by 4:00 in charlotte. precipitation, we always thought this, was going to come tonight in early to morning oh morning. here we are at 12 noon, you can see yeah, all right, we have a little bit of sleet and freezing rain here, that is still with us as we go to 4:00. the afternoon commute could be worse than the morning commute. notice going in the evening, here comes the rain as temperatures start to get above freezing. we will warm in the upper 30s come daybreak tomorrow and look at heavy rain tonight and that pushes eastward as we go through the day tomorrow. get on the back edge, more snow for the mountains and a little bit of precipitation may come through tomorrow night, clear out quickly on wednesday. temperatures going up. our greatest precipitation is over the next 24 hours and things settle down. in fact our highs tomorrow will get well up in the 50s near 60. well in the 50s to near 60 as we head toward the end of the week and in the 60s this weekend. 32 today, 20% chance this morning. 70% chance f

clear skies, in charlotte. you can see our scott clark's nissan camera down on south boulevard showing dry conditions here, it is dry in center city as well and should stay that way all day long. now clear skies and light winds have allowed for temperatures to fall. 29 in charlotte and boone. 26 morganton, 28 below freezing around statesville, shelby, 27 right now in albermarle, 31 in rock hill. a cold start, seasonal finish, wall-to-wall sunshine, no chance of precipitation, high of 54. on the chilly side of the high at the moment, but temperatures will be going up as we head in the weekend. talk about that plus rain planner in a few minutes. 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, traffic is sponsored by toyota of north charlotte. no problems early out there on thursday morning if you're getting ready start the morning commute. looking live at i-77 near the rest area coming off the south carolina state line, v

it happened over night in charlotte's cherry neighborhood. the victim was driven counties away. >> they were driven to atms until they were finally let go 90 minutes away. mark becker has more on the frightening crime police are >> it's frightening and bizarre in several ways. but here's what happened, the victim early this morning told police he was in this parking lot on baldwin avenue in the cherry neighborhood when two suspects, a man and a woman came up, threatened him with a gun, and forced him to get into another car and drove him a long way to get cash. >> the investigation began early this morning with a call from the papa johns on fourth street saying they hadn't heard from one of their delivery drivers. a 61-year-old man. fearing the worst, police called in homicide detectives and they found his car a little while later abandoned here on baldwin street just several blocks from the papa johns store. the driver was missing. two hours later, about 4:30 this morning, police in arch dale, 80 miles up 85, called to say a driver walked in

charlotte not too bad, a handful of outages. you heard ashton talk about those, but further to the north and west, seeing a few things that might pique some people's interest. problems in the newton area, conover area, hickory area and i did see some problems in the saw mills area, that is exactly where we saw the biggest number, 1400 customers affected there. just taking a quick look at blue ridge electric map in the foothills, up in the mountains where some of the power problems are right now. just a handful either way, the assessed. i'll keep an eye on the power outages this morning and as we look to get a little update, i'm checking again to see what the restoration time on the saw mills things is, assessing the i'll keep you posted. >> christine: 5:06, officials looking in the role icy roads played in dozens of accidents across the area. wbtv's mark davenport is live now by telephone on i-77, north of charlotte, so mark it was quite a mess throughout overnight, wasn't it? >> reporter: it was quite a mess overnight and still

we're 29 in charlotte. look at the low 20's in charlotte. very cold air will be entrenched throughout the day today and that is the concern. once the moisture starts to arrive in charlotte around midday, we're still below freezing and they stay at freezing all afternoon. south will be turning into rain. no issues there but from charlotte northbound. even just the lightest amount of freezing rain may cause slick afternoon. should turn to rain tonight. pretty quiet weather from late morning until midday and watch the pink begin to show up. it is light, very little this will add up but a light glaze could be out there into the afternoon today. see how it changes to all rain south. we'll see the transition in charlotte later today. it could be a pretty good window from the early to late afternoon as a matter of fact, our temperatures warm up tonight into the upper 30s. look at this. we're back in the 50s tomorrow. it will be heavy rain. the early commute on tuesday and that is all quiet for the end of the week with sunshine around 60. same for t

by 10:00, it's north of charlotte. but i-40 especially still under the gun for really nasty conditions through at least 10:00, maybe 11:00 tonight. and that's where our own john ahrens is up toward troutman in iredell county. john? >> yeah steve, this precipitation has been very interesting. it's coming down now as a light freezing drizzle. it was picking up a while ago. now it's very light. but the area above is so warm, as it falls, it actually stays liquid for a good amount of time. not just because the roads were treated. this is because of the warm nature to the precipitation. then in a little bit of time, if you look at the car, that's a sheet of ice up here in troutman. that's the situation on the roads, the longer the time they have to ice over, the more of a danger certainly. up on i-77, we found wrecks all over the place between statesville and troutman. it's going to take a while for this to warm up and relieve the situation here. john ahrens, channel 9 eyewitness news. >>> all right thank you. breaking news

the street from unc charlotte. this happened along arlen circle at 6:30 on tuesday. police say the suspects had a gun and stole computers, cash, and a phone. two people were inside that apartment at the time. one suffered minor injuries. >> charlotte mecklenburg school board members want to hire somebody by march who can help them with student assignment. parents packed into a small meeting this morning as the cms policy committee meeting met and talked about it. the board wants to hire an outside consultant to help them make the district more diverse and successful. cms is collecting surveys on the topic through february 22. >> and new tonight, new developments in the controversial plan for a shopping center in mooresville. in the past few hours, the towns planning board voted 5-3 to recommend approval for that project. this would include sporting goods, store, a costco, and six other businesses off the school we told you last night at 10:00, that some neighbors signed a petition against the development. the town

charlotte area upper 30s. tomorrow night temperatures rise a lot more and across the midlands, very little if any icing with temperatures around 40 degrees by late afternoon. 5-day forecast, we will stay in the 50s for the next few days after tomorrow, to about 60 as we head through late week and after tomorrow night we are done with anything falling from the sky for a while too. >> nothing to panic over, just to take it easy when you head out. >> right, but keep in mind, freezing rain, you don't see it. it looks wet, it would deeizey and that is what you-- could be icy and hat is what you have to worry-- that is what you have to worry about. >>> the great american race, 20-year-old rookie that has20-year-old rookie thathat feeling. you know the one. that "grand-slam, aced-the-presentation" feeling. multiply that feeling. it's the deal of all deals. a moment worthy of celebration. now multiply that. you're everyone's hero in the championship of all championships it's that feeling. multiplied. introducing the n

right now live in charlotte, kristen hampton, wbtv on your side. >> christine: the charlotte area transit system will operate on normal weekday schedule but officials say weather conditions will be closely monitored on all routes and all park and ride locations. check for schedule changes at ridetransit.org, and we posted a link to that website at wbtv.com. under web extras. >> john: now let's look at king street in boone courtesy of resortcams.com. snow and sleet falling for several hours, there could be very serious conditions up there as far as driving goes. a success u, by theasu not having classes until noon, watauga county schools are closed because of the dicey situation up there. our coverage continues with ashton pellom, braving the cold us what you're seeing that way. >> reporter: good morning, john, braving the cold and elements out here this morning. it is right now there are pelts of snow and freezing rain coming down if you look up in the lights you can see that right now. right over my shoulder dot crews have been working overnight, the roads have improved vastly since i fi

not common in charlotte. earlier this year, we told you new testing found lead in the drinking water in york county. linea water services found lead in the fox wood subdivision and fort mill and river hills in lake wylie. pipes that serve 3,400 customers but levels are back to normal. the problems are mostly found in pipes inside of homes. after the situation in michigan, some people say this needs to be investigated further. >> with flint and that, you know, someone has to be responsible. >> company officials want people to run water for 30 seconds before drinking it as a precaution. >>> new this morning, 2014 was a banner year for tourism in south carolina. tourism generated $19 billion in the palmetto state. officials say the state is starting new marketing campaigns. one called the satisfy your thirst campaign is designed to draw them to businesses that make everything from beer to tea to milk to moonshine. >> here is meteorologist keith monday in severe weather center 9 and we've bottomed out here for th

but in the charlotte area. i'll show you what to expect for valentine's weekend and that storm next week. >> thank you, steve. >>> we go to breaking news now, as drivers using independence boulevard, a major commuter road, in and out of charlotte, have had to dodge those orange cones out there. and the road crews all day long. this is a story we first brought you as breaking news this morning. on daybreak. it has now been more than 12 hours since water started seeping onto that road and freezing. and the repairs are still under way right now. >> in the last hour, we learned drivers will face delays out there for the commute tomorrow morning. when everybody is heading in that direction. eyewitness news reporter, gina

here is charlotte davis. 20 seconds left. from way out. time out charlotte. they cut the lead to one. after a pair of free throws one more chance, 8 seconds left. davis coming up short. rebound western kentucky. charlotte drops a tough one 59- 54 the final. >>> we want to go back through the breaking news. six people were killed in kalamazoo michigan overnight. this is the suspect jason dalton. without any issues last night. police say the three shootings were random that started at town homes where a woman was shot several times. they found two men dead at a car dealer ship. then they were called to a cracker barrel restaurant where five people had been shot, four of those people died. just tragic news. >>> good morning america is closely monitoring this. they will have new information next following eyewitness neuse sunday morning. we're still under that fog advisory. we have a couple more hours. >> until 10:00 this morning. that is where we have been seeing the problems charlotte northward. still tough to see in some spots so take it slow. we'll keep the c

charlotte leaders broke ground on a new football field for west charlotte high. the carolina panthers donated to help make it happen. >> today, we are well on our way to restoring the roar. >> but this new field benefits for than just the football team. students say it benefits the school and community. west charlotte is a project for students who perform poorly in the classroom but things are getting better. the graduation rate is improving and the new field is a symbol the best is yet to come. the man who made this day happen wasn't there to see it. former coach mo collins died in october 2014. >> it would mean a lot to him. he brought the school and say that brother hood still remains. crews are working to build the field for a strong community being rebuilt with it. in west charlotte, joe bruno, channel 9 eyewitness news. >>> and school leaders tell us the field will be ready for the 2016 football season. >>> and you might have to pay a little bit more to see the carolina panthers play in 2016 after their incredible season. nearly 2/3 of tickets will see an i

in charlotte, stephanie maxwell, channel 9 eyewitness news. >> one charlotte is working to finalize the listening campaign schedule, another group, cms families united for neighborhood schools is holding a forum next monday as well. for more information about the events and for a link to cms's survey, go to wsoctv.com, we have posted the information inside stephany's story on the home page. >>> we reached out to police to see if they made arrests after a restaurant in south end. a police report shows 2 men held up the phat bureteo restaurant off camben last night. there were 2 employees and customers, but the customers were in the restroom. they managed to get away with $1500 in cash, the workers were not physically hurt. >>> ceo of apple, tim cook is fighting a judge's order to break into an iphone belonging to one of the san bernardino shooter. they made attempts to crack syed farook's phone. investigators want to assess the involvement of isis and if there were accomplices in the attacks that killed 14 people. the fbi wants apple to create a software, but apple says doing that would

especially for charlotte. eyewitness news anchor john paul found out why the city's housing market hasn't taken a hit and the factors putting more money in your pocket. >> signs on wall street haven't been good this year. but these signs in charlotte point to something else. a strong housing market. >> it's picking up. all around our office. across the city. it's picking up. >> she has been in realestate now for 14 years. she says charlotte is in a unique position because of a strong global economy. >> with unemployment numbers being low and job growth continuing. realestate is very healthy here. and it probably will remain so for the foreseeable future. >> expect to see more and more forsale signs cropping up. grow by 5% in the area this year. john just sold his home in charlotte. lots of potential buyers toured the home and interest rates might be the reason. their historic lows despite the fed raising rates in december. >> this is great news for potential home buyers. mortgage rates surprised everyone by fa

to get you caught up on, including charlotte. then we are expecting minor delays due to an accident being investigated with possible injuries on north caldwell near 277 277. checking conditions around 277 where it is wet and we're seeing the rainfall around the freeway with fog to deal with. this will be an issue this morning. if you are heading out, use minutes early. >>> we are getting a better look at tornado damage from the same system heading toward >> meteorologist vicki graf has been in the preaking news center throughout the morning showing us the flattened homes that are left behind. vicki? crews are searching for people possibly under debris in convert, louisiana. this is just after a tornado ripped through the campground yesterday leaving two people dead. authorities say at least 30 were wounded. seven under critical condition. dogs with are brought in overnight to search the piles of rubble looking for anyone still missing. >> it's just major destruction. one individual i was speaking to when i first got here couldn't

charlotte-mecklenburg police need your help to catch an armed bank robber they say hit a south charlotte bank saturday morning. officers say this man walked into pnc bank in south charlotte and handed a teller a note demanding money. he then ran off with the cash. detectives say they believe the same man robbed this 5th third bank on pineville-matthews road the morning of january 28th. police say it was a similar situation. the man was armed. he slipped a teller a note and then took off. if you know who this is, you're asked to call police. >>> bank of america paid the chief executive $3 million more last year than in 2014. the washington post reports the bank gave brian mon $16 million in the form of stock linked to performance. in order for him to get the full value, the bank to to meet certain growth goals through 2018. >>> back in september, the bank his duel role as ceo and board chairman. >>> people over the age of 50 are carrying more debt than past years. the wall street journal reports the average 65-year-old borrower has 37% more mortgage debt and 29% more auto debt compared to

most of the outages are in south charlotte and southeast charlotte. they work to get these lines repaired. duke energy said yesterday's strong wind delayed crews because they weren't able to safely go up in the bucket trucks they used to make any of the repairs. >>> another major story we're following. a charlotte school is closed because of a norovirus outbreak. 70 students from the metro school were out sick yesterday. eyewitness news reporter joe bruno is live there to show us the precautions the school is taking now. joe? >>reporter: only 250 students attend the metro school and 70 of them have symptoms the norovirus. cms leaders tell channel 9, the metro school is cancelling classes today so the building can be cleaned and disinfected. the norovirus is very contagious. the gastro intestinal virus comes with nausea and diarrhea. especially concerning to parents at the school. all 250 children that go here cms leaders are encouraging all children for any symptoms. a cause has not yet been determined. news. >> thank you, joe, we expect to learn if n

charlotte looking good. head up to the north, i-85 coming southbound in china grove, still seeing significant delays along i-85 in cabarrus county. we'll keep an eye on things but right now in the charlotte area, most of the traffic on major interstates running along smoothly. christine? >> christine: the 58th annual grammies held in los angeles last night. >> john: the legends we lost were honored. we have highlights coming up right after the break. >> christine: you're watching wbtv news this morning, lady we'll be back after this. >> christine: next at 6:230 a live look at one of our dot cameras as the commute is picking up. rain is moving out but roads remain slick and wet. we're on your side tracking the trouble spots and getting a check of conditions. >> john: passengers stranded at charlotte douglas international airport are getting frustrated with the airlines, kristen miranda will be joining us in the alert center with more on what they can expect. >> christine: music's biggest night showcasing top

reporting live in north charlotte, tina terry, channel 9 eyewitness news. >>> detectives in charlotte told channel 9 today they are still trying to identify a kidnapping suspect caught on atm surveillance cameras. police want you to take a good look at this picture. it's very clear. they say this is one of two people who kidnapped a pizza delivery man at gunpoint in charlotte's cherry neighborhood early yesterday morning. the suspects made him withdrawal cash from atms along 85. they finally let him go in arch dale north carolina. >>> a man accused of shooting 12-year-old son is facing new charges. robert bridges faces attempts first-degree murder, assault, and other charges, previously he faced first-degree murder charges. now police say he shot myla and jeffrey oaks last month as they were taking their son to the bus stop. myla died. investigators say there was an ongoing feud between the neighbors. channel 9 spoke to the bus driver who said she got their son on the bus. she got him to get on the bus and get to safety. and they called police at the next stop. >>> police believe two

charlotte. police are searching for the person who shot a man three times after 1 am. mcdonald street near lasalle and beatty. officers tell us the man was hit in the leg and it appears to have started as a robbery with a medic took him to cmc. channel 9 is asking police if they had suspects. we will bring you new >>> parents packed into this matthews church. to get answers from cms leaders about whether their children will have to be best to different schools.>>> outside of the government center to explain how leaders addressed parents fears about reassignment proposal.>> reporter: as you said at many of the parents were there last night because they were at the meeting because they were concerned the district would start busting their children to schools outside of their neighborhoods. cms board member elyse dashew tried to delay fears telling them that the majority of the board did not think there would be massive changes to blessing as a part of student reassignment. the ideas to create more

charlotte-mecklenb charlotte-mecklenb urg school officials are set to vote on student assignment this week but first parents are getting a chance to voice their opinions. to wbtv news this morning on this monday, february 22nd, i'm john carter,. >> christine: i'm christine sperow. a spring-like weekend giving way to changes in the forecast today. let's get started with charlotte's most experienced morning meteorologist, al conklin. >> al: hope you had a great weekend, back to work and school, we warned you about this last week, a wet start, a few very spotty showers this morning that we're picking up on the five sweeps of power doppler radar, that said, no rain around the metro area for mooresville, pineville, weddington, out to albermarle, monroe and westward to shelby and gastonia. little bit of rain in the mountains, boone couple showers knocking on the door, again spotty and light. a damp start to the day and mild start to the day, this is charlotte, again you can see cloud cover out there but streets are dry. 59 right now in charlotte, we have been there most of the morning. 59 a

still rain falling moderately so in charlotte. that is our metro school camera in center city you see the wet streets, they will be with us through at least the morning hours. but gradually i believe the rain will pull away later this morning. i'll show you that on futurecast in a few minutes. 38 in boone right now, 43 morganton, hickory, over toward salisbury, 44 statesville, a monroe, charlotte, gastonia, 49 in rock hill and 50 in lancaster. wind up at 53, a lot cooler than yesterday, heaviest, steadiest of the rain comes this morning. tapers off this afternoon to more showery-type rain. we should rebound in the lower 50s. having said that, there is more rain back to the west of us, you can see that here. that is the next round coming our way, i'll give you the timing with futurecast in a couple minutes. you're never more than seven minutes away from weather and traffic on wbtv news this morning. here's chris, first alert traffic. >> chris: al, thank you, first alert traffic sponsored by toyota of north charlotte. we'll start wi

we're 28 in charlotte. also something to be aware of, we are seeing strong winds early on and that is setting the stage for dangerous windchill values in the mountains. it feels like up to ten below in some spots. could feel like 20 below. so you will not just need the layers but hold on to your hats. we will keep the windy conditions going through the day today. heading to the high country this weekend, it will be dangerously cold at times. today only in the teens. feeling even colder. tomorrow more clouds and we will stay in the lower 20s. now most of the ski resorts open and busy this weekend. we called yesterday to find out does it ever get too cold for them to stay open. they say no so they will be open through the weekend. just make sure to dress accordingly. here in charlotte we will stay dry going through the day and it will be nice with lots of sunshine. but again coldest temperatures by 9:00 upper 20s. heading toward lunchtime 3:3e degrees -- 33 degrees and highs in the upper 30s. your neighborhoo

she's live right now in east charlotte, jenna? >> reporter: erica, that started with sealing a water leak that was creating a sheet of ice along independence at i 277. now it's turned to widespread treatment of roads which i learned this afternoon, crews may not be aggressive about until this weekend. it's been a cause of concern for drivers since saturday. >> our cars are stopping in the middle of the road. i saw almost an accident several times. >> reporter: just today, a broken under ground water line was finally sealed off. it had been leaking on independence at i 277 and freezing over causing back-to- back wrecks. crews prepare to get roads winter weather ready. >> the very first places you'll see our crews are the highly traveled routes. >> reporter: the plan is to hit interstates and highways first. but drivers may not see trucks sunday. the state is waiting to make a call until it knows whether to rain. >> that drastically changes how ncdot would respond to the advance. >> reporter: spokesperson jordan ashley walker says a

clear conditions in charlotte, gorgeous picture, now at 32 here in charlotte, north breeze is light, good visibility, there is a wind chill factor now at 27 degrees. it is in the 20s up across mountains, boone at 28, 29 lincolnton, shelby, 30 rock hill and 30 in lancaster. in the mountains, upper 30s to 40. this may be generous but still the idea you'll melt a lot of the snow today and should be a nice one this afternoon, 54 lenoir, 51 taylorsville, tons of sunshine from start to finish and foothill, no fog this morning, won't be any issues. 52 hickory, 52 in albermarle, 55 in wadesboro. and mid 50s rock hill, lancaster and chester. lots of sunshine, backside, nice and warm, as we go through the next couple days you'll see temperatures go up, that is great but we have plenty of sunshine today and tomorrow, here comes a little bit of a fly in the ointment, saturday a front will trigger a few showers in the mountains. rest of us should be dry, as we go in sunday, a small chance for rain even in charlotte late in the day. i am not promising a totally sunny weekend but it will be warm. b

mid to upper 40s. 47 if charlotte. university city, harrisburg, matthews, mint hill, out toward waxhaw, gastonia, not a big range in temperatures. even up in the mountains we're around 40 degrees. this wedge of cool moist air maybe a sprinkle or two through the evening. but not much. temperatures in the upper 40s. the interesting thing about temperatures. we'll get caught in this whirlpool of warm moist air that's from that batch of storms. watch what happens on our future cast with temperatures over night tonight. normally of course as the night goes on our temperatures go down. warmer air will push in. that sets the stage for showers and storms tomorrow. by the time you get up tomorrow morning, temperatures will rise into the 50s. close to 60 the highway 9 corridor. still in the 40s along i-40. statesville and hickory. low 40s across the high country. quite a line of showers and storms to the west. for more on some of the damage that's done, let's head to christine rapp. >> this system that will move our way tomorrow

here in charlotte we have wind that is blowing. you can see partly cloudy skies metro school camera in center city. but the trees are still russelling, wind gusts 20 miles per hour. 20 to 25 in the piedmont. boone gusting to 50 miles per hour. in the mountains you stay in the upper 40s near 50. rest of us 25 to 30 mile per hour winds, still very windy and likely to be other trees and power lines that come down through the day today. the winds will die down as we go in the evening hours. our forecast, 41 charlotte right now, we will stay close to that here at daybreak,42, at 8:00. a lot of wind through the day. snow tips in the mountains, that part of the forecast plus the seven day forecast in a few minutes. outbound lanes of queens road remain blocked because of a fallen tree near edge hill park and east morehead street. mark davenport is live at the scene this morning watching for any progress because a lot of people travel queens road, mark, is there any word when that scene will be cleared? >> reporter: christine, still no word

not much happening in charlotte. but you notice back here toward the east, we have more rain that is falling over matthews, mint hill and indian trail, heavy downpours right now, so idlewild will be wet, old charlotte highway, certainly, wesley chapel getting in the rain. providence road up toward brief road and 218. we're in the rain right now but this is spotty stuff. this big cluster has sort of prevented us from getting in the real rich moisture just yet. once that bypasses us, this is what i'm more concerned about. the thunderstorms blossoming here at 6:45 in the morning. across the upstate of georgia and in tennessee. that is the warm sector, that leading line is 150 miles away from us, so as we go through time this morning on futurecast, go in the mid-day hours, notice we get holes in the clouds, we start to warm up, we'll go from the 50s to near 70 and that sets the stage for potential strong lines of storms that come through. once they do, later this afternoon, things will quiet down, partly cloudy, every wh

1 in the city of charlotte. a month later, legislatures in north carolina will be meeting for eye new session and discussing whether or not to turnover -- over turn this ordinance passed last night. night. it hit capacity. it took three hours to hear from the 140 plus people who signed up to speak. after the 7-4 vote, a majority clapped and cheered. long. the governor promised to take action against this ordinance. regardless of how things shake out on the state level in may, charlotte mayor roberts says it was important to pass this overnight. >> i am pleased with the council and i am pleased with charlotte has joined 250 cities and of respect for lgbtq nondiscrimination. >> reporter: this expanded ordinance is the first of its kind in north carolina. in south carolina there are a couple cities that have something similar, columbia, charleston, and myrtle beach. >> anchor: we are looking at what is next following the approval of the ordinance. legislatures can nullify the ordinance, they could strike down provi

rain chances still look pretty remote in the charlotte area. but we will pump up the warmth, lower 60s tomorrow. and mid 60s on sunday. and again, slight chance of a shower, especially sunday afternoon, in the charlotte area. now the mountains will see a little more moisture,est fecially up by the tennessee line. -- especially up by the tennessee line. light showers in the high country. i greatly doubt we'll see anything push as far east as the charlotte area. maybe the foothills toward lenoir, hickory, maybe statesville but not the charlotte area for tomorrow. it may look like it wants to rain but chances are it won't. upper 50s by lunch time. and it continues to rise from there. your neighborhood forecast, kings mountain looks good. around 60 degrees tomorrow afternoon. toward rock hill, low to mid 60s in spite of the cloud cover. chance of rain will ramp up as we head into next week. bottom line is enjoy the great weather while we have it. and we will over the weekend. a 20% chance of a shower in the charlotte area. really everywhere east of

continues to rain moderately so in charlotte. we have rain and temperatures that are chilly, in the 40s right now. 48 degrees at the airport, northeast breeze at 10-miles-per-hour. problem is we will only go up a couple degrees from here later this afternoon get in the low 50s. 38 jefferson, boone, 44 popular number morganton, hickory, salisbury, 46 albermarle, concord, 45 in lincolnton, 49 in rock hill. today, lots of cloud cover, deal with the rain for the morning hours and this afternoon becomes high temperature, getting back to 53, 90% chance of rain 8:00, 50/50 chance at noon, 30% chance late this afternoon. our temperature, here's what they are looking like tomorrow, from the 40s and low 50s to the 60s to near 70 tomorrow. while we're on the chill liey side of the things now, here comes the next round of rain, just now starting to come in texas, this area of low pressure, that is going to cut up toward tennessee and end result we'll see a changing character of the rain. we had heavy rain last night, little rumble of thunder

police in charlotte have arrested and charged a man in a deadly hit-and-run accident in east charlotte. they say he is charged with driver while impaired. felony death by vehicle and felony hit-and-run. police say he hit and killed a pedestrian trying to cross central avenue 2:30 this morning. a short time later, he called 911 and said someone moved his honda van from its parking spot on north sharon amputee road. the vehicle was determined to be the suspect vehicle. he was arrested after being questioned by police. the name of the man killed hasn't been released. police looking for the person they say shot and killed a man in gaston county yesterday morning at a party on lanier near the mount holly city limits. police say the shooting victim several neighbors told us prior to the shooting dozens of cars lined the road the past two nights. police have not identified the victim. a crash near charlotte-mecklenburg international airport left a pickup truck halfway up a utility pole this morning. this is a crazy sight. 6:45 this morning at barry drive sending one person to the hospital wit

johnny bing in charlotte. they say he's behind the break ins at more than a dozen fire departments across charlotte, cornelius, huntersville, kannapolis, china grove, greensboro and fort mill. >> john: health news, a norovirus outbreak at charlotte's metro school forced officials to close the school today. the mecklenburg county health department says student and teachers exhibited symptoms of norovirus yesterday. it is not just that school, dozens at wingate university reported symptoms of the virus and they include nausea, vomiting and diarrhea. >>> several school delays due to weather today you need to know about. avery and mitchell county alleghany, ashe and watauga on two-hour delay this morning. >> christine: you're never more than seven minutes away from weather and traffic on wbtv news this morning. here is meteorologist al conklin. >> al: a little bit of cloud cover, a pretty morning this morning, clear skies now, the clouds have given way, this is downtown belmont, right in front of the city hall as

so charlotte d.o.t. urging folks to take harris boulevard heading westbound up to jw clay back to harris. if you are heading east through the construction zone. harris boulevard to north tryon. either way we will take some time to get through the construction zone. you can get caught up on this construction and a couple special events going on this weekend. i have a weekend traffic update at wsoctv.com. >>> the charlotte zoning board will discuss hundreds of new apartments and town homes. the concern some residents have about the area. but first thieves targeted local firefighters. >>> this morning we have new details on a ohio machete attack that injuried four people. mohammed barry went to a restaurant and attacked people with a machete. information on the suspects car alert the local terrorism traffic force and they contacted the fbi. as barry lunged at police, an officer shot him multiple times killing him. police still do not have a motive yet but abc sources says the man was known to the fbi. >>> s

this is 45 in west charlotte. we're monitoring an accident up in burk county over towards morganton. it was on the ramp i-40 west. this is 96 west of the town of morganton. there's no big delays, something to look out for. you are able to get updates any time at wsoctv.com. click on that. >>> a mooresville family overwhelmed by the way strangers are coming to help home. >> bed frames. >> ahead at 5:45, the items the family was able to salvage that others. >>> only channel 9 road along with alcohol enforcement agents as they worked to shut down illegal liquor houses in charlotte. the why you nique tactic officers -- the unique tactic officers are use toying make it harder to stay in business. >> bank of america will let low-income mortgage borrowers have 3% down instead of the usual 20. next, the nontraditional forms of credit the bank will consider to determine which >> the dow fabl >>> charlotte says bank of america is getting back into the business of offering mortgages for as low as 3% down. b of a says it's de

charlotte-mecklenb charlotte-mecklenb urg leaders have voted to extend ann clark's contract and start a the school board voted 6-3 to extend ann clark's contract through june, 2017. it didn't come without controversy. ashton pellom is live in charlotte with more. so ashton, cms leaders were divided on the vote, right? >> reporter: that's exactly right, christine. they debated throughout the night and sometimes it got heated and personal at times but ultimately the school board decided to vote 6-3 to keep ann clark on the job at least until june of 2017. before the vote principals in the cms school district wore all red, called ann clark their hero and praised her for the work she has done so far in the school district and hopes to keep clark on the job longer and apparently it worked. there was an initial motion to extend clark's contract for three months but five board members wanted to extend the contract for a year. board members were divided on the issue and one by one, each member expressed their concerns over the topic. and boldly step in the future with new leadership. that new

temperatures are1 in charlotte -- temperatures are 21 in charlotte. the low teens in the mountains with the windchill values are below zero. eight below up at boone. it has gotten worse here in the last hour. the big cold snap will take awhile to ease itself out here not just for today but the next several days. for the weekend and tracking the system for next week, how much of a winter weather threat it will bring. >> let's get back to the breaking news. one lane is shut down right near the charlotte town exit and 277. >> water is seeping through the pavement and it is freezing eyewitness news reporter angela hong got to the scene where this will turn into a big traffic pr. >>reporter: that's right. now we're behind the area where crews have blocked off one lane of independence boulevard as rush hour begins. you can see cars tapping on their brake lights to merge over since the right inbound lanes of 74 are blocked. this will likely cause major issues this morning for the commute. now, we have a look, another look at this area from a different angle.

that is the camera at central piedmont community college in charlotte, 47 in charlotte right now, we should head for 53 this afternoon. notice the rain chances go down appreciably as we go through the day today, 30% chance by late today. don't put the umbrella away, the rain in texas is heading in our direction. a real increasing threat for severe weather tomorrow. this would be for wednesday, chris, that is what i'm monitor, you can't get the guard down, yes we had heavy rain, have some this morning tomorrow whole different situation. >> chris: wet roads out there this morning, already starting to see a few of those accidents pop up. traffic sponsored by toyota of north charlotte. let's begin down on southryon street. this is an injury accident, the cause? a hit and run, most of the delays are outbound down to the south and west along south tryon street. looking live at i-77 at clanton the rain drops and spray coming off the vehicles this morning. so as al said, allow extra time. looking pretty good on the major interstate, 485, 77, looking okay. slow downs wt harris and albermarle,

charlotte that might be the cause. i will watch those outage maps. >> thank you. >> a little less than an hour ago we had a power flicker here. >> makes you wonder. >> super bowl 50 is in the books. >> apparently charlotte did beat denver on super bowl sunday. according to the "charlotte observer" the queen city collected twice as much food as denver in a charity bet. the food-drive was coordinated by the united methodist church. the carolinas donated 630,000 food items and denver had 360,000. >> well done, charlotte! and the topic of food congressman pittenger settling his bet with mike kauffman. kauffman received bojangles chicken and while he was hoping to try colorado my dro brews and candy but the treats are a step up from rocky mountain oysters. so boom! >> well, if you are just ready to move on and think about next season this is for you. the countdown is on for super bowl 51. it will be held in houston, texas and city leaders unveiled a countdown clock today. it will provide announcements about preparations and

here's the charlotte skyline. you have the clouds, no rain, though, boy, has it been windy, up in the mountains early this morning, gusts up to 52 miles an hour. we will find out how it will impact us today and the weekend. the seven-day forecast coming up. and next, we are taking a look at the damage the storm that coast. >> anchor: voluntary evacuations underway for a massive brushfire that scorched 7 acres in malibu, fire broke out in steep inaccessible terrain early this morning. light winds were assisting helicopter crews making water drops over the fire. firefighters from everturea county have been called to assist. this is video just in, a massive tree fell on a home in rock hill. after the strong storms that rolled across the area. take a look at the damage, the home on chest nut street. the good news, no one was injured. the american red cross is helping out. our area caused many issues across the nation. a coast guard helicopter rescued the crew of a fishing vessel early this morning, so dramatic, the cr

: the city of charlotte may have a problem on its hands. >> so you think charlotte has a problem with keeping leadership? >> yes. >> yesterday, the city's single- most powerful one, city manager, ron carly, announced he is stepping down. >> i thought that the council has made it clear for the last several months that they were concerned about issues in the city and how things were happening. >> reporter: former mayor protem, michael michael barnes tells me, tension between carly and city council may have led to carly's decision to leave. have stained the city's reputation as an employer. >> if you've got a good candidate who is comfortable in some city and he or she sees what's been think in charlotte for the last four years. they're not going to be likely to want to move here. >> reporter: the charlotte chamber of commerce may help with the search of carly's replacement, if asked. >> would like to maintain that entrepreneurial leadership in the role of the city management. >> council has announced an interim yet, or how they find a new city manager. but lawrence believes it may be to

what about charlotte? a little sprinkle over the weekend, actually down for the month and for the year and the deficit for the year is about two inches. we'll make a lot of that up going forward this week alone. overcast conditions in charlotte right now, no rain is falling, our temperatures are mostly in the 50s, wind up damp and mild at the bus stop, rain chance is small, picks up this afternoon. coming home from work and school, rain chances on the 59 today. yesterday we hit 69. through futurecast you can see the rain here tonight, we have rain some of it could be heavy, notice tomorrow, there is lots of gray but not much green. we're damp and chilly, maybe a spritz or sprinkle. a big area of low pressure will cut north of us. we go from the 40s to the 60s and then that opens the door for strong thunderstorms wednesday afternoon and evening. very wet through wednesday night. dry out nicely for friday and the weekend, rain totals could be approaching an inch here in charlotte through wednesday, and perha

the sun is down in charlotte. the last of the snow showers have ended and now the temperatures are falling. and they'll fall back to 20 in most of the charlotte area first thing tomorrow morning. albemarle, salisbury, statesville, 17 or 19 in hickory. single digits in the mountains. tomorrow morn, you're bundling up if you're heading to the cupid shuffle. that's good news. at least the morning chill will be gone. we'll be around freezing at lunch time. and only climb into the upper 30s. runners, you'll need to layer up for that one for sure. threat tracker this weekend, nothing falling from the sky. winds will be an issue. we won't escape the chill even in the charlotte area. with afternoon highs in the mid 30s tomorrow and sunday and how about sunday morning's low. valentine's morning as cold as we've been all winter. at 14 degrees. tomorrow's future cast features sunshine from start to finish will be strongest in the morning in the mountains. how about these wind speeds, 35 to 40 miles per hour with stronger gus

in charlotte, local d.o.t. started brining as early as head out again sunday. >> usually we have one big snow and everyone moves on with their life, and it's just weird that we keep having snow. present report i reached out to officials to see if we should expect school closures or delays. i have not heard back but we'll keep you updated on 9 and on air throughout the night. >> and you can track the winter storm any time right on your phone with our wsoctv weather app, free for android and google devices. >>>ed it, hundreds of families are relieved to have their heat back on after crews installing google fiber cut a gas line. >> you know, one of the coldest nights, it's not the funnest >> this is the second time this week that a google contractor cut a line. so we looked into why. tina? >> reporter: a spokesman for piedmont gas said they didn't know what caused the line to go down exactly but some people went out service this morning. >> we were thinking we can't go all night long without heat. >> reporter: but

green was best known by much of charlotte for the two terms he spent on charlotte city council in the 90s. but he kept a finger in politics after words. mentoring malcolm graham. he councilled all of us and gave us political direction. never got in front of us. but made sure he was around to lead us. >> green made one of his last visits to the tuesday morning breakfast. a staple of west side politics. >> it's up to us. >> she was a strong and consistent voice for the west side. until a few months ago spent the bojangles on west trade. he called it his office. today i sat there with his friends who recalled lively debates about politics and anything else. >> we talk about everything. we don't have any limbs at this table. if you're thin skinned, please don't sit on this end. >> malachi green's smile was contagious but it's his wisdom city councilman james mitchell will remember most. he tried to do it right for 73 years. in charlotte, jim bradley, channel 9 eyewitness news. >>> malachi green's passing brought tributes from many, including the governor, the state. you can find a list of

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overall charlotte commute beginning to see a few delays on i-77 northbound but over in east charlotte where we have a couple of accidents, one on the ramp to briar creek, the other one at eastway, that is creating inbound delays and then the other accident, central avenue at rosehaven before northham sharonnorth sharonamity. >> christine: kristen miranda has three big stories to watch. >> kristen: joe biden will be at cancer, he is championing that cause. >>> a vote discussed in the senate another attempt to punish north korea over nuclear weapons programs, japan announcing sanctions this morning. >>> our call center open until 9:00 a.m. and again this afternoon from 4:00 until 6:30. a live look in our patterson studio, the folks from clearpoint credit counseling solutions are here, this is a non-profit, here to insurer answer your questions about student loans, credit card debt, tax refunds or payments that you might have to make. please, please, take advantage of this, 866-625-0143. here until 9:00 a.m. and back at 4:00. >> christine: join us on bounce tv we'll have more on the phon

the faa called charlotte a next gen city. charlotte douglas airport will be the first in the world to receive technology to handle plane congestion. the first phase will be in place by may along with less time on the air and on the run way. it will save $9.4 million a year. that program will cost about 5 billion to roll out across the country. >> this weekend will bring a host of job fairs across the area including the carowinds. it will host a job fair at open house from 1 to 5:00 at park. they're hoping to fill 4,000 positions from entry level to srpry positions. -- supervisory positions. they're holding a job fair it is from 10 until 1 o'clock in blowing rock. the park expects to hire about 250 employees to operate the facilities, including food service, tickets, and ride operations. the 2016 park season b april 8th. >>> we have weather and traffic every ten minutes. here is meteorologist keith monday in severe weather center 9. unfortunately, we don't have the spring like weather yet but it will feel like it this weekend.

reporting in east charlotte. channel 9 eyewitness news. >>> the vaccine has been around since the 1960's. if you've gotten the vaccine you can still get the virus. the cdc says people who received two doses are 9 times less to get mumps than someone not vaccinated we reached out to the schools to see, to make sure students stay virus free. the health department takes the lead and direct parents and students if necessary. cms told channel 9 they have >>> new this morning president obama said that voting systems need to be updated to reflect the way people live today. he sited a law taking affect this year in illinois which le says will expand early voting and allow people to register and vote on election day. obama wants to focus on voting rights during the election year because he says that it is democracy's job to make voting easier. >> today is south carolina's republican presidential primary the polls open just about 30 minutes ago, going to remain open through 7:00 tonight. several candidate will push for vot