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live in orange county, carly griffith, wncn now. >> the coldest night in nearly a year is a possibility. and we look at temperatures with windchill in the single digits tomorrow. >>> it was a beautiful, sunny day but it only got to 35 and that is cold enough and now we're headed for the teens tonight and the windchills possibly below ten degrees and it is 30 right now and that is not so nice. but the super sunset is. a beautiful martin luther king, jr. holiday and it gets cold tonight. and look at the temperatures in the mid-20s by the virginia the mid-30s in -- toasty in the 30s in the sand hills. and this comes with winds that is five, six, seven miles an hour. that is all it takes to give you the windchills that i just showed you. so it will not be an overly windy night. you will probably not notice that but it will be windy enough to give us a temperature at 25bg at 8:00 and it will feel like 15bg and -- like 15. and 15 degrees will feel like ten. but we get to talk about snow, not once but twice this week. back with details on that in a few minutes. >>> the police continue to searc
live in orange county, carly griffith, wncn now. >> the coldest night in nearly a year is a possibility. and we look at temperatures with windchill in the single digits tomorrow. >>> it was a beautiful, sunny day but it only got to 35 and that is cold enough and now we're headed for the teens tonight and the windchills possibly below ten degrees and it is 30 right now and that is not so nice. but the super sunset is. a beautiful martin luther king, jr. holiday and it gets cold...
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carly griffith, news now. their families have a message for that more than. 16-year-old kyle straight was walking down highway 421. troopers say they were hit by a vehicle that went off the side of the road. they were killed. come forward. >> we want the person who did this caught and to pay for what he did. he took a life, he took two. he shouldn't be out there. it's not fair that he still is. >> daniels is hurt but recovering. if you know anything call highway patrol. >>> police are looking for a silver minivan involved in a hit and run at avondale and the victims went to the hospital with injuries. if you know anything call crimestoppers. >>> there is a murder suicide after an elderly man and woman were found on chelsea drive. police found the man dead inside and the woman died early this morning. they have not released the identity of the pair. >>> army veteran months away from retirement was killed saturday night by a driver going the wrong way. it left a large void in the 261st medical battalion. >> we l
carly griffith, news now. their families have a message for that more than. 16-year-old kyle straight was walking down highway 421. troopers say they were hit by a vehicle that went off the side of the road. they were killed. come forward. >> we want the person who did this caught and to pay for what he did. he took a life, he took two. he shouldn't be out there. it's not fair that he still is. >> daniels is hurt but recovering. if you know anything call highway patrol. >>>...
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. >> carlie griffith is live to break down your chances and really goes to education in north carolina. carlie? >> reporter: the gas station we're at has been pretty busy tonight. busier than usual. there's been a steady line behind us here for the register. because $1.5 billion sounds pretty good, right? well i don't want to break your heart, but your chances of winning are 1 in 292 million. and if you do win, you will not get all of that cash. yes, it's nice to dream about winning the bill powerball jackpot. but let's stop and think about why we're playing in the first place. >> any amount of money that is raised in a ticket sale, a portion of that will go to help students and schools across the state. >> out of the $1.5 billion prize, the state will get about $65 million. and about 25 million of that will be going to education. so let's break this down a different way. powerball ticket, about 76 education. but now for the first time this year, teachers will be seeing none of it. >> our primary purpose as an organization is to raise money for education. and to raise as much as we pos
. >> carlie griffith is live to break down your chances and really goes to education in north carolina. carlie? >> reporter: the gas station we're at has been pretty busy tonight. busier than usual. there's been a steady line behind us here for the register. because $1.5 billion sounds pretty good, right? well i don't want to break your heart, but your chances of winning are 1 in 292 million. and if you do win, you will not get all of that cash. yes, it's nice to dream about winning...
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carlie griffith is checking out the secondary roads tonight. she's live in orange county with the latest. >> we're on fairington roted right now. it's a secondary road as you said. and take uplook. it's completely clear. some primary roads we saw earlier were very wet because of all that melting that happened earlier today but there are more rural backroads that still have problem spots. that's why some places like orange county have decided to put schools on a two hour delay. we haven't heard anything from chapel hill carrboro schools. that means as of now, school is on track and on time for tomorrow. now one of the biggest problems that we actually saw today when we were out and about is that people were having trouble navigating sidewalks. many neighborhood sidewalks have not been touched so far and unc chapel hill students walking to class had a hard time getting through slick paths. some people were walking in the road when they could. but even then they had to hurdle over the mounds of snow on the side of the road. i spoke to one woman fr
carlie griffith is checking out the secondary roads tonight. she's live in orange county with the latest. >> we're on fairington roted right now. it's a secondary road as you said. and take uplook. it's completely clear. some primary roads we saw earlier were very wet because of all that melting that happened earlier today but there are more rural backroads that still have problem spots. that's why some places like orange county have decided to put schools on a two hour delay. we haven't...
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live in johnston county, carly griffith, wn cn news now. >>> to help with low performing schools? >> as our political reporter bow minnick reports -- beau minnick reports, there's some opposition. >> we're try to do our own system, our own district, where we have an ability to make it fit for north carolina. >> the question these lawmakers are asking is does it fit in north carolina? a plan that would take five of the state's lowest performing elementary schools and group them into one district what's called an achievement district. the state would select a charter school operator to come in and try to turn the school around. >> we talk about low performance schools and we talk about where we want to go in education, we have to think about what we can do right now. >> reporter: if approved the plan would be a pilot program in north carolina starting in the 2017 and 2018 school year. a school selected would have to be in the lowest 5% of all schools. the school would also have to be not meeting or exceeding recent growth expectations. if approved, it would enter into a five year co
live in johnston county, carly griffith, wn cn news now. >>> to help with low performing schools? >> as our political reporter bow minnick reports -- beau minnick reports, there's some opposition. >> we're try to do our own system, our own district, where we have an ability to make it fit for north carolina. >> the question these lawmakers are asking is does it fit in north carolina? a plan that would take five of the state's lowest performing elementary schools and...
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wncn's carlie griffith is live on the scene with the latest. >> reporter: we spoke to sheriff charles blackwood not long ago, he says they don't have a suspect in custody. they do not have any leads on a suspect as of yet. but they do know that this was an isolated incident. and there is not any immediate danger to the surrounding community. now, here's some video of what the scene looked like earlier this afternoon. investigators were working around a white car. they say that's where deputies found a man that was dead from multiple gunshot wounds. laying next to the truck of that car. now this happened in the and the sheriff says this kind
wncn's carlie griffith is live on the scene with the latest. >> reporter: we spoke to sheriff charles blackwood not long ago, he says they don't have a suspect in custody. they do not have any leads on a suspect as of yet. but they do know that this was an isolated incident. and there is not any immediate danger to the surrounding community. now, here's some video of what the scene looked like earlier this afternoon. investigators were working around a white car. they say that's where...