The list at wbtv. Com closings. Remnants of major weather. Al snow, wind and cold. Lets show you what is going on. Low pressure that brought us all the storminess during the midweek period is lifting north in canada. Were on the edge and there is snow coming in east tennessee in the mountains of North Carolina and with that, until 7 00 this morning, we do have a Winter Weather advisory for all the mountain counties, includes the ones john mentioned running on a delay. As far as the School Districts go. Once we get rid of this this morning, it will taper down to flurries, light snow falling now in boone at king street. Rest of us cleared out nicely. Clouds overnight, now clearing out. With that, a decent amount of sunshine today. 37 this morning. Charlotte, statesville, hickory, 27 in boone, 35 in albermarle, 36 rock hill, 35 in shelby. Outside of the mountains, plenty of sunshine on the cool side, talk about a warmup in the minutes. John a school in charlotte breaking are looking for the person who shot a female deputy overnight. Go over to Kristen Miranda who the details. Kristen this is a developing story right now, john, getting preliminary information and photos from a couple of different scenes here, ill flip through the photos while i tell you what we know. Happened in goose creek, Berkeley County deputy is in stable condition but that female deputy was shot in the line of duty. You can see in the picture a gas station in the back there and or sort of a residential apartmentlooking building in the front. We believe it happened near the gas station. Police are currently also on the scene in North Charleston where they are conducting some sort of investigation but they wont say if it is connected with the but again, she was taken to the hospital, she is now in stable condition and they are looking for a suspect. Im following all the latest details right here in the alert center and the minute i get another update ill bring it to you right away. John 4 33, a school in charlotte canceling classes after dozens of students became sick. Students at metro school are being tested for norovirus. 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 dont 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 you or your child are feeling sick, just stay home. John that was alex giles reporting. No specific medicine to treat norovirus, it runs the course in a few days. Health director says if you have it, monitor the symptoms and stay hydrated. Students at metro school will make up todays missed day of class in june. Four people are dead, more went on a shooting spree in South Central kansas, north of wichita, as marlie hall reports the gunman killed coworkers before police took him down. Reporter anxious family members rushed to the loved ones after a gunman opened fire on his coworkers at a lawn mower Manufacturing Company in hesston, kansas. Inside the building, he shot a total of 15 people. Four were killed, including himself. A Law Enforcement source tells cbs news the shooter is 38yearold cedric ford. This employee says he worked alongside ford on the paint line at excel industries and saw the shooter pull up in a pickup truck. Hopped out with ak47, and like and fired a few shots outside before he went in and ducked down and went in the building. Jennifer trujillos husband was in the plant. He said someone next to him got shot. Oh my god. Reunited with her husband on live television. Coworker josh tucker knows the alleged shooter. He was a really nice guy, and seemed not this kind of person that is for sure. Police are investigating multiple crime scenes. Witnesses say the gunman randomly shot at motorists on his way to work. One woman told local reporters ford shot at her. He wanted me to get out of the car, i laid down and he did shoot. Kwch reports ford had an extensive criminal record but police dont have a motive. Marlie hall. Cbs news. The shooter used a long gun in the shooting and also had a pistol. Looking ahead a charlotte man charged in the death of his 82yearold mother is due in court. Irwin feldman is charged with murder in the death of 82yearold ina feldman. Charlottemecklenburg police say Irwin Feldman voluntarily came in for an interview yesterday. Who found his mothers body. Investigators say said she was beaten and strangled. Police have not released a motive. This morning, were working to learn if charges will be filed after a pedestrian was hit by a cats bus in uptown charlotte. Happened around 8 00 last night on 7th street at mcdowell. The man walked out in front of the bus while trying to cross the street. He was taken to the hospital but police say he was alert and responsive. Crews are working around the clock this morning to keep roads clear in the North Carolina mountains. Snowy conditions were made worse by the blustery winds. Look at this video, that is brutal. People were bundled up, taking it slow. Dot crews were clearing the side roads and spreading salt. Federal investigators have released preliminary report on a county. The plane crashed last week in marshville killing the pilot, 68yearold james howard cook. According to the ntsb, he a witness heard the plane engine sputtering like it ran out of gas. The witness says it looks like the pilot glided the plane drown where itdownwhere it landed. Charlottemecklenburg police have arrested a man, 26yearold johnny bing is behind break ins at Fire Department in charlotte, cornelius, huntersville, kannapolis, greensboro and ford mill. Authorities believe he was listening to scanners and knew when firefighters would be out on the call, police talked how they tracked him down. The key piece of evidence i cant tell you what it was but i can tell you it was found in york county during one of the during the investigation which led us to get the ability to look at a retail store that had Video Surveillance and pinpointed the individual. A crime analyst was able to found he uses a car he uses. They found one of the weapons that was stolen. A veteran from Lincoln County dies after a battle with cancer. Why his family says the va could have done more to help him. 5 00. John it is now 4 42, and bringing you the latest headlines around the world. Our Kristen Miranda is in the alert center right now following the stories youll want to know before you head out the door well check in with her in a few minutes. A family from Lincoln County is demanding answers from the va hospital after they say doctors there failed to diagnose a vet with terminal cancer. Charles earnhardt died on december 3rd, less than a week after he was told he had stage 4 cancer that spread from his liver. The family tells nick ochsner a diagnosis the va should have been able to make weeks earlyier. Reporter charles liked ridding his bike. One day last fall he went to the va clinic in hickory to see a doctor about the lack of energy and extreme weight loss that put the brakes on his bike riding. Feeling down, didnt have no just felt bad. And he couldnt ride his bicycle on the track no more, he wasas getting winded all the time. Reporter his medical record shows he was seen by a va doctor november 6th. A note said the doctor called three days later to say he suspected liver cancer. An ordered an mri the same day. No where in the record does it show that mri was ever performed. My dad he passed away waiting on the va appointment. His son, chuck, said the appointment was scheduled for december 15th. But he couldnt wait that long. Earn hart passed out thanksgiving day, rushed to the hospital and told he had terminal liver cancer. He died six days later. In a whole lot of pain, he had six days too to get his whole life in order and he passed away. Is that acceptable to you . I wish company tell you i could tell you it is an isolated case. Like this all too often. Who do you hold responsible . I hold the secretary responsible. Hes the one in the chain with not only the power to transform va, but t the authority to do it. A spokes woman for the salisbury v remark the mri was ordered provided the records. There is no excuse for that. He didnt say wait, ill go fight your war. They said to the veterans well take care of you later. Side. We asked the va to respond to senator burrs calls for accountability. Statement. If you experienced delays we want to hear from you. Go to wbtv. Com, fill out the form to get you the help you need. Still ahead on wbtv news this morning, a family from North Carolina feels lucky to be alive after a tornado rips through their neighborhood. Her children during the storm. 4 45, 15 minutes before john in campaign 2016, Jennifer Roberts helped open Hillary Clintons new Campaign Office last night in charlotte. It will be the base for ahead of North Carolinas primary. South carolinas democratic primary is tomorrow and president bill clinton was drumming up support yesterday on a stop in rock hill. She is leading Bernie Sanders in most polls in South Carolina. The remaining gop president ial candidates laid it all on the line in the final debate before super tuesday, next week. This could be the last shot for them to grab supporters away from donald trump, who is leading in most polls. Marco rubio and ted cruz dominated the debate, taking a lot of shots at trump but the front runner turned it around calling rubio a jokester and cruz a liar. 12 minutes before 5 00. A live look at the charlotte skyline from Scott Clark Nissan honda hyundai hd tower cam, a little cold, not raining the winds died down some, get the latest from meteorologist al conklin. Al get you out there and show you what is going on, first off on the five sweeps of power bit of snow, not much also going on, but hey, want to update you a little bit on what happened earlier this week. We did have in our viewing area at least one tornado that was confirmed yesterday, came in late yesterday, and for about ten minutes an ef0 tornado was on the ground between patrick and cheraw, a sevenmile stretch. Basically parallelling u. S. 1. We did have severe weather, even a tornado in the area, that on wednesday. Yesterday, we had a lot of wind around the area of low pressure and we still have some in the mountains today with 40 mild per hour wind gusts. Rest of us the the winds should die down. Light snow showers around the mountains and until 7 00 this morning we do have a Winter Weather advisory for the high country. You can see the snow continues to fall if you look closely at the street lamps here a little bit of light snow that continues giving us king street in boone. Some schools are delayed, well keep you posted. Partly cloudy, 37 in charlotte, lit breeze out of the west, a little bit of a windchill if you exposed skin. 28 jefferson, 27 in boone. 30s. Down to hickory, lincolnton, concord, salisbury, 37, 36 now statesville to rock hill, 34 in monroe and 35 out toward albermarle. For today, little bit of cloud cover this morning, well wind up with a lot of sunshine, will be breezy, not as windy as the last two days but also not as warm. Yesterday, 55 degrees, today, barely above 50. Will be a cool day, despite lots of sunshine. Now, if youre heading out to the ciaa games tonight, tipoff, 39 degrees, much lighter breezes in center city this evening. Well have mainly clear skies you should be in good shape. Going forward, heres what i see. We have 50s here for today and tomorrow. Then we take off. Great, 65, 67 on monday, close to 70 tuesday, but another area of low pressure will come in, if youre make weekend plans, plan on sunshine with nice warming trend but again, once we get past the weekend, well also have an upswing in the trend for precipitation. Right now circling wednesday as probably the most active day in terms of showers and yes, potentially thunderstorms again. But between now and then, pretty nice, lots of sunshine today, 51. 27 colder tonight, clear skies for the most part. Tomorrow may start were a couple clouds in the morning, plenty of sun the rest of the day. 55 close to average. Both days of the weekend are pretty, sunday is the better days because of the afternoon temperature getting up to 65. Partly sunny, monday, tuesday, well in the 60s near 70. Showers and thunderstorms potentially here wednesday, i think they are gone by thursday but cooler by then. That is the forecast, john, see you at the top of the hour. When a bb gun has a new home. Why it is a new start for both brody and his new owner. Wbtv always on your side, in its eight minutes before 5 00. John were hearing from the mayor of matthews about his call for a split from charlottemecklenburg schools. We told you about this yesterday on wbtv news this morning. Talk to state lawmakers about establishing a School District for matthews, mint hill and pine pineville. He said cms is too big. He told Dedrick Russell hes getting overwhelming support. We will do what we need to do to take care of our children, absolutely. Even if it means raising taxes . Even if it means raising taxes. State leaders would have to approve it. There is no official plan on the table at this point. A North Carolina mom sacrifices her body to protect her kids during a tornado. Crystal west heard the storm getting closer. She started taking the kids in the bathroom and grabbed a mattress to protect them from debris. Not long after, the tornado hit. When i got them in the bathroom under the mattress, i could see it touchdown, it was crazy, smoke came up and you could see the tin flying in circles and siding from other houses, insulation from other homes. The wests say the home may be gone but they are relieved no one was hurt. A little puppy shot by teenagers with a bb gun has a new home this morning. We have been following brodys story all week long. Yesterday, we met the girl who is adopting him. Kailey told us about her old dogwoodsdog, woodrow. When i lost woodrow, i just thought i lost half my heart. But now i got that other half back. Oh, wow. Is that not sweet . Brody has some of those b bs in him but hes making a remarkable recovery. Ahh. Coming up at the top of the hour, Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders will compete in the first primary in the south tomorrow. The democratic primary. A preview of the South Carolina primary all new at 5 00. Al . Al most of the mountain School Districts are delayed this morning, still have snow gusts up near 40 Miles Per Hour right now around boone, well talk about our weekend forecast and what you can expect in your chris . Al new accident in on the independence expressway, ill tell abouttell you about that. Kristen two breaking stories in the alert center a shooting of a female deputy near charleston and work place shooting in kansas, the very wbtv news this broadcast is sponsored by subaru south boulevard and subaru concord. Wbtv on your side. Wbtv news starts right now. John now at 5 00, been two days since heavy rain and winds brought down power lines in charlotte and crews are still working to fix outages. Were on your side how long it will take to restore power. Christine tragedy in kansas as a man opens fire at a manufacturing plant, killing three people. John welcome to wbtv news