this is gastonia and north of 85 in parts of gaston county. again that should change-over for those of you seeing that to rain before too much longer since the temperatures are in the mid-40s. more on what we can expect through the rest of the night your first alert forecast coming up in a couple of minutes. >> and make sure you have the wbtv weather app to keep up with the changes. it is free search wbtv in the app store. >> first at 4:00 a caldwell county man held on $1 million bond accused of stabbing his two-year-old son and girlfriend. his infant son was injured. henry pits facing two counts of attempted murder. wbtv's brody o'connell joins us live from caldwell county. and brody, how are the children and their mother doing this afternoon? >> jamie good news to report on that front. i'm told the woman stabbed is in stable condition expected to survive. but the real concern overnight now, he is just two-year-old old his name is henry and he suffered stab wounds as a result of this father's attack. and good news from the family they told me

gastonia, mounts mount holly you will be up next. pan back over as we head in the charlotte area. most of everything is east of moving in an easterly direction. this next batch that is moving in gastonia shortly could make its way in the charlotte area through the 8:00, 9:00 hours which could dampen things overuptown. we will show you futurecast to expect for the rest of the afternoon. a check of of that coming up until a couple minutes in the full first alert. kristen? >> kristen: lynx, thank you. after the break, our friend coach lamont. has it been four years you have eve been coming to see us? >> yes, it has been this many years. >> ha ha ha. >> how dare they tell me that i that i have aged. >> is they lyndsay? >> the weather girl. >> she is a meteorologist. >> i'm sorry. >> i'm a coachologist. >> kristen: 11 minutes after 7:00, our friend coach lamonte is back with you. >> how are you? it has been four years. >> i can't believe it. >> since i have come to the studio and seen this lovely face. >> such a dork. >> so glad you have

and blowing rock. 82 gastonia, 85 in wadesboro. sunshine, 81 this afternoon. a father more clouds tomorrow morning. sunny skies in the afternoon. and high of 82. sunny and mild for thursday and friday. cooler the weekend, 58 for sunday afternoon. that is around average if not slightly below. morning lows 30's monday morning sunshine and 660 monday afternoon. is we are delighted to have johnson and wales here with us today. we are celebrating saint patrick's day early. this thursday, we are also celebrating a birthday today. just turned 16. >> yeah. >> anchor: actually 21. happy birthday. >> big 21. we will say, we will talk about adult beverages. >> something to enjoy on saint patrick's day, instead of bare. >> anchor: in moderation, of course. we have nice green decorations. what do you have? >> this is a cocktail one of the professors at school came up with for saint patrick's day, alternative to beer. i call it the british ailment. or irish. >> anchor: wait a minute. first of all, what do you put in here? >> mint, and brown simp

in the mountains, 45 boone, 57 gastonia. cloud cover heaviest from charlotte and gastonia, thins in the foothills and mountains, that is why i think warmer than the charlotte region this afternoon. rain showers to start the day in charleston but just the cloud cover here in charlotte but we will see moisture and colder fair the north working in the charlotte area for the weekend, saturday and sunday. so again, a little bit of a hours. we will see peeks of sunshine this afternoon, 62 boone, 55 on the top of beech mountain. in the foothills, low 70s, 73 lenoir, 72 taylorsville. 70 in concord, 74 wadesboro and 73 in rockingham, 74 pageland, partly cloudy, 73 in cheraw or for this afternoon in cheraw. futurecast through the day today, fairly quiet, no rain showers, partly cloudy skies, afternoon. the moisture and colder air working in as we head overnight in saturday morning, this is 10:00 a.m., keep in mind parade is tomorrow morning at 10:00 to 11:00, rain showers, 11:00 a.m. for the parade start, back in we will see more roun

here is gastonia, along i-85 from 321, lowell, mcadenville, belmont running in the green. so gastonia commute time right now at 19 minutes with an average speed there of 65 miles an hour. guys back to you. >> john: you're never more than and traffic on wbtv news this >> kristen: 6:47 now, rk davenport is following all and the wires. he's in the alert center with details on the attack in yemen. >> mark: coming down on the wires from associated press. i have a map behind me here i'll show you on apple tv, of yemen of the coastal town where this gunman raided a retirement home, pretty sick, killed 16 people including four indian nuns, that happened a while ago coming down off the wires here. what we have known in the area is that islamic state claimed responsibility for deadly attacks in the south of yemen. so they have not said they are responsible for this but it is a very big possibility here and once again, 16 people are dead at this moment in time, they opened fire on elderly people and also separated the nuns from everyone else, handcuffed them and opened fire on them,

new information on a missing person's case, gastonia police tell us they have located 49-year-old hill. she has been missing since last tuesday after going to a doctors appointment. no word on what condition she was found in. right now a special election is underway in lancaster county, with voters casting ballots at various precincts. they are deciding whether to approve a school bond referendum that would increase taxes. >> reporter: this money is going passes today. polls are open from 7:00 to 7:00. i am at the rec center, one of the precincts where voters will be voting. $199 million, that's a lot of money. if approved, it will go to a new elementary school and high school in indian land. three existing schools, kindergarten to fourth, middle school students would be split. fifth and sixth graders, middle, 7th and 8th at high school. money is also allocated for infrastructure, safety and technology in surrounding areas. if this is approved, voter can expect a tax hike for every $100,000 home or $25,000 car, voters will pay $85 a year in taxes. >> anchor: north carolina environmenta

coming in from gastonia, this is from highway 321 on to 77 or 85, excuse me, 19 minutes, 64-miles-per-hour. you see from 321 on to 85, you have that green light. coming southbound out of lake norman, 77 looking good this morning, 85 concord or kannapolis, no problems. here in the charlotte area, around the 485 perimeter, no problem there. we have an early morning accident on providence road in toward center city. we have not seen any serious delays with that one. looking at 77 down to our south coming northbound out of rock hill this morning, current drive time, 21 minutes, 64 miles an hour. that is a check of traffic, john, over to you. >> john: voter in north carolina campaign 2016 today. polls will open in the primary election in half an hour at 6:30. the big races include president, u.s. senate, governor and so many more. wbtv's mark davenport is joining us live outside a local polling place so mark, what do voters need to know before heading to the polls today? >> reporter: john, first things first, when polls open and when they close. like you mentioned 6:30 this morning, in a half h

wadesboro zero, two miles in gastonia, shelby has improved big time. no fog in lincolnton, in good shape, clear skies, early on this morning and we've got temperatures mostly in the 50s. here in charlotte, 54 degrees, a little milder up around hickory, 60. 52 boone, 54 gastonia, 56 in salisbury, 58 in rock hill. couple other communities, 55 lincolnton, concord, 55 as is wadesboro, 54 statesville, 52 west jefferson and we're 52 out in shelby. this morning, patchy fog, that is it, 57 degrees, not bad at the bus stop, won't be as widespread or heavy and thick as what we had yesterday morning. unseasonably warm this afternoon, lots of sunshine, all that courtesy of high pressure over us right now, that will govern our weather today but already looking at the next system, that has rain across the middle part of the country. this front will come marching eastward over the next 24 hours. stop this at 8:00, a couple showers coming in the mountains, rest of us are dry and watch how all this little bit of rainfalls apart as the front comes eastward, i don't thin

, 321 to uptown, 18 minutes, 17 minute there's and green light from gastonia up to 485. christine, over to you. >> christine: wbtv has the most complete live team coverage of campaign 2016. races, you're >>> this broadcast sponsored by subaru south boulevard and subaru concord. wbtv news starts right now. >> christine: a record number of ballots cast, this morning the results are in from north carolina's primary elections. democrat hillary clinton and republican donald trump were the big winners in the presidential primary. >> we are moving closer to securing the democratic party nomination and winning this election in november. >> john: on your side with team coverage of campaign 2016, kristen miranda is in the alert center breaking down the presidential primary result in other states, mark davenport has results i inorth carolina gubernatorial primaries. >>> good morning, welcome to wbtv news this morning on this wednesday, it is march 16th, 6:00 a.m., good to have you with us, i'm john carter. >> christine: i'm christine sperow, we'll get to those results and more fro

and gastonia as well. >> and david said it was snowing hard for 30 seconds. we will have the first alert forecast weather team is watching all of that. >> a family heartbroken after a tow truck driver was hit and killed on the side of the road. their grief into a fight to get introducing longhorn's big, bold, steaks. the only way to make em' better was to make em' bigger. our new center cut 10 ounce filet. our perfectly seasoned 16 ounce t-bone. and our fire grilled 18 ounce outlaw ribeye. big, bold, steaks. only at longhorn steakhouse. you can't fake steak. for lunch, try our steakhouse burger >> first at 4:00, a south carolina family is now fighting for laws that could save the lives of tow truck drivers. >> right now, the move over law requires drivers to change lanes to give a safe distance for emergency vehicles. eddie mills was killed while responding to a driver on i-85. his family is working with lawmakers to get the move over law amended. if passed drivers would have to move over for tow trucks as well in addition to the emergency vehicles. >> there'

last evening's rain, that moved out. 30 in boone, 38 morganton, hickory, statesville and charlotte. 40 gastonia, 39 in monroe, 37 in chester. chilly start to the day, will be below average, improvement over yesterday, more sunshine, high temperature getting back to 58. keep in mind, tonight the colder charlotte drops down to the freezing mark. i'll talk about that plus when we might expect a warm-up in the forecast in the seven day planner. you're never more than seven minutes away from weather and traffic on wbtv news this morning. >>> first alert traffic brought to you by toyota of north charlotte. >> john: chris larson off today, we'll try to pick up a few things here traffic-wise. a live look at current conditions map, and you can see we have green throughout the area there if you're driving in from gaston county on i-85 or 74 from monroe in charlotte you'll look pretty good because things are clear and moving smoothly. here's a live look at i-77 at clanton road you can see traffic somewhat light this morning and it is moving smoothly, we'll keep you posted throughout the morning. >>> follo

starting off at 50 in charlotte, gastonia. 48 rockingham, 49 monroe, salisbury, couple pockets of 30s. 38 albermarle, 36 in morganton, 34 in boone. for today, look for decent amount of sunshine but there will be times where there will be cloud cover, totally warm this afternoon, 75. frontal systems in the middle part of the country will move eastward, and that will bring us an opportunity for rain. i will let you know when i think that will be in our seven day minutes. remember, you're never more than seven minutes away from weather and traffic on wbtv news this morning. here is chris, first alert traffic. >> chris: al, thank you, first alert traffic sponsored by toyota of north charlotte. if you have that early tuesday morning commute live look i-77, clanton road, no problems here, volume across the area fairly light. if you are heading out the next 5, 10 minutes rock hill, uptown, 20 minutes, concord to center city, 19 minutes, lake norman southbound at 15 minutes, with an average speed of 68-miles-per-hour. still, a whole lot of green out there, so any of our major interstates look

we have good visibility in charlotte, three miles lancaster, gastonia, zero visibility in wadesboro. no advisories but will monitor that situation through the morning hours, metro school camera, dry conditions, excellent situation in charlotte, no problems with fog or wet streets. 54 in the queen city, wadesboro, gastonia, warmer, 62 hickory, 60 more gapton,morgan done. morganton. the 80s won't last much longer, changes coming for the weekend. you're never more than seven minutes away from weather and traffic on wbtv news this traffic. chris: al, thank you, rst alert traffic sponsored by toyota of north charlotte. we'll get you out the door with a live look i-77, west boulevard, no problems here. sides of the road are damp from last night's rain. drive times coming up from rock hill, 21 minutes, 64-miles-per-hour. concord to center city, running 19 minutes and lake norman southbound 77, 15 minutes, 65-miles-per-hour there. looking at our charlotte area commute, 485, 77, 85 all running in the green this morning, no significant delays early on. john belk over to the brookshire looks go

christian flores joins us live from gastonia. and the girls are safe right you no. but this is so unsettling. >> yeah, it's very fortunate and neighbors say it is a good thing those children were taught to run away from a situation like that. i spoke with the mother of the 11-year-old and she is still shaken up and wants the neighborhood to know this guy is out there. >> first, i thought it was somebody riding by saying hey. >> nikki says the neighborhood she lives in is very quiet. but on wednesday, her worst nightmare almost came to life. >> he blowed the horn when he around and looked and he is car. >> a white or hispanic man with a beard tried luring her 11-year-old daughter into the car the same guy who tried luring a 12-year-old girl less than an hour earlier. this is footage from a neighbor who captures the suspect in the act. >> nerve-wracking and scary. >> those are the emotions she feels. >> my thing was not being able to see my baby girl again. >> she is not the only parent with an elementary school down the road, other parents are also terrified. >> it's

in gastonia, ken lemon, channel 9, eyewitness news. >> ken tweeted out that video

harvey boyd was pulled over on gastonia highway friday. view in the car. when asked to get out, detectives say boyd refused. when a detective reached in to unlock the door, boyd tried to roll up the window with the detective's arm inside. the detective freed himself and boyd led them on a chase in gaston county where he was arrested near exit 17 on 85. boyd faces list of charges including resisting an officer and possession of a controlled substance. he's being held under $20,000 bond. >>> also scheduled to appear in court a tow truck driver arrested and charged in a shooting in south charlotte. police say jarvis simpson shot a vehicle owner saturday morning in a parking lot on central pacific avenue. simpson charged with assault with a deadly weapon. the victim drove to cmc pineville with minor injuries. they are expected to be okay and police have not said what led up to the shooting. >>> campaign 2016 now, returns just over a week until north carolina's primary elections, campaign events held for both the republican and democratic presidential front run

followno major slow downs, 77, 85 coming from gastonia moving smoothly. all of 485, highlighted in the let's look at live look at i-77 at nations ford, traffic picking up slightly as we move to the 6:00 a.m. hour, keep watching wbtv news we will let you know about problems first as they arise. >>> super tuesday is now in the books, we're continuing to get a clearer picture of campaign 2016. >> john: we have the results from the 12 states that voted and kristen miranda is in the alert center breaking down what they mean. >>> you're watching wbtv news before 6:00. i was walking home. just picked us up two breakfast croissants for four bucks, when this bear attacked. with one swipe, it devoured one of the croissants. then jack showed up and took care of the beast, so i could escape. and that's what happened to your breakfast croissant. and yours? it survived. >>> this broadcast sponsored by subaru south boulevard and subaru concord. wbtv on your side. wbtv news starts right now. >> christine: the results are in from super tuesday and have tightened their gri

gastonia is 41. you have fallen into the 30s on 40 and boone up in the mountains that is the below freezingch some of you did have some quit-hitting snowflakes nothing accumulating outside of the mountains but in the mountains we have that winter weather advisory through noon on friday. and what is happening right now i have redevelopment back out to the west but most of the moisture pushing pretty quickly now along and east of 85. and heavier as you head south of charlotte on 77. so the eastern parts of york, and chester where we have bursts of rain. but this is moving very, very quickly. quick hitting burst of snow showers and moisture back to the west so you could have that push through which would give you the light accumulations but the totals backed off from yesterday. it looks like it will be on the lighter side of those amounts. the heavier moisture continuing to hold in south carolina towards georgia. it's going to be this evening through the first part of the night where we could have showe

we mentioned green conditions for the interstates. 85 for gastonia, and 77 out of iredale. all are free and clear, and as stuff starts to pour into the traffic center later this morning, we will update you as they come in. brittany? >>> as the country remembers former first lady nancy reagan, channel 9 spoke to a local artist tasked with sculpting her alongside her husband. >> she was warm and gracious as could be and elegant. >> reporter: the special detail on the sculpture that mrs. regan most appreciated it. >>> a tow truck driver will a man's car and a man's car and (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 hey candidates. enough talk. give us a plan. >>> we are following breaking news in northwest charlotte where police are investigating a homicide. these are live pictures where our crew just arrived on the scene. investigators are taking pictures inside of this ap

you are below freezing. 29 boone, 30 hickory, 29 salisbury, also at 39 in monroe and rock hill, 35 in gastonia right now, on the way for the upper 50s this afternoon, so it will be seasonable for time of year, some of us could maybe get in on a shower later tonight, we'll have more details and what the rest of the weekend will hold in a couple minutes. >> kristen: we'll put stacey's recipe up on the website too. >>> we continue to follow you. charlotte-mecklenburg police are looking right now for three people they say were involved in a home invasion and shooting in north charlotte. it happened at 12:30 this morning on potters glen near west sugar creek road. three people were in the home at the time, one woman was shot and taken to the hospital. we will continue to monitor the situation, bring you updates on the air and online at wbtv.com. >>> a crime alert to tell you about police in charlotte investigating a shooting outside uptown in elizabeth this. was the scene on charlottetown avenue near memorial stadium. the victim was shot somewhere else and drove to the spot. we saw the rear window

will rebound very quickly and nicely, 78 in hickory, 81 charlotte, gastonia, salisbury, enochville, 80. we do have a cool-down in the forecast going forward. i'll talk about that plus rain chances that come up in the weekend. seven day planner around the corner. chris has first alert traffic right now. >> chris: al, thank you. first alert traffic sponsored by toyota of north charlotte. we're looking live at i-77 out toward the rest area, south carolina state line, no problems here this morning, everything run along smoothly as is the case with most of our majors, 485, 85, 77, no problems. now, as we come in closer to center city, on providence road, this is providence at dartmouth, a new accident scene, not seeing significant delays on providence road as you make your way to 277 and beyond in center city looks good. that is a check of the morning and traffic on wbtv news this morning. >> christine: thank you, chris. >>> in less than an hour the polls will open for voters here in north carolina to cast their ballots in the state's primaries. wbtv's mark davenport covering one of the pol

five tee50 gastonia, 43 hickory, 46 in rock hill. out the door, milder start, 50 degrees in charlotte, light breeze out of the southwest. coming home from work and school looks great. 75 degrees, pleasantly warm, mostly sunny conditions. don't forget this weekend, check that clock and batteries and turn the clock ahead. john carter's favorite time of the year when his neighbors start the lawn mower at 8:00 when he's trying to sleep. >> chris: late evening mowing. first alert traffic sponsored by toyota of north charlotte. heading out the door this morning, we'll take a live look at the independent expressway -- did they do that to john carter? there is inbound independence over toward the city of charlotte skyline. this morning. got night my head now. matthews to center city, 14 minutes, providence road, 18 minute commute and concord to center city, 18 minutes, 66 miles an hour. take a look at the rest of the travels, 77 looks good, 485, 85, looking okay. one accident on the board, that will change here in the next hour or so but tha

but low 40s. 42 hickory and rock hill, 43 gastonia, 47 in monroe. starting off in the 30s and 40s, wind up in the 60s, a gradual increase in cloud cover, gastonia, 69, partly sunny. becoming mostly cloudy by 4:00. hickory, 67, mostly sunny approaching 70 from monroe and salisbury, a nice day. now we have rain in the forecast for tonight, i'll show you that on futurecast, plus looking ahead to the weekend all the details in a few minutes. you're never more than seven minutes away from weather and traffic on wbtv news this morning. >> christine: another breaking news story we're watching out of gaston county, where authorities are investigating a triple homicide. if you're just joining us, last night police found the bodies of three people at a home in alexis. >> john: crystal gambino is charged with first degree murder in the death of one of the victims, her husband, 40-year-old giovanni gambino. ashton pellom has the latest details on the investigation, ashton, do we know anything about the other victims yet? >> reporter: hey, good morning, john. so

this is from gastonia. they are looking for the two suspects wanted for stealing $200 worth of items from a wal-mart this past weekend. they left in a white bmw. if you recognize these people alert the gastonia police. back to you. >> thank you. >> first at 4:00 an 18-year-old driver has been indicted in a car crash that killed a 13-year-old boy. was going 61 in a 3 too 5-miles-per-hour zone when he wrecked in brunswick county. kaleb smith was killed. harris is charged with involuntary manslaughter. >>> the heart of a teenage shooting victim in durham has been donated. 15-year-old david pounce was killed last week it was a drive-by shooting his family says despite the horrible circumstances he is able to give someone a second chance at life. the shooting is under investigation. no arrests have been made. >> turning now to the weather. i've moved to the first alert weather center with leigh brock. a record-breaking temperatures today. >> is that real? it feels like summertime outside. and then, yeah, over th

mostly sunny charlotte, statesville, mooresville, salisbury, albermarle, lincolnton, gastonia, shelby, all about 66, 68 degrees, mid to upper 60s from rock hill, pageland, cheraw, mostly sunny skies, big ridge of high pressure is going to dominate this week. this is going to be like the rock of gibraltar. frontal systems are being case for some time to come. eventually the ridge will break down, the timing may be toward the weekend. after today, 67, 70s going forward. our rain chances if you're planning on being outdoors this weekend, we do have at least some rain mentioned both saturday and sunday. again, long way out, things could change. there isn't a set agreement here in the models, but we'll keep an eye on it. sun-up at 6:45, normal high, sunsets at 6:25. 37 degrees where we would normally be for a low. well in the 70s this week with

currently, 54 in charlotte, but 50 right now gastonia, and in concord, up to hickory and shelby. 48 monroe, 43 in in albermarle. the temperatures from 5-15, even 20 degrees chiliier than yesterday morning. a big shock out there early this morning. but this afternoon we will wind up getting back in the 70s. at the bus stop, 53 degrees, may need the jacket, this afternoon you won't, sunshine, high clouds, pleasant, afternoon temperature of 77 degrees. we'll talk about much, much cooler weather coming in for the weekend, all the details in a few minutes. you're never more than seven minutes away from weather and traffic on wbtv news this morning. john? >> christine: i'll take it, al, thank you. a teen charged in a shooting that sent one man to the hospital is due in court today. our cameras were there as dajour smith in custody you see him yelling at the camera. a man found shot yesterday on south brevard street outside the transit center. investigators say it was not a random shooting. smith knew the victim and the two had been in an altercation. dajour smith has an extensive criminal record

54 in charlotte, check this out, 41 in boone right now, 50 in shelby, 47 wadesboro. 44 albermarle, gastonia you've got 55 degrees. and the interstates are looking good this morning. no significant issues and again i-85 southbound at concord mills boulevard has reopened following a pedestrian being hit. we'll keep you posted because you're never more than seven minutes away from weather and traffic on wbtv news this this afternoon at dunkin', save when you sip. get a free donut or turbo shot when you buy any beverage between 2:00 and 6:00 p.m. the bigger the burrito, the bigger the fun. dunkin's new grandde burrito -- a breakfast burrito packed with big southwest flavor. go grande with veggie or sausage today. >> john: 5:09, these are live pictures from el paisano restaurant on albermarle road. a two-alarm fire, 50 firefighters on the scene, took about 30 minutes to bring under control. no reports of any injuries, but restaurant. no word how the fire started. our mark davenport is out there asking the questions you wantoned so we can bring you details and he'll have more coming up in a live

northward, statesville 53, shelby, 51 as is gastonia, 52 lancaster, 48 in cheraw. starting off in the mountains, upper 60s near 70. mostly sunny skies, a pleasant day, forget about snow and ice, we're talking 70s across morganton, lenoir, taylorsville, mostly sunny skies for you folks, no chance of rain. 78 in salisbury over to charlotte, 77 gastonia, 78 monroe, 79 for rockingham and wadesboro, close to 80 and should be close to 80 pageland, lancaster toward chester. heading to the hornets game tonight, playing the old hornet, the pelicans from new orleans are in town, 68 degrees the tip-off temperature as you wait online to get in the arena. as far as what to expect overnight, lows back in the 50s. followed by warm, high pressure still with us tomorrow. eventually this frontal system will have an opportunity to move in as the high moves away. tomorrow morning, lots of low clouds, we may start with a lot of low clouds but no rain tomorrow morning. going in the afternoon hours, partly sunny skies, this front sort of back door in friday, there is a chance for couple

. >> and we are getting reports of snow from places like gastonia, lake norman and bessemer city. our first-alert weather team is tracking it all from the first alert weather center tonight. good evening and thank you for joining us i'm molly grantham. >> i'm jamie bollment those stories coming up. right now breaking news in our alert center. >> alex giles is live with more. >> we got sky3 live over an accident that looks to be involving a school bus. we are told this is dar brook drive and a school bus there and a vehicle right now stopped in the road. police are on scene. about this reported accident and medic is telling us no reported injuries and a couple of cruisers. no reported injuries that is the good news. we have reached out to cms schools to see if they can give us information about who was on the bus. and see if there were children or the driver needed medical treatment where that bus was going. we will check back in and follow this breaking situation. toss it back to you for now. >> thank you. >> weather now, live look in banner elk. the mountains are where we are exp

. >>> new at noon, a missing gastonia woman has been found safely, michelle hill's family last saw her a week ago today leaving a doctor's appointment. they worry because she has medical issues. gastonia police told us this morning that hill has been found. >>> a 10-year-old boy involved in a deadly crash in union county has died. were also taken to the hospital. the family was on the way to school yesterday when troopers say a pickup truck crossed the center line on old pageland monroe road. the truck driver, moss, died instantly. jackson williams was waiting for his bus and saw a little girl trying to get out. >> the window was already cracked and pulled back so i pulled it back and pulled her out. >> a witness told channel 9 she saw the truck driving erratically moments before the collision. >>> lawmakers may have hit another road block in fixing the roelds, house leaders have-- roads. house leaders have a plan that clashwise the senate. they want to set aside $400 million, it would force lawmakers to find a new funding source next year. the senate plan would use $400 million from t

below freezing in boone, 28, 35 statesville, 36 chester, 41 wadesboro, 39 shelby and in gastonia, a live look at i-77 at the state line, things are moving smoothly. no significant issue also on thes except volume. >> john: welcome back, several all-new stories you need to stick around for in the 6:30 half hour. at 6:32, looking ahead to the vote on major bond referendum in lancaster county. what it will mean for you if it passes. >>> grocery stores are becoming ambassadors for healthy eating. at 6:46, what changes you may see in a store near you. >> christine: firefighters across the carolinas sending out condolences, a firefighter in south carolina died after he was hit by a fire engine on the job. conway fire and horry crews responded to the scene yesterday afternoon. christopher ray died at the scene. he worked for the city six years. he leaves behind a wife and two daughter also. daughters. >> john: police in greensboro say two manhole explosions were caused by an electrical malfunction. several streets were closed, some people in a near-by restaurant described it as as scary experie

all new at 10 police are for a man accused of approaching young girls in gastonia. people in the area say it's been happening for a few days now and it's left neighbors on edge. us now with more on what they had to say. hi ashley. >> ab who lived in the area say they believe the man was trying to lure these young girls to his car. one neighbor even catching the man on camera. people are banding together looking over their shoulders and helping this man is caught before anything else happens. >> a scary week for people who live the normally quiet area of gastonia near global street. neighbors say suspicious man has been seen driving up and down the streets even stopping at times. some saying he tried to lure young girls into his car. the man was first seen on goble street earlier in the week and begin reporting acting in a similar way on thursday. c. diff this neighborhood is pretty quiet and we don't see a lot of people that walk through here. we usually see them all the time neighborhood. >> amana supportively seen approaching a 12-year-old grow on her bike on gobl

. >>> thank you, ken, and gastonia police say they arrested a man they believe was trying to lure children into police have arrested ricky townsend. he faces felony second degree kidnapping charges, marijuana possession, and collaborate contributing to the delinquency of a minor. this is surveillance video from last year of a dark dodge dart. neighbors say that driver was attempts to get children in the car. look for more answers tonight at 10:00 and 11:00. >>> we are covering the carolinas county by county starting in stanly county where troopers are investigating a deadly motorcycle crash. troopers say that a hyundai tried to turn left in front of a motorcycle on highway 205 in oakboro. the driver of the hyundai was cited for misdemeanor death by motor vehicle. the victim was richard wolk. a man trying to put up 14-story hotel in cornelius who owns the land and is working with a developer to try and bring that hotel on west catawba avenue. >>> in new york county issue officials are touring another indeer sports complex. they plan for one in rock hill. councilmembers toured the facility i

this morning, we have all the major interstates highlighted in green right now, 85 coming in or out of gastonia looks great. 77 looking great and 485 all around the loop, highlighted in green, so traffic moving smoothly, there are no major back-ups to tell you about and as we look live at one of the d.o.t. cameras, 77 at remount, traffic moving smoothly here. you're never more than seven minutes away from weather and traffic on wbtv news this morning. john? >> john: charlotte-mecklenburg schools not the only district in the area looking for a new superintendent. officials in union county schools will meet to discuss their search to replace outgoing superintendent dr. mary ellis. mark davenport looking into this, he joins us live with more difference in the way union county is searching for their superintendent than they are in charlotte-mecklenburg schools? >> reporter: yeah, john, there is a big difference, actually. the board decided to skip a search firm, that is the direction cms is going in. they will let the national north carolina school board association pick their candidates for them i

current temperature below freezing, 30 in boone, 38 morganton, 30 hickory, to 40 shelby, gastonia, charlotte, cloud cover thicker, winds up more, not quite so cold, again the sun doesn't come up now until 7:30, we have a lot of time where we can fall off. temperatures tonight or today getting back up to 58 degrees this afternoon, below average but improvement over yesterday. we should see a lot of sunshine today. keep in mind, much colder tonight in the charlotte area, we have freeze watches and frost advisories in effect. i'll break that down in the seven day planner in a couple minutes. back over to you. >> john: thanks, al. >>> we're working to learn more about two driverses who were killed in a head-on crash on i-485 in south charlotte. troopers say the crash happened at 2:00 yesterday morning. one of the drivers going the wrong way on the highway. wbtv's christian flores spoke to neighbors who say they are surprised crashes like this don't happen more often in the area. happens a lot. >> reporter: the family is used to hearing about accidents. >> daily. >> gets chopped up during rush ho

. >>> two men accused of an arm robbery at a gastonia mall may be linked to other crimes. reginald tate and jared jefferies are accused of robbing bath and body works workers in the mall in january. our partners at the gazette report a judge refused to lower his bond yesterday. prosecutors have not said what other crimes the suspects may be connected to. >>> there is a warning out for employers to be extra careful with personal information like w-2s. the north carolina attorney general's office said there is a sudden rise in data breaches. it has counted 26 so far this year, compared to 8 all of last year. the a.g.'s office says several of the breaches this year involved employee payroll information. it told action 9 this is a newer twist on the crime. transportation secretary will share his findings with governor pat mccrory after a meeting with the texas d.o.t. about toll lanes. it was a subsidiary of centra, the same parent company, involved in the i-77 toll lanes. tennyson said he wanted to learn about the project and how it might have an impact on north carolina's pro

it is 56 in statesville, 59 gastonia, 46 currently in boone and 49 in wadesboro as we flop over to power doppler network, the cloud cover ban stretching from charlotte and thickening out to the east. then up to the north and west we've got a little bit of clearing toward morganton and boone this morning, the storm track well down to our south, rain showers in charleston this morning, all of this begins to edge our way as we head in the weekend, we have a few rain showers in the forecast for saturday and sunday, we'll get to that in full weather. today, 66 degrees for lunch hour, 70 this afternoon. highs today across the piedmont in the upper 60s and low 70s. cooler than we were yesterday where we topped out at 78 degrees, we'll look at seven day forecast and talk about colder temperatures coming in for the weekend in a few minutes. john. >> john: this morning, a with saving his family from a burning home. wbtv's sky 3 was the first on the scene in belmont yesterday evening as firefighters worked to put out the massive fire. you can see the house gutted by the flames. wbtv's alex giles ta

34 hickory, rock hill, 37 monroe, salisbury, gastonia. 29 in boone. the forecast then for today, look for plenty of sunshine, little cloudiness from time to time, not bad at all. haven't had very much rain around here of late. that is going to have to change. i'll let you know what the best chances for rain over the next seven days are in the seven day planner, have that in a couple minutes. 5:31, check in with chris, first alert traffic. >> chris: al, thank you. traffic sponsored this morning by toyota of north charlotte. out the door here with live at i-85 near 485 coming in from concord and kannapolis, most of our major highways are running in the green this morning. drive times rock hill inbound, 21 minutes, 66 miles an hour, concord to center city, 17, 68, lake norman southbound at 14 minutes and average speed of 70-miles-per-hour. again, looking at our overall mapping system, 485, 77, 85, absolutely no problems. seeing slow downs to the south, providence road and in to matthews, so expect a little heavier traffic there. that isthat is a check of

wet in town, back roads could be a little slick. 32 in boone, 34 morganton, hickory, statesville, 38 gastonia and charlotte over to monroe and albermarle. 40 in wadesboro and 39 in rock hill. for today, get rid of the clouds, and eventually see sunshine, process will take a good chunk of the morning for that to happen we'll wind up at 57, close to average this time of the year and ten degrees above what we could manufacture yesterday when all the clouds rolled in. you're never more than seven minutes away from weather and traffic on wbtv news this morning. here is chris, first alert traffic. chris: al, thank you, rst alert traffic is sponsored this morning by toyota of north charlotte. here we go, rolling in friday morning commute and right now most of the major highways are downs, independence, providence road, outbound other than that fairly quiet. coulwood, we have a car in the building off belhaven boulevard and mcclure. mark will have more on this in a second. looking live i-77 southbound at tryon street, volume light here this this morning. rock hill to uptown, 24 minutes, 64-miles-per-

and farther to the south your temperature is 84 in lancaster and 84 in gastonia. still holding with mild temperatures. check out the sun. it's higher in the sky than it was this time last week. your sunset 7:32. a nice sunset from your camera. your 7:00 p.m. temperature 77 . 69 at 9:00 p.m. 64 at 11:00 p.m. and that temperature at 11:00 p.m. is warmer than where we should be for a high temperature. when we get back to normal and below normal temperatures in the forecast coming up in a bit. >> the capital of north carolina is now putting body-cameras on officers. raleigh city council approved paying for 600 cameras. less than a month after police shot a 24-year-old. the aurer felt in danger during a physical confrontation. and the fact claims he was shot in the back. >> a south carolina man is accused of impersonating an berklee county deputies say he was originally arrested last month after he pulled over someone in this s.u.v. you can see, the s.u.v. has flashing blue lights. they discovered the man frequented a charleston gentleman's club and told the club he wa

and upper 70s for most areas and low 80s popping up. 80 in gastonia. 81 in morganton. and 81 in wadesboroment and 80 in rockingham and 81 in lancaster and the rest of us upper 70s. and want to show you this to let you know how atypical this is. 79o is the high temperature. 63 is your average high and today we were 16 above average and it's not going to last forever what we should expect. here is tonya rivens she has traffic. >> and your first alert traffic is sponsored by people's bank. and i-77 north is already rough this time of day and a stranded motorist with a lane closure creates a lot of traffic looking here at i-77 north between the backup beyond 485. south boulevard is one alternate route or south tryon street as we look around the area look at the volume that is started to build on 485. a lot of slow-moving traffic and i-77 heading in southbound or southbound from center city headed on i-77 a lot of slow-moving traffic as well. starting around morehead beyond tyvola. as we check on the d.o.t. camera, this is 485 and south tryon quite a bit of volume here as w

for the start of the weekend. 58 in the charlotte area, 39 boone, hickory 50. 59 gastonia, 57 salisbury, monroe, 59 rock hill as of the 5:00 a.m. hour. the clouds moved in overnight, those are pretty much locked into place, however, we don't have much falling from them at least not this early on. dual pol power radar, one moving across georgia and south carolina, the second one across kentucky and tennessee, but there are signs this is going to fill until a little bit more kind of in the middle part here with the on and off showers that will eventually travel across the rest of the carolinas including our viewing area during the course of the day today. with that being said, we're not looking for a huge wall of rain to move in. it won't be pouring every hour there will still be some dry breaks in between, just going to be hard to rule out one time pearled pretty. from mid-morning on where we can guarantee that it will be dry. futurecast has those on and off showers, at 11:00 going forward through the afternoon, 4:00 p.m. with the kind of intermittent showers or light rain, 9:00 hour, sa

gastonia northbound near new hope road no delays here. further south from cleveland county and shelby north into kings mountain and into gastonia still rolling right along. stephanie? >>> troopers are investigating this deadly crash between a van and a logging truck. >> we hate it for the families. because it is just, this could happen to anyone. >> >>> ahead at 6:30 the conditions crews found when they arrived at the scene that made the investigation even more difficult. >>> police in raleigh arrested a man they say targeted nc state university students. ahead the mistake some of the vulnerable. >>> next this morning, the call medics were responding to that they say is becoming more common. >>> and we are checking wall street futures for your tuesday. >>> 6:25. this is a live look from our hd charlotte cam. a lot of sunshine today is going to feel warm out there as well. our forecast from meteorologist keith monday ahead in minutes. >>> today the mccaddenville mayor will announce his resignation. mayor ferrall beau can nan is stepping do

gastonia, 62 around hickory, 63 salisbury, 54, cooler around albermarle, 49 in morganton, 62 in shelby. temperatures are all over the board but mostly warm. comfortable start, likely be in the 60s this morning. closing in on 80 already at lunch time, that what is we hit yesterday, we should be up to 83 this afternoon. this much warmer weather is not going to last very much longer. in fact we will likely be startingstarting tomorrow. back over to you. >> john: a big night in campaign 2016, as north carolina was one of five states where voters headed to the polls for super tuesday 3. out across north carolina, 2.3 million people. 35% turnout. that is similar to what we saw in 2012 the last time a primary included a >> obviously it is presidential politics, always is interesting in these things if you have a president on the ballot and this is a hot race, the general assembly moved this race to march for hopes of this and boy, they got it. >> john: in the presidential primary donald trump beat out ted cruz and marco rubio and john kasich, won 40% of the vote, cruz at 37%. on theemocratic

we have temperatures in the mid-60s right now. 66 in gastonia. and also in charlotte. 65 in rockingham. salisbury 64 . and boone is checking in at 58. we have a little bit of cloud cover earlier. those clouds moved out very thin clouds as we see the sun trying to set about an hour before the sunsets. looking good outside. here is through the evening, 60 at 7:00 p.m. and 55 your 9:00 p.m. temperature and 51 by 11:00 p.m. and heading into the overnight temperatures will be falling around 44 . that is going to be your start out tomonta simmons but it is a matter of time before we are in the 50s and 60s and 70s for the highs tomorrow. i have the forecast and how long that warm weather lasts in a little bit. >> thank you. a live look at buford south being remembered tonight. a live picture outside of the anderson funeral home where that visitation is going on. conroy will be laid to rest tomorrow best known for the books the prince of tide and beach music. his funeral will be open to the public and the burial will be private. >> congressman pittenger

temperatures are mostly in the low 50s. 51 gastonia, 54 charlotte up to hickory, 49 in shelby, 44 morganton, cooler in boone at 39. neighborhood forecast today, mostly sunny skies, charlotte, 78, rock hill could be very close to 80 this afternoon, albermarle, 78, lincolnton, 77, this high gives up a little bit of ground so notice the front is on the move. tomorrow morning we start with a lot of low clouds, there might be drizzle. partly sunny for the afternoon. front back door in as the high exits to the east of us and so there is a chance for a couple showers friday up across the mountains, then this front will lift northward as a warm front in response to another area of low pressure developing across the mid-south and that will move through here we think sunday into monday. so our best opportunity for shower or thunderstorm isn't saturday now, the models are converging. yesterday i was telling you mixed messages, they are converging on sunday into monday as a good opportunity for showers and thunderstorms. saturday much less so as the warm front lifts northward. here you go, in the mid t

if you're coming out of gastonia from 321 in center city, 18 minutes, average speed 68-miles-per-hour. you've got the green light from 321 up through lowell and mcadenville on belmont and 485 this morning. charlotte commute looks good. 485, 77, 85 all running in the green, seeing very few delays, we do have an accident though on wt harris boulevard up to i-85 around university city area, and as we slide up in lake norman coming southbound, 77, running in the green from davidson all the way down to 485, so the lake norman commute right now parked at 14 minutes with an average speed of 69 miles an hour. that is a check of traffic, john, over to you. >> john: a record-setting day for campaign 2016 in north carolina. the state board of elections says the state set a record for the most number of ballots cast in a primary election in state history. cast across the state. let's get to the results. the big races everyone was watching the presidential primaries on the republican side, donald trump got the win with more than 40% of the vote. senator ted cruz was 40,000 votes behind at 37% foll

the 50s or low 60s except for wadesboro and rockingham, mid to upper 60s. 60 charlotte, 61 gastonia, 57 statesville and 62 in monroe. today, some fog to deal with, then that will burn off. should have mid-day sunshine boosting temperatures in the 70s. by late this afternoon close to 80, showers and thunderstorms back in the forecast. john, talk about the work week ahead in a couple minutes. back over to you. >> john: campaign 2016, presidential candidates ramping up efforts to court voters in north carolina ahead tomorrow's primary here. at lenoir-rhyne university in hickory. democrat bernie sanders will be holding a rally at 1:30 at pnc music pavilion in charlotte and hillary clinton will make an appearance at grady cole center. doors open at 7:15. ted cruz was back in north carolina less than a week after making an appearance in he spoke to a crowd of his supporters at zmax yesterday. he's 90 votes ahead >> reporter: ted cruz had a message for north carolina voters. >> start your engines. >> for his rally at zmax motor speedway, people were revved up. >> going back to the constitut

charlotte, check this, 35 in boone, 28 in morganton, 34 down in chester, 34 lancaster, 34 monroe, 32 gastonia. here is a live look at i-77 at nations ford and you can see things are moving smoothly but just a reminder, the northbound lanes of brookshire boulevard at i-485 are shut down because of a deadly accident, much more on that when we come back. remember, you're never more than seven minutes away from weather it is nine minutes >> christine: if you're just waking up we are watching breaking news involving deadly explosions in brussels. >> john: brody o'connell is there in the alert center monitoring the very latest and he is live now with more. >> brody: a sad situation, cbs reporting 13 people have been confirmed dead by belgian media, and also dozens of others injured. i want to focuses on this, we reported on the two blasts at the airport and another blast at a second scene at a metro train station. this is an image from the daily mail uk showing that train station outside, you can see some of the smoke there. apparently this is near eu offices and i just saw the personnel in brussel

charlotte should be barely above with gastonia and wadesboro but everybody else is freezing tonight. keep in mind temperatures did warm today at 57. that's 10 degrees warmer than it was yesterday. we have these two nights were receiving near freezing or freezing temperatures across the area and the good news is we will begin to warm as we get into tomorrow. here's more good news at least for the next several days lots of sunshine and the problem is we have pipeline whether which means we will see gusty conditions over the next couple of days. it happened over the last few sitting on the wrong side of the jet stream. that allows the cold canadian air to sneak in so we we are feeling the effects. south of us but we see this warmer air across the midsection in the southern section of the area beginning to drift. we will show you why 10 minutes from now. tonight we landed 33 degrees here and there is good news over the next few days. inexorable afternoons tomorrow we warm 10 degrees to 66 another 10 on wednesday and 74. we will be there again on thursday but we will see rain chances movi