huntersville at 6:15. lighter rain from chester to lancaster to page land along highway 9 up across the foothills. we're seeing rain breech the north carolina border in cleveland and gaston counties. gastonia, shelby, we'll see the rain in the next few minutes. lincolnton and maiden by 6:30. temperatures cooled back to 54 in charlotte. 59 in chester and lancaster. the warm air being squeezed out by a cold front. the rain will continue through this evening, lifting from south to north through the metro into the mountains and foothills. our threat tracker tonight clearly focused on the rain threat. thankfully the severe weather risk is low. as well as the risk for ponding and puddles. it's not going to last that long. but for the time being, a mess on the roads. in west charlotte, let's head to our john ahrens. >> i've been following that band of very heavy rainfall on the weather app. boulevard, where we are now, it was coming down a few minutes ago. we just passed the heaviest. it caused ponding on some of

huntersville wants that changed. in what used to be a small town. >> it is growing and that is a good things. >> reporter: times are different in huntersville, officials believe police response needs to be different, also. >> just in the interest of serving our residents the best it looks like the right time to move in that direction. hurtersville. the areas outlined are town limits where the police are responsible for police calls. charlotte-mecklenburg police respond to the extra territory known as etj. for example this, intersection is in huntersville, if an emergency happens here it is huntersville police. a little way down the road, people in this subdivision are in the extra territory, they would have to wait for cmpd to show up. >> our police officers drive get to our residents. >> mark gibbons and other officials want huntersville police to respond to the whole area. >> we have a better response time from huntersville to the areas outside their city limits than downtown charlotte. >> jim puckett believes loca

this intersection is in huntersville f there is an emergency it is the huntersville in this subdivision are in the extra territory. they would have wait for cmpd. >> our police drive by residents to get to our residents. >> and the town commissioner and other leaders want the huntersville police to respond to the other but only the county can make that change. >> you have a better response time from the town to the areas outside of the limits from downtown charlotte. >> mecklenburg commissioner believes that the police should be handling calls in the area. >> i think it will save millions. >> huntersville solve officials say it is not paid their officers are already responding to the extra territory. >> if there are calls. if they are close they will respond. we'll not leave people hanging and waiting. >> officials say the discussion officials have been notified. >>> new at 11 the stage is set for the debate. and candidates are vying to steal the spotlight from donald trump. the billionaire businessman is threatening to sue one of his opponents. donald trump and the others kill debate i

breaking news on i-485 in huntersville. all outer loop lanes near i-77 are closed after an eight- vehicle crash. these are the first live pictures. medic says the area is icy. some people still going fast. huntersville firefighters on the scene. one person was injured. we don't know how badly. >>> in the last 20 minutes, crews reopened one lane of i-40 westbound in catawba county to let traffic through here. but then closed all lanes after two tractor trailers jackknifed here. one of the trucks went across the roadway. we brought you updates for the last hour tonight. it could be another hour before the lanes are back open. >>> now to the south in the charlotte area where we're using storm cam. this showing you the conditions along independence boulevard right now. a live look as you can see, they're stopped there. traffic moving along those wet roads. but no ice that we're seeing in this area now. >>> a last minute decision by charlotte mecklenburg schools to keep kids home today that caused headaches for parents who had t

one in huntersville, and the other down in fort mill. brody o'connell has the latest on the search for those doing this and it's new at 5:00 p.m. >> the flint hill fire department in fort mill, south carolina, the latest target for thieves. the sheriff's office tells wbtv multiple vehicles were broken into overnight. all of them belonging to firefighters. to the north in huntersville, the local fire department is rebounding from the same situation. >> very disappointing and sad. you know, we are learning some of the vehicles are targeted while on fire calls and some of the vehicles targeted while we >> saturday morning four firefighter vehicles were broken into in huntersville. officials here are just stunned that the crooks could sipk this low -- sink low. >> personal vehicles belonging to public servants trying to help people. it's extremely sad. >> multiple departments wbtv spoke with monday said they are working together to share information and to protect one another they are not alone in huntersville, police are also stepping up pa

. >>> tonight new information on a robbery at a college campus in huntersville. the 19-year-old victim was cut knife point. he was treated on the scene at central piedmont community college's campus. the robber got $35. police haven't caught the person. school officials say they'll wait until after the investigation to decide if they'll change their security. >>> new tonight, police in pineville need your help to find a robber who held up a man near carolina place mall. you can see in these surveillance pictures, a man dressed in a hoodie holding up the victim at the wells fargo atm on pineville matthews road. the victim told officers the robber had a gun. person in a car nearby and helped the robber get this is the first time i've had one during a game. every attack that i've had is when i jerk my head quickly. >> williams was able to go back to the court at the end of the game to shake hands after the tar hemes defeated boston college. >>> the father of a 13-year-old girl in virginia who disappeared and was found dead in north carolina spoke out for the first t

. >> john: this is new, huntersville fire department taking steps to prevent thieves from breaking in firefighters cars. they tweeted a picture with the caption "sad state of affairs, a local fire station parking thefts." as we reported friday, investigators are trying to find thieves who are targeting firefighters while they respond to emergencies. fire station in charlotte, kannapolis, china grove and mount mourne reported people breaking in personal vehicles of firefighters. >> christine: we're continuing to follow breaking news involving a house fire in huntersville. let's go to brody o'connell you've been watching the story in the alert center, are you getting more information? >> brody: that's right, christine. reporting them since 4:30 this morning. what we know so far is this is a home with nobody inside. we don't know what caused the fire. one person is being treated for smoke inhalation, what i want to do is here pull up apple tv to show you some pictures tweeted out from the huntersville fire department to give you an idea how big the fire was. a good picture to give you an

it's at 6:00. >>> as huntersville firefighters investigate this fire. a new concern is in the back of their minds. what criminals are doing while crews are on calls and the action fire officials are taking right now to stop that. >> tracking very light rain this morning, l the downpours will be much stronger this week. >> today is the last day for parents to weigh in on a cms student assignment survey. i'm angela hong in uptown. next steps are tha >>> now, channel 9 eyewitness news daybreak continues. >> channel 9 staying on top of breaking news where firefighters are on the scene the changes crews were forced to make at the station to keep their personal belongings safe while they are out on calls like this one. >> parents only have a few hours left to take the student assignment survey. the different concerns parents have about the proposal and what would come next. thanks for joining us, i'm stephanie maxwell. >> and i'm john paul. keith monday is in severe weather center. >> i've been tracking light rain. mostly into iredale county, we've had very l

charlotte heading into huntersville, on the southside of huntersville, right around 485 and 77 as you cross over toward the highland creek community, that's where the batch of rain picks back up once again. and gets stronger. let's track this particular line as it moves out of the paw creek community, out of huntersville. moving toward concord mills. and highland creek. croft around 12:37. best advice, if you don't have to be any where, or if you have to be somewhere, let this line pass you by. it's not a bad idea to let this ride through. after 12:45, this will be out of your hair up here to the north. we'll talk more about the southern part of the storm in a second. let's get to stephanie for an update on damage reports. >>> we want to get a live report from blake hanson who is eight miles south of statesville. tell us the conditions you're >> reporter: we hit heavy wind. picking up. eight miles south of statesville on i-77. we're heading down i-77 north to see what's hitting here. it's jerking the truck around as we drive. we're having to slow down a little bit. because the wind is

same story up around huntersville. as you move northbound through cornelius and davidson here, it's all rain. nothing icy up here in the northern part of mecklenberg county, but the further north you go, there's still pockets of cold air lingering here, especially between stoney point on highway 90 down through statesville here, northern part of iredell county, working into eastern alexander. even eastern catawba county, you're still seeing those temperatures that are cold enough to get just a little light glaze to form. now, the back edge of that rain is moving through charlotte as we speak. it should wrap up in statesville around 5:42, concord around frfer:53. salisbury closer to around after 6:00. here's the issue, though, as you travel north out of no problems. once you cross into iredell county, it's 32, over into mooresville, lincolnton, you're now at 33. newton, you're still at 32. so most neighborhoods into catawba, into iredell, of course back into burke county are still at freezing this morning, and you're st

huntersville you're getting on the act now. a rock well community around 12:45. keep the umbrellas with you today. damp weather will be with us. no big down pours will be with us. but it'll get cooler and more wet. charlotte. but cut into the 50s quickly once you jump into lincoln county and statesville. that's the cold front slowly oozing southward. we've likely all ready hit the high for the day today in the mid to upper 60s. we fall back to near 60 for the rest of the afternoon. with more showers developing. 5:00, no big rains but into the more moderate showers, maybe a brief down pour coming through the over night for the rest of tonight. for your evening plans, prepare for rainfall. it won't be big rain. but the rain showers develop. at least a mist and drizzle for most of the night tonight if not steadier showers. low 50s through 11:00. tomorrow morning the rain is with us. we may get a break tomorrow afternoon. a mix of clouds. a hint of sunshine. but more showers drift in from the south into early wednesday morning. the big event is back to the west. that

and i think you absolutely owe people answers. >> in huntersville tonight, it's questions that remain. jim bradley. channel 9 eyewitness news. >>> now tonight, charlotte mecklenburg schools says that it's reaching back out to state and county health officials for direction on what it calls appropriate next steps. mecklenburg counties health director told channel 9 he is not recommending testing at hope well. problem if cms wants to allow it. commissioners kid well and pucket plan to keep pushing on this issue. we've been reporting on this issue since the summer of 2014. see past coverage by going to wsoctv.com. look right inside jim's story on the 9 investigates page. >>> high clouds acting as a perfect backdrop for a sensational sunset. this is the view from the queen city. it's the same all over the carolinas with these high clouds. nothing going on on live early warning doppler 9. through the midlands, highway 74. through charlotte. a few clouds over the foothills and northern mountains. it's chilling down pretty quickly. down to 29 in banner elk. 43 at boone. 41 jefferson. low 50s

huntersville police said very the crime scene tape dropping evidence markers. elizabeth fisher drove up just as officers started their investigation. >> i saw the ambulance around 12:00. >> she didn't see the student reportedly cut by a knife wielding robber and didn't know what happened until we told her. >> it's kind of nerve racking. >> she was more cautious while headed to her car yards from the crime scene. >> i guess, especially in broad daylight, you wouldn't expect this. >> reporter: this is a small else. but they aren't sure who was cut and who was robbed. fine. the suspect ran. witnesses placed a charter school on lock down. the owner of a gun store up the street didn't want to talk but video camera focused on the road outside. >> it's very scary. >> reporter: i asked school officials if they plan to do anything differently after this. just a few minutes ago i got a reply from them. they say it appears to be an isolated incident. we'll wait and see what the investigation finds before making any decisions regarding any security changes. live in hunters

>> reporter: steve, here at huntersville fire department broken into and thieves drove down the road, four cars in each department was broken into during the overnight hours while the firefighters were asleep. and it's not confirmed if these break-ins related to those earlier in the week. and crew from huntersville fire department says that the crew is upset but this crew won't stop their duties. >> to take advantage of anyone that calls in a 9-1-1 call, it's sad. we are showing up to workday in and out every county. >> the huntersville fire department tweeted for a number of neighbors what they can do to pay for the damage to the cars of the firefighters. if you have information on this string of incidents you are urged to report to crime stoppers. >> thanks. thousands gathered to observe the break. >> many gathered in washington, d.c. this morning to remember late supreme court justice antonin antonin antonin scalia, and died last friday at a texas ranch, one of his nine children, reverend paul scalia led the mass. for the love of his country. he knew well what a close rung thing th

huntersville fire says one person was injured out here. we have calls out to find out whether the weather played a factor. elsa gillis is headed there now as well. we'll pass it along as it comes in tonight. >>> a decision could devastate hundreds of thousands of families across north carolina. >> action 9 started investigating as soon as the ceo of blue cross blue shield said it may stop offering affordable health care act plans. action 9's jason stoogenke found out who will be impacted the most. >> i'm told this could impact in north carolina. enough to fill bank of america stadium behind me four times. now, at the very least, all of these folks will have to find new plans which can be especially difficult for some who will go without insurance. >> my mom and my dad have diabetes. >> and patty has it too. she takes insulin everyday. >> this saves my life. >> she's had trouble getting health insurance because of her preexisting condition. >> the insurance companies we checked out before we retired would not insure me. >> and the affordabl

huntersville cmc. we're not sure on that person's condition. that person was not living inside this home at the time. the home was vacant when it caught on fire. totally destroyed. the roof completely collapsed. the windows blown out of this home. we're still unsure how this fire started. if you check out these photos that the fire department shot, you can see the whole home was just engulfed in flames. this happened at around 2:30 this morning. they were able to control the fire in about an hour. now this is just near the that is off of the commons parkway. part of that road is shut down coming back to the scene right now, you can see that firefighters are dousing the house in water right now trying to investigate this fire and figure out how it started. we'll be here all morning trying to get more information from the fire department. we'll have another live report in 30 minutes. reporting live, channel 9 eyewitness news. >> thank you. tonight, charlotte city council will vote on an ordinance to ban dediscrimination. in taxis is, businesses,

huntersville police swarmed the area with officers and canines. parents got the call they did not expect. >> i feel like they had it under control. >> danielle was surprised by the principal's message and has two kids at the elementary school and had few details on what happened? >> she says police activity but everything was fine. >> her knowledge was limited to police activity. we told her about the robbery at knifepoint. >> definitely warranted a phone call to the parents which i'm glad they locked the school down i maybe got the call later i'm glad they went ahead and locked the school down. >> and we have a specific suspect description. hispanic male in his 20s, average build, goatee and short spikey hair. we know that could be anyone and you combine it with this long sleeved gray sweatshirt, camo garko shorts, black jordans and black gloves and wearing a gold cross necklacement you combine that information there has to be someone who thinks i know this guy and give police a call. sharon smith wbtv on your side. >> lots of detail there. thank

we're talking about -- huntersville, even northern charlotte. populations of all those towns influxing on us into an area that doesn't have the infrastructure for it. >> reporter: town planning officials meet thursday to look at zoning for the area and to decide if it's time to get the green light and recommend zoning here. resident caroline underwood started a petition against those plans. with concerns like traffic, neighborhood safety and the value of her home. >> be careful where you live because your neighborhood could be next. >> reporter: in the next 24 hours, the town planning committee will offer a recommendation to the board. from there it's on to a public hearing on march 21st. dashawn brown, channel 9 eyewitness news. >>> for the first time tonight, on camera about the crash he was involved in after the super bowl. >> the sitting in the side of the highway in california after the super bowl in the dead of dark going what am i doing here? >> mccrory was headed to the airport after the game. he had just put on his seat belt right befor

. >>> in mecklenburg county the former mayor of huntersville has a job, jill swain is director of huntersville connection, the organization voted tuesday to become the huntersville chamber of commerce, she will be in charge of transition, including recruiting businesses and creating a website. >>> right now, this is a view from our charlotte cam of the sunset, we are having longer days, more daylight to enjoy, here is our chief meteorologist >> we enjoyed every minute during the day today. we gained an hour and quarter since the shortest day of the year, the start of winter before christmas, we continue to gain over a minute each day. the only folks that didn't see sunshine across the high country, clouds locked in, avery, northern caldwell county, east of there skies are clear we were 58. it is down to 52 charlotte, university city only 51. 53 harrisburg as well as valentine, 52, hickory, statesville, lincolnton, 40. around freezing in the high country. outside this evening, again, sun is down, taechs steadily fall to the 40s. unlike last night, we are not forecasting the fog to reform, maybe

reporting live in huntersville, joe bruno, channel 9 eyewitness news >> thank you, joe. we have complete coverage of the storm's impact on wsoctv.com. we posted a slide show from the crashes on the home page and have a list of current traffic problems. >>> it is 6:47 now. we have weather and traffic every 10 minutes. >> let's get right over to meteorologist keith monday who's keeping an eye on this. and it's starting to get better >> yeah. we're seeing small improvements. the wet weather is pretty much done. there's still some mist and drizzle around charlotte, but us now, even up into our north between rowan and iredell counties, around cleveland, shinville seeing some light precip moving off to the east. so things are wrapping up. the issue all morning long up here to the north has been the lingering cold temperatures. there's still some fog to deal with through the metro and points to the west, shelby to lincolnton, up into statesville, hickory is clearing a little bit more. we'll all begin to get back into sunshine as we head through the late morning hours today. but

we can show you the interest tractor-trailer this is northbound in the huntersville area. can you see that actually buckle the state trooper said the driver was coming down the road and experienced a vehicle malfunction. you can see the floor of the truck fell out and the base up top and crumbled there and they are moving this here in the next hour and block off a lane so be advised on 77 northbound in huntersville, keep an eye out for this. >>> all new tonight the cms the superintendent ann clark's contract and start searching for a new superintendent. and we're live with more on the debate that has gone on for hours. >> reporter: it has been an emotional night that they decided on who will be the next top educator and the search process. in the end the board voted to extend clark's contract and to start that superintendent search right away. let's take you in the meeting chambers tonight. before the vote one by one principals with red called the superintendent ann clark their hero, authentic and effective. they used the words to convince the board members to keep her on

and in huntersville, house fire. the precautions they are taking when they respond to calls after a spring of thefts targeting fire stations. >> and it's another cloudy day in charlotte ahead of a rainy week. we will pinpoint when rain will move into your neighborhood today. good monday morning to you, i'm stephanie maxwell. >> it's 6:30, meteorologist, keith monday is in severe weather center 9 with a first look at that weather. some places seeing rain already. >> we've had a few spots of mist, drizzle out there this morning, even a couple brief showers. most, if not all of that has been north of charlotte. mist in town, roads are dry for metro. in the high country, showers pushed east of boone. but you'll find mostly all across the mountain chain, wet roads because of light mist and drizzle, which could continue all day long up there for today. still inin@ upper 50s in charlotte. a bit cooler up into concord at 54 and going to see numbers drop off later today after peeking around 60 through lunchtime. you aren't go

the huntersville fire had four personal vehicles damaged while on duty. not many items were taken, but windows were break enforcement officers. this he believe it's connected to the cornelius brick brain inns and others. regardless of the damage, they said they will respond to all calls promptly, saying they come to work because they're passionate about helping people. related to any of these crimes is asked to call crime stoppers. and a tragedy has hit the

you to go only as far here at lake norman, huntersville, and that's sliding to the north it will be going into hickory in 20 to 30 minutes, and 33 in charlotte, but notice the 2s, shelby, lincolnton, hickory, statesville, and it will be a couple more hours before the temperatures rise enough that it's just rain. that's not good news. here's heavier rain pushing up the i-85 corridor. here's the 32-degree line. you can see it shaded in blue, and the precipitation is falling. everywhere you can see the pink, temperatures at or below freezing. 1-2:00a.m., finally the steadier rain falls, and temperatures above freezing, and heavier rain through the charlotte area, 3:00 to 4:00 a.m., and the good news t moves in, and it moves out. it's pretty much done by the morning drive, and as far as additional ice accumulation, it's not really focused in the charlotte area this time. the focus is north of town. north of i-40 into the foothills and mountains, and we could see at least another tenth of an inch of freezing rain. >> thank you, steve. >>> breaking news for you right now, north of statesville,

north into huntersville, still coming down steady. same case in rowan county, all same for china grove, the west side, highway 52 into rich field. everybody has rain all through the foothills. i-40 corridor into the mountains. you have wet roads for everybody for the morning drive, you'll have to anticipate a little extra time. we're at 48 in charlotte. only low to mid 40s up north. a few and upper 40s up north, it will be a raw, damp start to the day today. our numbers do warm up a little bit this afternoon. once the rain begins to ease. around 50 by lunchtime. low 50s in charlotte. a few middle 50s down south and some areas may get warmer. but up north, 40s into the high country. barely 40 for the afternoon. most of our rain will fall this morning. the rains begin to dry out a little bit, but while the rain overall lightens up, we'll have clouds, still a mist and a drizzle for a good part of the day today. damp out there with a passing shower, overall, much better than what we're dealing with. ahead at 5:00, talk about a much bigger

. >>> crime in huntersville is down 10% despite rapid growth. ahead at 5:45. how adding one employee made a big difference on where they >>> neighbors are expected to attend mooresville town hall to speak out against a retail development. >> why it is a poor choice for their part of town. >> international drug traffickers aree tricking seniors into bringing drugs into the united states. the steps officials are taking to protect older people from >>> channel 9 is monitoring wallhannel 9 is check this out, bro. what's that, broheim? i switched to geico and got more. more savings on car insurance? yeah bro-fessor, and more. like renters insurance. more ways to save. nice, bro-tato chip. that's not all, bro-tein shake. geico has motorcycle and rv insurance, too. oh, that's a lot more. oh yeah, i'm all about more, teddy brosevelt. . >>> dozens of senior citizens, including one from north carolina are being held in foreign prisons guilty of drug trafficking but none knew they were committing a crime. traffickers are tricking the elderly into smuggling the goods. the

. >>> firefighters called to the scene of a serious wreck involving a tot i-77 north in huntersville. happened last night near exit 23. the state highway patrol says the trailer had mechanical problem before the crash. you can see the trailer broke in half. fire officials say no one was hurt, one lane shut down but this morning that lane is back open. >>> now to campaign 2016, donald trump and bernie sanders are celebrating solid victories in the new hampshire primaries. sanders swept hillary clinton among young, women, men and independent voters. polls showed that trump was propelled to victory in the republican primary by voters who want an outsider. mary maloney has highlights. >> reporter: donald trump and bernie sanders are the primary winners. >> we will do something so good and so fast and so strong and the world is going to respect us again, believe me. >> john kasich took the no. 2 spot for the gop, at one point channeling oprah. >> you made it happen. you made it happen. you made it happen. >> republican establishment candycandidates chris christie and jeb bush regrouping. >

it happened in the huntersville section of the city, off tidewater drive. we're still working to find out the name of the man killed. 10 on your side's joe fisher found out the victim was on the phone with his brother just before being shot dead. crime scene tape and patrol cars on anderson street in norfolk's huntersville section around 10 sunday morning. police and forensics teams centering their investigation around a man's lifeless body on the sidewalk. william harris/working nearby ((c7 29:00)) "there's a body laying over there someone shot the 21-year-old several times, killing him. neighbors checking out the activity as police laid down evidence markers. tiara tyson says she and her five 35:30)) "i want to know the house. they are already scared to be in afraid." detectives came knocking on tyson's door shortly after the gunfire -- looking for clues. her two daughters say they heard loud 38:03)) "they were saying that you need to get out my house and stuff like that." shy'heaven reddick ((c12 37:14)) 37:26 "i heard gunshots." "i was thinking i was hi

. >>> huntersville population has been going up and up and crime has sea actually down. the police department says this is partly thanks to an extra focus on crime data serious crimes like robberies, larcenies, rapes and homicides are down 10% since 2014. huntersville police hired a contracted employee who used crime analyzing software that pinpoints the times and locations certain crimes they use the dato to decide where to deploy the officers. >>> dozens of americans are held in foreign countries guilty of international drug smuggling and none knew they were committing the crime. how criminals are using senior now at havertys furniture, it's our annual presidents day sale. which means it's the perfect time to create the perfect home. now through february 15th, everything in our store is on sale. plus, we're offering thirty-six month, no interest financing. come in today for our best prices of the year. with havertys, your home can be perfect. even when life isn't. sfx: knocking. we're early! the presidents day sale. from classic to contemporary, havertys. . >>> house t

medic says it happened near the intersection of belhaven and mount holly-huntersville road. >>> the highway patrol is also investigating a serious accident in burke county. two helicopters were flown out to an accident on miller bridge road in connelly springs. motorcycles. >>> the focus for the presidential race turned south, a look at the stops two candidates made over the 4:39, 21 minutes before 5:00.closed captioning on wbtvnews is sponsored by subarusouth boulevard and subaruconcord. >> john: 4:42, fresh off the primary win in south carolina, donald trump spent time in atlanta. he expects to win enough delegates to clinch the republican nomination before the party's convention in july. he went on to say he expects to republicans don't even think of. he pinpointed two states, michigan and new york, he said he would sweep in the republican column. >>> after coming in second in the south carolina primary, marco rubio made a stop in tennessee. he is important trying himself as the lone candidate who can unite republicans now that the field is narrowing. he's a conservative who can unite an

live in huntersville what the thieves are looking for. >>> and voters are at the polls, why today's vote may be the most important for the trailing candidates. >>> even with clouds we'll warm into the low 60s, i am tracking a front for showers which neighborhoods have the . >>> pretty unnerving, and unsettling and pretty sad. >>> it's happennened again another fire department hit by thieves this time in good afternoon thank you for joining us. this makes 9 different fire stations hit right now in just the last few weeks, terry is live where she just talked to frustrating and angry firefighters, tina. >>> yeah, that latest theft took place right here in this parking lot as firefighters were in the the building sleeping when they woke up and came outside the windows on all of their personal vehicles were broken and their cars had been tossed through. they are looking for money, cell phones and or expensive items, they believe this case may be connected to several other cases that we've told you about at fire stations in the area. >>> they wake up at moment's notice when they are on a call.

we're monitoring a roll over crash in huntersville. we'll show you the first pictures as we're getting them. here we go, live pictures now. they're working to get this thing moved out of the way. this is the 9700-block of sam furr road here near statesville road in front of the 7-eleven there. the vehicle sitting upside down at this point. we have the flalat bed truck there. this thing is hooked up and they're trying to get this out of the way. we did see officers there as you can see on the screen. they were conducting what appeared to be a field sobriety test but we don't have information on the driver at this point. all we can tell you is that this obviously is a roll over crash at sam fur. we don't know the cause yet of the crash but crews have this area closed off for obvious reasons as they try to get this thing out of the way. they're working pretty fast, though. we can tell you, because the flat bed has been on scene for a few mipz and they have it hooked up and they'll take awhile to get it out of the way. we'll talk with mark

huntersville at 6:15. lighter rain from chester to lancaster to page land along highway 9 up across the foothills. we're seeing rain breech the north carolina border in cleveland and gaston counties. gastonia, shelby, we'll see the rain in the next few minutes. lincolnton and maiden by 6:30. temperatures cooled back to 54 in charlotte. 59 in chester and lancaster. the warm air being squeezed out by a cold front. the rain will continue through this evening, lifting from south to north through the metro into the mountains and foothills. our threat tracker tonight clearly focused on the rain threat. thankfully the severe weather risk is low. as well as the risk for ponding and puddles. it's not going to last that long. but for the time being, a mess on the roads. in west charlotte, let's head to our john ahrens. >> i've been following that band of very heavy rainfall on the weather app.

you live up in huntersville, problematic. and across the high country tomorrow, no hikes at the gorge tomorrow. it's going to be wet. heavy rain over boone, up through he nor as well -- lenore as well. don't forget you got interactive radar. before you step outside, check where that rain is. bring the umbrella if you live up to the north. but i don't see a big impact at all. even though it's going to be cloudy with a couple raindrops, it's going to stay warm. highs will be up in the middle 60s. anything going on, it's going to have to be indoors. low-to-mid 50s in the afternoon. some of this rain will sneak up into places. your neighborhood forecast for will be showers especially in the afternoon. this is just one of many opportunities for rain in the next couple days. it's going to be kind of hit and miss tomorrow and monday, more hits than misses tuesday into wednesday. we're holding on to that warmth. your five-day forecast will tell you that's not going to be too much longer. i think some showers by wednesday will drop th

let's check in in huntersville we have an accident in the intersection at sam furr. right by the target shopping center near statesville road. gilliard road is a great alternate route. and volume on that very busy road already. some congestion on i-77 northbound from 485 heading toward gilliard road. 2-3 miles of stop-and-go traffic. and i mention the accident and a view submitted by huntersville police for the accident in that area. and here is a look at the road by i-77 north and 485. a little congested. back to you. >> thank you. new details on the man accused of killing a well-known charlotte businessman. man that police say killed jesse campbell. >> a woman survives trapped outside during this tornado as it rolls through. that story is next. >> and how a shipping company save this dying toddler's life. >> video that defies logic with a tornado bearing down the driver of a fedex truck runs for shelter. and there goes the tornado. look to the left. trying to get in a locked door in louisiana. she braces herself and then here comes the twister. and she gets tossed

on the cpcc campus in huntersville. this is an active investigation right now. we're not sure at this point if the campus is on lock down or if anyone was hurt. we will update you at 5:00 and also on our website, wsoctv.com. >>> more and more americans are giving up their u.s. passports. a cnn money analysis shows more than 4200 people turned in their passports last year. a 20% increase. experts say the trend is increasing with americans living over seas amide complicated paper work and tax regulations. >>> super cold out there. and some of us seeing snow still. >> the mountains will see more snow adding up. we'll see a few flakes working their way off the mountains in the metro. coming up at 5:00, steve will talk about how the cold blast if you have a speech challenge that impacts your ability to be understood on the phone, speech-to-speech relay provides a speciallytrained operator to re-voice i want to order f-flow-flowers, f-f-for my niece, alison rose. i want to order flowers for my niece, alison rose. great! we'll

accident creating congestion but your options are old stateville and here is i-77 approaching huntersville and slow-moving traffic. your first alert traffic is sponsored by people's bank. back to you. >> thank you. right now the carolina panthers ae working to lock in a deal head coach. the "charlotte observer" reports the team is discussing a contract extension. the paper reports this will be the second bump in two years for rivera. in 2014 he received a three-year extension worth more than $4 million. >> you have time to make it out to the celebrity basketball game for a great cause. norman was here to tell us about the event designed to raise money for poverty stricken areas. 6:00 p.m. berry academy. >> andext... >> brooklyn needs a liver and if she does not receive a transplant she will not survive. >> coming up which company made sure this little girl got the treatment she needed. >> and a local men helping dozens fight an awful disease one song at a time. up. >> fedex is getting some of the credit for saving this beautiful two-year-old from west tennessee. little brooklyn was in a to

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 robbing a pizza truck driver. he and another man kidnapped a delivery driver in charlotte's cherry neighborhood tuesday morning and forced him to take money out of atm's along i-85. the man says the suspects finally let him go about 80 miles away in archdale, north carolina. >>> that wind is really whipping out there this morning making it feel much colder. meteorologist keith monday has your forecast in severe weather center 9, keith? >> it will be a blustery day all day long. -- 42 in charlotte but it feels like 20's. we have 20's in the mountains. feels like teens in the windchill. bu

it happened in the huntersville section of the city, off tidewater drive. we're still working to find out the name of the man killed. but we know he was on the phone with his brother just before being shot dead. crime scene tape and patrol cars on anderson street in norfolk's huntersville section around 10 sunday morning. police and forensics teams centering their investigation around a on the sidewalk. william harris/working nearby ((c7 29:00)) "there's a body laying over there under a white sheet." ((c13 39:24)) "it makes you scared to go outside." police say someone shot the 21-year-old him. neighbors checking out the activity as police laid down evidence markers. tiara tyson says she and her five kids were inside their home three action unfolded. ((c12 35:30)) "i want to know if they are alright. i want to know what they heard. i don't like my babies to because it gets dark, and the train, so to hear gunshots makes them afraid." detectives came knocking on tyson's door shortly after the before the sound of several gunshots. shaniqua tyson/neighbor ((c12

if you're coming down from davidson in huntersville area, you have stop and go traffic starting at sam furr down to hambright. the overall charlotte commute major interstates again are still running in the green this morning, seeing a few slow downs highway 51, providence road, arboretum and looking here at rock hill, northbound coming out of rock hill, that is about 22 minute, 61-miles-per-hour. but right now, our major interstates looking good. christine, over to you. >> christine: kristen miranda now with three big stories we need to watch. >> kristen: president obama expected to detail his plans today to visit cuba in march. the first u.s. president to visit in nine decades. >>> a bomb attack in turkey killed six soldier arier after >>> duke energy will release their fourth quarter earnings. >> christine: before we sign off, a crazy scene in australia, where tumbleweeds have taken over a town. >> john: look at this, truck loads of the stuff filling streets and yards. it is summertime down unda, dry conditions have led to the large crop. >> kristen: they are piled as high as the roo

that's huntersville into cabarrus county. we have this heavy band on the south end of charlotte as well. do you see this? the stadium here, bank of america, i-77. this is where the skyscrapers are centered. then you get this band that is sliding off to the east and making its way eastbound across 485. now we'll pull back and show you we have more pockets of and lake wiley and then lining up along i-85, cleveland county into cherokee county in south carolina and then yet another area of heavy pockets making its way through the foothills. this is burke county and avery county. it is heading your way. so nobody is getting out of this one. scott clark toyota weathernet, 52 degree. there it is, the soggy camera at stallings. that's on east independence boulevard across the county line in union county. temperatures are not moving much this evening. along the i-40 corridor we are in the upper 40s. the future cast i showed you all of this rain off to the southwest. it is just going to continue to pour in during the overnight hours. y

start up in the huntersville area, i'm sorry, on the independence expressway, with an accident in the outbound lanes up toward briar creek. again, not seeing any significant delays here. looking at the rest of the charlotte morning commute, 485 running in the green, 77, 85 looks good. now up to huntersville, this is right off highway 21 on sam furr road, earlier accident in the clearing stages now, no significant delays. let's take a live look outside and here we go on to i-85, this is over near statesville avenue, no problems here, quick check of the morning driving times, getting ready to start the commute coming up from rock hill, 21 minutes, concord to center city, 18 minute commute. lake norman in center city, 16 minutes, 63-miles-per-hour. morning traffic. john and christine, over to you. >> christine: two days after severe storms moved across our area right now duke energy crews are still working to fix power outages of thousands of customers. governor pat mccrory declared a state of emergency as parts of north carolina work to recover from the storms. wbtv's mark davenport liv

now a little further to the north up toward huntersville, sam furr at par drive off old statesville, not seeing delays as of yet. a further down to the south, gilead at old statesville road at the crossroads to the huntersville-concord road, another accident came in i'd say 15 minutes ago. here is another live look i-77 at arrowood and certainly starting to see those roads wetten up with the rain during the overnight hours. you're never more than seven minutes away from weather and traffic on wbtv news this >> john: we'll continue to follow the severe weather that devastating parts of the southeast. >> christine: get to kristen miranda with more new video you just got your hands on in the alert center. >> kristen: new pictures i first from walb, our sister station in alba in albany, georgia. this tree has fallen in the area, power lines are down. video i got in, one tree taking out two cars, this is in stone mountain, georgia. wind and rain of course the culprits but look at the damage you don't want to wake up to that this morning. storms in georgia have caused some schools to start

. >> john: more breaking news covering for you out of huntersville. firefighters remaining on the scene of a major house fire. this was the scene on devonshire drive at 2:30 this morning. no one was in the home at the time of the fire. one person ran to the scene to see if they could help, was treated for smoke inhalation, the home being reason oh renovated. charlotte-mecklenb charlotte-mecklenb urg school board members will vote on student assignment goals tomorrow but first hearing from parents about the issue. ashton pellom is live in charlotte with more or this so ashton, what are parents saying about student assignment? >> reporter: good morning, christine. many parents agree that they want diversity in schools but it that is where some parents disagree. cms hilled two forums yesterday, one at johnson c. smith university and the other at old zion ame church. the concerns about busing come from a list of goals the school board laid out for the future. one was using student assignment to break-up clusters of poverty. some parents hope the plan does

in the north, 10 thousand students go to huntersville, davidson and cornelius. taylor says it didn't have to come to. >> the fact that cms has not come out and said they will protect home schools. if they would have done, that would have relieved a lot of anxiety in parents minds. >>reporter: we went to cms superintendent ann clark and asked her what she thought about the towns wanting to leave cms. >> i haven't had a chance to talk to mayor mattews. in fairness, i welcome an opportunity to talk to him. he's been a real supporter at cms. >>reporter: clark made it clear that the school board has not made any decisions about school assignment and will not do so matthews mayor jim taylor says they're working on starting up a task force. angela hong, channel 9, eyewitness news. >>> two local advocate groups are accusing immigration officers of targeting teens on the way to school. nearly a month ago. one west charlotte woman tells us immigration officers arrested her 19-year-old son on his way to the bus stop. the teen is one of dozens who came to the u.s. without d

a new wreck came in in the last five minutes at mount holly, huntersville road west of bell haven. i'm expecting a minor delay there. not a bad commute. 50 miles an hour is the achlg speed heading to town -- is the average speed heading to town. >>> breaking news in cleveland county. is this what is left of a house that exploded when a car crashed into it overnight. >> it killed the elderly couple who lived inside of this home and channel 9 spoke to the firefighter who tried to rescue them. bruno is live with what we learned so far. joe? >> the firefighter was able to remove the couple from the home so they could get to the hospital. in the past hour and a half, we learned the couple died there. it is all because of this truck police say, that crashed into the home and hit a propane tank. the tank exploded. you can see parts of the house everywhere right now. it has been a very busy morning for firefighters. they had to come back to the scene around three because the fire rekundled. they put out the -- rekindled. they put out the flames and put more foam on keep it under control. t

ocular melanoma have been identified in huntersville. it normally strikes only five in all the cases the patients went to high school or lived or worked nearby. those health officials have said they see no need for environmental testing. but huntersville town commissioner pushing for independent third-party to test the campus for possible environmental leaks. as you start your weekend take your phone with you to send pictures and video of what you can encounter. use the hashtag abc 11. anna: here is stephen t ship. >> shakeup. new voting maps approved. the primary pushed to june. what it means to you. by the controversy may not be over. details coming in. the first confirmed case.new details on the youngest victim in critical condition. steve: we have new eyewitness accounts. good evening. tisha: we begin with breaking news in the primary shakeup. lawmakers approved new maps that shift the districts. the legislative caucus calling behold thing unconstitutional. the house and senate both an action. it changes maps and primary dates. repub

. >>> overnight, we checked with huntersville police who told us they have not arrested the man who robbed the student at knife point at a local college campus yesterday morning on the edge of the northeast parking lot at central piedmont community college. but not seriously injured. the students say the campus is small and pretty much everybody knows each other. >> never expected something like that to happen here, especially in the broad daylight. >> police say the robber ran off. school officials say they'll wait until the investigation is over to decide if they'll make any changes in security. >>> attorneys hope to wrap up jury selection and get to opening statements in the trial of a gastonia man accused of killing his girlfriend's newborn. jason ward is charged with murder in the death of the 3- month-old in 2013. doctors say the baby girl died of blunt force trauma and showed signs of abuse. prosecutors expect the trial to take up to three weeks. attorneys say medical specialists will play a key role. >>> the father of 13-year-old nicolau develop, the virginia girl whose body was fo

in a city like huntersville, whose support can be seen at the neighborhood bar for the fire -- fire department. -- [ indiscernible ] -- >> it's like, you know, you come back and your car is broken into. >> reporter: in the past week thieves have also car get other stations. >> it's like people breaking >> reporter: these crimes have made neighbors feel charitable themselves. they have received phone calls from neighbors asking how they can help. >> the overwhelming -- overwhelming message is how can i help out. it's taken a bad position and made it better. >> gladly no one has been hurt. what's going to happen when the firemenen counter these people breaking into their automobiles. >> reporter: until the thieves are caught people will keep a close eye on the fire station. >> if you see someone go car to car, that's not someone losing their keys. that's someone doing something. >> reporter: no word on whether the two most recently break-ins are related to break-ins from earlier in the week, but investigators are still > a very mild today. 66 degrees in the charlotte air. the forecast for the ne

it's really coming down for a good chunk of the state from huntersville and into uptown charlotte. now up towards harrisburg and concourse that batch of rain pushes through. the heaviest of which is down into monroe moving up to the northeast up highway 601. around unionville, you see that coming in shortly. stormy day ahead. rough weather will start to build up around midday today. we'll have the new time line to show you how it may not be around for long. what does develop could still be extremely strong. we'll show you the latest time line and how it will be very windy all day today even without any thunderstorms moving on through. >>> wet roads out there this >> the newest rack is up in huntersville, the 11,000 block of sam occur road putting you east of old statesville road. folks head towards old statesville but no alternate routes are needed at this time. it's something we'll continue ways. 77 is moving at 68 miles per roadways. take ititeasy in morning. on the other end, in south charlotte, 77, southbound, no issues to or from 0 york county. lightly traveled and not seeing