Now, just a charred frame soaked by the spray of firefighters s ses. To see those flames again, go to wsoctv. Com. We have that cell phone video, the images, and more video from chopper 9 sky zoom. You can find it all on the home page. Charlottes controversial nondediscrimination ordinance is set to take effect two weeks from friday. Now city officials are making sure area businesses know what to expect from it. This week, the citys Attorneys Office handed out fliers. Now the fliers explain who is covered by the ordinance, what is allowed, and how the city will handle any complaints. According to a recent poll, more than a third of people in North Carolina say they want lawmakers to overturn the ordinance. We told you about a wral poll last week. It found that 36 want the state to act. 30 said that lawmakers should allow voters in mecklenburg while 27 said the state should just leave it alone. New at 11 00, this man is accused of leading troopers on a chase in north charlotte. Highway
Why curry was in the road. Many of you are getting ready to head out on your morning drive and channel 9 is learning some of you may be more at risk for crashes than others. This month alone there have been a half dozen crashes from gilead to sanford road in huntersville. Eyewitness News Reporter joe bruno is live along that road to show us some of the issues theyre s. Highway patrol troopers tell channel 9 that there isnt much they can do because of the i77 toll lane construction and the placement of the safety barriers. Now, according to Highway Patrol, i77 is, quote, a mess of a road. So far this year, there were 228 crashes on the stretch through charlotte. 240 in february and 162 crashes in march already. Troopers we spoke with say there isnt much they can do because of the construction. According to Highway Patrol, the barriers make matters worse. There is no way to move wrecks parts of i77 resulting in long backups to an already congested inter. Prior to the construction startin
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
RISON - Both the Cleveland County and Woodlawn School Board meetings have been postponed this week to allow their respective superintendents and staff more time to finalize their 2023-24 school budgets, the first such budgets under the new LEARNS education plan. Both school boards typically meet on the second Monday night of each month, but both meetings were postponed this month to allow more time to present their respective budgets for the current school year.
RISON - The Cleveland County School District has seen a slight decrease in enrollment while the Woodlawn School District has seen an increase about two weeks into the 202324 school year. Cleveland County Superintendent Jerrod Williams said the best time to begin looking at enrollment figures is after the first 10 days of school, which was this past Friday, Aug.