Anna i am anna laurel. We have new information from Heather Waliga as governor mccrory ways in. Heather thats right, there it is a suggestion the covenant crore he is responsible for the largest pay raise last year which some say is misleading. This post by governor pat mccrory is sparking protest from some of his biggest critics. A graph showing pay raises under previous administrations. This pay raise under his Administration Last year marks the biggest pay raise. Governor mccrory the outside government doesnt realize how much we spent on teachers. With this ellis disagrees with this claim. Rodney i think it is very misleading. Heather in 2015, average teacher pay rose to around 26 thousand dollars, 10,000 lower than the national average. The National Education association ranked North Carolina teachers among the worst paid in the country last year, at 42nd in the u. S. Rodney you can put up all of the graphs that you want and say that there are salary increases, what the fact that we are 42nd in the country and that we are losing teachers and that we are not providing the resources that teachers need is a shame. Heather governor mccrory says he has already made his biggest governor mccrory it shows that there is a huge problem. Heather the data was used from the National Education association to support that recent post, same between 2014 and 2015, teacher salary spiked. Critics maintained that it was not enough. Since the budget is doing better than expected, it signals the more raises are expected. Joel heather, thank you. And a warning from a local sheriff about a deadly problem. There are these little packets of heroin. Five people overdosed in one week and a sheriff is concerned heroine is destroying counties in nash county and the look at the drug. Sheriff i wanted to take a look at what her when users look like, they are family members, they are people who belong to churches. Each packet is 10. Sometimes they come across crystal meth and black tar heroin, these little packets are causing a big problem. Sheriff we had about 7000 dosage seizures last year, and this year in january, and we are looking at probably eight officers finding individuals dan knight. They have seen an increased of increase of dozens of people overdosing on heroine, theyre shocked and frustrated at what is happening. If i put myself in the place of the parents, i can truly understand their frustration and their anger. The sheriff says most of the heroine cases starts when Prescription Drug abusers turn to the cheaper alternative. Sheriff the first thing to recognize is to see it and then to get the patient help early. When you are calling on a Law Enforcement agency, it is too late. In nash county, stephanie lopez, abc 11, Eyewitness News. Joel stephanie, thank you. And on to other stories, including adding a new act to a summer concert. Anna and everything you need to know about ladies night at the fireants game. Tomorrow at 10 00, tickets go on sale at the website. The band has a second album out right now. They take the stage on wednesday, june 15, and you will find tickets on ticketmaster. Chopper 11 hd has a new transformation it wants to show at a local stadium. The fivestory, 90,000 tower will demolish the previous building. There will be more than 20 luxury seats and a president s box. There is also space for the media and the coaches. This will be completed in time for the 2016 season. Newsroom this evening, tomorrow night is ladies night at the fire ants game. Beyond the game, it is also about raising awareness for staying healthy. They talk about the importance of stcreening. And for the panthers playoff game, tickets, jerseys, and hats. Anna how much you will need for a prime parking spot in charlotte. Joel and thats a prize the nfl kicker who lost the game and a surprise for the nfl kicker who lost the game. And in the back of a nebulous, a woman shot in the face. And band bannedannouncer abc 11 is keeping you connected. Find us on facebook, like our page, and gets the latest news updates. Joel here is a reason to polish up your resume. Lowes is hiring workers for spring and summer. The chain is looking for cashiers, loaders, and garden clerks. There are also looking for people who can put together equipment, like tractors. This is their busiest time of year. Anna tonight we are learning that the Holiday Shopping rush was good for every business. Best buy announced that their wearable electronics, appliances, and home theater not enough to break even. Joel and the hottest game in charlotte wont just be the panthers playoff game. You will have to leave your car in the preferred lot and it will set you back about 70. Other lots range to about 60. Mass transit is about six dollars. Kickoff for the Carolina Panthers and seahawks game is on sunday at the bank of america stadium. Of course, Eyewitness News is with the panthers every step of the way. Follow Mark Armstrong on twitter at armstrongm for coverage on watch Eyewitness News sunday at 6 00 and 11 00 and you can watch the abc 11 news app for player interviews after the game. Anna and a fan sent a letter to an nfl kicker. Ter walsh missed the kick with the seattle seahawks. He showed his appreciation by signing autographs and taking pictures. There are all of you very much for the card. It is very touching. Anna the teacher thought those letters would be a nice way of helping students learn empathy. Instead, they gave him pointers and suggestions and told him to keep practicing. [laughter] joel but they did it with love. Joel and look, they gave him a lesson in learning, and he gave them a lesson in gratitude. And next at 5 30, the one thing this bus driver didnt do that could have prevented this whole situation. Plus, making sure it doesnt happen again. Anna and taking a lesson from the school of hard knocks. Why taking the word please when it comes to connecting to the world online, people have different needs. Whether its keeping up with loved ones or keeping up with the latest trends. At t uverse high Speed Internet lets you get the fast and affordable internet thats right for you. Get high Speed Internetjust 15 dollars a month for 12 months with other qualifying service and a oneyear term. All on one bill no matter what you use it for, youll get fast speed at an affordable price. Connect all your wifi enabled devices at home with high Speed Internet. And save on smartphone and tablet data usage. Videochat and play games. With reliable internet that works when and how you want it. Get high Speed Internetjust 15 dollars a month for 12 months with other qualifying service and a oneyear term. All on one bill high Speed Internet thats fast and affordable at just 15 dollars a month. Call now and get a 100dollar reward card with this great offer only from at t. Anna a School Bus Driver suspended tonight for leaving a student on the bus. The girl told her grandmother that she fell asleep on the way to elementary school. She woke up crying when she realized she was alone on an empty bus. Didnt test every seat when parking at ridley high school. It wasnt until 1 30 that the principle of the high school there found the little girl. She was crying and she was looking around and she was scared. If one child was on that, you should walk through that bus and make sure that no one else should be on the bus. They should have some kind of the activator. Kind of d activator d eactivator. Anna School Officials are now warning all bus drivers about a mourning system on all buses. Joel a Warning System on all buses. Joel and now a story that is trending. A classroom is telling students that they are not going to say read more about nononsense nurturing and how it works on abc11. Com homepage or on our mobile at. App. The countdown is on for oscar sunday and it could be a very anna e category. Joel brandy, thank you. Countdown to oscars. Of these. I saw the martian and i cant remember the other one that i saw, but it was very good. Anna you are also and as part weather. Chris it is going to rain tomorrow, that is the big news. Joel and anna, it is going to dry out for much of the weekend. Today. Temperatures are going to fall, but not as quickly as they did last evening, but not as fast and not as far. I just want to tell you you should have a jacket. Here is a pretty shot there from our first alert weather station. There is the setting sun there in the triangle. Roanoke rapids at 48, 57 at south hill, and Southern Pines at 52. These temperatures are 15 or plus Degrees Higher than they were yesterday afternoon. A big warm up. Starting out tomorrow, temperatures are going to start out in the mid to upper 30s and arrive to around 50 with that rain coming down. This graphic has the wrong verbiage on it. The clouds will be increasing, but it still should be drive through the midmorning hours. By lunchtime and into the afternoon hours, you will see the rain coming down. You will most likely by the afternoon and headed home into the evening see rain. Look at that solid shield of rain. No worries of any snow just yet. In the evening hours, still wet. 11 00. By early saturday, it is dry. There will be early clouds that give way to some sunshine in the early afternoon hours. It will be warming into the 50s again on saturday. It looks very nice. We may have some mid 50s to the southeast, and then that rain will spread in. The rain will hold steady in most cases with an east wind of five, 10. We could see a half inch or more of rain tomorrow afternoon and into tomorrow evening. The big news beyond that is the cold air coming our way. We still have a southwest flow, so we are still mild. Temperatures in the 50s. Comes in. There could be a sprinkle, maybe a flake of snow, that nothing in terms of that fantasy snowstorm. Really, just a breezy day. Night, and temperatures will not get much above freezing with a gusty wind all day on monday. Then on tuesday it stays the same until it starts to moderate a bit on wednesday. Tomorrow night, rain in the evening, tapering off after midnight at the latest. 43. Take a look at that on saturday, partly sunny skies. We have limited sun and then breezy, colder on Martin Luther king jr. Day. We have a lot of sun on that day but it is going to be brisk. Wind chills will be in the upper teens a lower 20s throughout the day. The nighttime lows will be at least in the low 20s. Joel that might be the coolest day of the week. We hope. Anna 35 . 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Vincent also bought his and he did not check his ticket either. Visit invincent i thought it was trash. One tickets one ticket is worth 100,000 dollars and other tickets worth money are still floating around our state. Now that we have spread the word about Winning Tickets, people are changing how they play. Now that you know this one is waning, would you think twice about throwing it away . Absolutely. Anna lesson learned. Make sure you check all of those numbers. Joel in the trash. Oh, no. Anna here is what is coming up at abc 11 Eyewitness News at 6 00. Steve d. a woman gets shot and her son is under arrest. What Eyewitness News has found tonight. Tisha it was a discovery that started an environmental shift across the state. And cut off, the cuannouncer see what is happening this instant. Eyewitness news at 6 00 starts right now. Steve d. frustration for a coal ash fallout in downtown raleigh