Me the man killed in that crash was 68yearold, James Howard Cook of lexington, North Carolina. Officials also say that cook reported engine trouble before the crash. A spokesman at the Union County Sheriffs office said the first reports of this crash came in around 6 45 this evening. Now cmpds helicopter helped Union County Deputies to locate the plane in a wooded area a half mile down here and also new salem road. Officials say cook was the only person on board. They also explains more about his flight. The pilot had flown a client to daytona earlier today. On his way home, was due back in the lexington area around 7 00 p. M. And the faa has also been called in from charlotte to further investigate the cause of this crash. Reporting live in union county, and shell stay on top of any new developments. You can follow her on twitter for updates. Tonight, this man is facing charges accused of trying to smuggle guns from charlotte to west africa. We first reported the arrest as breaking ne
Vicki graf will join me to show you what to expect on that morning drive. Toasty. The threat of the Winter Weather has put the North Carolina d. O. T. On alert. Crews in the foothills will start putting brine on the roads tomorrow morning. In the mean time the Ncdot Division in anson, mecklenburg, stanley, and Union Counties will continue to monitor the forecast and the decision to brine roads in those counties will be made tomorrow. You can count on channel 9 to keep you updated on the changing system thats threatening to bring more snow. Well send out alerts to your phone and also online if there are any Major Updates or School Closures as well. Another big story tonight, stocks made huge gains on wall street. Its good news after five Straight Days of losses. The dow skyrocketed by about 300 today. The nasdaq gained 70. Experts say a jump in oil prices helped to rally stocks today. Oil prices have become a big part of how investors react on wall street. Youre enjoying the cheap gas r
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,
Several other counties on that conference call. And talk specifically about the mumps cases throughout the state. We hope to bring you much more information starting tonight at 5 00. Reporting live from statesville, tina terry, channel 9 Eyewitness News. We have more breaking news right now in gastonia, chopper 9 sky zoom live over the red carpet inn near 321 and i85. Right there you see some crime scene tape up and a couple particulars there. We know that Gastonia Police are telling us this is a homicide scene and theyre actively searching for suspects. They think theres more than one suspect at this point. Our news paper partners at the Gaston Gazette tell us it was a woman who was shot to death. Eyewitness News Reporter dave faherty is heading to that scene right now. We will keep you updated with any new information. At any moment now, federal officials are expected to get to the scene of a deadly plane crash in union county. Pilot jim cook from lexington North Carolina died in he
Were getting hit with some of the wind gusts now. Its blowing the snow back across the roadways. Making it heart on the d. O. T. Crews. On top of that you have persistent snow showers that move into the North Carolina mountains bringing about an inch every time we have one of those snow showers move through. They have to get right back on the roadways and plow again. Reporting live from watauga county, dave faherty, channel 9 Eyewitness News. Eyewitness news uncovered the Construction Company that walked away from the independence widening project is being sued for 12 million. This is a major update to a 9 investigation we broke last week. And Eyewitness News reporter jim bradley is live tonight with a closer look at the legal trouble for devere construction. Jim . Yeah erica, its looking more and more clear that it was financial problems that drove devere to walk off this job widening independence boulevard. Tonight weve learned that the bonding agent thats now this job gets finished