Different. Those people would have come in and i would have been sitting there, and they probably would have gone out and said it is not a good time. But you know, cannot change things. Now, the jury is going to be getting the case soon and in court robinsons lawyers are using two experts a psychologist and psychiatrist and trying to say that robinson is not mentally capable enough to have been a mastermind of anything. In fact one of his experts described him as a psychiatricly disturbed individual. And see what happens tomorrow. David whisenant wbtv on your side. A 19yearold murder case is finally in the hands of a jury. 20yearold mcqueen was a student reported missing back in 1996. Nine months later, a construction crew found her remains on the side of a me edwin lalling is being tried for murder. Her roommate says she was going to meet him when she disappeared. The charlottemecklenburg school board wants to make more schools diverse and help struggling schools. And there are talks of communities splitting off from the School District. Wbtvs education reporter Dedrick Russell joins us now live. Dedrick, tell us which towns we are talking about here . Well, we are talking about matthews, mint hill and Matthews Pineville and mint hill. And the mayor of the town of matthews says that since the Cms School Board did not nip the idea of forced busing, since they did not do that he is ready to split from the School District. Now we caught up with the mayor taylor today at the matthews Town Councils planning retreat. The politician says talking about creating a separate School District was not on todays the mayor has talked to state lawmakers about establishing a new School District in matthews mint hill and pineville and the mayor claims cms is too big and he is just upset Board Members are not saying what he wants to hear. So he is finding a way to say goodbye to cms and he told me today that his plan is getting overwhelming support. I know you have been trying to reach out to school Board Members as well. Are you getting any reaction . I did reach out to paul bailey, he represents district 6 and that is where matthews is and he is not going to interfere with what the mayor wants to do. In fact he is onboard with the mayor and he says that he is going to reach out to cms attorney to see if there is an appropriate way that cms can include no forced busing and not tampering with neighborhood schools as cms goes forthwith the Student Assignment plan. To parents about this and we have more from what the mayor idea. Live at the government center, side. Funding an important part. Thank you. And the North Carolina High School Dropout rate rose for the first time in eight years. The numbers are in a new report from the state department of public instruction. 2. 39 . That is up from 2. 28 the previous year. A parent who monitors his teenage sons social media account tipped off police to a threat. 18yearold cameron from columbia, South Carolina, has been accused of threatening to shoot one of his teachers. Deputies say his parent notified the school after seeing the message. Right now we want to go back to our alert center where alex giles is by live with the developing story about the rolled through the area yesterday. Yes, the governor issued a state of emergency for North Carolina. This statement came in the past few minutes. This is so that waiving vehicle weight and hours of Service Restrictions will be in place for the crews working to restore power so they can do that quickly. His statement says by 3 00 p. M. Nearly 21,000 customers are still without power in North Carolina. And i checked and 4,000 customers are in mecklenberg county. The good news from the statement no reports of serious injuries as a result of the storm here in North Carolina. Back to you. All right, alex giles live in the alert center. Thank you. And i moved to the First Alert Weather Center with meteorologist Lyndsay Tapases severe storms gone but plenty of breeze is around and the trees are and lots of debris to pick up. It will take a few days to catch up. I cannot remember when the wind was that long and strong. It was rattling the windows. It is not calm. So we are continuing to see those sustained winds in charlotte on average 1520milesperhour with higher gusts. And the wind has drawn in the colder air so the temperatures are in the low 50s. 52 in the city. And elsewhere upper 40s north of the city. 52 concorde. 54 monroe and lancaster and 56 in wadesboro but on i40 we have the low to mid40s and its 30 in boone. And the snow showers have been going all day long. A little bit of a break right now. What is additionally falling but we have that Winter Weather advisory in the mountains that will go through 7 00 a. M. Tomorrow. There could be light accumulations through tonight and into early tomorrow. But we will have more on the rest of the forecast and the weekend not far in the future and that is coming up. Sponsored by peoples bank. A check here on independence past briar creek road folks try and avoid this area as someone that uses it i will let them know to use an alternate route. This is beyond the metropolitan area. On 277 at the moment. Power lines repairs and two right lanes are blocked. The accident by the plaza on independence that has been cleared out. But we have a problem right close to 277 as charlottetowne avenue and biz let that is with us owe elizabeth and you may notice cop jennings on independence congestion on independence boulevard. And monroe a closure at rocky river road. Highway 84 is a great alternate route. Thank you. A South Carolina teacher wants to make sure his students know and that means first graders sporting ties. Next. 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Nelson says he was in a similar type of group when he grew up and it made a lasting impression on him and wants to be a positive role model for the student at his school. And as a father of four sons i can tell you i we had a book one of the coaches gave the kids a book a guys guide to social savvy and it has all the tips how to set a table like if you are visiting at someones house and spend the night how do you handle leaving the room. Stuff life lessons and its important. Key. I like it. Hoverboards are popular toys but the products also come with a warning. Stopped the only way to make em better was to make em bigger. Our new center cut 10 ounce filet. Our perfectly seasoned 16 ounce tbone. And our fire grilled 18 ounce outlaw ribeye. Big, bold, steaks. Only at longhorn steakhouse. You cant fake steak. For lunch, try our steakhouse burger or any steakhouse lunch combo starting at 7. Im Maureen Oboyle live in 15 minutes away from wbtv news at 5 00, a noro Virus Outbreak at a Charlotte School they think it may be the noro virus. 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. Walmart joined amazon by pulling hoverboards from the website following the governments warning the devices pose a fire risk. Walmart wants suppliers to prove the boards comply with new safety standards. Target and toysrus pulled the boards as well. Your job may matter more than your looks when it comes to finding love. Tinder is out with the list of jobs that attract the most attention. For women, physical therapist, interior describer, entrepreneur, Public Relations career and teacher. Followed by entrepreneur, firefighter, doctor and tv or radio personality. There you have it. Entrepreneur . That is broad. Yeah, you could say you are an entrepreneur and i dont know. And lots of people would like to land a doctor. Good luck with that. We were talking about tinder in the commercial break and we are not that target demographic. For all of you that are. Have at it. Younger folks. Yes. You know. Im not as old as he is, but, yes. Us old guys we worry about traffic that is what we worry about. We get cranky in traffic. Here is tonya rivens [laughter] thank you. Your first alert traffic is sponsored by peoples bank. Hey here is a look at i77 and arrowood road northbound. Look at the congestion slowmoving traffic in the area. An accident at providence road and Arboretum Drive creating congestion and quite a bit of slow down. And you may notice the red right at the intersection which means problems getting through the area. Rea road is a better alternate route to get around that. And then notice the volume that is starting to build on 485 from rea road all the way back to south boulevard and one accident, this is over at park road and blue herring drive congestion as well. Caramel road or lancaster highway are great alternate routes. Back to you. Thank you. Older folks talk about the weather a lot, too. We are concerned. You want to know. I always want to know. We all want to know. Here is Lyndsay Tapases. Youve come to the right place. Temperatures in the mid50s this afternoon 55 was our high. A little bit below average for the time of year. And as we head into the next couple of days well keep things in the 50s and then we have a will continue through the early part of next week. In the shortterm temperatures north of the city in the 40s. 50s for charlotte and the below freezing for the mountains. Futurecast temperatures as we go hourbyhour. 9 00 p. M. Down to 42 in charlotte. And by first thing tomorrow morning we will be near or just below the freezing mark for your commuting temperatures on friday. This morning our low was 40. So it will be a colder start for first thing on friday. Aside from that, outside of the mountains we have had cloud cover in and out all day long today. The mountain snow showers have shutoff for the time being but some spots have seen between 35 inches especially on the westernfacing slopes and the Winter Weather advisory will remain in the mountains through 7 00 a. M. Because they may not be done. Even though you are seeing a lull right now. You could see an additional inch or so through tomorrow morning. Shutting off until about 78 00 a. M. Tomorrow. Outside of there we are keeping the sky clear so sunshine for tomorrow and into the start of the weekend. Not quite as gusty as it was at this time yesterday. These are pretty impress active. 28mileperhour gusts in charlotte. 30 in mcry. 40 in the mountains. Futurecast wind gusts show through the hours of tonight and into tomorrow morning its slowly but surely does start to back off. Its not going to go completely calm. Well have 1520mileperhour gusts higher in the mountains and by the time we head into the weekend that wind will go calm. Lows down to 31 as we talked about in the charlotte area. 22 in boone and highs tomorrow will hold in the low 50s. And eric thomas will have a look at that complete sevenday firstalert forecast at 5 00 p. M. Thank you. Next, the debate over your privacy heats up between the f. B. I. And apple. Working to make an iphone that is impossible to break into. First a. A shoutout to our facebook fan of the day. We appreciate you. You can go to wbtv. Com facebook and hit the like button and hangout and check out our newsfeed we are updating it all day long. On wbtv news is sponsored by. The badge between the f. B. I. And apple heats up. Engineers are working on new security measures to make it impossible for a government to break into a locked iphone. Now, c. E. O. Tim cook is commenting on the case and says he is prepared to take the dispute to the supreme court. Here is wbtv anchor Maureen Oboyle first at 4 00. Amid the legal battle with will federal government apple feel like its winning in the court of public opinion. If we allow this to happen then everything from now on will be an open book to every government in the world. A federal judge ruled apple had to help the f. B. I. Unlock the iphone of syed farook, he is one of two terror suspected who killed 14 people in a shooting spree in san bernadino, california, in december. Stand tall on principle. In his first interview since the judges ruling, apples c. E. O. Tim cook told abc news wednesday the syed farook case is not about a phone but the future. What do is at stake here is can the government compel apple to write software that we believe would make hundreds of millions of customers vulnerable around the world including the u. S. In its appeal sources tell cbs news apple plans to argue the American People through congress should decide on the issue. Before a house committee, attorney general lynch maintained the government is not overstepping its boundariesism it is a longstanding principle in our Justice System in an independent judge finds reason to believe that a certain item contains evidence of a crime then that judge can authorize the government to conduct unlimited search for that evidence. Apple has until tomorrow to Maureen Oboyle wbtv on your side. Now, apple is protesting the judges decision last week, the company has cooperated with the f. B. I. In the syed farook case by providing data from the dead suspects icloud account. Next on wbtv news breaking news we have Learned Police made an arrest in the murder of a an elderly charlotte woman. Sources tell us the suspect is her own son. 90 seconds. Announcer wbtv on your side. Wbtv news starts right now. Right now a state of emergency for North Carolina as neighbors clean up after strong winds snapped trees and destroyed homes. Our neighbors in the mountains are dealing with snow. We are on your side with team coverage. Political eyes on South Carolina. Bill clinton in rock hill hoping to score lastminute support for Hillary Clinton ahead of the primary. A noro Virus Outbreak at a charlottemecklenburg school and a local university. Good to have you with us im Maureen Oboyle. Im paul cameron. Metro school in uptown charlotte what Health Officials are calling an outbreak of the illness noro virus. Several students showed symptoms today. Dedrick russell live with more details. Tell us more what you have learned . Well, this is what im hearing that the School District sese a letter home to parents informing them some students and staff did show symptoms of noro virus. Stomach pains, diarrhea, possibly a fever and body aches. Cms is working with the county Health Department to take care of this matter. We are saying that cms is not taking any chances that is why the school will be closed tomorrow to finish cleaning and disinfecting all areas and including all school buses. We were told that a contractor was present at the school yesterday to start the job and to scrub down the school. Just moments ago we went to the Health Department to talk more about this. And here is what they had to say. Of children at one time this is a significant infection. I mean, it has an impact on the kids and on their families. So our job and what we are doing now is trying to take the steps to put an end to this as quickly as possible. Yeah, significant impact, indeed. Parents are concerned about this because you see the students who attend metro school they are severely disabled. So it may take a while for them to bounce back from this noro virus. School officials are keeping the School Closed to make sure that everything is cleaned from top to bottom and that school can get a clean bill of health so when the students return everything will be ok. Dedrick russell wbtv on your side. And Wingate University says several students reported to the Health Center with symptoms of noro virus. New details in the murder of an 82yearold woman in south charlotte. Right over to alex giles live in the alert center with the
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