Highlights from tonights live episode of American Idol featuring a special appearance from two of the biggest stars on the fox show empire. Good evening and thank you for joining us tonight for fox 46 news. I am bill melugin peer to Gaston County mom is arrested and charged. This is after police say she decided to keep her on children out of school for more than three years preached first on fox site are all day long. Hes joining us live from belmontes with the latest on this case. Thats right bill. Three teenagers kept out of school for more than three years. This high school behind me was within walking distance of their home a few minutes away. Their mother is behind bars for not all lined up to come here and continue their education in any other way. This story isnt about whos getting off the bus. Its about whos not getting on Gaston County police say this woman or a 6yearold Jennifer Elam kept her three children now ranging from 13 to 16 years old years. She is currently in jail f
Pull out as demand was too low. And we have got some of those highlights from tonights live episode of American Idol featuring a special appearance from two of the biggest stars on the fox show empire. Good evening and thank you for joining us tonight for fox 46 news. I am bill melugin peer to Gaston County mom is arrested and charged. This is after police say she decided to keep her on children out of sch has been following this story all day long. Hes joining us live from belmontes with the latest on this case. Thats right bill. Three teenagers kept out of school for more than three years. This high school behind me was within walking distance of their home a few minutes away. Their mother is behind bars for not all lined up to come here and continue their education in any other way. This story isnt about whos getting off the bus. Its about whos not getting on Gaston County police say this woman or a 6yearold Jennifer Elam kept her three children now ranging from 13 to 16 years old o
Construction zone so far, so good. Were looking at your drive times in the area. If youre coming down, yesterday, we saw an hour coming down from mooresville into huntersville. Right now. Currently. It is just nine minutes from 150 heading down towards sam furr at 65 miles an hour. As issues come up, well update you on channel 9 and twitter. Follow me this morning at traffic team nine. I77 is becoming really a constant headache for drivers who not only have to deal with toll construction but also a growing number of crashes. We tell you about the crashes on a regular basis they are happening between gilead and sam furr in mecklenburg county. Weve investigated the efforts to keep everyone safe . The problem is they cant move some of them because of the channel 9 learned there have been more than 600 crashes on i77 in 2016. There were 228 crashes on the stretch through charlotte, 40 in february, and 162 crashes in march already. That is double the amount of crashes on i85. According to t
Look for this on the home page. Former charlotte mayor patrick cannon is still behind bars at the Mecklenburg County jail after he pleaded guilty tovoter fraud yesterday. We have been checking with the jail but right now, its stillnot clear when he will be taken back to federal prison in west virginiap he was brought to charlotte for the First Time Since he started to serve his 44 month sentence on corruption charges. His punishment for the voter fraud charge is 1 day behind bars and that will be included in his current prison term. Because cannon is still in Mecklenburg County its not clear yet how much taxpayer money was spent total on his Court Appearance and his transportation. But channel 9 has learned that it cost 157 dollars and 4 cents per day he stays at the jail. The department of Public Safety says it will be able to give us a final price tag on transportation once cannon is back in west virginia. Machines were seized and the money could benefit children in Gaston County. To
I would like to talk a little bit about courage. He was the Young Us Navy pilot in world war ii. He got his wings when he was 19 years old, flew 58 combat missions. He has three are metals, including the distinguished flying cross. His courage and complete disregard for his own safety, both impressing helmet is attack and accurate any aircraft fire and in continuing his that on the target after being hit and his plan on fire were all in keeping with the highest traditions of the uniteds nails service. [laughter] [applause] his courage has been exemplified threat his life. Another Great American patriot, oliver north said, in describing [cheers and applause] in describing my dads role in keeping democracy in el salvador , he said his actions were one of the latest things ive seen from anybody. Not just the Vice President , but anybody. Oliver north said that. Bush has the experience necessary to be a great president. He was a successful businessman, a good congressman, and ambassador to