As you see on the left, some snow flurries around greenville. Those are near Furman University. On the right is what mike county. As you can see behind me, snowballing in boone as well. More than a dozen schools in Western North carolina had either a twohour delay or closed today because of the winter weather. Live from buncombe county. Aly good morning. Road. As you can see, not much snow yet. There was light snow falling throughout the day, but as of right now, it will come in later tonight. It is extremely windy and cold out here. Were not seeing much sticking to the roads, but that does not mean it is not icy in other areas, and that is why they canceled or delayed schools today with buncombe County Schools. Decided to close because it would be unsafe for buses to travel on those icy roads to pick up students. Asheville city schools had a twohour delay today for the same reason. So far, asheville students have missed three days of school. Theyll make up one on what would have been
Those Traffic Cameras here across the region. Watching f anything that might morning commute. If youre coming in from lake 65milesperhour. 77 looking good right now, catawba avenue, down to gilead running in the green. Develop. Here across the charlotte area, most of our highways and roads are continuing to run in the green. Northbound 77 coming out of rock hill this morning, curb drive ti for you is 21 minutes with an average speed of milesperhour. And that is a check of traffic, john, over to you. John get back to breaking news in west charlotte that wbtv first broke, police are investigating a shooting that happened in connection to a carjacking. The victim was found on rozzelles ferry near johnson c. Smith university. Ashton pellom was theirst to report this story on socl media, and he joins us now live from the scene. Ashton, what can you tell us . What i can tell you right now the victim is recbdovering in the hospital. He was shot twice, once in the arm, once in the leg earlier
Davidson passed resolutions asking the district to keep the seat open for every child who wants to stay at a neighborhood school. Leaders in matthews and mint hill have talked about creating their own district. Now School Leaders will talk about those issues tonight. Reporting live from uptown, tina terry, channel 9 Eyewitness News. Channel to follow every development out of tonights cms Board Meeting and well have complete coverage on Eyewitness News at 10 00 and 11 00. The breaking news center right now. Were following reports in pittsburgh that two people shot and killed. Five at a party. Now police say it looks like the victims were in the backyard of a home this is for a cookout late last night when someone shot a gun from a nearby alley. Now people were scrambling to get back inside. Thats when someone else shot at the back porch. That was the filled with people. Four people died right there on the back porch. The fifth victim died at the hospital. There are three others this sha
This is the first Elective Office you have ever held. Rep. Mark walker out of college i did spend a little time in sales. I spent the last 15 years as a baptist minister. Seeing what it takes to build better relationships. Genuineness is what needs to be here to matter what your vocation is. Paul ryan who have an ability to talk about policy but can do it in a very genuine way. I ran strictly with no political experience whatsoever. Didnt have the political connections. What we did have was something that crossed community lines. I spent time in the inner cities. New york and baltimore. Trying to build these relationships that werent always consistent ideology wise but knowing that the relationship always comes before the policy. When you build the relationships that you can share what you believe. What i would tell somebody who wants to be in congress is to follow your heart. Many people told me this was impossible and i shouldnt do this. But i believed it was something i was being le
Week, this morning we are getting a reminder of what winter actually is. It likely wont be the last time 3 3 news 13lauren brigman news 13 3 3 3 3 today. The Obama Administration will announce a series of executive actions to combat gun violence in the u. S. Those actions are expected to focus on Mental Health issues. And close the socalled gun show loophile that allows some people to buy guns without background checks. We will have much more on the reaction to the president s plans. Coming up at 6 00. 3 3 happeing today. The mother of affluenza teen ethan couch, is expected to stand before a judge. Tonya couch and her son were subjects of a monthlong, international manhunt. The pair was arrested in mexico last week. Todays hearing will determine if and when tonya will be returned to fort worth. Meanwhile, ethan is still locked up in mexico. He killed four people in a drunk driving incident in 20 13. The father of one of the closure. 3 every time there is a new development its like rip