since then she has seen pineville grove. she expects it will get even bigger once the condell property is developed. >> i think it will be fabulous. i would love to see that happen. >> the 28 acre property stillness to be figure out. the town hired development group of unc school of government. they will figure out the best use of the land and find developers. she can't wait to see what spill >> even if businesses are excited over the possibility. pines fill owners at the town has everything a business could want. >> we love it here. we love the area. we feel like it's up soon. >> the town will take measures to improve the way the property looks through reporting and pineville sam smith fox 46 wjzy. the condell property has been vacant for 30 years. kind of took ownership of the land in late december. there's plenty of good in the world especially when it comes to local cops. cmpd officer armlin responded to a call. a 70-year-old woman was walking with her groceries and someone stole all of them. that was the last $40 she ha

>> we have a problem down to pineville matthews road. i-77 southbound and 485 there is an accident at highway 51 pineville matthews eastbound. caramel road and two lanes are blocked. that is a main artery for commuters. johnston road is a better alternate route. and we notice already at least a mile of stop-and-go traffic traffic towards 485. and 485 volume between south boulevard and i-77 and more volume building between rea road and that is early of a start for our evening commute to see this type of congestion as we look at pineville matthews and providence road in that intersection volume there as well. your first alert traffic is sponsored by people's bank. back to you. >> thank you. the u.s. government is shipping zika virus tests for pregnant women to health departments. zika is spreading through latin america and travelers are trying to determine if they returned with a infection. the virus is suspected of causing birth defects. >> congress taking action in response to the drinking water crisis in flint michigan. the house passed

the highest concentration are 485 especially the southern part, pineville, matthews, mint hill, indian trial. freezing rain. do not take anything for granted. if it looks wet aauto assume it would be icy. non-york county, and northern part of lancaster county you have light rain as well. your temperatures below the freezing mark. and southern lancaster county and chester county that is plain, cold rain falling for you. and we have more rain yet to come. and let me tell you there is a lot more rain to come. the good news the coldest air moves out before the heaviest rain moves in. but it will be a wet night after the wintery precipitation moves out. temperature-wise most of us at or below the freezing mark with the exception of the boone area. are you at 34 . will you not get far below that. evening time temperatures we are going up. glad to be able to tell you that. 36 at 7:00 and 37 all the details and when it looks better. that is coming up soon. >> thank you. dangerous travel continues this afternoon in the foothills as temperatures stay below freezing. dozens of wrecks kept crews b

>> well, we are talking about matthews, mint hill and matthews pineville and mint hill. and the mayor of the town of matthews says that since the cms school board did not nip the idea of forced busing, since they did not do that he is ready to split from the school district. now we caught up with the mayor taylor today at the matthews town council's planning retreat. the politician says talking about creating a separate school district was not on today's the mayor has talked to state lawmakers about establishing a new school district in matthews mint hill and pineville and the mayor claims cms is too big and he is just upset board members are not saying what he wants to hear. so he is finding a way to say good-bye to cms and he told me today that his plan is getting overwhelming support. >> i know you have been trying to reach out to school board members as well. are you getting any reaction? i did reach out to paul bailey, he represents district 6 and that is where matthews is and he is not going to interfere with what the mayor wants to do. in fact he is onboard with t

police say he robbed the bank of pineville matthews road and the pnc bank. police say the suspect has a skin discoloration near his left eye. if you recognize this man you are asked to call crimestoppers... >> several wrecks reported in our area. of to alex giles live in the newsroom with video of a wreck just in along 321. >> paul, we just got this video from receive steve. he sent this from 321 in hickory. we got this up on a computer. slid off the road and hit a pole we are told. wow. you can see it tipped on the side there. everyone inside is ok. according to the reporter on the scene, the road is open but still slick. he is saying that wreck happened on the southbound side of 321. and the pole on the ground next to the pickup truck this is 321 inside the city of hickory. guys we know those roads are getting dicey. encourage everyone to be careful. >> slow down. absolutely slow down. we are on your side with coverage of the winter storm. >> you can see in our live radar what a mess it is. chief meterologist, eric thomas tracking the storm in the first al

since then she has seen pineville grove. she expects it will get even bigger once the condell property is developed. >> i think it will be fabulous. i would love to see that happen. >> the 28 acre property stillness to be figure out. the town hired development group of unc school of government. they will figure out the best use of the land and find developers. she can't wait to see what spill down the road from her shop. >> even if businesses are excited over the possibility. has everything a business could want. >> we love it here. we love the area. we feel like it's up soon. >> the town will take measures to improve the way the property looks through reporting and pineville sam smith fox 46 wjzy. the condell property has been vacant for 30 years. kind of took ownership of the land in late december. there's plenty of good in the world especially when it comes to local cops. cmpd officer armlin responded to a call. a 70-year-old woman was walking with her groceries and someone stole all of them. that was the last $40 she had

things are not so bad even on highway 51 pineville matthews. volume here and traffic building around johnston road approaching 485 but for the most part things are moving along nicely on the major roads. as we wrap up, a look at i-77 and 485, no problems to report. >> thank you. folks have spotted snow all over charlotte today. carowinds posted this video of flurries falling in front of the fury 325 rollercoaster. lyndsay tapases joining us now. just about everybody saw it for a short period of time today. >> no running to the grocery stores yet. charlotte in south carolina counties were spots that saw a dusting. it was pretty to look at. but that is old news. all of those snow showers moving now off to the east. so this is a six-hour loop of the radar you can see what did come through and that is pushing

>> near pineville high school. if you can look this is a car accident reported near the high school that one of our views is on providence high school. you can see the vehicle smashed up. officers are on scene investigating that crash. we are working to learn how this happened. but that video is from our photographer getting images and information about the crash. he tells me this is near the providence court apartments and they are getting ready to put that vehicle on a wrecker. no word on injuries but we will work to get that information and find out if everybody is ok. back to you. you can see the airbag deployed on the passenger's side. you know parents with kids at providence are wondering, thank you. >> some may call it a miracle. a car bursts into flames and a rescue saves the driver from the burning car. only one other item came out in up with piece this happened in memphis, tennessee a driver crashed into a pole and the vehicle catches on fire and witnesses broke into the car rescuing the driver trapped. a

. >>> new tonight, police in pineville need your help to find a robber who held up a man near carolina place mall. you can see in these surveillance pictures, a man dressed in a hoodie holding up the victim at the wells fargo atm on pineville matthews road. the victim told officers the robber had a gun. person in a car nearby and helped the robber get this is the first time i've had one during a game. every attack that i've had is when i jerk my head quickly. >> williams was able to go back to the court at the end of the game to shake hands after the tar hemes defeated boston college. >>> the father of a 13-year-old girl in virginia who disappeared and was found dead in north carolina spoke out for the first time about his daughters secret online life. >> we found out that nicole had been on social media talking to inappropriate people. for a 13-year-old girl, i thought some of the things that were said were inappropriate from my daughter. >> he told dr. phil he had a talk to his daughter about her social media use and her phone was supposed to be taken away. two virginia tech freshmen

around the pineville area, matthews, indian trail and mint hill and harrisburg all of these areas have rain falling and it could be falling as freezing rain. we need everyone to be careful even in south carolina there's more rain where that came from. sound 77 you notice a batch of heavy rain between chester and to the north and as it pushes to the north if our temperatures stay below the freezing mark in mecklenberg county and union county we could have another wave of freezing rain. there's more rain where that came from. the heavier rain has not gotten here yet that is good timing the light rain out of the way and the colder temperatures here comes the heavier rain during the overnight period but i'm glad to say the temperatures will be going up. heading down after the sunsets temperatures going up just a tad around the freezing mark by 6:30. going up, upper 30s by 10:30 in the 40s by tomorrow morning when that heavy rain moves through it should not be frozen. more on the forecast and when we see things clear up in a little bit. >> thank you. we are monitoring conditions from throug

it's a little flurry activity along 77 in pineville along 485 through mint hill, matthews, providence you are going to run into those snow showers and along 74 in charlotte. too. in the highest elevations is the next batch. newland, banner elk, pie pineola and we have an advisory in effect for avery, ashe and watauga until 7:00 a.m. on thursday. showers. really cold temperatures for everyone even if you do not see snow. lasts in a little bit. >> thank you. as the temperatures and snowfall condiions are getting rough in the mountains and it's not going to let up. our steve ohnesorge has the story from the high country first at 4:00. >> the snowfall has been coming in waves in the north carolina mountains. and not a whole lot each time. but it is building up and it's causing some issues. forget about driving the blue ridge parkway big chunks are closed due to snow just like schools, roads too tough for buss to tackle. students do not care. you do not >> they have missed seven days because of snow but do not have to make them up. why? well, the school day in avery county is 20 minutes lo

the steadier precipitation through pineville and matthews. north through cabarrus county up highway 29 and 49. kannapolis to salisbury, light freezing rain, again, it's looking like it's plain old rain but it's freezing on contact. and now with the sun down, it's not much more difficult to discern which is which? is it wet or black ice? through mint hill, steele creek, pineville, light freezing rain also down toward lancaster. 30 in charlotte. we warmed to 31 university city, harrisburg, mint hill. ballantyne, and waxhaw. we're getting close. temperatures are all ready at freezing. chester on long highway 9 to lancaster and chesterfield. 20s are holding tough from shelby, lincolnton toward statesville. 20s and 30s across the high country. here's the latest future cast. freezing rain tonight. neighborhood by neighborhood, very little of anything charlotte and points south. north of i-85, you're running especially the foothills. i believe this will be the last area to warm up. morganton, hickory, con over, toward lenoir, boone, blowing rock, up

but there you go, that is 485 heading toward pineville this morning, the outer loop there. we'll keep an eye on this accident scene but volume in the area still light. the overall charlotte commute most of the major highways, 77, 85, providence, albermarle running in the green this morning and as we swing in toward center city, the john belk and brookshire, no problems there. that is a check of the morning >> john: the 2016 nba allstar game is in the books the league is now preparing for next year's game which will be held here in charlotte. >> christine: a look at the new logo for the big game coming up. three minute, introducing longhorn's big, bold, steaks. the only way to make em' better was to make em' bigger. our new center cut 10 ounce filet. our perfectly seasoned 16 ounce t-bone. and our fire grilled 18 ounce outlaw ribeye. big, bold, steaks. only at longhorn steakhouse. you can't fake steak. for lunch, try our steakhouse burger all across america families are coming back to time warner cable for a whole new experience. we came back for internet speeds so fast even

investigators say this man got money from a worker at the fifth third bank on pineville matthews road in january. and then they say he also stole from the pnc bank near the arboretum on saturday. >>> cats is considering raising bus fires. cats could get rid of the ten ride pass discount or raise fairs by 10 cents. both plans include increasing past prices for certain groups. they're trying to offset a budget short fall. either option would take effect july 1st. >>> there's only a week left to take the survey about cms's reassignment plan. i wouldn't just shift thousands of students across the communities. all new tonight, eyewitness news reporter electron is a ash well learned there's a new campaign behind the bush for diversity. >> tom believe breaking up the district will provide equity and balance. and others say they want their child to go to the school that's closer to home. hi i'm joanna. >> my name is a. both took to facebook in support of better diversifying the district. their stories explain why. >> the exposure i had to different cultures, ethnicities, religions, it gave me

scene, but if you're coming on the outer loop heading toward brookshire boulevard and down toward pineville, you are going to find that inner lane closed because of that accident scene. again, that is oakdale on the outer loop of 485. volume light, not seeing any significant delays, we'll keep our eye on that accident. looking at the overall charlotte commute, 485, primarily looks good, 77, 85, no significant problems, down to our south we have an accident on i-77 southbound at anderson road, that is highway 21, most of the delays that we're seeing are there along anderson road. that is a check of the morning commute, christine, over to you. >> christine: department of transportation crews spending the weekend treating the roads across the charlotte region in advance of the winter weather. this morning they continue to monitor conditions as things will worsen later. kristen hampton live in have you since seen crews out while you've been out overnight? >> reporter: we have, christine, they are parked along the roads getting ready for whatever might happen this morning and in the afternoon. i

i'll avoid the intersection, use lancaster highway up near carolina place in pineville or use commons parkway to jump on the interstate as that alternate route. once you hit the interstate, 485, in great shape out of ballantyne. 70 miles an hour between johnson road and i-77. stephanie? >>> it has been 16 years since asha degree vanished from her home in cleveland county. the way one woman is working to help the family she has never even met. >> a battle is brewing over when ce deceased supremece deceased supreme . >>> 6:55 right now. the body of late supreme court justice antonin scalia returned to virginia. >> this private plane carrying as a plane from texas. he died in his sleep while on a hunting trip. president obama will nominate a successor once the senate returns from a week long recess. but republicans are calling on decision in the hands of the next president. good morning america will have more on justice skal, his legacy, and the battle to fill his seat now. that is coming up right after eyewitness news daybreak. >>> a charlotte mother is blogging to help find a girl abdu

pineville area. he took an hour's worth of footage and reduced it to a minute. i want to check out this other video. captured the storm over the queen city. the huge clouds covering the skyline, a major player in the area. as we stand now. they have settled down, looking at our maps, doppler, you can see. it is just very quiet across the region, we have a little moisture lingering, we could see a few more showers before the night is over, this one cell down at pineville pushing east. that is likely to push within the 485 loop, periods with moderate to heavy rainfall, pushing east, inside, that 485 loop, outside, just a few isolated showers for the remainder of the night. look to the east coast this system is big time. a couple hundred miles of tornado warnings. from just south of washington, d.c. to the south carolina line. if you are thinking about traveling to the east, avoid that plan for today. this will take through the remainder of the night to get offshore, and continue to create severe weather across the area for the tonight. this will be an issue that l

look at these surveillance pictures we got yesterd pineville-matthews road. you can see the robber dressed in a sweatshirt with a hood over his head. the victim told officers the man had a gun during the incident last monday. police say there was a second person in this car that you're about to see nearby and helped the robber get away. >>> take a look at this video from chopper 9 skyzoom as crews work to rescue a man who broke both of his legs and an arm after falling 12 feet into a hole. we told you on eyewitness news at five yesterday that crews were working to remove concrete in front of an old building. the fire department snapped these photos right here. you can see they're using a stretcher to lift the man out. workers standing nearby told us he was in shock after it hap. >> we were just asking questions. he was loopy but he is good. >> firefighters also had to go through a basement and old building to route man. he is expected to make a full recovery. >>> new this morning, customs agents seized 2,400 counterfeit hover boards at the port of charleston.

you may notice volume building on pineville matthews archbishop 485. however, as we look around on our mapping system, let's go back to the last slide here, no other problems around south boulevard and 485. back to you. >> thank you. we have seen the skyscrapers go up but could we see sandy too? a in/x charl wete heaining nds and weesl see what happens. >> a love story that survived yfnearly 70 years and more than 10,000 miles. >> the most wonderful thing that could have happened to me. >> next how thenternet brought them back together in time for valentine's day. >> and the cold not letting up we have the wind-chills in the 20s right now. subzero in the mountains. winter storm for early nextow]5o^ police just gave us photos of a bank robber in ballantyne. charlotte-mecklenburw').g police say this is the man that robbed the first citizens bank on john topps.ahgw >> and back to the other developing story the rescue in gastonia. alex giles live in the alert center. >> good news. looks like that construction worker nonlife-threatening injuries. pulled up

detectives say that the same man robbed this bank on pineville-mattie's road, a similar situation, armed and slipped the teller a note and took off. if you know who this person is, call police. >>> new at 6:00, lancaster police arrested a man say they stole a woman's purse and hit her in the face multiple times in a wal-mart parking lot. police say this man targeted a woman loading groceries into her car on thursday when he stole her purse and knocked her to the ground. yesterday, police served a search warrant and found the victim's cell phone. he is held in jail without bond. >>> parents with kids in charlotte-mecklenburg schools shared their concerns about busing as part of the schools. the vice chair said there won't be major changes to busing. >> somehow in the midst of all of this, people have started spreading rumors that this means massive changes to our busing system. that's not really what's on the table. >> some parents told channel 9 they don't understand why leaders haven't clearly said that busing changes aren't off the table and will vote later this month. >>> new informat

they say he robbed the bank on pineville and arboretum drive. if you have on who this is and the incident, call crimestoppers right now pope francis is holding a mass in the mexico state, thousands of people are gathered to hear the pope. largely toward indigenous communities. today is the midway point for the five day trip, he plans to have lunch before arriving in mexico city where he will visit a children's hospital. music's best singers and musicians prepare to take the stage live here, the show will be packed with unique collaborations and stiff competition. we go inside the staples center in los angeles. >> pit bull will rock the stage with the diverse mash-up of musicians. >> come on, man, doesn't get more rock 'n' roll than that. >> reporter: part of a tradition that partners different generations and features rising stars like first time nominee, voice with pop star in a duet. organizers say it is different from previous years. the show will be filled with stirring tributes to honor the long list of legends who have died recently. album

congestion on pineville matthews as well as highway 74ment and the dot camera independence and albemarle eastbound is congested at the moment. >> a local man is in jail for threatening a judge. james robinnette was in court when the judge denied a motion. the robinnette said quote i will go get my gun. >> a school district in south carolina is paying out thousands of dollars to hackers. how much next at 5:00. >> this man is rescued by a team of people in the aisle of a grocery store. he had a heart attack and how the group kept him alive. >> and later at 5:00 p.m.... >> a family from indiana on to pay tribute to this man. say south carolina school district is paying hackers to release data held ransom. they were attacked with ransom wear. the virus uses a key to lock the data and the user has to pay to get the data back. scientists say it can happen to anyone. it will pay out anywhere from 7,000 to 8500 to the hackers. >> the rebuild is almost complete at richardson rescue in york county. went up in flames. 16 dogs died. we spoke to the owner today and she tells us the community came out

detectives say they believe it's the same man who robbed this fifth third bank on pineville matthews road the morning of january 28th. police say there was a very similar situation. he was armed, slipped a teller a note, and took off. if you know who this man is, take a good look at his picture. you are asked to call police. >>> no surprise last nights gop debate in south carolina turned into a heated battle. the exchange between jeb bush and donald trump that left people cheering and booing. >> the charlotte area is under midday. possibly ice heading our way. are going what we >>> former lincolnton assistant fire chief accused of stealing money from his church and a fund for child burn victims will be in court tomorrow. the fbi began investigating bill frtenberry last year when they noticed discrepancies in its bank account. ministry. the embezzlement goes back five years. >>> a north carolina bar is closed for the next three weeks as punishment for serving student. police say that is what lead to a deadly crash on i-85 in orange county that killed three people from charlotte. death

highway 51 pineville matthews is a great alternate route. heads up if anyone uses this make them aware we have a problem at the moment. >> thank you. this weekend an organ donor registration event will be held teen. destiny stafford died last summer after a horse kicked her in the head. she was a dancer at stewart kramer high school and the family donated most of her organs. now one of her friends is working to raise money for organ donation awareness. for information go to wbtv.com/molly's kids. >> a south carolina teen born with no right hand says it's never stopped him. >> now he is excited about what we'll share a socker teen gets the republican he was born without. >> connor morgan received a prosthetic hand from south carolina technical college. he was born without a right hand he is looking forward to to doing all the things that he >> i could do anything. climb a tree, and be able to catch balls right-handed. >> i'm looking forward to seeing him succeed at whatever it is that he does, whatever he wants to do. because it has not hinde

as we check here at johnston road heads up at pineville matthews highway 51 an accident. and another caramel road and an option is south boulevard and volume is starting to build. this is typical for this time of day between rea road and johnston road. slow-moving traffic, as well as we check in about 20-miles-per-hour in that area. and volume on providence road. looks like it's heading towards center city away from 485 and then approaching 51 slow-moving traffic in that area as well. here is a look at the d.o.t. camera, i-77 and tyvola road still accident-free at the moment. >> i want to make sure we get this correction, johnson c. basketball team defeated elizabeth city state university. credit is given to them for the kickoff of the ciaa tournament. >> golden balls. and that powerful storm system moving towards the carolinas caused damage in louisiana. alex giles is live in the alert center with video. louisiana. this is recent video of this afternoon bad damage reported in parts of louisiana according to cbs news this is from prairieville. no reported injuries that is

the mayor of matthews is calling for pineville and mint hill to join him in exploring the idea of splitting. jim taylor announced his call to action on twitter. tonight dedrick russell is on your side looking into this. could a split like this happen? >> well, maureen, splitting up with cms has been tried before but it failed. but those mayors say since this is a new day maybe it could work this time around. but first school board member tate is telling those mayors to hold-up. >> you know we were -- >> member reverend tom tate is praying peace will come. parents are fearful cms will bus students across town and could yank students out of their tate says those parents are overreacting. >> i think they are. but i understand why they are because i do not think the board of education and me we have not been clear enough about what we mean by what we have put out there. >> tate says busing kids across town probably will not happen and keeping neighborhood schools intact will probably remain. but tate believes it's just too early to take things off the table. if we start now saying we will not u

talk to state lawmakers about establishing a school district for matthews, mint hill and pine pineville. he said cms is too big. he told dedrick russell he's getting overwhelming support. >> we will do what we need to do to take care of our children, absolutely. >> even if it means raising taxes? >> even if it means raising taxes. >> state leaders would have to approve it. there is no official plan on the table at this point. >>> a north carolina mom sacrifices her body to protect her kids during a tornado. crystal west heard the storm getting closer. she started taking the kids in the bathroom and grabbed a mattress to protect them from debris. not long after, the tornado hit. >> when i got them in the bathroom under the mattress, i could see it touchdown, it was crazy, smoke came up and you could see the tin flying in circles and siding from other houses, insulation from other homes. >> the wests say the home may be gone but they are relieved no one was hurt. >>> a little puppy shot by teenagers with a bb gun has a new home this morning. we have been following brody's story all week l

. >> tonight's forum starts at 6:30 at carmel baptist church on pineville matthews road in matthews. parents have until next week to fill out a district survey about reassignment. >>> today governor pat mccrory will make an economic development announcement in le noir. there's no indication what it exactly will be about. he will make the announcement at the broyhill civic center at 11:30. channel 9 will bring us all the details on our wsoc tv twitter page and watch at 5:00 about the impact on the city. >>> new this morning, the york city council wants to freeze housing development in some of their fastest-growing communities. a proposed ordinance would halt new construction in the lake wiley area and catawba river and the north carolina line. on how it would affect roads and public facilities. the council is expected to vote on the ordinance in april. >>> a rowan county woman already charged with child abuse is now facing more charges after police say her toddler overdosed. landis police charged shannon clement with two counts of obstruction of justice. they say she tried to hide evi

. >> reporter: there's another forum like this happening in pineville at 6:30 tonight and two more tomorrow. this is before the school board will vote on the goals that will guide the plans on tuesday. elsa gillis, channel 9 eyewitness news. >> south carolinians personal health information at risk. the flaws in the medicaid system that a new report says exposes hundreds of thousands of people to cyber theft. >>> new developments in the (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) >> this is channel 9 eyewitness news. covering the carolinas. >> new developments in the legal battle between apple and the justice department over one of the san bernardino shooter's iphones. >> the san bernardino county government which owns the phone because syed farook was an employee did not install software that would have let the fbi unlock it. authorities say if the technology was

and we have a problem on providence road starting to clear out but congestion near pineville matthews road and rea road right now is the better alternate route to avoid this. providence near sardis road we have an obstruction on the roadway. use caution if you know someone using that as your evening commute. >> thank you. >> right now, police are on the scene of the apartment complex where a woman was killed in south charlotte. >> we told you about this arrest in the case. center. >> sky3 got on scene and you can cecum of squad cars there at the home where feldman was found dead in 2014. and it looks like one of the larger vans and police vehicles. but that is the neighborhood where she was found dead in 2014. you remember what the crime scene looked like. we can show you that video much more active scene there. police believe that she was beaten and strangled. 82 years old that is torrey pines court in south charlotte. same location we were showing you. again we are expecting more information about this case. our coleen harry telling us that sources are saying that her son has been a

south boulevard that congestion building on south boulevard and we have congestion on highway 51 pineville matthews close to 485 as well. and then we see the volume starting to build on 485. a stranded motorist on rea road at piper glen drive and another at johnston road close to caramel road back to you. >> all right thank you. right now, the flow of drugs feeding charlotte's growing addiction problem. we are finding out things like heroin and cocaine are arriving on doorsteps like any other delivery. wbtv's jamie boll is on your side investigating this growing situation. >> maureen our look started with an unrelated conversation with a longtime charlotte drug heroin epidemic when he mentioned the dark net. he is hearing from clients use it to get drugs delivered straight to their home. >> you can purchase in the privacy of your own home with total anonymity in a way in in which that cannot be tracked by anyone and have it delivered to your home. it is a very, very scary scenario. >> how can this happen? we are heading into the lawless black market world of the dark net to show you where

because she doesn't want her 10 year old son moved to another school after they chose to live in pineville within walking distance of this school. >> it's our right. we want to do what's best for our kids. >> reporter: the mayors of matthews and minn hill are exploring forming their own school district. >> i can see some of the results of some of our better schools going down and i don't want that to happen. >> reporter: parents asked questions directly to superintendent ann clark. after the meeting, i had a few questions of my own. there seems to be a lot of people opposed to student assignment. >> i really hope our families will stay connected to our process and not assume decisions that haven't been made yet. >> reporter: clark made it clear the board hasn't decided on any specific plan for student assignment and she says they won't for 4 to 6 months. do you feel like the board members are somewhat dragging their feet? >> well, it's taken the board 8 months to get to the goals. they've taken the job very seriously. >> reporter: superintendent clark told me they may have a clearer pictur

and a check on 485, and couple stranded motorists on pineville matthews and ballantyne commons parkway but no major problems on safe the ciaa tournament got underway today. third game of the day, host johnson c. smith university taking on elizabeth city. big first half for jordan from monroe. 12 points they led by 6 at the half and coach joyner says let's go back into the jordan lady because she is looking sweet. the crossover. 18 points. johnson c. smith university won 70-50 and next up, the top seed from the northern division virginia union tomorrow with a scheduled tip-off at 2:20. that at 12:10 and get all the information on the ciaa tournament to the speedway harley davidson sports app or wbtv.com and you can get previews and updates on the hornets on a 5-game winning streak the last three on the road and they hope to continue that at cleveland tomorrow night. clifford says there has to be a team effort to get better and make a run in the playoffs and looks to a local team as a great example saying the panthers always looked like they wanted we're back right aft >> here we go. loo

and as we check in on pineville matthews road an injury accident near providence road. use caution. rea road is a great alternate route. and you may notice on 485 traffic is flowing nicely which is not typical as we wrap up, a look at the state line on i-77. >> i tell you what's up the nfl fined broncos back 26,000 for grabbing and pulling the face mask of baserunner and taunting the panthers in the super bowl. this is the play in question where it was obvious that he grabbed the face mask and then pulled harder to keep brown from scoring a touchdown. people thought he should have been ejected and postgame interviews he admitted to pulling the face mask but the league ruled he will not be suspended. >>> next year, the nba all-star weekend will be featured in charlotte for the 66th annual event. this year, the city of toronto is in the spotlight. here is the lineup what you can expect. friday is going to tip-off the on court activities with the rising stars challenge. this is the practice from earlier today in toronto. it pits the best rookie and sophomore players. and this year ther

detectives say that same man robbed this fifth third bank on pineville matthews road the morning of january 28th. police say it was a similar situation, he was armed, slipped the tellary note and took off. call police. >>> in just the last few minutes the six remaining republican candidates for president wrapped up their final debate before next week's primary in south carolina. ted cruz and marco rubio each defended their competing tax policy proposals. jeb bush went on the offensive accusing john kasich of encouraging obama care rather than fighting it. and donald trump and rubio both attacked bush's older brother, former president george w bush for his foreign policy and ability to keep america safe. >> it took jeb bush, if you remember at the beginning of his announcement when he announced for president, took him five days, he went back -- it was a mistake, it was a mistake. >> while donald trump was building a reality tv show my brother was building a security apparatus to keep us safe. >> but as voters we've been burned. >> over to the, they mentioned my name a couple of times. >> ton

the forum starts at caramel baptist church on pineville matthews road in matthews. lots of sunshine out there. it's looking better. and meteorologist keith monday is keeping an eye on that for us. >> it was beautiful from the speed way camera. barely a cloud to be found. on the horizon, thin clouds. we'll see more of those moving in later on today. tomorrow will look just like this at this time. it's the in between time frame here. through tonight we're tracking another rain chance. it'll be in here quickly and out of here quickly. if you're out late tonight and early tomorrow morning, you'll want the umbrellas. look at these numbers. vast improvements. around 50 degrees east of the mountains. mid 50s south lancaster and chesterfield. the mountains are falling behind. close to freeing. but you're making some strides that falls in the mountains later tonight. high temperatures, mid to upper 50s around charlotte. 57, staying close to 50 northbound. you see the mountains still in the 30s through this afternoon as we head into this evening. only the mountains will chill

continuing to run in the green this morning, with a few slow downs beginning to build down toward pineville and over around the arboretum. christine, over to you. >> christine: the trial of former charlotte-mecklenburg poe officer kerr kerr caused randall kerrick caused out about the trial. >> john: a federal hearing set today for dylann roof, the man charged in the charleston church shooting massacre, we'll head to charleston for a preview. you're watching wbtv news this morning where you're never more than seven minutes away from it is five minutes before 6:00. (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) 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 yesterday. maria, that delivery felt a little forced. and st

by district 6 school board member and start at 6:30 and at the caramel baptist church located in pineville matthews. side. >> a potential school shooting thwarted in columbia. fellow students getting the credit. 18-year-old has been arrested for threatening classmates and having a gun on school property.

by district 6 school board member and start at 6:30 and at the caramel baptist church located in pineville matthews. side. >> a potential school shooting thwarted in columbia. fellow students getting the credit. 18-year-old has been arrested for threatening classmates and having a gun on school property. text messages sent from robinson's phone. >>> a woman shot during a domestic dispute died and the man accused could be charged with murder. tammy clong gear was shot yesterday and died overnight. steve ohnesorge has been following the story. >> authorities are not releasing many details of what they believe happened in this house. only that a woman was shot twice and that a man has been charged in the case. james thaker went before a judge on acharge with assault with a deadly weapon and the charge has not been changed, not yet. >> quiet neighborhood do not have trouble. >> the neighborhood says the couple moved in across the street last fall they were not unfriendly but -- >> kept to themselves. >> yesterday he heard the sirens and doors slamming. looked out. >> and there was a parade of

the five sweeps of power doppler radar, that said, no rain around the metro area for mooresville, pineville, weddington, out to albermarle, monroe and westward to shelby and gastonia. little bit of rain in the mountains, boone couple showers knocking on the door, again spotty and light. a damp start to the day and mild start to the day, this is charlotte, again you can see cloud cover out there but streets are dry. 59 right now in charlotte, we have been there most of the morning. 59 arboretum, indian trail, 57 tega cay, belmont, 56, 55 around oakdale and couple wood, northwest mecklenburg. chances for rain on the increase, midday high of 62, 59 by late this afternoon. we will be at least 10 if not 15 degrees colder tomorrow. talk about that plus rain chances, it will be wet for the first part of the week, all the details coming up. you're never more than seven minutes away from weather and traffic on wbtv news this morning. here is chris, first alert traffic. >> chris: first alert traffic is sponsored by toyota of north charlotte. still looking pretty good early on your monday morning, tak

mecklenberg county right now, is rolling over us as we speak off to the east at 10-miles-per-hour there's pineville. and matthews are you next, concorde, locust and big lick up in stanly county. and this is just moderate rain some heavier cores imbedded with it. but 485 interstate 85, mount holly belmont and next up highway 16 beatties ford road and yes, center city charlotte is right there in the picture. this is part of a much larger system. we will see widespread rain rolling over the next 12 hours and if that is not enough that is part one. there is a system out west that your forecast, 54 at 9:00 p.m. and 52 at 11:00. and coming up we will be tracking all of this in your forecast. >> thank you. and you can track storms moving across your neighborhood right now by downloading the free wbtv weather app it has live radar and forecast and push alerts to warn you of problems. download it for free from your app store or marketplace. >> and a group against a proposed nondiscrimination 0rd nance that gives more protections to the lgbt community is holding a rally. dozens have signed up to speak about

detectives believe the same man robbed this bank on pineville matthews road last month. if you know who this is, you're asked to call police. >>> today the charlotte zoning board will consider two new developments that neighbors worry will increase traffic on an all ready busy road. they want approval to build up place. in less than half a mile away, the zoning board will vote on another 265 apartments. a developer also recently submitted a petition to build 74 town homes at mocking bird and park. >>> meteorologist keith monday is tracking where there is just enough ice on the roads to cause some major problems for center 9. >>> we've been mentioning this in hundredth of an inch. in ice, usually 1/4-inch or more leads to problems. the salt on the roads is not doing much with the temperatures being so low. the cloud deck is coming down because the atmosphere is moistening up. this. if you look at all the relative humidity numbers around the map here, charlotte is the driest by far. i mean everywhere around us has a lot more moisture coming back in. of dry air sitting here

and this is a part of their commute tell them to aindividual this and use secondary roads and now pineville matthews and rea road is in the intersection. providence road may be an alternate route but it has its problems as well. back to you. >> thank you. months after floodwaters devastated several south carolina neighborhoods the memory is fresh. >> i was like i don't -- i don't want to die in my car. i don't want my mom to find me into my car. >> you will hear an incredible story of survival from one woman >> and all new at 5:00... >> it is more than 70 years old and has over 8,000 members. tonight we showcase a credit union that continues to (donkey sound) (elephant sound) there's a big difference between making noise, (tapping sound) and making sense. (elephant sound) (donkey sound) when it comes to social security, our next president needs a real plan to keep social security strong. (elephant noise) hey candidates. enough talk. charlotte is nope as the number 2 banking city america. >> within has thrived for seven decades. as we continue to showcase individuals and events during black

. >>> detectives say that same man robbed this 5th third bank on pineville matthews bank on january 28th. it was a similar situation. he was armed. he slipped a teller a note and took off. if you know who this man is, you're asked to call police. >>> police say a woman accused in a string of jewelry robberies across the southeast including one here in north carolina was trained specifically for the crime spree. documents, two atlanta brots recruited and trained -- recruited and train -- brothers recruited and trained ab kale camp. -- abigail kemp. fbi investigators say she $4 million in jewelry during six armed robberies across several southern states. >>> officials with the statesville lumber company are investigating complaints of their trains blocking driver's paths. people living near amity hill road say the trains block crossings and they can't get in or out of the community for sometimes 45 minutes. they head to and from gottfried lumber company. >>> people over the age of 50 are carrying more debt than in the wall street journal reports the average 65-year-old borrower has 65% mor

jim taylor said he is ready to talk to state lawmakers about establishing a district for matthews, pineville and minthill. >> he is getting overwhelming support. >> we will do what we need to do to take care of our children. >> raising taxes? >> raising taxes. >> and to separate from cms, the leaders have to approve it there is no plan or time line on the table. >> information about a man who police say broke into the personal vehicles of some 40 firefighters at fire stations across six cities. they arrested johnny binge in charlotte. he is behind the break ins in more than a dozen fire departments in charlotte, core he was listening to scanners when the firefighters were called out he would move in. and this afternoon the police talked about how they were able to track him down, the piece of evidence,ky not tell you what the evidence was but it was in york county during a a investigation. >> that will pinpoint it, they were able to identify binge and a car he used. they located that at northlake mall. he was inside and found a weapon that was stolen. >> police and firefighters are happy to

far south you may find a few flakes from pineville through ballantyne toward matthews. concord. mount pleasant still some light snow toward 49 to rich field down 52 through albemarle through oak borrow, ansonville, still some snow. stuff holding on west of the chapel area. and down to wingot and marshville. maybe a brief coating on the grass southward through wadesboro and rockingham. give it another two hours and all of it is out of here. you see in the future cast data, there's goes the batch of snow eastbound. you may find a few flakes, a sprinkle left over in the afternoon. the clouds break up. we get back into more sunshine. in the mountains there will be snow that continues up there through the day today. another half inch to an inch will fall this afternoon and over night tonight, we may pick up another inch of snow. weather advisory continues in the mountains through the night. we cooled back to 30 with the snow. but areas in the west warming in lincolnton. up north we didn't get much snow at all. you stay right about the freezing point. boone's at 32. it's been all week

uptown charlotte getting the freezing rain pineville and mint hill, harrisburg included in that and it may look light and the main roadways 485, and 77, 85 they may be treated but the side roads may not have been treated and that is where you have the better chance of running into the problems. and south carolina, fort mill freezing rain. waxhaw, jackson norng into -- north carolina, and weddington and north carolina; still freezing rain. west but the problem is, you still have the temperatures close to freezing. plus this is what is moving into the charlotte area next. we may have a batch of freezing rain moving in many and the heavier rain is pushing from the west and that moves through overnight and the temperatures are going up as the heavier rain moves in. we'll talk about that that means for your night and day tomorrow and when there is a warming trend coming up in a little bit. >> and look at this. ice covering the windshield wipers on one of our cars in statesville. ice is starting to cover the roads as well. sara-blake morgan is live in troutman. how are the roads where you ar

we did the math, around 7500 kids go to school in pineville, matthews, and mint hill, in the north it's 10,000 in davidson, cornelius, and huntersville. parents seem open to the idea. elementary. she says the plan should be district. >> i'm not opposed to keeping it together either. >> at this point the ball is rolling and the mayor says it didn't have to go this far. >> the fact that cms hasn't home school. i think if they had done that parent's minds. >>> that task force should be up and running over the next few weeks but this requested ground. last night a school board assignment. they're very broad goals. provide choices and equal access for all children. maximize resources to reduce over crowding. reduce schools with a high concentration of poverty, provide options for students in under performing schools and preserve and expand successful schools and programs. >>> channel 9 asked the charlotte mecklenburg school leaders how charlotte's new nondiscrimination ordinance will impact local schools. on monday, leaders passed that controversial ordinance that's designed to protect charl

last month the suspect walked into the fifth third bank on pineville mathews road demanding money. this morning police say he robbed the p.n.c. bank on arboretum drive. the first robbery caused a high school to go on lockdown. if you have any information, you are asked to call police. arrested arca, it dia in a strong arm robbery incident that happened at the wal-mart on highway nine. police say a woman was approached as she was attempting to load her groceries in the car. according to investigators, he took the woman's wallet and struck her in the face several times. he now faces one count of strong-arm robbery. >>> a kershaw county man is in jail tonight charged in the death of a teenager he says was feel stealing things out of his truck this morning. jimmy mcfay from canton faces voluntary manslaughter charges after police say he shot and killed brandon spencer. he told officers he fired shots after he saw spencer and another person taking items from his pickup truck. mathay was taken into custody without incident. the sheriff's office says that mathay was charged because spence