I will send it over to christian with the look at traffic. We are off to a relatively quiet start on the roads. Lets take a live look outside of what you can expect on i 440 and lake boone trail. You can see traffic is moving smoothly. So far we have no major issues to tell you about this morning. Lets take a look at our current traffic maps which is showing just a few minor problems in North Raleigh right now and i540 eastbound. We do have reports of an vehicle fire. Expect delays in that area and of course a few delays possible in the fortified construction zone. That is between exits to 93 indexes 301 exits 301. We also have the south Saunders Road closed. Other than that, your mayor major thoroughfares looking good this morning. Johnson county is doing court. He killed 2 people near newton grove. Tear wilson also accused of helping paul after the crime. Terra wilson also accused of helping paul after the crime. Were live with reactions from the victims families. Reporter we have be
It wont be a washout and the chance will be there and thats a big change from all the sunshine we saw. 70 at noon. A high around four before we drop back to 71. That threat for showers. And after lunchtime today. I will let you know when it arrives. Coming up in the complete storm forecast. Justin. All eyes had will be on North Carolina tuesday. Early voting has ended. That was the chance to skip what is likely to be longer lines on primary day and still make voices heard. Early voting started march 3rd and ended. Board of elections said the turnout for early voting was recordbreaking. 500,000 voters cast ballots as of friday morning. That is seven and a half percent of the six and a half million registered voters. Election day, you have one massive day they come out and vote. You have all the people and it is more conformed to how the lifestyles are. It is also the first time voters had to show photo ids and that person had to cast a provisional ballot. They had to show an id at the c
Morning. Lets take a look at our roxboro skycam. It is clear there, clearing skies across e area. Look at those flags, they are moving meaning that it feels chilly with a temperature of 38 in cary and durham, 38 wake forest and a bit of a breeze feels cold. 36 right now in roxboro, the wind chill has to be near freezing. 41 in goldsboro d fayetteville. Very few towns are above the 30s right now. In your planner this morning at 8 00 a. M. , mid30s. 49 at lunchtime and a high of 56, that is warmer than yesterday by 10 degrees low normal. Tara lynn is here talking about traffic this morning, that looks like a big backup. His art around clayton . Is, this is nc42. Normally we see delays but the extent of the delays that we taking a look at the camera i40, all of that stopped traffic is in the westbound lanes. I have been checking with nc dot and at this point there have been no accidents reported , because we know it usually takes only one small accident to extend the backups. At this poin
Mikaya thurmond on the scene of our breaking news story this morning. Raleigh police are investigating a shooting in brier creek that sent two people to the hospital. It happened in a convenience store. A man who was shot in the chest was taken to the hospital, the other man was taken to the hospital for observation. Neither man has life threatening injuries. They also tell us they had a suspect in custody. No word on charges or a motive. A man charged in a deadly crime spree in wake county is due back in court. Kendrick gregory is accused of killing a raleigh pawn shop owner, shooting another man in the back and raping a 15year old girl. His Court Appearance is related to breaking and entering and larceny charges. State house leaders will return to raleigh, they want to overturn the nondiscrimination bathroom ordinance. Charlotte city Council Passed a law allowing transgender people to choose the bathroom corresponding to their gender governor mccrory called it a threat to public safe
Freezing still this morning. Take a look at the wider view and a roxboro 32, 33 in south hill, 31 rocky mount and wilson, 39 southern pines, 32 in erwin. Definitely a cold start but quick warmup. By lunchtime 58 antiof 65 this afternoon. We jump up another 10 degrees for tomorrow as highs climb up into the mid70s. Will talk about what the morning temperatures will feel like coming up in a few minutes. Tara is here to look at typical backups especially roma clayton bypass. Nothing out of the ordinary at this point. Lets start out with the drive coming to Johnson County. Youll encounter delays at i40 w. And nc42. As we take a look at the clayton bypass, in terms of your drive times, once you make sausage road interchange, you will be just fine. 14 minutes. Not bad. That typical amount of time that it will take at this point in the morning, 7 02. As we look at the south side of raleigh starting to see traffic slowdown and congestion pickup at lake wheeler road. Still not adding a lot of t