pineville matthews road is busy as well as rea road. back to you. >> it's been that kind of day. investigators trying to figure out what led up to this crash that shutdown i-77 in huntersville. this happened at 9:30 on i-77 northbound at gilliard road. the wreck involved a tractor-trailer and a construction zone. the hazmat team was called in to remove leaking diesel fuel. hospital with minor injuries. >> some parents here say a school's dress code is unfair. >> they filed a federal lawsuit. we'll explain why they believe their children are being discriminated against. 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 transgender student athletes in texas maybe kept from playing on teams. >> school leaders believe the rule was not created to be spiteful but to make teams fair. students must show their birth certificate to qualify for a sports team. so

pineville matthews two accidents one at mcmullen creek parkway and the other is close to pineville matthews highway 51 and johnston. and another accident on johnston. and also look at the buildup it's early for this to start on 485. we have a lot of congestion from rea road back towards south boulevard as if we needed more church road by south boulevard another accident. nations ford is a great alternate route and this is 485 by steele creek. a business si commute for the evening. back to you. >> thank you. every corner. in the area dealing with something. >> stay put if you do not have somewhere that you have to be. >> you can still see the traffic. let's talk weather beautiful picture sunshine and warm. >> you have to be stuck in traffic roll the win doughs down and sunroof it up. not a bad day to be outside. >> that is right. there is the bright side of it all. and if you do not have to be anywhere pull a chair outside and sit somewhere it is that nice. and your hd towercam beautiful blue skies outside. it is one nice afternoon. look at the numbers. 74 in charlotte. 74 in salisbury and s

had problems on i-77 an earlier incident caused problems southbound and now two accidents at pineville matthews. one near caramel executive park drive. johnston road is a great alternate route. and notice the buildup we have and we get it this time of day but more starting to happen from rea road back towards south boulevard as we look at i-77 not much better as far as congestion at tyvola. back to you. >> thank you. the job york county deputies bidding farewell to one of their own. >> and coming up new at 6:00... >> university of north carolina's new president in town today and she is greeted with leaky roofs why she wants a bond referendum to pass and greeted with critics who claim she is not the right fit for the university. her reaction is coming up. on wbtv news is sponsored by... >> new tonight, the york county sheriff's office is bidding farewell to canine deputy justice is retiring. >> justice spent his career sniffing out drugs and working to stop drug trafficking sales in the state. career highlights include a drug bust on i-85 in spartanburg county in 2007 where he found get this...

rea road and pineville matthews. and take a look at 485 as well. a lot of traffic still the and a lot of problems in this area as we continue to check around the area. problems on providence road and this is 485 and south tryon. the roads are packed at the moment. >> thank you. and eric was mentioning that we should enjoy the beautiful friday night because, well, the weekend is not going to be beautiful. >> that is right. not good for outdoor plans but maybe good for your lawn and garden. putting down the fertilizer and you need the rain to grow the flowers. >> i like that glass half full attitude. >> well, it's friday. in the southeast. the leading edge ready to crossover into georgia and you can see next up that will be the carolinas and they are marching our direction. your hd towercam 74 . it is mild and dry and the humidity is not even 20%. calm winds there's nothing to disrupt you heading out this evening. things change. here it is. future-cast, the showers are rolling across georgia and next up south carolina. and 11:00 if you are out you wi

and two additional accidents we have one at caramel road and pineville matthews and another at 485 and south boulevard. and we still have slow-moving traffic on i-77 southbound. safe travels back to you guys. >> thank you. i have been inside most of the day but that 66 is pretty nice. >> comfortable and lots of sunshine and the days are getting longer that is fun, too. here is eric thomas in the first alert weather center. >> ok. absolutely 66 was the high temperature today. after a morning low of 33 at the airport. so you have to figure a lot of areas around here especially in the suburbia did nip that 32 mark and hopefully you protected your plants and that cool air is shoved off to the northeast thanks to the high pressure. great stuff. look what it's providing us here 66 and brisk wind. almost on top of us. gusts over 20-miles-per-hour. the last four hours now. here is the rest of it. if you are heading out, are you in great shape mid-60s are locked in. and mid-to upper 50s on the blue ridge. and down to 56 at 9:00 and 54 through 11:00 p.m. and what do we have heading our way? it w

we have another accident also at pineville matthews road highway 51 and polk street. park road will help out. but that turns into johnston road also real volume on south boulevard in both directions. as we monitor i-77 and see how traffic is moving, volume northbound and southbound as we look at tyvola road. no accidents. we did have a stranded motorist earlier and that cleared out. safe travels back to you. >> thank you. and we have enjoyed the temperatures over the past couple of days but i understand they will start dropping >> reminder it is march today was perfect. >> i love to do. >> here is eric thomas in the first alert weather center. >> i tell you what they have dropped. now i suppose when you are 3 shy of 80 it does not feel that way. 86 a 10 drop today. the high temperature 77 . you will see evidence of cool air trickling in. this is the overnight here as we take you through day break. there's plenty of cool air piling up to the northwest. and a fantastic sunset. metro school in uptown charlotte. 75 . the number there. 76 officially at the airport. mid-70s

there is an accident also on pineville matthews road and rea road congestion building and providence is a great route. and volume on 485 as we look on 485 between rea road and johnston road traffic is starting to build in this area. i-77 for some reason is starting to pick up congested since about 3:00 p.m. i talked to state troopers and they said no accidents but notice the volume at i-77 by tyvola northbound and southbound as we go back to the mapping traffic leaving center city on try vow la, three miles of stop-and-go traffic. and brookshire i-77 south to i-85, 25 minutes. back to you. >> thank you. of course former president clinton just took the stage for his campaign stop here in west charlotte. >> we are watching the pictures from johnson c. smith university as he gets into the meat of his speech and we will bring you watch it right now on wbtv.com. back to the breaking news, former president clinton at the podium at johnson c. smith university. >> therefore we don't need it anymore. throw it out. i used to teach constitutional law. somebody giving me that answer i would have

the accident at pineville matthews and beverly crest boulevard another at rea road and providence lane all close to providence road and a stranded moift on providence. notice the stop-and-go traffic we have slow-moving traffic in this area. and 485. volume started to build in this area as well. back to you. >> i know if you are looking at your screen and you see 86? 84? >> we are at 84 at the airport. >> a record. >> that is right. 831945. the previous record we smash to do by 3 . you do not see that that often but now, a front is coming through. you want to see it. >> guess what? you sense it, right? >> well, yes, you do. and if you look at the map you do not see evidence. it's 82 in chester, south carolina. and 82 in morganton. but that is why you hired eric thomas. because now see that now suddenly now the map looks different. what is that? this is the dew point map. this of course the moisture in the atmosphere cooler colors dry and higher dew points and this is wetter. so you can see the dry air working it way in. not hard to find the front now. dew points in the 20s. northwest of

pineville matthews near east john street is a great alternate route. and providence road an accident that right lane is blocked and we have volume building in this area. back towards 485. that is two miles of stop-and-go traffic. east john street again a better alternate route because there is an accident on rea road creating congestion. we can see that around rea road. and here is that additional accident at rea road and bevington place. caramel road is a better alternate or johnston. >> first at 4:00, we are a little more than two months away from speed street taking over uptown charlotte. and the two opening bands were announced. the voltage brothers and soul fusion will kickoff the festival may 26. the voltage brothers america's number one band. and other concerts include montgomery gentry. it will be a fun time. >> and it is a great mix of ones you are not so familiar with. soul fusion was performing on first night for the past -- >> lots of fun. got the crowd hopping. >> we will be there i'm sure. and a warning why you should not follow other dri

as we check in here elm lane a problem at pineville matthews road. the right lane is blocked and congestion on 485. we got started early today with from providence beyond 485, stop-and-go traffic. and i-77 very slow-moving traffic as well. really slow-moving traffic for four miles on tyvola. i-77 never recovered. sports streak ended last night after the mavs defeated the hornets. the team was back at practice and working on mistakes before hosting the magic tomorrow night. the game came down to too many turnovers. and the final stretch can be tough walker knows you have to embrace it. >> always tough, man but that is the nature of our league. and you have to be prepared for the games. we work hard all year all summer to playing games like that. i mean at this point of the year everyone is tired. we have to want it. >> and to the ncaa tournament this week. duke and unc wilmington taking on each other on wbtv and the tar heels in action on thursday we'll keep >> breaking news. live pictures in kings mountain. a deadly accident. one person dead. and we

but an injury accident at pineville matthews road and echo forest drive southbound in the center of the intersections. rea road or sardis roads are great alternate routes. and volume is building on 485 but not bad between rea road and johnston road. and i have a shot of the accident that i mentioned and you can see traffic is down to one lane in that area. back to you guys. >> all right, tonya, thank you. >> we continue to follow that breaking news out of uptown charlotte. sky3 live over the scene of a shooting right across the street from the transit center. one person taken to the hospital with life threatening injuries. an active investigation going on. coleen harry is on the scene gathering details. as soon as she is live we will hear from her. we are back right after this. >> first at 4:00 a canadian court unveiled video of a dramatic prison escape in 2013. the clip shows two inmates at a detention center in odell beckham, jr. dangling by a rope from a helicopter. >> two apolices hijacked the helicopter and forced the pilot to fly to the jail and they clung to the rope. and the cho

and in addition to that, volume on pineville matthews highway 51 by 485. and johnston and we are seeing volume is on i-77. state troopers say there is no accident but notice how slow average speeds 28-miles-per-hour around that area. slow-moving traffic as we check in. this is i-77 at tyvola road. perhaps you are heading to time warner cable arena for the hornets tonight. maybe adam o'daniel from the "charlotte business journal" national time if you are headed for that game. >> and the hornets are playing well. this system that you see here, dumping a lot of rain across the south. it's been there for days you can see the damage in louisiana. rivers and streams covering the roads now. at least five people have died since it started raining. wbtv anchor maureen o'boyle has more new at 5:00. >> the deadly storm system punishing the south unleashed another round of torrential rain overnight. thousands have been forced from their homes in northern louisiana where more than 20 inches of rain fell just this week. guard staff sergeant in this parish. they delivere

today's clinic at the starbucks at carolinas medical center south on pineville-matthews road. it runs from 1:00 until 3:00 this afternoon. curry. turning 28 years old, his wife turns 27 later this month. they announced they will hold a joint birthday party to raise money for two charities they support, nothing but nets and no kid hungry. happy birthday. >> christine: quite the cake there. give you a live look at the commute this morning we're watching a dozen cameras t each morning. this is i-77 at trade street, a good bit of cars at 5:00 a.m. on the roads but no major back ups we will tell you about them first on wbtv, because you're never more than seven minutes away from weather and traffic on wbtv news this morning. here is meteorologist al conklin conklin. >> al: we have concerns, christine, that is dense fog. we have a dense fog advisory until 10:00 this morning for lincoln and up to iredell county, catawba county and cleveland county and all counties north an west of there all the way up in the mountains. this does not include charlotte-mecklenburg but again around here

. >> new at 10:00, three people in custody charged with 11:00 on pineville matthews road in the arboretum shopping plaza near the mcdonald's. according to cmpd, officers were called out for a report of suspicious persons when they arrived, they found 19-year-old mcadams and mason attempting to break into a vehicle that was not theirs. a third person ran away but police were able to catch him. >> the next story is a major case of hoarding to tell you about. 90 cats found inside of a house in mooresville. workers at the animal shelter are testing and treating the cats to find them new homes. sam smith has more on what authorities found inside that house. >> reporter: animal control officials say this investigation has been going on for two weeks. and that it all started when an officer noticed a strong smell coming from the house. >> when the supervisor arrived at this residence, she confirmed that there was enough evidence here to believe this was a hoarding situation. >> reporter: 90 cats were two were dead, and the rest were surrendered over to the shelter. brad gates says the owner init

. >> new at 10:00, three people in custody charged with 11:00 on pineville matthews road in the arboretum shopping plaza near the mcdonald's. according to cmpd, officers were called out for a report of suspicious persons when they arrived, they found 19-year-old mcadams and mason attempting to break into a vehicle that was not theirs. a third person ran away but police were able to catch him. >> the next story is a major case of hoarding to tell you about. 90 cats found inside of a house in mooresville. workers at the animal shelter are testing and treating the cats to find them new homes. sam smith has more on what authorities found inside that house. >> reporter: animal control officials say this investigation has been going on for two weeks. and that it all started when an officer noticed a strong smell coming from the house. >> when the supervisor arrived at this residence, she confirmed that there was enough evidence here to believe this was a hoarding situation. >> reporter: 90 cats were two were dead, and the rest were surrendered over to the shelter. brad gates says the owner init

to albermarle, that normal there, otherwise, wherever you're traveling from, cornelius, pineville, gastonia, matthews, your commute should be great. let's look live at i-77 at arrowood, this area gets backed up pretty good at this exit but right now, things moving smoothly both north and southbound. >>> coming up in the next hour of wbtv news this morning -- >> john: we follow this breaking news of that house fire in iredell county, plus the search ises on for a man who robbed a gas station in south charlotte overnight. find out how police say he got away with cash. >>> voters in one county will vote on major school bond referendum tomorrow, all new in the 6:30 half hour, what it means if it passes. >>> you're watching wbtv news before 6:00. >>> this broadcast sponsored by subaru south boulevard and subaru concord. wbtv on your side. wbtv news starts right now. >> christine: a spring cool-down this morning. this is as live look at current manytemperatures, near or below freezing across the charlotte area. meteorologist al conklin on your side tracking when with the warmth will return. >> john: a wron

belmont could topple a pineville and matthew into uptown charlotte some of that starting to move in. further out of the metro area westport gastonia lincolnton cherryville clover, a decent amount of rain out there. 70 was the high today. the average is 64. to 48 and i don't think we will see a ton of warming after this is beginning to to. lowe's dropping down to 38 and we anticipate a high tomorrow in the low 50's so we have a cold front sweeping through dragging in some really cool air and we could even see some snow in the high terrain as we get into sunday night and monday morning. energy keeping chances for the rain in forecast for tomorrow in the piedmont. there are sesno briefly appearing. we clear out nicely for the rest of monday, tuesday wednesday and thursday and as a result clear skies overnight maximum cooling so we could see a freeze as we get into monday morning without watch in place. tomorrow first day of spring and it's not going to feel like it at all. the last two weeks have been unofficially for the first day of the new season 356 monday rebounding into the low 60

detecting on live early warning doppler 9 through pineville, ballantyne and matthews toward mint hill. the brighter the white. the higher the clouds. mostly east and south of charlotte. a few clouds northwest of town will diminish once the sun goes down for a while. 66 in charlotte, mint hill. 66 in valentine and gastonia, readings in the upper 50s across the high country, there's no escaping this warm up. with temperatures a solid 5 to 10 degrees warmer than just this time yesterday. maybe lighting up the grill for dinner. maybe taking a walk either before or after dinner. the sun doesn't go down until 6:15ish. mid 50s at 9:00. very light jacket is all you'll need tonight. tomorrow morning, we only fall to the mid 40s. this is over 5 degrees warmer than it should be this time of year. upper 30s as you hit the high country. future cast first thing tomorrow morning. the mowns may see a patch or two of fog. everyone else, just a few low clouds. the sun. and the warm up really kicks in tomorrow. today was nice. tomorrow even better. assuming you're a fan of the warmth. we have mid 50s at

belmont could topple a pineville and matthew into uptown charlotte some of that starting to move in. further out of the metro area westport gastonia lincolnton cherryville clover, a decent amount of rain out there. 70 was the high today. the average is 64. we have fallen a lot so from 70 to 48 and i don't think we will is beginning to to. lowe's dropping down to 38 and we anticipate a high tomorrow in the low 50's so we have a cold front sweeping through dragging in some really cool air and we could even see some snow in the high terrain as we get into sunday night and monday morning. energy keeping chances for the rain in forecast for tomorrow in the piedmont. there are sesno briefly appearing. we clear out nicely for the rest of monday, tuesday wednesday and thursday and as a result clear skies overnight maximum cooling so we could see a freeze as we get into monday morning without watch in place. tomorrow first day of spring and it's not going to feel like it at all. the last two weeks have been unofficially for the first day of the new season 356 monday rebounding into the low 60

affecting the south and eastern corner in the 45 loop, stretches through matthews, mint hill, unit noneville, south of pineville, we're talking about you, ballantyne is about to get hit, fort mill as well, then we jump to the north, the heaviest line is in the north. look at hickory, very heavy rainfall falling stretching up towards taylorsville, and it's moving back into chester, filling in, in rock hill as well. let's take another look at the seven-day forecast for those trying to plan for the rest of the seven days, we have more rain chances again on thursday, and early friday and it will clear out for the weekend, looking pretty good. we see freezing temperature, that's thursday morning, outside week looking pretty darn nice. >> you think we'll slim down on the freezing temperatures later into march? >> we should. we won't rule them out. >> fingers cross. >> right. >> thanks so much for joining us. tomorrow night at 6:00 o'clock. >> announcer: the following is a paid advertisement for the shark rocket deluxepro from shark/ninja. >> [ british accent ] this is me new dyson v6 cordless vacuum. >> and this is s

affecting the south and eastern corner in the 45 loop, stretches through matthews, mint hill, unit noneville, south of pineville, we're talking about you, ballantyne is about to get hit, fort mill as well, then we jump to the north, the heaviest line is in the north. look at hickory, very heavy rainfall falling stretching up towards taylorsville, and it's moving back into chester, well. let's take another look at the seven-day forecast for those trying to plan for the rest of the seven days, we have more rain chances again on thursday, and early friday and it will clear out for the weekend, looking pretty good. we see freezing temperature, that's thursday morning, outside week looking pretty darn nice. >> you think we'll slim down on the freezing temperatures later into march? >> we should. we won't rule them out. >> fingers cross. >> right. >> thanks so much for joining us. tomorrow night at 6:00 o'clock. so what time is your flight? 8:00 a.m. wow. yep. you want me to drive you? that'd be nice. so what time you think we should leave, around 6:00? to be on the safe side. sure. sure. you never know with traffic