Eyewitness news. A Wake County School board member dies suddenly. how educators are remembering their colleague. Plusthe Harnett County Sheriffs Office hit with a federal lawsuit. Why some are claiming deputies violated civil rights. And how the fires burning in the North Carolina mountains could affect you here in the triangle this weekend. Eyewitness news starts right now. right now on Eyewitness News. right now on Eyewitness News. Educators mourning a Wake County School board member who died unexpectedly today. Good evening im steve daniels. And im tisha powell. Zora felton passed away at the age of 65 today. She was absent from last nights School Board Meeting after falling ill. Angelica alvarez is live outside Sanderson High School in raleighwith more on the sudden passing. This is where it she graduated from sanderson high. Started teaching here in 1973. Shes a mother. Shes a grandmother. And for so many. Her death comes as a shock. Missing from last nights Wake County School boa
Next on Eyewitness News. Heartbreak in tennessee. A School Bus Crashes and several children are killed. The one thing police are focused on tonight. Counting ballots. Working to get closer to a governor. The latest on the count. And behind the scenes as soldiers prepare to feed an army for thanksgiving. Eyewitness news starts right now. breaking news first at ten a horrific crash involving a school bus. Good evening from the breaking news center. Im steve daniels. Its a tragic story we never want to tell children killed on their way home from school. At least six children died in chattanooga, tennessee late this afternoon. The bus was carrying 35 children from an Elementary School when it crashed. Flipped on its side. And wrapped around a hospital. The bus was the only vehicle involved in the crash. The bus driver is being interviewed to determine exactly what happened. Police say speed may be a contributing factor in the crash. Also breaking right now an earthquake in japan causing a
Eyewitness news. A family identifies the man shot and killed by durham police. who the police chief is reaching out to tonight. Protests recounts and lawsuits. The governors race still in limbo tonight two weeks after election night. And a recall targeting a mini van popular with families. what the car maker is afriad can go wrong while youre driving. Eyewitness news starts right now. new tonight a durham family in mourning and looking for answers after police shoot and kill their loved one. Good evening im steve daniels. And im tisha powell. The family is identifying the man shot and killed during a scuffle with police as frank clark. And they say. Theyre not buying notions that clark was in possession of a gun as the police chief indicated. Angelica alvarez is on the investigation that also sent an officer to the police havent officially identified the man. But family members say frank clark is the man who died today. Still no word yet from dpd on who the officers are. The chief has
Y25esy yi0y Eyewitness News. Protesting for the man they call scooter bug. demonstrators make a list of demands after a Fatal Police Involved shooting. President elect trump has a message of unity this thanksgiving. How Abraham Lincoln is playing a large role in his quest to what he calls rebuilding the country. And thanksgiving compassion. How a community is coming together when so many families recovering from hur most. Eyewitness news starts right now. demonstrations frustration and allegations against Police Officers all part of an emotionally charged evening in durham. Good evening im steve daniels. And im tisha powell. These protests are a direct response to the officer involved shooting that left 34year old frank clark dead. Bug and they call both his death and what they label harassment of People Living in the mcdougald terrace neighborhood unnecessary. Angelica alvarez is live in durham where the tension is just starting to ease tonight. Tonights march and protest remained pea
Killing a 20year old with a around 1 am at the suspects home on singleleaf lane in northeast raleigh. Tim pulliam is there live with what were learning about the shooting from the 911 calls. We understand the suspect in this case is the sonin law of reporter greg barnes. This and all of us. Well stay on it and give any updates we get new tonight. 5 people hurt. And one man now facing charges after a crash in fayetteville. Police say a volkswagen and a ram truck collided this afternoon near the food lion on cliffdale road. Investigators say the truck hit the car as it was pulling out of the shopping center. And then took off. Police found the truck and the driver. Terrell thompson. A short time later. The driver of the Jetta Devin Mccoy Mclean and his 4 hospital. They have since been released. Tonight. Thompso n is charged with hit and run as well as caless and reckless driving. Raleigh police are asking for your help finding this man. Accused of robbing a cupcake shop. Police say the m