We have seen a few parts of North Carolina but not in a high number ever. It appears that they are symptom free now does the virus stay in their system . We do not believe so. Typically, with an illness you have about a week of sim many toes symptoms, fever, rash, muscle aches. Joint aches. Flulike symptoms. That clears and the virus typically clears rapidly along with the symptoms resolving. Public Health Officials say this first case just helps build awareness. They are saying with 10 Million People in the state they are expecting more travelrelated cases. They want patients and doctors to report them and Health Officials will continue to monitor the mosquito population. Pamela escobar wbtv on your side. Thank you. And we checked and the person in mecklenburg county. New information about two confirmed cases of mumps. Two cases in Iredell County involved lowes employees. The company says the cases are connected to their mooresville center. They told their employees and distributed information from the Health Department about preventing and treating mumps. A deadly shooting in a hotel in gastonia. Police identified the victim as 29yearold she an tahoe ward. Broadcast road this Morning Police do not believe this shooting was random. Custody. Police are searching for two men and a woman in connection with the shooting. And right now a violent brawl has School Leaders worried for school. We warn you the video may be difficult to watch this is video Dedrick Russell is with more. Well, paul, i can tell you we are told about 11 students were involved in that fight. And that resulted in multiple suspensions. As you saw that fight involving girls got violent and we object taped a copy of this video. We are told it happened around lunchtime. After the first punch you can see other girls joined in. And cms did confirm an incident did happen and the principal is looking into it. The district says any student involved will be disciplined. Parents and the School Board Member who represents west meck high tell me this is becoming too often at the school. And we came back to the school after that fight to talk to students and parents about what is going on here at west meck high and showed the video to the parents and you will see his reaction and what the School Board Member is calling for plus we discovered another issue this that is coming up at 6 00. Live in west meck high, Dedrick Russell wbtv on your side. Right now, the faa is investigating this deadly plane crash in union county. The pilot idd as James Howard Cook was the only person onboard. Sky3 flew over the scene again today. This is the site in mooshville. The Sheriffs Office says there were reports a small plane was having engine trouble before then sent out a distress signal. North carolina lawmakers approved new congressional maps that will affect your next vote. The house gave approval two amap dividing the 13 districts. Today was the deadline for the rewrite after federal judges declared the old map illegally gerry mannedderred by race. And they agreed to delay primary elections until june 7th. Issue a stay primaries for other races will be held on march 15th. Steve crump is digging into what the delay would mean for the state and how much it could all cost. Voters have begun casting their ballots in the South Carolina republican primary the primary is tomorrow but absentee voting is underway. Candidates have spent weeks campaigning and tomorrow it will be the voters voices that matter most. Michael clark is live in rock hill where republican candidate dr. Ben carson will host a event this evening this is a key primary in the president ial race first in the south . Absolutely and candidates like carson who may not be atop of every poll they are spending every lastminute with voters ahead of the primary where the results could force candidates to think about dropping out of the race. York county pretint voters admitted primaries are not usually a priority. Normally i do not vote but this time theres so many contenders i would like to narrow the field. The field six candidates. Campaigning in multiple cities in South Carolina on the final day before the primary. All trying to sway voters still on the fence. William made his selection on the drive to the precinct. I was between two candidates. And so i stuck with my original i had thought about changing on the way up here. More than 2000 absentee ballots have been cast. Turnout is expected to be high in the palmetto state like in iowa and new hampshire. And in particular, the republican primary we seem to have a heavier turnout in the absentee for that than like in 2012. Many expect donald trump to win but he is fighting off marco rubio both second and third. And jeb bush and john kasich campaigned in the area thursday and ben carson is coming tonight. Some believe the field will narrow after the votes are counted in South Carolina. If you do not get the person in the primary you are losing the big opportunity to have him there. Secret service is doing a sweep for security. Carsons event will be the last of the president ial candidates to come through rock hill. All candidates have campaigned here. We will tell you what voters say is the most important issue to them ahead of tomorrows vote. Michael clark wbtv on your side. Look forward to that. Thank you. Again South Carolinas republican primary is this saturday. The democratic primary will be held next saturday february 27th. Also we want to remind you the president ial primaries in South Carolina are open that means you do not have to register by party to vote but you can only vote in well, right now, another gorgeous sunny day in our area. We are getting ready for the warm weekend ahead and tracking a storm system with rain. Here is eric thomas with the latest. It looks like we will get into the weekend smoothly. We are tracking the weak boundary working through the ohio valley. And futurecast right to it we will advance it and a little bit more moisture is gathering with it but it will not result in rain for the mountains, foothills into the piedmont through this evening and that changes over the weekend well get into that in the sevenday firstalert forecast but your hd towercam, boy, sips we could not get above freezing its been nothing but 50 weather. 57 is the number. Nice breeze at 17. That will be bringing in milder numbers for us over the weekend. 47 at 9 00 p. M. And 46 through 11 00 p. M. On tap. Thank you. North carolina governor mccrory pays respects to the Late Supreme Court justice Antonin Scalia. Alex giles is live in the alert center with more. He is one of many people to pay respects today. An image tweeted out from the governors office. You see governor mccrory there standing in front of the casket and jump over to a live picture we have from the Supreme Court building in washington d. C. Right now hunts have been stopping by the casket of Antonin Scalia as the court opened and public can come by to view the casket until 8 00 p. M. And president obama and Michelle Obama have stopped by to pay their respects to Antonin Scalia. The funeral will be held tomorrow. Thank you. Right now, its time to check the friday traffic. Tonya rivens is in the first alert traffic center. We have a lot of problems and things look nice here at the john belk and i77. Down to 485 that incident creating a lot of congestion and it will take time for traffic to recover. Elm lane near rea road. Johnston road is one alternate route and the backup towards i77 but the backups in both directions. If you know anyone and this is a part of their commute tell them to aindividual this and use secondary roads and now Pineville Matthews and rea road is in the intersection. Providence road may be an alternate route but it has its problems as well. Back to you. Thank you. Months after floodwaters devastated several South Carolina neighborhoods the memory is fresh. I was like i dont i dont want to die in my car. I dont want my mom to find me into my car. You will hear an incredible story of survival from one woman and all new at 5 00. It is more than 70 years old and has over 8,000 members. Tonight we showcase a credit union that continues to donkey sound elephant sound theres a big difference between making noise, tapping sound and making sense. elephant sound donkey sound when it comes to Social Security, our next president needs a real plan to keep Social Security strong. elephant noise hey candidates. Enough talk. Charlotte is nope as the number 2 banking city america. Within has thrived for seven decades. As we continue to showcase individuals and events during black history month, steve crump has the story of one enterprise that turned into a lasting beacon of hope for the africanamerican community. In a town where bake towers reach for the sky one stable Financial Institution thrives we are walking through the doors that our ancestors opened for us. Michelle is the president of the First Legacy Credit Union and one of the socalled ancestors is eugene. Dad would bring the ledger home from school and he would have adding machine there. Miriam baits now lives in the home where she grew up and where the credit union was birthed back in 1941. The dining room table was part of the office. That is where her father spent many hours after coming home from work. He was the fulltime principal of the old second ward high school. They had the vision and they had the foresight to create that institution for the community. The name first legacy came in recent years. The main Office Located on Beatties Ford road was initially called the School Workers long time customers like larry embraced the role in charlotte. And the word legacy is really standing on the shoulders. Africanamerican employees at cms and johnson c. Smith university were the first customers. Its our goal to continue growing that for the next generations to come. Branches are now in four counties with 8,000 members and assets of more than 30 million. Actions that would bring a smile to a man with great vision. I think he would have been quite proud. It goes beyond pride because this place of banking is the little engine that could and 75 years later still does. Steve crump wbtv on your side. Now that credit union kept up with the times by adding online bank and smartphone apps. Time for a check on traffic here is tonya rivens. Your first alert traffic is weve got a busy independence boulevard eastbound at independence and breyer creek road. A lot of activity an accident at independence and briar creek road. And another problem at randolph and coleville. Monroe is a great alternate route. And more accidents on independence an accident at conference drive, independence as well as independence boulevard and cross point circle. That right lane is blocked but again monroe road is a great alternate route. Back to you. Thank you. What did we hit . 60 . 58. It felt warmer. Well, are you wearing a dark suit. I was outside without a jacket and it felt great. If you are in the sun we take a shade temperature if you are in the sun it will feel warmer than that. Either way you slice it it was pleasant. More for the weekend . You will be happy. Here we go. Sunset shaping up and it feels great. 55. Lets get you out to happy hour. Hope you had a good week. Temperatures are not going to fall back that fast. And late tonight 46 by 11 00 p. M. Through the overnight talk about the overnight lows, this is not bad. 43 around charlotte an early bird out the door on saturday morning and 37 around boone and blowing rock in terms of disruptive weather we have friday again 11 00 p. M. This is where we picked up. And 10 minutes ago and you will see now a little bit of cloud cover deeper moisture and a few showers trying to work into the high country. We will allow for a stray shower in the morning but 42 in the morning and the milder weather is showing up now. And cool 46 in the morning this about 8 00 a. M. Saturday is shaping up to be tranquil. And the few showers working into the mountains in the morning hours. Some may try to spill out but this is not organized rainfall. We will allow for a 10 stray shower throughout the day. 58 at noon and this is what i was saying how about up to 63 by 4 00 p. M. Trend continues. Moisture trying to work into the viewing area sunday. But we will up the chances of rain a little bit but not dramatically. Here it is. Your sevenday firstalert forecast, 64 saturday. And 30 chance sunday. But a system coming our way monday, tuesday and wednesday, this high 52 so the temperatures are starting to come down. Tuesday one area of low pressure moves across the southeast and behind it, another area of low pressure works into the gulf coast and that will keep the rain alive tuesday and wednesday seasonal levels. Lyndsay tapases with another update. And next. Crooks targeting firefighters while they respond to emergencies. And all new at 5 00 a tale of survival. Hear a woman describe what gave her the strength to survive after trapped in raging floodwaters in South Carolina for nearly four hours. All new at 6 00 new developments in the fight over toll lanes on i77. The state signals that it may consider renegotiating part of geico for your boat. Its been more than four months sips the floods in South Carolina and tonight we are hearing from a woman who survived after being trapped in floodwaters in columbia. She was driving home when her car got caught in the floodwaters and tossed up a tree. Erica says she was able to climb through the sunroof and she says she yelled nonstop for nearly four hours until she spotted three men being rescued from a white truck. Was there a time that you thought im not going to make it out of here . Yes. How did you will yourself past that moment . The guys on the truck and family. I was like i dont want to die i do not want my mom to find me in my car. Erica credits her survival to the men on the truck and the firefighter who rescued her from the tree. She suffer aid partially torn rotator cuff and doctors said she had nearly drowned and her muscles were starting to deteriorate but her physical recovery has been easier than her mental and spiritual recovery. And when you see that photograph of the car up in the tree how frightening. And having to crawl out. She is tough. And firefighters respond to emergencies they are targeted by crooks. How the thieves know when to strike. And mecklenberg county sheriff says fewer people are in jails and that means big changes ahead. Introducing longhorns 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 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 announcer wbtv on your side. Wbtv news starts right now. Now, at 5 00 the sun is out but were tracking a chance of rain before your weekend is over. Plus a string of burglaries where thieves are tar fetting people who targeting people who protect us. Thank you for joining us. The crooks are breaking into the cars of local firefighters. When they respond to emergencies. Like today, on tuckaseegee road. A drunk man was driving an s. U. V. When he ran into a power pole knocking them into the street. Firefighters were making sure everyone was safe thieves had a different idea. They were breaking into cars at station 21 on little rock road. Investigators say they got away with a couple of guns. And it is a trend. At seven other Fire Departments in charlotte over the last couple of weeks. Wbtv is live for us. And do believe have any idea how they know which station to break in to . Police believe they are using scanners and investigators say the thieves wait for the firefighters to leave then they go to work. Nothing of this magnitude in my recollection has this occur. Never before have charlotte firefighters seen breakins like they have this week. This is where we are for 24 hours and those firefighters you know they can feel free to leave their vehicles. Captain dennis says the thieves are listening to scanners and strike striking when a station is responding to an emergency. Station 21 was responding to an accident when they returned to the firehouse, they discovered their personal cars been broken into while they were gone. The firefighters are trying to protect lives and property
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