Childhood to say that he does not fit into the narrow category of people of eligible for the Death Penalty. Prosecutors say he serves the Death Penalty. Melissa hugginsjones not only suffered physically but emotionally and was no doubt worried about her 8yearold daughter who was sleeping down the hall as she lied dying. She had been struck 18 times at this point. Lying there in a pool of ood. Helpless. Travion smith should be punished. And nished severely. You, as an individual, believe that the Death Penalty is not the appropriate punishment, and the answer to that question is, no. Smith guilty of firstdegree murder in about an hour after two weeks testimony. How long this difficult history has 38 mitigating factors to consider it away along with two aggravating factors, and of course we will progress of e jury. One person is dead after a logging truck crashed in gaston county. It happened on ghway 321. Lo festivals across the 2 lane road. Stopping traffic. Highway patrol has not said
Your screen. New overnight Raleigh Police are investigating a complex. It happened shortly before 1 30 on an apartment complex on no word on the victim. Police are investigating. Were working to learn more. The Denver Broncos are super bowl champions. Peyton manning and the Denver Broncos defeated the Carolina Panthers to win their third super bowl. Denver linebacker von miller is the super bowl 50 mvp. He forced two fumbles and got 2 1 2 sacks to help the broncos beat the Carolina Panthers, 24 10, last night. Peyton manning is the first starting quarterback to win with two different teams. New overnight, governor mccrory was involved in a minor car crash after the super bowl. He was in a california highway vehicle that was hit in santa clara. The governor wrote, we were very fortunate and while im panthers this puts the game in proper perspective. I want to thank california Highway Patrol and ems for their quick action. The Governors Office said he did have some pain after but was abl
And south of pitsboro on 87, heavier rain and southwest, and west of chapel hill we are seeing heavier rain, thunder and lightning with these. Nothing severe yet as we get through the day, that chance gets higher and higher. Here is a look at the loop again, the storms coming up from the south. Wind advisory in to effect at 9 00 a. M. Gusts up to 50 Miles Per Hour. Thats separate from thunderstorms that may see, which could produce winds stronger than that, up to 75 Miles Per Hour or more if we have tornados develop. That bullseye, the red, is where we are at a level four out of five. Severe storm risk for today. The other areas of the viewing area could have the risk for tornados as well. Mid 40s now, for most of the viewing area, zebulon, durham, raleigh, 48 rocky mount. Watching the warm air from the south. As we warm up, our threat for the stronger storms will increase. Temperatures by lunchtime, climbing in to the 60s, thats when the threat of Severe Weather will increase. It may
Announced an Early Release tomorrow because of this threat. Lets give you the latest on the storm system heading our way. Three storms killed three people. Louisiana three people died when it hit this area. Right now the line of storms is going across parts of alabama and florida. Our chief meteorologist is tracking the system and joins us now with when the storms are expected here, greg . Reporter it looks like the main threat is going to be from middle to late morning tomorrow and through the afternoon. There are some chances it may evening. All of this is part of a large system that is centered in the upper atmosphere now. You see the rotation here. Having it moved out of northeast texas into parts of arkansas and louisiana now. Again, the one thing, one of the 59 things we are watching is the fact many things that we are watching is the strength increase. We will talk more about that segment. Hajet is going to represent the about 34,000 feet up. A lot of energy with that. That will
In from the coast. Once that spreads across the area of the stage will be set for thunderstorms to develop into much ronger storms. That could produce wind damage and possible tornadoes. Right now there is not a whole lot of rain happening. We have had a couple of sprinkles and showers. We have had fought develop across the region but again, not a lot falling from the sky at the moment. Now we do have a wind advisory that goes into effect at 9 00 a. M. This is completely separate from thunderstorms that may run through your town or neighborhood. We are going to have gusty conditions around the area, starting this rning. Gusts later on could be up to 50 Miles Per Hour. Once those thunderstorms begin to develop those could be much stronger. 75 Miles Per Hour were greater even in severe thunderstorms. Tornado winds could be Even Stronger than that. A lot to talk about, a lot to go over this morning. Our severe Thunderstorm Risk is at a level iii and four out of five. Thats unusual for us