Management center. A man at some point ended up crashing into the window of the front of the building. The good news is a spokeswoman tells us that no one is injured. No one was inside. The area of the building that was hit was the gym. So we are fortunate that no one was inside at the time. In Western North carolina, air quality alerts have been firefighters. Firefighters have made progress because was cooler weather but the situation is critical. Bill . Reporter lena and renee, an evacuation goes into effect for parts of highway 9 in henderson county, and if you are not familiar with it, its county. Firefighters from wake county will go and spend a week in the lake lure area, near asheville but on the other side. Groundlevel smoke will remain a concern over the next few days. Winds along ridge tops are expected to increase through today and may expand the fire. The fires have burned more than 40,000 acres in our state alone and there are also fires in georgia, south carolina, and ten
Eyewitness news. A Wake County School board member dies suddenly. how educators are remembering their colleague. Plusthe Harnett County Sheriffs Office hit with a federal lawsuit. Why some are claiming deputies violated civil rights. And how the fires burning in the North Carolina mountains could affect you here in the triangle this weekend. Eyewitness news starts right now. right now on Eyewitness News. right now on Eyewitness News. Educators mourning a Wake County School board member who died unexpectedly today. Good evening im steve daniels. And im tisha powell. Zora felton passed away at the age of 65 today. She was absent from last nights School Board Meeting after falling ill. Angelica alvarez is live outside Sanderson High School in raleighwith more on the sudden passing. This is where it she graduated from sanderson high. Started teaching here in 1973. Shes a mother. Shes a grandmother. And for so many. Her death comes as a shock. Missing from last nights Wake County School boa
Members of the Sheriffs Office. Hello, thank you for joining us. The phrafs 6 residents including a Family Member representing the man shot and killed by a deputy last year. Wrals ken smith joins us with the basis of this suit. Linda, the case is of the center of the lawsuit filed in district court. The 33yearold was shot on the front porch of his home back in november 2015. House for an investigation of assault. They refused to allow the deputies to search his home at 3 00 a. M. Deputies say he is combative and that is when he was shot. Grand jury decided not to indict the deputy involved in the case. He along with former Harnett County sheriff and current sheriff coats and two other deputies are named in that suit. The plaintiffs althoughed details it. Including the use of pepper spray. Maintained supervisors knew of the deputys misconduct and did nothing about it. Seeking punitive and tkblgs. We have a lawsuit on the home page of wral. Com. Well you can read why three deputies named
Few clouds to reflect the pretty colors and none of that is completely clear but still a nice pink glow behind the skyline. Upper 30s, 39 durham, 38 carry and wait for us, wake forest. 50 in fayetteville. Were seeing a wide range and temperatures, upper 40s from goldsboro so it is cooler than norm down south. Depending on where depend on how big your coat needs to be. We really will see temperatures warming up rapidly this morning. 65 at lunch and a high of 70 this afternoon. It may sound fantastic and warm but wait till you see the forecast for tomorrow. It wont last long. Cold air by sunday. The front in between. Brian here brand is here talking about the roads. So far so good overall. Looking downtown there is the d map at the American Tobacco campus. It looks good through downtown. Trips from i40 to ming and street is taking seven maintenance minutes. For the moment at least you are delay free as you leave chapel hill on 40 eastbound. Looking good in durham and chapel hill 540 west
Out there. We discussed the transition. How did it go . It went well. Rudy giuliani and ambassador john bolton are discusd. There may be enough to block both. I dont t yhinkou want your chief diplomat to be an advocate for war. Governor mike pencise in char of the transition but today he is back in washington meeting with top leaders from both parties who could choose the next Supreme Court justice. En with a republican jority confirmation may not be easy. To say the anher thing thats a better think twice about that. Hillary clinton made her first public appearance since the election urging democrats not to give up. Please dont lo heart. Dont give uon the values we share. Tracy potts, nbc news. The top democrat on the House Oversight committee is asking for security clearance request from the transition team. For childrenand soninlaw. Otest have been filed in 11 addition cnties challenging what could be fraudulent ntee ballots. According to mcclorys office. With they were cast cooper s