Has been monitoring issues. Well have an update with angela on independence boulevard. Were dealing with an accident in south charlotte in westinghouse boulevard. Minor delays expected here if youre headed out, use caution. The interstates, were at 62 miles an hour coming in from carowinds boulevard. 13minute ride so the traffic flow is still light for the most part. On 77, approaching the brookshire freeway from la salle. Smooth sailing. Lots of room to move around, also, northbound, folks heading up towards iredell county. Breaking news out of Catawba County, officers shot and killed a man who they say lunged at them with a knife. In the past 30 minutes, channel 9 spoke to the Maiden Police chief about the incident. Eyewitness News Reporter joe bruno is live at home on old park road where this all unfolded overnight . Reporter it is kind of too dark to see right now, difficult to see, but police say 35yearold Elijah Jackson was down this driveway on old park road in maiden. We shot t
He died of Natural Causes saturday at a texas ranch during a quail humpbting trip. Senate republicans are calling for a replacement by the next president. But president obama already said that he intends to fill the seat seat. The body of the 79yearold justice is believed to have arrive on a private plane in austin. A firsttime guest at that resort ranch in west texas. Room. Abcs jim avila is there. He spoke with one of the people who saw his last. Reporter an exclusive group of mostly texan couples. Famous guest. He arrived friday about noon. Toured the property. Did not join that days hunt. Overlooking the scenic group. At 9 00 p. M. , he said, its been a long day, had a long week. Id like to be excused. Reporter others told investigators they heard the 79yearold justice mention an illness. The county judge would pronounced him dead over the phone said his doctor in washington told her hed been ill. And came to his Office Wednesday and thursday before the trip. The scalia family, his
Parents packed into this matthews church. To get answers from cms leaders about whether their children will have to be best to different schools. Outside of the Government Center to explain how leaders addressed parents fears about reassignment proposal. Reporter as you said at many of the parents were there last night because they were at the meeting because they were concerned the district would start busting their children to schools outside of their neighborhoods. Cms board member elyse dashew tried to delay fears telling them that the majority of the board did not think there would be massive changes to blessing as a part of student reassignment. The ideas to create more i diverse schools but the board did not outwardly say that busing would it be a tool used in any plan they create and just that. I am stressed out about this. Parents got a chance to write down their comments and concerns which will be passed along to the board of education. Cms Board Members are the only ones con
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
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