kayla: i'm kayla ayres. kayla ayres. first on box 14 students are kept out of the inning county public schools for 21 days that it's not because they are in trouble and it's not because they are sick pay. bill: is because their families say they don't want them getting david sentendrey is joining us. what exactly is their motive here? three union county students are being treated for chickenpox and to prevent that spread their health department says that the school all students need the vaccine or they can come to school. 5-year-old katie is home playing instead of going to school. it's what she will be doing for 21 days. it's not because katie is sick, it's because other kids are. >> with that talking about chickenpox. we are not talking about ebola, we are not talking about the bubonic plague. >> katie's mother chelsea center family opted out of taking vaccines for religious reasons. fairfax which combats chickenpox and came out in 1995 is one of them. came down with chickenpox in february and said their daughter must

kayla: i'm kayla ayres. kayla ayres. first on box 14 students are kept out of the inning county public schools for 21 days that it's not because they are in trouble and it's not because they are sick pay. bill: is because their families a chickenpox vaccine. david sentendrey is joining us. what exactly is their motive here? three union county students are being treated for chickenpox and to prevent that spread their health department says that the school all students need the vaccine or they can come to school. 5-year-old katie is home playing instead of going to school. it's what she will be doing for 21 days. it's not because katie is sick, it's because other kids are. >> with that talking about chickenpox. we are not talking about ebola, we are not talking about the bubonic plague. >> katie's mother chelsea center family opted out of taking vaccines for religious reasons. fairfax which combats chickenpox and came out in 1995 is one of poplin elementary school kids came down with chickenpox in february and said their d

. >> and i'm kayla ayres. at least one school system is already delaying classes tomorrow because of the weather. meteorologist amanda cox has been tracking the system as it moves through this now? >> we are seeing wet conditions across the area. we have the storm system continuing to pass by to the south and east of us. it will affect us throughout the overnight hours. we had a good amount of moisture lift northward. northwestern sections have seen snow already, and it does look like that's going to continue. there could be some accumulation over the mountains. most of us should stay as plain rain. most of our area is well above the freezing mark. we're in the 30s and 40s across the region. 35 for overnight low. 80% chance for rain, around quarter to half inch of rain will be possible for most a mix of snow and sleet possible in the mountains, that's where we could see 1-3". another weak cold front that's going to come through late saturday that i'll talk about. >> speaking of the mountains, the winter weathe

i'm kayla ayres. bill: i'm bill melugin. first on fox, governor mccrory supporting the i-77 toll lane project for years. the entire contract is at risk of being terminated and one of mccrory's chief political rivals is calling him out on it. robin kanady will give us the latest on the controversy. hi, robin. >> reporter: it doesn't take long to see why this stretch of interstate desperately needs more traffic lanes. let me show you all of this mess here. people living and working around here say this bottleneck does not just happen during rush hour, but the problem remains how to fix if there's any stretch of interstate that will be a hot-button issue in the governor's race, it will be this one. 26 miles from uptown charlotte to mooresville. the governor's route for solving the traffic hassles hit a roadblock. a subsidiary of cintra, the private company building the i-77 toll lane has just filed for bankruptcy. on this road project in texas. and that prompted governor pat mccrory to send north carolina's dot secretary to the

good evening and thank you for joining us, i'm kayla ayres. first on fox tonight, controversy continues to swirl around the i-77 toll lane project. tonight the group widen i-77 hosting a meeting to point out the flaws they find with the plan as it stands now. ashlee mcgeehan was at the meeting. are there any new concerns tonight? >> reporter: kayla, they really are looking into the project more and more and keep bringing up the findings. the widen i-77 group hasn't year, but officials say tonight's town hall came after the company's set to build the i-77 toll lanes filed for bankruptcy on a toll lane project in texas. >> we felt like we needed to put facts out there and to get this straightened out. >> reporter: the widen i-77 group presented an analysis of the toll lane project during a town hall meeting at the cornelius town hall. the presentation highlighted common features of private tolling projects from all over the country, and compared them to the project right here in north carolina. >> at the end of the day, right, it is pretty clear

thank you for joining us on kayla ayres in the fox 46 studio. bill: elma lujan junior from clover where there might be a time is coming out of clover school district. before tonight the school board meeting kicked off the district headquarters said district headquarters said the chances of them at with the district superintendent. he told me as a result of all the fallout from my investigative report detailing the abuse about cystic children at lauren elementary school he installed in clover spooled their school district special-education questions in the future. he said he is to do research first but he believes he will have a recommendation to get to the school board before the start of the next school year. >> at last month's school board meeting we had a number of parents speak to us about concerns they had about our special ed program and a number of parents requested specifically who put cameras in the classrooms. >> he tells me he wants to make a crystal-clear look clover school district heard the request for cameras and now they're actin

. >> and i'm kayla ayres. at least one school system is already delaying classes tomorrow because of the weather. meteorologist amanda cox has been tracking the system as it moves through this evening. what's#it looking like right now? >> we are seeing wet conditions across the area. we have the storm system continuing to pass by to the south and east of us. it will affect us throughout the overnight hours. we had a good amount of moisture lift northward. northwestern sections have seen snow already, and it does look like that's going to continue. there could be some accumulation over the mountains. most of us should stay as plain rain. most of our area is well above the freezing mark. we're in the 30s and 40s across the region. 35 for overnight low. 80% chance for rain, around quarter to half inch of rain will be possible for most a mix of snow and sleet possible in the mountains, that's where we could see 1-3". another weak cold front that's going to come through late saturday that i'll talk about. >> speaki

kayla: i'm kayla ayres. first on fox tracking a murder investigation. our top story unfolding in alexander county where deputies say they found two people trying to bury a body or the two suspects behind bars tonight toni hearne and linsey lentz charged with murder and failure to report a death. deputies tell if the victim robert hearne junior was the uncle of one of the suspects. marciano smith has more. >> the body was found on the other side of this abandoned house. we are told the investigation a card they didn't recognize. >> i was on 6490 and saw this silver lincoln continental vehicle pulling into the driveway. >> sheriff chris bowman tells me his office was called out to this remote rural area wednesday afternoon. that's when they saw the car with the suspects inside. deputies say the car was stuck on this hill behind -- one officer watched toni hearne and linsey lentz while another deputies searched the area. that's when investigators found the victim's body to. >> we found a body that was covered up with leaves a couple of tires and some old b

i am kayla ayres. bill: i'm bill melugin. powerful storms tonight. want to send it over to chief meteorologist brian basham. >> i want you to keep in mind there have been strong storms moving through many places 1.5 1.5 inches and more. the northern half of few showers not a huge deal but we still have the severe thunderstorm warning to the south from guesting county until 10:30 p.m. 10:30 p.m.. if you are encouraged you were getting hit right now. you are seeing half an inch to an inch sized hail. it's pushing towards the south and that's the good news. it's moving out of the area but the bad news is you have another cell behind you. this track taking it to the south of you that we'll continue to track it across the area and the strong storms affecting a lot of the area. not as intense through matthews but very strong rain. see that little purple there are are? just to the west of monroe likely seeing hail is probably smaller in diameter but heavy rain and there's been some an hour or more across the area. the storms are moving almost directly to th

good evening and thank you for joining us, i'm kayla ayres. first on fox tonight, controversy continues to swirl around the i-77 toll lane project. tonight the group widen i-77 hosting a meeting to point out the flaws they find with the plan as it stands now. ashl tonight? >> reporter: kayla, they really are looking into the project more and more and keep bringing up the findings. the widen i-77 group hasn't hosted a meeting in nearly a year, but officials say tonight's town hall came after the company's set to build the i-77 toll lanes filed for bankruptcy on a toll lane project in texas. >> we felt like we needed to put facts out there and to get this straightened out. >> reporter: the widen i-77 group presented an analysis of the toll lane project during a cornelius town hall. the presentation highlighted common features of private tolling projects from all over the country, and compared them to the project right here in north carolina. >> at the end of the day, right, it is pretty clear this is a method and a methodology of cintra and how

kayla: i'm kayla ayres. investigation. our top story unfolding in alexander county where deputies say they found two people trying to bury a body or the two suspects behind bars tonight toni hearne and linsey lentz charged with murder and failure to report a death. deputies tell if the victim robert hearne junior was the uncle of one of the suspects. marciano smith has more. >> the body was found on the other side of this abandoned house. a card they didn't recognize. >> i was on 6490 and saw this silver lincoln continental vehicle pulling into the driveway. >> sheriff chris bowman tells me his office was called out to this remote rural area wednesday afternoon. that's when they saw the car with the suspects inside. deputies say the car was stuck on this hill behind -- one officer watched toni hearne and linsey lentz while another deputies searched the area. that's when investigators found the victim's body to. >> we found a body that was covered up with leaves a couple of tires and some old boards. >> identified as robert

thank you for joining us on kayla ayres in the fox 46 studio. bill: elma lujan junior from clover where there might be a time is coming out of clover school district. before tonight the school board meeting kicked off the district headquarters said district headquarters said the chances of them at with the district superintendent. he told me as a result of all the fallout from my investigative report detailing the abuse about cystic children installed in clover spooled their school district special-education questions in the future. he said he is to do research first but he believes he will have a recommendation to get to the school board before the start of the next school year. >> at last month's school board meeting we had a number of parents speak to us about concerns they had about our special ed program and a number of parents requested specifically who put cameras in the classrooms. >> he tells me he wants to make a crystal-clear look clover school district heard the request for cameras and now they're acting on it. >> we researched it an

i'm kayla ayres. bill: and i'm bill melugin. first on fox tonight, we have major news just coming into our newsroom within just the last hour, we have learned that governor pat mccrory called for a full review toll lane project. cintra, the spanish company who has the contract for the work filed for bankruptcy on a project in texas today. as a result, mccrory ordered ncdot to order every option to completely reassess the entire i-77 business model and the current contract. ncdot officials will be flying to austin on monday to meet to talk about the situation. the controversial project is under construction and is set to cost $650 million. it would stretch for more than 20 miles north of charlotte and met fierce resistance from local municipalities and groups who say the toll lanes aren't necessary and there are cintra. just earlier this year, charlotte city council voted in support of the project and the charlotte regional transportation organization voted to reaffirm its support of the project as well. kayla: i spoke with the l

i'm kayla ayres. bill: and i'm bill melugin. first on fox tonight, we have major news just coming into our newsroom within just the last hour, we have learned that governor pat mccrory toll lane project. cintra, the spanish company who has the contract for the work filed for bankruptcy on a project in texas today. as a result, mccrory ordered ncdot to order every option to completely reassess the entire i-77 business model and the current contract. ncdot officials will be flying with texas dot representatives to talk about the situation. the controversial project is under construction and is set to cost $650 million. it would stretch for more than 20 miles north of charlotte and met fierce resistance from local municipalities and groups who say the toll lanes aren't necessary and there are too many questions about cintra. just earlier this year, charlotte city council voted in support of the project and the charlotte regional transportation organization voted to reaffirm its support of the project as well. kayla: i spoke with th

i am kayla ayres. bill: i'm bill melugin. powerful storms tonight. meteorologist brian basham. >> i want you to keep in mind there have been strong storms that have been pushing through, some areas to end size hail moving through many places 1.5 1.5 inches and more. the northern half of few showers not a huge deal but we still have the severe thunderstorm warning to the south from guesting county until 10:30 p.m. 10:30 p.m.. if you are encouraged you were getting hit right now. you are seeing half an inch to an inch sized hail. it's pushing towards the south and that's the good news. it's moving out of the area but the bad news is you have another cell behind you. this track taking it to the south of you that we'll continue to track it across the area and the strong storms affecting a lot of the area. not as intense through matthews but very strong likely seeing hail is probably smaller in diameter but heavy rain and there's been some big-time wind gusts of 60 miles an hour or more across the area. the storms are moving almost directly to the east so

kayla: i'm kayla ayres but first on fox we have team coverage of the presidential campaign stops in our area ahead of tuesday's primary. caitlin lockerbie the tmz music pavilion where bernie sanders rallied to started. caitlyn takes us inside the trump rally where thousands turned out to see the front-runner. >> after a two-hour weather delayed trump made some big promises to gop supporters and protesters in the crowd. well before daylight and for some a trip out of state. >> i'm from tennessee so this was probably a three-hour drive to. >> supporters weighed in on their concerns. >> the country owe so much money. we can barely pay the interest pda and. >> with spiraled into a debt that obama has drained our country. man monday new jersey governor chris christie took the stage later than expected. >> we are not going to make you wait a second longer. let me introduce to you the next trump. donald trump. sad they didn't damper any encouragement from the crowd. a day ahead of north carolina's primary the gop front-runner had plenty of promises promises. >> we are going to win with ducatio

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