Toward denver this afternoon. Mooresville, just south of statesville. Light rain into the southern part of Iredell County. I77 between troutman to mooresville. Youre going to be pretty soggy the middle of the day today. Well see light showers building in. Mid 50s in salisbury and statesville. To mid 60s in charlotte. Cold front is slowly pushing south. The showers are developing north of us now. On the drive home, i expect more rain to build in. What the Severe Weather threats will be coming later this week. In the past two hours charlotte leaders laid out plans to control the crowds of people expected to flood charlotte for this years ciaa tournament. Alexa ashwell is live outside where the games start tomorrow, alexa . Reporter well, stephanie, excitement is certainly brewing here outside Time Warner Cable arena as were one day away a couple hours ago organizers and talking everything ciaa, what events will take place. How the tournament benefits the city and area youth. And how cmpd
About the incident which surprised them. When there were robberies at 7 11 or walgreens, we would still get notifications. Officials told channel 9 they werent told about it either. Its not known if the victim was a student but she told police she exercised in the area all the time. You dont expect a man to run behind you at 2 00 in the afternoon when youre running down the street. The suspect tonight is described as a tall black man about 63 wearing a black jacket and a panthers cap. The Surveillance Video from the Family Trust Federal Credit Union shows the suspect and the victim walking in the business a few moments apart. Rock hill police told me earlier today theyll have to go to court and get a subpoena to get that Surveillance Video. I talked to family trust this afternoon. They told me theyre not going to do that. Theyll release the video as soon as they can. Greg suskin, channel 9 Eyewitness News. Another major story that were following. The tragedy at a factory in kansas wher
Past 15 minutes. Charlotte Mecklenburg Police announced they will be giving a major update on a south charlotte case from 82 years from two years ago. 82yearold ina feldman was hit in the head in 2014. She was discovered by her son. And the case put the neighbor in that area on edge. So far, no arrests have ever been made in that case. And breaking just in the last 30 minutes, the governor has now declared a state of emergency, this after yesterdays storms. Some may not get back on until tomorrow night. Tonight, we is Team Coverage from the strong wind that has been tonling all the trees. First, we start out with all the outages. All over town, we have seen power out all over. Eastwood elementary, closed down for classes today. Because they had no power. Affected as well. The Charlotte Surgery Center on randolph road remains shut down. More than 2 dozen patients had to have their surgeries reschedule. And more could be coming. We are on standby. Theyre telling us maybe tomorrow night,
Staying at this quality inn off wood lawn. Police searched his room but the warrant shows they recovered two ipods. But in all, nine guns were stolen from firefighters cars in charlotte, kannapolis, and greensboro, we asked cmpd if theyve recovered the guns or if they could have been sold, a spokesperson didnt comment saying the case is still under investigation but this doesnt sit well with many people. You never know whos got the guns. It can be very dangerous. Police were able to recover one of the guns. They found a gun stolen out of greensboro in bings car. Reporting in north charlotte, Eyewitness News. Tonight were still waiting for police to confirm the other breakin cases that bing is now charged with. A Mecklenburg County state representative is arguing that Charlotte City Council Leaders this weeks lgbt non Discrimination Ordinance. A key part of the non Discrimination Ordinance allows people to choose which bathroom to lose. Meanwhile North Carolinas largest lgbt Rights Orga
Boulevard, where we are now, it was coming down a few minutes ago. We just passed the heaviest. It caused ponding on some of the roads. A little slip and slide out there all ready up and down wilkinson. This is now 277. The next couple days, well add more rain to this and well have a Severe Weather threat and a flooding threat. Meteorologist john ahrens, channel 9 Eyewitness News. Remember you can track the rain in your neighborhood right alongside our team of meteorologists by going to wsoctv. Com, scroll over weather and click on our interactive radar. Back to live pictures from inside the Government Center in uptown charlotte. Rows of people packed in here at the City Council Chambers to sound off on the controversial ordinance to ban discrimination in businesses and Public Restrooms for the lgbt community. Governor pat mccrory promised vote to approve the changes tonight. Blake hanson is live just outside the Meeting Place with more on the potential battle now brewing between charl