tika helton pleaded guilty to having sex with the 18-year-old south point high school student. michael clark spoke with the victim's mother. michael clark joins us live with the mother's message. michael what does she have to say about this? >> the teacher predded guilty to having sex with the student. and the mother says the somebody. >> the person was supposed to protect our children not each them evil ways. >> helton will not go to jail instead she will give up her teaching license and probation and community service. >> it's sad that our elected officials talk the game of protecting our children but they do not. >> the victim's mother says helton was a student and was not in her class and though he is 18 it's illegal for a teacher to have sex with any student. it would have been difficult to prove it happened before graduation. >> it's not whether it happened they admit that it happened. we would have to prove that it happened on one date versus another. >> his mother is warning other parent it is can happen to anyone. helton befriended her inviting her to eventsism talk to

they say both parties, the boy and helton, admitted to having sex, but it would have been difficult for them as prosecutors to prove it happened before the boy graduated. >> maureen: right now on "primetime" a prayer vigil for the family involved in this deadly crash on highway 150 in lincoln county. the community is heart broken. candice helms, a mother of two, was killed in the crash. she was taking her kids to school at the time. they were also in the car and hurt, but the children are okay tonight. pamela escobar has more on what happened. struck head on on highway 152. >> she was doing the normal mommy thing, taking the kids to school. something many of us do every day and don't think twice about it. >> reporter: firefighters arrived to help, but she was already dead. >> you never know. you never know what will happen when you drive down the road. in a split second your lives can change. >> reporter: they were struck by the red truck after he crossed the center line and sideswiped another vehicle. we may never know why he did what he did. they continue to investigate and serve body

particular ka helton sentenced to two years of probation and community service. police arrested and charged helton for having an inappropriate relationship with a student. michael clark spoke with the student's mother who believes the sentence is not harsh enough. >> and a gaston county courtroom an emotional plea in a deadly dwi crash. 23-year-old britney reddiker was sentenced in a wreck that killed her girlfriend. maureen o'boyle joins us live with more on what happened in court today. >> and as you mentioned it was very emotional when reddiker addressed the court before the judge sentenced her to 18 months for that crash. it happened in june of last year. we learned today reddiker and the victim, kaylee were together for five years. reddiker apologized to falls' family saying she lost the love harder than losing her and her family whom reddiker says she would have done anything for. >> i'm so sorry that we are all sitting here right now and there is nothing that i would not do to trade places with her. or anything that i could give too, i would take her place

but helton believes the community that he's called home for so long can make a comeback using a timeless strategy: by sticking together. "kids accept things easier than a lot of the adults so i think they'll fall right back in place where it should be." our coverage continues throughout the evening on 9 on your side. anchor chris riva talks to a mother who's not sure she wants to let her kids return to school and you'll also hear from people who knew the suspected gunman very well. for now, reporting live in madison township briana harper, the now cincinnati. authorities have just released new 911 calls from the shooting.the call you are about to hear is from two students who started walking to a friends house after the shooting and stayed on the phone for their ten minute walk. walk.43-50 you're an 8th grader, where are you?i'm at the football field. they were shooting in the lunch room are one more thing we learned today -- the butler county sheriff's office says there is *no connection between yesterday's shooting at madison high school -- and a teenager from middletown high school wh

. >> it was nearly one year ago curators for the brand-new helton convention hotel property on lakesidee reach out to local artist jerry schmidt asking if he'd be willing to create a centerpiecee in the lobby of the hotel where a majority of the republican national convention goers will be staying for he did not hesitate to say yes. >> i kept low-key. i may not be a light person in the our world but i am a humble artiston. >> his work be seen in various buildings throughout the city.h he started working on his largest piece back in december. >> once complete this unique one-of-a-kind sculpturee will stand 8 feet tall. hanging that is going to be 17 by 16th along and i believe they got the idea from this. it's going to catch the light from looking up on a third story building of the hilton. >> creativity runs through jerry'su veins from his father was a v world renowned sculptor. schmidt spends hours inside the studiosc working, created and reflecting on a career which has been praised by so many locally and now the world will get to see what the city has embracedwo four years. >> in oppo

helton says it happened after when what he an adult. the -- when he was an adult. the da says if the case went to trial and a date couldn't have have been no punishment and helton would be teaching again. >>> the burke county sheriff wants his staff to make money changes and make more money. the sheriff made a request to commissioners on friday asking for a pay raise for employees at the sheriff's office. he requested that each employee's annual pay be increased by $3,000. he said right now he's struggles to hire or keep employees because the wages are so low. >>> the classic movie "dirty dancing" will be remade here in north carolina and you can be an extra in it. the production company starts filming this spring spring, looking for 900 extras from north carolina. it will be a three-hour tv special right here on abc. abigail breast lien and debra messing will star in it. >> the phones will start ringing in a second. >> my wife wants to be on that show. >> i know every dance move. >> that doesn't surprise me. >> i love that movie. i will be in line with all the peo

teika helton was arrested after being charged with an in arope yacht relationship withaappropriate relationship with a student. >>> republicans in the senate are preparing to take action on the non-discrimination ordinance. phil berger appointed a group of senators to work with the house on a bill to overturn the part of the ordinance which allows transgender people to use the lawmakers could return to raleigh in a special session to address the ordinance before the changes go in effect on april 1st. >>> coming up, it's super tuesday 2, where the candidates stand after the latest round of minutes before 5:00. wbtv always on your side bringing you the latest headlines from around the world. our kristen miranda is in the alert center there throughout the morning solely dedicated to bringing you breaking news and news just in. we'll check in with her in a few minutes. >>> voters in four states weighing in on the presidential race last night. as case boswell reports, cbs news reports hillary clinton, bernie sanders and donald trump all picked up wins. >> reporter: cbs news projects bernie sandede p

large voter turnout is key to his campaign, very popular amongst started to return here to the helton after canvassing neighborhoods . i think he has a really good chance people supported are very enthusiastic .pl i had a feeling like this in michigan so, let's hope. >> bernie sanders made in his presence here, known . he was at campaign rallies in akron and youngstown, s the campaign says that he will go to a peace rally tonight to watch the returns. >> ted cruz and marco rubio do not focus their campaigns on crucial for both. >> hope americans will choose optimism over fear and hope or angerr that's what we offer in the months to come. >> book really has been focusing on his home state of floridaa many believe he must care for it to stay in the election campaign ohio,, could still hold an edge the gap between himself and donald trump. a path to the nomination, donald trump to win the nomination takes 237 i got three or 70 and he has lattimore linne . as of the moment, donald trump is in the lead by about 100 ahead of kasich are a distant third and fourth, 1,237 as needed for the nom

i don't know how todd helton did it that long. >> my eyes are worn out watching them lose. 93 games a year the last five years. >> he was beaten down over the last six or seven years by the feeling that the rest of us had. that there is no hope. there is no avenue. rockies other than continuing to lose. >> i learned my lesson with you last year when i said they might finish 500. i was mr. optimistic. what did you guys do for me? nothing. so i will not give any type of prediction. i will just say keep raiseing the fences. maybe it will turn into something good for you in 2016. that will do it for us. i'm a. very disappointed. >> talk about building a wall. i feel like donald trump here. how high can you build it? they are still going to lose. >> from colorado's sports leader, here is rod mackey. >> so, who is going to be the broncos qb? it is not going to be peyton. that will become official one way or another next week. all signs point to osweiler. but he still has not signed on lot of money on the table. the broncos are offering more than 45 million over three years according to our

[beeping] - so if you were, uh-- if you were brian france or mike helton for a day... - ooh. - what would-- what would you change? - the sport's more commercial and corporate-driven now than it is family-oriented, and, you know, it's kind of hard to get family into the racetrack. there is opportunities to take 'em, but even if you've got your family member's name on the list, and, you know, at the last minute, xyz corporation comes up and wants to get in as a potential sponsor, then your family doesn't get to get in. - hearing scott talking about the commercialization of the sport, it really dawned on me that that's exactly what i do. certainly turned into a big business. - yeah, pretty much. i mean, you know, it's like... $20 million plus to run one of these teams for a year. i mean, hell, my tire bill for one week for just my car is anywhere between $24,000 and $27,000... for one weekend. - wow. - so you multiply that by 36 weeks, you know? - that's a lot of money. but on the flip side of that is, you know, it is kind of nice to be able to take your wife to one of the races and, you kno

the gaston -- reports tica helton was given two years probation agreed to give up a north carolina teaching teaching license but a former south pointe high school teacher engaged in a sex act with a high school senior in a car last year. there is yet another shift in the union county school system tonight. deputy superintendent mike webb is stepping down effective july 1. webb announced his retirement at a school board meeting. webb was involved with a -- there were some concerns about a potential conflict of interest. last week alice announced he would be retiring on june 1. officials say an electrical what sparked the fire at the north business center warehouse. firefighters were called to the scene on north try on. thankfully nobody was hurt. the damage from the fire investigated to be around $30,000. a popular rural restaurant on the fringes cpcc is being forced outtafter deal has been made between the community college and the building's owner. cpcc converts they want to use the space for future development of their central campus and bought the building for $5.9 milllln produces on th

the gaston -- reports tica helton was given two years probation agreed to give up a north carolina teaching teaching license but a former south pointe high school teacher engaged in a sex act with a high school senior in a car last year. there is yet another shift in the union county school system deputy superintendent mike webb is stepping down effective july 1. webb announced his retirement at webb was involved with a -- there were some concerns about a potential conflict of interest. last week alice announced he would be retiring on june 1. officials say an electrical issue in an overhead light is what sparked the fire at the north business center warehouse. firefighters were called to the scene on north try on. thankfully nobody was hurt. the damage from the fire investigated to be around $30,000. a popular rural restaurant on the fringes cpcc is being forced out after deal has been made between the community college and the building's owner. cpcc converts they want to use the space for future development of their central campus and bought the building for $5.9 million produces on the c

how bad is it secretary van helton. >> we're broke. >> country is broke. >> how can that be. >> it appearspson's, cannot just predict the future. back in the year 2,000, 16 years ago an episode air bart to the future. in the episode bart simpson gets a glimpse in the the future. in it, his sister lisa is president succeeding donald trump's presidency and trump is now front run are for the republican presidential nomination. simpson's writers, recently told hollywood reporter that the line was quote a warning, to america. sixteen years ago. >> yes. >> interesting. >> who would have think. >> so wonder what they are doing now then, they are producing the next 16 years. they are watching trying to see what will happen. >>> so may not have been winning on the field for sam bradford but it seems he is doing pretty well off the field. >> he won a big contract in the off season, right. a big congratulations are in order for eagles quarterback. bradford is officially engage to his long time girlfriend, emma lady, a according to tmz he popped the question last week during a romantic dinner. they ha

helton said it happened after when he was an adult. the da said if the dates teaching. >>> breaking this morning, the british prime minister is calling beatles producer george martin a giant of music. he died in his home yesterday at the age of 90. he did so much work with the music group, he was considered the fifth beatle. ringo starr says george will be missed and god bless george martin. paul mccartny called him a second father. >>> today, people can pay final respects to nancy reagan. she will lie in repose today and thursday, ahead of a private funeral service friday afternoon. she will be buried next to her husband, ronald reelingan, at in california. good morning america is following the stories this morning, including the music world's reaction to george martin's death. that's next, following eyewitness news daybreak. 10 minutes on daybreak. mark taylor has a look at the roads this morning. >> we're getting live pictures of the accident we've been talking about the past half hour in north charlotte. this is peach tree earth at

helton and extreme high regard and did not criticize anything he had done. over time, we learn new things about kennedy that infected our opinion of him. we learned about his chronic womanizing. it jeopardize his personal security. womanizing that jeopardized his independence. chicago's mobh boss wife. learned of his .esponsibility in vietnam we learned that a lot of the new frontier was more for show than anything else. that kennedy did not have much of an interest in domestic policy and all the talk his administration had about culture , those were things that were personally important to kennedy. he seems to be a president that needsmore profile when he to show more courage in his book title. ranking, in 2014, john kennedy was elected the most overrated president. two presidents who have gone in the other direction, where there reputations have improved work treatment and eisenhower. -- improved were truman and eisenhower. since then, we have come to see of policies had a lot political wisdom. , wean's demeanor, honesty gained greater appreciation when he

zach lee and wesley helton as well as, and will edwards has also to a certain extent. >> governor, you don't make sexually explicit comments to them, i take it, and you did with her. >> i made a mistake. two years ago, i made a mistake. i have rectified that. i have dealt with that and we have moved on. >> did you only make the mistake when people were recording you? >> no. >> governor, what specifically are you apologizing for if you did not have a physical relationship? what is -- >> i'm apologizing -- i'm apologizing for the things that i said. >> sir -- >> why would you make those statements if you were not involved in a physical relationship? >> well, that does not lead to -- that is not a physical relationship, making those statements. >> governor -- >> a physical relationship, is it a romantic relationship? is that romantic relationship still on jng going? >> what do you mean a romantic relationship? >> do you love mrs. mason? >> i love many members of my staff. in fact, all the members of my staff. do i love more than i do others than i do -- you know, some more than others, ab

teika helton is charged with having sex with a student, last spring. helton resigned from south point high school in october when belmont police started investigation. we are in the courtroom right now for today's hearing. we'll bring you a full report, today at noon. its a great day to enjoy the weather... larry has a check of the forecast. today...mostly sunny. highs in the lower 70s. wednesday...most ly sunny. highs in thursday...partly the mid 70s. friday...mostly the mid 70s. saturday...cloud y with a 40 percent chance of showers. highs in the lower 70s. nd.ptlsunnwh 50 rcent chance owers. ghs ine lower 70s.monday...mt lping pkousands of our troops overseas. care event" -- where players and 350 volunteers from bank of america and family dollar pack essential items for military men and women, including deodorant, soap, shaving items, toothbrushes, toothpaste and cleansing wipes. their goal is to send off 10- thousand packages this year. coming up in 30 minutes -- a preview of republican presidental candidate ted cruz's visit to the charlotte- area