in the past hour, greensboro, airport was reporting light had on the roads in greensboro, that's the latest image from the camera, i-40 patterson. road temperatures are warm, relatively speaking and not going to see any problems with snow accumulating on roads. maybe at worst, slush on bridges and that's if it comes down hard in spots. there is the road weather index. see that over to the west, there is that chance of the rain-snow mixture. we have to wait to see what happens in the triangle. not anticipating problems. we will run in to wet roads, leave extra time in your schedule so you can leave early and not get out there and speed on the wet roads. no trouble major routes and no accidents that point either. >>> testimony resumes this morning in the travion smith trial. one of the three suspects in the mud of melissa huggens jones testified about what happened that night in 2013, first degree murder, but she is cooperating with prosecutors and says she was with smith and her boyfriend while they were breaking in to cars and they left her. when they reappeared they were anxious and

to rock hill, greensboro -- greensville to rock hill, greensboro, and then down to benedict college, down to voorhees college down in denmark. even down to south carolina state university and down to charleston, s.c., and that movement began to come together, although it was spontaneous at first, it is evolved into an organized movement of young people. it was at that time that i was actually, believe it or not, at the age of 15, elected to state president of the youth council and college chapter of the naacp for the whole state of south carolina. and we began to coordinate our efforts as a state. we were given an attorney that worked with us who later became a judge, matthew j. perry. and he worked with us on cases and files. if there were arrests, he handled it. locally, we had donald james sampson, who was an attorney, and willie t. smith, who was another local attorney who helped with those cases as the movement began to take form and evolve into a state-wide movement that began to garner some attention. so when jackie robinson came to greenville, he was denied access to the wait

integrating - during a breakfast today at north carolina a-and-t state university - one of the greensboro four says he and his friends didn )t mean to become a part of history. they simply knew it was time to end segregation. the woolworth s lunch counter - later became the centerpiece of the international civil rights museum in downtown greensboro. today people marched from a- and-t s campus to the museum - in honor of all those who fought for equality. speaking of history in carolina - the panthers are gearing up to take on the denver broncos for super bowl 50! we )re officially six days out from the big game right here on newschannel 3. we know the teams are in san there celebrating but how are fans in hampton roads getting ready? newschannel threes makenzie walter is bringing us the local excitement. both the broncos and the panthers the trip to california yesterday. and today - they were ready for interview after interview at media day. and while the players were doing that - the fans - were doing (this in super bowl city. stand up: so theyre already out there celebrating in san fran

the excursion runs from greensboro to roanoke.. but first the 611 has some last minute things to take care of. w-s-l-s 10's erin brookshier joins us live from roanoke with more on the preparations..eri n? the great 611 is taking off this morning for spencer north carolina for some final inspections and last minute work before this springs excursions. will leave out of roanoke travel through hardy to this spring excursions will take place all across our area, roanoke and lynchburg. tickets for donors are already on sale, they went on sale yesterday and tickets to the general public go on sale monday morning at 10 a-m. vo sot morning for spencer north carolina for some final inspections and last minute work before this springs excursions. will leave out of roanoke travel through hardy to bedford and through greensboro. this spring excursions will take place all across our area, roanoke and lynchburg. tickets for donors are already on sale, they went on now to kristina, with a look at our forecast. thursday: increasing sunshine with h

olympic trials in greensboro. he's been playing for 7 years and an early encounter with a friend shaped his future. >> i like to win and after i got my butt kicked i decided i didn't want to let that happen any more. >> students train for, and another trains as well and heads off to greensboro with no expectations. >> that's not my goal. it's just to enjoy the sport. >> still competitive juices will get flowing and she's had some thoughts of making magic at the trials. >> she's upsetting so many people but you realize that the people that are trying out have their lives devoted to the sport. >> college not olympic glory is where their sights set. >> i just really love the sport. it's a lot of fun for me. i want to keep playing and maybe become a coach in the future and that's why i keep playing and will keep playing as i get older. >> for now two of the youngest competitors will get a read on how far their games have progressed. >> if you know a student athlete who is on the rise find todd gibson on twitter or ema

especially back around greensboro. the darker blue spots are where we have a better chance of seeing this mixing in. this will swing in our direction over the next couple of hours. if you are not seeing it right now, you may see it in the next hour or two. little bit of light precipitation that could be mixed with snow over around chatham county and then again back over towards roanoke rapids we have the chance as well. we will watch it for you, not likely to be a travel problem, take a look at the satellite and radar picture. we would love to hear from you, if you see this snow in the backyard. not seeing it in downtown raleigh, it is wet out there. durham 37, 42 holly springs, 40 town by town, 34 roxboro. 43 fayetteville. lesser chances of seeing this south. 37 this morning, 43 lunchtime, 47 this afternoon. a chilly day, this precipitation this morning will be out of here quickly, it's going the be over by 7 or 8:00, the sunshine returns and brian is watching traffic cameras to see if we see this, we haven't noticed

widening out the view, nice him band in greensboro which now is dissipating. around seven lakes, seven pines, cartage, we have not had any report of anybody seeing it. one report out of cellar city a little earlier but this thing is just falling apart right now. take a look at the satellite and radar picture. looks impressive for a bit. once it moves on out, that's it. that has brought us some rain for the last two days. starting to dry out in wilson. 37 in durham, 38 in-house spring and wake forest. temperatures are too warm for any of that snow. 34 in south hill, 38 in rocky mount. we move on to part 2 of our day which will be some rapid clearing. 32 at lunchtime. breezy and clearing this afternoon at 47. a deep freeze comes in next week. we'll talk about those temperatures coming up in a few minutes. brian, i don't new york city have you been talking to your anti-snow people? give us just a few flakes, right, besides the ones that we have around here. >> exactly the, four here on the morning news. it's been a strong year for the anti-snow. let's take a look

girls at greensboro church gathered to give donations to police. amber roberts shows us what they made with their own money. >> reporter: there are so many things these young girls could have been doing on their saturday night. but instead they are here, spending time and money for a good cause. >> it's important to show people how much we care. >> reporter: these are just some of the youth members with oakwood united methodist church. and on this girls night out, they are handing out these bears. >> i like that i learned that can be fun. if you do it in the right way around. >> reporter: each girl spend their own money buying and creating one of these built -- build-a-bears. then they gave them to the greensboro police department. >> one of the biggest things we do is get back to the church. >> reporter: the bears are given to police who interact with children while on the job. those who are less fortunate or children who go through a these girls know someone in care of these bears. >> they are really good. i love him, and i have only known him fo

outgoing mail goes to greensboro, but the incoming mail facility is still in roanoke and its move has been put off. but customers still say the mail is too slow. for more than two centuries the mail has been an integral part of life as we know it in the united states. but in the age of our high tech lifestyle, the mail business is hurting. over the past decade the united states postal service has seen nearly a third less total mail volume. annual revenue is down, and system wide more than 200 thousand people no longer promise to be there rain or shine, sleet or snow - former co-workers of carlton cooper. "i'm vested in this company and i hate the service that we're giving to our customer now." the amount of stamped letters, cards and bills sent first class is down more than seventy percent in the past decade. facing numerous problems the postal service chose to consolidate facilities across the country, inclduing the one in roanoke, to try and stay afloat. "roanoke is large enough to have a distribution center of our own, it protest." effie moore was right there along side union membe

public hearings will get your feedback on the plans bid the meetings will be held on tuesday in greensboro, rocky mount's and fayetteville. the statue will break a 25 year moratorium on adding new monuments on the capitol grounds. >> you win some you lose some. >> for governor mccrory the panthers super bowl loss meant peanut -- meant paying up on a loss wager. >> let's get this over with. why can't you have a simple name like mccoury? >> governor mccrory had to wear a broncos jersey to make good on his bet with colorado governor john hickenlooper. the governor office putting out this video. garner's factory is shipping 50

known as the "greensboro four"--the courage they showed at woolworth's store in greensboro was honored today with a march and a wreath-laying ceremony. historians say the peaceful protests the students put on that day was a pivotal moment in the civil rights movement and sparked many sit-ins for years to come. coming up on the news at 11-- after iowa--what's next for the candidates? we'll get more analysis on where they're setting their sights after the break. i'm joined now by republican strategist joel he was rated a+ by the nra. not for his promises, but for defending the second amendment... he's a man of deep faith, who fought time and again for the right to life. he laid out a plan to destroy isis months before paris. he'll strengthen our border and use conservative principles to put washington's broken fiscal house back in order. jeb bush. he's the conservative you can trust, to fight for our beliefs. right to rise usa is responsible change to the forecast until a much strong front arrives wednesday. lows tonight in the middle 40s. tuesday, partly cloudy, breezy and warm, highs i

the tigers will face wake forest in the acc tournament at 2:30 wednesday in greensboro. and in high school basketball three upstate teams will play for state titles this upcoming weekend in columbia. on the boys side, the byrnes 4a state title. and abbeville will take on timberland at 4:00 p.m. saturday. on the girls side. christ church faces saturday morning at 11:00. allyson: four shelter dogs learn a few new tricks. buzz. dale: as we look out from our spartanburg kites -- skycam, looking back to the city skyline, good visibility. 48 degrees under mostly clear skies. clouds in the mountains this morning. maybe an isolated spring go between eight and nine as that front bushes there. most of the area is going to stay dry. greenberg -- greenville, spartanburg, anderson, 68. cool early. t-shirt weather for the afternoon. the mountains will be breezy, low 40's will climb to low 60's for the afternoon. a good start to the week. this will be the warmest day of the week. tomorrow, still mild. we will get some showers tomorrow afternoon and a cool front raining us temperatures

the tigers will face wake forest in the acc tournament wednesday at 2:30, in greensboro. the greenville swamp rabbits north of the border this afternoon, facing the bramtpon beast. the swamp rabbits fall, 4-3. final round of the honda classic in palm beach gardens,'s -- adam lead. on 12 out of the stand, his hold. he goes on to kick in the birdie under. garcia by a stroke to win the honda classic. to the usc women, there record, only one other time by tennessee. all year later about the accomplishments of the gamecocks women. news, including mike: in south carolina now, a new 20-story high-rise oceanfront hotel is planned on the south end of myrtle beach, the first major development in the area since before the great recession. the 240-room bayshore hotel will have its own waterpark, and cost more than $50 million. it will be built on a vacant site, in an area of south ocean boulevard that hasn't seen any new development in decades. a charleston couple lived through a parent's worst nightmare. their daughter went to the hospital for something they originally thought was m

. >> reporter: for the past two weeks, firefighters from charlotte to greensboro, have been on edge. >> you know, you get up. in the middle of the night. if we went on a call around the back of the station, we take a look at the parking lot. as we return calls, we'd look in the parking lot. times since february 11th, their cars were busted up and broken into. fire 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

investigators say he damaged a dozen personal cars at three different fire stations across greensboro, and stole contents from those vehicles. a gas station convenience store in charlotte burned. flames and thick smoke could be seen shooting from the roof of this circle k store on friday. at one point, firefighters had to get off the roof because of the flames, but crews managed to get the fire under control in about 30 minutes. the cause of the fire is under investigation. a woman is accused of trying to smuggle contraband to her son in jail, in a bible. this happened in gastonia. deputies say 54-year-old frances melton stuffed tobacco products and the drug "suboxone" into part of the bible. investigators say that bible was intended for melton's son, 34-year-old jackson kirby. melton is charged with providing drugs and tobacco products to an imate. -- to an inmate. in georgia, one business owner is requiring all his employees to be armed. the company, lance toland and associates, provides risk management services to aircraft insurers. toland says recent reports about crime concern hi

it is the anniversary of the greensboro sit in. downtown -- and sat down at the whites only lunch counter. the men became known as a greensboro four. anna: the panthers are preparing for a media day. they put a package in the mail for a member of the panthers family. american most says she was surprised to find it package on her doorstep over the weekend from ron rivera and the team did jonathan was a chemistry major at the university of north carolina at charlotte. >> this is a time for the panthers to be focused on the panthers and going to the super bowl. for them to time -- take time and acknowledge a jc, that meant a lot to me. honestly, when i read the letter, i just broke out and cried. anna: the family received t-shirts, a banner and a picture 23rd birthday. joel: the panthers have gone all the way up to california to play in a pretty big game, but they are winning a lot of fans along the way. anna: that is right. joel: things are warmer here. california weather right now. things change tomorrow, but what a gorgeous weekend

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

around greensboro you are seeing heavier bands there. so if you have to go out to the triad that is a heavier pocket. once this pulls out, look at the clear real estate back to the west. that is sunshine heading in and great weather as we go through the weekend. it will be cooler than we have seen this week. skies clearing. by lunchtime i think the model is underdoing in a bit. i think we will have some cloud cover with us. but by this afternoon an evening things clear. clear skies will slam the temperatures tkaoupbd it will be -- down and it will be chilly as the low pulls out we have clear skies and sunny conditions, chilly and breezy. tomorrow the wind die down and the high builds in and we are dry before the next band of cold air arrives monday. today temperatures top out in the 40's. by lunchtime any precipitation is over by 9:00 then more sunshine this afternoon and cool. highs upper 40's in raleigh. a look at the rest of the region, lots of sunshine. 47 durham, 47 chapel hill. 48 holly springs. 49 smithfield and goldsboro. fayette

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. >> the current representative alma adams may be the odd person out she lives in greensboro and gilford county is part of the equation but the doctor says expect success by a minority candidate. >> this district from what i can tell looks like about 46% black voting age population. that is enough with white democrat elected and most likely a black democrat at that. >> now, expect malcolm graham to make a run for the seat. you may remember he was beat by alma adams but do not count her out because she doesn't live in the district, and lives in greensboro there is a law that would allow her to serve. steve crump wbtv on your side. >> a lot of moving pieces thank you. we will stay on top of new developments and get breaking news updates on your sport phone. download the news app. >> a charlotte man is accused of trying to smuggle dozens of weapons and ammunition to guana. 33-year-old richmond ada started buying the guns from stores, shows and internet. according to the indictment he placed the weapons in appliances and tried to have those he has his first court appearance today and he coul

in the carolinas showing the heavy rain working through durham and rally and that line through greensboro and siler city. we are talking about the line out to the west. this is the frontal boundary and this will take time to move through. it doesn't work into raleigh until about 7:00. as it crosses we will see the shower activity ahead of it. we look at temperatures. at one point -- there is still a pretty big spread. 37 roxboro. chapel hill at 38. two 60's in clinton and fayetteville and smithfield. 58 wilson. 50 roanoke rapids. rain sticks around this morning and we have rain and clouds. by lunch a mixture of clouds and sunshine. 55. temperatures go done a little behind the rain then rebound to about 60 this afternoon under very wet today and this afternoon great. amber: we are starting with rain and you might see fog but that will dissipate shortly. we will show you how things look in 540. a disabled vehicle there. you can see the wet roads that you will be dealing with. a few extra minutes is a good idea. when we have precipitation and possibility of fog. this is the road weather inde

barbara: damage reports are coming in from asheville to greensboro. check out this scene in charlotte. trees falling across the queen one car was smashed by a huge oak tree moments after the driver got out of the car. john: the triad getting hit hard. forsythe the brunt of it. this tree fell on a home in kernersville. the woman escaped with cuts an bruises. barbara: this storm retailed through asheville wednesday morning and several homes and cars were damaged but no one was hurt. this morning some mountain counties are expecting a dusting of snow. john: here is something you don't see too much of large hail. an eyewitness sent this from the gray's creek community in cumberland county just one of many videos an pictures of the storm you sent to us. amber is here to show us more. amber: many of you joining the "eyewitness news" team helping us cover this weather sending us video and pictures like that you saw using the abc11 hash tag. look at that funnel cloud that somebody sent us using the hash tag abc11. a lot of storm damage and time lapse video so

mike young and the terriers meanwhile on the road at north carolina greensboro... - wofford on from long range again early on... fletcher magee... we know he can shoot the rock... then jaylen allen... the wing... how about the other wing? trey's true... -late first... alley oop to high-flying justin gordon... terriers up eight at the break...-but unc-greensboro with a hot 2nd-half start.. 11-2 out the gate and they never looked back backoutscoring wofford by 12 in the 2nd frame... terriers can't make enough of a run late... they fall by four... 65-61... 3 the gamecocks meanwhile hope to rebound from their blowout loss to kentucky over the weekend... snapped a 13-game colonial life arena... now frank martin and company head to mizzou tommorow night... a team they beat by nine last month.. this go-round becomes a bigger s-e-c showdown for s-c as they creep closer to tourney time... 3 "road games, league play in late february. so we've got to be ready for that one. and go out there and play better than we played this past saturday. any time you have a rematch both teams are more familiar wi

, we are at or just below the freezing mark in most areas , the only years that are warmer, are greensboro and asheboro, they were able to pick up sunshine early this afternoon, there is the streak where most of the significant snow occurred, when i say

new this morning, we're learning it is happening in greensboro. three fire stations reported similar thefts there during the middle of the night. thieves broke the glass in 11 vehicles and stole personal items including electronics the firefighters were inside the station sleeping when it all happened. >> we went back and checked our records. from what we can tell, none of the stations hit in greensboro were on any calls at that period of time. >> they're trying to increase security including adding more cameras and police increasing patrols. 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 robbin

but unc greensboro was too much down the stretch. wofford's winning streak snapped, they lose 65-60 one. what a special story this has started to be. race week in daytona. marc and ricardo are in place for media day. chase elliott, in his first 24, will sit on the pole for the daytona 500. he is bill elliott's son and was named jeff gordon's successor this time last year. we talked to him and he looked like a wide-eyed kid, talking about a dream come true. now, he will be behind the wheel of the pole on sunday. >> i can't quite wrap my head around it, it hadn't sunk in yet that we would be competing at the daytona 500 today, much less go out and have a shot and be able to sit of the pole. brad: elliott, the youngest driver in history to set of the pole, 20 years old. we have coverage from media day carol: carol: the latest numbers from the south carolina highway patrol, the numbers have been changing by the minute. as of now, troopers are responding to over 210 traffic accidents. michael: 125 in greenville, 70 in spartanburg and ande

. >> when i grew up in greensboro, that was during segregation. we didn't have choices for careers, you could be a teacher, doctor, lawyer, and social worker. >> reporter: marianne tasco chose to be educator. she attended bennett college in north carolina. >> i worked during summers as a mother's helper to earn my tuition. >> reporter: before her junior year, she could not afford to stay at bennett so she came to philadelphia to cut costs. >> i have family here. but the major reason i transferred from bennett to techl. >> reporter: she got married and had a son. having a familiy didn't deter. she went to school at night. her plans to become a teacher changed. politics attracted her. >> i went to work for charlie at urban coalition and that's where i really got into politics, community activity, understanding the need for us to progress as african-americans, black people. >> reporter: tasco wanted to be an advocate for the voiceless. in 1983 she won a county commissioner's seat, the first african county commissioner in pennsylvania. she ran for cit

we understand that it is a building but it's more about the culture of the university. >> unc greensboro is not the others have removed his name from campus buildings. >> live to the alert center where alex giles. the body of justice antonin scalia lying in repose this afternoon? >> yes, and we have a live picture from the supreme court building in washington d.c. cnn reporting that hundreds of mourners including members of congress are going by to view the casket of antonin scalia. court will be opened until 8:00 p.m. all the supreme court justices had a private ceremony today and the president and the first lady visited the casket. the actual funeral services are scheduled for tomorrow. >> all right. alex giles live in the alert center, thank you. >> and you know we have been talking about warm temperatures. >> but it's not all good news. our first-alert weather team is tracking clouds and rain but i want to focus on the sun with the warmth. we will be in the 60s but not fully sunny this weekend by any stretch and some of you may not make it through rain free. but for the short-term te

after the postal service started consolidations with greensboro, a lot of people have told us that the mail is taking too long. coming up after the break, we'll follow the long it really takes. virginiatemperature starting off in the twenties and low temperatures are really warming up much at all today were at 30 louisburg 32 danville thirty in lynchburg twenty eight blacksburg with bill reporting a temperature at this hour of twenty two still have that brought upper level low toward the great lakes just that counterclockwise rotation pushing the snow showers into our region then they slam into most like a wall mountains a west virginia and most of them stop there but every once in while one strong enough that it could make its way to the south and east a the mountains we been the new river valley ronald valley don't be spry see snow shower today but again most of the activity in the mountains a west virginia and far southwestern virginia so you fitness forecast had out this morning maybe a few snow showers mostly cloudy today couple sunny breaks turning partly cloudy this evening sunr

table tennis olympic trials in greensboro. he has been playing for 7 years and early competitive encounter with a friend shaping his ping- pong futuringly am pretty competitive. so i like to win, and after i got my butt can i bed i decided i didn't want to let that happen anymore. >> stuns know both -- have been playing for 7 years as well. she heads to greensboro with no expectation. >> i feel like the olympics or world championship that's not my goal. it is just coenjoy the sport. >> still it will get flowing and he has had some thoughtsover making some magic at the trials. >> i have like -- wow. >> making so in rallies i was upsetting so in people but you realize that the people trying out for the olympics are lives devote today this support. >> yet both will continue to have a place in their hearts for their favorite sport. >>> i just really love this support. it is a lot of fun for me. i want to keep playing it and maybe become a coach in the future. that's why i keep playing it as i get a little. >> but for now two of th

evening and much of overnight is off to the west from just two to greensboro to asheboro. your winter storm warning will carry on until 7:00 a.m. tomorrow morning although that may be a stretch for orange and person counties. that will get above freezing and the threat should come to the end. the winter weather advisory continues until 7:00 in a triangle, up to south hill, virginia, chatham county and moore county potential of a few icy spots on elevated roads since they are surrounded by below freezing. that will change slowly and we will face another headache tomorrow morning. it won't be ice. it's thunderstorms. we will let you know how long that will last coming up. >> thank you. >>> wrote are looking much better in eastern wake county. wral's sloane heffernan has been in the area on 64 easterly since early this morning, she joins us now from live drive 5 to preview the evening commute. how's it looking out there? quite nice this evening. people are not on the roads. the commute should be very easy for those who actually had to go to work today. you can see here in dri

investigators say he damaged a dozen personal cars at three different fire stations across greensboro and stole contents from those vehicles. geoff: a woman is accused of trying to smuggle contraband to her son in jail in a bible. this happened in gastonia. deputies say 54-year-old frances melton stuffed tobacco products and the drug suboxone into part of the bible. investigators say that bible was intended for melton's son melton is charged with providing drugs and tobacco products to an inmate. allyson: in georgia one business owner is requiring all his employees to be armed. the company, lance toland and associates, provides risk management services to aircraft insurers. toland says recent reports about crime concern him. now, he's requiring that all his employees carry a weapon. once employees get their licences, he gives them a gun. toland says all his aviation insurance agencies carry the guns openly in the office. geoff: georgia house members have approved a bill permitting guns on state college campuses. it would allow anyone 21 or older with a license to carry a gun on campus

i want to draw your attention to what will be going on across greensboro and triad. northeast winds taking over, clouds thickening. that's the carolina wedge, cooler air moving through that gets stuck over charlotte. when you have the cooler air masses battling each other with warmer air to the south, that's the recipe for strong thunderstorms. >>> thanks, john. we'll be monitoring conditions overnight and whether it will impact your morning drive tomorrow. you can get traffic and weather every 10 minutes starting at 4:30 on eyewitness news daybreak. >>> developing tonight, channel 9 was the only news outlet to get a copy of an e-mail of the governor to a charlotte council >> we reported this as breaking news at 6:00. since then we've been digging into both sides ahead of that crucial vote tomorrow. here and speak for or against that ordinance even more are expected to rally outside of the government center. there have been a lot of strong opinions and tonight the voices also include governor mccrory. it's hours before the vote to decide on a controversial issue in c

already slipperysnow, which is already slippery, so it is going to be this snow advancing out of greensboro, advancing out of north carolina. then tomorrow morning, heavier rain is going to be moving in from the west and southwest. so this means at midnight, this area pink, this is freezing rain mixed in with the rain. notice how the pink disappears in the middle of the night. that means that all the precipitation will be coming down as liquid. it is all going to be rain. when you wake up tomorrow morning, highly likely that you will have heavy rain coming down. a look at 7 a.m. you can see the pockets of very heavy rain. half-inch, possibly one-inch rain totals and by lunchtime, a look at 11 a.m., you can see the rain moving out, so by late morning through lunchtime tomorrow afternoon, rest of your day, the rest of tomorrow is going to be drier. when you wake up in the morningwhen you wake up in the morning, you will see temperatures in the 30s to tomorrow afternoon, all of us well above freezing. highs in the upper 40s to lower 50s. 100% chance of rain tomorrow morning and then dry tomorr

. >> it was five of our station's 14 stations total from i think fort mill up to greensboro. >> the chief says he is grateful for the quick work carried out by cmpd. >> he would hit stations over and over. some nights he would hit two. and just knew this had to stop. >> on thursday investigators announced the arrest of johnny bing in the case and less than 24 hours the search warrant connected to the break-ins became public. while vehicles were targeted at firehouses and north and south carolina, police did not recover most of the missing weapons. more than half a dozen firearms were listed as stolen but an inventory sheet turned in says only one gun was seized. >> and this is something that >> fighting back for chief john hannon means adding security improvements at local firehouses. >> we had to reevaluate the security of the faces. and we are looking at putting cameras up. >> according to the chief, many eyes will have access to the fire stations. >> it's not that expensive to get cameras up and get a recorder hooked up and link it into cmpd's big system. because we want them to be abl

right now a krispy kreme shop in greensboro - is right now a krispy kreme shop in greensboro - is cranking out these sweet treats. the general manager says she expects to go through 9 gallons of panther blue icing - over super bowl weekend that )s enough icing to cover 300

furman hosting usc -- unc greensboro. paladins trying to rebound from saturday's loss to first-place chattanooga. 1st half, devin sibley right to the rack. the and-1, paladins up 7. stephen croone l lds the way for furman with 17. paladins get back in the win column, 79-72 the final. wofford and vmi hooking up in the ben-jo this evening. a career night for freshman guard fletcher magee. here in the first half, how about a four-point play in the corner? magee with a career-high 34 points. the terriers set an ncaa record for three point percentage, going 17-21 from behind the arc. >> phhh, they just played better than us. i don't know what you want me to say. >> can you put into words the disappointment you're feeling right now? >> we lost. [talking in background] >> i'm out. ricardo: cam newton is taking a lot of heat today for that, after losing the biggest game of his career. newton and the panthers, hurting right now. but this team is built for another run at the super bowl. sports director brad fralick wraps up our cov

what it did, greensboro 1 inch of snow. look at winston-salem, less than an attempt of ancient's brain and it got a inch of snow, so light and fluffy snow. brewington a half inch half inch, 1 inch in car in orange county. out the store morning because they already got some and will get more. i've got a 20 percent chance maybe of a flake or two but the bulk of the moisture will develop sometime between 3:00 a.m. and 6:00 a.m. subject slightly that we will see it through 3:00 o'clock through 6:00 o'clock. get on at 4:30 with alyssa and she will show you live radar. we have snow, sleet and freezing rain through newton. it looks like temperatures finally go above freezing in the afternoon and it should be rain for most folks through the afternoon hours, 37 degrees. so the wintry mix and monday morning will change south to north wind but it must in north through most of the day so there is your winter storm warning until 9:00 o'clock on monday for orange, hillsville, chapel hill and rockville and person counties and points to th

some girls in a church in greensboro >> anchor: some girls from a church in greensboro want to make it less intimidating for children to interact with police. >> anchor: donated dozens of teddy bears that go to children in need. amber roberts reports. >> reporter: there are so many things these young girls could have been doing on their saturday night. spending time and money for a good cause. >> it is fortunate show people we care. >> reporter: these are some of the youth members with oak ridge united methodist church. on this girls night out they are standing out these bears. >> i like that i learn that giving back to the community can be fun. if you do it in the right way. and have the right people around you. >> reporter: each girl spent their money buying and creating a build a bear. and gave them to greensboro police department. >> really big part of the church is give back to the community. so one of my favorite parts of the church. >> reporter: department will donate bears to kids that they interact with while on the job. and kids that are less fortunate or children that go thr

greensboro also uses a similar arrangement. the program allows investigators to skip backlog at the state land. >> they will be able to help more families and bring the crime down. >> outsourcing to private crime labs has crossed the room about $56,000 so far. >> tonight the bmx committee is mourning the loss of legendary writer dave mirra, found dead in his truck yesterday afternoon in greenville. police say he died from self- inflicted gunshot wounds but did not leave a suicide note. mirra was i keep part to putting the state of ringtail on the map when it comes to extreme sports. the death has not family, friends and everyone wondering why, a question we may never >> seeing that someone has passed away that basically started it all, it's awful. >> everyone is saddened by his lost, -- his loss. >> find their messages plus suicide resources right now on wncn.com. >> number two well-known restaurant suffered setbacks. >> tonight the community rallying behind them as they try to recover. michael holland shows us how. >> so as wh

they found a gun stolen out of greensboro in bing's car. reporting in north charlotte, eyewitness news. >>> tonight we're still waiting for police to confirm the other break-in cases that bing is now charged with. >>> a mecklenburg county state representative is arguing that charlotte city council leaders this week's lgbt non- discrimination ordinance. a key part of the non- discrimination ordinance allows people to choose which bathroom to lose. meanwhile north carolina's largest lgbt rights organization is calling on lawmakers to reject the house speaker's call for a special session to discuss that non- discrimination ordinance. we first told you yesterday that speaker tim moore sent out a letter gauging the interest of a special session before the non-discrimination ordinance takes effect april 1st. governor pat mccrory is the only one who can call a special session. a quality inn said quote it's nothing short of shocking to hear speaker moore call for a special session just weeks before a scheduled session at a cost to taxpayers. especi

the terriers, back on the court monday night at unc greensboro. 9th ranked north carolina and pitt today, at the dean dome. roy williams, back on the bench after having that bout of vergtigo that caused him to leave the second half against boston college on tuesday. carolina with a 17 point lead. justin jackson pushes it to 19. 14 and six for jackson. later, marcus paige gets it in to brice johnson, who turns and hits a jumper. game-high 19 for johnson. tar heels win, 85-64. next up for unc, rival duke. to the association. all-star weekend in toronto wrapping up with the all-star game tonight, and the last time kobe bryant will play in an all star contest. the future hall of famer, 18 apperances in the game, 4 mvp awards in this game, the last coming in 2011. first quarter, east up 4. bryant hits the friendly role to finish with 10 points. the west wins 193-173, the highest scoring game in nba history. russell westbrook, named mvp for final round of the at&t pebble beach pro am, phil mickelson making a charge on the 8th, the short birdie putt to move to 16-under and the lead. augusta nat

none of the stations that were hit in greensboro were actually on any calls at that period of sgliem officials are trying to increase security at the stations including adding more cameras and police increasing patrols. several fire stations were targeted. firefighters came back from calls find the car windows smashed out. the latest happened last sunday in fort mill. some departments had security cameras that did not catch any of the images of the thieves and in huntersville, firefighters began parking the personal trucks inside the station to prevent thefts. in noda, veteran woodie williams is standing guard. >>> cmpd will recognize the aviation units 45 years of service. the et vept begins at 11:30 -- the events begin at 11:30. one of the original members cmpd aviation pilots will be on hand answering any questions you have about their role. that event runs through 1 o'clock. >>> undocumented families on edge after a left lane teen was arrested on his -- after an undocumented teen was arrested on his way to school. >> he saw the lights from the car for the ice agent. >> next this

>>jay: i would like2 to go to greensboro and see that. weather outside will be nice in terms of temperature. a lot more cloud cover than we but, the weekend was just spectacular. >>evan: cover, already a little bit of rain falling out there especially to the north of the great smoky mountains national park. over in swain county, and rain moving into oconee county and the upstate. most of that is not hitting the ground just yet. but later on today, off and on showers will prevail. many of us could pick up less than a tenth of an inch of rain. so, by no means a washout. >>> on your day planner, 10 a.m., 50 trees. 1 p.m. pretty good chancnc of rain especially here in the asheville area. by lunchtime.2 60 degrees. 4 p.m., a lot of clouds. 58 degrees. how long do we stay in the 60s for highs? i will let you know just ahead. the future of asheville's city schools this week. >> >>lauren: combing over school buses following the recent storms. coming up live we will show you transportation officials do to prepare these buses for wintery y y y y y

then, they gave them to the greensboro police department. mos 1 says: "a really big part of our favorite parts of our church." the department plans to donate the bears to kids who they interact with while out on the job-- kids who are less fortunate or children who go through a traumatic event. these girls know someone in need will take good care of these bears. mos 2 says: "it makes me feel really good because i love him and i've only known him for a couple of hours but i hope that they love him for the rest of their life." the church's youth minster hopes the girls will aim to impact their community....daily. betlej says: "service and outreach and caring and loving their community becomes a part of their everyday life." in guilford county, amber a cold front enters the a cold front enters the today...sliding south to the northcarolina/south carolina border by midnight. this front returnsnorth as a warm front late tuesday night followed by thank you thank you for choosing good day virginia. it's i'm tara wheeler and i'm kyle benjamin. happe

most of the snow in the northern foothills, greensboro, winston-salem, hickory. you may have seen a couple flurries. but that's it. all the precipitation is caught -- falling through dry air in place. different story for the northern mountains. chris: the evaporation is moistening up the atmosphere. very dry. john: it will take a while for the precipitation to reach the ground outside the mountains. in the mountains, we will see it is snowing pretty good in boone. chris: watauga, avery, yancey county, mitchell county, seeing pretty good snow. john: burnsville at baker's bill, another 1-3 inches this evening. this is the future plus map. mountains. we get a bit of a low here, so if you have plans across. this evening, you are in good shape. patches of freezing rain in the upstate. chris: it will not be a widespread rain. it will be patchy. we are well below freezing first thing in the morning. look what happens later in the day. john: 30 degrees at noon in greenville, 32 in anderson and clemson, and toccoa. that is where we will see freezing rain and drizzle. the

last check, greensboro during the morning news, temperatures were still in the 30s. some of that warmer air beginning to push westward but we are going to have a tougher time warming up. look at that, what a difference. 25 to more than 30 degrees warmer than it was yesterday. but you know, at lunchtime yesterday, we were just in the upper 20s. still trying to warm up from some of the ice and sleet and freezing rain that we saw yesterday. this is a look at the current wind speeds out of the southeast, 15 in roxboro and rocky mount, 15 in goldsboro, it's still a little breezy, but again, nothing dangerous. we still have a little bit of cloud cover. there goes our squall line the created wind damage with the trees down and power outages early this morning. we are starting to see a little bit of clearing. we will see more sunshine through the afternoon as the system pushes away from us. enjoy the nice bright disturbance that will roll through tonight to bring us some rain. yes, there is a little wintry precipitation with that double as it moves into our area this evening

the first excursion is set for april 23rd - taking passengers from greensboro to roanoke. tickets start at 169-dollars and go up to 12-hundred bucks ... which gets you a private suite for 4 people. if you want to buy tickets - we have a link on our website - virginia first dot com. the grand total is in. up next - how much money was raised at the 2016 roanoke heart ball. up - in south carolina. in our closer look at the candidates - we focus on ted cruz overnight...freezing rain. additional ice accumulation around atrace. lows in the mid 20s. temperature rising to around 30.southeast winds around 10 mph with gusts up to 25 mph. chance ofprecipitation near 100 percent. .tuesday...mostly cloudy with rain and freezing rain in the morning...then partly sunny with a chance of rain in the around a trace. not as cool withhighs in the mid 40s. west winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to30 mph. chance of precipitation 90 percent. .tuesday night...mostly cloudy. a chance of rain...mainly in theevening. lows in the lower 30s. west winds around 10 mph. chanceof rain 30 percent. .wednesda

, we are at or just below the freezing mark in most areas , the only years that are warmer, are greensboro and asheboro, they were able to pick up sunshine early this afternoon, there is the streak where most of the significant snow occurred, when i say were under an inch, so far as we know. there were some years that got enough to whiten things up, in a narrow band to the south and east of raleigh, expecting the cloud cover to move out of the here, once we get to midnight and beyond, the wind is going to start to pick up, that's going to be a sign that second blast of arctic air is moving in, and this one promises to be colder than when we experienced the last few days. we have winter to deal with, we lock l talk about signs releasing the grip a little bit all that coming up in a little bit. >>> slick spots have been an issue on the roadways and to chethe ndionsnove 5,is i onwest stony, aca see, no problems. >>> rain this morning, quickly turned in to a wintery mix in cumberland county. gilbert baez is life on highway 401, where the slick conditions caused a bad accident that sent >> repo