rowan county getting better now, china grove is the 34. so we'll see improvements but for most neighborhoods here to the north, it may be until after 7:00 that we will see more of the improvements coming in, maybe 8:00 or 9:00 until widespread improvements come on through. so there's that pocket of cold air still lingering to the north. salisbury still at 32, although you are warming. we're at 37 charlotte. all points south very warm. no travel issues other than the wet roads here into the city. so as our morning rolls on, the clouds will break up, we'll be in the low 40s in charlotte. temperatures warming nicely today, low 50s at noon with a lot of sunshine through midday. clouds start to return late this afternoon, but we still warm up close to 60, thanks to a downsloping west wind. so there goes the rain from overnight. a nice clear picture here except for mountain clouds through the day. those clouds will come right back in this afternoon as the rain chance comes back in tonight. it won't be as heavy, but light showers come in after 7:

happen here. >> it was really in shock about it. >> around 7:00, two fireman here at the china grove fire department were ending their shift, walked outside, to find this. >> and the doors were open, glass was laying on the ground. >> those parking spaces now sit vacant, but police say thieves broke into two cars here and four others in the community. police say the suspects rummaged through those cars, took personal items and stole a gun. some vehicles were locked, others were not, but all had this. >> they all had the passenger side broken out of them, which is odd. it would only be a matter of time before we establish a definite direction. >> police worked a similar case. thieves broke into three or four cars just outside station 3 on florida avenue early in the morning. and it all happened while fireman were responding to a call. >> it's heartbreaking to know when you're sitting here doing the job to the community that >> it could happen to anybody anywhere. >> in china grove, channel they witness news. >> right now, china grove police don't know if the two cases are connected. t

this was just south of highway 152 from china grove. you'll want to take 29 or even main street to get around the congestion that we're seeing. back in charlotte we do have an accident this. is causing some minor to mcdowell up towards fourth street. so you can take mlk over to davidson as an alternate route. now i'm getting word of an accident object beattie's ford. it looks like it could cause some problems. we'll look at that and see if it's causing any delays and talk about alternate routes next. stephanie. >>> millennials will play a larger role in this election cycle than ever before. all new at 6:30, the candidates getting the most support with voters under 30 and the party that could benefit the most. >>> families who depend on jobs at this dime ler frightliner plant are on edge after learning hundreds of workers will lose their jobs in just week. and at 6:15, the impacts the [ inaudible ] one day a rider made a decision. the decision to ride on and save money. he decided to save money by switching his motorcycle insurance to ge

but seeing delays there, north and south on the interstate in china grove. you're never more than seven minutes away from weather and traffic on wbtv news this morning. >> christine: thank you, chris. 6:48, kristen miranda has been tting alal the latest news coming in so you can get headlines first as news is happening. she is in the alert center with the very latest on surging oil hope that doesn't impact that. >> kristen: it is yet to be seen we have been so lucky to have cheap gas prices we learned word oil prices are surging on word that saudi arabia, russia and other opec members agreed to freeze oil production if other countries other producers agree to do the same. low gas prices an oversupply combined with less global demand, that sent prices way lower, and massive sell-off on world stock markets. they are worry had slide will hurt their economies. so they are saying if anybody gets on board we'll freeze production and of course you assume that will make fuel prices go up. back to you. >> john: thanks, kristen. after the break, show you the diamond t

if you are heading from china grove, 64 miles per hour closer to uptown charlotte around the 277 loop, 66 miles per hour. no accidents for the secondary roads at this time. >>> wall street futures are rebounding this morning. take a look. it was after the market closed down yesterday, but the dow is up 138 points right now in the future trading. nasdaq is up 55. >>> the stock market has been fluctuating in the first six weeks of the year with experts using terms like bull and bear markets. simbly put, bull market means it is trending up. down. we've had mostly a bull market for the past five years, but it's switching over to a bear market with a 20% dip from the highest point last year. doesn't cause a recession, but it can predict a recession. i think that's what everyone is grappling with. everybody likes to see the energy sector stocks. they have been suffering because of the falling price of oil. >>> panthers quarterback cam newton is make nothing apologies for being a sore loser. >> i'm human. i never once that i was perfect. >> ahead at 5:45, the support he's getting from his te

because we know mooresville, china grove, kannapolis, they all had fire stations hit the same way. someone breaking out windows of first responders' vehicles while they're out of the car. rummaging through them. as for what was taken, we've asked police and fire about that. we looked through some of the reports. these are personal items including an ipad in one case. we're also learning firearms are being taken. and police stressing to make sure if you do have a firearm in your car that it's safely locked up, lock it away. they have different devices to do that so that they don't get stolen. but really firefighters are upset about this. because they say they feel vulnerable when they're going out to help people while they're on a call and then they're coming back to their cars being broken into. one charlotte firefighter telling me they think someone traffic. you'll hear from them coming up tonight at 5:00. also some neighbors, they're not happy about these developments either. all that is coming up tonight. we're live in west charlotte, >>> all right john. thank you so much. as jo

similar drives have been reported in china grove, kannapolis, and mooresville. police told eyewitness news anchor john paul how they think the thieves know when to strike. >> these firefighters are out trying to protect lives and property. and it's just wrong that this is what they're coming back to. >> reporter: they're coming damaged and stolen. this morning while first responders were called out to this crash at little rock road in tuckaseegee, someone jumped the fence at this station down the road, broke into cars and stole personal items. it's happening more and more. also hit today was fire station number 26. that makes at least five in our area targeted within two weeks. and officials want to put a stop to it. that's just in charlotte. three other stations were hit in china grove, kannapolis, and mooresville in that time. least. >> cmpd is investigating to see if there's a link between the break-ins but has narrowed down targeted. thing. they're looking for guns. they're making that assumption that there's going to be a gun in that car. and sadly they're

this is just south of highway 152 out in china grove. we have an accident on the northbound side and the southbound side. that's causing big delays. 29 to and from kannapolis and china grove, the northbound backing up way before that as you approach lane street from kannapolis. i'd avoid 85 especially north toward cabarrus and rowan counties. >>> we've been sitting above freezing in charlotte all morning. no travel issues here. but you don't have to go too far west and north. salisbury, statesville, all points west, finding a lot of slick travel. it may take an hour to get the numbers to go above freezing. a quick chance of rain over night tonight. quiet weather for the rest of the week. close to 60 by friday. >>> good morning america continues on channel 9. and on tv 64, hawthorne lane is closed through rush hour after water flooded the roadway. now that the water has receded. t the water has recede >>> good morning, america. it's 8:00 a.m. an emergency landing. >> alaska 1 we're declaring an emergency. smoke in the airplane. >>> pilots

ins at more than a dozen fire departments across charlotte, cornelius, huntersville, kannapolis, china grove, greensboro and fort mill. police believe he was listening to scanners and when they were called to emergencies, he would swoop in. him down. >> the key piece of evidence, i can't tell you what it was, was found in york county, during one of the -- during the investigations which led us to get the ability to look at a retail store that had video surveillance and pinpointed the individual. >> a crime analyst was able to identify bing and detective say the evidence led home to to a car he uses and they located that at northlake mall, where he was taken in custody. north lake mall. >>> apple filed the response to a court order demanding them to unlock a terrorist's phone. what they had to say right after the break. but before we go to break, a quick check of the first alert weather temperatures, 34 in charlotte, a live look at independence boulevard, traffic there moving smoothly. and traffic on >>> you're planning your day with wbtv news this morning. >> john: welcome back, we have seve

firefighters at greensboro, fort mill, charlotte, mooresville, cornelius, and china grove have had their cars broke glean while on calls or sleeping. they're grateful that there has been an arrest. >> you get up middle of the night, go to calls, we take a look at the parking lot, as we return from calls, we would look in the back parking lot, see if it looked like any vehicles had had been hit. >> police caught up with bing at the parking lot at north lake mall and found in the car a stolen gun from greensboro and we dug into his past appeared found out he has been convicted before of felony breaking and entering, actually 13 times. reporting live in uptown, angela hong, channel 9, eyewitness news. >> thank you, ang los angeles charlotte based bank of america wants to resolve a federal investigation into whether the bank did enough to protect certain customers. bank of america made the announcement wednesday night in a filing with the securities and exchange commission. the bank says the federal regulators have been investigating whether the bank's merrill lynch unit took the correct ste

same case in rowan county, all same for china grove, the west side, highway 52 into rich field. everybody has rain all through the foothills. i-40 corridor into the mountains. you have wet roads for everybody for the morning drive, you'll have to anticipate a little extra time. we're at 48 in charlotte. only low to mid 40s up north. a few and upper 40s up north, it will be a raw, damp start to the day today. our numbers do warm up a little bit this afternoon. once the rain begins to ease. around 50 by lunchtime. low 50s in charlotte. a few middle 50s down south and some areas may get warmer. but up north, 40s into the high country. barely 40 for the afternoon. most of our rain will fall this morning. the rains begin to dry out a little bit, but while the rain overall lightens up, we'll have clouds, still a mist and a drizzle for a good part of the day today. damp out there with a passing shower, overall, much better than what we're dealing with. ahead at 5:00, talk about a much bigger chance for stronger storms coming our way. our five-day forecast, we spike up to almost 70 tomo

this latest after several other local agencies were targeted cornelius, charlotte, and china grove. officials say they have started to park their vehicles inside to prevent theft. if you have any information, you are asked to call police. a crime alert, charlotte police are looking for a man they say attempted to kidnap an east mecklenburg high school student. they say a 16-year-old male student was walking to school thursday morning on conference drive near independence boulevard when a man forced the teen inside with a gun. police say the man drove him to a nearby location and attempted to assault him am the teen was able to get away. the suspect is a black male, his 30's, 5-9, 200 pounds with shoulder length dregs, driving a white four door service van, possibly impala or malibu. two people charged in the murders of a lake wiley couple are appearing before a judge today. prosecutors say members of the gang killed the couple in october 2014 to keep them from testifying against gang members who robbed their mattress store. the two are in court today. prosecutors have said they are

break-ins at more than a dozen fire departments across charlotte, cornelius, huntersville, kannapolis, china grove, greensboro and fort mills. the man arrested and charged in the murder of his mother is scheduled to appear in court in mecklenburg today. police say he killed his mother in february 2014. officers say he called police that unite and told them he came home to check on his mother and found her dead. investigators say she was beaten and strangled. police believe he killed his mother 36 hours before her body a norovirus outbreak at charlotte metro school has students and teachers of the school exhibited symptoms of norovirus yesterday, and dozens of students the at wingate also reported symptoms, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea. now to computer, voters head to the polls tomorrow, they will decide between hillary clinton and senator bernie sanders. we have more. >> reporter: it is a big weekend in south carolina for voter. i am here at the state line, according to real clear politics and the average number of polls, hillary has 57, over bernie sanders 33%. tomorrow's vote is critical for both

. >> in addition to the charlotte stations kannapolis, china grove and others have fallen victim to the break-ins. >> we have members providing a service for citizens, and it's sad that they have to worry about their personal property while protecting the citizens. >> until the suspects are caught fire station also remain on high alert and ask the people to do the same. >> we will keep an eye on on suspicious vehicles. >> we are not going to stand for to be we want the community to be vigilant if you see something call 9-1-1 because this has to stop. >> now, captain says all fire stations have some form of security. now any footage that officials have is not being released to the public. wbtv on your side. >> thank you. new, fewer people are in jail which means a few changes in mecklenberg county. today that he plans to relocate the majority of inmates at the jail north facility. this is a consolidation move since the population continues to drop. the average daily population is about 1400 inmates it was 2600 in 2008. now the inmates will be moved to the central jail location. >> the po

in our areas, several fire stations in charlotte, huntersville, cornelius, china grove and mooresville were all targeted. calls to find their car windows smashed out. the latest incident happened last sunday in fort mill. ? sm departments had security cameras that did not catch any images the thieves. in huntersville, firefighters started parking the personal trucks inside the station to prevent thefts and in noda, veteran williams is standing call when firefighters go on calls. >>> kids are accused of robbing a pizza truck driver. he and another man kidnapped a delivery driver in charlotte's cherry neighborhood tuesday morning and forced him to take money out of atm's along i-85. the man says the suspects finally let him go about 80 miles away in archdale, north carolina. >>> that wind is really whipping out there this morning making it feel much colder. meteorologist keith monday has your forecast in severe weather center 9, keith? >> it will be a blustery day all day long. -- 42 in charlotte but it feels like 20's. we have 20's in the mountains. feels like teens in the windchill. bu

the last two weeks, thieves broke into cars at fire departments in china grove. in some cases, cash, ipads, even guns were taken. right now, police do not have a suspect in custody and they have not confirmed whether these cases are all related. >> four cyclists are recovering after a car hit them just outside of raleigh. you can see the right side of the driver's windshield was smashed in there. two of the victims suffered head injuries. right now, two are listed in critical condition. the driver said she saw the cyclist, but there was another car coming in the opposite direction and there wasn't room to move. >> it happened so quick. >> charges are pending against the driver, but investigators said alcohol and speed were not >>> today, city council will look at making improvements along i-85. our partners at the independent tribune report they began the second phase of widening 85 to the rowan county line. city council reached out to d.o.t. crews about bridge structures, landscaping, and gateway signs project. >> school officials will ask parents pre-k through

of the heavier stuff moved into cumberland county, mount pleasant still -- into cabarrus county, china grove, salisbury and spence. it'll lighten up in the next 15 minutes. to the west still some icy

in the past two weeks, thieves broke into cars at stations in kannapolis, china grove, and two charlotte fire stations. all while firefighters were out on calls. in huntersville, firefighters department after someone ransacked their vehicles friday night. police haven't said if they're related. channel 9 will continue checking with police on the investigation and what the community is doing to do to protect firefighters and their belongings. news. >>> you have another chance to weigh in on cms's controversial assignment plan the district is considering sending thousands increase diversity and improve academic success. a community survey closes at midnight. one meeting is at myers park baptist church from 6:00 to 7:00. at 6:30 there's another forum at mayfield memorial baptist church on west sugar creek road. >>> right now police are searching for a man they say kidnapped a 16-year-old who was walking to school in east charlotte. the victim was on his way to east meck high school thursday morning when someone drove up behind him, pointed a gun at him, and forced him in the car. the driver

first, fog for tomorrow morning, we have poor visibility already showing up across places like china grove and in moresville. as we clear out the skies, we're develop a perfect recipe as low moisture sneaks in from the south. all that condenses and spills over as fog. in the next couple hours you'll still be able to get a good look at the skyline, but by about 6:00 or so, fog will begin to cover it. if you're going to morning church services or hanging out in the morning time get thing paper, you have about 50 to start things out. also, eventually rainfall. but looks like the best rain chances are going to be north of charlotte. if you live down south, matthews, rock hill, york, i think you're going to be okay. you live up in huntersville, problematic. and across the high country tomorrow, no hikes at the gorge tomorrow. it's going to be wet. heavy rain over boone, up through he nor as well -- lenore as well. don't forget you got interactive radar. before you step outside, check where that rain is. bring the umbrella if you live up to the north. but i don't see a big impact at all. even th

into cars at more than a dozen fire departments in charlotte, cornelius, huntersville, kannapolis, china grove, greensboro and fort mill. used and say they were able to recover stolen property. >> governor mccrory has declared a state of emergency in the wake of yesterday's strong storms. >> this is new video of tornado damage in oxford, north carolina. that is in grandville county. north of durham. the governor says the emergency declaration will free up resources for clean up and to quickly restore power. duke energy expects to have power restored to most customers in north carolina by this evening. there is also the matter of cleaning up the downed trees making repairs and finding the right person to do the work. steve crump is live with some very important information that can help you. steve, i know a lot of people are dealing with headaches today. >> absolutely. 00 too many times over the years we've heard the words buyer beware. well, that is again the case following yet another weather drivers along sharon road were served a reminder what the winds left behind. and throughout the area,

harrisburg, cox mill, cabarrus, kannapolis, concord you're getting rain heading toward china grove and salisbury. bigger picture, a little disruption right now of the flow of wet weather coming up and moisture source coming up in our part of the carolinas because of this big cluster of thunderstorms. they robbed the moisture, consolidates there and until that moves eastward we probably won't see more than we have right now. back to the west this is the concern as you get in the discreet cells and these kick up a lot of wind, without a lot of thunder and lightning. having said that, watches and warnings all over the place throughout the eastern part of the country and flash flood watch remains in effect. this is not just with this system, westbound on top of the last couple days, 2-3 inches in viewing area. just light rain falling in charlotte right now. overcast here, we do have cloudy skies out there and current temperature of 50 degrees. again, getting rain at the airport right now. you'll run in that. with the east breezes you'll see temperatures rise. you're in the 40s across the f

almost to mount pleasant, up toward china grove and salisbury seeing it as well. it's going to continue to slide to the east. temperatures are trying to struggle to freezing in rock hill. changing it over to plain old rain. here's a look at the time line on when the rain will come to an end. concord at 6:20, monroe at 6:35. marshville just before 7:00. and on to the east, it clears 31 in charlotte, rock hill, albemarle, almost there. at freezing and lancaster and chesterfield. mid 20s in hickory and statesville. notice boone at 33 degrees. this red line on the future cast, that's the 32-degree line. forecast to start to slowly lift north as we head through the evening. the good news is, precipitation will become more spotty. more like drizzle. 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 f

fire station in charlotte, kannapolis, china grove and mount mourne reported people breaking in personal vehicles of firefighters. >> christine: we're continuing to follow breaking news involving a house fire in huntersville. let's go to brody o'connell you've been watching the story in the alert center, are you getting more information? >> brody: that's right, christine. reporting them since 4:30 this morning. what we know so far is this is a home with nobody inside. we don't know what caused the fire. one person is being treated for smoke inhalation, what i want to do is here pull up apple tv to show you some pictures tweeted out from the huntersville fire department to give you an idea how big the fire was. a good picture to give you an idea of the severity of the fire. good news the flames have been knocked down here, started before 3:00 a.m., we have a crew out on the scene, they are working to bring you a live picture and of course we'll bring that to you as soon as possible. this was over on devonshire drive in huntersville, john and christine we're monitoring updates, i'll bring

station theft during the last two weeks, thieves have broken into cars at flint hill, kannapolis, china grove, mount morn, huntersville and cornelius fire departments. >>> we have some new information on a fire at a south end apartment community. last week's fire at the building on will more drive off south trion street has been ruled accidental. an exact cause hasn't been determined. two rooms were damaged and cost about $15,000. no one was hurt. >>> with the ciaa basketball tournament in full force in charlotte, the city declared this week a week long tina terry found out police are focusing on specific areas to avoid issues this week. >> that extraordinary event status is designed to give officers more authority to keep the tournament safe. and also today, there were even extra officers outside of the arena giving some fans an extra sense of security. outside the time warner cable arena today as hundreds attended the ciaa, cmpd officers flocked to the corner of east trade and brevard, a location they say illegal activity happens everyday. >> robberies to drug sales, even prostitution aroun

it's on the way to harrisburg, roberta mill through china grove later on. at 6:32 or so and salisbury and faith. they need to get ready for it by around 6:45. live early warning doppler 9 can track the wind out of this guy. and it's still pretty breezy in addition to these showers. and with the ground the way it is, please, i still really think the tree damage threat is possible the next couple hours. right now at 21 to 30 miles per hour coming out of that. the rest of us may not be dealing with rain per se but there's still more showers coming out of the upstate and all of us will have to deal with these strong winds through and they've all ready been responsible for a lot of damage ask some incredible storm images. for more on that, here's meteorologist christine rap. >>> i was out in the storm cam on the roads when the worst of the storm hit earlier this afternoon. we saw a lot of this, heavy rain and powerful wind. take a look. this was video sent to us by channel 9 viewer. you can see the tree shaking in the background, the heavy sheets of rain. we had

stations in greensboro, fort mill, charlotte, mooresville, kannapolis, huntersville, cornelius and china grove were all hit. police believe this man, johnny bing, was behind all of them. and at this point, believe he acted alone remember. >> i don't know why he picked where he did. other than the fact of looking for guns and property. >> reporter: police say being messed up, when he hit the flint hill fire station in fort mill. they won't giveul the details but say being left behind, a key piece of evidence that gave them a trail to follow. >> led detectives to follow the local retailer. and we were able to retrieve video evidence of a popular suspect. >> eventually, they were able to identify and locate the vehicle he was driving in a parking lot of a north lake mall. he and a passenger were inside from larceny and greensboro and other stolen items. >> officers say before the spree started, they believe that bing was previously convicted of felony breaking and entering into vehicles, at least 13 other times. reporting live tonight from northwest charlotte, tina terry, channel 9 eyewitness new

of the heavier stuff moved into cumberland county, mount pleasant still -- into cabarrus county, china grove, salisbury and spence. it'll lighten up in the next 15 minutes. to the west still some icy through hickory over towards statesville and taylorsville. some light freezing rain may be out there this morning as temperatures in that pocket are still near freezing. so be cautious, especially on highway 321, highway 16, working through gaston, lincoln counties and, of course, i-40 west of statesville. we're at 40 almost, though, in charlotte. an our numbers will move significantly today. so we're put town hall meeting behind us. we'll show you the timing in our future cast straight ahead how quickly everybody could get well above that freezing point. john. >>> breaks right now i-77 near statesville is back open after hundreds of drivers were stranded for hours. highway patrol confirmed lanes in statesville reopened about 2:30 this morning after several late night crashes shut them down in both directions >> yeah. because those rose were so icy, tow trucks could not remove the vehicles and d

just passed 29601. 42 minutes coming from china grove heading towards nc 73. so you'll want to avoid that by taking 29 from china grove southbound through kannapolis. and then jump on nc 73 back to 85. plan accordingly this morning. we have an accident to the northwest, minor delays, freedom near ashley. >>> cloudy, misty, and foggy this morning. most of the fog is up 77 toward statesville. you'll find more dense fog there. cloudy skies in charlotte. a few rain showers far south. a damp day ahead. the rain chances will build up through this afternoon. we'll briefly get in the low 60s. fall back in the 50s. as a cool northeast wind takes over. more light to moderate showers through tomorrow. 50 the high tuesday. good morning america continues on channel 9 and tv 64. more breaking news. this fire gutting an old schoolhouse in hildebrand next to town hall. we'll have a live update from scene over on t >>> good morning, america. it's 8:00 and we have the latest on kesha's emotional legal battle. fans taking her side. and taylor swift sends kesha a big dpoe nation

to the north, in china grove, getting some break. we'll see this probably in next couple of hours until the temperatures warm up, they will warm as we move into the still in a winter storm warnings in the areas in the pink, ice potential up to a quarter of an inch is a big factor, gusts to 35 miles an hour. area in purpose purple that is us, that wintry advisory expires at 8 p.m. >> we'll track what happens to the remainder of the night, we'll see significant rainfall overnight. we'll discuss that 10 minutes from now. kayla: thank you, brian. >> right now is a great time to download our new weather app, on app store for all app ed edel and -- apple and android devices. kayla: the city links gold line to the inclement weather. bill: that storm put a big time slowdown on nights at charlotte douglas airport this morning. the travelers had to settle in be patient. reporter: before anything started to fall, the flights were frozen at charlotte doug as douglas material. >> i am killing time. reporter: before the sunroad stranded passengers

into and stole from firefighters' cars in a number of cities includes charlotte, huntersville, china grove and cornelius, he faces automobile larceny and stolen property. police say at this time it appears bing was alone during the break-ins and detectives have been able to recover some of the stolen property. >> you are out risking lives, take care of the public, the community. houses and asking people for help. when you see that kind of thing, it hits you in the spot and we want to put that person in custody. kayla: when police found bing they arrested ernestene lockwood for unrelated outstanding warrants. police expect additional charges. check out opportunities at the airport. charlotte douglas international is holding a job fair, full-time, part-time and temporary employment opportunities available for hundreds of open positions at the airport as well as other places in the community. everything from tsa jobs to food services positions that need to be filled. carowinds will be on hand to hire for upcoming season and piedmont airlines will be speaking to candidates. the american airlin

into and stole from firefighters' cars in a number of cities includes charlotte, huntersville, china grove and cornelius, he faces automobile larceny and stolen property. police say at this time it appears bing was alone during the break-ins and detectives have been able to recover some of the stolen property. >> you are out risking lives, take care of the public, the community. houses and asking people for help. when you see that kind of thing, it hits you in the spot and we want to put that person in custody. kayla: when police found bing they arrested ernestene lockwood for unrelated outstanding warrants. police expect additional charges. check out opportunities at the airport. charlotte douglas international is holding a job fair, full-time, part-time and temporary employment opportunities available for hundreds of open positions at the airport as well as other places in the community. everything from tsa jobs to food services positions that need to be filled. carowinds will be on hand to hire for upcoming season and piedmont airlines will be speaking to candidates. the american airlin

from harrisburg around the concord hills area near the city and all moving its way up i-85 into china grove and rock well. this is the very northern stretch of a much bigger batch of heavy rain that's by passing us to the south through columbia. monroe around 6:05, matthews at 6:11, and then it's racing off miles per hour. there are spots with heavier downpours mixed in with that. other than that lighter rains moving in. mostly a mist and drizzle so no immediate threat for flash flooding. the more we see rain like this coming up from the south, the bigger the storm threats it will be. we've been overdoing the current situation. we're watching for storms mainly east to pop up. look how quickly between noon and 2:00 that races eastbound and really blows up. we'll see a nasty line of storms between fayetteville and raleigh in the early afternoon. there are big showers coming through our area. the bigger, severe threat is still around for a while that could bring severe weather here. 40s and even the mountains in the 30s. putting us around 70. that may be aggressive. that's the theme that will

30 to find their cars had been rummaged through, and thieves broke into cars at the minneapolis, china grove, and five charlotte fire stations, all while firefighters were out on calls. in some cases, cash, ipads, and guns were taken. right now, police do not have a suspect in custody and have not confirmed whether the cases are related. i asked the fire chief about the precautions they are taking today, but he didn't want to discuss them. >> i don't want to comment on that right now. i'm sure police are doing normal checks like always. >> reporter: and coming up in 15 minute, the action the crews here on scene are waiting for to happen so that they can continue their investigation. reporting live in huntersville, joe bruno, channel 9 eyewitness news. cms students to different schools. >> two school board members will discuss. eyewitness news reporter is live in gown town where today is the last day to fill out a survey about the issue. stephanie, that's right. the school board will vote on the goals for student assignment and the board will decide whether those goals are achievable the 2017

big delays 85 north toward china grove. an accident south of 52 causing these delays. use 29. >>> temperatures close to 40 degrees in charlotte. up to 30 in lincolnton, concord, and salisbury, the we'll see a lot of sunshine the day to put us right back to 56 degrees. close to the seasonal average for this time of the year. still expecting numbers to go above average into the weekend with the 60s in place. more clouds and a small rain chance on sunday. but a much bigger chance of rain obviously coming next week. >>> you remember this moment from last season's "dancing with the stars"? >> uh-huh. >> derek hough, bindi irwin. they swept away the judges. took home the mirror ball trophy and we're showing you this because the new season of "dancing with the stars" starts next month. we have a big announcement this morning. we are going to be revealing the entire cast for the next season of "dancing with the stars" live right here on "gma" on march 8th. you're going to want to tune in. >> really? i haven't heard. >> we know something that we can't tell you. >> you have to w

no big slow downs and that is when from china grove heading over towards where the accident scene occurred. if you're coming in from gastonia looking out towards the mall where the traffic volume is picking up out of cleveland county northbound heading through kings mountain and into gastonia once you make your way towards belmont and into the county line and over to the i-77 interchange. you won't see any big surprises or slow downs. >>> there are now eight possible cases of mumps in our area. >> health officials are investigating how the virus is spread through three counties. eyewitness news reporter joe bruno is live in north charlotte and learned why it is so contagious. joe? >> it spread very easily and you only have to be three feet away that is the same distance as i am to this fence right here and that makes public places a risk. now, a health official told channel 9 that they believe mumps made its way here locally because an adult got the virus while in the airport. officials haven't said which airport. officials told channel 9 2 adults have mumps. one from mecklenburg county, a

stations in greensboro, fort mill, charlotte, mooresville, kannapolis, huntersville, cornelius, and china grove were all hit. police say john was behind it they were able to catch up bing after he left behind a key piece of evidence at fort mill this week. >> my detectives fomd the local retailer and were able to possible su. >>reporter: police arrested bing at the parking lot at north lake mall and found with him a gun from the greensboro theft and other stolen items. we dug into his past and out out he has been convicted of 13 felony breaking and entering cases in the past. reporting live from uptown, angela hong a, channel 9, eyewitness news. >>> 10 people are behind bars facing drug and gun charges and channel 9 learned investigators have been watching some of them for years. they made the first court appearances yesterday. prosecutors say they ran a conspiracy that put around 120 pounds of crack and more than 300 pounds koef cane on the they also found the group had several guns and $21,000 in cash. the suspects are due in court on tuesday for the hearing. >>> clint family and -- the clint

heading towards china grove. traffic is moving right along at 68 miles an hour. now, live in the north charlotte, this is on i-85 near 485 heading towards the university area. traffic is building, especially in the southbound lanes.

heading towards china grove. traffic is moving right along at 68 miles an hour. now, live in the north charlotte, this is on i-85 near 485 heading towards the university area. traffic is building, especially in the southbound lanes. through uptown charlotte. >>> back to the breaking news in east sharment. police are looking -- east charlotte. police are looking for a driver who hit and killed someone overnight in east charlotte. in the past half hour, officers cleared the crash scene on central avenue. >> eyewitness news reporter angela hong is live at an apartment complex nearby where officers are focussing their investigation now. a? >>reporter: that's right, stephanie, we're at the green briar apartments a quarter mile away from the accident scene and you can see right now, police are in the process of covering up the windshield of the silver honda odyssey with, i believe it is some sort of blue tape. we were here earlier, we were the first on the scene, and actually got some video of that car. we got a closer look, you could see the window is smashed through.

. >>> just this week we told you what happened at fire stations in charlotte, china growth -- grove and one of the location. the newest break-ins happened while firefighters were sleeping. >> reporter: yes they were asleep here at the fire department when someone busted out all of their windows and ransacked their cars. but this time the firefighters were prepared. >> it's pretty unnerving and unsettling. and pretty sad. >> more outrage from local firefighters. this time thieves busted out the windows of on-duty firefighters that -- at . >> it's our personal belongings, so they are not looking for expensive equipment or anything. they are going to the vehicles looking for iphones and stuff. >> they discovered when they woke up around 630 this morning, a few miles away firefighters at this station woke up to the same thing. >> they will wake up in a moments notice and unfortunately -- it's when they are asleep or for some departments while they are on a call and it's sad. it really is. >> so far this week firefighters into separate fire stations experienced the same thing. the thieves st

ins at more than a dozen fire departments across charlotte, cornelius, huntersville, kannapolis, china grove, greensboro and fort mill. >>> let's get an update on the commute things picking up out there, here is chris larson. >> chris: first alert traffic is sponsored by toyota of north charlotte. steele creek up toward 485, big delays there as you make your way up past dixie river road with an accident at 485. expect delays if you're trying to make your way up to the interstate. i-77, arrowood, southbound see back ups building on 77 northbound as you work your way morning. a number of accidents, let's zoom in on park road above selwyn avenue. we have an accident, looks like most of the delays with this accident are heading outbound over toward southpark, injury accident nations ford above arrowood. >> al: clear skies, pretty chilly, a cool day today, still be breezy but not as windy as the last couple days. you can see totally clear skies, the camera at university city area, a lot of early sunshine, not doing much on temperatures yet, above freezing charlotte, at freezing lancaster, rock hi

crash i-85 nb near china grove. today...sunny. highs in the mid 50s. .saturday...partl .sunday...mostly cloudy. highs in the upper 60s .monday...cloudy with a chance of showers. highs around 60. .tuesday...rain likely. highs in the upper 40s. chance of rain 70 percent. .wednesday...rain likely. highs around 50. chance of rain 70 percent. .thursday...sunny . highs in the lower 50s. coming up later on b-ccharlotte, fire crews, who >>> 8:30 now on friday, february 19th, 2016. pretty day out on our plaza. gang is all here. matt comes back next week, after having this week off. looking forward to that. >>> coming up, much-needed help as the winter weather has wreaked havoc on your skin. you don't want to miss jill's exclusive steals and deals. >>> plus, is your kitchen set up to ruin your diet? arrange your space to make healthier choices. >>> goldie hawn opens up about her passion project and secret to her happiness. >>> finally, our final day of our prizes sweepstake. we have private cooking classes and a trip to our set. head to our

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