it's already a warm start to the day. 54 now in charlotte. 53 in shelby. 48 in chesterfield. i also just checked on visibilities across the area. we're starting to see fog developing in chesterfield so be aware of that as you head out this morning. could see patchy fog, but it will already start to lift by 9:00 and look at the temperatures, low 60s. as we head to lunchtime today, 72 degrees. might be a good afternoon to enjoy that lunch break outside and going through the late afternoon, highs today in the mid- to upper 70s, so, well above average. some high clouds will move through later today, but all in all, a nice day. your neighborhood forecast for chesterfield, warmer, as well, as we head toward the day, 74 degrees and by the afternoon, so that's a sign of the warmst that is going to stick around really over the next several days. we're going to stay dry, as well. right now, live early warning doppler 9 is quiet across the carolinas, but we're seeing clouds from tennessee and keeping a close eye on this major storm system to the west. this is going to bring flooding rai

let me stop that really quickly here in the chesterfield area. rain. also, some a little farther to the west. also along highway one. that is where you'll find the heaviest area. most of it is moving out of the picture now. heavy rain pretty much past. drying and cooling conditions. 30s in the highest elevations. some of the mountain areas are cool. snow showers passing through. not a lot of accumulation. here is where the rest of us are headed from the upper 40s to lower 40s. upper 30s, right before the sun comes up, a little bit before the 7:00 hour. by 8:00 we're back to 42 degrees, fair skies, school conditions. for the rest of your sunday it really doesn't look half bad and we have a huge warmup in store. i have that coming up in jam. >>>-- just a minute. >>> a victim's car was booted and police tell us the tow truck driver district charged his weapon and somehow the victim was able to make it to the medical center with mine injuries while the tow truck with assault with a deadly weapon. >>> democratic and republican voters hit the poles in severa

highway 601 and over to chesterfield. outside of it, it's ragged. you see a little bit of rain until you hit the foothills and the mountains where it is a few flurries but more activity back out of bristol could be enough to put down an inch in the mountains. and that is why the advisory is in effect through tomorrow morning around 10:00 a.m. but additional accumulations not a lot. maybe an inch perhaps two or three at most. at the ski slope elevations. and any little bit up there helps go a long way and they are setup for another nice ski weekend as well. the hd towercam a gloomy looking city. we are losing the light and the clouds are hanging over the city. 41 . even with the rain and snow that moved through. light wind out of the northeast and the atmosphere is dry. dew point 33. low 40s in the piedmont. in the high country next couple of hours you will see the rain tapering. so if you are heading out in the mountains snowflakes. you want to be prepared for that if you are sensitive to dodging the rain drops 42 at 9:00 p.m. and down to 505 to sho

rockingham, chesterfield, closer to the 80 degrees mark. the neighborhood forecast for burg rock, also a warmer start to the day. upper 50s and highs for today into the mid-60s with high clouds. a little bit of a breeze, as well. so taking you to futurecast, winds shift around from the southwest, anywhere from 5 to 10 miles per hour. it will be windier in the mountains and we could see wind gusts up to 20 to 25 miles per hour throughout the day. but standing outside in the sun, boy, it's going to feel good and with a bit of a breeze, it keeps you cooler with temperatures close to 80 degrees in some spots. we will keep the warmer weather around for the next several days. the average high is 61 degrees, well above that through friday. going into the weekend, that's when it's going to be a little lower 70s. still warm for this time of year. that's all thanks to the showers heading this way. slight chance of showers early saturday, not everyone will see the rainfall, but by sunday, a better chance of rain, not going to be a washout. as of right

throughout the day today, across the carolinas, 67, and 70 in hickory and 63 in boone and 73 in chesterfield. you don't need to worry about layers. and notice it's not just warmth but it's mucky. as we go throughout the afternoon on futurecast, mid to upper 70s in charlotte and further to the south from chesterfield, rockingham, lancaster, you could make it to 80 and in the mountains, mid to low 60s, so very warm for this time of year, typically what we see in the month of may. heading to the checkers game? we'll keep the clouds around and it will be mild. you don't need to worry about the layers. by 10:00, 63 degrees and here is the wind i was telling you about, wind gusts up to 25 miles per hour in charlotte and it will stay strong through the afternoon and evening and even the high country later this evening, and this one will eventually start to back down overnight but still with the gusty winds, not so good for the pollen count. we have high pollen counts, mainly for trees, the main culprit, cedar, pine, and oak. if you have been sniffing and sneezing recently, this is why but there is

right now off duty chesterfield county deputies are helping to police pageland streets while the town figures out the police staffing controversy. >> some of the officers told us they left because they don't want to work, they have a vote off in confidence, what is going on? >> i will work with anybody you got a problem, address it, move on. >> several officers have stayed, several said they are not come back we're going to, we'll take that day today and the chief and will meet monday morning to see who is here and who is not. >> chief brown would not talk about the issue. >>> a sad update to story we told you tuesday night a child who ran in a moving car while has died. investigators 88-year-old bryson mcsweeney ran into a car, he was a second grader at harrisburg elementary school. neighbors and school officials say it is hard to cope with his death. >> i pray for the mother and the little boy, kept on praying. >> harrisburg leaders say he has a sister in the fifth grade. we'll let you know about funeral arrangements. >>> a driver who crashed his pick up truck in a propane tank outs

off duty chesterfield deputies are helping police the area. >> next, would you go back to school yourself as a parent? if it helped your child? >> we will introduce you to parents who are doing just that. >> and did not make it out of the 40s today but we have and who will see the wet weather parents are heading back to class to help with homework. it's not just high schoolers, parents of kindergarteners need a refresher. this is true. we have the story new at 5:00. >> starts with addition and subtraction. >> the moms and dads are learning computer reading skills. >> did you teach mom? >> sometimes. >> joanne is back in class with her kindergartener nicole. >> we get the understanding how they are being taught so we can help them better. country offer the classes for free. teachers say they are popular this one had more than 60 parents eager to participate. >> did you ever think you would have to go back to school to help your kids in school? >> no. i finished my masters degree like five years ago and figured it was it. >> the way reading and math is taught can be so different for parents

moderate rain is moving through lancaster county and chesterfield. this is part of the viewing area. you can see the heavy access moving down to i-95. into the high country we go. the power doppler radar is still scanning some of the patchy snow working across bristol. it will move eastbound and make its way back to the high country. they could see another inch up that way. it looks like things are under control and tapering off. that's what it looks like through overnight. then as we take you for a tour around the rest of the wbtv life temperatures. we are still in the low 40s. remember it was 46 degrees when we were hearing the reports of snow earlier in the afternoon. there is an extremely rare alignment of the atmosphere to get snow to hit the ground. that's impressive. outside of that, 30s across the foothills and 20s, yeah, that snow is in the air up in the mountains. we'll see the temperatures wobble around. you can thank the low clouds. the temperature won't be dropping much with the insulating blanket of cloud cover. as we roll through the r

the rain needs to be thought of, at least, even in the morning time and right now, chesterfield county seeing the union county and into shirah within the next hour and this is the band we're watching for charlotte to get involved with later on tonight. morganton and table rack through old fort, part of drexel, lenore, collinsville and into taylorsville now and into the mountains. jefferson and into zionville and watauga county. we're going to track it for you. about 6:21 or so, it will be in hickory's direction. statesville before 7 and possibly lake norman around 7:00. and what is happening here is we have a messy weather maker pushing through and as it moves on, it's drawing in colder air from the north and totally changing the ballgame to the point that we're talking about freezing threats in the charlotte area. a freeze watch will be in affect for monday. i'll be mapping out the neighborhoods and they're going to be a reward of bringing the plants inside. that is coming up. >> thank you, john. >>> and stay on top of the changing weather condition when download our wsoc weather app

. >>> there are major changes within the police department, days after the chesterfield sheriff took over the police chief's job. he got body cameras for the officers, shut down the jail and is doing away with the rule book that he calls, "ancient." officers are spending more time patrolling the streets now. last week, most tuft of the police force quit when the chief returned from leave. >>> charlotte mecklenburg school leaders want to pay for construction projects. yesterday, they discussed which older schools need major renovations. they also want to alleviate overcrowding. >>> overnight, republican donald trump won the hawaii caucus. >> the big story of the night over hillary clinton in michigan. clinton was ahead in every state poll leading up to the election. sanders spoke about the campaign stop last night and said it shows he has momentum to win the nomination. trump will be in fayetville today and clinton in raleigh tomorrow. yesterday was the busiest day of early voting in mecklenburg county. so far, more than 6,000 people cast their ballots. that brings the total to 25 ,50

rain in chesterfield comes to the end by midnight. in charlotte certainly north of charlotte there wasn't nearly as much rainfall and that means this oak pollen that many of the starting to see is probably going to be on your windshield early tomorrow morning. the humidity will be down. disappearing as the moisture get squeezed out. what that will keep from happening is a low clouds and see nighttime rain like this. country where visibility could be low. in the charlotte area a likable do you find mid- 50s then up the weather is not an excuse to not get out and vote. weather in the 70s and 80 degrees on tuesday. despite a few morning clouds in the mountains sunshine for just about everyone else an absolutely stupendous day. seventy by months -- lunchtime on the way to our highs of 70. a look at pacific neighborhood jefferson pretty mild 70 tomorrow afternoon. davidson highs in the upper 70s and working the way south to the midlands a and heavy rain tonight than a balmy afternoon grown used to warm weather in the '80s challenging the r

mid to upper 50s for lancaster and chesterfield and albemarle. a nice day, even by lunch time. we'll tack on a few more did degrees. mid-60s across the carolinas. going to be a great night if you want to akin they are out on the patio. should be a great one, including if you are heading to the app state. temperatures going to be comfortable in the upper 50s around the first pitch, but it will be cool as we head into the evening. 9:00 temperatures in the mid- 50s here in uptown. jackets still necessary but overall throughout the day, not going to be too bad. the good news is, once we get past this morning, the next couple of days we are going to stay on the warmer eyed for those warmer conditions. those will be some of our warmest days in that 5-day forecast. if you are a fan of last week the 70s and 80s, that kind of weather will be back as we head into wednesday and thursday. we'll bring back a chance for rain. definitely we need it in the carolinas. thursday night into early morning hours on friday. a few showers not going to add up to much but at least the chance of rain. sa

. >>> the chesterfield county sheriff is serving as the interim police chief as the officers walked off the job. ahead at 6:30, where the sheriff plans to get the resources to keep the town safe. >> carowinds is giving us a behind-the-scenes look at the new water park expansion. ahead on daybreak the first when they arrive. when they arrive. (phone ringing)you can't deal with something, by ignoring it. but that's how some presidential candidates seem to be dealing with social security. americans work hard, and pay into it. so our next president needs a real plan to keep it strong. hey candidates, answer the call already. answer the >>> signs posted outside of a restaurant have thousands of people talking. >> they are outside of the kabuto restaurant. it reads take your hoodie down, pull your pants up, finish marijuana smell not allowed. the restaurant owner says he is not targeting one group but simply asking for respect from everyone. >> we are not targeting any kind of group, any type of people. anyone is welcome at my restaurant, at our restaurants as long as you follow those simple

we popped down to the south lancaster chesterfield we see rain south of lancaster around chesterfield pinehurst heavy rain and starting to pick up around hickory to the southwest of degree. heading towards westport over the next hours as weather continues across the area. i want to show you our futurecast we are looking for. showers in the southeastern corner of the area through the 230, 3:00 hour. that will clear out by morning. what will use see and places a high pressure system that will try us that will dry side and within a couple of days we will he'll bring winds from the south and kick and warm moist air or atmosphere. we will see a few clouds and continue to see warm weather but again as i show do a while ago i should say dry read tonight temperatures freezing in the mountains near freezing is you get into the foothills charlotte 38 a few 40s for overnight lows in tomorrow for 40s, 50's and 60s across the area. a fairly mild day not looking for a lot of win tomorrow so you'll be able to get outdoors and enjoy yourself. your extended forecast look at these temperatures. monday

. >>> town council members named the chesterfield sheriff as the chief law enforcement officer. this is after every officer walked off the job today, protesting the reinstatement of the chief who was under a state investigation. >> reporter: the decision is a two parter. as you mentioned the chesterfield sheriff has been named the temporary chief law enforcement official here in pagelandment he will provide officers and oversight. the chief of police will work under the direction of the sheriff and with town officials to get staffing addressed. this came down by the council after meeting for more than two hours in executive session. the officials say a significant portion of the town's police department resigned or walked off the job. now four to five off duty deputies are helping to police pageland streets the town figures out the staffing controversy. >> some of the officers said that they left because they don't want to work with you. it is a vote of no confidence. what do you say, what is going on? >> well, my opinion i work with anyone. you got a problem address it, move on

it crossed highway 1 and chesterfield. and you, you may be startled down that way but the future cast here. look you a quickly it is moving. a quiet morning. the "out the door" forecast 56 degrees. air skies, that's fair skies. >>> the forecast the warm air that is going nowhere. 54. that's the number in the morning. we'll pull out on the map. that is because all of the look how quiet we are now. if you look to the west you will see storms we'll talk about what that means in the next 48 hours. almost a crime i covered up the pumpkin's face. you may get a wrap around shower. we are looking quiet here upper 70s to 80s. and they are running above average low 80s. in the piedmont. 79 for a high today. again same thee as we take you down into the upstate of south carolina. notice now we're introducing a 20% chance of rain. what is the story here. the high at 82. we have a weak boundary that comes in at 8:00 in the morningment we bring knew the piedmont. look how this breaksum by noon. so really it looks like a very small chance

close to 70 in chesterfield. mountains in the 50s tomorrow afternoon. looking ahead to a big-time turn around with our numbers as we head through this week. looking ahead to the middle of the week with 70s returning wednesday and thursday. it's not the same kind of extreme warmup we have with the 80s. it's not close to 90 for a couple days last week. in late thursday night. that may last into the early morning hours, during the daylight hours, very low chances for rain. most of that will come overnight thursday night and into early friday. it's going to take awhile for this storm to get here through early thursday morning, pretty good line of showers, even thunderstorms across the midwest, moving into the tennessee valley, but that will not get here until late in the day thursday. mostly approaching the mountains by 4:00 and 5:00. could bring downpours into the high country. once this gets into the metro thursday night, it's going to lose a lot of steam. so not expecting any big downpours, but something will track. your five-day forecast, the weekend al

the 50s, lancaster and chesterfield. still hovering around freezing and that's why we'll see that snow develop tomorrow afternoon in the high country. charlotte points south, 50 or better. your neighborhood forecast, some late day showers toward the evening drive. temperatures warmed to about 50. toward chesterfield, the rain tangs longer. probably during the early evening. and remember a blowing rock, yeah, we're talking snow, highs only around freezing. to show you how much snow we're dealing with, it's one of those heavy, as far as weight goes, if you're going to be shoveling, remember that. newland, 3 or 4 inches of snow. lower elevations, an inch or two may impact travel first thing friday morning, but it shouldn't be a huge deal. more snow in the high country. area. as fast as the storm moves in, it's gone. left over cloudings and they disappear as we head through the afternoon. this is a quick hitter. latest future cast suggesting no more than a quarter of an inch, that is it. we hit the weekend, we get the sunshi

uptown for elizabeth meyers park in chester and chesterfield, i think we will have more sunshine here and maybe an opportunity at 70 in the afternoon. we are going for it. warmer and warmer, each and every day this week, and i think the warmest will be on thursday. much sunshine, and nice and bright for tomorrow, and not so much on thursday and friday. you can keep up to date with the changes with the wsoc weather app, and one thing you will watch carefully, we will provide updates on facebook and twitter, the pollen it will be a rough update for us, and i have to tell you, there's not going to be a lot of rain around. the doppler radar is dry, and keith monday will be talking about the best chance on daybreak, but it has to wait until the upcoming weekend. dry through friday, and showers and thunderstorms possible on saturday, when we get ready to change the clocks and maybe get on sunday as you finalize the weekend plans. keith will talk about the possible wet weather tomorrow morning. >> near 80? >> yeah, but for this time of the year it may feel too early for that, especially if y

we popped down to the south lancaster chesterfield we see rain south of lancaster around chesterfield pinehurst heavy rain and starting to pick up around hickory to the southwest of degree. heading towards westport over the next hours as weather continues across the area. i want to show you our futurecast we are looking for. showers in the southeastern corner of the area through the 230, 3:00 hour. that will clear out by morning. what will use see and places a high pressure system that will try us that will dry side and within a couple of days we will see a trip to the south. he'll bring winds from the south and kick and warm moist air or we will see a few clouds and continue to see warm weather but again as i show do a while ago i should say dry read tonight temperatures freezing in the mountains near freezing is you get into the foothills charlotte 38 a few 40s for overnight lows in tomorrow for 40s, 50's and 60s across the area. a fairly mild day not looking for a lot of win tomorrow so you'll be able to get outdoors and enjoy yourself. your extended forecast look at these temperat

a steady rain is falling over shelby and chesterfield with more developing in the foothills. good evening, i'm elsa gillis with john errands. drops and cloudy skies. this will be moving on quickly by 8:00 or 9:00. we're tracking it right now. a good soaking shower right now pushing south of hickory, right now into the newton community, south of conover. the golf course and out he's in western parts of iredale county. right near clairemont. in the next hour. this patch of showers will get up in the morrisville by 11:50, and after that. to the south along the carolina border, boiling springs, showers and now over chesterfield, south carolina, some light rain fall. all this will be clearing out and that's really the only thing that we have to help ease the allergy situation, which is really building over in charlotte. it is going to really take over starting tomorrow. i'll be mapping out better rain opportunities when we come back. >> we're tracking the showers before you head out the door, morning starting at 6:00 a.m. >>> tonight, this tow truck driver is charged for shooting

only the smell of smoke chesterfield court... but earlier today it was slithering with excitement... vo: ten ball pythons have a lot to hiss about after their aquarium caught fire this morning. this man, who didnt want to go on camera says, all ten ball pythons along with several salamanders are his. he says he rescued them... but they needed saving again this morning. the fire didnt hurt them but left the building filled with smoke... and neighbors fuming.... about a lot more than the reptilian shereer lives across the hall she smelled smoke but was surprised to discover a missing fire extinguisher and empty smoke alarms. scarier she says than any snake. sot: denise sheerersomething told me denise come back to the house and that's when i got greeted by the firemen. and they told me don't even go the apartment because they've got too much smoke in it. vo: meanwhile the apartment owner says theres a no pet policy and if the snake savior keeps his rescues... theyll have to find a new home.kristen:while there was some smoke damage t

i just checked visibilities and they're starting to drop from albemarle through chesterfield. so that's where we could see some problem pots on if -- just take it slow and keep enough distance between you and the car front of you -- if front of you. -- in front of you. to midday warming up quickly. but you'll notice today though compared to yesterday it's still going to be warm. but also more clouds will be in place. we'll still make it into the upper 70s today and your neighborhood forecast for page hasn't, making it to 80 degrees yet again. so another unseasonably warmer afternoon ahead. the records should stay safe though. record for this time of year -- for today is around 83 degrees. it's going to be breezy as we go throughout the day. that went will be coming in from the southwest and we could have wind speeds up to about 15 miles per hour in charlotte and wind gusts up to 20, 25 miles per hour. and that southwesterly flow is critical to the warmth that we will be seeing today. also tonight, the checkers' game. looking good. we will see more clouds but staying mild. by 1

near 70 to the south in chesterfield and rockingham this afternoon. lots going on today the winthrop baseball game against east tennessee state a beautiful day for it. temperatures in the upper 60s by 5:00. upper 50s by 9:00 or 10:00 this if you are not a fan of these cool temperatures, by tomorrow morning we are going to be warmer still expecting mid-30s in the mountains. if you covered up your plants, i think you are good to go. you can uncover them. we are not tracking those temperatures to get down near freezing at least for the next 5 to 7 days. for the next forecast we actually warm up. and return back into the mid 70s. if you have been waiting for a few chances of rain, got it throughout the early morning hours on friday. a few showers moving toward the carolinas. won't see a lot of rain but something as we head into saturday and sunday. we'll keep clouds around. seasonal temperatures in the mid-60s but another chance of rain for sunday. a lot of folks have plans for the holiday. you can stay on top of the weather by downloading our weather app

chesterfield county sheriff's deputies are on patrol, providing protection in pageland. pageland town officials will discuss these issues at a meeting tonight at 7. union county's school superintendent is retiring. dr. mary ellis announced she'll step down june 1st, which is the end of the school year. the announcement comes just days after state investigators charges, in the case of the school system's 10 thousand dollar computer purchase from a company ellis owned. ellis has served as superintendent since 2012. coming up on the today show. some spring cleaning tips to get you organized. keep it here for charlotte today at eleven. then at at noon... we'll have an update on that breaking news... why pageland police just walked off the job. tomorrow after trying brookside chocolate, people talk about it online. i would liquefy it and bathe in it. curse you, brookside! your nefarious plans have succeeded. nefarious? are we still talking about chocolate? brookside. talk about delicious. >>> it's winesday wednesday also known as the day we play "who knew." and in case it's n

police say a person who was shot and killed in norfolk this weekend was from chesterfield county officers now thirty year old robert knight the third in a minivan on kingston avenue in ocean view yesterday night had been shot a number of times he died at the hospital. detectives still are looking for small blue or grey cardi think was involved in the shooting the car she had heavy damage to its front and today hundreds of police officers in massachusetts were among the people who pay their respects to an officer from virginia was killed in the line of duty. officer ashley greene didn't honor today in her hometown in western massachusetts we did was working her first shift with the prince william county police department last weekend when she was shot in two other officers were responding to a fight between husband and wife investigators say the husband opened fire killing clinton and his wife officers twenty eight year old twins funeral mass and burial will take place tomorrow and a lot of finger pointing is democratic presidential candidates fight to speak of you are talking about the wa

and the chesterfield county sheriff's office stepping into help with patrolling. town council voted to reinstate larry brown as the police chief. right after that happened, nine officers announced their plans to resign. >> i hate that they had to think they had to do that. i wish the town council would have spoken to them. >> reporter: brown will be back in the office monday following a four-month sled investigation. sled tells us the investigation is ongoing and can't release information yet. brown will work under sheriff jay brooks who will be the problem is resolved. >> we can't let the town go without police protection. >> reporter: sheriff brooks says brown will focus on filling the open positions. >> larry is going to have a job of recruiting new officers, building his police department back. this is going to give him the time do that. >> reporter: from what we learned, the sheriff's office will learn the day-to-day operations and the town of pageland will cover the overtime pay for the deputies on patrol. >> it's a little bit troubling to think that you're

a lot of rain in chesterfield and significant wind speeds in we are looking at ms. hill and unionville getting heavy rain but it will dry out across most of charlotte at this point. and not likely to see a lot more action for the range of tonight. let's talk about what's happening over the next couple of days. we have this cold front trying to push through. again by midnight 1:00 in the morning most of this should be well to the east of us soon as you wake up tomorrow morning you are looking at sunshine. we'll keep sunshine around on tuesday into wednesday we will see another cold front pushed through fairly small weak cold front. as it moves in we will see clouds in the afternoon hours but should stay drown wednesday. it should be a nice day with temperatures into the 80s. the cold front will affect us as we head into thursday with slightly cooler temperatures. i want to mention tree pollen if you are having allergies you are likely to continue to have high or very high juniper and maple the major issues. as you plan for st. patrick's day 75, 20% chance of showers.

around chesterfield, still near freezing in the mountains, but better than the 20s. we are warming up front - - we are warming up fast . 50s were the high today at l unchtime. 75 degrees tomorrow 75 degrees tomorrow afternoon, back above average, keeping it sunny other than a few high fairweather clouds. but there are changes to talk about as become through the week. much more is coming up on the future cast, more rain chances come thursday night overnight into early friday morning. most of us will see this rain coming right on through. saturday starts . saturday starts a weekend drive with another round of rain heading our direction. sunday it looks a little a little bit later in the day for easter. throughout the week. all of the latest news and weather information is right at your fingertips, and mid-seventies return tomorrow and into thursday, the rain is here late tomorrow night and early friday morning, and again, the weekend puts us back in the 60s. not quite a washout on sunday but at the night - - in the night, we will see this continue into next week . we r

deputies at the chesterfield sheriff's office in south carolina believe penny may have abducted his children in 2012 >> it has been another beautiful day out there. hope you got outside lyndsay tapases is tracking our weather and is live in the first alert weather center. >> 77 was the high in charlotte and that is where we are at as of 5:00 p.m. it feels comfortable out there. cooler than yesterday. tonight will be cooler and our temperatures continue to tumble for friday and into the weekend. lows tonight will be into the mid-40s. aside from that, it's quiet. we have a sprinkle that has been able to be squeezed out in the mountains. aside from that tonight and into tomorrow, maybe more cloud cover around for friday but we will keep things dry for the last day of the work week but that does change once we start to head into the weekend. not only do we have cooler temperatures in the forecast, it looks wetter especially saturday. 50s both weekend days and temperatures recover back into the 60s and 70s middle part of next week. and traffic with tonya rivens. >> and your first alert traffic a

chesterfield county sheriff's office stepping in to help out with patrolling. brown is going to work under jay brooks until the problem gets sorted out. >> larry is going to have a job of recruiting new officers, of building his this is going to give him the time to do that. we're going to take over the day-to-day operations. >> from what we learned so far, the sheriff's office are the ones handling the day-to-day operations and pageland will cover the overtime pay for the deputies on patrol. brown is supposed to be back in the office monday following a four-month sled investigation. investigation is ongoing and can't comment what it was about. there's another meeting planned monday morning, the sheriff along with larry brown and town administrators will be on hand to talk about how to best recruit and move the police department forward into the future. >>> a fox 46 update as police in raleigh say officers were threatened the exact same day an officer-involved shooting turned fatal. the threats went to law enforcement by e-mail between noon and 3:00 monday hour

chesterfield county sheriff's office stepping in to help out with patrolling. brown is going to work under jay brooks until the problem gets sorted out. >> larry is going to have a job of recruiting new officers, of building his this is going to give him the time to do that. we're going to take over the day-to-day operations. >> from what we learned so far, the sheriff's office are the ones handling the day-to-day operations and pageland will cover the overtime pay for the deputies on patrol. brown is supposed to be back in the office monday following a four-month sled investigation. investigation is ongoing and can't comment what it was about. there's another meeting planned monday morning, the sheriff along with larry brown and town administrators will be on hand to talk about how to best recruit and move the police department forward into the future. >>> a fox 46 update as police in raleigh say officers were threatened the exact same day an officer-involved shooting turned fatal. the threats went to law enforcement by e-mail between noon and 3:00 monday hour

chesterfield has improved in the last hour. up around 85 concord and canapolis not finding any dense fog to get in the way of the morning drives. it's mild temperatures in the mid 50s. a little light rain in the mountains overnight that has ok moved along. looking ahead to dry skies for our morning drive. any wet roads out there are drying up quickly. temperatures bakk!into the upper 50s by 9:00 keep it sunny and close to 80 for this afternoon. we'll talk about record high temperatures working our way for the next couple of days in just a moment. let's get over to mark taylor watching that morning drive. >> one issue we are following a stalled vehicle in dartmouth police south of queens but still not seeing any delays. watching the traffic flow so if you are heading out the next couple of minutes traffic is there. watching the interstate providence road from matthews on east john street the inner loop at 70 miles per hour a five minute ride. checking 485 closer towards west charlotte near i-85 coming in from gaston county both

sheree: firefighters made an unusual find -- nine snakes chesterfield court. for the fire. safely remove all nine of the snakes. at one point, at least one of them was mia. the fire department says there were no smoking detectors and a neighbor smelled the smoke and called 911. mike: we are learning new details tonight about the shooting that happened at madison junior high school. sheree: newly released radio transmissions are giving us a picture of what happened after school. mike: karin johnson is live in the sheriff' latest. the radio traffic you through the moments the shots were fired. >> i' ve got him here at gunpoint. reporter: austin hancock under the madison township eight greater was in the school lunch room for reasons still not disclosed. >> shots fire. >> he fled eastbound through the field. i have the name of austin hancock. reporter: first responders had not only a name and age within minutes. >> he' s in the area between the school and community part. he has a hoodie. he is in this area, if we can just keep it locked down. paramedics rushed to the area and close down the

currently chesterfield sheriff is overseeing the police department. that will continue. the charlotte area system wants to hear from you about a proposal to raise the cost of taking public transportation. on the proposed changes today at the charlotte-mecklenburg government center at 5:30. saying it has to raise rates to offset $3 million shortfall projected next year. what price decided on, it will take effect july 1 this year. panthers linebacker making a stop at a local college, unc charlotte for the series on the heels of recovery last season. he had shoulder surgery last month. his sling is about to come off. coming up next, uber is looking to hire hackers, yeah, we will tell you why it is offering thousands of dollars for people who can hack their app. and big wins for the two front now the discussion turns to in brussels. >> anchor: uber has launched a program to pay hackers big for finding bugs in the coding. it offers hackers $10,000 for each critical problem they find. any significant issues found will be rewarded with $5,000. a lot of tech companies have simil

ten "ball pythons" were trapped inside this apartment on chesterfield court.turns out the aquarium they were in caught fire.a neighbor smelled the smoke and called 9-1-1.the snakes did survive - but other apartments there filled with smoke. 22:37:25-22:37:37"i could see but ... cc go to your apartment"the owner said he had rescued the snakes. unfortunatley he'll have to move out of the building if he wants to keep the snakes - because the apartment has a no pet policy. an ohio man and the father of an addict is facing charges after driving his daughter to drugs. police say 52-year-old jerry his 28-year-old daughter buy heroin.he told police his daughter was "becoming ill from the withdrawal."roberts' daughter was also arrested but she's been released.roberts is charged with suspicion of permitting drug abuse. back in the tri-state ... this man - jason kuss is accused of threatening to kill a woman with an ax.according to a witness - kuss said "i'm ready to kill somebody."kuss is being held on a five-thousand dollar bond.he's charged with aggravated menacing. in democracy 2016 - there ar

chesterfield county sheriff's to help policing the city. they will continue their patrols until there is a plan in place. next, a company is using plus size beauty. that story coming up. >> anchor: people across the country are celebrating read across america day, celebrating a special author's birthday. the first lady joining in. it was created by the national education association, read across america is celebrated every march 2, the birthday of late writer and illustrator dr. seuss. when you think of a positive body image, do you think of barbie? promote its plus size swim wear line. the retailer says it is part of ongoing plan to promote body acceptance and confidence. earlier this year, mattel released curvey, tall, and petite versions of the doll. americans are not ready to take their hands off the wheel. in a new study, three out of four say they are afraid to ride in a self-driving car. forbes came out with its annual list of the richest people. microsoft founder bill gates is still number one. the man behind a fashion train, second

low 30s in lancaster, chesterfield. with that in mind, we have frost and freeze watches in effect until tomorrow morning, just a headsup to break out the thick coats and the umbrellas need to be put away for the next couple of days. we will see the dry conditions throughout thursday, thursday late night into friday, will hold the next chance of showers and, of course, we're heading in here to the last couple of days of the month. of rain for the month. that's over two inches below where we usually are for this time of the month. and we will actually be on record for our second maybe even the first driest march on record. we're on that track right now. and, of course, looking at the 5-day forecast, there you go. lots of sunshine, and we will bring in the chance of rain on friday. temperature-wise, we will see the 80s like last week, 50s today, 60s, back to the mid-70s by wednesday and thursday. bringing in the chance of rain and extra cloud cover by friday, we will be slightly cooler, but looking ahead to the weekend, of

a lot of rain in chesterfield and significant wind speeds in waynesboro -- wadesboro. we are looking at ms. hill and unionville getting heavy rain but it will dry out across most of charlotte at this point. and not likely to see a lot more action for the range of tonight. let's talk about what's happening over the next couple of days. we have this cold front trying to push through. again by midnight 1:00 in the morning most of this should be well to the east of us soon as you wake up tomorrow morning you are looking at sunshine. we'll keep sunshine around on tuesday into wednesday we will see another cold front pushed through fairly small weak cold front. as it moves in we will see clouds in the afternoon hours but should stay drown wednesday. it should be a nice day with temperatures into the 80s. the cold front will affect us as we head into thursday with i want to mention tree pollen if you are having allergies you are likely to continue to have allergies over the next several days. high or very high juniper and maple the major issues. as you plan for st. patrick's

now, we have nice sunrise this morning, here is a shot of the clear skies from chesterfield, and still on some of the rooftops there. but that should melt this afternoon. as we get enough sunshine this morning, clouds will thicken up later through the day. where we have nice sunrise, up in the poconos, check it out, live look from big boulder. camera turned looking at the lake, sun up over the horizon, mostly clear skies before skies are mostly cloudy later this afternoon ahead of the next storm system. ski report is in good shape today. you know, they do have made snow last night, jack frost, 12, 36 inches of snow, same deal at big boulder. up to 48-inch base blue mountain, 100 percent open trails at 39. headlines today, it is chilly and tomorrow, then watch out for some snow showers arriving through the overnight hours tonight. then next week, watch out for big warm up. it will be feeling more like may, not march. average high temperature this time of year 49 degrees, so we will be below that today. >> going to feel the difference monday, we soar off to the races by wednesday, probab

it's 32 this morning down to chesterfield. mountains and boone at 30. charlotte easily falling back into the 30s as we cool down this morning. back to the mid-60s this afternoon, and we will show you how long it will take for and we will have more allergy issues coming in this week, and it's 5:00 a.m., and we will get back to the roads this morning. how are we looking? >> so far so good, and getting folks prepared for maintenance in northwest charlotte, and it will be happening daily between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. through the 11th, and that's going to close old plank road on either side of chapman street, and it will not affect a lot of folks. look out, and it starts at 9:00 a.m. today. if you're headed inbound on 16, 47 miles an hour on the burkshires. we are not seeing any big accidents to slow things down. >>> in union county right now, troopers are investigating a deadly crash. we made a map to show you exactly where it happened. it's on ridge roader in indian

chesterfield, 73 and shelby and morganton and statesville, too, and in the mountains, normally very cold. banner elk, 53 degrees and maybe taking adventure of the warmth and upper 60s at 8 and and by the time you get up tomorrow morning, two things that you know. one, incredibly warm and you don't need much of a jfnlgt temperatures in the upper 50s, and the other, there will likely be low clouds and fog, more widespread than this morning, and the latest guidance is suggesting a good blanket of fog, something we'll be monitoring for sure. 8:00, back in the upper 50s, and again, we'll look for the clouds only slowly departing as we head through late morning. you would think with that much cloud cover in the morning that the warm up 's done; right? that won't be the case. afternoon sunshine and check this out. the hourly temperatures tomorrow -- remember. our average high, the benchmark, 61 and i'm forecasting we'll be there by 9:00 a.m. tomorrow on the way to the high to upper 70s. after the morning clouds disappear, and morganton, clouds heang -- hang on a while longer. the allergens, the

the questions come after a fire broke out today on chesterfield court... leaving in its wake.. smoke damage.. and nearly a dozen snakes slithering around. the snakes are fine. the emotions are not. fox19 now's shawn lanier has that story. harvey armstrong: "i just got off work and i was taking a shower outside and it's smoky" no warning other than fire crews on scene. the small fire in an unoccupied unit in this apartment caught many by surprise. all because of one thing. reporter: "you guys don't have working smoke detectors" harvey armstrong: "no we do not, not even fire extinguishers." leaving residents here at risk to more than just exotic animals. harvey armstrong: "the last fire extinguishers we had kids were coming in and playing with them." but he claims none have been replaced. that has lisa sims ready to move. lisa sims: "for me that i'll be out of here." sims says this scare doesn't have to happen, but she says she knows finger at in this situation. honestly these are slumlords. you know they just bought a piece of property and threw some people in here to make money

those steps have forced chesterfield county sheriffs deputies to take over law enforcement. >> just never seen a police department just walk out. >> reporter: now, the sheriff is calling in extra deputies to cover despite having to patrol >> we are going to continue stlongz takes, weeks, a month, a year. >> reporter: the drama came after the town downs reinstated brown last night. he was on leave while a sled investigation continued, the details of which were not given out publically. >> after, everybody shook hands and we thought they left as one happy family. >> reporter: within hours, officers told city leaders they were done. we heard rumors weeks ago there would be a walkout if brown returned. the interim chief even left this morning. but what we don't know is why the officers left. no one who is directly involved would comment and chief brown would not comment. we'll let you know what we out. greg suskin, channel 9, eyewitness news. >>> the autopsy of a man authorities say was shot and officer may be released tomorrow or friday. police say that the 24-year-old was killed twunning aw

some neighborhoods especially to the south across rock hill, chesterfield, you could be week. a bit of a string preview and we are not going to see the threat for rain anytime soon so if you have been sneezing, coughing more than usual, all thanks to that pollen count. they are starting to go up. the main culprit, maple trees. next weekend the chance for rain staying bone dry here. next rain chance by possibly saturday and sunday. forecast, you can keep track with our wwl-tv weather app and there. he will have more updates on the next rain chance on today. >>> your five-day forecast shows a beautiful end to the weekend today. can. grab the sunglasses. warm ups get under way. 70s. saturday. possibly tracking the threat for rain on sunday. keep in mind, next saturday night before you go to bed you have to set the clocks forward an hour. i think i have six or seven alarms set just in case. >> i may need you to call me. >> police say jacksonville jaguars defensive back was kidnapped for a short time while visiting fayetteville last month. he is from north carolina and range rover.

neighborhood forecast, gastonia, late-day showers are a pretty good bet and temperatures only hovering chesterfield, clouds, and showers will likely wait until after dusk. temperatures in the mid-50s. blowing rock, here comes the snow. temperatures in the lower 50s. let's talk about the snow, the accumulation between this time tomorrow and early on friday, generally 1-3" up high and a light dusting in morgan ton and lenoir and maybe taylorsville. on futurecast, the snow moving out quickly in the mountains, charlotte, done on friday morning and left over clouds but the clouds move out and sunshine is back. upper 50s on track for saturday and lower 60s for sunday and we're doing better heading into the weekend for sure as temperatures start to warm. at 5:30, scott talked about the rumor of 70s next week. yes. by the second half, each and every day, wednesday into possibly next weekend, highs in the 70s. don't worry. >> sometimes, rumors are true. >> thank you, steve. >>> channel 9 is continuing to push for answers over this video that shows cmpd officers throwing punches at a suspect. coming up, the

chesterfield and 79 uptown and concord, and we have 81 in morganton and 70s across the high country. you expect this in midmay, not mid-march. light up the grill for dinner, sundown, 7:30 and temperatures in the 70 this is evening, and winds are light. the bus stop forecast tomorrow, unusually mild, low to mid-40s for this time of year and mid- 50s early on. 8:00, around 60, and here a look at futurecast. we will see clouds and showers across the high country first thing tomorrow morning. the showers will try and make a run at the metro but fall short with a few says paing -- passing clouds midday through the afternoon. check out the hour by hour temperature forecast that you can also see on our free app. the record high tomorrow, 83, and of the -- forecasting a high tomorrow of 83. we are still talking about upper 60s tomorrow afternoon in the mountains. the neighborhood forecast in monroe, mighty mild, lower 80s in spite of the midday clouds. we talked about the cool down. watch the timeline on futurecast. we start at 5:00 this time tomorrow afternoon. watch the shades of blue push

across the associate midlands, chesterfield, highs in the upper 70s, still close to 80- degrees. tomorrow is, no chance of rain and warm temperatures. and the pollen count as i mentioned through the roof until we get rain. we'll get that but you may not like the timing, mostly saturday night and left over showers on sunday, and it will be enough rain to give us temporary relief from the pollen. and i mention temporary pause this time of year, the pollen comes back with a vengance. looking at highs in the 50s from saturday to monday. we haven't been that cool since the beginning of march. >> bad for allergies but good >> and fund to -- fund to -- fun to be out in. thank you. ma >>> we are officially less than a month from tax day and protecting your personal information is top of mind. >> the irs said 700,000 people had their information stolen last year. consumer advisor clark howard explains what's at risk if are you one of those victims. >> reporter: i'm here in the you can get advice for concerns over your wallet. we get so many calls about people stealing your identity. hacke

the south, this includes richmond county, union, south carolina, chesterfield, lancaster, a frost advisory in effect until 9:00 tomorrow morning. pretty close to freezing. everyone needs to bring in plants you have outside. if you have tried to put them out early, time to bring them back in. we will warm up. tonight is cold. beautiful afternoon. we will talk about where we from from. >> anchor: the union county school board is trying to find its next superintendent. current superintendent announced her retirement earlier this month. the board decided to skip a search firm. instead they will let the north carolina school board association pick the candidates. the meeting started an hour ago. some board members want to have a leader in place by the next school year. dr. ellis plans to retire june 1. four people are without a home this afternoon because of this fire in charlotte. firefighters responded to the call 8:00 this morning, in north charlotte. two people were inside but were able to escape by crawling out a window. investigators say the house has working fire alarms, and that may hav

we are at freezing in chesterfield, new jersey.d connor's house 33, eagleville, chester county, noting had ham fran also at the 33 degrees, similar number in newark, delaware, blue bell, middletown delaware, jason at 36. jeff moore in hatfield has a chilly 34 degrees at this hour but we have a little bit of sunshine around this morning. the we are getting ready for a nice sunrise here from philadelphia, phil, checks out to shot, check out, see this high thinned clouds building in, that is a sign of our next storm system moving our way. here's another shot from ed connor in chesterfield, nice start to the day, and then the cloud will thicken up throughout the afternoon. we will talk about a little bit of rain and snow as we head in the spring season. the let's go to the ballpark where we are getting ready for opening day in gist over three weeks, april 11th, a monday, and nice start to or morning there. we can see good color there but a little bit of red sky. roadside warning sailor warning. we have that red sky, coming in. we have