. >> brody: john, getting details about a fire that is currently it looks like under control in mooresville, we'll have new details and live pictures from the scene. >> john: good morning, welcome to wbtv news this morning, the start of yet another work week, it is monday, march 21st, i'm john carter. >> christine: i'm christine sperow. one delay. alleghany schools operating on two-hour delay right now. let's get to meteorologist al conklin in the first alert weather center. the first day of spring started off pretty cold. >> al: got back to 47 in charlotte yesterday. that with the cloud cover, now the clouds have cleared out last night's rain is long gone, dry streets will greet you. you can see it it on the metro school camera. full moon, full moon on the 23rd. as it goes down the sun will be up in an hour, 36 in charlotte, pretty chilly, 34 around mountain island lake, 37 arboretum, weddington, 38 around ballantyne. boone, below freezing, 29 up there, 36 statesville, hickory, wilkesboro, concord, 38 in monroe and 37 for cheraw and lancaster. today, plenty of sunshine, wind up at 58, big

mooresville, 53 to charlotte, to concord, 51 albermarle, 55 wadesboro and go south of town, in the 50s as well. these numbers 20 degrees cooler than yesterday and that breeze will make it feel cooler. here is high pressure, that builds in today and tonight, cold tonight, stop this tomorrow morning, probably a little aggressive, likely start with sunshine tomorrow but increasing, thickening cloud cover, rain overspreads the area late in the day. snow for the mountains, doesn't look like a huge deal, rain will be possibly heavy at times tomorrow night but out of here quickly on friday and we set ourselves up for a dry end to the work week and in the weekend. our rain chances are at least 70% chance if not greater as we go in thursday, thursday night. and very dry conditions here going in the weekend but it will be cool at least at the start. back in the 70s next week. breezy and cooler, 53 for today, near 30 tonight, outlying areas in the 20s. late rain tomorrow in tomorrow saturday, seasonal, mild run

. >>> and breaking news out of mooresville now. in the last 10 minutes, we learned firefighters are on the scene of a house fire. this is happening on mcnealy avenue. that's off of main street in downtown mooresville. we're told smoke is showing from the house, but firefighters haven't said if anyone is inside the building. we've got crews on the way to the scene. we will bring you more information on both of these breaking stories as we get new information. >>> today, charlotte city council will decide whether to rezone seven acres in south park to allow developers to build. it would mean tearing down sharing united methodist church and replacing it with a new church, apartment, shops and dining space. eyewitness news reporter alexa ashwell is at the proposed location. alexa, the congregation at the >> reporter: yes, stephanie. and tonight's decision is three years' in the making, in fact. leaders here at sharing united methodist church says it's all about moving forward with a united vision. channel 9 was there as more than 100 c

rain showers toward shinville and just north of mooresville. just detecting rain. chilly rain but rain. up across the high country, not much going on but there's precipitation across the tennessee border that will slide into the north carolina mountains in the form of snow tonight. here's a look at the very latest future cast on snow accumulations from here on out. not exactly a blockbuster. most neighborhoods a half inch or less. some high peeks an inch or more. there are advisories for snow in the high country over night tonight. and rain chances in the charlotte area, quickly drop off. especially after midnight tonight. i'm convinced you won't see anything falling from the sky for the morning drive. temperatures cool off. still above freezing in the charlotte area i anticipate no road issues east of the high country tomorrow morning. close to freezing along the 40 corridor and below freezing over the mountains the wake up forecast, you'll still need a coat. temperatures in the 30s to 40s. tomorrow's future cast, after a cloudy start, we'll get goes on, that's go

this is mooresville stepped outside to shoot video for us. you see it coming down flurries in the area and the cars and all the stuff snow coming down looking for tweets on twitter. cool images and pictures share it with the hashtag i will find it and we'll bring it in the alert center. >> all right thank you. we are on your side right now with the top consumer headlines. the country's biggest tech companies throwing their support behind apple in the battle with the f.b.i. "the new york times" reporting facebook, google, microsoft, snapchat and yahoo! are expected to back apple. the company fighting the order to break into the iphone of one of the san bernadino shooters. to pay for items with your smartphone without taking it out of your pocket. there is a hand's free mobile payment system. the app sends the payment info to the cashier who uses a photo to confirm it's them and somehow the money comes out of your account. >> not comfortable with that. >> walking by somewhere and you did not mean to be buying something? >> six months from now t

the plans to include an iconic this house fire is in mooresville. police on the scene right northern. they've got their lights on here on mcnealy. we're told one person escaped the home on mcnealy near main street. it broke out at about 4:30 this morning. firefighters say it started in the back of the duplex, really dark here, it's hard to see, but we'll get more information as the sun comes up and as police investigate. some investigators are inside trying to figure out how it started. we expect an update once they finish their investigation. you can tell that mcnealy avenue is back opened at this point. it will be slow in the area and intermittent lane closures as firefighters have wrapped up, now police are there. >>> also breaking this morning in durham, a police officer was shot early this morning outside. durham county jail. it happened where officers bring in inmates and suspects for booking. there is a suspect in custody. that suspect was not injured. the officer is already out of we are asking what led up to the shooting. we're going to hav

centra is currently building the i-77 toll lanes that will stretch from charlotte to mooresville. lake norman residents say the company's failure in texas comes as no supplies. a group against the toll lanes cornelius town hall thursday. we have been following every development over the toll lanes for years. you can follow our continuing coverage at wsoc-tv.com. >>> it is now quick tore check your luggage in at -- quicker to check your luggage in at charlotte-douglas airport. you can print your luggage tag yourself. the airline said it will allow agents to focus on customers with other questions. >>> american airlines pilots say a quote toxic culture employees is returning. the pilot union said crew scheduling and payroll problems are resulting in a product that is inferior to delta. it says they are tired of apologizing to passengers. an american spokesperson says the airline is in the middle of a 5-year integration process that includes employee benefits and customer service products. you to pay with cash and show your id if you want to buy a gift card. other stores are selling

mostly sunny charlotte, statesville, mooresville, salisbury, albermarle, lincolnton, gastonia, shelby, all about 66, 68 degrees, mid to upper 60s from rock hill, pageland, cheraw, mostly sunny skies, big ridge of high pressure is going to dominate this week. this is going to be like the rock of gibraltar. frontal systems are being case for some time to come. eventually the ridge will break down, the timing may be toward the weekend. after today, 67, 70s going forward. our rain chances if you're planning on being outdoors this weekend, we do have at least some rain mentioned both saturday and sunday. again, long way out, things could change. there isn't a set agreement here in the models, but we'll keep an eye on it. sun-up at 6:45, normal high, sunsets at 6:25. 37 degrees where we would normally be for a low. well in the 70s this week with

following more breaking news, involving a fire in mooresville, crews have been called out to a single story structure fire. they got the call around 4:30 this morning. structure on east mcneeley avenue. crews saw smoke coming out of the building. crews are on the scene, we do have a crew headed to the scene information, we'll bring it to you live and online at wbtv.com. >> christine: this morning, we're working to learn more about two driver alsos who were killed in a head-on crash in 485. it happened at 2:00 yesterday morning. one. drivers was going the wrong way on the highway. wbtv's mark davenport live in charlotte with more on this, so mark, what do we know about the area where this crash happened? >> reporter: cistine, we know it is dark out there, not a lot of signage, that is what we know from people we talked to around the crash. they live on providence road off 485 w wre the crash happened. they told us emergency vehicles pass by their house practically every single day on the way to accidents on 485. this accident specifically i want to show you video, troopers tell us wbtv

lake norman the same, running in the green from mooresville to huntersville, concord, kannapolis, in 485 and beyond toward the city. morning. most of the major highways looking a-okay. how about rock hill, coming out of rock hill, northbound, average drive time right now is 66-miles-per-hour. and we'll take that quick live look, 77 at the rest area, south carolina state line both north that is a check of the morning commute, john, back over to you. >> john: thanks, chris. could olympic swimmer ryan lochte be making plans to leave after the games in >> reporter: going to be a busy week for cms school board members starting tonight when they tackle several issues, i'm ashton pellom i'll preview the week for the board members. >> christine: a sheriff in south carolina decides to add "in god we trust" to patrol cars, why he made that decision. >> john: good morning, thanks for waking up with wbtv news this morning, now 5:30 i'm john carter. >> christine: i'm christine sperow. get right to first alert weather, because meteorologist al conklin is talking 70s and wig not at all, the fahrenh

. >>> mooresville rejected a plan to bring costco to the area. many at the meeting were concerned about traffic in the area. the town commissioners voted against the zoning plan 5-1, costco cannot build their store at proposed location, just overhigh-77 at exit 35. it would have to be -- it would have been the main anchor store bringing in acald me sports and outdoors. >> john: news of a recall involving a popular drink for kids. bug juice international is recalling drinkings for possible plastic or metal shaving contamination. no reports of illness has been associated with the products. >> christine: a tennis official says women's pro players ride on >> if i was a lady player i would go down every night on my knees and thank god roger federer and roger nadal were born. they carried the sport. >> that is raymond moore, director of the tournament at indian wells in california. made many could meants sunday. patrick mcenroe and billy jean king slammed the comments, as well as serena williams. >> john: 5:22 the time, cold start, frost warnings, free

. >> christine: continuing to watch breaking news happening now out of mooresville. >> brody: this is mcneeley avenue, we have a crew there live on the scene. we're told apparently when firefighters got on scene they saw smoke coming from this house but from this live look you can tell no sign of flames, they are extremely close to the home indicating that there might not be any severe threat at the moment from any flames. looks like they got it under control what may have happened but they have the caution tape up around the home, earlier we saw two to three fire trucking outs, noword on what caused this smoke or fire here, also no word on any injuries at this point. iredell county communications have been helpful filling us in on the scene there and apparently this started an hour and a half ago athour-and-a-half ago. back to you. >> christine: 6:02 right now. police are searching for a man south charlotte this morning. it happened around 4:30 a.m. at the kangaroo express on park road at woodlawn. a man with a knife or screwdriver went in the store and stole an unknown amount of mon

construction was scheduled until 5:00 from mooresville south to catawba avenue. they wrapped up early. all travel lanes are open to you. no problems heading to uptown charlotte. christine? >>> wet roads out there, as well. late last night. this morning, now, we have clouds out there and that continues the next couple of hours. it's a chilly start to the day, though. temperatures in the upper 30s as you head out the door. by lunchtime, upper 40s. plenty of sunshine throughout the midday and afternoon hours, though. 56 is all we will do today here for the second day of spring, about 10 degrees below average, but that sun is going to make a big difference, especially compared to yesterday. we will track the 70s soon to return if you're not ready for the cooler conditions. >>> charlotte city council will decide whether to rezone seven acres in south park to allow developers to build. >>> it would mean tearing down sharon methodist church. ahead, why the church is okay with all of this. weather and traffic every 10 minutes. eyewitness news daybreak 5:00 is next. hi, g

that is the same company as mobility partners, the company building the toll lanes from uptown to mooresville. now the governor is asking the ncdot to find out what the bankruptcy means for construction here. jeff deal said this gives channel 9 a reason to [ indiscernible ] >> this is kind of a house of cards. >> channel 9 hats investigated them and their have the for years. we traveled to dallas where sentra just opened a similar toll road. critics said it was a tax on dallas leaders say the population is booming and they couldn't afford to build roads to handle the traffic. >>> ahead, joe bruno is live answering your questions about the project, the steps the d.o.t. will take on monday. >>> this morning after a two- hour closed door meeting last night we know chesterfield county sheriff jay brooks will act as interim police chief in pageland. this is one day after most of the town's force quit after council voted to reinstate police chief larry brown. he was on leave for four months during an investigation but we still do not know what that investigation was about. this issue gets sorted ou

we even saw some flakes in gastonia and mooresville. now look at these big flakes, eyewitness news reporter dave faherty captured while in lenoir. just a few moments ago. we just got video of snow if you look closely, you can see it there in statesville. closer to charlotte. we're seeing clouds and rain from our lake norman camera. i'm allison latos. >> and i'm scott wickersham. steve udelson is in severe weather center 9 tracking all of it. >> there's a lot going on. as the small vibrant storm really lit up our facebook and twitter feeds this afternoon. about 4:00, we started to receive reports in northern gaston county of snow and is that spread northeast through the charlotte area over the last hour or so. the area of concern, the oranges and reds on the radar. typically, this time of year especially, you see radar look like that, and you'd say heavy rain, that's not the case. that's actually falling as sleet and snow across lake norman thorough juan county, it's history. the same thing developed near lake wiley. it's sliding quickly

last week they allow this to go under the hood at their shop in mooresville. >> i am the vp sales and my job is basically customer service for nascar sprint cup. we provide engines for every team at the nascar racetrack. the sprint cup series with 11 teams that run our engines every sunday. it's the progression of new power every week are typically would deliver two weeks in advance of the race event and give the team time to prepare the cars and all the engines. we have an extensive personnel and validation that goes on in house before we roll it out to the racetrack. whether we practice for qualifying or the recession each engine has a tuner that goes with the engine to take care of it. we have had a great successful successful -- the first year of jack rauschenberg brigades march in the country led to a championship of curb worship. since then we have been very successful. >> middletown connecticut's joey logano wins the daytona 500. >> it's great to see that success. we want to win and a championship. that's the whole appraising everyday to push yourself to be better than the othe

the i-77 toll lanes will stretch from charlotte to mooresville. lake norman residents have spoken out about the spanish company to the governor and transportation leaders for years. they say centra's failure in texas comes as no surprise. widen i-77 will hold a meeting to discuss the toll lane project. meanwhile the d.o.t. plans to meet with governor mccrory to discuss yesterday's trip and will release more information as soon as that process is complete. we have been following every development over the toll lanes for years. you can follow our continuing coverage at wsoc-tv.com. it is under the news tab. >>> 5:35 right now. a tow truck driver accused of charlotte is out of jail this morning. jarvis simpson faced a judge yesterday. cell phone video shows the victim running away seconds after simpson soaped fire. the ventricular arrhythmia would not discuss what led up to the -- opened fire. the victim would not discuss what led up to the shooting. >> some people, they want to call and get you out there in the middle of the night, just to do someth

last week they allow this to go under the hood at their shop in mooresville. >> i am the vp sales and my job is basically customer service for nascar sprint cup. we provide engines for every team at the nascar racetrack. the sprint cup series with 11 teams that run our engines every sunday. it's the progression of new power every week are typically would deliver two weeks in advance of the race event and give the team time to prepare the cars and all the engines. designers prototyping testing and validation that goes on in house before we roll it out to the racetrack. whether we practice for qualifying or the recession each engine has a tuner that goes with the engine to take care of it. we have had a great successful successful -- the first year of jack rauschenberg brigades march in the country led to a championship of curb worship. since then we have been very successful. >> middletown connecticut's joey logano wins the daytona 500. >> it's great to see that success. we want to win and a championship. that's the whole appraising everyday to push yourself to be better than the other

like providence road, highway 51, 74 over in the matthews area, if again, running in the green, mooresville, concord kannapolis, matthews to center city, an 11 minute commute, average speed, 55 miles an hour. providence road from the arboretum area, 18 minutes and concord to center city, running 19 minutes, 67 miles an hour. that is a check of traffic, christine, over to you. >> christine: after being expelled, yale's former captain is fighting back. >> john: on "cbs this morning" why he said he's being used as a whipping boy. >> christine: the women's ncaa field is set, stick around to find out where south carolina was seeded and who the lady gamecocks will play first. wbtv is always on your side, in good morning, it is 6:16. >> john: 19 minutes after 6:00. a live look at charlotte skyline from scott clark nissan honda hd tower cam, looks nice this morning, doesn't it? we have 54 degrees in charlotte. want to get over to kristen miranda right now, live in the alert center with the latest on an accident involving a son of sarah palin. >> kristen: this is todd palin, sarah's husband. we told

project in texas they are currently building the i-77 toll lanes that will stretch from charlotte to mooresville. according to the head of the board that approved the project, even the contract is canceled, it is likely tolls will remain. local leaders still believe they are the best way to manage traffic and congestion. and if that happen, the state could hire another developer to finish the project or have the turnpike authority run it. reporting live, channel 9 eyewitness news. >> thank you, joe. channel 9 will have a crew inside this morning's meeting. watch today at 5:00 for all of those developments. >>> two men accused of robbing this east charlotte convenience store will appear before a judge today. we brought you the first live pictures from the scene from yesterday morning. we had the only crew there as police took them into custody. we are blurring their faces because a third suspect is only 13 years old. >>> within the next couple hour, we will get the u.s. jobs report for february. experts do not expect a change in the unemployment rate which they predict about 200,000 jobs were add

southbound 77, mooresville, huntsersville in the green this morning. in the charlotte area, most of our majors continuing to in the green. northbound out of rock hill this morning, checking your drive time, 21 minutes, average speed is 64-miles-per-hour. here is a live look i-77 toward the rest area, volume still very light. you're never more than seven minutes away from weather and traffic on wbtv news this morning. >> john: state lawmakers will head to raleigh for a special session about a controversial ordinance in charlotte. it is estimated special session will cost taxpayers $42,000. wbtv's obtained a copy of the bill lawmakers are set to consider. mark davenport has more on the bill. >> reporter: this bill goes beyond the controversial clause allowing transgender people to use the bathroom of the gender they identify. it will be determined by what the gender is on the birth certificate. discrimination, basedded on age, sex, race, color, national origin, religion and handicaps but sexual orientation is not at protected class. lastly the bill would

controversial plans to build a new costco retail center in mooresville will go before mr. sniper developer developer wants to build a store at the intersection of telford and probably school roads. the shopping center would take up 41 acres of land and include a number of stores. some people who live in the area are fighting the plans because they are concerned will bring more traffic to the area. tonight's mooresville commissioners meeting was supposed to get underway a few minutes ago. police and concord have made an arrest in the city's latest murder. brian ward is held in the cabarrus county jail without bond. police say he shot and killed columbus simmons on march 14. if there is a motive in the shooting police aren't telling us to charlotte-mecklenburg police are investigating early-morning robbery at a gas station on park road not far from east woodlawn road. the robbery happened around police say the suspect robbed the store and the clerk was not injured. you are asked to call crime stoppers if you have any information that could help solve this case. the battle ov

plenty of sunshine in the piedmont, 83 concord, mooresville, 84 gastonia, 87 wadesboro. 84 albermarle, south, well in the 80s from rock hill to chester, plenty of sunshine. there is the frontal system moving through, nothing more than a couple clouds. tonight, in the 40s, tomorrow plenty of sunshine, cooler, in with a gusty breeze on friday as the low works north and eastward, increasing cloud cover saturday, chances of rain go up and our temperatures go down. so 80s, 70s, 60s, five tease,50sand four straight nights with lows in the 30s. rain chances go up saturday night into sunday. afternoon hours on sunday may be dry but a lot of cloud cover around. not a heavy rain but rain and much cooler weather, 83, 75 sunny tomorrow, 69 on friday. here comes the increase in clouds followed by rain saturday afternoon, into sunday. that is the the forecast, check in with chris, you're never more than seven minutes away from weather and traffic on wbtv news this morning. >> chris: traffic sponsored by toyota of north charlotte. rolling in our wednesday morning commute, volume picking up here acro

an officer was on a separate call when she noticed a strong smell coming from a mooresville home. the owner said she had 20 cats but it turned out to be more than quadruple what she said! two of the cats were dead, the rest in varying degrees of health and treated at the shelter right now. >> it's been our goal here to possibly can, everybody here feels so strongly about it, and we want to make sure every cat that came from the situation moves into a better situation. bill: the shelter is temporarily stopped accepting cats because it's filled up. they hope to have some of the cats ready for adoption by this weekend. charges are pending and could be filed tomorrow. kayla: a fox news exclusive as the fbi is investigating whether computer passwords were shared among hillary clinton's close aides to determine how sensitive intelligence, quote, jumped the gap between the classified systems and clinton's unsecured personal server. if it's true, the entire e-mail scandal could start over. the new information comes on a day when the justice department granted immunity to a former clinton

the mooresville drag strip. it appears the car went off the road and hit a ditch causing it to roll over. there was a harness in the car but not a traditional seatbelt the driver of the car was from canada. he was test driving the repairs made on the car. the victim was claiming to take it back to canada. now state highway patrol are investigating. >> mcdonald's is helping the restaurant at their hickory branch wednesday night. -- lost audio. one died at the scene and the other passed away friday from his injuries. all mcdonald's in the area will host a fund-raiser tomorrow. here's how it works a dollar from every big mack extra value meal sold will be donated to the victims. account. we posted that for you on our website. well friends and families are remembering a student who was killed this past week in a crash this accident happened tuesday on wendy grove road killing 15-year-old heaven shay. the car she was riding in crashed when the driver was speeding. during a vigil last night we talked to heaven's siste

bill: 90 cats found inside of a house in mooresville. workers are testing and treating the cats to find them homes. out of 90 cats, 2 were dead when animal control went inside the house. this started when an officer noticed a strong smell coming from inside the home. charges could be filed as soon as tomorrow. kayla: the primary for north carolina isn't for another two weeks but starting today you can make your vote count. more than 360 early voting sites opened up across the state today. if you want to cast a ballot, you can stop at any early voting location in the county you live in until next saturday. if you miss the regular voter registration deadline, you can register at one of the early voting sites, you will be asked to show a photo i.d., exceptions are available if you don't have one. south carolina house of representatives could change the age requirements for passengers in the front seat. while some lawmakers say the potential changes will strengthen safety in the state, drivers say the age limit might be a little extreme. ash

piedmont, 80 statesville, mooresville, charlotte. 80 concord, 77 albemarle. 80 monroe. and there's the rain, louisiana into mississippi. it does move through alabama and georgia saturday. then a few scattered showers. this is 8:00 p.m. saturday night. saturday landmark plans, not a washout, but a sprinkle or two. we will see the chance of heavier rain with showers and afternoon. this is 1:00 p.m. holding into the foothills and mountains. then into the piedmont. late in the day and early monday morning. so rain chances ramp up for sunday. 80%. 40% monday. drying tuesday, wednesday, and thursday. tomorrow afternoon, for saturday mostly cloudy, 72 charlotte, 68 blowing rock. the seven-day forecast, smaller rain chances saturday. ramping up sunday. highs staying there, well above average in the low 70's. then clearing out. monday morning rain shower a possibility. then sunny and warm. sunshine, 79 tuesday, overnight lows in mid 50's wednesday, and back to the upper 70's wednesday afternoon. that's the forecast. over to you. >> thank you. i just got a mini history lesson abo

through late this afternoon am in the metro area, low 70's, perhaps hickory, upper 70's salisbury, mooresville, concord, 77 in monroe. wadesboro, looking good. south carolina, 70's as well. with lots of sunshine, again, that breeze. what about highs tomorrow? we have a system approaching, so i anticipate more cloud cover tomorrow. still very, very pleasant, well into the 70's again. broadcast, we are down almost three inches of rain for the month and year. very little this month. we need some rain. today, no rain. high pressure in command. quiet tonight. then we track this system late tomorrow afternoon. showers and storms through the ohio and tennessee valleys moves east, and it is on top of us, nighttime tomorrow and pushing east. maybe slow clearing things our. as high pressure builds in, we will see some sunshine good friday afternoon and a good chunk of saturday before another rain in the picture, that would be sunday afternoon, monday. our seven-day forecast, today, sunshine, 77, upper 40's to 50 tonight. tomorrow, late, late showers, more likely showers come in tomorrow night. so there'

mooresville is the only town that remains. >>> the home opener feels like it should have been a couple of weeks ago with the weather. >>> it does, scott, no doubt, and it's a spectacular sunset. and sundown about 10 minutes away, mid to upper 70s, incredible warmth and feels more like may that happen march. 75 in harrisburg and concord and 73 in hickory and in the mountains, 60s. meanwhile, if you don't want the warmth, we have ice at the charlotte checkers game. you won't need the coats and neither will you tomorrow. a patch or two of fog but not will need to keep a close eye on the rain to the west. you have probably seen facebook pictures and twitter of all the flooding in louisiana. two-day rain totals upwards of a foot or more and several inches on the way overnight tonight and tomorrow. eventually, it will make a run at us. cloa clouds by lunchtime and sun, but late afternoon, a couple of showers around especially north of charlotte as a shot of cooler air tries to make a run at it. it will try. mid-70s by lunchtime and i believe many communities, highway mine, highway 74 will ap

look out for huntersville concord road around old 77 from mooresville to huntersville 65 miles per hour less than ten minutes and if you are heading out closer to town by the john belk freeway a light amount of traffic flow heading southbound and the state line heading northbound out of york county heading up towards charlotte. no issues. stephanie? >> right now i'm in the breaking news center. we were on scene after a man was shot twice and car jacked in west charlotte about two hours ago. joe bruno is with police as they search for evidence and the suspect and you just got some new information for us, joe? >> yeah i am told the victim is going to be okay. he was shot in the arm and leg and taken to the hospital but in the past ten minutes police have really shifted their investigation. what startth here at roseland avenue where the victim was looking for help. they are still not sure where he was shot. they shifted the investigation over here to turner avenue where they just picked up the markers stretch for about 900 feet down to rosal's ferry road where the victim was taken to the h

if you're coming down, yesterday, we saw an hour coming down from mooresville into huntersville. right now. currently. it is just nine minutes from 150 heading down towards sam furr at 65 miles an hour. as issues come up, we'll update you on channel 9 and twitter. follow me this morning at traffic team nine. >>> i-77 is becoming really a constant headache for drivers who not only have to deal with toll construction but also a growing number of crashes. >> we tell you about the crashes on a regular basis they are happening between gilead and sam furr in mecklenburg county. we've investigated the efforts to keep everyone safe? >> the problem is they can't move some of them because of the channel 9 learned there have been more than 600 crashes on i-77 in 2016. there were 228 crashes on the stretch through charlotte, # 40 in february, and 162 crashes in march already. that is double the amount of crashes on i-85. according to the highway patrol, the safety barriers are making it difficult for them to pull a wreck quicker. there are parts of i-77 with little to no room to move crashes

we -- mooresville. skies and mid 70s and also a little bit windy during the day. that's when we could have wind gusts up to about 20, maybe even 25 miles per hour. we have plans this evening maybe going to the checkers' game, it's looking good. some cloud but mild. no layers again if you have plans tonight. staying in the low 60s by 10:00. through futurecast tomorrow, again, it's going to be a cloudy day. some showers possible for the first part of the day in the mountains and watch what happens as we head through the late afternoon and evening. a few isolated showers will try and come close to charlotte. i think futurecast is overdoing this just a little bit. but we will keep the threat for some rain as we head towards sad and really -- saturday and really sunday will be the best chance of rain over the next several days. for those suffering from allergies, this might bring some relief as we head into the weekend. but if you are also heading to green on the green it's a 5k, it's saturday afternoon just keep an eye to the skies. we might have to be dodging a it's

in the mountains it is 45 degrees in boone. 42 in jefferson. 52 taylorsville and 54 in mooresville. in charlotte, we started at 35 degrees. 54 right now. 53 rock hill. 55 in lancaster. if you're standing in the sun, boy does it feel good. the northwest at 5 to 10 miles per hour. on live early doppler nine, it is quiet. we have clouds off to the east, but during the afternoon, lots of sunshine even from grandfather mountain looking spectacular. a beautiful afternoon getting under way. we'll see highs reaching 60. this is going to be the beginning of what will be a warming trend over the next several days. your hour-by-hour forecast for this evening if you have plans maybe going for a walk, 7:00 low 50s. 9:00, mid-40s but we'll keep the clear skies overnight and we'll cool into the mid-30s for the morning. bus stop forecast, the kids will need a layer. 6:00, mid-30s. 40s by 8:00. we'll see more clouds as we go throughout the afternoon. still quite a bit of sunshine. highs getting into the mid-60s here in charlotte thanks to a shift in wind direction. over the next several days looking

bill: 90 cats found inside of a house in mooresville. workers are testing and treating the cats to find them homes. out of 90 cats, 2 were dead when animal control went inside the house. this started when an officer noticed a strong smell coming from inside the home. charges could be filed as soon as tomorrow. kayla: the primary for north carolina isn't for another two weeks but starting today you can make your vote count. more than 360 early voting sites opened up across the state today. if you want to cast a ballot, you can stop at any early voting location in the county you live in until next saturday. if you miss the regular voter registration deadline, you can register at one of the early voting sites, you will be asked to show a photo i.d., exceptions are available if >>> a bill introduced to the south carolina house of representatives could change the age requirements for passengers in the front seat. while some lawmakers say the potential changes will strengthen safety in the state, drivers say the age limit might be a little ext

broken into at fire stations and they believe he had stations in queensboro, fort mill, charlotte, mooresville, kannapolis, huntersville, cornelius, and hunters grove. >>> and the cms questionnaire results will be discussed tonight. the survey. the district wants more diversity and the school board will discuss kgwing neighborhood students in their schools. count on eyewitness news for the latest. >>> republicans are preparing for the final major republican debate of the primary season. tonight is the last big chance for the gop candidates to hit the stage before the primaries. today, the democrats will go back on the trail after a feisty debate last night. >> reporter: the fiery fight for florida. >> madam secretary, i will match my record against yours any day of the week. >> excuse me, excuse me. >> reporter: hillary clinton and bernie sanders got right to it taking on the issues and each other during the democratic debate in the sunshine state. the former secretary of state hit with another tough question on the private email scandal. you go public. >> oh, goodness. i am not even answering

in mooresville, leaders rejected the proposed project on brawly school road. it would have included an academy sports store, costco and 6 other businesses, neighbors protested saying it would hurt home values and add too much traffic. >>> the city of morganton will host a parade, the lady patriots won the nchsaa championship this weekend. you can see them with the tampionship banner-- championship banner, the parade is 6:00 downtown. >>> tracking when we are going to get rid of the freezing temperatures and start feeling more like spring again in severe weather center 9. >> we are on our way there. beautiful day, so far this afternoon, live look from lake norman cam, nothing but sunshine in the distance, not tracking cloud cover. all this sunshine, although off temperatures were near 60 now in charlotte, 59 lancaster, and rockingham. in the mountains, not too bad. mid to lower 50s jefferson and boon, 55 hickory and shelby. here is futurecast for temperatureathize rest of the afternoon. highs today in the 50s and 60s. i think mid 60s in the charlotte area, keep

we got new pictures of the 50- foot yacht now on its way the mooresville. the owner says the electronic gps failed and that's why he got stuck in the shallow water. yesterday crews used a crane to help. >>> the irs says they have seen a 400% surge in tax scams already this year. coming up, who the scammers are claiming to be to get your information. coming to charlotte, bringing three reasons paypal >>> major changes are coming to help people get work. this week board members voted to approve an initiative called ban the box. they are taking the box off job applications that asks about a person's criminal record. background checks. the move will give people second chances. >> we are going to be welcoming to people and we're not going to be judgmental and we're not going to let implicit bias prevent us from hiring someone. right away. >>> paypal is opening its 11th operations center in charlotte. >> we are here because of the engineering talent and because of the people and the labor pool and the opportunity, the economic opportunity that is here in charlott

one senator points to the success of mooresville's graded school system and the stellar performance warranting a visit from the president. >> it's a successful example and actually, they are the poster child for success. so it can be done and it can be done well. >> reporter: he is open to the idea but wants local leaders to consider the impact of taking tax dollars from cps. the representative said she would like to see a meetingly with stakeholders, cms and others before moving forward. tina terry, channel 9news. >> matthews' town counsel could vote on a resolution monday. >>> also tonight, the charlotte- mecklenburg school board is assignment review asking the public about busing, magnets, and diversity. >>> we have more information on the chicken pox outbreak with the number of confirmed cases. three students contracted chicken pox in indian trail and 15 students were quarantined and kept away from schools. a letter was sent to parents to notify them about the outbreak. >>> questions about how three young missing children in south carolina ended up in a closet at an abandoned trailer. the

. >>> overnight fire tore through a townhome complex in mooresville. it started before 11:00 last night off of madre lane in an unoccupied units. five other nearby units had to be evacuated. don't run with her. the red cross is helping displaced residents. no word on a cause. >>> raleigh police are looking for two suspects left a teenage girl tied up in a closet. this happened on glade aster court yesterday. siegelman force themselves into a house through the back door. the teenager's mother did not want to be identified but told that she got a text from her daughter saying she was tied up in a closet and needed help. when the mother arrived home she found her daughter bound with duct tape and on clothes. >> it was horrifying. they took her clothes. in the closet. nobody ever wants to walk in on your child's like that. >> reporter: the suspects have investigation is undergoing. the suspects appear to have gone through things inside the house. it's unclear what, if anything, was taken. >>> after a busy weekend this morning presidential candidates are fo

mooresville police were called there before noon wednesday and that is when concerned shoppers noticed an unfanatic screaming in a vehicle in the parking lot. they broke the window to remove the mother was shopping at the time and receivers cited for leaving an untappeded child in a motor vehicle. it was posted on a facebook group and has been shard hundreds of times. barbara: authorities in brunswick county are investigating a fire that killed a 16 polled girl. the house was considered a total loss. autopsy on the child is scheduled for today. los angeles firefighters on the scene of this blaze at a commercial building last night. enormous walls of flames could be seen with black smoke drifting toward east l.a. crews are working on a few hot spots. at least 100 firefighters were on the scene. no injuries were reported. arson investigators are looking into the cause. new details in a deadly shooting in pennsylvania that was breaking news yesterday. john: we have learned a pregnant woman was among five killed. the community in wilkinsburg for this vigil yesterday. it occurred during a c

weeks ago we told you about a mumps out break that has been linked to the lowe's headquarters in mooresville. two employees tested positive for the mumps. authorities are making sure the 4,000 people who work there stay healthy. >>> it's 4: 35. investigators hope to release more information about this elderly couple yesterday on day break. they died at the hospital after a truck crashed into their home in fallston last night. the crash ruptured the gas and it exploded. the couple didn't make it out on time. >> watching her turn to walk away and a wall of fire. i'll never forget that. >> troopers say he crashed into that home driving from martin electric in kings mountain. >>> today this man charged in a deadly hit-and-run crash on central avenue will face a judge. police arrested louis just hours after the crash yesterday morning. right after the crash rivera called 911 to say his car was stolen but when they went to his house they found the silver we caught up with him as he was being booked. >> no, sir. somebody stole my mini-van. >> investigators have not released the victim's name yet. >

. >>> a pastor in mooresville is opposed to a shopping center off i-77 including a sporting goods store and costco and other businesses. the pastor said there would be a full scale gun shop at the store placing a major retailer less than 1000 yards from the church and also said that ordinance against the big box stores. the letter said that the proposed shopping center would have entrances and exits on talbot road. >>> investigators are trying to find out what caused a deadly crash in chester county around 3:00 this afternoon on augusta at catawba river road south of investigators say that the victim was killed in the wreck but have not released their identity. >>> and a house fire in ballantyne was caused by a lightning strike. you can see smoke and fire shooting through the roof of the home in the cell phone video. the gas furnace in the attic exploded after the home was hit by lightning. the fire department said this cost about 415,000 in damage. >>> new tonight at 5:00, two headed to prison for stealing tax returns. the u.s. attorney's office said that marlow williams and joan clark

. >>> the towfn mooresville rejected a plan to bring costco to the area. the commissioners voted against the plan 5-1. it means costco cannot build the store off i-77 at exit 35. it would have been the main anchor store in a complex that would include academy sports and outdoors. >> beautiful warm weather is back and tomorrow it is going to get even warmer. >> meteorologist leigh brock joins us live in the first alert weather center. beautiful day. come in sunday and now we are feeling the warmer temperatures. at least average today. and really warm heading into tomorrow. here is your camera nissan camera. beautiful blue skies as far as the eye can see this afternoon. this is where we should be feeling nice. gorgeous conditions outside. slight breeze. you might notice the breeze from 5-15-miles-per-hour. and check out the numbers. in charlotte 66 . and right around the city, harrisburg 65 . 69 at the arboretum. 69 at tega cay and 69 at mountain island lake. and uniform numbers. 62 in hickory. and 64 in concorde, 66 in lancaster and 66 in rock hill also. co

the foothills, sunny skies, 81 wilkes, 78 in lenoir. 81 concord, 81 mooresville, 80 wadesboro, and the sand hills, low 80's, southwest winds 5 to 10, lots of sunshine as we head into the afternoon and evening. through the afternoon, sunshine. this is 12:30 early into wednesday morning. it scoots into the carolinas, 8:00, 9:00 tomorrow morning. watch how quickly it washes out as it crosses the carolinas. mainly sunny skies tomorrow afternoon. slight chance of showers the weekend, saturday night, sunday morning. we hold it at 30%. i would not expect a washout. overnight lows are mild. 59 gastonia, 58 charlotte, sunny be another beautiful day with mid 60 for boone and blowing rock. 82 gastonia, 85 in wadesboro. sunshine, 81 this afternoon. a father more clouds tomorrow morning. sunny skies in the afternoon. and high of 82. sunny and mild for thursday and friday. cooler the weekend, 58 for sunday afternoon. that is around average if not slightly below. morning lows 30's monday morning sunshine and 660 monday afternoon. is we are delighted to have johnson and wales here with us today. we ar

not a lot happening on this side of town which is good and that backup towards huntersville and mooresville a delay. the drive to 150 about 67 minutes. back to you. >> thank you. still ahead at 5:00 we are on your side with continuing coverage of the terrorist attacks in brussels, belgium. >> new details coming up next. and still ahead... the care of rowan county's animal control has led to a major overhaul in the way the all kinds of animals. introducing longhorn's big, bold, steaks. our new 10 ounce filet. our 16 ounce t-bone. and our fire grilled 18 ounce outlaw ribeye. only at longhorn steakhouse. >> as we keep close watch on the terrorist attacks in brussels, belgium we are getting word of developments at an airport here in the united states. alex giles is live in the alert center tracking that down for us. >> we know everyone is on edge. and media outlets are saying parts of deposit verb airport is being -- denver airport is being evacuated because of a possible security threat and police are vacking part of the main terminal. vehicle traffic is blocked on one side of the airport. rig

double that temperatures climbing in the mid 60's this barbara: they are investigating a fire in mooresville and started at 11:00 in the 200 block of mattress lane. five units were evacuated on either side. about one unit where the fire started, that unit was destroyed and no one injured. the red cross is assisting those displaced. the cause of the fire is under investigation. we're eight days away from the march 15 primary in north carolina and some heavy hitters are headed here this week. john: donald trump and hillary clinton are paying us a visit but today it's her husband bill doing the stumping and will otherses to get to the polls before saturday. one of the stops will be raleigh. bill clinton will be at market hall at city market downtown this morning. doors open at 9:15 with the event starting at 10:15. barbara: bernie sanders picked up more delegates in the race. sanders won the main caucus yesterday getting the eighth win of the contest held in the nomination contest. last night sanders and clinton faced off in a heated debate ahead of the primary in michigan. clinton accused sand

firefighters were called out 4:30 this morning to the structure fire on east mcneilly in mooresville. we are told there was one person in the house but they were not hurt. firefighters quickly got the flames under control. at this time officials say they don't know how the fire started. the president is visiting cuba, something many of us never thought we would see, touching down in havana yesterday. it is the first time in 88 years a sitting u.s. president has stepped foot on the island nation. >> historic visit and opportunity to engage directly with the cuban people. >> reporter: he is on a two day trip today. he will lay a wreath at the memorial, remembering a cuban he will sit down for a meeting with president castro. foreign policy takes center stage as nearly all of the candidates address a proisrael group today. >> reporter: hillary clinton took the stage to loud applause at the conference. >> one of the first things i will do in office is invite israeli prime ministers to visit the white house. >> reporter: clinton, already looking ahead to the general election, laid out the

here in the piedmont, upper 60s and low 70s, we brought temperatures up a couple degrees, 70 mooresville for the high today, 72 albermarle, 72 in wadesboro for this afternoon. and here is our futurecast, this is 5:00 a.m. this morning on friday, notice we see a good deal of clearing this afternoon and clouds beginning to encroach from the west as we head 4:00 a.m., by 10:00 a.m., light rain showers here from charlotte back in the foothills and the mountains, we see showers during the day tomorrow and another band of heavier rain coming through overnight and into your sunday morning. so rain showers early on sunday, but i think by the afternoon, starting to clear out but notice this, the colder air in place, could even start sunday morning with snow showers. up in the north carolina high country. so 58 saturday afternoon in charlotte, 55 hickory, 47 in boone, as we jump ahead toward sunday, lower 50s, mostly sunny skies in charlotte, 53 degrees, 56 hickory and high of 42 for boone and blowing rock. seven day forecast, cool through the weekend, again, rain showers saturday into sunday. cle

we were there last thursday when animal services rescued 88 cats from a home in mooresville. they put the shelter over capacity and can't accept more animals until they find homes. for health issues, including cancer and respiratory problems. >> right now we go to steve udelson for a look at the forecast these clouds being lit up by a beautiful sunset. not a lot of cloud cover. it's going to disappear as the evening goes on. 66 in matthews. your local warm spot. 63 in harrisburg. as well as in belmont. look at this. even up in the mountains. mid 50s right now. the first week of march and the sun's about to set by morn, 10 degrees above average. we'll be in the mid 40s. 30s across the high country. mid 40s a at 6:00 a.m. by the end of the drive, mid 50s. and it's off to the races tomorrow. plenty of sunshine. more than we had today with most of the clouds for now being shoved to the south. check out the warm up. lunch time, all ready in the upper 60s. some neighborhoods like hickory, down to rockingham and chesterfield, pushing 70. and we'll all be in the 70s. east of the moun

leaves us asking what happens to the project that would run from here in uptown all the way up to mooresville on i-77, and will the state cancel the contract? many community leaders and drivers have not liked from the beginning. i'm working on getting those answers today. jenna deery, channel 9 eyewitness news. >>> now we've covered the you can see the previous efforts to stop the plan and why leaders pushed ahead with it. search for that coverage at wsoctv.com. >>> cms leaders are talking about the search for the next superintendent. the board of education is mapping out a time line for the san jose process. current superintendent anne clark will hold that position through june of next year. the board voted to extend her contract last month. they said they needed a full year to find her replacement. >>> days after police arrested a man in the murder of his new details about the suspect and the night of the crime. police say erwin feldman murdered his mother at her home in south charlotte back in 2014. search warrants we leased this morning reveal a comforter, a pillow, flat sheet, and lamp w