students at metro school are being test to see if they have dozens at wingate are showing symptoms of the virus. ashton pellom joins us now live at wingate university with more on the story, so ashton what is being done to keep it from spreading? >> reporter: staff here at wingate university will clean bathrooms, common areas and all dining haul equipment. wingate cam university officials said students went to the health center complaining of nausea, vomiting and diarrhea. the university expects to have test results back today to see if this is the norovirus. the metro school, no classes for the disabled children that go there. the school temporarily closed to be cleaned. as you can imagine parents are pretty concerned. >> just to know something this big has hit so close to home and serious. >> reporter: there is no specific medicine to treat the norovirus, usually runs its course in a couple days. health officials say if you do have it, monitor those symptoms and make sure that you stay hydrated. university for wbtv, i'm ashton pellom. >> christine: details are now coming in to the n

wingate officials say several dozen student went to the health center complaining of nausea, vomiting and diarrhea. the university expects test results back today to see if this is the norovirus. for metro school, no classes today for disabled children that go there. the school temporarily closed to students so it can be cleaned. as you cab imagine, parents are pretty concerned. >> to know that something this shut the whole school down is serious. >> reporter: there is no specific medicine to treat the norovirus, it runs the course in a couple days. if you do have it monitor the symptoms and make sure you stay hydrated. reporting at wingate university for wbtv, i'm ashton pellom. >> john: all new, crime and drop-out rates in north carolina public schools are on the rise. according to a just-released report the state's overall crime rate in schools increased 1.5% from 2013-14 to 14-15. that included a of.6% increase in crime rates at the high school level. the drop out rate increased during the same time period. the state board of education is expected to discuss the report at the next

virginia beach police say wingate by wyndham hotel burton station road. around 12:30 am sunday -- officers say a woman was about to get out of her car -- when 22-year-old ronnie lesha anderson came up to her with a knife and demanded something she had. then, police say an underaged male who also woman's purse. when that didn't turn up anything of value, police say anderson forced his way into the woman's car -- and sexually assaulted her. staff at the wingate tell happening on their property, but they're looking at surveillance video. after the alleged assault, police say the suspects forced the woman to drive to an a-t-m at this 7-eleven on northampton boulevard and baker road. it's there -- that police say the woman was able to escape and get help inside the building -- while the suspects ran off. employees there tell 10 on your side they do not know what happened. police say later sunday morning -- officers with police dogs found the suspects at the econo lodge on northampton boulevard and arrested them. staff there say the suspects were not staying at

also wingate university is showing symptoms. alex giles looks at the steps health officials are take it to keep it from spreading. >> reporter: alexis and her daughter planned on attending a meeting at metro school. they had not gotten word what happened. >> we had no idea it was cancelled because of the norovirus. >> reporter: no meeting tonight, no classes tomorrow for the disabled children that go here. the school closed due to the threat of norovirus. >> to know something this big hit so close to home and shut the whole school down is serious. school, dozens of students at wingate reported symptoms as well. nausea, vomiting, diarrhea. for a mother like hassan are alarming. >> what do i do to prepare her for kindergarten and also the viruses? >> reporter: the health director spoke about that in a conference today >> i would say to parents keep an eye on things, if you don't see your child really getting significantly better in the next couple days it might be good to check in with your source of medical care. >> reporter: if

wingate at queens. royals looking to extend their six game winning streak. and mad scramble. inggoing in the lane. queens up. and wingate. baez. fly in for this one. good. morgan. queens won. still perfect. some other scores. and a big win for the same cooks. east carolina lost a thriller. and ray williams collapsed. he had this before. that's what happened this time, too. he will be fine we'll see they wednesday here on wbtv against 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) hey candidates, answer the call already. >>> we'll be in the teens tomorrow morning when you think that's got to be it. no t is worse over the weekend. and that's sunday morning and that cold air could be hanging around for potential ice on monday. and so we're going to fine tune >> thank you very much. >> thank you for watching and making us your choice for news at 11. >> glad you could in. >> us. we'll see you tomorrow. sleep warm and

several are sick at charlotte's metro school and there could be more cases at wingate university. metro school will be closed friday. to help keep the virus from spreading. 63 students were absent today. the school district says a professional contractor disinfected the building. the noro virus is a nasty stomach bug including vomiting diarrhea and low-grade fever. metro school is a school for special needs and that is especially concerning for health officials. >> we are a little bit more concerned about you know the infection becoming quite debilitating and again, the key and symptoms of dehydration. >> students reported symptoms at wingate university and results are expected back tomorrow and crews are taking extra steps to clean common areas. >> we are following breaking news. a charlotte man charged with the murder of his mother. irwin feldman killed his 82-year-old mother. the body was found in her home in south charlotte. coleen harry is at charlotte-mecklenburg police headquarters. what are they saying about the motive? >> well, at this point they are not saying much about

students and staff members at wingate university have the issue. plus clean up underway after storms snapped trees and destroyed some local homes. we are live with a look at the damage. right now wbtv news first at 4:00 continues. >> all right thank you. we want to get back to the alert center and alex giles. >> following an accident in southern mecklenberg county. >> we have new pictures of an accident in pineville. this is on an accident at the intersection of lancaster highway and carolina place parkway and a vehicle was a taxicab. and i spoke to the fire chief be taken to the hospital with serious injuries. we can flip to one of the other photos. if i can get it to work here. and the road is about to be back open soon. but two people were conscious and alert taken to the hospital with serious injuries. back to you. >> all right thank you. right now we are on your side with the top consumer headlines. wal-mart joined amazon by pulling hoverboards from the website following the government's warning the devices pose a fire risk. wal-mart wants sup

a manager here at the wingate says they are not aware of anything happening on their property, but are reviewing their surveillance video. they say police also checked their video. we have listed the suspects' charges on our web site. live in virginia beach, erin kelly, 10 on your side. 10 on your side is working to learn more about a deadly shooting hospital around 4:30 this morning. police say someone shot him while he was sitting near shell road. 10 on your side's lex gray spent the day talking to people who live around there. lex - they weren't completely surprised by this. right, stephanie -- every neighbor i talked to said it's pretty common for them to hear gunshots. but they were surprised this time by how close the shots were...and that someone died. this is video from the crime scene early this morning hampton police say someone shot jermaine jackson while he was sitting in the driver's seat of a car in an alley behind the house. so far -- they haven't released any information about suspects. they also haven't said whether jackson was targeted for some reason...but investigat

virginia beach we broke this story first on twitter please tell us that woman was attacked at the wingate inn on north hampton blvd yesterday police ronnie anderson for sexual assault and robbery and two when all is also charged with robbery and abduction. jenny lee has more on how the victim escaped. it was about thirty minutes after midnight. the woman was just getting out of her car heading towards her hotel room police say twenty two year old ronnie anderson came up to her with a knife and demanded money. a second suspect was under each also had a night he took the woman's purse and went through her belongings when they couldn't find anything police say anderson forced the woman back into the car in return we come here to starbucks. it's the same area that this crime took place happened and the police say the suspects then drove her to this seven eleven just down the street and police even men came into the store with conviction and headed for the atm machine. that's when the woman saw a window of opportunity to escape the victim told them she had been raped. the suspects ran from the

virginia beach police say it started here -- at the wingate by wyndham hotel on burton station road. around 12:30 am sunday -- officers say a woman was about to get out of her car -- when 22-year-old ronnie lesha anderson came up to her with a knife and demanded something she had. then, police say an underaged male who also had a knife, took the woman's purse. when that didn't turn up anything of value, police say anderson forced his way into the woman's car -- and sexually assaulted her. staff at the wingate tell 10 on your side they're not aware of anything happening on their property, but they're looking at surveillance video. after the alleged assault, police say the suspects forced the woman to drive to an a-t-m at this 7-eleven on northampton boulevard and baker road. it's there -- that police say the woman was able to escape and get help inside the building -- while the suspects ran off. employees there tell 10 on your side they do not know what happened. police say later sunday morning -- officers with suspects at the econo lodge on northampton boulevard and arrested them. st

this is new video from wingate north of the beltline. officials say it is vacant. update as we get them and on abc11.com. we are in first alert mode on wednesday february 3. it is 52 degrees and 5:30. i'm barbara gibbs

first breaking news, intense flames destroying a home in raleigh from wingate drive north of the beltline. minutes ago fire officials said the house is vacant. we are waiting to learn the cause of the fire and we will have updates throughout the morning and on abc11.com. it is february 3, 52 degrees. i'm barbara gibbs. john: i'm john clark. a damaging line of storms is responsible for reports of result results of multiple tornadoes and it is closing in on north carolina and could make a mess of the drive home. here is meteorologist don schwenneker is here and what is the impact? don: you are fine this morning. it is this afternoon that could you will notice the temperatures climbing quick limit by 8:00 mid 50's and 10:00 near 60's. from across the reasonable 51, very mild. normal highs for this time of year. 52 r.d.u. 55 fayetteville. 46 goldsboro, 47 wilson. 45 roupblt. looking at the day ahead lunchtime 68 and stray shower. best chance of rained thunderstorms this afternoon. we are under a risk for severe weather. we will talk about that and complete seven-day forecast in a bit. barbara

and teachers of the school exhibited symptoms of norovirus yesterday, and dozens of students the at wingate also reported symptoms, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea. now to computer, voters head to the polls tomorrow, they will decide between hillary clinton and senator bernie sanders. we have more. >> reporter: it is a big weekend in south carolina for voter. i am here at the state line, according to real clear politics and the average number of polls, hillary has 57, over bernie sanders 33%. tomorrow's vote is critical for both hopefuls as this is the first primary in the south for democrats. both make stops in championship in orangeburg. bill clinton campaigned for his wife yesterday in rock hill. south carolina has a large population of african-american voters. both candidates received enforcements this week from prominent black figures, presidential primaries in south carolina are open which means you do not have to register by party to vote. if you voted in last weekend's republican primary, you cannot vote tomorrow. we'll keep you updated through the weekend. >> anchor: charlotte mayor rob

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alex giles is following that part of the story live in our >> we got this information from wingate university, dozens of students reporting symptoms, diarrhea, nausea and vomiting and the school is hoping for confirmation of the illness when they get test results back tomorrow. campus services is cleaning bathrooms and common areas and residence halls and the dining facilities are being sanitized and cleaning the equipment too. and health officials recommend staying out of work or school while you are dealing with the symptoms. wait until you get better before you get back into the classroom. >> thank you. >> first at 4:00 the storm that tore up the east coast killed serve of seven people. two were killed in louisiana, four more died in virginia and a seventh was killed when a tree fell in darlington, south carolina. >> in charlotte, clean up continues after storms caused power outages and trees to fall. right now, there are still nearly 5,000 customers without power in mecklenberg county. >> and the national weather service now confirms a tornado did touchdown in grandville county, north car

suspects at the o'connell lodge motel on north hampton blvd that's right across the street from the wingate hotel where the woman was locked my doors on waiting for my son and i'll probably talk to the business owners over there about letting the people cannot night in the dark by themselves suspects face robbery and also being charged with forcible sodomy and sexual penetration with an object jenny be thirteen years now in hampton we first told you about the shooting on the palate and parkway near shell road this morning on daybreasensk that we've learned the victim is thirty five year old jermaine jackson police found his body in a car or celeb roberson talk to neighbors who heard the gunshots about three fifty this morning for like three big banks are smart and kicking the door. brian winston soon realized those banks we gunshots were heard by this chaos the whole of spain. police say a man inside this car was gunned down just before four o'clock this morning we've nowhirty five year old jermaine jackson who missed the boat with a new report about the red by jackson never made it thetoos

. >> and wingate university says several students reported to the health center with symptoms of noro virus. >> new details in the murder of an 82-year-old woman in south charlotte. right over to alex giles live in the alert center with the >> this is the feldman murder case we are told by our coleen harry that sources are saying the suspect in the case of the murder of that 82-year-old woman is her son. police are expected to release new information about the case in a news conference this afternoon. you will remember in 2014 feldman was found dead in her home on torrey pines court. and she was beaten and strangled and she was 82. that news conference is scheduled for 5:30 p.m. at cmpd headquarters we will be watching it and bring you the latest details. >> a lot of people involved. anticipating something. right now snow in the north carolina mountains. our neighbors here in the charlotte area are cleaning up the mess yesterday's storms left behind people in the mountains are dealing with a blast of winter weather. >> let's get you straight over to chief meterologist, eric thomas in

wingate university officials are waiting to hear if they have an outbreak of norovirus too. since tuesday. they're wait being for test results to come back tomorrow on that sickness. eyewitness news has gathered contagious virus and symptols. -- symptoms. look for that in alexa's story. >>> governor pat mccrory has declared a state of emergency because of ongoing power outages. duke energy crews are still out, hard at work, across the charlotte region tonight. trying to restore power after yesterday's storms. now, earlier tonight, at 5:00, we showed you schools schools and businesses that were forced to close because of the downed power lines. tonight at 6:00, eyewitness news reporter jim bradley asked the energy giant officials why it is taking so long to get the lights on in some neighborhoods. >> winds are still whipping across charlotte's canopy tonight. and so are questions, on why last night's storm seems to be taking so long for power crews to respond to. eddie hayes told us his west charlotte home has been without power since yesterday afternoon. >> and why are they

sexual assault and robbery the second suspect a juvenile happened after midnight yesterday outside the wingate boulevard were told the victim was forced into a assaulted then made to drive to a nearby seven eleven atm that's where she was able to run for help. it's actually kind of shocking my son works are either at the krispy kreme and i'm here at night quite often on picking him up and i both consider this a pretty safe place. canines were able to track the suspects to the o'connell lodge which was right across the street. sixteen year old engine helicopter crash last week near pearl harbor is died hospital officials and why say the teen died today and his family decided to donate his organs the young man and three family members were visiting from canada when their tour helicopter crashed into the water near the pearl harbor visitor center last thursday to family members remained hospitalized in stable condition. another was treated and released federal agencies still are investigating the cause of that crash and the second man is charged with six martyrs tonight police say he was on a sho

and it is not just that school, dozens at wingate university reported symptoms of the virus diarrhea. >>> let's get an update on the commute where from chris larson. >> chris: christine, thank you, first alert traffic sponsored by toyota of north charlotte. we've been following this scene out on brookshire boulevard on the ramp to the 485 outer loop, for a little more than an hour now with an overturned 18 wheeler, which lost its load. now they have reopened the ramp and as we go to our mapping system, you will see the delays slacken off. you can make your way from loop once again. taking a live look i-77 toward the rest area, volume of traffic here letting up, also lighter but still showing an accident at the arboretum, highway 51 and accidents, ballantyne commons parkway, first one lancaster highway, the other one 521 johnston road. here is meteorologist al conklin conklin. >> al: south boulevard and scott clark's nissan, a lot of sunshine and outside of the mountains where we have the school closures because of the wind, cold, clouds and snow, the rest of us are seeing a good deal

officers say the victim was about to get out of her car at the wingate hotel on burton station road early sunday morning when anderson demanded something she had at knifepoint. police say the juvenile had a knife too -- and took her purse. when that didn't turn up anything valuable, police say anderson sexually assaulted her. officers say the suspects then forced the woman to drive to an a-t-m at a 7-eleven on northampton boulevard, where she escaped. using k-9s, police say they later found the suspects at the econo lodge off northampton boulevard and arrested them. staying in virginia beach - police are investigating car break-ins at two oceanfront hotel garages. officers say people reported it saturday in the hilton and sheraton garages on atlantic avenue. we spoke with a valet at the sheraton who says there were more than 20 cars with windows smashed. he said it was really tough news to tell customers. c0001 cody batten/sheraton valet 10;02;42 "when i had to bring someone's car i was about to explain it to them i didn't even want them to see their car right away. i had to warm them up

officers say the victim was about to get out of her car at the wingate hotel on burton station road early sunday morning when anderson demanded something she had at knifepoint. police say the juvenile had a knife too -- and took her purse. when that didn't turn up anything valuable, police say anderson sexually assaulted her. officers say the suspects then forced the woman to drive to an a-t-m at a 7-eleven on northampton boulevard, where she escaped. using k-9s, police say they later found the suspects at the econo lodge off northampton boulevard and arrested them. staying in virginia beach - police are investigating car break-ins at two oceanfront hotel garages. officers say people reported it saturday in the hilton and sheraton garages on atlantic avenue. we spoke with a valet at the sheraton who says there were more than 20 cars with windows smashed. he said it was really 10;02;42 "when i had to bring someone's car around i didn't know how i was about to explain it to them i didn't even want them to see their car right away. i had to warm them up to it. i park in there too. it doesn't

a fire is under investigation in flames tore through a house on wingate drive this morning. it is said to be a total loss. it was vacant we are told. western alabama residents are cleaning up what is left after a tornado ripped through their neighborhoods. several homes were damaged and federal corrections staoutd. only minor injuries were reported. barbara: a local family is asking for help finding their son's dog. he has autism and his mother said he is lost without his friend. >> he is ok. when she is around he is totally ok. they have such a sweet bond. barbara: the dog is more than a pet. diana says she is her special needs's son best friend and they put up flyers with a $1,000 award. she hopes someone sees the story and will bring coco back. we have more information on abc11.com. wake county residents are keeping an eye to the sky after a hawk swooped into a back yard attacking and killing a pet economy what warmth ron johnson let out the dog to enjoy the weather in apex and the hawk came swooping in apbdnd snatched the dog. he believes the other dog may have suffered

. >> reporter: neighbor, kimberly wingate-brown says a mother and three children wererin this house on ndell drive when the tree toppled over. she moved to the basement when the weather first turned bad, a smart call. the following tree smashed through one of the ildren's bedrooms. >>'s she was visibly upset, of course. >> reporter: this storm broke similar stories in her neighborhoods. this tree went into this home on rose brier drive. the tops of surrounding pine trees were snapped off in the wind. and then this one north roxboro. roots lifted into the air. another family on the phone with their insurance mpany. i can tell you that in this particular incident, no one was injured. i d speak with him a few minutes ago. he is in very good spirits. i also checked with duke energy about the amount of power outages in durham. i can tell you right now there are 1000 customers without power estimating a fix to happen around 7:00 p.m. >> teaches. mikaya thurmond live in durham. >>> people all over north carolina will be cleaning up today. we've got lots to do. strong winds and heavy rain upro

. >> reporter: neighbor, kimberly wingate-brown says a mother and three children were in this house on delwood drive when the tree toppled over. she moved to the basement when the weather first turned bad, a smart call. the falling tree smashed through one of the children's bedrooms. >> she was visibly upset, of course. >> reporter: this storm wrote similar stories in other neighborhoods. this tree went into this home on rose brier drive. the tops of surrounding pine trees were snapped off in the wind. and then this one on north roxboro road. roots lifted into the air. with their insurance company. in this particular case, shattered glass is pretty much everywhere across this driveway. for many homeowners today is the day for repairs. duke energy says just about 1000 people in durham county are without power. date of inspection power to be turned back on until 7:00 p.m. tonight. >> thanks. mikaya thurmond is live in durham. >>> people have cleaning up to do, a large tree fell on a car which looks like it is surrounded by branches. the owner was not hurt but the car had heavy damage. in