any concern now for any of the other students at unc charlotte? >> well, paul, here is what we found out this afternoon we got word from the mecklenberg county health department that everyone associated with this campus will be notified by e-mail. but when you talk to students they will tell you on the surface they are not impacted yet. at this moment three confirmed and four probable n my view, that means we got seven cases. >> by the numbers health officials say charlotte area averages about two cases of mumps per year and the medical director has a warning for local families. >> if you're sick stay at home. if your kids are sick keep them home. >> unc charlotte is the location of concern. a spokesperson tells wbtv that one case has been confirmed here. the student lives in off campus housing and remains in isolation. students we caught up feel there is no need to sound the alarm. >> i mean i am not concerned there is a lot of different things going around colds and stuff germs. >> i'm not too worried about it. >> there are a lot of things but w

and the non-discrimination ordinance there is a plan in place at unc-charlotte. the university had uni sex bathrooms for a year. it's not the same as charlotte's plan but the concept was so people could all feel equal and nono discriminated against. similar to what we heard at council. and coleen harry has more on how >> unc-charlotte created a uni sex bathroom in 2014 and since then several more have opened. the university officials have said they want to make sure it is more inclusive and safer for all students. >> unc-charlotte wants gender neutral facilities in the buildings on campus. >> it is a safe place for people who are early in the transition or are not comfortable in the bathroom. >> and a recent graduate a trans woman she said she has been attacked in rest looms -- restrooms before. they did not happen on campus but gender neutral restrooms were needed. >> regardless of whatever choice we make we're putting ourselves in danger. can you imagine me in the men's restroom, it would be a fiasco. >> a year ago one of the universities advisory committees rec

a new program at unc charlotte number. dedrick russell is live on campus with how the program works. what is the name of this program? >> well, molly it's called go higher. and it just got up and running here at unc charlotte. so far about 20 students have signed up. and they tell me that they hope this program will send them from sitting in a college classroom to one day walking the hallways of corporate america. >> graduation day is coming and they do not have jobs lined up. their friends are in the same unemployment line. >> it is a big concern and they are doing whatever they can but it's not easy. >> that is why both signed up for the go higher workshops. in action. students meet for two hours for about six weeks learning skills to get a job. >> it's definitely not what you will get out of the tips that you may get from the career center. >> this is tasha's idea. she is a recruiter. burkes worked a job fair and says she got about 1,000 resumes. but only one stood out. >> these millennials are not prepared for the work

one solution is already in place at unc charlotte. the university has had uni sex bathrooms more than a year. not exactly the same as the charlotte plan but it came so people could feel equal. our coleen harry went to un cr to see how both genders sharing the same bathroom could work. >> unc charlotte first created an accessible unisex rest room in the fall semester of 2014. since then several more have opened. university officials have said they want to make sure the campus is more inclusive and safer for all students. unc charlotte wants to have gender neutral rest room facility in every academic building on campus. >> it is definitely a safe place for people who are early in their transition or don't feel comfortable in either bathroom. >> just graduated from un cr, a trans woman, she has been none of the assaults happened on campus. but she feels gender neutral rest rooms were needed. >> regardless we're putting ourselves in danger. could you imagine me in the mens rest room? it would be a fiasco. >> more than a year ago, one of th

let's take a look right now from unc charlotte. gorgeous shot here. look at all this sunshine in the area. again, temperatures in the 50s, 52 degrees and we see wind speeds moving at about 6 miles-an-hour. winds will be out of the north for tonight, but then we will see a shift coming up here this week that is going to affect the temperatures. now, where do we go from here? if you are stepping out tonight, maybe taking the dog for a walk,

one confirmed case and one probable case of mumps at unc charlotte. at 5:00 we told you unc charlotte officials said a male student with mumps lives off campus and is in isolation at his home. a feel student was tested but is negative for mumps it's the virus have been reported since the out break at lowe's in mooresville. >>> this private school in matthews was shut down today after 50 teachers developed symptoms of nor row virus over the weekend. they all ate lunch catered by a jersey mikes sub shop. alexa ashwell is live at the mecklenburg county health department i know you spoke to the head of the school who also got sick after friday. >> he and some of the other staff members and teachers are feeling better. unfortunately, others are not. health officials here at the mecklenburg county health department say norovirus is to blame. they came to this conclusion based on the rapid onset and severity of the symptoms. teachers and staff met inside the school for a lunch skaterred by a jersey mikes sub shop. not long after. no students were at the scho

until 4:30 tomorrow afternoon at unc charlotte. go to wsoctv.com's new's page under latest links. a rowan county catholic became an islamic extremist, 9 investigates what the fbi is revealing about his plot to join isis. >>> a crash closes down a major road in charlotte. what investigators say the driver of the truck was trying to do when he ran into an oncoming car and why neighbors say they fear it's not the last time it'll happen. >>> february will have an extra day, let's make it one like this. i'll show you why that i' car parts were scattered across a busy road. authorities say a tractor it was taking over all five lanes on randolph road. >>> this happened on the corner of randolph and sharon amity roads. jim bradley breaks down what the driver of the big rig was trying to do and what has neighbors so concerned. jim? >>> yeah erica, this is the section of randolph right before sharon amity where this happened. witnesses tell me it happened like this. there was an 18 wheel flat bed in the parking lot that witnesses say tried to back out of here across all five lanes of traffi

and another case of mumps this time a unc charlotte student diagnosed. we have new information and what you need to know to protect your right now back to the anchor desk with jamie and brigida. >> thank you. back to the alert center with alex giles. he has the latest on the protestors at the trump rally. >> new video from cbs. look these are 30 protestors at the donald trump rally today in virginia. there were 30 black lives protestors. and cbs news is reporting were chanting no more hate. and the protestors were all led out by local police. you see the video marching through the crowd. some hammers up and fists up. it looks chaotic. and at the same rally a photographer got into an altercation with a secret service agent. things seemed to heat up on the campaign trail. >> super tuesday tomorrow. thank you. >> we have the top consumer headlines. lumber liquidators lost nearly $20 million in the last quarter worse than expected. from the 60 minutes report which found that some of the flooring from china contained high levels of formaldehyde. >> apple is e

and unc charlotte around 12:31. maybe heading to class, unc charlotte, may let this thing pass by. today. within the next 20 to 30 minutes this line will pass through the city. once this line passes by, that's likely going to be it. but these storms have a history of wind damage coming on through we've had reports through cleveland, through burke county, through part of catawba county, and even part of gaston county, a few reports of wind damage possibly around gastonia with trees falling down on power lines. christine rapp has been on storm cam. give us an update. >> reporter: we're on highway 73 in eastern lincoln county. we've been traveling here throughout the lincoln county, we're on the backside of that system. it was very fast. driving through some of the areas, we drove through lincolnton, we talked to emergency managers there a bit ago we did see downed trees in the streets. nothing blocking but definitely debris from the trees in the streets. a lot of ponding as well due to the brief heavy rain, a lot of ditches, streams were running very high on the backside of that one

ride on, ride proud. t rates for grea >>> unc charlotte biology student got an unusual lesson outside of the classroom. >> he and his roommate helped a stranger deliver her baby outside of their apartment at university city. tuesday started out like any other day for daniel kepple. but changed in an instant. >> originally i thought that maybe she got locked out of her apartment or something had happened. i didn't know. she didn't look like she was in pain. i am like excuse me do you need any help and she said she did. i am about to give birth she said. i thought what facts --? . he called his mom on the way >> by the time they got back the baby was already two thirds out there was another lady down there helping her. >>> what happened next made it unusual. >> the woman stood up and said okay i have to call a cab i said no, you need to sit down. >>> firefighters arrived and took the mother and baby to get checked out. leaving the roommates with quite a story. >> as soon as we sat back down inside we are like phoning in texting. >> the adrenaline rush of doing something like that. >> oh

. >>> unc charlotte student helped a stranger deliver her baby outside of his apartment. what that women did minutes >>> car thefts up 67% this winter. joe bruno is live with this stlive (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, we need more than lip service. our next president needs a real plan to keep social security strong. (elephant noise) hey candidates. enough talk. give >>> we keep an eye on the situation on i-77 northbound lanes, this is near memorial highway in this truck was hauling logs and a crash this morning. you can see those logs. some did go in the opposite lanes. the driver of the truck is in the hospital and we are working to get more information. right now it is not causing a big traffic issue although the truck there looks like it is blocking one lane. let me talk with mark taylor in a few minutes. >>> police are watching for people who are doing this. they leave cars running when they go to the gas station. they say

that shooting was one of four near unc charlotte campus in a matter of two weeks. three of the shootings happened at apartment complexes. the fourth was a road rage incident that left a 19-year- old paralyzed. students were upset that the university didn't use a campus alert system to let them know about the crimes but the university and the police department there says that it used that system only when there is a continuous threat or guidelines. >>> lawyers say notorious drug king ping guzman could be extradited to the u.s. but only security prison. the drug lord will plead guilty once he arrives if his lawyer can negotiate a reasonable sentence in addition to the medium security detention. he has broken out of maximum security prisons two times. he faces a litany of charges in the u.s. and could be tried this chicago and new york. >>> we are looking at some really great weather. starting off chilly but that is okay. >> that is right. and it will be a beautiful afternoon. a little bit cooler but a everyone. if you're a fan of the cooler tomorrow much warmer. here

a new program at unc charlotte is designed to change that number. wbtv's dedrick russell on your side with how that program works works. >> reporter: meet unc charlotte senior sharoyal and brian, graduation day is coming both have no jobs, but they are not alone. their friends are in the same unemployment line as they are. >> a big concern. and they are doing whatever they can but at the same time it is not easy. >> both have signed up for the go higher workshops. here are pictures of the program in action. student meet once a week for two hours, for six weeks learning skills to get a job. >> definitely not what you will get out of the gentlemen near the career center. >> this was tasha burke's idea. she is a recruiting, she worked a job fair a few years back, got 1000 resumes, but only 1 stood out. >> the milennials are not prepared for the workforce or just their presentation alone is not enough to garner our attention. >> burke teaches about being intentional when finding a job and how to stand out. the students are in week 2 of the program, alre

are working to a lawsuit is being filed against the university area apartment complex where a unc charlotte student was shot in november. claiming they failed to provide safety for tenants. he was shot outside his apartment complex two days after thanksgiving am today is day three of the ciaa men's tournament. the women's tournament is getting a day off. here's today's schedule. >> anchor: some great basketball action out there. next, legalizing marijuana has had an effect on colorado hospital vichts. ground on self-driving cars. >> anchor: six colorado legalize marijuana, emergency room visits from people outside the state have spiked. prepared to handle side effects, hallucination, edible marijuana often has delayed reaction. uber is testing self-driving cars, announcing plans to build in pittsburgh and break ground on a research center. the goal is to study impact of technology and transportation in cities. wal-mart has pulled hover boards from its website, the move the devices post a fire risk. wal-mart wants them to comply with safety rules. tart, toys r us, and amazon have report pull

it happened yesterday as unc charlotte student. say nurse, his roommate called 911 and a neighbor pitched in to help a healthy baby. he is a junior biology major, after experiencing that he is considering adding a medical docteritt. >> to be able to give birth in that breeze way nothank goodness he there was and others there to help. >> yes. >> mom, guess what is happening? >> yes, imagine that phone call. >> just remain calm. >> what a fine day we had. >>> oh, beautiful. cooler than yesterday. we will keep the trend going with sunshine. we will see the trend of temperatures dipping in the next couple of days. if you like your weather warmer you will like this weekend. let's take a look at what is ahead. cooler night, the temperatures are below freezing for many locations, not much of a windchill. the past few nights the winds are kicking up. a dip, then it rises, high temperatures over the next few days, warming for the weekend. southeastern part of the state. seeing 70 degrees and then get thum pwrel las ready. by monday,ay lot o

. >>> this morning we're learning a unc charlotte student is suing an apartment complex near the school after he was shot there. >> miller filed the suit claiming the university house apartments failed to provide adequate safety for the residents. miller was shot two days after thanksgiving last year. police say the shooting was not random but they've not made any arrests in the case. >>> new numbers show crime and drop out rates in north carolina schools increased last school the state board of education reports there were more 11,000-drop outs in the 2014/15 school year compared to more than 10 thousand the previous year. the high school crime rate also increased more than 6%. students bringing drugs into the school was the most frequently reported crime. in a channel 9 investigation we brought you this week, we uncovered drugs on school campuses have become a big problem in charlotte-mecklenburg schools. the cms police chief says it spent $8,000 to purchase the first drug dog. it will start working full time starting next week. >>> a lot of folks heading out on the roads. let's check

he told me he first learned about islam at unc charlotte where he took classes in the 90s. >> the second class i took was contemporary islam. an introduction to islam. it was taught by professor katherine johnson. >> i found professor katherine johnson still teaching religion studies. >> do you remember him? >> i don't. i really don't. >> she's a muslim herself. she says the islamic state's views contradict her teaching and the muslim's face. >> because these people disagree with your understanding of their religion, their lives, families, and properties are forfeit. somewhere along the line he latched on to a very extremist version of islam. morgan told me he committed to islam in 2012. court documents show he posted support through multiple fbi assistant special agent in charge tim says agents had been monitoring his posts. >> would you consider him a home grown terrorist. >> he's somebody who was radicalized online. he accepted a different perverted way of islam. >> he traveled over seas trying to enter syria. >> my objective was to help in whatever capacity i could. >> were you willi

. >> the study of the church's legacy is a part of the work carried out by the doctor from unc charlotte. >> what is unique about first presbyterian church their decentents work with white liberals who are christians who wanted to see a better style of life and a better level of equality for african-americans. >> equality here remains a constant theme arecording to the reverend. >> it is a tight-knit church and everybody who would come here. >> that welcome has stood time's test and provided a sense for african-americans that started one year after the civil war ended. steve crump wbtv on your side. >> right now a man and a woman on the run after holding up a jewelry exchange in hickory. alex giles is live in the alert center with details and he is going to show us pictures. >> that is right. we got these images into the newsroom. this happened thursday afternoon at that jewelry exchange on north center street in hickory. the man and the woman asked to see several rings with large stones when they were shown the items they grabbed them and took off and the suspect might be wanted in conn

through unc charlotte at 5:40. concord just before 6:00. more rain pushing out of the upstate of south carolina. move through gastonia in the next five minutes. bessemer city at 5:40. shelby at 5:50. cherryville and lincoln on the around 6:00. a heavier band of rain sliding through to the north. things settle down by tomorrow morning but from charlotte points north and east there will be rain for the morning drive tomorrow. we'll also talk severe weather risk when i come back. >>> back to the storm cam with meteorologist john ahrens monitoring conditions. this is i-85 in west charlotte. you can see the rain coming down at a decent clip. you definitely need the windshield wipers. and we've seen a lot of brake lights. be sure to take it slow. track the rain in the palm of your hand on your way home or if you're planning to head out for tomorrow, download wsoc-tv weather app and use our interactive radar. >> tonight a warning from

our friends at unc charlotte, the 49ers kick off the season this weekend, triple header, temperatures rising. heading south, nascar is under way this weekend, the great american race, great racing weather, temperatures mid 70s for the race, plenty of sunshine, few on shore clouds, no chance of rain down towards daytona beach. 5-day forecast, again, keep this in the sunshine, keep us in the warmth. through the weekend clouds roll in but the rain waits until next lets enjoy a great lets enjoy a great (phone ringing)you can't deal with something, by ignoring it. 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) hey candidates, answer the call already. 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) maria, that delivery felt alittle forced. and steve, steve: yeah? woman: i am still missing that raw emotion. woman: pretty awesome for atuesday, but tomorrow is hump

a big weekend in baseball at unc charlotte. mary. outdoor plans should be great. we're going to be in the 60s if not close to 70 sunday. still going to talk about just the smallest chance late in the day sunday for a light shower. most of it looks west into the mountains and it looks light. but it's the beginning stages of more changes coming our way as we head into next week. may have sprinkles up there from time to time. but just at times, a mix of clouds and sunshine throughout the week. there. plans. to get out of the house and temperatures. because it's not just the rain chance that's building up next week. this is a map from the climate prediction center. it talks about probabilities of temperatures below average. we have a higher probability of temps going way below average again next week. we may not get out of the 40s for highs by tuesday and wednesday as another pocket of cool air is going to fill back in. not cold enough to bring us snow and ice concerns even for the mountains as we head to next week. looking ahead to rain chances and maybe some tail en

how much rain you will see in >>> right at the time the unc charlotte baseball game is coming -- to an end. sunday is not going to be terrible but it's most likely not going to be bright either. thick clouds over charlotte right now but what i am noticing up to the north especially is a little bit of clearing. look at some of the cameras around the charlotte region. a little bit of sitting in some of these clouds. what that might do for us is put us in a fog situation for tomorrow morning. if you are planning in order -- an early-morning walk tomorrow or early morning church services you might have some visibility problems in charlotte especially the farther north and west. there might be more clearing in the cloud deck in the middle parts of the atmosphere. then we're talking about rain threats and then chances moderate so you will need that rain gear and this is really the beginning of a very wet i will tell you on the heaviest rain day will be coming up. -- when the heaviest rain day will be coming up. >>> download our app, free for android and iphone devices. >>> just this week we

this time it is a student at unc charlotte. university leaders say the student lives off campus and is in isolation at home. county health department there are three total cases of mumps in the county and four more possible cases. >> if you are sick stay at home. if your kids are sick keep them home from school. >> meanwhile matthews private school was forced to shutdown after dozens of staff members got noro virus. the health department says teachers at covenant day got sick from a lunch catered by jersey mikes. the restaurant is working with the health department to determine any cause. >> we are taking you inside the dark net. and asking why it's difficult to stop illegal guns and drugs sold on-line from ending up in your neighborhood. >> and new on primetime an alleged high school fight club exposed. the district's superintendent found out after videos were posted on-line. but could the club have been in operation for years and maybe a decade? we look into it at 7:00 p.m. on wbtv news is sponsored by... at the original matt

unc charlotte has had gender neutral bathrooms for a year. that is new tonight on wbtv news at 11:00. >> new video into the newsroom from alexander county. you can see the winds today set in taylorsville. michelle shared this video with us on twitter. we appreciate that. sorry about your swing set. our first-alert weather team is tracking the storm as it moves out of our area but it's leaving behind lots of wind. our meteorologists will have the latest on the storm that is going to bring snow to the mountains. we'll check back in with them in a few minutes. >> a liberal watchdog group is claiming governor mccrory and his campaign broke the law by helping promote the connect nc bond initiative. the group progress nc filed a complaint with the state board of elections today. nick ochsner broke the news of this today on twitter and he is here with more. >> paul, the complaint filed stems from an opinion handed down by the state board of elections saying a candidate like governor mccrory cannot coordinate with the committee to promote the passage

. >> unc charlotte student was leaving for class on tuesday and he saw a woman lying on the ground. she was going into labor. he immediately called his mom who is a nurse and his roommate called 911 and a neighbor pitched in to help deliver a healthy baby. i wrapped in the towel and it started crying. i was thankful when he started crying. i was saying a silent prayer. it was an amazing experience. i came up here and sat down for an hour. i was like what just happened? wow! >> i would imagine you have to process it all. he's a junior biology imagine are. he's considering adding a medical doctorate on his plan. >> thank mom for being a nurse. what a story. >> >> he's 19 years old and imagine how calm you have to be. >> >> i would be freaking out. >> i wonder if it is a boy or girl? they did not say that. >> he said it. so we don't know. i'll look that up. >>> let's talk about the temperatures. we're in the 20s and the 30s. 28 in south hill, 33 in raleigh and 38 in fayetteville. so you'll need the coats this morning as you head out the door. a little cooler compared to this time yeste

a student at unc charlotte can add delivering a baby to his list of accomplishments. the 19-year-old was leaving for school when he found a woman outside of his apartment in labor. >> can you imagine? but daniel said it changed his life. kristen hampton has the story in tonight's good news. >> daniel spends most of his day studying biology from a book but yesterday a real-life lesson happened outside of his apartment. >> i looked to my right and i saw a lady laying there and i thought she got locked out. but after asking her if i am about to go into labor. >> daniel is 19. while his roommate called 9-1-1 he called his mother who is a nurse. >> she said be careful. ghetto wells, water, pillow. >> while he was getting supplies his neighbor stayed with the woman who did not have time to move inside. >> the next thing i knew she is pushing and screaming real loud and the baby is coming out and my concern was to get the baby to cry and breathe. >> i cleaned off the baby, i wrapped it in the towel and it started crying and i was very thankful to god when it started crying.

. >>> tonight students and the unc charlotte men's basketball team student manager. 19-year-old died in a car crash late thursday night in northern virginia. school officials say he was headed to washington, d.c. with friends when the vehicle he was riding in was hit by a tractor-trailer. the others in the car are okay. rainy was a student manager of the men's basketball team. >>> tonight apple says the f.b.i. missed a big turpt to learn about one of the san bernardino shooters. investigators missed a chance to get access to sigh owed fa ruk's icloud account. it prevented a potential icloud back up that could have revealed further information. yesterday san bernardino county said it reset the icloud password at the f.b.i.'s request. >>> john ahrens is tracking more rain heading our way for sunday. john. >> this is just as we finally pretty dreary saturday at times. well, we're going to start to change things quickly. first things first, fog for tomorrow morning, we have poor visibility already showing up across places like china grove and in moresville. as we clear out the skies, we'

a student at unc charlotte. university leaders say the student lives off campus and is isolation at home. the health department says there are three cases of mums in the county and more more possible cases. a health concern for parents, leaders confirm that covenant day school closed because of they virus days after another charlotte school had to close. wbtv's steve crump joining us live now with the latest. >> and brigida, the word we got from the mecklenberg county health department this afternoon is that school was closed because there were so many staff and faculty members who were sick they believe with that virus. now, health officials are hoping to be at the place of learning tomorrow to conduct tests. however, there may be a problem that we are told in many instances when the tests are carried out, the my russ left the body and tests from places like covenant school may come back negative. however, the health department plans on moving forward. the health officials do take what happened most seriously a

through myers park, wt harris, clipping unc charlotte. we're seeing heavier rainfall. on the southwest side of town, toward steele creek. heavy rain approaching 485. that batch of rain moving northeast at 15 miles per hour. moves through palm creek. huntersville at 6:15. lighter rain from chester to lancaster to page land along highway 9 up across the foothills. we're seeing rain breech the north carolina border in cleveland and gaston counties. gastonia, shelby, we'll see the rain in the next few minutes. lincolnton and maiden by 6:30. temperatures cooled back to 54 in charlotte. 59 in chester and lancaster. the warm air being squeezed out by a cold front. the rain will continue through this evening, lifting from south to north through the metro into the mountains and foothills. our threat tracker tonight clearly focused on the rain threat. thankfully the severe weather risk is low. as well as the risk for ponding and puddles. it's not going to last that long. but for the time being, a mess on the roads. in west charlotte, let's head to our john ahrens. >> i've been f

as she's attended cpcc since 2012 working to get an associates in science degree to transfer to unc charlotte. she's gotten financial aid grant money that she doesn't have to pay back. but it doesn't cover all of her tuition in bookings. she used to get what's known as a stafford loan, a federal student loan that covered the rest of her expenses but cpcc stopped offering them in the 2014-15 school year. >> the loan was helping me to also get my books. because now sometimes i have to come out of pocket to pay for them because financial aid doesn't give me enough. >> before 2010, north carolina community colleges weren't required to offer stafford loans. the legislature allowed schools to opt out in 2012. cpcc decided to do that. >> the program is bad for colleges because it's punitive in nature. >> jeff with cpcc says they stop offering stafford loans to protect itself. punishes colleges when too many students default on the loans which is something he says colleges can't control. that punishment, the government takes away the school's ability to offer pell grants. federal grant money students

unc charlotte professor michael thompson calls it a horrible situation for consumers. >> it sounds like they're pretty much out there. you have to wait and see what happens and see where that leaves you. for the most part, yeah, the consumers in this town, they'll have few or no choices. >> if you can't get insurance what do you do? >> she dies. >> i don't know. i don't know if i'd be able to afford my insulin. i don't know what i would do. >> they never pictured being in this situation. after all tom says he spent 25 years working in health care. and thought he did everything right guaranteeing coverage for him and patty in retirement. so in the mean time, there really isn't much you can do. id uses if you do want to do something though, thompson says federal and state lawmakers. tell them your individual story. so maybe they can plan ahead. we're live uptown, jason stoogenke, channel 9 eyewitness news. >>> another tricky situation if you don't have health insurance, you can be charged a fee if you don't have any good options for insurance, the state insurance department is all ready l

. >>> a unc charlotte student spoke out about the lawsuit he filed against the apartment complex where he was shot. he was shot at the university house apartments two days after thanksgiving last year. he was walking on the sidewalk when suddenly he was shot. the lawsuit claims university house apartments failed to provide a safe area for residents. >> that's your apartment. you feel like that's supposed to be home. you should be able to walk and not fear anything. >> he's hoping this will prompt security changes so it doesn't happen to anybody else there. university house apartments says it has no comment on the lawsuit right now. >>> that shooting was one of four neurounc charlotte's campus in a matter of two weeks. three shootings happened at apartment complexes. the forty was a case of road rage that left a 19-year-old paralyzed. students were upset the university didn't use a campus wide alert system to let them know about the crimes. but university police say that's only used when there's a continuous threat or if it falls under specific guidelines. >>> a major fire is under inve

this video comes to us from unc charlotte. vicki graf was up there this afternoon. gorgeous carolina blue skies and a gorgeous afternoon with temperatures in the upper 50s. but here's a sign of things to come. tracking clouds approaching over kentucky, west virginia, it'll make a run at the mountains later this evening and fill the skies of the charlotte area. that's what the future cast suggest suggests. by the time you get up tomorrow morning, chances are you'll look at cloud cover. if you're outside this evening, the clouds will slow the temperature fall a little bit compared to what we've seen all week. around 50 at 9:00. upper 40s by 11:00. our future cast drops readings in the low to mid 40s. that's as far as they will go. mountains a little cooler. but not by much. in the charlotte area, rain chances will remain low. they are higher tomorrow and on sunday up across the high country. here's a look at an event you may want to start out with. the charlotte ten miler benefits girls on the run. should be a pretty nice morning for a run. lower 40s early on. that go

police looking for three suspects in an armed robbery at an apartment right across the street from unc charlotte. this happened along arlen circle at 6:30 on tuesday. police say the suspects had a gun and stole computers, cash, and a phone. two people were inside that apartment at the time. one suffered minor injuries. >> charlotte mecklenburg school board members want to hire somebody by march who can help them with student assignment. parents packed into a small meeting this morning as the cms policy committee meeting met and talked about it. the board wants to hire an outside consultant to help them make the district more diverse and successful. cms is collecting surveys on the topic through february 22. >> and new tonight, new developments in the controversial plan for a shopping center in mooresville. in the past few hours, the towns planning board voted 5-3 to recommend approval for that project. this would include sporting goods, store, a costco, and six other businesses off the school we told you last night at 10:00, that some neighbors signed a petition against the development. the town

. >>> the unc charlotte athletic death of 19 year old austin laney. he was killed in a car crash. >>> family members say a rocky mount teen could be released from the hospital after being hit by ave bullet while she slept at home on thursday. police say the shooting stem from the a fight from two groups of deem near that home. day cori in the hospital. police have not made any arrests. >>> police are made an arrest in connection to a shooting that injured a two and a half year old toddler. his arrest came three days after the shooting. the child cuss taken to the hospital but thankfully has been released. intended target, but it was also not a random act. >>> people are waking up to damage after some powerful winds near chicago. they also had to deal with flight delays, evacuations, power outages, falling debris. the good news so far, no injuries reported. also reported a semi truck toppled over. and there were reports of big riggs being blown off roads. >>> officials are testing dozens of people for the zika virus. >> an adult reported the case after

it is starting in the evening commute, will stick around, a live look from unc charlotte, not as thick there but it is wet outside. a look from uptown, it is not quite as much fog as there was 20 minutes ago. we're seeing wind speeds out of the east-northeast about 13 miles an hour, making it feel cooler, let's look and see what is happening with the rain, on southern edge of the 45, you are actually doing okay. we continue to see the flow across the heart of 485. pull it in tighter, hanging in the same spot, west boulevard, if you are getting off at west, it is sticky right now. garrison road on the west side of the red, that indicates there is heavy rain fall there. extends to yorkmont and continues on west boulevard to the center of town, further west we look at government ownia, rain there -- gastonia, rain there, just area to north of this will continue over the next several hours, we talk rain totals, by midnight almost an inch in charlotte. would not be surprised if some spots get over an inch, lancaster down to the south, an inch and a half tomorrow midday, charlotte 5:00 tomor

you can see looking at it unc charlotte, the sunshine, the setting, and mainly clear skies throughout the overnight hours. because of the sound we were able to get to 51 degrees. slightly below average for this time of year, it was a decent day across the region. temperatures have dropped. in the 40s for most locations and expect to see the temperatures continuing to fall throughout the overnight hours. mainly clear skies overhead, the temperatures are going to range quite a bit across the viewing area. high pressure is in control, the high is going to continue to remain in place throughout you ca the fbi says it will not press any charges against union county school superintendent. dr. mary ellis has been under investigation for consulting business she started. one issue was one of her partners in the business works for the computer company lenovo. the same company union county schools directly paid millions of dollars to for new computers. many saying that was a conflict of interest. the fbi says there's no evidence of any criminal acts being done and that the case is now closed. >>

he was a chemistry major at unc charlotte and walked onto the football team before he died. >> when i started reading the letter, i just broke down and cried. this is a time to focus on the panthers. for them to take time out to a knowledge, it meant a lot to me. anna: another reason why we love our panthers. joel: our heart goes out to that family but a classy move by the team. anna: thanks so much for joining us today at 4:00. and keisha or what is happening at 5:00. >> abc 11 eyewitness news at 5:00 starts right now. >> they said we're not going to hurt you. steve: a wake county woman describes a frightening scene. anchor: investigators say it was a cell phone that allowed police durham. andrea is live at the durham police department. reporter: this is where all the suspects have been held. we know one of the suspects is a juvenile. eyewitness news talked with one of the three women who woke up this morning to a group of men barging into their homes and demanding money.

. >> john: a unc charlotte student got a surprise of his life outside his apartment complex. daniel kepple said a woman was on the sidewalk, in labor. he called his mother, who was a nurse, tried to gather supplies while the neighbor stayed with the woman. >> next thing pushing and screaming real loud. and the baby is coming out. my main concern is get the baby to cry and breathe. >> the baby born and daniel heard it cry, minutes later an ambulance arrived took the baby boy and mother to the hospital. neither daniel or the neighbor got her name. >> christine: wow. that is a surprise indeed. >> john: you don't expect that to happen. >> christine: a live look at the commute, 6:36, and this stretch is moving smoothly, this is i-77 see a lot more cars in the north and southbound lanes, so watch for more volume as you are getting ready to head out the door, we'll let you know of problems as they arise first. now to meteorologist al conklin. >> al: clear skies, cloud-free this morning courtesy of high pressure building in all across the eastern part of the country. that ridge of hi

. >>> we learned the unc charlotte community is mourning the loss of a student who died in a car crash in virginia. 19-year-old austin rainy seen here died late thursday night on route 13 in northern he was headed to washington d.c. with friends when the vehicle he was in was hit by a tractor trailer. the impact killed him, four others are okay. rainy was the men's basketball team student manager. >>> health officials are monitoring a mumps outbreak with eleven cases considered con if confirmed or likely. we learned the challenges health officials are facing trying to stop it from spreading. >> right now health officials confirm three mumps cases in our area but 8 more are probable, i also learned it could take a month before a mumps diagnosis is clear. >> there was one thing that is clear. >> there is definitely mumps virus going around in the community. >>> the question now is how many cases and how long until there are more. so far state health officials say there are 11 cases in all mecklenburg county, two confirmed in iredell county, 8 more cases considered probable. >> mumps, i g

we will talk about that in a minute but here's a shot at unc charlotte peggy can see the moon out there. we have clear skies across the region and due to the high-pressure system that has brought the drier air in place. the highs will continue to remain near the regions are in the clear skies around as well as cold conditions but the storm system to the west will be affecting your area. notice temperatures in the 20s. we are dropping very quickly. we have teens further to the north and it does look like the windchills are quite a bit less than they were earlier today but still very cold up there and enough of a preset it feels like the teens for most locations. it feels like four degrees below zero in boone at this hour or so very cold across the region. we are headed to 16 degrees for an overnight low, frigid temperatures and their highs only going to be able to climb into the 30s for tomorrow afternoon. we will see a little bit of extra cloud cover is the day rolls on but that's because the storm system will be getting much closer to our area. you see the clouds start to thicken up, l

julia robinson of unc charlotte. >> what is unique about first presbyterian church, their liberals who were christians, who wanted to see a better style of life and better level of equality for african americans. >> reporter: equality remains a constant theme according to reverend tuggle. >> a tight-knit church but very open. welcomes everybody who would come here. >> reporter: that welcome stood time's test provided a sense for african americans that started one year after the civil war ended. steve crump, wbtv on your side. >> kristen: we are marking the 55th anniversary of the arrest of the friendship 9. people gathered in rock hill last night to recognize the group who fought for equality during the civil rights era. the students arrested in 1961 for trying to desegregate a lunch counter in rock hill. the surviving members took part in a discussion and how far things have or haven't come. stay with us. 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

that shooting was one of four near unc charlotte campus in just a matter of two weeks. three of the shootings happened at apartment complexes. the fourth was a road rage incident that left a 19-year- old paralyzed. students were upset the campus alert system to let them know about the crimes. but university police say it's only used when there is a continuous threat or if it falls under specific guidelines. >>> new this morning lawyers say a notorious drug king ping guzman could be extradited to the u.s. but only if he can be in a medium security prison. his attorney says the drug lord will plead guilty once he arrives if his lawyer can negotiate a reasonable sentence in addition to the medium security detention. guzman has broken out of maximum security prisons twice. he now faces a litany of charges in the u.s. and could york. >>> we are looking at beautiful weather out there. the tower cam shot makes you want to get outside. day. we will keep that sunshine around through the afternoon. as soon as you step outside, air. 27 in carr let. 25 in gastonia. mountains upper

unc charlotte classes are cancelled until 5:00 p.m.. we have a full list of the closures including cms. it is at wsoctv.com. >>> the storm system is bringing snow to the mountains. >> we've been bringing you live reports to show you conditions in blowing rock since daybreak at 4:306789 eyewitness news reporter joe bruno is live out there now where you can see it there. the snow is falling. joe? >> the snow is starting to fall harder but if you notice there, is no wind. american flag isn't moving. that is a good thing. that means all of the mountain snow won't be blowing onto the roads and highway 321 into blowing rock and boone is clear according to county officials and overnight. only six crashes throughout watauga county. is great because yesterday was very messy for town of boone officials when the snow first started to come down. you can see here, the main roads are passable. the fresh coat of snow now covering main street here in blowing rock but the secondary streets are still covered in snow. you can see right there. that is comp

this afternoon, you can give your opinion about what a developer should do with the new quad at unc charlotte. last month, crews finished taking down the tower on campus and the plaza will replace it. a concept is expected in april. but the school's chancellor and board of trustees will be responsible for final approval of the plan. today's forum is scheduled from 4:00 to 6:00 at the lucas room in the university center. >>> right now, republican presidential candidates, marco rubio and ted cruz are battling to become the alternative to donald trump. nevada, aiming to drum up their support before the state caucus. after the win in south carolina, the two senators are pulling out all the stops ahead of super tuesday to be the voter's conservative choice. >> it is now apparent the only campaign that can beat donald trump is our campaign. >> last night was truly the beginning of the real republican primary. i'm the conservative that can win this election. >> rubio beat ted cruz to be coming in second place in south carolina's primary. his campaign now expects to pick up jeb bush's supporters afte

> just in the past ninety minutes crews responded to a small fire at an apartment complex near unc charlotte. emergency vehicles around the edge on varsity place, a woman in a nearby apartment said the fire started on the balcony. right now we are asking what caused the fire. >>> tomorrow an iredell county man accused of leading deputies on a chase in a stolen dump truck will be sentenced. this is a case we covered since july of 2014. james keith call is accused of robbing a worker at a produce stand and then leading deputies on a chase in the truck until he crashed i-77. he was armed and that spur adstandoff that last-- stirred a standoff that lasted nearly 3 hours. one talked to call and eventually helped convince him to sursender peacefully. >>> tensions remain high in syria after reports of russian air strikes hitting targets in 2 major cities. you hear the blast there, a cease fire took effect trying to bring temporary quiet to syria's the u.s. and russia solidified the deal earlier this week. the united nations is using the truth to try to deliver much-needed aid to syrian families who

unc charlotte has a baseball series this weekend. enjoy great weather here for all of the outdoor activities. nice, clear picture across the map and entire carolinas. barely a cloud to be found. that may be the case heading into the weekend but they will gather in the next few days. i have futurecast data to show you in a moment. need the umbrellas. we'll talk about the rain chances starting to build up much more for next week. let's get another update for the problem on tuckaseegee road. >> west charlotte, if you typically use tuckaseegee road, it is closed because of a crash that took out a utility pole and lights in the middle of the road. was we have crews on the scene right now including police blocking the road completely. for folks heading out to west meck high school, that will impact you. this is happening at tuckaseegee road at little rock road. if you head east toward you have to take tuckaseegee road over to wilkerson boulevard or mulberry church road to billy graham and wilkerson boulevard. monitoring a wreck, reportedly

right now, we take a live look at unc charlotte in the skies there. we're getting shoon. overall mostly cloudy conditions right now. be mild outside. a lot of 60's. mostly 60's as a matter of fact. mid 50's up to the north. we want to show you quickly. we have a cold front trying to make the way across the region right now. now, it did, at times, bring heavier rain to the north. if you are up to the mountain, maybe up along the foothills, you may see heavier rounds pushing again here the next couple of hours across the northern sections and isolated hewers expected across the rest of the area tonight. again, shouldn't be very heavy for most of us. the big changes, actually, going to happen as we head to the next couple of days. >> as we look at monday. 50% chance of rain. tuesday, 70% chance. once kay, we have an80% chance. we will track in another ten minutes now. what to expect monday into tuesday then we take a look at wednesday later on in the newscast as well. >> all right, thank you. >> the ciaa tournament tips off in charlotte this week. the 71st machine's basketba

. >>> morning, we're learning a unc charlotte student is suing an apartment complex near the school after he was shot there. they failed to provide an adequate safety for the residents. miller was shot two days after the shooting was not random but they have not made any arrests. >>> officials are seeing a dramatic drop in the number of people who have died from the flu in north carolina. so far this year, four people have died, down from 184 people this time last year. health officials say the vaccine nation is making a difference this year but they add they're seeing a late season spike right officials are still encouraging people to get the flu shot. >>> yesterday morning, channel 9 told you this year's flu vaccine is the most effective in years. so far this year, those who have gotten the shot are 59% less likely to get the flu. last year's was only 23% effective. >>> new this morning, a usa today column says a hacker used the american airlines to hack his computer. he was on a flight no. towards uptown north carolina with another passenger approached him. the passenger, who was a con

in mecklenburg county, in particular, we have two, one at unc charlotte and itt tech, south campus. come and we ask to bring their tax information, most of the time right now they are reporting their 2015 tax information so we like for them to bring that and also any other kind of financial information they feel they may get asked on >> does it take a long time? >> the average time to fill out the form is 20 to 25 minutes. if you have 30 minutes you can do this. >> piece of cake. after that, there is a resource where people can go to get information if they can't go today but have questions? >> absolutely. a couple places they can go to the department of education website or to the fafsa.gov, they have a hotline and ask questions. call cfnc.org, they we have the number there. >> an opportunity you have to look at it, an opportunity to take advantage of the free assistance today and an opportunity like you said to get a college to at least try to offer you something. >> just something. [laughing] honey, you gotta see this! time warner cable now makes your internet do more. honey! [la