it's unusual for gaston county. investigation began sunday of aa saturday night house party led to the deaths of lewis. tuesday morning, they began a triple homicide investigation after officers found the dead bodies of giovanni gambino and two others in just one homicide gaston county police used all seven detectives to investigate. >> it takes all the resources with crime analysts depending on how big the case can get and how detailed with a lot of records and things of that nature. >> with two homicides to solve resources are thin. detectives are taken off one case to work on the area. and the gaston county police department has 12 openings for officers. but it's not just the homicide cases that suffer. >> it causes us to delay other investigations because our efforts are to try and solve the homicide as quickly as possible. >> the mount holly suspect is still on the run. officers arrested crystal gambino tuesday morning for the triple homicide. >> there is a lot of work that goes into preparing a case and get to

>> on the scene of breaking news in gaston county for six hours. investigators arrested this woman in connection to a triple homicide. night. >> channel 9 has been with them all night long as they search inside and outside that house for evidence. angela hong is live at alexis road with the latest on this for us. angela? >> john, hours after this triple homicide investigators are still out here. you can actually still see that tarp is up and the crime scene van is out there. police are using flashlights to collect evidence right now and this is right next to the victim and suspect's home off to the left. police have been going in and out of this home all morning. there are a lot of cars and crime scene investigators moving around the property. a concerned family member called police and found three adults shot to death. one victim is giovanni and they were visitors. police arrested the wife crystal in stanley and charged she's now being held at the gaston county jail right notch without bond and investigators have not revealed what a motive may be

brown lives near allen steam station in gaston county. despite their problem and proximity to coal ash duke energy says it's innocent of wrongdoing. >> what we have learned over months of research and study and independent sigh sense that the coal ash basins are not impacting the residents' well water. what is in their wells is not rally occurring all over our state. >> without proof that duke is responsible, brown and graham are turning to lawmakers hoping that they can step in and help them. >> we are asking our state to protect us from coal ash contamination and to protect our waterways. >> and both women are here tonight and we wanted to go to their homes to see their situation. also several groups are here governor for not doing enough to help the families and i reached out to governor mccrory's office and they believe that roy cooper is saying perhaps he is trying to gain political favor ahead of the up coming election. side. live to raleigh. there is a march going on led by police escort gone through the downtown streets in respons

wbtv's ashton pellom is joining us now live in gaston county this morning with the very latest. so ashton, tell us what are police telling you? >> reporter: police are telling me three people have died yesterday and they are saying that one of those people that died was the husband of the suspect, the wife currently in jail right now. let's take you to pictureses, this is the victim, police saying this is 40-year-old giovanni gambino right there. authorities tell me around 8:00 last night they got a call to the home on alexis-lucia road in alexis. police to do a welfare check. police found three adults who died of apparent gunshot wounds in the house. again, the one picture you saw, 40-year-old giovanni gambino identified as one of the victims, he lived in the home. police are trying to identify the other victims but they believe they were just visiting that home. take you to the picture this is 40-year-old crystal gambino, arrested a short time later in stanley, charged with first degree murder in the death of her husband. now again, i spoke with neighbors at the scene this mor

things are bad in gaston county. as we check in an accident i-85 north morse chapel two lanes blocked and accident i-85 north at sam wilson road congestion as well. wilkinson boulevard is a great alternate route. and the backup from mecklenberg county to gaston county exits 20-29. that is a lot of slow-moving traffic. wilkinson boulevard is an option but if you know anyone that uses this as their route highway 7 may be an alternate route as well. your first alert traffic is sponsored by people's bank. back to you guys. >> thank you. flames shoot through a home after a space heater catches fire. >> a toddler the first to see there is an emergency. little girl's mother who says [laughing] honey, you gotta see this! time warner cable now makes your internet do more. honey! [laughing] honey? our ultra-fast internet with home wifi keeps your devices connected, anywhere in your home. [laughing] honey, have you seen this video? [laughing] discover how much more is included. get 50 meg internet for $39.99 per month. call 1-8

police investigating a triple homicide in gaston county. this woman is in jail charged with murder. >> john: here in charlotte, police are investigating an early morning shooting in north charlotte, police have been working several scenes across the area including this one off griers grove road. a woman found shot in the head in a parking lot there. >>> good morning, welcome to day of march, 2016, on this tuesday, good to have you with us, i'm john carter. >> christine: i'm christine sperow. we have live reports on both those breaking stories and our kristen miranda in the alert center getting headlines first. >> kristen: some of the polls are opening up for super tuesday. >> john: we'll get started with charlotte's most experienced morning meteorologist, al conklin. >> al: we're dry in charlotte, dry in your neighborhood, that is our metro school camera in center city. not all that breezy, it is pretty pleasant considering it could be cooler. 46 degrees right now charlotte, 41 arboretum, piper glen, harrisburg. 44 indian trail, stallings,

this is gastonia and north of 85 in parts of gaston county. again that should change-over for those of you seeing that to rain before too much longer since the temperatures are in the mid-40s. more on what we can expect through the rest of the night your first alert forecast coming up in a couple of minutes. >> and make sure you have the wbtv weather app to keep up with the changes. it is free search wbtv in the app store. >> first at 4:00 a caldwell county man held on $1 million bond accused of stabbing his two-year-old son and girlfriend. his infant son was injured. henry pits facing two counts of attempted murder. wbtv's brody o'connell joins us live from caldwell county. and brody, how are the children and their mother doing this afternoon? >> jamie good news to report on that front. i'm told the woman stabbed is in stable condition expected to survive. but the real concern overnight now, he is just two-year-old old his name is henry and he suffered stab wounds as a result of this father's attack. and good news from the family they told me

around 8:00 gaston county police alexis-lucia road, for a welfare check. three adults were dead from apparent gunshot wound. police believe the other two were visiting. crystal gambino was arrested later in stanley, was charged with first degree murder in the death without bond. more charges are expected to come after the other two victims have been identified. i'll be out here as soon as i get updates, i'll update you on air and online at wbtv.com. reporting live in alexis, ashton pellom p, wbtv on your side. >> christine: another breaking news story we're watching in north charlotte after a woman was shot. this is a live look from that scene on griers grove road, our mark davenport first to break the story bringing us live learn the woman's condition. if police are pursuing any suspects. we will update you on the air and online at wbtv.com and check in with mark in a few minutes. >>> right now we want to go to meteorologist al conklin to give you an early first look at the forecast. >> al: a little colder than yesterday morning, you look at big map you c

it's unusual for gaston county.

in gaston county i'm caroline fountain fox 46 wjzy. bill: a group called gc three which stands for gaston clergy coalition are the ones that help of the covenant. leaders today said they hope to seed neighboring counties follow their lead and under the as well as law enforcement. it's not st. patrick's day until the irs literally take over the streets. there was a scene in dublin ireland as tens of thousands lined the streets to take an irish pop and circumstance. many wearing the traditional green for the occasion. believe it or not this is the biggest st. patty's day celebration in the world. that right belongs to new york city and today in the queen city you could not ask for any better weather if you want to celebrate celebrate. brian i see you have a better wardrobe change. it looks like giftwrap. is that from a christmas tree? i still see the old tie popping out through the buttons. >> that nick kosir is loaded with junk everywhere. did you notice the floor here? they were doing some of that irish dancing here earlier today. hey g

i am bill melugin peer to gaston county mom is arrested and charged. this is after police say she decided to keep her on children out of school for more than three years preached first on fox site are all day long. he's joining us live from belmontes with the latest on this case. >> that's right bill. three teenagers kept out of school for more than three years. this high school behind me was within walking distance of their home a few minutes away. their mother is behind bars for not all lined up to come here and continue their education in any other way. this story isn't about who's getting off the bus. it's about who's not getting on gaston county police say this woman or a 6-year-old jennifer elam kept her three children now ranging from 13 to 16 years old years. she is currently in jail for three misdemeanor charges of contributing to the delinquency this is their home and it's just minutes away or my public school they could have attended. we knocked on the front door today and elam's or a friend asked us to leave immediately. spinach is regular

machines were seized and the money could benefit children in gaston county. today, ale officers and policearound the county took the machines from 48 different businesses. the owners are suspected of giving illegal payouts as a gift. those are misdemeanor charges but after the owners are prosecuted the money in the machines will all go to the gaston county school system. >>> all new tonight a woman told police someone pointed a gun at her while she was driving on a major highway. this happened tuesday around 5:30 at 9 near i-85 by the weighstation near the mecklenburg gaston county linech the 24-year-old said she was in the north -- line. 24-year-old said she was in the northbound lane and another driver .ed a gun at her they never fired the gun and have not been caught. >>> activists in the lgbt community pushed back against north carolina lawmakers trying to stop charlotte's nondiscrimination ordinance. >> they used their stories to ordinance is necessary. "eyewitness news" anchor alison laa -- latos has more. >> reporter: lbgt advocates held a news conferen

wbtv was there as some of the machines were hauled back to the gaston county police department. we're told the business owners who operated the machines will face misdemeanor charges. police say the money collected will go to the local school system. >> john: lgbt activists are fighting hard to keep the new non-discrimination ordinance. members of equality nc spoke outside the general assembly in raleigh yesterday, urging lawmakers to allow the ordinance to stay on the books. it gives people in the lgbt community additional protections from discrimination, including which bathroom they use. there are plenty of people who strongly against the idea. >> i'm tired of being denied rest room use. i'm tired of being told i can't use the female dressing room. i, for one, am sick of getting it is time for a change. >> allowing men in womens bathrooms or locker rooms or changing rooms puts women and children in grave danger. >> state lawmakers threatened to call a special session to reverse the ordinance. the governor says it costs too much money, the state house would need a three-fifths

i am bill melugin peer to gaston county mom is arrested and charged. this is after police say she decided to keep her on children out of sch has been following this story all day long. he's joining us live from belmontes with the latest on this case. >> that's right bill. three teenagers kept out of school for more than three years. this high school behind me was within walking distance of their home a few minutes away. their mother is behind bars for not all lined up to come here and continue their education in any other way. this story isn't about who's getting off the bus. it's about who's not getting on gaston county police say this woman or a 6-year-old jennifer elam kept her three children now ranging from 13 to 16 years old out of school for the past three years. she is currently in jail for three misdemeanor charges of contributing to the delinquency of a juvenile. this is their home and it's just minutes away or my public school they could have attended. we knocked on the front door today and elam's or a friend asked us to leave immediately. s

wbtv was there as some were hauled back to the gaston county police department. the business owners who operated these machines will face misdemeanor charges. the money will go to the local school system. >>> investigators now say an electrical issue caused a fire that ripped through a gas station in uptown charlotte. the fire happened february 26th at the circle k on north graham, caused $800,000 in damage. >>> a renewed push to keep donald trump from becoming the republican presidential nominee. who party leaders want to see as 4:39, 21 minutes before 5:00. >> 18 minutes before 5:00. wbtv is always on your side bringing you the latest headlines and breaking news from around the world. our kristen miranda is in the alert center dedicated to finding those stories throughout the show this morning and will have those stories before you head out the door. we'll check in with her in a few minutes. >>> in campaign 2016, a close race in the democratic missouri primary is going to hillary clinton. bernie sanders conceding the race yesterday. they were separated by 1500

again we'll watch this one and in gaston county. gastonia northbound near new hope road no delays here. further south from cleveland county and shelby north into kings mountain and into gastonia still rolling right along. stephanie? >>> troopers are investigating this deadly crash between a van and a logging truck. >> we hate it for the families. because it is just, this could happen to anyone. >> >>> ahead at 6:30 the conditions crews found when they arrived at the scene that made the investigation even more difficult. >>> police in raleigh arrested a man they say targeted nc state university students. ahead the mistake some of the vulnerable. >>> next this morning, the call medics were responding to that they say is becoming more common. >>> and we are checking wall street futures for your tuesday. >>> 6:25. this is a live look from our hd charlotte cam. a lot of sunshine today is going to feel warm out there as well. our forecast from meteorologist keith monday ahead in minutes. >>> today the mccaddenville mayor will announce his

southbound lanes moving right along out of rowan county south heading into charlotte or cleveland and gaston counties you folks all in good shape so far. liz? >> family members devastated as they sift through the debris of a cleveland county couple's home after an explosion leveled it. >> it was just unreal. >> at 5:45 the last question one victim asked rescuers moments after the blast. >> students at unc charlotte are on edge after a fellow student has the mumps. the reason it's concerning for health officials and what they sking for peopl hey, guys! if weekly groceryshopping at other stores is taking a big bite out ofyour budget, just look at these savings atyour local walmart. charlotte the total amountsaved at walmart vs bi-lo that's 20%. why shop anywhereelse? try shopping at walmart. walmart's every day low pricesmake shopping quick and easy because you'll find low priceson great products every day. start shopping with walmart'severy day low prices today. >>> 5:24 now. this morning the district attorney will not file any chin charges involving the union county school superintendant and two dist

the second in gaston county where three people were found shot and killed. the latest in both cases in just a few minutes. minutes. eyewitness news day break 5:00 lemme get a mcpick 2.check out the fresh new look onmcdonald's mcpick 2 menu! lemme get a mcpick 2 now, choose any 2 deliciousmcdonald's classics for just $5 bucks. mix n match share n savor 2 for $5name your flavor pick any 2 iconic tastes- a big mac made with 100% beef, flaky filet-o-fish, seared on the grill quarterpounder with cheese or crispy 10-piece chickenmcnuggets for just $5 bucks. grab a friend today and pickyour faves! lemme get a mcpick 2 bada >>> channel 9 is following breaking news overnight in gaston county. police arrested this woman and charged her with murder after finding three people shot to death and hours later police are still at the scene gathering evidence. this is live video from the scene north of stanley. what neighbors heard hours earlier that prompted a call to police and the questions police >>> and breaking right now in northwest charlotte live look here from the sc

coming out regarding a triple murder in gaston county. we'll let you know what we found in court documents that could provide a little context as to what was happening between the suspect and one of the victims before the shooting? kayla: plus hundreds of jobs in our area lost. coming up next, which major charlotte employer is sending people to the unemployment line? . >>> and the queen city is getting boston attitude with hollywood flair. joints will be steve: today is your lucky day. woman: (surprised) oh, my goodness mark: you've just won - a thousand dollars! woman: that's amazing! that's amazing! (shrieks) woman: ok, nice job. mark, way better than yesterday. maria, that delivery felt a little forced. and steve, steve: yeah? woman: i am still missing that raw emotion. woman: pretty awesome for a tuesday, but tomorrow is hump day, so let's really bring it! . kayla: if you're watching us tonight in charlotte, you are official isly in one of the top 20 places to live in the u.s. the queen city is ranked at number 15. it is a blend of ol

gaston county police say this is ricky adam townsend charged with attempted second degree kidnapping, two counts of contributing to the delinquency he was wanted for trying to lure children into his vehicle in gaston county. and officers were searching for that suspect and now they have him behind bars. this suspect right there. >> ok. thank you. lawmakers are promising changes to help veterans seeking healthcare. today they discussed proposed changes to the veterans choice program an investigation found problems with this program causing delays for veterans who need medical help. >> richard bird mentioned the report on capitol hill in washington d.c. as he laid out the changes he says need to be made. >> this program will be the one program for veterans to receive care in their community. it's designed to be easily understandable by the veterans so that they will know when they are eligible to go outside of the va for care. >> if you have experienced trouble getting help for treatment from the va we want to hear from you. go to wbtv.com and fill out the help our veterans or call the

for now reporting in gaston county, sarah blake morgan, wbtv on your side. >> john: 200 people from the dukeville community gathered at caught bat collegeatthe catawba college. they heard from duke and several officials including the yadkin river keeper. >>> an overnight fire in charlotte, happened around 12:30 on king george drive. that is off cold concord road. it took 23 firefighters 12 minutes to control the blaze. >>> you can speak out about there is a meeting tonight. cats has to race rates to offset at $3 million shortfall projected for the next fiscal year. any price changes will tall will take effect july 1st. if you want to speak at the meeting you have to sign up up by 3:00 this afternoon. >>> on your side with continuing coverage of the dead lid terror attacks in brussels. the parent of a young woman at the airport where the first 4:38. >> john: 20 minutes before 5:00. >> two people from huntersville who saw the explosion in the brussels airport are safe this morning. anna schaeffer and tanner dorman were getting ready to fly back to the u.s. before the bombs exploded. alex

reporting live in gaston county, channel 9 eyewitness news. >> thank you, jenna. breaking news out of indianland tonight. an 8-year-old riding a bicycle has been air lifted to cmc after getting hit by a car. this happened just after 6:00 tonight on glenn laurel drive in indian land. authorities say the child who was not wearing a helmet went through a stop sign and collided with the car. we're asking how they are doing and if the driver will face charges. >>> tomorrow, the leader of grass roots coalition wants to meet with cmpd's chief after seeing this video. an officer throwing punches at a suspect on the ground. we showed you this first at 5:00. and community leaders told eyewitness news reporter, they certainly want answers. >> i don't like to cast a stone until i have questions answered. i did have three areas of >> robert spent time today watching the video, which shows 17 pd officers and a trooper surrounding hit-and-run suspect, malcolm glenn elliot. in the 9 second video, you can see one officer hit elliot several times. >> it escalated to the use of forc

so it started over parts of gaston county and extended northeast of there for where we it started gaston county area, gastonia, bessemer city, iron station and then moved just north of charlotte north along 77 we had places like mooresville and salisbury and davidson. and where you see the darker color on the radar. sometimes the radar has trouble differentiating what is rain and what is wet snowflakes. that is a possibility. in the mountains where we did have light snow seeing a break between waves of moisture right now. this is the broader view of the storm system. you can see a little bit of circulation where the actual low is towards the west and this is a quick-moving system that is not terribly strong so there is not a whole lot of moisture so it will be moving through quickly and the snow totals for the mountains backed off and come down from yesterday at this time. i took the clouds off so you can see here what is going on with the radar. with this is trending south. as we do start to get this to pull in from the west from charlotte south, it does look like as far as the rain is

around 8:00 gaston county police

early primary voting started at poling locations across north carolina. >>> in gaston county, we've seen people lining up throughout the day and voting officials say many of them are switching parties so they can vote for donald trump. overwhelmingly the people we talk to tell us they're here for donald trump. and they're not bothered by the negative attention he's getting. even from members of his own party. here he's getting attention and votes from traditional democratics. >> 64 coming up. >> the number of voters. >> you can be number 85. >> quickly stacked up this morning. many open about their decision. >> i'm for donald trump. don't mind telling you. >> charles burnett says he hasn't been so enthusiastic since he voted for kennedy. >> to many people over here illegally. >> even those who don't love him are voting for him. the face of criticism. from former republican presidential candidate mitt romney. >> mitt romney needs to keep his mouth shut. >> gaston county election officials say some supporters are democratics who changed in time to vote in the primaries. they want to regist

detective freed himself and boyd led them on the chase in gaston county where he was arrested near exit 17 on i-85. facing several charges and due in court today. >>> a jacksonville jaguars defensive back briefly kidnapped while visiting fayetteville. police responded to a call two weeks ago. earl wolff, a north carolina

. >>> new details about the triple homicide in gaston county. our partners with the gaston gazette say this woman will be charged with the death of two other people who she found neck ached with her home. crystal gambino murdered all three of the victims? >> reporter: that's right, one of the victims was drug outside of the house, and also inside, they found giovanni gambino and geoffry gilliland inside. it's believed the three met online and were engaged in sexual activities online. she picked up her 9-year-old daughter from school and channel 9 was at the house all day yesterday as investigators collected evidence, and we were there as crystal gambino was in court for the first time after confessing to the murders. her husband was a well-known political consultant, recently working for albert gillroy. the allegations are shocking to those who knew giovanni. >> he was a personal friend of mine. i don't know what to think about that. it certainly does not change my opinion or my high regard for gio. >> reporter: we have been told the gambinos ha

lots of room to move around south in cabarrus spa rowan, gaston county cleveland county north heading in guard gaston county all free and clear as well. stephanie? >>> tonight charlotte city council members are expected to he side the future of the old eastland mall site. this is a story we followed for years now. eyewitness news reporter britney johnson is live in uptown. britney, leaders will be deciding whether crews can build a school there on that property. >> reporter: both city leaders and neighbors have been pushing for something to be built on this site for years. there have been different proposals in the past, but now the charlotte-mecklenburg board of education has made an offer to the city. the city bought the 80 acres in east charlotte back in 2012, and now, the school board is offering to build a school on the vacant lot. we looked at the plans and learned 11 acres of the site language school. the idea was approved in 2013, but people who live and work near that site have mixed opinions on the plan. some think it would be a positive addition to the area. others worry it

lewis was killed at large party in gaston county early monday morning. officials would not explain what they are looking for but they did say, it is not a body weapon or anything dangerous. no arrests have been made. in just two days. republican frontrunner donald trump will be bringing the campaign to the charlotte area. trump will be holding a rally in concord monday. his campaign announced friday. the presidential hopeful will host the rally at the event center. that is slated for do in the at noon ahead of north carolina's primary election. the event has some supporters in the area has to say, but others argue, they are not ready another chaos, that comes with the campaign. and residents in five states are casting their votes for president today. as hillary clinton, bernie sanders battle it out on the democratic side. three republican hopefuls are looking for ways to stop frontrunner donald trump anticipate know he mentum. fox news correspondent reports. reporter: voters heading to the polls in five states saturday. they have contest in kansas and lo

that typical stop-and-go traffic at the state line at gaston county and mecklenberg county back to you. >> thank you. coming up next here new at 5:00... >> the governor was at the north carolina zoo and wait -- you would rather see this... an akeita the newest polar bear you will meet him and hear romanties advice from governor mccrory. >> that is a tease! only wbtv questioned the project and nick >> what can grow to be 10 feet move to north carolina for a blind date? >> the akeita was welcomed to the state by the governor who of all things offered the white borrow man particular advice. -- the bear romantic advice. >> she has been at the north carolina zoo for a while and today we went to meet her new boyfriend. >> oh, akeita that is our new male polar bear and he is having the time of his life. he loves north carolina and he is fishing right now. he is taking a quick swim and the rest of the time he is romancing her because she and he are here as breeding polar bears. >> akeita has boston police here since january. he had been living in kansas city and brought by you could cal

charlotte, kannapolis, concord, lincoln and gaston counties, very little cloud cover. from charlotte across the state, we have sunshine this afternoon. here's the weather john was talking about, north texas, oklahoma, kansas this afternoon, and dallas, to the south where tornado watches are in effect for the afternoon. severe weather there, including the flood potential with the tornadoes, and we are talking about dallas and over toward louisiana, arkansas, just getting hammered the next couple days. high pressure rules the roost across the coast, that is speeding up the warm air. the mid and upper 70's the next this afternoon, sunshine, look at the storms once again from texas to the midwest. hammering observe the same ground, so louisiana, up toward little rock and far western tennessee. more showers and thunderstorms as that ridge holds sway across the carolinas. the ridge of high pressure will weaken, we will open the door for some of the moisture to slide into the carolinas. that won't be until saturday afternoon and evening. very little rain chances tuesday and w

right now a gaston county woman in jail charged with killing her husband. crystal gambino is charged with connection with a triple homicide. christian flores spoke with the neighbors who know the gym bin know family. what are the neighbors saying about this? >> well, paul, neighbors here are still stunned. they are a community is a scene of a triple homicide as gambino is in jail. they have one question. what set her off last night? >> a lot of racket it was loud. >> neighbors on the road are still in disbelieve the noise they woke up to was gunfire. gaston county police say 42-year-old crystal gambino shot and killed her 40-year-old husband and two other murder victims inside the house who police have not identified to the public. gambino made her appearance in court. a neighbor says she noticed the two had a rocky relationship. >> he loved her very much. and she was kind of the boss of everything. >> that neighbor said gambino had violent tendencies and stopped talking with her after being threatened with a gun. >> when she came running out with the gun t

northbound cleveland and gaston counties charlotte all free and clear. stephanie? >> in 30 minutes polls will open across north carolina for the presidential primaries. your votes are more relevant than ever this year after the state posted election day up to march. >> and several campaign stops right in our area. eyewitness news reporter joe bruno live outside of a polling site in u!university city to explain. polls open here in university city in about 30 minutes and all of the presidential candidates will be watching north carolina very closely this year something that hasn't passed. this is the first year the primary is in march instead of may. political experts say the move was to make the state more relevant in the primary season. off. almost all of rthe major presidential candidates made a stop in the charlotte area. donald trump, bernie sanders and hilary clinton came to town. despite the early primary voters can expect presidential candidates to be back before november. >> north carolina is pretty much a battle ground state evenly divided. a few thousands

and west in gaston county problems around this area. and an accident slowing things down on i-85 southbound and a problem at sam wilson road. it should be clearing out. around the area volume on i-85 mecklenberg county line. and wilkinson boulevard backed up. and that is your alternate route. as we continue to look on i-85 one accident and this is on freedom drive and ashley road. tuckaseegee is a great alternate route. >> thank you. she is putting a new spin on school drop offs. next, the school crossing guard known as the dancing lady. how she is putting smiles on the faces of parents and students. >> do charlotte city councilmembers think their what a former councilmember wendy hates dirty lawn furniture. that's why she uses scotts outdoor cleaner plus oxi-clean. it cleans all of wendy's lawn furniture without damaging any of wendy's lawn. >> announcer: closed captioning on wbtv news is sponsored by... >> if you've ever driven on 160 in fort mill when school lets you there is a chance you have seen this woman. >> the lady dancing wit

from gaston county. >> 200 neighbors from the dukeville area gathered at for that meeting. they live near the buck steam station. they voiced their concerns and heard from duke. elected officials were there. p>>> campaign 2016 tonight voters in three western states are weighing in on the presidential race, the contests are in arizona and utah where the majority take all. i'd idaho voters and for the democrats. they are being counted. trump and hillary clinton are leading arizona. we have been monitoring the ul results. we'll update you on the races as >> new at 11, the transit system is looking to raise the cost of taking public transportation, they there are options they are taking. they want to hear from you. there will be a hearing on the changes tomorrow at the charlotte mecklenburg center at 5:30ment you need to sign up to speak. it has to raise rates to off set a budget short fall. whatever price change is decided on it will take effect july 1 of this year. >>> you cannot tell but it has been beautiful. can you see a live picture but not how it feels out there. >> and

and more forms to the south closer to charlotte, lincoln and gaston county and cleveland county. you could see the rain picking up as well. and it pushes to the east by 10:00 p.m. we are not done. even the charlotte area could see showers or a thunderstorm. and let me remind you no those could be severe. gusty winds and also possibly heavy rain and hail cannot be ruled out. and the forecast tore tomorrow morning it's out of here. 56 is the temperature. and the rest of the day, still not half bad back to the 80s. and 72 in the middle of the day. 81 your high temperature with a lot of sunshine. and it stays nice from there. a temperature of 81 on tuesday. 82 on wednesday. back to the 70s on thursday. we will start to step it down heading into friday. 69 is the temperature over the weekend low to mid-60s. look at monday, how are we going to handle that? 58 . and a better chance of rain saturday and again on sunday. there is the forecast. back over to you. >> thank you. most kids cannot wait until the final bell but when city leaders worry the most. what charlotte's mayor is doing to

voting has been busy in gaston county as well where they have the lowest turn out in the state from just two years ago. the precincts have seen a steady slow of voters throughout the day and expect 30% of the voters will cast the ballot compared to just 9% in 2014. most tell us that they are looking to decide the nominee for president. >>> and voters will decide if alcohol should be sold at convenience stores. allowed to sell beer and wine. their referendums for voters to decide if they want to buy beer and wine at convenience stores. >>> voters will have to show a north carolina driver's license to vote or any other accessible form of id. many parts of the law are being challenge inside court, and for now, you have to show id if you want tho vote. there are other id options. you can use a passport, a u.s. military id card and a identification card can be accepted also. coming up at 6:00, continuing tomorrow coverage of north carolina's primary and what's at stake. several issues are affecting your money and education. stay up to date on our election coverage tonight on wsoctv.com and on

. >> christine: a young boy in gaston county helps his family escape their burning home, this morning, we're hearing what he did to get his family to safety. >> john: kristen miranda live in the alert center. >> kristen: one country declares an end to ebola, another country saying there are more victims of the virus. i'll have the latest from the alert center coming up. >> john: good morning, welcome to wbtv news this morning here on this friday, march 18th, good to have you with us at 6:00 a.m., i'm john carter. >> christine: i'm christine sperow. right now, there could be changings coming for the weekend weekend. meterologist chris larson in the first alert weather center with the most accurate details on what you can expect today. >> chris: changes to the forecast, really, with cooler temperatures coming our way. record-breaking temperatures in the 80s on wednesday, this weekend in the 50s. take a live look from metro school camera here in charlotte, mid and high level clouds right now. sort of acting as a blanket, mid 50s, 55 degrees currently, between 52 and 55 the last couple ho

wbtv was there as some of the machines were hauled back to the gaston county police department. we are told the business owners who operated these machines will face misdemeanor charges. more than 44 officers from several different police departments took part in the sting. the money collected will go to the local school system. if you or someone you know has a gambling addiction you can get help at... >> a wanted fugitive from new york state is in the mecklenberg federal marshalls located and arrested ramon fraser yesterday in charlotte on pfiefer avenueful he was wanted object weapons charges in new york. fraser awaiting extradition. >> and the luck of the irish we are enjoying a gorgeous sunny day with warm temperatures but i understand there is a change coming. >> it is march. cooler air is creeping into the carolinas along with perhaps weekend rain. chief meterologist, eric thomas tracking it all in the first alert weather center. >> and i want to point out i am wearing green even though we stand in front of a green wall. here we go. on the bigger map, you mentioned the coo

. >>> new information on a triple homicide in gaston county. investigators say they found shot inside of a home. and his wife shot and killed all three. she is facing first degree murder charges in her husband's death. more charges are coming. they have not yet released a motive. >>> we're digging into the video of officers taking a man into custody. it looks violent at first. an officer is hitting the person in connection to a hit and run. this is at the sar tis place apartments. police are investigating. we took this to an expert who trains police officers. he says that it depends on where they are striking the suspect pgh it is different if the officer -- >> it is different if they are experience if they are striking a muscle part of the suspect, excessive force was not used; he said they use the technique to get a suspect to release their arms instead of pulling it out. that is what the officer is doing. the internal affairs unit is looking into the excessive force allegations. >>> the biggest night of campaign super tuesday is a major vict

she is in critical condition. >>> a gaston county district attorney could decide next week whether to charge a driver who crashed into a home killing the couple inside. the highway patrol and d.a. discussed presenting the case to a grand jury that meets wednesday. troopers said earlier this month the truck crashed into the home off highway 182 which ruptured a gas line and caused an explosion. the home owners were killed. >>> if you are planning a trip to myrtle beach this summer, make sure you don't litter. they passed a measure of zero tolerance for lighter bugs. right now you get a warning. minimum fine of $200 it could mean 30 days in jail. >>> weather and traffic every 10 minutes. here is keith monday in severe weather center 9. yesterday felt like a beach day. today different. >> different today and very different as we head to the weekend. we are 54 in charlotte. we will likely hit upper 40s before the morning is done here. 42 in lincolnton. 30s in the mountains and foothills. cooling down. st. patrick's day starting to reset things. this morning back in the 50s by 9:00, 10:00

. >> also new at 10:00 o'clock, gaston county announced today it has its first confirmed case of rabies in 2016. on february 14th, the gaston police animal care and enforcement division received a call about a sick cat from a person in the area of thunder road and dallas. animal care and enforcement specialists investigated the incident and the cat was processed for testing and sent to the north carolina public laboratory in raleigh, and the results came back that the cat did test positive for rabies. officials are advising people in the area to make sure that their pets have had rabies vast vaccinations. >> good evening, we're looking at the psl boilt for showers, or two into the area any risk for severe weather should be to the west of us tonight, seeing a lot of activity further to the south, but grain, our region are largely okay, but the rain is beginning to move into the area. you're seeing it hang on the western and northern regions and if you're in charlotte new york the lower elevations nrkt piedmont, things are fairly quiet right now, but you get into morganton, lenoir, wilks,

. >> a gaston county juror found charges. he is facing first degree murder and felony child abuse. moore baby sat the girl while her mother worked. waller showed signs of abuse hospital. >> how can you say something like that. that is something that is never going to be out of your memory completely. >> moore is back home in sanford with his 7-year-old daughter and looking for work now. we reached out to police in gaston county and asked if authorities planned to start a new investigation but we're waiting to hear their response. >>> fbi is wrapping up its investigation into a shooting death of a raleigh man by a police officer. the district attorney received a portion of the sbi report and sdpoektsz have all of it by next -- and expects to have it all by next week. dinkins was shot to death in february by a police officer trying to arrest him. the officer claims dinkins reached for his gun. >>> a measure that would make it easier for public to see dash cam video in officer involved shootings is moving forward in sooshgs. it comes after state police refused for three months to shoo

but this is a police matter led up by gaston county police. so a very curious situation. neighbors have been asking us if we foe what's going on. we're trying to get answers now. they've been out here since noon. all day in the waters looking for something. we're here on scene to be here as divers come out of the water to ask additional questions and find out what they're looking for. but a lot of time and manpower and resources spent on a search here. but we have to get to the bottom of what it is they're looking for now, jenna deery, channel 9 eyewitness news. >>> thank you. now to our other major story, flames took over a warehouse at this farmers market in page land causing hundreds of thousands of dollars in damage. >> it caused so much smoke that chopper 9 sky zoom could see it eyewitness news reporter ken lemon refuged new information about what started this fire. >> it started from burning debris just yards away from what you see now. the son of a man who owns part of what used to be a 20,000 square foot warehouse was working in an office inside. he had no idea th

a gaston county woman offered an apology through tears for a wreck that killed her girlfriend. >> 23-year-old britney reddiker was intoxicated when she caused michael clark was there as reddiker was stepsed. >> i lost the love of my life the day of that accident. >> an emotional britney reddiker cannot hold back tears as she tells kaylee's family she is sorry for the wreck that killed her girlfriend of five yearsism i'm so sorry that we are all sitting here right now and there is nothing that i would not do to trade places with her. or anything i could give to have her here. >> she was in her early 20s and full of life before cut short in an accident. reddiker had almost twice the legal limit of alcohol when she crashed the car near the south carolina line. about a dozen family members told the court they loved kaylee and listened to the apology u i lost a part of myself but i lost an entire family that i would have done anything that i possibly could for. and that is why i understand my >> a tattoo that reads because of her i will not fall is on reddiker's arm. tuesday she will spend

. >> and a gaston county courtroom an emotional plea in a deadly dwi crash. 23-year-old britney reddiker was sentenced in a wreck that killed her girlfriend. maureen o'boyle joins us live with more on what happened in court today. >> and as you mentioned it was very emotional when reddiker addressed the court before the judge sentenced her to 18 months for that crash. it happened in june of last year. we learned today reddiker and the victim, kaylee were together for five years. reddiker apologized to falls' family saying she lost the love harder than losing her and her family whom reddiker says she would have done anything for. >> i'm so sorry that we are all sitting here right now and there is nothing that i would not do to trade places with her. or anything that i could give too, i would take her place in a heart beat if i could. >> reddiker went on to tell the family they will always be family to her. and she will always love them. reddiker will serve five years probation after her release. back to you. >> maureen, thank you. new information on the zika virus this afternoon. sexual t

coming in on i-85 from gaston county, things are clear. same way traveling on independence from union county, you have green conditions out there. a live look at i-77 at lasalle street, only thing we're monitoring is disabled vehicle in the roadway at south tryon, white hall commons center drive, that shouldn't cause too many issues. we'll keep you posted throughout the morning. >>> can't we all just get along, that is what ben carson is asking fellow republicans. >> christine: the push for peace at 5:30, we'll >> reporter: if plan on voting in upcoming election in north carolina you better have one of these. i'm mark davenport, coming up, all the information on the new voter i.d. law. >> john: battle continues between truck truck and nikki haley, why haley showed southern charm. >>> good morning, thanks for waking up with wbtv news this morning, now 5:30 i'm john carter. >> christine: i'm christine sperow glad you're up with us this morning. on your side with school delays if you're just waking up and joining us, the three districts delaye

jason moore was accused of killing a three-month old that he baby sat in gaston county. the child had skull fractures and signs of abuse. a jury cleared moore. he walked away a freeman, but not unscathed. while in jail, an officer assaulted him. fa that officer has been fired. the whole experience was difficult to get through. >> knowing you were innocent, knowing i was innocent sitting in jail. how can you say something like that. >> moore is back at home with his 7-year-old daughter. he says he is ready to start over and make up for the lost time with his family. we asked police if they plan to start a new investigation into the child's death. we're waiting to hear back. you can see our past coverage on click on this story on our home page. >>> a class president and model student at a raleigh high school is behind bars this morning. prosecutors say he confessed to shooting at a man in a hospital parking deck. a judge refused to lower the bond for 17-year-old javeon cooper yesterday. police say he fired a gun in the packed wakemed deck monday afternoon. he came there to

. >>> new details about a triple homicide in gaston county. we brought you live reports throughout yesterday on daybreak. >> police say a woman confessed to killing her husband and two others all found naked at the home. eyewitness news reporter, angela hong is live to explain how it all unfolded. angela. >> reporter: well, liz, police believe that the three victims actually met online, and gazette, they were involved in bedroom activities that the home when they were shot and killed, and the paper reports that crystal gambino went to a family member's house on monday and told them what happened. the family member called police and eventually met officers at the gambino's home. inside they found glenn gilliland and giovanni gambino dead outside, and then the -- inside and then they found stephanie sanchez dead outside. people in this small community are shocked by the scandalous details of the horrific crime. >> kind of devastating, you killed at one time, right in this area. >> now it's also been reported that gambino will likely be charged f

. >>> sad story tonight in gaston county. this local mother is accused of keeping her three children out of school for more than 3 years. new this hour reporter ken lemon was in court when she went before a judge and found they lived within walking distance of a school. >> reporter: beyond the homes is the newest high school and one of the most highly regarded schools in gaston county and right over here is a front door to jennifer elam's home. her children could see the school from the front porch. they could likely hear school bus and stewed antes risk and leaving campus. -- students arriving and leaving campus but she killed her children 10, 18 and 15 from attending school she said she tried to school her children herself. >> my husband was home schooled before he passed away and when i had to change everything. >> reporter: prosecutors told the judge that's just not true. >> kid were kept out of school for three years while allegedly she was out doing drugs your honor. >> reporter: he said the 15- year-old had to stay hom