police we're called to the 2-hundred block of halifax street after someone had been shot. they found a man with what looked like gunshot wounds. he was pronounced dead at scene. this morning, investigators returned to look for evidence and identification. anyone with information is asked to call police.### after a three weeks trial for the suspected gang members accused of killing waynesboro reserve police captain kevin quick, the case is now in the hands of 12 jurors. four suspects are charged with the murder of waynesboro reserve police captain kevin quick while the other two are accused of being the gang's ring leaders in a racketeering conspiracy. the jury is looking at all pieces of evidence that trial. there were more than 50 witnesses called to the stand. we'll have continuing coverage throughout the day on our website and tonight starting at five. ### lawmakers say they're taking steps to stop president obama from closing guantanamo bay. house speaker paul ryan says there are enough votes in congress to block the president's plan and override any veto. under presid

if >> halifax emergency room is outside the daytona beach area taxi district. >> this is why halifax wants to move out of their taxing district and come over here and build a hospital. it's questionable. >> according to the property appraiser's website halifax collected $13.3 million in tax revenue. the health hospital states that that pays for indigent care in district and no tax revenue would be used to fund deltona hospital. taxpayers are still on the hook. >> when you buy 30 acres of land, take that off the property tax . nearly from central florida regional hospital, a for-property company. >> they breed better service. >> because hal tax is ifax is -- halifax is public they the public can weigh in. >> it would be nice for the city of daytona to bring all the players together. >> reporter: i have been e-mailing back and forth with halifax health to get answers for my questions as well as a request for an interview. live in deltona, blaine tolison, channel 9, eyewitness news. >>> we're on top of breaking news in orange county where the teenager accused of intentionally running do

halifax for dinner. last time he wouldn't let me eat until he was finished. thank you. i appreciate it. bye. one of your beams? kids! what is it? i'm still a working woman. oh, great! i owe everyone an apology. at's a verynoble gesture. what did you do? ever since i started working, i've taken all my irritability out on you. i was trying to be the perfect working woman, the perfect mother, the perfect wife, and i'm not perfect. ahh, perfectionis overrated. i know.i've been there. it hasn't been all your fault. we've got to make some adjustments, too. as a future working woman, i'm with you 100% that goes double for me. not the bit about working. we're willingto help out more. thank you. so, mom,what's for dinner? what i mean is... public performance of captions prohibited without permission ofnational captioning institute it was a very blustery day across the truckee meadows as a fast-moving storm blows in. storm watch coverage tops channel 2 news at 5:30. the wind didn't let up this afternoon... good evening i'm kristen remington. and i'm landon miller, thanks for join

it happened just after 12:15 this morning in the 200 block of halifax street. a man was found dead with apparent gunshot wounds. the name of the victim has not been released. anyone with information about the shooting is asked to ((cold toss to leo)) weretry to get i you still see people doing all the time i don't do it you know one arrested is like this at a foot of water will flow your car and then you're really in trouble when this next batch a rain moving in right now already finding some pockets a heavier downpours it will just south into north carolina see the lightning bolts air live lightning data coming in so we do have an increased chance of thunderstorms unfortunately some of those thunderstorms could be on the severe side very dynamic storm system center circulation right here the center cinema low-pressure the actual low stays to our west would getting that rotation ahead of that system kino wrapping the moisture getting that golf moisture atlantic moisture all-time them mixing together and we get that wind shear winds of different directions is yo

. >> and number two, dan river and halifax. and they miss the pass to owens. comets streak ahead of the wild cats. >> reporter: and number one, nelson county at appomattox. and take another look. a quarterback throwing it down. and the raiders win. and our new top 13. here's how they stacked up entering tonight. radford second. cave spring is five. l.c.a., six. dan river, g.w. and rustburg. and halifax county round out the top 13. >> on the girls side, brookville is number one. lord botetourt is third. l.c.a., glenvar. g.w. and parry mccluer. and our "full court press" player of the week is james smith jr. of halifax county. and streaking into the conference tournament play, winning their last four. smith led the way with 23 points and says that everything is coming together at the right time. >> and the coach helps us get an offense and share is the ball. and my team helped me out. >> reporter: now it's time boys and girls finalists. the first team "full court press" at the end of the season. adams, fleming, anderson, dan river. l.c.a. nelson views, alta vist

it happened just after 12:15 this morning in the 200 block of halifax street. a man was found dead with apparent gunshot wounds. the name of the victim has not been released. anyone with information about the shooting is saked to call police. ((cold toss to leo)) todaygood morning kimberly good morning everyone we could see another inch or two as we head through the day on top of arty the snow melt and the rain we had over previous days one batches showers moving through right now would some heavier downpours especially down toward the south side be from time to time but we will see more as we head through the day. that's why flood watches continue until seven o'clock tonight for our entire viewing area even had some rumbles of thunder moving through the south side a lot of that tends to fall part though still have that cool air locked in place so the atmosphere more stable soon these thunderstorms develop and drive into the region they tend to fall part but eventually that cooler weather will be scour out would some strong winds and would this one powerful low

. >>> halifax health has plans to expand in deltona. some the hospital is going outside its taxing district. work is already underway at i-4 and holland boulevard just 5 miles from an existing hospital. they said halifax would not have to pay property taxes leaving residents on the hook. >> we will be sub diazing them. we will be paying for it . >> halifax health states on its website it will not be using public funds to build or operate that hospital. >>> covering news county by county. the suspect who is accused of shooting a deputy is asking so transfer to another county. this video shows christian joyce speeding through intersections before he crashed then he shot the deputy in the ankle. >>> judge kimberly shepard came under scrutiny in october for using a 20-year-old newspaper endorsement for her 2014 campaign. judge shepard has said that she never intended to mislead voters by using that ad. >>> the orange county convention center is expected to receive more improvements. they are receiving $12 million in upgrades that will pay f

and still lightning strikes out there east of rocky mount into eastern parts of halifax and north hampton county. that's two clusters neither of which are producing tornadoes or warnings but both of which producing serious weather. a third one which the thunderstorm warning for that one has just been dropped from sampson county up into parts of johnston and wayne county. so, west of goldsboro south of smithfield you can see the line of storms that goes down into parts of roseboro and that's producing heavy rain and the potential for some gusty winds. just just because we don't have a thunderstorm warning doesn't mean the storm can't reproduce that. or cause problems a lot to watch out for. but ace talked about giant area of circulation that on the front side is proking severe weather -- producing severe weather but the backside is not a wintry mess like we have but real winter stuff like snow and sleet and ice. and some of that will make it into our mountains in the overnight hours and early tomorrow morning. so, fresh powder up there if skiing. so here's good news. and this just updated,

halifax halifax, harnett. lee, phaorbgs robinson, wayne and wilson. we have a complete list of closings and delays at abc11.com and that link sun to the home page -- link is on the home page. barbara: a fire before 3:00 on they got out safely. looks like damage was detained to the attic. two tkuplts and five children -- adults and five children are with family. there will be no autopsy of ant continue scalia at the request of his family. he died in his sleep during a hunting trip to texas. went to bed friday night and was found unresponsive the next day. his body is on the way to virginia. scalia was a leading conservative voice on the high court. his death is starting a major political battle over his successor. barbara: justice scalia's death could impact the battle over the north carolina congressional ma'am. earlier this month federal judges two voting districts unconstitutional claiming race played a role in the creation. the staeutte state appealed. scalia's death makes it less likely it will be heard. a special hearings is scheduled to get feed

halifax took off. off the turn over. dibs through traffic for the duce. big night with an uncontested basket. smith 23. the comets second streak. amherst got 15. and a win over gretna. perimclure roles over a win. eugene banks spoke to the lynchburg sports club. the duke hall of famer led the scoring in senior year in 19 eighty-one. so i had to ask banks what's up weapon the blue devils this season. 18 and 6 over all. ; a lot of it is spirit. they got a lot of young young players. and get it down. by them not having a mirror in there being the general. that hurs a lot. they're going to get the system down and do very very well. ; reporter: 24 year old mat allen worked with buckingham county football. that will do it for sports we're here in vineland, new jersey where progresso light soups are made, we'll never give up our cheddar, our cream, and especially our bacon. so we figured out a way to add rich ingredients like this into 22 light soups, all with 100 calories or less per serving. ; anchor: bundle up the little ones. very cold in the morning and pro

a man wanted for murder out of halifax county. more details throughout the morning hours, we'll check in with ashton pellom this morning who is still there at the scene. >>> a 16-year-old who was seriously hurt after a helicopter crash in pearl harbor, hawaii, died. the helicopter crashed in the water last week and then started to sink. people who saw this happen jumped in immediately. the ntsb is investigating but not said what caused the crash. >>> in campaign 2016, democrats are getting ready for a show down in south carolina. bernie sanders and hillary clinton will face off at a town hall event tonight in columbia. south carolina's democratic primary is saturday. trying to cut in clinton's lead in the polls. >>> meanwhile republicans are in nevada working to win over voters ahead of the caucus today. according to polls, trump leads the pack with 39% of the vote. ted cruz sits at 23%. >>> we have continuing election coverage for you at wbtv.com, that is where can get the latest results from the presidential contests around the

over all heavy rain through bedford and moving through pennsylvania and halifax. and got snow coming in on the backside where we have the low frsh system that will track to the north and east our area today. time everything out on future cast upon 7:00 heavy rain moves east am look at this. if you want to go out for lunch. we will see dry conditions. tell be quiet throughout the afternoon. we have another quick clipper system that will impact our area. may see a few showers over night. will light in nature. future cast to the south saturday. not expecting flooding or snowfall. if you are out don't be surprised if you see sprinkles. we are dry in time for the wednesday commute and looking good throughout wednesday. dry are weather. we could add half an inch to an inch over the next couple of hours. watch out for ponding and flooding on the roads. patty? >> patti: thank you, freezing rain can bring power outages and companies are monitoring what is going on which here are the numbers and they are going up. fcc reports 100 in this part of the state without power. bed

i got off the phone with the chad loftis and he tells me that right now 250 people in halifax county without power tonight, and he said there are no downed trees right now in the roads or there is no damaged homes reported because of this. that is the good news. in danville, we did have one report of a tree that hit a home on fair mount circle. luckily that tree did not go into the home, but took a good chunk out of the corner. neighbors on the scene say no one was home at that time. and another downed tree near 58 east on mountain hill road. that knocks off power to another 500 customers. i also went to the scene of a downed tree nearing nursing home in chatham. as you can see, it fell on to the power line and caused that to smoke. crews are working to get power up and running to those customers when i was out there earlier on today. and you know, i have been in contact like i said earlier, you know with emergency crews county, halifax county since the storm began. luckily so far no injuries on the south side due to this storm. live in danville, valerie bragglive in danville, valeri

on its website halifax as it will not use public funds to build or operate the hospital. >>> utility company's are trying to convince state regulators to lower your monthly electric decrease because natural gas prices are cheaper than expected. both companies are set to meet with the state next month, if approved duke customers -- duke customers who use electricity a month would see a drop of about five dollars per month. other customers within about two dollars a month. >>> residence in a lake county neighborhood one a noise wall to block out the noise from a major road project that is going to near their homes. crews are working on a six and a half mile road project along us 27 in clermont. dot says 66 decibels or higher is not enough for a noise wall but they are not going to build one peer they say study was done nearly 20 years ago and found it is unnecessary. >>> it's a foggy start out there. >> seeing a little bit of that getting going with the rain going. system knocking on the door , this time tomorrow morning. let's get you caught up. first of all, the visibility right now

one person who works with volusia tax reform says halifax would not have to pay property taxes leaving residents on the hook. halifax health states on its website it will not be using public funds to build or operate the hospital. >>> residence in one lake county neighborhood say major road project will make traffic noise near their homes worse so they want a noise wall. >> this is frustrating. the quality of life has gone down. >> today we recorded readings of more than 80 db along us 27 in claremont. fdot says 66 db or higher is loud enough or no small but steady done nearly 20 years ago founder is not a need. fdot admitted the study came out before many of these homes build a wall. >>> we have a better idea of what you will experience when disney opens its new star wars attraction this year. new renderings give writers an idea of what they will experience once inside the star wars experience. it includes being caught in the middle of galactic fights and meeting some of the movies characters. the new attraction will capitalize on the success of the new star wars movie that is out. th

cmpd releasing that information not long ago, he was wanted for murder out of halifax county. they arrived at the home just before midnight last night, they found powell barricaded in the residence at the home here on pointer ridge drive, members of the swat team and negotiation team were called out to set up perimeter and around 3:45 this morning, they tell us the swat team went in the home and then took powell outside of the home in custody without further incident. out here at the scene i spoke with a neighbor who talked about the whole ordeal said it was scary, take a listen as he describe the tense moments this morning. >> very very, scary. bad guys have the armor on, we don't. i'm wondering if what was going to come through my house. my brother was in the driveway, he's sitting out there praying i hope nothing happened. >> reporter: as you can hear that tense situation happening here in a neighborhood, very tense. we spoke with the neighbor, he said the neighbors have been living there and they have had issues with them or the neighbors had issues outside of the home you

also a lot of storm damage in charlotte county as well as halifax it county. right now the storms are making their way to the north and northeast. let's zoom toward the richmond area and you are going to see worse for us locally and but back to where we live, take balk into the heart of virginia where you could still see a few small showers and see a little bit of light rain near lynchburg and bedford county and brook neal and campbell county. only going to see a few small showers and the worst of the severe weather has ended. however, we will talk more of where the tornadoes have occurred and showing you the storm damage. take you live in will stafford with more. >> will: george, as we look at the hrrr, the high powered rapid radar model. a good grip of where things are at this hour. our system may be gag little on the slow side, george, because it has been in use all afternoon long. see if that one works. there it is. a fairly good grip where things are now as we advance -- also a fairly good grip. we can see showers through the overnight hours threw through

halifax, nash rocky mount. northampton northampton. wayne and others closed. john: franklin on a two lower delay. we have not heard from the schools in the triangle. you can check closings and delays at abc11.com. barbara: let's check in with meteorologist don schwenneker in the first alert storm center. good morning. don: good morning. you should say those triangle schools are still on time. ha, ha, ha. kids are getting up to check. that is me. i'm sorry. we will show you what is going on. we have a winter weather advisory that goes into effect later this morning for the eastern half of the viewing area. we are not seeing anything right now. a little radar return west much south hill. most of it not making it to the ground. temperatures in the 20's. 27 right now in roxboro. 26 chapel hill, 25 sanford and looking at the day ahead and temperatures across the region staying in the 20's. 26 and cloudy. lunchtime snow showers and 34. this afternoon 35 degrees with snowflakes ending. we will talk about that and very cold weekend in a bit. john: the threat of went w

halifax county delayed two hours. polk county schools delayed two hours. >>> wake county schools. mecklenburg closed. orange county closed person county schools closed as well. >> vance county schools closed wake county schools closed wayne county schools delayed two hours as well as wilson county schools. >> you can find all of this information scrolling at the bottom of your screen throughout the newscast. >> we have this information on wral.com along with dozens of business closings and delays. parts of the triangle already seeing some wintry mix some accumulation happening as well. >> get right over to chief meteorologist greg fishel with a timeline of the approaching winter storm greg. >> you know the triad area some of those areas back around greensboro have already had more than 2 inches of snow with this initial system that came through the area earlier this evening. now that is beginning to taper off. you can see the snow is on the retreat now across the northern counties retreating up into virginia. however, batch number 2 will be coming at us late tonight and tomorrow m

halifax, northampton. orange, person, roanoke rapids,en vance and warren county schools all on a two-hour delay. john: schools in mecklinburg county virginia are closed. you can check all closings and delays on abc11.com. barbara: it is time for weather and traffic. don: fog could be a problem. now the rain washing the fog out is a problem. a look at first alert doppler xp and the most powerful radar 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 o

halifax deputies say they are looking for a second suspect his name is lamonte kentrell lloyd. if you know where he is, please contact police. >>> scary moment for a wake county bus driver. -- wade county bus driver. a school bus overturned. they say the bus went to make a turn and loss control. it struck a ditch, and went on his side. the bus driver has been charged with failing to maintain lighting control. no students were on board, and >>> as a reminder, when you are on the road always break for buses whether you're heading to work or running errands, something you may not know that around 3000 drivers pass a stopped school bus every day here in north carolina. it can help us spread awareness by using break for buses on social media. >>> the suspect in connection with a meth lab bust, is scheduled to appear in court. they arrested kevin williams, matthew godbold, and britney carter. after authorities say someone tipped them off. when they arrived on the scene, they found ingredients to make meth inside the home. the sheriff says, even though the lab was not acted in 18- mon

. >>> the halifax historical society is now working its weekend plans. the crossing of the dan is one of the most important events in the revolutionary war, and now the weather is putting the kink in the annual commemoration. valerie bragg is live in danville with the last-minute changes. >> reporter: danner, four of the past ten years, the historical society has paid tribute to the crossing of the dan in halifax county. but thanks to last week's weather, some events had to be moved indoors and one had to be saturday's temperatures aren't supposed to get above freezing, but it is not the chilly air that will keep the crossing of the dan indoors this year. >> this is the dhit was under four feet of water after the rains we had last week. >> reporter: american army troops crossed the dan river to flee from the british. this year -- there won't be a re-enactment. town leaders say it is too muddy and safety is a concern. >> we, of course, are disappointed about that, but we -- we will continue on with the program. >> reporter: we tested the area ourselves. w

halifax, northampton. person, roanoke rapids and others on a two-hour delay. wake county schools operating on schedule. barbara: it may not be ice but the morning commute could be

. >> mona: one place feeling the feel is halt fact county will halifax county historyical so society has to change the commemoration of the revolutionary war it draws hundreds. this year to year weather will not allow for the reenactment. the rain flooded the area and is a public safety concern. leaders say not to worry, there will be plenty to do. >> patti: police are looking for a driver involved in a police chase that ended in a crash. at 9:00 left night they tried to pull over a car when the driver took off. the chase crossed to roanoke where the car went out of control and hit another vehicle. nour in the first car were injured the driver ran from the scene. hurt. other driver who ran off may be armed. the four injured were taken to no word on conscience. >> mona: charges pending against a driver involved in a crash in lynchburg. the driver of this minivan was turning left on high school when it got hit by another car yesterday. police tell us the driver did not have a license. no one was hurt. we are working to get more information. when we know more, you will, too. >> patti: v

. >>> halifax health has filed a letter of intent to build a larger hospital in deltona. plans for the new halifax crossing medical village includes a facility that has grown from 120 beds to 150, it will be built near the intersection of i-4. >>> three nurseries are suing the -- licenses were given to five dispensing organizations, including winter garden's knox nursery. well, today, a lawsuit from 3 other nurseries aimed to block the marijuana growing, until the new licenses were reviewed. those five would focus on medical marijuana like charlotte's web. >>> covering news where you tomorrow in orange county, a man convicted for his role in an orlando police officer's murder will try to get his life sentence toss out. hugo terry was 17 years old back in 2009. when he drove the get away car, in the murder of officer al, gordon. . >>> orange county, investigators confirm that the body found last week is robert pierson. we brought you this story as it was breaking last week. a weed control worker found pierson's body floating in the lake and called the police. pierson's fam

. >>> the halifax county attorney is not happy with the new courtis not happy with the new courthouse plans. the proposed plan will cost taxpayers $23 million but it doesn't include renovating her office. tracy martin says her office is just as insecure as the courtjust as insecure as the courthouse and needs a lot of work. she is going to present these problems to the halifax county board of supervisors at tonight's meeting. >>>. >>> a nelson county attorney is eyeing the commonwealth attorney's seat. anthony martin submitted his letter of resignation. daniel rutherford ran as the republican contender. he currently has a private practice out of lovtionton. weatherford said he is waiting for a special election to be set to make his run official. tonight as the first numbers come in for who americans want as their nominee for president. all youall you need to know about the iowa caucus. >>> how three local small businesses with very different missions are getting some help to grow. >>> next "e.t," backstage the s.a.g. awards. >> that's what i was kpated >> all the award-winning coverag

clinton city, halifax, harnett, hoke, johnston, lee, moore, robinson, wayne and wilson. you can find a complete list of and the ling is on the home -- the link is on the home page. barbara: we go to meteorologist don schwenneker. don: good morning to you. we are seeing the winter weather advisories and warnings extended. a look at what we have going on. winter storm warning in effect until 7:00 a.m. for person, orange and alamance counties. the pink ones then a winter weather advisory from wake north through 7:00 p.m. tonight because it will take a while for warmer air to get her. 1:00 p.m. for the southern counties. live look at first alert doppler xp and you can see the precipitation just starting to kind of work its way into the sand hills. kind of building down here and lifting north and east this boundary running through us at the moment. northern wake county up to the north is where we see the heavier pockets of snow, sleet an freeze inging -- and freezing. 21 roxboro, 25 wilson, 28 fayetteville and 27 in sanford. looking at the day ahead, the temperatures climb fr

cmpd officials telling me they arrested a man in that home who was wanted for murder in halifax county. right now i'm speaking with casey witten, a neighbor in the neighborhood. tell me -- cry it for this describe it. you said it was like call of duty war zone. we started out as regular cops and then it upgraded to kind of like swat and they -- they started surrounding the house, closed off the perimeter, made sure no one was coming through and after that they went and approached the house and then they asked for the guy to come out. >> how scary was all this? >> very, very scary. bad guys have the armor on, we don't. i'm wondering what was going to come through my house, my brother was in the driveway they wouldn't let him in the house. he was sitting out there and i'm praying i hope nothing happened. they did a pretty good job, though. they wrapped it up good. >> when you hear the guy was wanted on murder charge, you seemed like wow, what does that make you think? >> it makes you be cautious who you're around. you never know what is going on with your neighbors and stuff like that. t

it happened just after 12:15 this block of halifax street. a man was found dead with apparent gunshot wounds. the name of the victim has not been released. anyone with information about the shooting is asked to call police. there are new details in the nicole lovell murder case. according to the washington post, the virginia medical examiner's office has released the official results of the investigation into blacksburg teenager nicole lovell's death. the medical examiner says lovell died from stab wounds to the neck. david eisenhauer and natalie keepers were both arrested on charges related to her disappearance and death. both are currently in western virginia regional jail. new at noon: a roanoke county man is charged with one count of forcible sodomy. david bocock is being held in the botetourt county jail without bond. according to the botetourt sheriff's office, the victim was a minor. bocock is a lieutenant with roanoke fire-ems and has worked for the department for 25 years. bocock was also on the substitute teacher list for botetourt

but milton look like it's about to dedham and canton through holbrook rockland pembroke kingston halifax stretches over to plymouth as well. it's just north of route 44 and that's going to continue to bruise some heavy snow on its path all appear to the north shore watching this one make its way up to the west towards past burlington now its way along 128 just to the west of your burlington this new into the heavy snow band as well continue on to the west toward wayland you going to get into that as well. this is going to produce an inch of snow as it comes on through for many of you. so added on top of what you have now just when you thought you were done and become lighter start to pick up intensity again. up to the west much lighter still snowing out in worcester at least a fine light snow the steadier and heavier and ups bridge right here from plainville northward to click around medway mill is getting some of the heavier snow bands there as well. so we're certainly not done with the storm. it's going to continue to lift out of here later on tonight but for now for a few more hours,

these are flood advisories for eastern warren and halifax county and through johnson and harney county -- harnett county. this line is writer for zebulon and it is moving on -- line is it is moving out of franklin county and tracking eastward at about 30 miles per hour and stretching into northern parts of cumberland county. any one of these could have not necessarily damaging winds but winds of about 35 to 40 miles per hour. liz horton's steady by with more. hey, liz. liz: all of the circles you see here indicate areas of damage. we are going to zoom in on one of these in morgan son -- morgantown. we have seen many trees down in randolph county and trees have fallen on power lines. multiple reports of trees down on homes. also, heavy rain reported in rockingham county and of that actually is causing flooding on the roads. we still could be seeing more rain ahead. right, chris? chris: behind that area there is a good amount of rainfall. behind that line, standby for that to come through in the next couple of hours. in the evening hours, it will diminish tonight overall, but we will see

edgecombe, parts of halifax and north hampton, a better chance of 2 inches closer to the coast. 33 degrees our high today, cold, we bump up to a 30, 35% chance of the snow in the triangle later on. it is going to be an extremely cold weekend, the coldest morning 15 compared to 34 sunday morning. monday tracking another system that's likely to begin to snow, changing to sleet and freezing rain and all terrain at some point during the afternoon on monday. much of an issue, temperatures continue to warm up. wednesday and thursday, temperatures are closer to normal. 50s looks balmy. nothing on the roads this morning, during the commute. lunchtime, could be slick spots, we will be with you, of course during the news cast and potentially before if conditions warrant. there is brine all over the roads, prepped everything yesterday and last night. i-40, jones sausage is moving along just fine. >>> it is 5:23, a special connection between the florida state women and duke men's basketball team. that's ahead in sports. why this wolf pack basketball star and head coach mark godfrey took a trip to virg

a woman, an innocent bystander was shot in the head. halifax medical center. another man was shot in the back. he is in stable condition. postell is not a bcu student. we will continue to monitor this breaking story on eyewitness news this morning as >>> wow. beach, walk to the park, whatever you can imagine. >> it will be gorgeous. the cold front wiped through early this morning. letter and it left us with a gorgeous sunny day. we will be looking at 68 degrees with a cool northerly wind but it won't be quite as gusty as a few days ago. a lot of you on facebook having asking. we will see winds out of the north 10 to 15. tonight will be the coldest night for sure at 42 degrees. if you have preval len continues plans to head out, grab the jacket or sweater. about a 10% chance of an isolated shower with a high of 66. the bets chance for rain will hold off until monday into tuesday, the passing of our next front which will not be a dry one. get out and enjoy the sunshine. difference. as long as there is sun, it feels good. >> that's true. letter. "channel 9 eyewit

could have a few rain showers in halifax county, maybe a light wintery mix over pennsylvania county, including danville and snowflakes flying and allegany highlands. if we do get a lot of accumulation, the best chance in the mountains. regardless, by 7 a.m., i think we'll see the clouds break. as we head by 9:00 mostly sunny. by 5:00 we are seeing a lot of sunshine. as we head into saturday 7 a.m., a ton of sunshine. by 2:00, 3:00, we'll see a little more cloud cover. we've had some gusts in excess of 20 miles per hour. the wind also strength. winds out of the northwest between 3 and 13 miles per hour. 49 in lynchburg. 51 danceburg. 31 in galax. are a looking at northern canada. this is where the polar vortex is. it will dip to the south. by tuesday we're looking at some very, very cold arctic air in play and that could combine with a clipper type system, a strong one that could bring us snow, light snow as we head week. for tonight mostly cloudy skies. overnight lows in the 20s and 30s. high temperatures will top out sunshine. temperatures in the low to mid- 50s. 20s by wednesday wi

fortunately, none of the family was at home at the time of the fire. 3 pattie tight the halifax county commonwealth's attorney isn't happy with the new courthouse plans. the proposed plan will cost taxpayers 23-million dollars over the next 30-years...but it doesn't include renovating her office. tracy quackenbush-martin says her office is just as insecure as the courthouse...and needs a lot of work. she presented the problems to the halifax county board of supervisors at last night's meeting. 3 pattie the u-s supreme court has denied a request from congressional republicans to put a new map on hold and allow the 2016 elections to also asking the court to reverse a decision that said lawmakers in 20-12.. illegally packed black voters into the 3rd district. the court is set to hear arguments on march 21st. 3 pattie plasma governor terry mcauliffe's administration is proposing putting limitations on where the state can impose new tolls without general assembly approval. the executive branch wouldn't be able to impose tolls without lawmakers' approval. it wouldn't impact the administratio

workers are fixing a damaged bridge near the halifax- pittsylvania county line. a tractor-trailer hit it on wednesday. over sandy creek. the project is expected to take until april. pre-historic creatures are invading roanoke this weekend, but there's no need to panic. at least not yet. jurassic quest opens at the berglund center this weekend and brings history to life. wdbj-7's shayne dwyer is live at the berglund center this morning with the animals. shayne who is responsible for keeping all the dinosaurs in their cages and making sure they don't get loose? garrett they've tapped me to do that so if you don't hear from me for a while, that means maybe it's a good idea to run. with me this morning is of jurassic quest. what does it take to make these dinos? what's one mis- understood thing about dinosaurs? of the dinos you have here, what kind of garrrett coming up later this morning we'll find out how you can get tickets and come see this for yourself. there are a lot of interesting events happening in our area this weekend. here's a look at your weekend planne

wildcats hang on for the 61-58 win. 3 high school action at halifax county, the blue comets battled the dan river wildcats. tied at 20 at the break. 2nd half, jimmy smith jr. fires from long range. the comets take the lead. dan river fires back - jaquan durant drives to the basket for the layup, then on the other end, ford morrison's layup is rejected by rodney womble jr. halifax took over in the fourth and wins 54-42, 3 and one-time duke all-american forward gene banks spoke to the lynchburg sports club tonight. the duke hall of famer led the acc in scoring his senior season in 1981, over greats like worthy. 3 mona yard-decorating is usually something you do for christmas or halloween.pattie but a family in henrico county goes all out with its and as nakkell williams reports, the neighbors love it. 3 with a name like stephanie loving...how could spreading love especially for valentine's day not be her mission?(stephanie loving, decorated yard for valentine's day): "the second day after christmas l start decorating for valentine's. it's the day i look forward to the most." filled four-f

we're seeing more study showers over into edgecombe county, parts of halifax, and northampton. we still have potential to have rain around the triangle but the heaviest rain will shift eastward again. we had some pretty significant rainfall totals, almost everybody had more than an inch, and rocky mount, over 2 inches, with it. you can see from the triangle area eastward, plenty of that from south carolina and bring triangle. even though we don't have a lot triangle area, this is the way it looks outside. looking west across wake it is just to be out there. i think it's making it feel colder than it is. 54 in raleigh, we have cooler air to the north and west. it will be filtering into the day. still 62, in fayetteville. 67 wilmington. but that cold air is coming your way, too, even if you are the 60s now, that is not likely to last. temperatures are certainly a lot colder than they were this time yesterday, the high yesterday with 72. we're 16 degrees cooler right now in raleigh, 13 degrees cooler in greensboro, and 19 degrees colder inbounds and we were this time yesterday. ch

it stretches up into parts of halifax. moderate rain. again. there could be isolated damaging wind gust. there are some flood advisories. the main threat should be out of here later this evening. we will talk about some cooler weather on the way coming up in a little bit. steve: i live look at what is happening on the roads. angelica: we're coming down atlantic boulevard here. traffic not looking too bad. this is a long capital boulevard right before you get off. police were trying to steer traffic away from here. that's really a flooded area under that overpass there. that could be a hazard for anyone on the road. we have seen some ponding in other areas. that is a concern even though the rain is a lot lighter now. tisha: he was off duty last night when he was arrested for dwi. the highway patrol said he was charged after he rear-ended a vehicle on highway 96. he was released. steve: after years of fighting about the future of the 540 lupin wake county there is a plan. the proposal means more than 250 homes and businesses could be demolished.

light showers in the mountains with a light wintery mix, maybe a few rain showers across parts of halifax county. this is all very light. nothing will be heavy. nevertheless, areas that see sleet or snow showers, you could have just a few slick spots come tomorrow morning. will be a widespread event. 7 a.m. friday we're dry. by 9:00 we're sunny and that's where we'll statement of friday night mostly clear. thin as we head into saturday, a little more cloud cover. winds right now, not a huge factor. winds out of the northwest between 3 and 12 miles per hour pat this point but the winds will really strengthen into tomorrow and weaken into the day on saturday. temperatures 3345 in hot springs. 41 blocksburg. 4345 in -- 45 in roanoke. not only will we turn colder next week but the collapse for light snow monday and tuesday. tonight lows in the 20s and 30s with a wintery mix possible in spots. then tomorrow increasing half of the day. 3-degree guarantee is 45. your extended fast 50 saturday and sunday. are you cigd me -- kidding me. we're back up to 40 next thursday. 49. actual high 51. $10 in

not seeing heavy intense bands moderate rain working uninto halifax, northampton. northern nash and southeastern chatham and down into sanford and this will cross southern wake. not much in orange, alamance same. light showers up through durham county. temperatures across the region in the 30's. 36 roxboro, 39 now in oxford and roanoke rapids. 37 louisburg and 38 sanford, 39 fayetteville and 41 smithfield. looking at the day ahead by lunchtime around 50. we will see clouds lingering through lunch. late day lots of sunshine and 55 degrees. we will talk more about the sunshine and get the seven-day forecast but now we have weather and traffic with amber rupinta. amber: thanks, don. we have the help of chopper 11 h.d. at 6:00. they just took off from r.d.u. and they are over an issue on 495 northbound at new hope road a car fire a short time ago. i mentioned it the last 10 minutes. the scene. u.s. 64 and 495 northbound at new hope road. other than that we have some scattered showers to deal with but nothing like we saw the last couple of days. this was an interesting

eventually comb, halifax, nash-rocky mount, northampton. roanoke rapids, welk done city and wilson county schools coasted. barbara: franklin was delayed and now closed. they were on a two lower delay. we have not heard from school you can check closings and delays on abc11.com. that is a sign you have to get up and go to school. john: you are already late. good morning, don. don: they are taking some of the make-up days out of spring break. no makout days. make-up days. that is a whole other day in college. we will show what you is going on as far as the weather weather advisory in effect. this is going into effect at 7:00 for eastern counties. as you get out east you have a winter storm warning thwart the outer banks because they could see more accumulation out there. as far as anything right now live look at first alert doppler xp and we are dry on the most powerful radar in the carolinas. 23 right now roxboro, 26 chapel hill and wilson. 30 now in smithfield. a surge of warm air down south. 29 fayetteville. 3 30 in clinton. still cold. 21

edgecombe county schools are >> we also have frank lynn county schools, grandville county skills, halifax county, and harnett county schools delayed two hours, as well as haute county schools, and mecklenburg, and virginia schools are closed. >> orange county, and person county schools are closed. >> vance, and wake county public schools. two-hour delay. >> you can find all of this information scrolling along the bottom of your screen. >> roads were bone-dry when we were driving in, but we want to know when the precipitation will start falling around the triangle. >> it is right now. let's take a look at what's happening in roxboro. and in many cases they tend to see it first. we had a band that rolled it's all sticking to the roads. what has fallen is sticking very quickly because it's been very, very cold over the weekend. radar picture shows overnight. most of the precipitation has been coming overnight, so we have parts of durham, chatham, and northern wake county, seeing this band coming through, frank land county, as well, so the snow is starting to come down. it's going to make for

halifax, northampton. person, roanoke rapids and others on a two-hour delay. wake county schools operating on schedule. barbara: it may not be ice but the morning commute could be also some wind and could be outages. don, good morning. don: good morning to you. we are watching the line of showers, not a ton of thunder. it has weakened a bit but heavy rainfall with the line as in pours through putting down a good quarter to a half inch of rain in 15 minutes. it extends from roxboro through eastern durham county and now arriving over downtown raleigh. about a half hour to 45 minutes it picked up speed so it is ahead of schedule. moving into johnston county and in smithfield the next half hour and out of favorite but clinton will see it. goldsboro will be 7:00 to get to you. behind it, it is cooling it. 52 roxboro. 54 chapel hill. 56 fayetteville. looking at the day ahead. 57 now and by lunchtime clouds and sunshine, 55 degrees. we will talk more about the warm roads with amber rupinta. amber: watch for ponding on some roadways with the heavy rain. we have some o

we have some snow flurries now for southern portions of halifax county and the interstate 40 corridor. and that is all associated with the little branch off of this bigger system towards the carolina coastline. this will move offshore, bottom out, and intensify rapidly up towards the north. that's not going to play into our weather with the exception of maybe a few clouds thrown back in the mix. michigan will make its way up into our forecast. then our eyes will turn to this clipper system up towards the north. as that moves down with that cold front behind it, it's going to spark rain and snow showers on monday. and tomorrow afternoon, if you go east to the parkway, you're likely going to see more clouds. west of the parkway may see sunny skies. we'll briefly go down to cloudy skies but then more clouds run in on monday morning. clouds change to rain and then snow in the afternoon. monday will be 12:00-5:00 on tuesday. totals look to be 0.5-2 inches. and in terms of snowfall totals generally less than an inch with the high amounts north and west of the area. and a dusting with higher

we're not expecting accumulations of snow toward danville, halifax, charlottesville. you may see snow falling as light rain. freezing after midnight. and we'll be in the lower 30s by morning. appomattox 29. south boston 34. and smith mountain lake 31. after 9:00 a.m., all of us will be above freezing tomorrow. looks good at lunchtime. 45 at noon on wednesday. highs in the upper 40s. that wind is going to keep you cool. we'll have a west breeze. highs in the upper 40s with lower 50s in danville and southside. your 7-day forecast shows a warming trend through friday. and 63 on saturday. 64 on sunday. then we'll see rain, a few showers possible for sunday. snow is possible tuesday. stay tuned. >> danner: thank you, george. you are taking a live look at millennials and politics at your voice, you future town hall happening right nowment it's streaming live at wset.com. panel's opinion on the deal and if whether any of the candidates -- when they step into office, will they continue pursuing this kind of free trade zone in east asia and southeast asia? >> other the last 20

the man is wanted for murder in halifax county. we will keep you updated on the social media platform. >>> >> a man quicked for killing a wake county mother. they decidedtravion smith -- he killed melissa huggins-jones. even though her pans feel they received justice it will not bring their daughter back. smith's family is relieved he avoided it death penalty. >> i am thankful his life has you do is guarantee moving forward those who love him and care for him will continue to motivate him to be the best he can be and from now on make the correct decisions to better his future. >> two other people charged in the case, one is currently serving a life sentence and one is still awaiting trial. >>> jury selection is underway for the family of a murdered shaw student, mcqueen was killed 20 years ago, charges were originally dropped against 41-year-old edwin, but brought back thanks to advances in processing evidence. they were in a relationship at the time of the murder. >>> there are no charges against the driver who hit four bicyclist

officers were called to the 1-thousand block of halifax road just after 11 last night about a fight, and found a man sitting on the back steps of the house with a knife wound to his neck. he was taken to danville regional medical center. 43 year old kenneth huggins is charged with malicious wounding. he's being held in the danville city jail without bond. 3 noreen plasma four people are confirmed dead in a shooting spree in kansas. police and co-workers say 38- year- old cedric ford is responsible. ford has a long arrest record but the reason for the shooting is still not known. bazi kanani reports. 3 investigators are getting closer today to understanding shooting rampage in a small kansas community.(sot)"the gun was strapped on and he was ready to go."the gunman... now identified as 38-year-old cedric larry ford.just before 5 p.m. thursday, officials say he first opened fire from his car on other drivers... wounding two in separate locations. then, he drove to his workplace.(sot sheriff today)pointing at the map toward number three. saying something short like "it was a six mile dr

john: two lower delay for clinton city, halifax, harnett, hoke, johnston, lee, moore, robinson, wayne and wilson county schools the we have a complete list on abc11.com on the home page. now weather and traffic together starting with meteorologist don schwenneker. extended. live look at them and that winter storm warning and pink areas to the north goes until 9:00 tomorrow. went weather advisory with wake county running into 7:00 tonight and there's a second winter weather advisory for the southern counties. this is until 1:00 this afternoon when should see enough rain to change over. live look at radar and we are on the developing edge of this. back to the saoufrptd west not -- south and west not much going on. looking into clinton and sampson county, spivey's corner to anderson creek and tpaufrlt spotty shower activity. it is mixed with sleet and freezing rain. from wake county to durham mainly sleet, although a few snowflakes and rain. chatham county. to the north it is mainly a snow event from townsville and garage srl county into -- grandville right now 24 and cloudy skies with t

police found a man shot dead inside to 26 halifax street just after midnight. police were not said the man lived there or who called in the report. whether they have a motive or whether they have any suspects at this point the body has been examiner's office for identification but police would not specify why they made that decision. >> we are actively pursuing leads. and any information that we would need to put out, we would do that pretty quickly.>> reporter: you can call police if you have any information. >>> as this homicide comes, the community making a stand against violence. the fourth neighborhood walk this week, this friday, february 26 starting at 6 pm. the community walks along with a prayer vigil began after two people, including adr and see doctor were shot. and by coming together, the area can achieve great things.>>> grown-up police are investigating the city's first homicide of the year. officers were called out to westwood boulevard where they found the 26-year-old shot inside a home. investigators say it happened just before 5 pm on tuesday.