Difference in the way union county is searching for their superintendent than they are in charlottemecklenburg schools . Reporter yeah, john, there is a big difference, actually. The board decided to skip a search firm, that is the direction cms is going in. They will let the National North Carolina School Board Association pick their candidates for them in union county. Now, this morning we may find out if the association has any kind of short list. Special meeting to discuss the Superintendent Search is taking place at 11 00 this morning in union county. School Board Members say the one thing they learned from cms is getting the process started instead of putting it off any longer. Some Board Members wanted to have a new leader in place in union county by next year but in the end, the board voted to decide no time line, they want to make sure they get it right in union county. New hire will replace dr. Mary ellis, who will retire on june 1st. Well let you know what comes from this me
Campaign 2016 today. Polls will open in the primary election in half an hour at 6 30. The big races include president , u. S. Senate, governor and so many more. Wbtvs Mark Davenport is joining us live outside a local polling place so mark, what do voters need to know before heading to the polls today . Reporter john, first things first, when polls open and when they close. Like you mentioned 6 30 this morning, in a half hour they will open for you early birds. If you want to get there before you go to work, that is no. 1 on the list. Get there early this morning. Also polls close at 7 30 tonight, so you have more than 12 hours to vote today when youre getting off work you have extra time in the afternoon to vote. 7 30 is when polls close. Next thing, bring the voter i. D. , we have been talking about this the past few week, if you dont have a drivers license, there is other options. You need to have one of these. Passport, military i. D. , out of state drivers license as long as voter
Is a Police Presence in huntersville off of sam furr behind birkdale village and reports of one person injuried with a gunshot wound. You can see the officers on the scene this is a neighborhood right now we are told by Cornelius Police this is an isolated incident not a huge Police Presence but there are officers and they have taped off one house there with crime tape. As soon as we get more information we will bring it to you h back to you. We know you will follow it. The North Carolina primary hours away and voters have a good bit to decide on. Some of the key races include primaries for president , governor, and also state attorney general. Lot to decide there. And voters will have congressional races listed on the ballot. But those will not count. Our Pamela Escobar is live now have not been finalized by the courts but they have ruled the current ones are not valid you will see a spot to vote for the house of representatives but it will not be tallied and a windsor will not be ann
I felt like the animal wasnt handled properly. Surbourg his rant a cat rescue her. She saw something was wrong. There was a lot of blood but i had to ask what happened and the staff member said that he had gotten loose and they were getting them out and into the carrier. He filed them a little bit. Somehow during that scuffle sarah said cooper ended up with a broken jaw. The animal control officer involved is now on paid leave in the state of North Carolina is investigating how this happened. They did say it probably took a lot of force for the job to be slipped away that it was. Yet the rowan county manager released in a statement quote rowan county is deeply saddened to hear that an animal received injuries while at our shelter. It has been determined the injury occurred while the animal information that we have end quote. I dont feel the cat was handled correctly but i dont feel anybody there would intentionally hurt an animal. Sarah hopes the investigation brings changes. There is
Portions of the viewing area. But first i want to track this one storm thats over the lieu lewisburg area. That would put it if youre in the castalia area get ready for a heavy downpour. All right. Now well go ahead and zoom on to that other storm towards murfreesboro. A lot of lightning with that. Back down towards Scotland Neck. Keeping an eye out to the west, we have another line developing. So were not done with this. And we could have another round tomorrow. Coming up well take a look at the potential for severe storms for our area tomorrow evening. Well check back in with you soon. Amy, thank you. And that intense weather likely a factor in multiple accidents along i40 westbound. We have learned more than 90 cars was involved in more than at least nine different collisions. Still for hours. Candace sweat on the scene. Youve learned quite a bit in just the last half our or so. Reporter katherine, you can see behind me, this scene looks quite different than the way it looked a cpl