Safe and warm. Eyewitness News Reporter joe bruno continues our Team Coverage over on wilkerson boulevard. It is 20 degrees over there. Heating up were seeing drivers coming in. You can see lots of the buses are heating up. Many drivers preparing to head out on the routes. Theyre preparing to pick up children right now. The cms officials bringing them early to heat up the buses, if they arrive at the school early, they will wait in the lot and keep kids inside so they dont have to wait in the cold crews are working, the frigid overnight temperatures not enough to stop them from continuing on the i77 toll lane project. On the streets of uptown, we spotted people in huge blankets trying to sleep. Many of the homeless shelters were at full capacity. From the bus station outside the epicentre there, were plenty of people trying on stay warm before they make it home. Were not used to this cold. This is the coldest weve ever had. Cold for us is 82. And we spoke with aaa and a representative
They say the cases are connected. Since the Health Department reached out to channel 9 with the information, we looked up some more about this virus. Its extremely rare in North Carolinament getting an average of only six cases per year. Since 2008 North Carolina requires all School Age Children to get a vaccine for the mumps. Well continue to dig up more information about this and keep you updated. A man accused of shooting his girlfriend in hickory appeared before a judge the afternoon. James thacker asked for his pond to be reduced. Police say he shot his girlfriend tammy in the stomach at her home yesterday. Night. A motive. But they say it started over a domestic dispute. Bond. New this hour, police inappropriately touched a threeyearold in a gastonia store. Officers say charles hill hit the childs rear end and hobby lobby last month. Police used surveillance pictures to track him down. He faces indecent liberties charges. Happening in just one hour, families will be able to speak
Live along il 5 and district 12 i85 and district 12. Interstate. North carolina lawmakers made new lines yesterday. District 12 is split up and most people across the state find district. The General Assembly is under pressure to get this map approved by tomorrows deadline. Without new lines, the congressional primary cant happen next month. Voters we spoke with say they are very conc. Why werent we given more notice about the changes . I like the changes it is more clear and not questionable, but it is very close to the. It is still unclear how Congressional Election will be impacted even with the new lines including here in district 12 which would be left without an incumbent. The special session begins at 10 a. M. Joe bruno, channel 9, Eyewitness News. State republicans hope the u. S. Supreme court will grant their request to delay fridays however, channel 9 has learned the Supreme Court is altering the schedule following the death of justice antonin scalia. Justices wont hold the s
Suspect after a standoff that lasted for hours. The s. W. A. T. Team blocked off a neighborhood in northeast Mecklenburg County before moving in. Angela is live there now where investigators just cleared the scene. Angela. Reporter john, thats right, within the last 30 minutes, police cleared the scene. They will foing focusing their efforts. Police were trying to serve a warrant and going in and out collecting evidence from this house. Now we have been here since 2 00 this morning when police and s. W. A. T. Team members surround this house. Medic was out here as well in case anyone got injured. They were trying to serve a warrant from another county for a man wanted from a violent crime. When a man refused to come out. Around 3 30, police made their way into the house and arrested the suspect. Police have been talking to other people who live in the house and we spoke with neighbors who say that police ingly was pulling into my driveway and they said remain in the car, do not pull ou
Photos of exploding power lines and a small fire that broke out mack wood road. Crews worked through the Early Morning hours to reopen wilkerson boulevard. Yesterday, the Severe Weather caused a power line to fall and the poles to lean towards the road. Most of the damage we saw yesterday is with fallen trees. Several homes will need to be repaired including this home, the Charlotte Fire Department deemed unsafe to enter. They will need to find a new way to work after trees fell on their cars. He sent me a picture of the car and i was shocked. 45 to 60 seconds before the tree fell. And a local home owner tells me the city was supposed to come out here and remove this tree yesterday. They never made it out. Theyre supposed to come this morning but it will take awhile for them to clear the scene for alternate routes on how to avoid this part of queens road. Here is mark taylor. So right now, the part of queens road that is closed is from moorhead to the hinley place. You can actually tak