We still dont know why should would have driven off in that 150,000dollar ambulance. But it was something that caught them all unaware. Somebody took advantage of our focus of taking care of our patient. And took advantage of our trust. Shes charged with larceny of a motor vehicle. And it could be a federal offense. Live at carolinas medical center, mark becker, channel 9 Eyewitness News. A candle light vigil will happen to honor a man shot and killed at a northwest charlotte apartment complex. Police say dallas stow was shot inside an apartment on fairfax drive. Monday morning. Officers arrested and charged de Michael Adams with Involuntary Manslaughter in that case. A motive behind the shooting has not been released. Mothers of murdered offspring is holding that candle light vigil in uptown it starts at 7 00 tonight and anyone is invited. That shooting was one of several this week in charlotte. City leaders told channel 9 today they feel the pressure to respond to this violence. Coming up next at 6 00, Eyewitness News reporter jenna deery learned what taxpayers may have to give up for more police protection. Firefighters had to rescue a driver this morning after this serious crash on i40 in iredell county. It shut down the eastbound lanes for an hour near the Sharon School road exit. Troopers say a driver of a work van slammed into a truck that had slowed for another accident on the interstate. The driver of the truck says the impact knocked his vehicle nearly 200 feet. It about knocked me out. I hurt my shoulder. I hurt my leg a little bit. But ill be all right. The other guy. They had to cut him out. Firefighters cut off the door to get the driver of the work van. The Highway Patrol says the injuries are serious but hes expected to be okay. Today theyre going to take a second look at the proposal to take away trash service for certain people. 100 people packed into a it is zebs forum in uptown this morning the city has been considering getting rid of trash pick up for all complexes with more than four units. She says thats discrimination. Theyre singling out multiuse properties. And forcing them to pay more fees on top of tacks. I live on a fixed budget. I cant afford 40 to 50 every month to have a private company pick up my trash. The city will hold more forums to hear from more resident the proposal has been in the work for four years. City staff says it could save 3. 6 million every year. At a time when funds are limited and leaders are trying to figure out how to give money to other agencies like the theyll pay the same taxes without Getting Services they receive. Well stay on top of this story impacting thousands of people in charlotte at wsoctv. Com. Search on the home page for past coverage and what it means for you. Were getting a first look at a planned apartment and retail building along an all ready busy road in south charlotte. The developer filed this rendering as part of a rezoning request at park road and mocking bird lane. The plan is to redevelop Phifer University charlotte campus the building will include apartments, shops, restaurants, and office space. The requests will be discussed at a hearing on march 21st. This is one of three projects happening along a half mile stretch of park road. The charlotte zoning board approved a zoning petition for a 450 unit apartment at Retail Complex on park road and abby place. It also gave the go ahead for 265 new Apartment Units on wood lawn and park roads. Developers and a city partnering with the dot to add more stoplights and crosswalks to ease congestion. Federal judges heard arguments from both sides about North Carolinas new congressional maps. The judges resumed the old maps unconstitutional last month saying theyre based on race. Lawmakers redrew the lines and the ncaacp says theyre still unfair. They want the judges to draw the lines instead. Today we spoke to the board of elections chair who expects a decision before the june 7th congressional primary. If not it could impact novembers election. Well have to start sending out absentee ballots by mail. And then ive got a couple weeks to get those approved and printed. So youre getting to about mid august at the latest. And i dont think it will press that long. Congressional candidates can file for office on wednesday. Theyre hoping a decision is made before then. The new maps significantly by alma adams the greensboro resident announced shell run for reelection against Malcolm Graham even though the district is now only Mecklenburg County. Adams plans to move to Mecklenburg County now. Weve been staying on top of this story that impacts thousands of voters in the area on air and online. Find our past coverage and the impact it will have at wsoctv. Com. The board of one of the nations largest veteran support groups is under fire tonight facing allegations of lavish spending. The Wounded Warrior project fired its two top executives last night. Former employees came out back in january and claimed the Charity Wasted millions of dollars meant to help veterans on five star hotels and alcohol. The organization is in the process of doing an independent review of its finances. 50yearold claude was trion street tuesday. Investigators say he knows the person who stabbed him and that it all started with an argument. He was taken to cmc with serious injuries. No arrests have been made. Three South Carolina children found inside an abandoned trailer after being reported missing are now in protective custody tonight. The children were all missing for 18 hours. They were found thursday morning. Sheriff deputies say the three children are in the middle of a investigators believe somebody put the children in that trailer. But so far, no arrests have been made. An officer at the juvenile prison in South Carolina says gangs are such a problem staffers and children are at risk of being killed. A House Committee is investigating problems at the department of juvenile justice. The officer said the presence of gang members has led to three rye ons in the past eight months. Lawmakers have ordered a legislative audit of the agency. Now despite having 3 million, intervention specialist in a year. And the ages police chief position has been open for almost three years. All new tonight, the ribbon was cut today on this new 22 milliondollar Corporate Headquarters in indian land. As greg suskin explains, the Mortgage Company all ready filled 600 jobs putting it two years ahead of schedule. Its been such an overwhelming pleasure to do business with the great state of South Carolina. Cofounder and former Carolina Panthers Kaci Crawford praised the state. The fast growing mortgage provider moved its headquarters from the ballantyne area across the border. There were incentives and tax breaks and county leaders are encouraging employees to make Lancaster County home. Mecklenburg county took steps to try to keep the company there. But the palmetto state acted like a partner. To industry and businesses was just to attract. The company has a goal to do one out of ten mortgages by 2025. And has room to expand its operation in indian land. Governor Nikki Haley Says she makes sure new Business Owners have her cell number so they can talk about problems and feel connected to the state. Its that message that convinces companies to come here. Haley denied the state was throwing money at big business. Saying its more about commitment for the longterm. In indian land, greg suskin, channel 9 Eyewitness News. Governor haley was at todays event, she was asked about her endorsement of senator marco rubio for president. Im never going to support anything Hillary Clinton does. Be better than Hillary Clinton. Haley will continue to support marco rubio until the very end. Reports that a cat suffered a broken jaw at the shelter. The county has not given any details about how the jaw was broken. But they say they will pay the vet bills. The county manager says that county officials are deeply saddened by the incident. And there will be a state investigation. Channel 9 is asking police for more information after a swat team served warrants at a local business. Our cameras were there as police searched rios diesel and hidrolic truck repair and a home adjacent to the business. We saw officers take one man into custody. But its not clear if hes charged. Were asking what officers were looking for at the business, who they arrested, and what charges theyll face. Channel 9 is asking police if the driver of this car will be charged after crashing into a home in northwest charlotte. The crash happened on honeywood drive off brookshire boulevard caused. Were told there was a man in the house at the time. But he was not hurt. A man is facing charges accused of having child pornography inside of a registered charlotte daycare. Were asking police how they uncovered this all and what is next for that facility . Tree pollen continues to cause misery all over the carolinas. Ill show you how soon well wash it out with welcome rain. A family pet found dead on this rowan county road apparently shot in the back. Sick, twisted person. Tonight, how that family is leading the charge to find this is a letter from someonetwhos here. She has to take a brand name drug. Been taking it since the early 1980s. At that time it cost approximately 180 for 10 shots. The latest refill was 14. 700 for the same 10 vials and the company is calledvaleant pharmaceuticals. Im going after them. It is stopped. Im Hillary Clinton and i approve this message. If youre doing everything rightbut find it harder and harderto get by, youre not alone. While our people worklonger hours for lower wages, almost all new income goes to the top 1 . My plan make wall street banks and the ultrarich pay their fair share of taxes, provide living wages for working people, ensure equal pay for women. Im bernie sanders. I approve this message because together, and create an economyand democracy that works for all and not just the powerful few. All new tonight, a rowan county family is heartbroken after their dog was found shot to death and dumped on the side of the road. The family is now offering a 1,500dollar reward to anyone with information. The pet was found yesterday morning on barbara road and gold hill drive. More than eight miles away from the familys home. They told Eyewitness News reporter ken lemon they cannot believe somebody would do this. This started out with 500 to find a miss dog. When the dog was found dead shot in the back and sheriffs enough information to launch an investigation, the family decided to turn that money into find a dog to turn it into money to find a suspect. Amanda collins is angry over the sleighing of her dog lilly. It takes a sick twisted person to just shoot an innocent dog in cold blood. Wednesday morning the collins let lilly out of their home in rock well. She may have been drawn to something in the woods. Chic she never came back. I never heard from her again. She put the word out online about her missing dog, the next morning someone found her along barbara road in gold hill, almost nine miles from home. Collins said it appears she was shot in the back. This was done out of mallace. Out of just somebody being mean. She told me a sheriff deputy told her if he had more information he could investigate further. She went back online for help getting information and got at least 1,500. More is still coming in. Itll be used to find the suspect and answer a question for amanda collins. Why . How . She wont quit the search until the person responsible for lillys death is found. In rowan county, ken lemon, channel 9 Eyewitness News. You can help the family try to get answers by sharing this story on our wsoctv facebook page. Just like our page and look for this top story. People in North Carolina will be able to buy license plates that have been the center of a legal battle for five years a federal Appeals Court ruled yesterday the state can issue these prolife license plates even though the state will not produce tags expressing pro choice views. A three judge panel decided the license plates amount to government speech and North Carolina leaders can reject messages that the state disagrees with. Top Health Officials are pledging with congress to approve emergency funding to fight the zika virus. The cdc and the niah say they need 1. 8 billion but some lawmakers are telling them to use money ridge fallly meant for ebola. The virus is linked to serious medical conditions in babies and adults from south america to the caribbean. Nations top scientists believe its possible to estimate the impact of Climate Change on extreme weather events. They can gauge that. They say that research can help communities decide whether or not to rebuild or relocate after disasters and provide a better indication of where its likely to strike. Lets check in with steve now. Nothing severe about the weather today. But a very warm one. The warmth took center stage. Sees it. Cloud cover. We still managed to warm to 80 and better over most of the charlotte metro. Incredible. More like late may than mid march. Mid 70s in charlotte. Down toward lancaster, wadesboro 77. Rockingham 76. 76 in hickory. 65 degrees. About to light up the grill for dinner. Temperatures, mid 70s, well see it fall as we head through the night. Just a light coat is all you need as you head outside. By tomorrow morning, 60 degrees in most of the charlotte area, upper 50s in the high country. Our average high this time of year, only 61. So were just about there. We will see again more clouds and sun tomorrow. And there will be a few showers. Tomorrows focus for rain, right along the spine of the appalachians. And late in the afternoon, and then north. Its not going to be a big deal. Certainly not enough to cancel plans over. Check out these hourly temperatures. Again were in the upper 60s by lunch time. Back in the 70s tomorrow afternoon. Because well see more clouds. Not as warm as it was today. But mid 70s is pretty nice. Heres a look at the future cast saturday night again, i40 north, well e the best shot for showers. Nothing terribly heavy. On sunday, finally our luck will run out. Showers from that rain system to the west weve been tracking all week long, finally begins to push into the matchups by sunday morning. Into the mountains by sunday morning that will be the wettest part of the day. It looks as if the heaviest rain will be north of town. At 6 00, im working on our future cast to show you how much rain to expect. And anything will help out as far as the allergies go. Rain peeks on sunday. And rain chances drop into next week. As temperatures rise. How about next tuesday, back to youre wondering are we done with the cold . Looking at the long range forecast, which means into next weekend, it looks like well get back to at least average. But i dont see any real arctic chill or late season freeze coming our way any time soon. Average is high of 60 and a low of 40. Not bad. After a week of gun violence across charlotte, pressures being put on city leaders. Tonight at 6 00, what they say you may have to give up for more officers and safety. A battle is brewing over plans for a 14 story hotel and Convention Center on lake norman. This is not a place for a im asking cornelius leaders asking cornelius leade there are those who say we cannot defeat a corrupt political system and fix a rigged economy. But i believe we need to lift our vision above the obstacles in place and look to the american horizon. To a nation where every child can not only dream of goingto college, but attend one. Where quality healthcare will bea birthright of every citizen. Where a good job is not a wish, but a reality. Where women receive equal pay and a living wage is paid to all. An americawhere after a lifetime of labor, there is timefor rest and grandchildren. A nation that defends our people and our values, but no longer carriesso much of that burden alone. I know we can create that america and not to the pundits and the naysayers. Im bernie sanders. I approve this message, and i ask for your vote. A cms school is rewarding students who work hard with that competition has taken team spirit to a new level. In tonights family focus, Eyewitness News anchor Stephanie Maxwell found how its helping them score big in the classroom. This is march madness on a smaller much younger scale but the energy is high inside the gym at jh gun elementary. Championships are on the line. School social worker patrick started the after School League for third through fifth graders to keep them out of trouble and challenge them to work hard at school. They have to follow three rules to participate. Maintain great behavior. Maintain coming to school. And good academics. All skill levels are welcome. Some are figuring out the rules of the game. 95 students play basketball. Another 30 are on the step team that pumps up the crowd. Mix in parents, teachers, and friends, and it gets loud. But these students deserve to it gives me a chance to hang out with friends. And also its a challenge to play against the other teams. Its fun. I get to be around my friends. And you get to learn new things. Whether players score ten points or none, they know theyre learning team work and things that have nothing to do with the game. Were teaching life skills. We talk about making good choices. Thats something everyone in this gym can celebrate. Championship or not. Stephanie maxwell, channel 9 Eyewitness News. After the basketball leads first year end of year scores went up. In 2014, Congress Passed the veterans choice act. Allowing vets to seek private doctors to shorten medical wait times. This started as an Emergency Response to a crisis and allegations of manipulating wait time data. Waiting more than 30 days to get an appointment. Veterans had the chance this week to see a new Va Health Care facility in southwest charlotte. The clinic has been years in the making. The veterans will still have to go to salisbury if they need er or urgent care. The city of charlotte is getting big help to become more efficient and keep is government more accountable. The city of one of six chosen nationwide for what works cities. Its an initiative from bloomburg. The program collaborates information from across cities to make information more accessible to city managers and the public. Today a powerful rally at wall street sent stocks to their highest point of 2016. The nasdaq was up 86. There are two democratic visionsfor regulating wall street. One says its okay to take rmillions from big banks and then tell them what to do. My plan break up the big banks, close the tax loopholes, and make them pay their fair share. Then we can expand health care to all, and provide universal college education. Will they like me . No. Will they begin to playby the rules if im president . You Better Believe it. Now, from news team thats covering the carolinas, this is channel 9 Eyewitness News at 6 00. After half a dozen shootings across charlotte. Its been an eye opening week. City leaders are fed up. Its frustrating. Theyre getting ready for major city budget talks. Weve taken our eye off the prize. The pressure is on to make sure they focus on paying for police and public safety. With the city of charlotte strapped for cash, Council Members could raise taxes or cut services to pay for officers. Eyewitness News Reporter jenna deery spoke with one Council Person who says other projects have kept the important issue of your safety on the sidelines. Jenna . Well alison, theres always a fight for dollars but councilman kenny smith feels like projects with the streetcar have won year after year. But now city leaders seem to be uniting on one expense, more what could divide them is how to pay for it. After six shootings in charlotte this week, four on tuesday, one thursday, and another this morning, People Living nearby are fed up. Lately around this particular area, i mean things have been getting out of hand. City leaders are feel the angst. Its been an eye opening week for the city. Its frustrating. Next week theyll go into another workshop to hammer out the next city budget. With a nearly 17 milliondollar request in front of them for 125 Additional Police officers and 80 cmpd support staff positions. As crime continues to rise, republican kenny smith says hell be critical of where Council Plans to spend taxpayer money. Over the past years weve been spending money, and i think weve really taken our eye off the prize. Is it going to be adding boots on the ground to help stop
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