today there are no pageland police officers on patrol of. just deputies fill in. >> we don't have a police officer to protect our children and it is ridiculous. i am concerned what is going on in pageland. >> reporter: town leaders are having a meeting to come up with a plan and how to pay for the deputy. they are working on their off county don't suffer. >>>> have a huge county. and of course we have limited resources. >> they are walking off the force and that means there is a real problem going on in page land. >> reporter: a car -- sergeant who quit said several officers complained about a lack of leadership under brown. neighbors don't know what to think and maybe say it is time to start over. >> it is an excellent opportunity to clean the slate start from scratch. hire new personnel and get back to business. >> protect the citizens here in pageland. get over it. >> reporter: until town leaders make a decision on what is next you will see deputy cars patrolling pageland streets. >> it is concerning. we will take care of the town until t

wbtv will be on your side covering tonight's emergency meeting there in pageland. if you would like to attend the meeting starts at 7:00 p.m. in the council chambers at the building. >> it's been a tough day on the roads. lots of traffic and congestion and tonya rivens has it for you. >> and more slow down on independence boulevard. your first alert traffic is sponsored by people's bank. as we check on the expressway on 277 on independence eastbound it is around central avenue an accident at central and briar creek creating problems. the signal failure by central at hawthorne. monroe or independenced good options. but violence on independence typically as you get by albemarle road. and slow-moving traffic traffic in both directions approaching w.t. harris boulevard. >> thank you. heavy rain last night. but this morning cleared up. and sunshine and the temperature down. >> yes, and i understand people in the mountains might get snow? >> that is right. what is interesting is tomorrow night might end up looking like last night with the rain. except with the colder air

. >> christine: 5:06, officials in pageland, south carolina are scrambling after nearly every officer walked off the job yesterday in an emergency session town council members named the chesterfield county sheriff the temporary chief law enforcement officer. ashton pellom is live with more details, so ashton, has been led to all those officers walking off the job in the first place? >> reporter: hey, good morning, christine. we talk to police sources on the force. one sergeant asked to remain anonymous, he and other officers feel there is a true lack of leadership under police chief larry brown. he was reinstated despite an ongoing investigation by sled. the nature of the investigation officials say majority of the officers quit and others have threatened to leave by monday. that is when brown is supposed to return to his duties. town council members decided the sheriff jay brooks will act as police chief while the department resolves staffing issues. >> we'll be here as long as it takes, a week, a month, a year, we'll make sure the citizens in pageland are safe and their streets are

they don't have body cameras so they gave some to pageland. he talked about why it is important to have up-to-date technology. take a listen. >> we're going to have the whole department digitalized, they will have smart phones and everything off e-mails. if we don't have the best equipment we can afford to buy with taxpayer money, then we're going to be liable for what happens. >> now, another thing the sheriff implemented, he is having the officers walk the downtown pageland area, talking with business owners and residents to build trust in the community and build relations. wbtv, on your side. >> thank you, ashton. he was asked to oversee the police department last week when many officers walked off the job. many are upset with the reinstatement of brown who was investigated by the state. >> and a policy-setting meeting set for tonight, they will get preliminary merits about student assignment. the meeting is being held at 6:00 tonight. >> north carolina's insurance commissioner said people who thought they had issues with blue cross blue sh

the pageland police chief is expected to be back to work monday. the sheriff says some of the remaining officers could leave by then. >>> as a result of all, this town leaders called emergency meeting to talk about the officer walkout. it was the only item on the agenda and obviously something the public wants to see resolved. tonight sam smith is joining us live from pageland with the latest from the meeting. hi, sam. >> reporter: hey, bill, the meeting just ended and town leaders met for about 2 1/2 in the meeting they announced the sheriff will act as the chief law enforcement officer here, and larry brown will work underneath him to fix the staffing issues. what does a town do when most of its police force walks away? pageland is working on the answer. >> concerned citizens and here to find out what's going on. >> motion to go into executive session. >> reporter: the council discussed the issue in private in executive session while those anxious to hear their solution waited. >> i want to see everybody in the community start unity and do things

the pageland police chief is expected to be back to work monday. the sheriff says some of the remaining officers could leave by then. >>> as a result of all, this town leaders called emergency meeting to talk about the officer walkout. it was the only item on the agenda and obviously something the public wants to see resolved. tonight sam smith is joining us live from pageland with the latest from the meeting. hi, sam. >> reporter: hey, bill, the leaders met for about 2 1/2 hours. in the meeting they announced the sheriff will act as the chief law enforcement officer here, and larry brown will work underneath him to fix the staffing issues. what does a town do when most of its police force walks away? pageland is working on the answer. >> concerned citizens and here to find out what's going on. >> motion to go into executive session. >> reporter: the council discussed the issue in private in executive session while those anxious to hear their solution waited. >> i want to see everybody in the community start unity and do things together and live pe

right now off duty chesterfield county deputies are helping to police pageland streets while the town figures out the police staffing controversy. >> some of the officers told us they left because they don't want to work, they have a vote off in confidence, what is going on? >> i will work with anybody you got a problem, address it, move on. >> several officers have stayed, several said they are not come back we're going to, we'll take that day today and the chief and will meet monday morning to see who is here and who is not. >> chief brown would not talk about the issue. >>> a sad update to story we told you tuesday night a child who ran in a moving car while has died. investigators 88-year-old bryson mcsweeney ran into a car, he was a second grader at harrisburg elementary school. neighbors and school officials say it is hard to cope with his death. >> i pray for the mother and the little boy, kept on praying. >> harrisburg leaders say he has a sister in the fifth grade. we'll let you know about funeral arrangements. >>> a driver who crashed his pick up truck in a propane tank outs

for now we're live in pageland. >>> i'm live in the weather center with eric thomas. we're getting blasted with cold air. molly and then some rain and add up to snow for parts of the area as well. molly mentioned. look at this the cold air is ramming again down into the carolinas. some areas now 30 degrees colder right now than we were at this time last night. salisbury, are you leading the charge right now. what about the rain and the snow that's coming our way, it is through the day the snow rolling into the mountains and spill over into the foothills. you will be dry and cold in the morning, 36 degrees. and thereafter the day ends with the snow and rain coming in. we'll talk about accumulations and the rest of the week. >> thank you. >>> new information now on a serious crash involving a pedestrian in charlotte. and sky three was live with the breaking news can you see it shattered and the roof crushed since 5:00 we learned that the victim was seriously hurt and is in the hospital. this was at peach tree and subset bush -- sun set road. police have not said if anyo

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

probably no rain cheraw, pageland, sunshine with clouds mixed most of the afternoon. high pressure is now starting to push this front south of us. could see the band of clouds here, lots of gray, not much green. 6:00, justq- gra an umbrella if you're heading out, overnight you see a little bit of rain but by tomorrow morning at 8:00, a lot of this is dissipating as the front pushes to the south of us, there is a norther brelye as the high goes by across virginia and out to sea, what happens that is front just washes away sunday and w turn our attention to the major system back to the west, that is going to!tuu break loose and come eastward, the best opportunity for rain coming sunday into sunday nig and monday, lower chances for saturday, most of it pre-dawn and as we go in the day sunday we get in the rain. sun-up at 6:39, normal low is 38 degrees, 62 right now is what the normal high would be here in the early stages of march. 80 for today, maybe a light shower late the day and in the evening.

kayla: an emergency meeting is being held at 7:00 at the pageland town hall. sam smith will be there and the sheriff says town council officers and community leaders hope to find the best way to address community concerns. bill: there's been new information released regarding a triple murder investigation in gaston county. it turns out the victims' bodies were found naked inside of a house in alexis. caroline fountain joins us with the latest information in this case. go ahead and fill us in. >> reporter: police just released the 911 tapes this afternoon, revealing more about the crime that left three people dead in this home. >> gaston county 911, may i have the address of the emergency? >> reporter: as the investigation continues, 42-year-old crystal gambino faces three counts of first-degree murder, for killing her husband and two others at her home in alexis. 911 calls revealing how >> my sister-in-law has told her family that she killed her husband. she caught him sleeping with another woman and cleaned up the bullet casings and took care of the bodies. >

in pageland south carolina sam smith fox 46 wjzy. jenna: and are telling us the fire caused $200,000 in damages. an apartment fire displaces two families in the charlotte is going to the fire department received a call around 9:55 9:55 s. 30 firefighters responded to the 9000 block of of -- it took crews 50 minutes to gain control of the fire. cross has been called in to help the families who will no longer be able to stay in the two-story multifamily home. officials say there is no word yet on the cause. north carolina's top transportation official says a bankruptcy filing alone to buy it texas toll road operator is not a reason not to cancel a contract on the i-77 toll lane's here at home. center the companies building the i-77 toll lane in the charlotte area is tied to the texas project after the bankruptcy filing in texas governor mccrory ordered the d.o.t. to review the contract in north carolina. so the state transportation secretary is heading to texas monday to find out what went wrong there. today the secretary was in valent

. - - pageland police department out here. this after the town council reinstated chief larry brown after a sled investigation was conducted. the investigation still technically open but no charges have been filed. we spoke with several people at the meeting when the chief was reinstated, but they said it shocked them. >> you expect a few officers to be upset or quit but not the entire force. >> reporter: they are talking about the logistic of how the deputies from the sheriffs department will be patrolling the street. there is an emergency call, a special meeting of the pageland town council tonight. just as i was standing here, a man walked into the police wanted to apply for a job. greg surfingin, channel 9 eyewitness news. >> the sheriff is putting three extra deputies on the streets to help patrol. you can follow greg suskin and other channel 9 reporters to find out about major news as it's happening. >>> rock hill officials have identified a jogger joggerrary attacker. he chased the woman intending to stab her. they will

. >>> today the pageland police chief will immediate with the town's administrator. last week more than half of the pageland police force walked off the job after town leaders reinstated larry brown. jay brooks is stepping in as the interim police chief while working on 30-day plan to convince some officers to come back to work. >>> a major story we are following for your day ahead. the top transportation official is talking about finding out connect to the i-77 toll project went bankrupt. >>> condolences continue to pour in for nancy reagan. among them a charlotte artist >> it was (phone ringing)you can't deal with something, by ignoring it. but that's how some presidential candidates seem to be dealing with social security. americans work hard, and pay into it. so our next president needs a real plan to keep it strong. (elephant noise) (donkey noise) answer the call al steve: today is your lucky day. woman: (surprised) oh, my goodness mark: you've just won - a thousand dollars! woman: that'amazing! that' amazing! (shrieks) woman: ok, nice job. mark, way better than

why pageland police just walked off the job. tomorrow after trying brookside chocolate, people talk about it online. i would liquefy it and bathe in it. curse you, brookside! your nefarious plans have succeeded. nefarious? are we still talking about chocolate? brookside. talk about delicious. >>> it's winesday wednesday also known as the day we play "who knew." and in case it's not on your calendar, this friday is national grammar day. mark it, okay? we thought it'd be fun to give everyone a grammar pop quiz. hoda is across the street ready to hand out $100 to anyone who gets the questions right and for those who don't, they get one of her wonderful signed books. so everybody's a winner. with me is host of the grammar girl podcast and author of "grammar girl's quick and dirty tips." all righty. which of these words or expressions was not recognized by oxford dictionaries in 2015? awesomesauce, bloggish, and wine o 'clock. which is it? >> bloggish. people think that dictionaries choose words because they're proper. mostly they ch

. >>> in pageland, nearly every police officer walked off the force just hours after the town reinstated the police chief. tonight, eyewitness news reporter greg suskin is in and asking what happens next? >> reporter: and nine of the 11 officers sworn to protect the city of pageland were not on the job after police chief brown was told he could come back. patrol cars sit parked and people in the town want to know what's going on. >> i'm hoping that when it comes out, it's the truth and not rumors. >> reporter: it hasn't come out yet. but town hall released a statement saying they couldn't comment on personnel issues but wanted to assure residents that appropriate law enforcement presence is maintained. those steps have forced chesterfield county sheriffs deputies to take over law enforcement. >> just never seen a police department just walk out. >> reporter: now, the sheriff is calling in extra deputies to cover despite having to patrol >> we are going to continue stlongz takes, weeks, a month, a year. >> reporter: the drama came after the town downs reinstated brown last night. he was o

at that time the sheriff says he should know how many pageland officers will hort for duty. >>> two people are in custody in connection with a shooting at a south end shopping center. witnesses told channel 9 they saw a group of men in a car waiting for a man who just walked into this bar here on south boulevard. the bartender said he heard gunshots minutes later. you can see from chopper 9 sky zoom police put markers next to several bullets, some of which hit two cars. no one was hurt. we are working to find the suspect's names and a possible motive. >>> tonight four republican presidential candidates will debate in detroit. but dr. ben carson will not be one of them. the decision was made following a poor finish on super tuesday. carson has not said if he is dropping out yet but he is expected to reveal the next move at a conference in washington tomorrow. it will be the first face off trump, ted cruz, marco rubio and john kasich. >>> early voting in north carolina begins today and runs through march 12th. you will find presidential race and statewide seats up for grabs and a bond issue.

middle 50s southeast of the city and perhaps upper 50s pageland 58 for friday and the temperatures go up from there. saturday we are in the upper 50s. sunday is the beginning of a streak that will take us in the 60s and 70s into the early part of next week. 62 to close-out the weekend. and next week we have low and mid-70s ahead for tuesday through thursday and overall we are fairly dry for the better part of the next seven days with the warmup on the way. here is tonya rivens in the first alert traffic center. >> thank you. and your first alert traffic is sponsored by people's bank. as we check things are improving creek road and volume on 485. things are improving a bit. rain may be lightning up some on the roads. and problems morse chapel road and highway 27 we have a situation with the lanes partially blocked because of an accident earlierment and looking west around belmont gaston county that typical stop-and-go traffic at the state line at gaston county and mecklenberg county back to you. >> thank you. coming up next here new at 5:00... >> the governor was at the north carolina

-- 601, sorry, in pageland yesterday afternoon. crews work to put the fire out. the business is part of johnson produce. no one was hurt. >>> a south carolina thief gets quite the surprise during an attempted get away. look at this, deputies say a man stole $40 worth of meat from wal-mart when he dashed out the front door, watch, he runs head-first in the passing suv. the suv stopped after the impact but the man took off. deputies are still trying to find him right now. >>> dozens of protesters marched through uptown upset with police over a violent arrest, video of the arrest we showed you the cell phone video earlier this week. cmpd is investigateing if they went too far. >> reporter: not a long video but folks are angry. forceful arrest of a suspect in charlotte. >> i saw the person was on their stomach. >> i counted seven officers. >> one officer repeatedly punching him. >> completely unacceptable. >> part of the reason why these people say they are here tonight. >> shut it down! >> kelly presley says it made her think of her o

the nasdaq is down about 37. >>> more permanent changes are coming to pageland's police department. chief larry brown announced he'll be retiring april 6. he was on leave for four months because of a sled investigation that is still open. officials have still not said what the investigation about despite our questions. the city did name county police chief and brown has been working under brooks. >>> a company plans to layoff 123 workers at the plant in rowan county after nearly 30 years. all 123 employees will lose their jobs on may 9. rowan county nc work center said it will work with the employees to find new jobs. >>> new at noon, a union county student is facing felony charges accused of setting fires inside of sun valley high school last week. deputies say that jayce kear set two smile fires and one in a trash can. investigators tell us that kear was also in the fire academy. they say a crime stoppers tip led to his arrest. >>> another big night in the race for the white house, the new feud among the two big winners concerning their wives. plus, a charlotte neighborhood has no

on the sheriff and what people can expect next. >> reporter: people talking in pageland are upset and frustrated after a majority of police officers decided to quit. the question now is how long will the sheriff's office protect this town? a town without most of their officers. and the chesterfield county sheriff's office stepping into help with patrolling. town council voted to reinstate larry brown as the police chief. right after that happened, nine officers announced their plans to resign. >> i hate that they had to think they had to do that. i wish the town council would have spoken to them. >> reporter: brown will be back in the office monday following a four-month sled investigation. sled tells us the investigation is ongoing and can't release information yet. brown will work under sheriff jay brooks who will be the problem is resolved. >> we can't let the town go without police protection. >> reporter: sheriff brooks says brown will focus on filling the open positions. >> larry is going to have a job of recruiting new officers, building his police department back. this is goin

for now, pageland chief larry brown will report to him. tonight, the sheriff told us he has three deputies and one officer ready to cover each shift. and right now, he's trying to get some of those officers to consider to come back to the job. >> we are working with them to help save, you know, save their career. i think a lot of those decisions that were made is in the heat of the moment. >> pageland chief, larry brown, was off the job for four months investigation. so far, both town council and brooks declined to comment on why he was being investigated. >>> just in the past two hours, unc charlotte confirmed there's campus. a spokesperson for the university says that a student developed the symptoms last yesterday show that it is positive. the university says the student has been in isolation and is no longer showing symptoms. that brings the total number of confirmed or probable cases in the state to 15. now some of those cases link back to lowe's corporate headquarters. it was two weeks ago that health officials said that two employee

. >> the town of pageland has an interim police chief after several officers walked off the job. next chesterfield county sheriff is taking steps to keep quar >>> a charlotte store robbed at gunpoint. we were there when they took four suspects into custody including a 15-year-old. the resources that officers used to track down the suspects moments after the crime. we are tracking rain for the day ahead. we will use future tracker to show how it will impact the drive home from work. >> good morning, i am i'm elsa gillis. >> i'm john paul. let's get a first check of the forecast with meteorologist keith monday in severe weather center 9. morning after morning we are getting great sunrises. >> beautiful this morning. clouds are taking over fast. by this afternoon's drive home the clouds will be here for everybody. a few light raindrops moving in. morning drive, the cold we have to deal with. 34 charlotte douglas. numbers near 30 in harrisburg. a cold start out there this morning. thankfully the air is dry. little if any frost out there to be concerned with. as we work through the da

. >> john: questions surround the pageland police department. nearly every officer walked off the job when the department's chief was reinstated. it forced town officials to gather for emergency session which they decided to make changes. ashton pellom is joining us live with much more on this story, so ashton, tell us what made the officers walk off the job? >> reporter: hey, good morning, john, we have been talking with our sources inside the pageland police department and with spoke told us he wants to remain anonymous, he and other officers feel there was a lack of leadership under police chief larry brown. brown was reinstated earlier this week despite an ongoing investigation by sled. the nature of the investigation has not been released but officials say the majority of the officers quit and others have threatened to leave by monday. that is when brown is supposed to return. last night town council decided chesterfield sheriff jay brooks will act as police chief while the department resolves the staffing issues. >> we'll be here as long a

in pageland south carolina sam smith fox 46 wjzy. jenna: and are teelling us the fire caused $200,000 in damages. an apartment fire displaces two families in the charlotte is going to the fire department received a call around 9:55 9:55 s. 30 firefighters responded to the 9000 block of of -- it took crews 50 minutes to gain control of the fire. no one was injured and the red cross has been called in to help the families who will no longer be able to stay in the two-story multifamily home. yet on the cause. north carolina's top transportation official says a bankruptcy filing alone to buy it texas toll road operator is not a reason not to cancel a contract on the i-77 toll lane's here at home. center the companies building the i-77 toll lane in the charlotte area is tied to the texas project after the bankruptcy filing in texas governor mccrory ordered the d.o.t. to review the contract in north carolina. so the state transportation secretary is heading to texas monday to find out what went wrong there. today the secretary was in valen

the pageland town council voted to name the chesterfield county sheriff as interim police chief while they work on fixing the serious staffing problem. nine police officers just quit. this is after larry brown was reinstated as police chief tuesday. chesterfield county sheriff's office stepping in to help out with patrolling. brown is going to work under jay brooks until the problem gets sorted out. >> larry is going to have a job of recruiting new officers, of building his this is going to give him the time to do that. we're going to take over the day-to-day operations. >> from what we learned so far, the sheriff's office are the ones handling the day-to-day operations and pageland will cover the overtime pay for the deputies on patrol. brown is supposed to be back in the office monday following a four-month sled investigation. investigation is ongoing and can't comment what it was about. there's another meeting planned monday morning, the sheriff along with larry brown and town administrators will be on hand to talk about how to best recruit and move the police department forward in

if you weren't pageland you are getting hit heavy with rain right now. all this by the way shifting almost direct we straight to the east end than the worst of it continues to be down around kershaw. here's the good news, it's pushed east of kershaw but see words purple and a little black in the middle? that's where we are currently seeing the biggest hail and absolutely huge. taking a look at satellite and radar, the good news this is all coming on the front edge of the cold front so once the initial batch moves through rehab is cold front behind it. we have got drier air and it's going to be moving into place. that will be good news as we head into tomorrow. showers and storms tonight, warm and sunny tomorrow and wednesday and then we will see more rain over the weekend. that of course is going to come with cooler temperatures. let's talk about chances for tonight still strong, tuesday and wednesday no chance of rain, little chance for thursday and friday and the weekend, getting hit again with a 50% chance on saturday in a 40% chance on sunday. make s

we'll be in the upper 70sto low 80s in pageland, so another nice and warm day, and we could see changes as well. futurecast tries to bring a sprinkle through early in the it still might show an isolated sprinkle tomorrow and keeping afternoon. the evening drive, upper 70s and staying warm. we're tracking a storm system out to the west and parked across texas, louisiana, and arkansas and this will bring very intense rainfall with up to a foot of rain dealing with flooding and a severe weather threat. weekend. so for saturday, low 70s and a few showers possible and sunday, a better chance for rain, not going to be a wash out but if you have plans outside, take our wsoc tv weather app with you at all times. the main concern will be rain, not concerned with flooding or severe storms right now and as new data comes in, we will be watching that with more updates on eyewitness news at 5:00. so it will stay warm they are the weekend, we're tracking a chance for rain and don't forget to set our clocks forward an hour. >> more daylight but lose an hour of sleep. >> gotta lose that hour. it's that

foothills, low 70s, 73 lenoir, 72 taylorsville. 70 in concord, 74 wadesboro and 73 in rockingham, 74 pageland, partly cloudy, 73 in cheraw or for this afternoon in cheraw. futurecast through the day today, fairly quiet, no rain showers, partly cloudy skies, afternoon. the moisture and colder air working in as we head overnight in saturday morning, this is 10:00 a.m., keep in mind parade is tomorrow morning at 10:00 to 11:00, rain showers, 11:00 a.m. for the parade start, back in we will see more rounds of rain coming overnight in sunday morning and with the colder air, snow showers up in the mountains, first thing on sunday morning. so about a 50% chance for rain showers saturday, 40% sunday morning and then we're dry to start the work week with the very nice warming trend. it is chilly, right at average if not slightly below for the weekend, 58 saturday afternoon, rain showers overnight in sunday morning, but clearing sunday afternoon and look at the lows, monday morning, 33, 32 coming up on tuesday morning and there is the warming trend, 72 wednesday afternoon, 77 on thursday. that is a che

was on the way to school yesterday when troopers say a pickup truck crossed the center line on old pageland monroe road. the truck driver, moss, died instantly. jackson williams was waiting for his bus and saw a little girl trying to get out. >> the window was already cracked and pulled back so i pulled it back and pulled her out. >> a witness told channel 9 she saw the truck driving erratically moments before the collision. >>> lawmakers may have hit another road block in fixing the roelds, house leaders have-- roads. house leaders have a plan that clashwise the senate. they want to set aside $400 million, it would force lawmakers to find a new funding source next year. the senate plan would use $400 million from the general budget. 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 pageland town council voted to name the chesterfield county sheriff as interim police chief while they work on fixing the serious staffing problem. nine police officers just quit. this is after larry brown was reinstated as police chief tuesday. chesterfield county sheriff's office stepping in to help out with patrolling. brown is going to work under jay brooks until the problem gets sorted out. >> larry is going to have a job of recruiting new officers, of building his this is going to give him the time to do that. we're going to take over the day-to-day operations. >> from what we learned so far, the sheriff's office are the ones handling the day-to-day operations and pageland will cover the overtime pay for the deputies on patrol. brown is supposed to be back in the office monday following a four-month sled investigation. investigation is ongoing and can't comment what it was about. there's another meeting planned monday morning, the sheriff along with larry brown and town administrators will be on hand to talk about how to best recruit and move the police department forward in

this was the aftermath on old pageland monroe road yesterday. richard moss crossed the center line and hit an suv head-on. moss died in the crash. am 10-year-old in the suv was taken to the hospital, where they later died. two other girls in the car have broken bones, they will be all right. the driver of the suv was their mom's boyfriend, he also survived. >> christine: plenty ahead live on wbtv news this morning. >> john: dozens gather to stage a die-in at duke energy's headquarters. concerns about the coal ash ponds in gaston county. >>> before we go to break, a quick check of the first alert weather and temperature-wise, it is cold this morning, you need a jacket, 5:degrees in charlotte, 35 up in boone. freezing in statesville, 32. shelby 32 freezing, so does lancaster, traffic-wise, a live look at i-77 at clanton, things are moving very smoothly. we'll keep you posted on the traffic and weather because you're never more than seven minutes away from weather and morning. (scal): good day, m'lady! i am sir-can-a-lot, here to save you from anot

pageland police chief plans to retire in two weeks. town administrator confirmed chief brown submitted a letter on his plans to retire on april 6. brown has been in the spotlight after officers quit during his return to the department following leave. currently chesterfield sheriff is overseeing the police department. that will continue. the charlotte area system wants to hear from you about a proposal to raise the cost of taking public transportation. on the proposed changes today at the charlotte-mecklenburg government center at 5:30. saying it has to raise rates to offset $3 million shortfall projected next year. what price decided on, it will take effect july 1 this year. panthers linebacker making a stop at a local college, unc charlotte for the series on the heels of recovery last season. he had shoulder surgery last month. his sling is about to come off. coming up next, uber is looking to hire hackers, yeah, we will tell you why it is offering thousands of dollars for people who can hack their app. and big wins for the two front

just to the south, rock hill, upper 60's, 66 pageland and 65 cheraw. our future cast, pretty quiet the next three days. no chance of rain, just a very small chance thursday and friday with partly cloudy skies. we take that to a 60% chance for a few scattered showers coming up the weekend. right now, it would appear to be saturday evening, overnight into sunday morning. is so just a clear shot of sunshine here the next 48 hours. that ridge of high pressure holding all the severe weather into the mid section of the country, so we will keep an eye on that. tomorrow afternoon, 68 boone, 75 gastonia, 74 in charlotte, 7 phob 5 albemarle. the warmth had continue, 74 tuesday afternoon, 76 wednesday the temperatures stay mild, the rain chances up saturday afternoon and evening, 60%. we will keep an eye on that. that's the forecast. >> anchor: thank you. great reads, make america great again. getting people to read. >> your campaign. >> get your backs. not running for anything. i am running for best gift giver ever. baby shower ideas. definitely something from t

. >> anchor: several pageland police officers have quit their job following the re-enstatement of suspended police chief larry brown, placed on leave last year after an investigation. the reason was never released. the city has called a special meeting tonight. chesterfield county sheriff's to help policing the city. they will continue their patrols until there is a plan in place. next, a company is using plus size beauty. that story coming up. >> anchor: people across the country are celebrating read across america day, celebrating a special author's birthday. the first lady joining in. it was created by the national education association, read across america is celebrated every march 2, the birthday of late writer and illustrator dr. seuss. when you think of a positive body image, do you think of barbie? promote its plus size swim wear line. the retailer says it is part of ongoing plan to promote body acceptance and confidence. earlier this year, mattel released curvey, tall, and petite versions of the doll. americans are not ready to take their hands off the wheel. in a new study, three

. >> it was back in 1908 when the town of pageland came to be. now, more than a century later, its police department is still not -- >> i found the department had gotten stuck in a time warp. >> internal strive landed brooks as chief law enforcement official. he said only a few days in, he and feeling like the 1980sing he had to close the the local jail that it wouldn't pass inspection. that officers didn't have don't-issued cell phones. >> we're going to have the whole department digitalized, they will have smart phones and everything off e-mails. >> and they didn't have cameras. >> if we don't have the best equipment we can afford to bite taxpayer money, then we're going happens. >> we need see they and see them ourselves and it looks good. it is good to see them around because it makes you feel safer. >> despite the number of last week now, sick are , now six of them are back on the force. they have to pay overtime. it will take a while to get the department right and up-to-date. >> hillary clinton and bernie sanders face-off in their second d

late this afternoon, i expect you'll get in the upper 50s, maybe 60 from chester to lancaster, pageland the numbers below average this time of year. christine mentioned the spurs are taking on the hornet, tip-off temperature, 52. keep in mind that is at 7:00. you come out of the game at 9:30, 10:00, temperatures down in the low to middle 40s, a chilly evening. very cold overnight. hasn't started we don't have advisories but there is a freeze watch for the metro area, frost advisory south and east of i-85, that is for tonight in early tomorrow morning. how cold? down to freezing andsome of the areas are going to be below freezing. cold enough for frost to develop in the mountains, back down in the 20s. as you are this morning. tomorrow afternoon we rebound, tacking on a good 10 more degrees, getting in the mid to upper 60s across most of the viewing area. high pressure back to the west. on the cold side of this, tomorrow morning that high is essentially on top of us. as the high builds off toward the east, we return to the 60s tomorrow and in the 70s in advance of this front, which could

miles away from old pageland road where the crash happened. highway patrol says the kids and the driver were taken to the hospital. the driver of the black pickup truck richard lewis moss. his truck crossed the cen the investigators are working to determine how fast the two vehicles were going combined. >> 90-100-mile-per-hour impact like hitting a brick wall going that fast. >> troopers are still investigating but they believe moss the driver of the black pickup truck never hit his brakes. they think it's possible that distracted driving was involved or if it had to do with a phone they are investigating that. drop off time and there was a high school student at a bus stop nearby. at 5:00 p.m. i will have more what that high school did to help the family now here at carolinas medical center. pamela escobar wbtv on your side. >> thinking of everyone involved. thank you. >> a group against charlotte's new controversial nondiscrimination ordinance is in raleigh calling for state leaders to take immediate action against it. the most controversial

out in the sand hills, low to mid 70s, 70 lancaster and 73 for pageland. let's look at latest computer model run, as we head through the day today, a good deal of sunshine mixed in with a few high clouds in the afternoon and evening. but the clouds increased as high pressure builds to the north. we have a mini wedge setting up for saturday afternoon, a few rain showers 10:00 a.m., charlotte, back to our west, lenoir, hickory in the boone blowing rock area. then we get breaks and more showers moving in, overnight and so say from midnight saturday into 5:00 sunday morning, we have a few showers. about a 50/50 shot for saturday afternoon and evening. then on in to sunday. by sunday afternoon, clearing out nicely. seven day forecast looks like this. here come the cooler temperature, 58 on saturday afternoon, 39 to 53 on sunday. but as we clear things out, we'll see lighter winds, clear skies and look at morning lows, 33 monday morning, 32 on tuesday morning. afternoon highs in the mid 50s and middle of the work week warming trend, 72 on wednesday afternoon. th

. >>> pageland residents are expected to pack the town hall tonight at 6:00. people were frustrated when they left last week's meeting with no answers. it went for nearly six hours. sled is investigating brown. allegations are. >>> right now, some of the u.s. army's most elite members are setting up covert missions targeting isis. throughout iraq ready to conduct raids and free isis hostages. the group set up safe houses and set up a network of informants. >> isil has to fear anything any time it must be struck and i will say that the utf is in position. >> delta force will use special phones your thoughts at the coal ash clean up. meetings to 5:00. (phone ringing)you can't deal with something, by ignoring it. but that's how some presidential candidates seem to be dealing with social security. americans work hard, and pay into it. so our next president needs a real plan to keep it strong. (elephant noise) (donkey noise) answer the announcer: it's time to play "family feud"! give it up for steve harvey! [captioning made possible by fremantle media] steve: thank

this happened early this morning on pageland road. mark becker spoke to the young student about the rescue. you got new information i am hearing about the family. >> reporter: i just talked with highway patrol. they tell us four family members are in the hospital in charlotte tonight. three of them are expected to be all right including the father, an 11 year old, and 8 year old. but the ten year old boy needs a new liver and may not make it. this is after the collision that hit them so quickly and so violently. the crippled suv lying on its side this morning had been carrying a family on their way to school barely a mile down the road. >> i heard the crash. >> reporter: justin williams toward the suv where he saw a girl trying to get out. >> the window was cracked so i just pulled it back and pulled her out. >> reporter: then he saw her brother dangling by his seat belt. >> i had slid the seat back and unbuckled the seat belt. i had to drag him out. >> reporter: justin pulled him out of the back of the car. their father and older sis

. >>> tomorrow the chesterfield county sheriff and pageland police chief will meet with town administrators. earlier this week more than half of the police force walked off the job after the town administrators reinstated larry brown. since then jay brooks has been named the interim police chief. he laid out a 30 day plan to patrol the streets and to try to convince some officers to come back to work. >>> police are investigating a home invasion after a mother says she found her teenage daughter undressed and taped to a chair. it was this afternoon in raleigh. the mother says she and her other kids were at the park when she got a text from her daughter saying two men had broken in, and when she got home, she found her daughter naked and taped up in a closet, and she talked about what happened but did not want to show her face. >> i pulled up, and everything was normal, and people were and i don't know what i'm walking into. >> authorities said the two men broke in through the back of the house. >> this week three towns will vote on he has looses to send a clear message to cms leaders that t

we first told you about the crash on old pageland road on eyewitness news this morning. >> reporter: in just the past 20 minutes we learned the name of the man killed in this crash, richard moss. troopers say he was traveling in this direction on independent when he crossed the center line and collided head on with an suv containing a father and his three children. one look and troopers said they could tell speed was a factor in this crash. the front part of the truck is missing, the engine pushed up to the steering column. inside that suv a man way to school. two girls and a boy. i'm told the boy was main. he was the most critically injured. one of the girls may have a broken femur. i'm told the father was alert again, the driver of the truck killed on impact. troopers said such extreme damage indicates not only speed but something >> we're looking at somewhere it's like hitting a brick wall going that fast. >> reporter: now troopers were able to remove computer boxes from both vehicles. that will reveal critical information including speed that happened seconds before the crash. tr

plans to lay >> after more than a week since the majority of police walked away from the pageland police department, jay brooks has taken over. coming up in a live report at 5:30, find out how the sheriff plans to restore order through that department. >> and one parent, that's it, showed up for a chance to speak out on the budget process for charlotte mecklenburg schools clark is saying about the incredibly poor turnout. >> boom, good morning, thanks for watching wbtv news this morning. i'm john carter. >> i'm christine sperow. >> we talked about this last night and yesterday morning those clouds would come in overnight. again in spots they're thin. we're going to have sunshine today and we will warm up. right now, it is partly to mostly cloudy around lincolnton. current temperature is 59 degrees. a very, very mild start to the day. 58 in charlotte, salisbury 50. 61 around hickory. out the door this morning, patchy low cloudiness and 62 degrees at the bus stop. a mild start to the day. this afternoon looks great. high temperature stays warm, 78 degrees. not much chance for rain today. c

. >>> pageland police chief larry brown is heading back to work. >> it's unanimous [ cheers ] >> you can here it there, the crowd cheering as chief brown was reinstated. he was off the job for 4 months during a s.l.e.d. investigation, but they have not said why he was being investigated. >> we are going to serve our community and bring justice. >> chief brown will be back on the job on march 7th. >>> dozens of local teachers sick after eating sandwiches for a local restaurant. the reason the matthew's store is still open this morning. death of a couple killed after a propane tank explosion leveled their home. >> the reason some say the >> the reason some say lemme get a mcpick 2.check out the fresh new look onmcdonald's mcpick 2 menu! lemme get a mcpick 2 now, choose any 2 deliciousmcdonald's classics for just $5 bucks. mix n match share n savor 2 for $5name your flavor pick any 2 iconic tastes- a big mac made with 100% beef, flaky filet-o-fish, seared on the grill quarterpounder with cheese or crispy 10-piece chickenmcnuggets for just $5 bucks. grab a friend today and pickyour faves

piedmont of north carolina and again in some locations beginning to threaten the upper 70s. 76 for pageland and cheraw? and watch this again back out to the rain. and they will have problems over the middle of the country because we are in a stationary pattern and rain will be rolling over the same territory that way. but notice again it is not a threat to the carolinas. the seven-day first-alert forecast let's look. again temperatures they are not going to bother you. mid-70s. we are locked into that through wednesday, thursday, friday with little chance of rain. and then some of the pieces of that rain break free start working our direction over the weekend time-frame and you will e showers hanging around on monday but that rainfall will not be as heavy. right now tonya rivens has a look at the roads. >> thank you. and your first alert traffic is sponsored by people's bank. and as we check on the mapping system we've got problems and checking in looking on i-77 by trade street. and looks like traffic is flowing nicely in this area. we mentioned the situation with the building fire. and th

if you weren't pageland you are getting hit heavy with rain right now. all this by the way shifting almost direct we straight to the east end than the worst of it continues to be down around kershaw. here's the good news, it's words purple and a little black in the middle? that's where we are currently seeing the biggest hail and again at half an inch to an inc- a old. absolutely huge. taking a look at satellite and radar, the good news this is all coming on the front edge of the cold front so once the initial batch moves through rehab is cold front behind it. we have got drier air and it's going to be moving into place. that will be good news as we head into tomorrow. showers and storms tonight, warm and sunny tomorrow and wednesday and then we will see more rain over the weekend. that of course is going to come with cooler temperatures. let's talk about chances for tonight still strong, tuesday and wednesday no chance of rain, little chance for thursday and friday and the weekend, getting hit again with a 50% chance on saturday in a 40% chance on sunda

and then getting close to the 60 mark in the upstate from pageland towards chester, south carolina. all of us low 60s sunday and up from there. mid-60s monday. and we have a streak ahead in the 70s starting tuesday. and to go along with the warmth it looks dry. maybe small shower chances mid-next week but it's next friday night and into saturday of next weekend. one week from tomorrow when our good rain chance returns. until then enjoy the warmth for the next several days. back to you. >> and your first alert traffic is sponsored by people's bank. let's check in on i-77 quite a bit of volume on i-77. 485 is building as well. an accident at nations ford and south tryon. a lost of congestion. i mentioned the volume on i-77 as we continue to look around 485 starting to get a beating as well as we wrap things up and go back to the d.o.t. a look at 485 and south tryon shows congestion in this area as well. back to you. >> all right thank you. we have a developing situation in west charlotte. let's get to alex giles. >> live in the alert center. wilkinson boulevard? >> heavy police activi

a heavy patch moving through lancaster and highway 601 and pageland toward jefferson and chesterfield. then the high country. it's ragged up here right now for one-three inches of snow. allegheny, ash, watauga, avery, mitchell and caldwell and also burke counties. that is what we are tracking. once we get through this skies will bright especially for the weekend. -- brighten for the weekend. >> north carolina lawmakers are calling for a special session to deal with the nondiscrimination bathroom ordinance. brigida mack is live in the newsroom with more on why they want to deal with this right away. >> paul, house speaker moore called the ordinance an imminent threat to public safety and lawmakers want immediate action against it. he has had requests from three fifths of house members wanting to deal with the bathroom cord nance. the city council says it was designed to give protections to people in the lgbt community from discrimination and that includes which bathroom they use. the governor and house speaker had said they did not want to call a special session because $42000 a day. b