free installation. >> christine: we continue to watch this breaking news for you here out of northwest charlotte, where charlotte-mecklenburg police have just made an arrest after a swat situation that lasted a couple hours this morning. it happened at the catawba plantation subdivision on pointer ridge drive. a man has since surrender to swat officers there at the scene. our ashton pellom bringing us these images from the scene, a man surrendered, was wanted for murder in halifax county, east and the man surrendered without incident in the last 30 minutes or so. our ashton pellom bringing that breaking news information to us. he heard negotiators over the loud speakers throughout the morning hours trying to get the man out but he has since surrender to police. a man wanted for murder out of halifax county. more details throughout the morning hours, we'll check in with ashton pellom this morning who is still there at the scene. >>> a 16-year-old who was seriously hurt after a helicopter crash in pearl harbor, hawaii, died. the helicopter crashed in the water last week and then started to sink. p

. >>> northwest charlotte police said a man was shot in the leg three times. on mcdonald street off of south street in baseboard. one person taken to the hospital and people say witnesses are not cooperating. we are asking the police what led up to the shooting and if they have a suspect. us to follow the story and we will bring you any new information throughout the morning.>>> police are looking for the people who were in the silver car. the driver hit the back of the city truck on i 85 past where sugarcreek road around 1238 and. the right to lanes were closed for 30 minutes. the city truck driver was not her. >>> copd investigating an armed robbery. an employee said a man pointed a gun at the managers had and demanded money. when he got the money he ran out of the store and got away in a car. hoodie and a backpack and a gun decided to run up in their and put a gun to the managers had and had him open the register. >> the employees said they were to customers in the restaurant when this took place. know what was her. >>> mecklenburg county and iredell county

. >>> firefighters say a space heater is to blame for a fire that just ripped through this northwest charlotte barn and killed nearly a dozen animals. we brought this to you as breaking news on day break and new tonight, eyewitness news reporter angela hong talkd to the owner and neighbors devastated by what happened. >> this northwest charlotte home owner could do nothing but watch as firefighters worked to rescue the animals inside the barn. animals died, very sad. >> neighbor jeff yang raises animals in his back yard and said he was sad to hear that all 9 animals inside, 2 horses, 1 dog, and 6 puppies died in the fire. the fire marshal's office told channel 9 the fire started shortly before 7:00 when a space heater inside the barn was knocked over. yang said he sympathizes with the owner's wishs to keep the animals warm, but... >> i don't use electrical heater in the barn because it is dangerous. very dangerous. shouldn't use that. >> when the home owner saw the fire he called 911 and tried to get to the animals inside but couldn't. firefighters were able to keep the blaze from spreading to

. >>> a fire swept through a northwest charlotte barn and killed seven dogs, two horses. this morning. now eyewitness news reporter angela hong has learned what may have led to this fire. angela. >> reporter: john, we have been here all morning and within the last 30 minutes you can see a bulldozer crew out here taking barn. we have new information, we learned a space heater used in the barn to keep the animals warm may have caused this fire. we were here shortly after 6:30 when the call came in off we spoke with the owner off camera who said he lost two horses, a dog and six puppies. he said the animals were family pets and loved by his children. he saw the fire after he came back from dropping off his called 911. he tried to make it inside the barn but it was too late. the chickens, peacocks and other dogs outside the barn survived. channel 9 spoke with a neighbor. >> i feel sad that all those animals had to die. i feel really sad. >> reporter: no people were actually hurt in this fire. the fire marshal told channel 9 the space heater was likely flammable things nearby.

released a statement saying in part -- >>> crews are investigating after a bathroom fire at this northwest charlotte restaurant. charlotte fire says it started asian bistro. firefighters turned away customers as they investigated. injuries. >>> new at 11, a massive tree toppleed onto this east charlotte home while six people were inside. a neighbor told channel 9, 2 women and four children were in it happened. hurt. >>> yesterday south carolina primary gave donald trump his second victory thus far in his quest to be the republican presidential nominee. ted cruz for second place. historically, no one has won both new hampshire and south carolina and failed to get the republican nomination. trump seems to be defying the laws of political gravity. >> the opposing candidates' attacks on him, which is normally an astute attack to go negative, seems to back fire on them and jeb bush is one of the casualties of that. >> jeb bush ended his campaign last night. his endorsement could help the remaining candidates as the field narrows. >>> last night hillary clinton won in nevada and that puts her in a good po

. >>> breaking news now at 4:30, an overnight shooting in northwest charlotte. what cmpd says led up to the violence. >>> for anybody that has those symptoms to check with their doctor. >> plus the mumps, surfacing in charlotte. what you can do to protect yourself and your children. >>> and making their voices heard. sounding off on the cms plan to bus kids to different schools. why it's not too late to tell the district how you feel. good morning, i'm brooke katz here with larry sprinkle, join joan here at 4:-- thank you for joining us here at 4:30. ashe and avery counties two hour delay today. we have some fog out there this morning though. that's the issue that we're dealing with. >> not that big an issue. take a look at the streets they look okay this morning. we're looking at -- a lot of traffic. of course it's that time of day without much traffic. a look at the radar not and show you -- shot and show you very light rain showers off to the east and northeast. we have that band of showers move through overnight and things have certainly improved is should be

the top of the hour, continuing to follow breaking news as police investigate a shooting in northwest charlotte. what we're learning about the condition of the victim. al? >> al: watauga county schools closed others delayed because of on-going snow flurry, heaviest snow has moved out, we have clearing skies, talk about sunshine and the seven day forecast. chris? >> chris: al, keep an eye on the charlotte morning rush hour but also looking at an overturned 18 wheeler up on 77 in iredell county, the very latest on that. a couple minutes. >>> wbtv on your side. breaking news. >> john: we're continuing to follow this breaking news, police investigating a shooting in northwest charlotte. >> christine: details are limited but we're told a man was shot in the leg three times, it happened around 1:00 this morning here on mcdonald street. the man was taken to the hospital with serious injuries. we're continuing to gather details and will update you on the air and online at wbtv.com. >>> on your side letting you know about a few school closings and delays. >> john: watauga county schools are closed. that

reporting in northwest charlotte, ashton pellom, wbtv on your side. >> christine: thank you, ashton for the live report. this morning we're waiting to see how the state is going to respond now after charlotte city council voted to expand the city's non-discrimination ordinance, that proposal expands protections based on sexual orientation and gender identity including allowing people to to the gender with which they identify. >> john: governor pat mccrory called it a threat to public safety, vowing to have the general assembly take action if it passed. wbtv's mark davenport is looking into this, he's live at the mecklenburg county government center this morning. mark, tell us, now that the measure has passed, what happens next? >> reporter: john, here's the time line. this ordinance will go in effect here in the city of charlotte on april 1st. then a new legislative session starting in may for the state of north carolina and during that session, that is when legislators can discuss whether or not they will overturn what charlotte just passed last night with this lgbt ordinance. now, i w

christine: we continue to follow breaking news where a swat situation has come to an end in northwest charlotte. >> john: here is a live look at the scene on pointer ridge drive where police arrested a man wanted for murder. ashton pellom has been on the scene throughout the morning, he will be joining us live with new details at the top of the hour. >> christine: charlotte city controversial non-discrimination lease a 2016 lincoln mkx for $399 a month >>> wbtv on your side. wbtv news starts right now with breaking news. >> john: that breaking news, a swat situation in northwest charlotte has ended with an arrest. here's a live look at the scene on pointer ridge drive. ashton pellom has been on the scene learning more about the man arrested. >> christine: grab the umbrella, as you head out the door. this is what we're seeing on power doppler radar, rain, meteorologist al conklin tracking the first alert weather forecast now. >> john: all that rain is here is a live look at i-77 and woodlawn road, chris larson on your side tracking any trouble spots on the road. >>> good morning, welcome to wbtv

that's what's making news in america this >>> shots fired overnight in northwest charlotte. breaking developments in the case that someone man to the hospital. >>> parents descend on a church to get answer about their children's future. their concerns over redistricting underway leaders are trying to address parents fears. >>> thanks for joining us. i am stephanie maxwell.>> to mount school districts have delayed classes because of the weather. schools will operate on a two- hour delay today. temperatures that we have seen in quite a while. you can feel the difference when you step outside. >> big changes coming our way. the first change is the way from last night has moved along. doppler nine, things have really dried up quickly and the roads are still wet the drier conditions settling in. snow wrapping up as well. temperatures and jefferson slightly above freezing. you are finding temperatures below freezing around town or oak. statesville 35. east of the mountains is above freezing so no ice issues east of the high country this morning and today we enjoy sunny weather and

. >> christine: get back to breaking news if you're just joining us out of northwest charlotte, a swat situation has ended with the arrest of one man. it happened overnight on pointer ridge drive in the catawba plantation subdivision. ashton pellom has been on the scene talking to investigators, to neighbors and ashton you learned in the last few minutes more about the man arrested. >> reporter: that's exactly right, christine. within the past five minutes we the man who was arrested here at the home right behind me on pointer ridge drive for murder charges out in halifax county. that man is tyquan powell. cmpd releasing that information not long ago, he was wanted for murder out of halifax county. they arrived at the home just before midnight last night, they found powell barricaded in the residence at the home here on pointer ridge drive, members of the swat team and negotiation team were called out to set up perimeter and around 3:45 this morning, they tell us the swat team went in the home and then took powell outside of the home in custody without further incident. out here at the

. >> anchor: police have during a swat situation in northwest charlotte. they say powell was wanted for murder in what was county. he barricaded himself in a house earlier this morning, swat team members were able to take him into custody without incident, 3:45. ciaa basketball tournament is underway at time warner cable arena in uptown charlotte. it has been declared extraordinary event. today's second game in the women's competition about to tip off. the first game 10:00. lincoln, takes on st. john, then johnson smith, virginia state university and winston-salem, 4:30. the men's tournament tips off at 6:40 p.m. with lincoln against winston-salem, elizabeth city, tonight. exciting action requesting on. if you are headed to any of the games, fans can get discounted sales are better this year compared to last year by increase of 6%. the championship games will be saturday. prior to that, you can take part in the free fan fest, that will be this thursday, at the charlotte convention center. expect to see a lot of people there. next, president obama's long aw

. >> anchor: police are searching for the person they say shot a man in northwest charlotte, early this morning, on mcdonald street not far from the high the victim was shot three times in the leg. he was taken to the hospital in serious condition. it is not clear what led to the shooting. investigators are looking into the blaze that killed several oakdale. officials say two horses, a lab, fire. no other injuries were report. the driver of a tractor-trailer is recovering after the vehicle overturned this morning iredell county. the incident happened i-77 northbound at mile marker 65 near highway 901. officials say the truck was carrying logs. part of the area was closed for a time, but it has reopened. no word on the cause or the condition of the driver. two local high school basketball teams have been banned for playing post season this year, north carolina hastthetic association says the two high schools are not allowed to compete in the playoffs after a friday. people at the game say it players. some fans ran out on the court and got involved. the schools have been fined $1,000. rep

. >> police are searching for the person who shot a man in northwest charlotte it happened street. the victim was shot three times in the leg. he was taken to carolinas medical center in serious condition. >> right now panthers linebacker luke kuechly is preparing to undergo surgery on his left shoulder he has a tear and sustained in the tampa bay game. he did not miss any playing time even in super bowl 50. delano little has more on this the start of the 2017 season? >> yes, it is a partially torn labrum. the thought is that he will be ready to go when training camp starts in late july. what is in question is the organized team activities. may see him on the field but he will be limited which i'm sure will not make him happy. interesting to note hornets forward gilchrist had a torn labrum and repaired this preseason and came back earlier than expected and injured it again last week and had successful surgery today. not saying there was a mistake made but there is reason to be cautious with this injury and the recovery. >> thank you. time for a look on the roads on the commute home

. >>> emergency responders working to serve a person thrown from a vehicle in northwest charlotte tonight. it happen near bell haven boulevard. we are working to learn more about the accident and how that person is doing now. >>> another serious accident in our roadways. two helicopters were flown out to an accident in the springs. it involved two motorcycles. it happen on miller bridge road early this evening. we are working to learn more as troopers investigate. >>> six people were killed after a man opened fire at random cross park ping lots in a town in michigan. we hope you enjoy the weekend. didn't see a lot of sunshine, but the temperatures will get cooler and there is a lot of we'll have that after the break. >> anchor: a michigan man in custody of accuse canning of carrying out random shooting 66. we have more from kalamazoo. >> reporter: music and prayer brought hundreds of kalamazoo resident together in a church service to honor the victims >> this kind of tragedy happens in california or new york city or overseas. it doesn't happen here. >> reporter: 45-year-old jason dalton b

this morning we're working to learn the can be of a person who was thrown from a vehicle in northwest charlotte. 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 l

we're following this breaking news, police investigating a shooting in northwest charlotte right now. details are limited at this hour but we're told a man was shot in the leg three times on mcdonald street. he was taken to the hospital with serious injuries. we're continuing to gather details and question police, we'll update you on air and online at wbtv.com. >>> also on your side letting you know about a few school delays. no school closings to report but alleghany, ashe, avery and wilkes county schools are on a we posted the latest closings and delays information at wbtv.com/closings. let's find out what the weather is like around the area as we start the mid-week here is meteorologist al conklin. >> al: after rain overnight most of us drying out, we will see a lot of sunshine. one place in the mountains you're getting snow showers. the winter weather advisory has just expired or they canceled it early, i was surprised because it is still snowing in boone. you had two inches there. temperatures are very close to freezing. that is king street in boone from resortcams.com, use cauti

the situation in northwest charlotte that broke out overnight. >>> i have a higher sense of alertness since she just told me. >> on alert. a man police say tried to sexually assault a teen on his way to school. is still out there this morning. how that student made his escape. >>> and wet weather, how slick streets might slow down the morning commute. good morning, i'm rachel rollar in for brooke katz alongside joining us this morning. but first, larry has the forecast and it's definitely a wet one. >> kind of messy out there this morning. a lot after rain out there and -- of rain out there and obviously the streets are damp. the way it looks at i-77 and that's right there southbound at clanton road. should bees out there this morning -- showers out there this morning, first warn doppler radar indicating the band of really light rain showers across the area this morning. no heavy pockets of precipitation at least not widespread but i think the light rain showers will be a part of the weather picture throughout the morning. today and the commute. that's the way it's going to be. rainy

according to a police report the child had bruises and scratches on his body after he was hit in northwest charlotte. he is charged with misdemeanor child abuse and has a $5,000 bond. >> take a look at the current temperatures right now. how long do you think this warm leigh brock is tracking the forecast and is live in the first alert weather center with all the detailless. >> they will stick around for a while and get better. we have temperatures that are really nice. we have a beautiful sunset, setting up out there. and the camera from our network. have a little bit of cloud cover and most of the clouds have cleared out and the sun is on its way down. 6:06 is the official sunset and it will be beautiful outside and the temperatures will stay nice. 56 is the temperature in charlotte. and 54 at ballantyne and 55 in indian trail. and everybody else is in the 50s, too. with the exception of hickory. 49, 47 morganton and 45 in wilksboro and that is not bad. and the satellite-radar. nothing showing up on the radar. we have a couple clouds in the highest elevations and the rest has moved outgoing to be

. >>> we are asking the police if they made any arrests in a shooting that happened in northwest charlotte. we first reported this on daybreak, a suspect shot someone along mcdonald street. medic told us the victim was taken to the hospital is non-life threatening injuries, police believe this all started as a robbery. >>> local police departments loss of federal funds to keep the charlotte area safe. last year the federal government pulled the plug on a program that allows some agencies to keep some money seized during drug busts and other investigations. channel 9 reporter tina terry learn smz agencies are pushing for a state laegs-- learns some agencies are fighting back. >> reporter: they have accepted more than half a million dollars in those funds from drug busts and other investigations, they used the money to enhance public safety so you see why it is so important to them and other agencies to get this program or a similar one back up and running again. >> we use funding to supply our officers with tasers. >> lieutenant said they have benefited from programs that and other crimes.

. >> christine: more breaking news out of northwest charlotte this morning, police say a man had to be rushed to the hospital after he was shot three times. this is the scene on mcdonald street a few blocks from west charlotte high school. >> john: a crime alert, police searching for the armed armed robber who held up a popular restaurant in charlotte's south end, we're staying in touch with investigators to learn more how it happened. >>> good morning, welcome to wbtv news this morning on this wednesday, february 17th, 6:00 a.m., i'm john carter. >> christine: i'm christine sperow. we want to let you know about closings and delays. avery county schools is closed. mitchell county schools on three-hour delay. watauga county schools are closed. wilkes county schools delayed two hours this morning. >> john: they had snow in the mountains overnight. but the rain here has moved out here is meteorologist al conklin. >> al: things are clearing out very nicely, john. the rain came in last night after the sun went down and out of here before the sun comes up but left with fog in a few neighborh

reporting live tonight from northwest charlotte, tina terry, channel 9 eyewitness news. >> thank you. we sent out a breaking news alert, as soon as we found out about that arrest. you can sign up to have those sent to your phone at wsoc tv.com. scroll on news and click on alert. >>> health officials saying that the mumps' outbreak so far has not spread. just hours ago, they did release an update, showing no new cases at mecklenburg, caveras and iredell counties. so far, three cases have been confirmed. nine probable cases. the state says some of those people are already fully recovered and no longer infectious. health officials say the two workers at the support center the company is now taking extra steps to try to clean the building and protect the 4,000 employees who work there. >>> all new tonight, a gastonia family is suing the north carolina d.o.t., over the death of a local father. bahrain gabatchki was driving home last january, when he hit ice and crashed into trees on 85. this new lawsuit claims that state officials knew about the problem spot, a year prior to the deadly acc

. >>> cmpd officers and haz-mat crews have been out on the scene of a suspected meth lab in northwest charlotte for most of the day. the home on mount holly road. cmpd says officers served a warrant there this morning, detained several people and found a meth operation. we're asking if anyone will be charged. >> tonight police are warning residents about callers posing as the irs to rip you off. yesterday six people complained about callers offering a tax refund but you had to send money first. one person sadly fell for that and sent $2,000 to india to the irs by western union. the irs says it'll not call and ask for money over the phone. >>> home improvement store lowe's met wall street expectation for the fourth quarter earnings. $11million in earnings in the last three months of 2015. that's a period of profit of 1 cent per share. 13 and a quarter billion in revenue for the year. stocks are down 8%. >>> hopefully it's calm after the storm. ahrens. >> not yet. sorry. we still got some more rain we have to go through. and some heavier winds as well. check out the down pours. it's moving so fas

marshal's office says a space heater is what caused a fire at this barn that killed nine animals in northwest charlotte. we first reported the fire as breaking news on daybreak. the owner says he used the heater to keep them warm, but it got knocked over. two horses, one dog, and six puppies died. firefighters were able to keep it from spreading to the chicken coop. >>> and in just the last three hours, fire officials put out they tell us a water heater caused the fire on smithfield lane. the home did have smoke damage and the red cross is helping that family tonight. >>> we are cooling quickly tonight. i have our future cast doing two things. first, show you how cold it will be when you get up, also whether it will be facing the low clouds and fog like we did today. >> plus, new twist in the race for the white house. just days before south carolina's primaries. and the impact rt, >>> developing tonight, there's a new developing poll that shows ted cruz is leading the pack for the first time. the new nbc news wall street journal poll shows cruz is backed by 28%. donald trump close behind with 26% and m

john ahrens is live in northwest charlotte where crews just reopened one bridge in the last 15 minutes. >> reporter: that's right, erica. we are at the berkshire, and it finally opened, but it was backed up just moments ago. you saw the backups at least a mile long in the pictures we had. this is over the cataba river, and people were trying to get back home, and they simply could not. they were pretty much stuck until the police could clear the accident. we still have dangers, and i want to show you here coming back live. you have liquid falling precipitation rainwise on the blacktop, and the bridges are still a danger, simply because they cannot absorb any of the heat, and the heat is being released on all sides of the bridge, and they still freeze. right now on the roads t actually feels warm for the first time. i have been out all day, and i'm not wearing any gloves. we will have the bridge issue for another couple of hours. we are live in northwest >>> breaking news right now in caldwell county, a jackknifed tractor trailer has a section of 321 closed. icy conditions are here, and

. >>> overnight in northwest charlotte. police are searching for the person who shot a man three times after 1 am. mcdonald street near lasalle and beatty. officers tell us the man was hit in the leg and it appears to have started as a robbery with a medic took him to cmc. channel 9 is asking police if they had suspects. we will bring you new >>> parents packed into this matthews church. to get answers from cms leaders about whether their children will have to be best to different schools.>>> outside of the government center to explain how leaders addressed parents fears about reassignment proposal.>> reporter: as you said at many of the parents were there last night because they were at the meeting because they were concerned the district would start busting their children to schools outside of their neighborhoods. cms board member elyse dashew tried to delay fears telling them that the majority of the board did not think there would be massive changes to blessing as a part of student reassignment. the ideas to create more

follow breaking news out of northwest charlotte. here's a live that's blocking the brookshire boulevard ramp to the i-485 outer loop. we just learned the driver will be charged with speeding. right now, police drivers to pass on the shoulder, word yet on when this mess will be cleaned up, if you can. we also just learned watauga county schools are now closed. they were on a two hour delay earlier. highs around 50. >>> this morning on "today's take," ed harris, one of hollywood's biggest stars, with a new role that is a true family affair. >>> then we're headed to south beach, where al is cooking with giada. >>> we'll get you ready for the academy awards with an oscars showdown. >>> all that and more coming up now. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today's take" with al roker, natalie morales, willie geist and tamron hall, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> welcome to "today." friday morning, february 26th, 2016. feeling a little more like week. i'm willie along with natalie. dylan dreyer with us. presidential campaign.

reporting live in northwest charlotte, channel 9 eyewitness news. >> another major story we are following for your day ahead. >> aimed to guide the student assignment plan. tonight, channel 9 was in meyerers park as hundreds of parents descroisd their concerns about the public forum. leaders are considering to move hundreds of students to other schools. parents say they are happy and don't want to move. >> i have a third grader and it's important for me for him to go to school with his neighborhood friends. >> cms leaders plan to hire a student assignment consultant. the plan is doable for the 2017- '18 school year. count on channel 89 to 9 to have a crew inside tonight's board meeting. we'll have updates tonight at 10:00 and 11:00. >>> in about a month, the controversial ordinance will go into effect in charlotte. leaders approved the plan after more than 100 people spoke out for and against it. eyewitness news reporter, joe bruno is live outside the governor center. and opponents don't plan to give up the fight. >> yeah, opponents plan to keep pushing back at this record ordinance. city

. >> she said her apartment in northwest charlotte has had problems since the time she moved in. rotten countertops, faucet coming off, loose panels, exposed wires on heating equipment and this hole in the wall near the water heater. >> i called, called, called, left messages, put in work orders but still wouldn't get nothing done. code enforcement which found eight code violations and gave lake arbor one month to fix them and told the complex it is illegal to charge white in the meantime. >> it is unlawful for the owner to collect rent. >> reporter: white says and they confirmed since months went by and the complex still hasn't fixed the problems and racked up $2,500 in fines from code enforcement between may and last month. white thought legally she could stop paying rent and she did. >> it is still an open case. >> reporter: cold enforcement mike jenkins says the law is confusing. just because the landlord can't collect rent doesn't mean you don't have to pay rent. >> that was there for the landlords to put them on notice that they have these certain violations that were serio

. >> early morning standoff in northwest charlotte at a house. cmpd says the suspect, the 20-year-old had outstanding when officers arrived to issue them, he bare indicated himself inside the house and refused to come out. the s.w.a.t. team and negotiators had to be called into set a perimeter while neighbors were evacuated from the area. the man living next door said several people are in and out of the house regularly and nothing but trouble ever since they moved in. >> i have seen fights over there, i have seen police over there, numerous of times. it's just been very inconvenienced because i just wish that whatever was going on, they stop and get it under control. bill: the sheriff's office says powell is accused of killing jimmy daniels junior. they say he was shot in his car january 26 where two other people were hurt as well. investigators are searching for another suspect in this case. >>> the man responsible for bringing more than a ton of marijuana to charlotte is sentenced up to 25 years in prison. sentenced in court today. he launderr

reporting live in northwest charlotte, channel 9 eyewitness news. >> tonight, leaders will lay out the focus while creating a student assignment plan. >> reducing the number of schools with poor students. some parents are concerned that will lead to busing students to different schools. more than 400 people packed a church in meyers park to share their opinions. >> why are we staying warm on >> it does not mean you are not as intelligent as your children. >> eric davis spoke to the crowd and wants families to realize their children's lives are all tide together. we're asking cms how many people filled out the student assignment survey. the deadline to fill it out passed at midnight. as of last week, 19,000 people had participated. >>> just about 6:04 now. north carolina is at risk of losing federal money because not enough students are taking standardized tests. each school is required to have 95% of their students take state exams. they have to meet the same requirement and subgroups that include race and economic backgrounds. more than 300 schools across the state, including some in

live look from our hd tower cam, partly cloudy skies, and breezy northwest wind in charlotte. just to the west, a few light rain showers into gaston county, further out to the west, cleveland county, shelby, maybe even a few snow showers mixed in so we continue to see that cold northwest wind, ride into the scattered snow showers. the radar shoots over the top of some of this, but we have seen the snow falling in the high country, west jefferson and until 7:00 a.m. thursday, to the south, wind chill feeling brutally cold the next 24 hours. look at the winter weather advisories from tennessee into kentucky, west virginia, southern ohio and western portions of virginia this afternoon. all of that cold air continuing to sink south. we made it to 40 in charlotte. it is 24 in cincinnati, 18 chicago, and up to 11 now minneapolis-st. paul. that is a look at beach mountain where they are making snow. folks enjoying fantastic conditions in the mountains am 40 in charlotte, humidity, 35%, with west to northwest wind 10 to 15 miles an hour. upper 30 and low 40's, 40 mountain island lake,

charlotte are you in the clear. that does not mean there are not lingering problems but they continue once you get northwest of charlotte up into the foothills. you will see how this warm air will work into the picture during the overnight hours. that wild shrink the area of activity and push it up into the foothills. 33 in charlotte. the problems continue in the valley, foothills. and around boone. >> it should end as the front comes through. that's the heavy rain. are you out the door the forecast 46 if you can believe that with the rain winding down and warmer weather. more on that coming up. >> and the roads caused accidents after accident all in the foothills. that's where sarah blake-morgan is near hickory. >> reporter: the rain has made the situation better out here but the use is covering everything from the rains to over here the cars and covered in ice making for a tough time behind the wheel. >> very bad. >> you did not have to look long. >> terrible >> to find someone sliding out. >> cars off the road. and we covered in statesville where the dot trucks were trying to beat mother nature. >> this is not snow,

a murder suspect - is in custody, following an overnight standoff in northwest charlotte. police say "tyquan powell" barricaded himself inside a home on pointer ridge drive. the swat team was called in to help get him out. they were able to get inside the house and take the suspect into custody with no trouble. "powell" is wanted for murder in halifax county. charlotte city council approved the controversial non- discrimination ordinance. the measure prevents businesses from discriminating one of the main revisions allows transgender people to use the bathroom of their choice. the north carolina general assembly could still strike down the ordinance. it goes into effect on april first. the "c-i-double- a" tournament week is offcially underway! c-m-p-d is working overtime to make sure people stay safe. police say there will be more officers out and about in the streets and at all the events... the womens' games tipped off about 20 minutes ago... the men start around 6:30 this evening. keep it right here for charlotte today at eleven... and our next with at&t the choice is y

the company leased a building on david taylor drive in northwest charlotte. available positions right now include sales professionals and customer care consultants. the wages will vary by position. >>> we have weather and traffic >> meteorologist keith monday is in severe weather center 9 and this president's day weekend will be perfect to hit the ski slope s. it will be one of the busiest weekends after unseasonably warm temperatures that kept them closed most of december. the recent cold weather helped them build a six-foot base of the man-made and additional snow to add on top of that. >> it looks pretty fabulous, right? it is very cold, not very cold, cold enough so it won't get slushie, nice powder. >> the resort told us the biggest concern they're hearing from people is how will the roads be up there. d.o.t. crews have been working 12-hour shifts using 800 continue tos of salt to keep the roads clear. so it looks like they'll be looking pretty good in the mountains. although more snow will fall so there may be flurries up there this morning and more add

. >> early morning standoff in northwest charlotte at a cmpd says the suspect, the 20-year-old had outstanding warrants from halifax county. when officers arrived to issue them, he bare indicated himself inside the house and refused to come out. the s.w.a.t. team and negotiators had to be called into set a perimeter while neighbors were evacuated from the area. the man living next door said several people are in and out of the house regularly and nothing but trouble ever since they moved in. >> i have seen fights over there, i have seen police over there, numerous of times. it's just been very inconvenienced because i just wish that whatever was going on, they stop and get it under control. bill: the sheriff's office says powell is accused of killing jimmy daniels junior. they say he was shot in his car january 26 where two other people were hurt as well. investigators are searching for another suspect in this case. >>> the man responsible for bringing more than a ton of sentenced up to 25 years in prison. 31-year-old brian tucker was sentenced in court today. he launderred over $1.7 million i

if you bring it down it is 600 miles northwest of charlotte. this will have an impact on the mountains as we take you through the day tomorrow and even some of the snow could spill out. you might even see some as far south as the charlotte area. if you are heading out now 40 in charlotte and boone and blowing rock so the our by hour numbers we are back down to freezing. >> the cold air is back over the weekend and we'll let you know what that means for the president's day coming up. that's part of the seven-day first alert forecast. >> it is hiewnl for the -- it is huge for the mountain. they have seen seven inches of snow businesses are getting ready and they say this could be the weekend they finally catch up from the season that started out grim. >> a little windchill, but staying busy it is not bad. >> if they see a major weather event on monday it could cut into the number of people driving from charlotte, hickory and even morganton. road crew say they have the roads clear and there is nothing to worry about. stay up-to-date on the wbtv fi

breaking news right now from northwest charlotte, where crews are on the scene of a barn fire. it broke out just before 7:00 in the 3800 block of oakdale road. long creek fire officials say most of the animals are out of the stable, and the flames are under control. we're working to find out what sparked the fire. a reminder: avery, watagua and ashe county schools are all closed today. .look for clearing skies today with highs in the mid-50s. .thursday...sunny . highs in the lower 50s. .friday...sunny. highs in the mid 50s. south winds 5 to 10 mph. .saturday...partl y sunny. highs in the mid 60s. .sunday...partly sunny. highs in the upper 60s. a chance of rain the morning..hen achance of showers in the afternoon. highs in the upper 50s. .tuesday...cloudy with a 50 percentance of owers.is the upper 40s. crash on independence causing delays. one at briar creek and another at conference dr. up next on the today show: tipping the scales. that feeling. you know the one. that "grand-slam, aced-the-presentation" feeling. a moment worthy of celebration. now multiply that. you're everyo

if you bring it down it is 600 miles northwest of charlotte. this will have an impact on the mountains as we take you through the day tomorrow and even some of the snow could spill out. you might even see some as far south as the charlotte area. if you are heading out now 40 in charlotte and boone and blowing rock so the our by hour numbers we are back down to freezing. >> the cold air is back over the weekend and we'll let you know what that means for the president's day coming up. that's part of the seven-day first alert forecast. >> it is hiewnl for the -- it is huge for the mountain. they have seen seven inches of snow businesses are getting ready and they say this could be the weekend they finally catch up from the season that started out grim. >> a little windchill, but

upper 40s from charlotte northwest. upper 30s in the high country. still in the form of rain. lower 50s south of charlotte. bus stop forecast, rain gear a must. we're talking about raincoats and umbrellas assuming you can get the kids to grab that stuff. batches of rain we'll track over the next few days. temperatures go up and down until the next cold front comes through on wednesday. and as it does we'll run into a severe weather risk. christine rapp will join me to take you through the risk. tomorrow after we get through the morning drive, we'll see an extended stretch of not beautiful weather but nothing terribly heavy falling from the sky. it'll be this time tomorrow rain bubbles out of the midlands of south carolina and pushes toward the charlotte area. hourly forecast tomorrow temperature wise, the average is 57. we'll start mild around 50. then temperatures sit tight. upper 40s to near 50s all day. the neighborhood forecast, cooling down with the rain ending during the afternoon up toward hickory. highs in the mid 40s. toward rock hill. we wish it would look that nice.

minutes before 8:00 in >>> following breaking news, one man was seriously hurt in a shooting in northwest charlotte, it happened early this morning on mcdonald street not far from west charlotte high school. police say the victim was shot three times in the leg, he was taken to carolinas medical center, it is not clear what led to the shooting, no arrests have been made. >>> time to check in with chris larson and our first alert traffic. >> chris: john, first alert traffic is sponsored this morning by toyota of north charlotte. we do have problems on inbound i-77, take a live look 77 northbound at arrowood, injury accident here as been -- an accident has been moved over, don't know whether it has injuries or not. northbound working your way up to 485, heavy volume of traffic now providence road, independence boulevard and we we have a new accident on independence at north sharon amity, big delays heading inbound to center city. >> al: we don't have fog in the charlotte area, just cloud cover you can see that from central piedmont community college. our vantage point looking back toward the west. we

firefighters reopened a road in northwest charlotte at the scene of a barn fire. here are live pictures. you can see the smoke still rising from that barn and animals outside of the barn, some folks milling around. we know from the fire department that the fire is contained. the barn did have animals, most were safely removed. reporter angela hong will have 8:00. this breaking news on i-77 that we've been following since 4:30 this morning. live pictures here, this is i- 77 north of statesville at mile marker 65. you can see this tractor- trailer that was carrying some logs is overturned. you can see the logs sticking out. we know at the time there was heavy fog in the area. the truck driver hit rumble overturned. now crews are still trying to get that truck uprighted and the logs removed. traffic team 9's mark taylor has been very busy this morning. what updates do you have? >> new wrecks 485 and i-85 we'll be getting to at the 7:00 hour. 77 and south charlotte arrow wood lanes, an accident blocking lanes is clear to the you'll want to use 160, 21 or pleasant road

west and northwest of the charlotte metro area. we could see scattered showers here and there. cacatawba. light rainfall. look at the temperatures, everybody is in the 50s, a mild start to the morning out there as we take it through the daytime hours. cloudy, showers near 50.

currently in charlotte, 24 of the northwest at 5. degrees. these are the straight boone. 19 albermarle, 18 salisbury, 24 in charlotte. now let's factor in the wind. feels like goose egg in boone, 18 in morganton, 18 shelby, 18 charlotte, 16 monroe and 19 for wadesboro and lancaster. that breeze is going to factor in today. even though we get back to 40 and you need the sun glasses, bright sunshine, will feel chilly and most of the day spent in the 30s across the piedmont. lows tonight, back down even colder, 11 degrees in boone, 17 morganton, 18 charlotte, monroe, lancaster, rock hill, chester, salisbury and highs tomorrow barely crack the 40 degree mark in the metro area and still below freezing in the mountains. this is going to be a prolonged period of cold weather. outside of the mountains, there is no precipitation through sunday. system we're still getting well, varying degrees of certainty as to what is going to happen monday, but a couple of systems we're watching may try to pair weather. sun-up at 7:16, sets at 6:01. plenty of sunshin

your medication, right now, a murder suspect---in custody, following an overnight standoff in northwest charlotte. police say "tyquan powell" barricaded himself inside a home on pointer ridge drive near seedling lane. the swat team was called out just before four this morning to help c-m-p-d officers. they were able to get inside the house and take the suspect into custody with no trouble. "powell" is wanted for murder in halifax county. today will be cloudy with showersand patchy fog. near steady temperatures in the upper 40s to low 50s. wednesday...sho wers. thunderstorms likely...mainly in the may be severe in the afternoon. breezy and not as cool with highs in the mid 60s. thursday...mostl y sunny and breezy. highs in the mid 50s. friday...sunn highs in thupper 40s.tua.unny. ghs around 50. nday.sunny. ghs in eper 50s.ny...partly nny. highs in e lower 60s. ming uon- c chartte,the important decision c-m-s board members have to make today, that will effect your child's education. we're back here >>> 7:30 now. it's tuesday morning, 23rd of february, 2016. it's like we're at a rave here. it's stud

is sayin bill: welcome back a suspect wanted for murder is wanted in custody after a northwest standoff in charlotte, at a the suspect, 20 career old-year-old powell had outstanding warrens, the s.w.a.t. team and negotiators were called out, and neighbors were evacuated from the area. the man living next door said several people are in and out that house regularly. >> i have seen fights over there, police over there. numerous times. it just been very inconvenient because, i just wish that whatever was going on, it would stop. they would get it under control. bill: halifax county sheriff office said that powell is accused of killing 24-year-old daniels. he was shot on january 26. investigator say they are searching for another suspect, in this case. kayla: ciaa tournament tipped arena this morning, small businesses gathered on talk about cashing in on the crowd, mayor roberts spoke at the breakfast, a networking chance for small and minority business owners with the goal of bringing the -- bridging the gap. with thousands of fans flocking to the stay for the tournament this is a great opportunity if

for you -- so winter storm watch for almost all the counties in purple which is pretty much charlotte northwest under the winter storm watch. typically as we get closer in time to the onset of the event to the watch we'll be upgrade today the warning so that's happened for the mountains so anywhere in pink now under the winter storm warning and we do expect that the rest of the counties that are now under a watch will be upgraded to a winter storm warning as we do get closer to the onset of the winter weather which will be as far as as i'm concerned nothing falling today. we've got to feel sky clear but the clouds are moving in quickly. so overall the day is going to be mostly cloudy for us. we do have some snow showers upstream. this is part one of the storm that will be moving in tonight. so in the mountains some of these snow showers could get in as early as this evening for kind of the very beginning of this winter event for us. but in the charlotte area just turning cloudy temperatures will be in the mid-30s for highs. about 36 for us in the mount attains. only highs in the low 20s. again

charlotte. and yes, it's a touch on the breezy side that northwest wind coming in at 10-miles-per-hour but we are not seeing the gusts widespread as we were the past couple of days. but, charlotte has still reported a 20-mile-per-hour gust and 30 in boone. it has not gone calm completely. since the wind has weakened from this time yesterday we do not have much in the way of the snow showers anymore in the mountains. dried out the moisture as well with that. while they are holding on to the cloud cover the snow ended for the high country. outside of that we have the clear sky which will stay that clear out your cloud cover too and we have an area of high pressure building from the west and that will keep our sky cloud-free through the weekend. and the reason why we will see a change in temperatures from saturday to sunday, is the position of this high. while it's off to the west, for saturday we have a little bit of a northwesterly component to our breeze. so that will keep us in the 50s. and sunday, the highs shifts offshore so we have a southerly component to the wind and that will put us into t

charlotte. to the northwest on i-40 from statesville through hickory, fog settling in and temperatures up there are close to freezing and still above freezing but just barely. no reports of icy conditions right now. wet roads here and no trouble in the mountains. squirrels are out again today especially on the secondary roads. morning drive, roads may be damp but they are drying up the low 40s by 9:00. 50s today. the numbers are going way higher in the upcoming weekend. >>> breaking news. northway charlotte. a man was shot in the leg three times. >>> mcdonald street off of lasalle street. medics confirmed one person was taken to the hospital and police say witnesses are not operating. we're asking them what led to the shooting and if they have a suspect. channel 9 to continue breaking the story. >>> police are looking for the people who were in the silver car left the scene of a crash. offices said the driver hit the back of a city truck on i-85 past the w. sugarcreek road. area around 12:30 am. closed for 30 minutes. the city truck driver was not her. >>> more than 600 people showed up to the