bowl coverage. >> 70 versus 35 . it was chilly. >> i understand we better get used to t eric thomas is tracking our chances of snow here in the queen city? >> yes, maureen it is an interesting so often we are telling you how we are tracking changes and this time there are not many changes and that is the headline. because it is so cold and the snow will continue to be relentless up in the mountains. one of the forecasts that you are ithing yes, please, let's change this up. look at the size of the system continue into the mountains for a day, day-and-a-half two days and for everybody

. >> i'm brigida mack. we welcome you on this friday. the first travel-related case has been confirmed in north carolina. the adult recently traveled to a country where the virus is present but they no longer have symptoms of the virus. no details have been released. zika is spread through mosquitoes and an issue for pregnant women because it can cause a birth defect of the zika virus remains in the blood of an infected person on average for a week. and based on current evidence a previous zika infection does not pose a risk of a birth defect for a future pregnancy. and men who have traveled to a country with the zika outbreak should abstain from sex or use condoms with sex. pamela escobar is talking to state health leaders about the north carolina. >> and mumps cases in mecklenburg and iredell county two sick work in lowe's in mooresville. the company is consume ut indicating with all employees about prepreventing and treats mumps. >> and new video from a deadly plane crash in union county. sky3 flew over the scene to s s the damage in

good afternoon and thank you for joining us for first at 4:00 i'm brigida mack. >> i'm jamie boll. glad you are with us on this thursday. we have the health warning, the mecklenberg county health department says there are several students and teachers at the metro school in uptown charlotte that have symptoms of noro virus. very contagious, causes stomach and intestinal infloridamation. the health department september a warning to parents and staff. >> and possible cases of the noro virus at a local university. alex giles is following that part of the story live in our >> we got this information from wingate university, dozens of students reporting symptoms, diarrhea, nausea and vomiting and the school is hoping for confirmation of the illness when they get test results back tomorrow. campus services is cleaning bathrooms and common areas and residence halls and the dining facilities are being sanitized and cleaning the equipment too. and health officials recommend staying out of work or school while you are dealing with the symptoms. wait until you get better before you get back i

wbtv anchor brigida mack has the story. >> nervous, got anxiety, but i'm excited. >> reporter: a special day for any parent but one megan smith and eric pegues don't take for granted. they are taking their baby girl home. little e'layah faith was born september 23rd after an emergency c-section. she was 14 weeks early and weighed 10 ounces. that is lighter than a can of soda. hospital in november, just after her original due date. e'layah faced blood transfusions and careful feedings. her parents and doctors constantly by her side. >> i lived here, here every day, if not every other day. our equipment, the diapers we have for the smallest babies were too big for her. so we had to be very creative in taking care of her. >> reporter: the team of doctors at carolinas medical center call little e'layah tater tot. she now weighs five times her birth weight. >> she has grown, she has been able to breathe on her own and she looks around, she pays attention to her surroundings, knows her mom's voice and dad's voice and i'm amazed she has come this far she is able to go home. >> the last few week

if they want to get fit and eat healthy and be right, they should come here. >> brigida mack wbtv on your side. lean teen program go to wbtv.com and look under web extras and where you will find the interview with these remarkable young people. >> and it's great that they talked about it and it inspires others to understand and relate to it. >> because for a lot of times it's hard for people to talk about their weight especially as a teenager. >> and weather live look from the hd towercam clouds and chilly and damp but on guard for tomorrow. >> leigh brock is live in the first alert weather center. >> today does not look nice or feel nice but tomorrow things are going to go downhill as this system comes this way. right now it's moving very quickly and tomorrow morning it will be on our doorstep. this tells the story. it's all about this warm front we are to the north and we have the cooler temperatures and stuck in the 40s most of the day. and meanwhile georgia and south alabama that is the south of the front they are warm and as we head through the morning hours tomorrow we are goin

. >> i'm brigida mack. welcome on this friday. excitement as the snow flurries came down across charlotte and areas. this video here out of west charlotte but get ready, folks, for bitter cold temperatures. we could see a low of 15 sunday. >> that will get your attention and a winter storm bringing snow and ice next week. a lot developing in the forecast. meteorologist lyndsay tapases keeping busy with it all. >> yes. snow showers the next in line is the brutal cold and the president's day storm monday morning. here is what the radar looks like not a lot falling right now. some of you had snow showers and enough to put down a dusting in our south carolina counties. but that has exited off to the east. cloudy and a flurry or two in the mountains as we take you through the evening. definitely cold. much colder than yesterday. 36 in charlotte and we have a new fresh shot of arctic air moving in. look at the temperatures off to the northwest as you get up towards minneapolis, 10 , -8 in winnipeg, canada and that is the direct ton that

. >> i'm brigida mack. first at 4:00 a 20-year-old woman tells police she had to hide in a bank restroom after being chased with a man with a knife in rock hill. and michael clark joins us live. police say it happened near a local college. >> yes, that is right. this is an area of rock hill that is being developed inbetween winthrop university's campus and downtown rock hill is behind me and the bank this woman ran into for help is one of the only businesses in this area. could turn for help. the 20-year-old victim told police she is shaken up and it happened in broad daylight. she started her walk near stewart avenue and continued towards laurel wood cemetery when she noticed the person and started hearing footsteps and saw the man running towards her and the victim told police that he had a knife and was chasing after her talking to himself during this ordeal. she was able to run-in side a bank and hide in a restroom to get away from the man who did not stick around long. police did review video from the

wbtv news anchor brigida mack have more details now on "primetime." >> reporter: a free for all fists flying and cell phones capturing every flame. footage from d. anthony taylorfootage from d. anthony taylor's cell phone. >> like a brawl at the school. a fist brawl. it was just crazy. >> reporter: you can see taylor crowd. he started taking pictures of rickey bryant, the state coordinator. o'bryant ordered him to stop recording. >> i didn't hear him and he pointed at me and said something and i didn't hear what he said and he came up and grabbed my phone. >> reporter: this video shows o>> reporter: this video shows o'bryant do more than grab a phone. taylor is grabbed by his jacket d held down by his neck.student manages to slither at o'bryant whoat o'bryant who grabs him bye shirt and tosses to theound. i cry.cry essential i see it andset. reporter: mother wantstion against o'bryant but hern was suspended for breakingrule of videoing incidents. i never had a phone call at job.was at work at the time that son had got hurt or wasvolved with anything. reporter: taylor sufferedme scratc

brigida mack has the story all new in this half hour. >> reporter: when claire weeden walked down the aisle she made sure her bouquet was locally grown. >> flowers from the regional area have more of a beauty, because they speak more about what is right around you. >> reporter: what is local, exactly when it comes to experts say local can mean grown here in the usa or state or region. but -- >> there is a limit what is available in local grown flowers. no where near enough flowers grown in the usa to satisfy the demand. >> reporter: society of american florists said 70% of flowers sold in the us imported from countries with warmer climates. now experts reveal more and more customers and flower shop owners like teresa are seeking out locally grown blooms. >> there is definitely a movement toward that and people want to jump on board with that. and support a local economy. our country's economy and local economy. >> reporter: another trend that is really sprouting? flowers and packaging eco friendly. >> certifications that most growers adhere to and involves trying to minimize the use o

. >> i'm brigida mack. glad you are with us. that will get your attention. a live look from appalachian ski mountain where folks are taking advantage of the snow. employees have not had to turn on the snow machines. but we are monitoring another winter storm that could hits thre> few days away. lyndsay tapases joins us in the first alert weather center. >> we have had the cold air in air through the weekend and once you add moisture on top of that cold air when we can see issues. in the short-term we are concerned about bitter cold wind-chills especially in the mountains. it's feeling like -3 in boone and the rest of us have the wind-chills in the 20s. and air temperatures, we never made it out of the 30s today. east of the mountains. and in the mountains you never made it out of the teens. it's 15 for the air temperature in boone right now. 37 in charlotte. the numbers will drop off quickly through the evening as we put future-cast temperatures in motion. 8:00 p.m. we could be down into the 20s and in the charlotte area. and then we will continue

. >> i'm molly grantham in for brigida mack. >> you can see rain on the radar. >> and our team of meteorologists is tracking heavy rain headed our way. meteorologist leigh brock is in the first alert weather center. lots of changes this week? >> we have cold weather one day and rain and warm weather and thunderstorms before the week is over. let's talk about what is going on right now. we have seen the showers pull into the area. and temperatures falling from a couple hours ago we were in the 60s and now many of us are in the 50s. that rain has started to move in. we have our camera, a dreary looking afternoon. the cloudy skies and the showers and here are your temperatures. 56 in charlotte. holding on to 62 in rock hill. 61 in chester and 63 in lancaster. the rest of us back in the low to mid-50s and heading into tomorrow it gets cooler than that. here is how things shape up, we have showers close to charlotte. over top of uptown. and traveling on i-77 you will run into that rain and uptown is getting the rain. 227, idlewild area you are seeing some of the showers. and this is into gaston count

brigida mack joins us with more. >> paul, police believe this man has a long history of stealing from cars. but he acted alone. although the investigation continues. and a lot of folks were wondering how did the thief know when firefighters were gone from the station house and was he listening to scanners? >> we do not believe this is an elaborate scheme. i think i don't know why he picked where he did other than so it wasn't an elaborate jumping fences and busting out windows or unlocked doors. >> police believe johnny bing hit 14 fire stations stealing property from cars including eight weapons. when the cases started happening in charlotte police had officers do surveillance and detectives cracked the case in york county where a fire station was hit. >> the key piece of evidence i cannot tell you what the evidence was but it was found in york county during the investigations which led us to give the ability to look at a retail store that has surveillance and we were able to pinpoint this individual. >> an analyst was able to identify and evidence let them to a car that bing uses th

. >> i'm brigida mack. thank you for joining us. first at 4:00 these three men scheduled to appear in court tomorrow. police arrested them after two vehicles and a hotel lobly hit in a hail of but lets. the shots fired near the sky condominiums or south caldwell street. the good news is no one was hurt but one of the men was carrying an ak47 in uptown and dedrick dedrick is there a link between this and the ciaa tournament? >> well, all police are saying right now is the suspects they were in town for the ciaa not sure in what capacity. but this shooting has manied many concerned. and look the the damage. a van full of bullet holes, 40-50 rounds. the crime happened blocks away from police headquarters and that may be one reason why the suspects were quickly caught. here is what we know... a transit officer heard the gunshots and that officer got the license tag number of the suspect's car. once that information was turned in police received it and they spotted the car and stopped it. once that car was stopped the suspect ran out of

welcome back i'm brigida mack. >> i'm jamie boll. glad you are with us. a fight at friday's basketball game between salisbury high school and north rowan high caught on camera. both teams a good chance of going to the state playoffs but are now done with the season. but school leaders are appealing the punishment. david whisenant live in salisbury this afternoon. and both teams have been banned from post season play? >> yes, that is how it stands now. the players on both teams were all suspended for the next two contests and that means even if they play spring sport it is would carry over into track or baseball. this video a viewer sent me it shows the aftermath of the fight but this is what resulted in that punishment. the association says when players come off the bench they are automatically ejected and suspended. this started with one player throwing a punch and the benches cleared and as you can see people in the stands came out on to the court. many parents are upset because players that had nothing to do with the fight are being punished. and the s

. >> i'm brigida mack. thank you for joining us. a community forum about student assignment will be held tonight and school district leaders are working to get parents to fill out a survey to help create a plan. dedrick russell joining us live now. >> yeah, brigida, i can tell you the student assignment plan why school board members are going to the community to talk about this process and communicate with parents. one of cms' goals is to maximize building use and to decrease the number of schools that have a large concentration of poor and high need students. cms wants more schools to like like this, diverse. the theory is academic achievement can happen quicker if students are surrounded by a variety of students from races and economic statuses. research proves that is what happens when a classroom is diverse. some parents think one of the goals means forced busing were board members are having the forums to try to clear the air and go one-on-one with the parents to dispel some of the rumors and want to encourage parents and the c

welcome back to first at 4:00 i'm brigida mack. and there may not be piles of snow on the ground but that does not mean that there has not been an impact. >> ice and freezing rain can be more dangerous. i'm jamie boll andnd am in the first alert weather center with meteorologist leigh brock and we are seeing the heavier rain in mecklenberg county getting some of the heaviest. and the main roads have been treated but the side roads you have to watch out for. right. if the roads are treated it should be melting but not every road has been treated. we have a winter storm warning for our mountain counties and burke, caldwell, alexander. winter weather advisory for post of the heart of the wbtv viewing area and in south carolina a freezing rain advisory. at least for a couple more hours. this is the precipitation falling. so far just light freezing rain in the foothills but more rain coming from the south and the temperatures makes it freezing rain. this is around charlotte. going to concentrate there first. 485. if you are traveling ho

welcome back to first at 4:00 on this tuesday i'm brigida mack. >> i'm jamie boll. in addition to the winter weather advisory we have had a dramatic drop in temperatures. >> meteorologist leigh brock joining us in the first alert weather center. leigh, not looking like we are going to see any warm-up anytime soon? >> no, i am afraid we will wait for the spring thaw at this point. we have cold temperatures and areas about 15 cooler than 24 hours ago. so here is what we are dealing with. chilly temperatures most areas are in the 30s and we have snow showers coming through. they are fairly light for the time being but you will see those from time to time. here we have in burke county to the south of 40 we have a batch of snow shower activity moving through. and yellow gap, pleasant grove, bridgewater getting snow showers. linville, it is 10 up there and they have seen three inches of snow so far. and a batch through avery county, plum tree, you are and all of our mountain counties are under a winter weather advisory until 7:00 a.m. on thursday. a long lived event even

i'm brigida mack. >> glad you are with us. while the snow and ice is developing we will have bitter cold temperatures this weekend. >> meteorologist lyndsay tapases joining us from the first alert weather center. >> so 40s today felt better than yesterday and back down for tomorrow and especially the weekend. valentine's day is going to be bitter cold for us. but right now 47 does not feel too bad. we started out at 17 that was the morning low in charlotte it was cold first thing but we have made nice recovery with the sunshine. lower 40s north of the city. and morganton are all at 43. and up in the mountains 27 in boone which is better than the teens from yesterday. up that way you made a little bit of improvement. this evening we will keep the sky clear and 40 at 7:00 and 35 by 9:00 p.m. we may see more cloud cover work towards the later hours of tonight. we have a generally clear sky right now, even in the mountainless, you have receive sunshine as the snow showers briefly shutoff. we have a disturbance upstream that we wil

wbtv anchor brigida mack is in the studio with more. >> it was a bad scene. investigators say the driver of the pick pickup truck may have had a medical problem before the crash. he was driving 65-miles-per-hour when he veered off the yard and crashed into the house. no one was home at the time. the driver died at the scene. we spoke with a neighbor who is saddened by the driver's death. >> well, i feel bad about it. because you know, whatever happened that is somebody's parent or kid or something. i don't know who it was yet. but i do feel for him and pray for him and his people. >> multiple vehicles and the house all damaged. investigators trying to determine exactly what caused the crash. >> right now, a 6-year-old not picked up from school led deputies to a gruesome discovery. deputies in south carolina went looking for the child and discovered the child's parents were dead from a murder/suicide. the corner says keith wallace shot his exstranged wife stephanie wallace in the head before shooting himself. the sheriff says it was a domestic dispute turned d

. >> i'm kristen miranda in for brigida mack today. let's look at the video. i could not believe t the state says the two ramps and the up with lane on 277 will be closed until 6:00 p.m. near freedom drive and south clarkson street that section there. >> no cars going by. and it's sunny outside now for most of us but what a mess left behind from the storms today and the winds still gusting. this system is not over. our first-alert weather team is tracking what is next. >> meteorologist lyndsay tapases joins us from the first alert weather center. is it all done? >> going to be the wind that will be the biggest issue going forward through tonight. the severe weather threat is not completely done is nearly completely dope. any tornado warnings and severe thunderstorm warnings pressed off to the east and that is where the bulk of the tornado watch is left. so it's been dropped for our viewing area and that is because this is the line here. this is the very threatening active line that has produced tornado warnings for our area it's taking the severe weather threa

. >> and brigida where alex was at morris costumes that monroe road outbound past mack elway road and an accident at albemarle and independence boulevard things are getting busy on the independence boulevard starting to see congestion. wendover a great option. and also it's starting to clear out but a problem with a stranded motorist and the lane block at w.t. harris southbound and lawyers road. congestion by this area especially approaching w.t. harris a mile of stop-and-go traffic. and two additional accidents; one at hickory grove and w.t. harris creating problems. and another accident at pence road, robinson church road is a great alternate route for this. your first alert traffic is sponsored by people's bank. >> thank you. deputies are searching for a suspect who has been added to the rowan county most wanted list. check out this photo of anthony fudge. the 39-year-old is a registered sex offender. they are looking for him because of a probation violation. his last known to be in salisbury. if you know where he is call >> a myrtle beach couple charged with child cruelty when the