their state the freedom high school girls basketball team parade is held tonight at 6:00 in downtown morganton. the lady patriots won the three a state championship earlier this month in chapel hill. congratulations to them. >> way to go. >> anchor: that is a terrific thing, to win that state championship. a local group, great group of young ladies. >> nice night for a parade too. a little cool this afternoon. highs mid 60's morganton. and we have a warming trend underway. this is just for john carter. take a look at this. appalachian ski mountain, they are still seeing. they actually made snow over the weekend, and they are looking to shut down april 2, so they will be starting the meltdown games there. even with the cold temperatures this weekend, they were still making a little bit of snow across the north carolina high country. our current conditions in the charlotte area, right now, it is sunny and mild. 59. wind at 9 miles an hour. power doppler is quiet. high pressure is building nicely. center of the high off georgia, florida, and carolinas, and that is promoting that deeper southerly

in downtown morganton. the lady patriots won the state championship earlier this month. congrats to them and it's starting in 20 minutes. >>> next, we are learning more why a man accused of breaking into vehicles at fire departments in three counties targeted firefighters. what he allegedly told police why he did it and when. huge warm-up. today mid-60s and tomorrow mid how far beyond that do we we are learning more about vehicle break-ins targeting local firefighters. wbtv obtained search warrants where the suspect told authorities he chose fire departments because there were no witnesses or cameras. he says he broke into the vehicles while firefighters were sleeping. bing was caught after a wal-mart receipt after ammunition was found near one of the vehicles linking him to the crimes he said he did it to live and eat. live in the alert center with more with police activity on west boulevard. >> yes. this video into the newsroom. this was happening this afternoon in charlotte west boulevard near remount road. and you will see the officers with a vehicle stopped. we were

a parade for the parade will be held in downtown morganton t. they won the 3a state championship earlier this month in chapel hill. congratulations to them. >>> special olympics spring games are being held until rock hill today. 900 volunteer also are needed at cherry park. slow up and register to volunteer at 9:00 this morning. events start at 10:00. more than 1200 special olympic athletes from york, chester and lancaster counties are competing in track and field events. >> christine: cam newton is sharing a picture of his three month old son chosen. he postedded this picture of his feet, sticking out of a stroller. his caption included phrases you give me so much purpose, daddy miss you and he wanted to r the picture has 60,000 likes since it was posted yesterday. that is his vantage point. very cute. >>> looking live at the commute, 5:36 right now, traffic is fairly light here on are this stretch of i-77, this is at the nationsnation ford road exit. now to meteorologist al conklin. >> al: it is a cold start this morning, temperatures are most

. >>> here's a look at our prime time pick and this comes from andrea with the caption, downtown morganton, #smalltowncharm. certainly a cute town it is. post your picture on instagram with the #wbtv and me and we could use yours here. make sure to follow us. we're on instagram wbtv on your some parents might get a little frustrated when a child cries too much or talks too much. but one woman could only pray her son would make any kind of noise. 4-year-old a.j. has autism. and for the first half of his life, he didn't communicate at all. his mother says that has changed now and wait until you hear what she says changed it. chris incident hample -- kristin >> reporter: how autism affected a little boy for more than half of his life. a.j. didn't speak, he didn't even make sounds. >> i so desperately wanted to just hear what he sounded like. >> reporter: his mom tried everything for her son. then one day during a therapy session, something changed. >> >> he was having a bad day. wasn't really getting much out of it. and so the therapist said let's just take a break and we let him play basketb

today's parade starts at 6:00, in downtown morganton. >>> weather and traffic every 10 minutes. here's meteorologist christine rapp in severe weather center 9. a lot of nice sunshine today in preparation for the parade. >> reporter: a gorgeous day not the warmest of mornings across the carolinas. here's a live look. the sun doesn't come up if an hour and a half to two hours. but we have clear skies as you head out the door this morning. with the clear skies temperatures had to drop. we had freeze warnings and frost advisories across the region until 9:00 this morning. all the counties include charlotte and mecklenburg county. under a frost advisory where temperatures have once again touched near freezing. 32 in lancaster and chesterfield. up in the mountains the warmer spot we have a few clouds filtering in. 36 in jefferson, 37 in charlotte. throughout your day today here, let's plan it out for you. temperatures warming into the 40s and 50s. 95 in charlotte. mid to upper 50s for lancaster and chesterfield and albemarle. a nice day, even by lunch time. we'll tack on a few more di

morganton will host a parade, the lady patriots won the nchsaa championship this weekend. you can see them with the tampionship banner-- championship banner, the parade is 6:00 downtown. >>> tracking when we are going to get rid of the freezing temperatures and start feeling more like spring again in severe weather center 9. >> we are on our way there. beautiful day, so far this afternoon, live look from lake norman cam, nothing but sunshine in the distance, not tracking cloud cover. all this sunshine, although off temperatures were near 60 now in charlotte, 59 lancaster, and rockingham. in the mountains, not too bad. mid to lower 50s jefferson and boon, 55 hickory and shelby. here is futurecast for temperatureathize rest of the afternoon. highs today in the 50s and 60s. i think mid 60s in the charlotte area, keep the sunshine around and lead to a comfortable evening. if you have plans to be out and about tonight, and maybe want a light jacket later this evening if you have plans to say out in boone for the up state baseball game against unc-asheville it will be cooler, temperatures dropping to low 50s in the mountain by 7:00, charlotte and up town area, looking like a ni

let's take a live look at the camera in downtown morganton.twmw temperatures reaching in the mid to upper 70s today. the wbtv and me spotlight has been on morganton all week. makes your city great. send us pictures of favorite hang out spots, beautiful views ofhe t city. cool shots of the unique areas that make morganton so special in your eyes. and t is a special place. i used to live there, love it. follow us on instagram, use #wbtv and me in the caption you might see the picturezk:] online or on the air. we'll pick a different2o city each week and yours could be next. >> christine: #wbtv and me. >>> on your side with consumer*'s% news. take a closer look inour freezer. nestle is recalling digiorno thin and crewsy spin i pizza and stouffer's chicken lasagne and leanuisi c meals. there may be smallg_ pieces of glass in the food. head's up there. >>> taylor brands formerly as mens warehouse announce pad loans close 250 stores thisear^] y banks stores. the company says it is part of a cost cutting eort after years of declining sales. th clothing retailer lost a billion dollar in 2015. the company has not said which stores will close. >>> >> john: