Boulevard, where we are now, it was coming down a few minutes ago. We just passed the heaviest. It caused ponding on some of the roads. A little slip and slide out there all ready up and down wilkinson. This is now 277. The next couple days, well add more rain to this and well have a Severe Weather threat and a flooding threat. Meteorologist john ahrens, channel 9 Eyewitness News. Remember you can track the rain in your neighborhood right alongside our team of meteorologists by going to wsoctv. Com, scroll over weather and click on our interactive radar. Back to live pictures from inside the Government Center in uptown charlotte. Rows of people packed in here at the City Council Chambers to sound off on the controversial ordinance to ban discrimination in businesses and Public Restrooms for the lgbt community. Governor pat mccrory promised vote to approve the changes tonight. Blake hanson is live just outside the Meeting Place with more on the potential battle now brewing between charl
Well add up how much ice potential we have in a few minutes. Well check back with you in a few minutes. Avery county schools will be closed tomorrow, anson county, union county and Stanly County schools will be on a twohour delay. Cms has not announced any changes to its schedule. Cms students are supposed to be in class tomorrow as a make up day from last months snow. Well monitor any updates from School Districts across our area. Find the updates on wsoctv. Com. North carolina d. O. T. Crews are preparing the interstates working to make sure your morning drive is a safe one. Eyewitness News Reporter Alexa Ashwell learned they will work overnight to get the roads ready for the morning. Alexa . Reporter this cold air is setting the stage for tomorrows wintery weather. That is why local and state crews have pretreated main roads and interstates. This is a look at interstate 77 to come. Channel 9 was there this morning as ncdot crews fired up a fleet of more than 2dozen trucks hauling br
Haley and whether the declining poll numbers of donald trump will benefit rubio or ted cruz, whether either of them may overtake him and take a victory lap in South Carolina tonight. Theres also jeb bush whos never been able to break out of the pack. Experts say he needs to finish strong in this state in order to continue campaigning. Theyve made more than 100 appearances over the last 10 days. They say two or three could drop out depending on the results tonight. Again the crowd tonight filing in. We expect hundreds to be here. Trump expected to speak maybe a couple hours after the polls close. Its been a very busy election day. Greg suskin channel 9 Eyewitness News. Elsa gillis continues our Team Coverage live in fort mill. Elsa . On its way to the record breaking for voter turnout. Election officials told me turnout statewide has been steady, heavy in some places and workers say its been the same here at this location in fort mill. Im talking about record breaking for a primary. Typ
Shelby, lincolnton, hickory, statesville, and it will be a couple more hours before the temperatures rise enough that its just rain. Thats not good news. Heres heavier rain pushing up the i85 corridor. Heres the 32degree line. You can see it shaded in blue, and the precipitation is falling. Everywhere you can see the pink, temperatures at or below freezing. 12 00a. M. , finally the steadier rain falls, and temperatures above freezing, and heavier rain through the charlotte area, 3 00 to 4 00 a. M. , and the good news t moves in, and it moves out. Its pretty much done by the morning drive, and as far as additional ice accumulation, its not really focused in the charlotte area this time. The focus is north of town. North of i40 into the foothills and mountains, and we could see at least another tenth of an inch of freezing rain. Thank you, steve. Breaking news for you right now, north of statesville, i77 is now closed in both directions, and we have several reopen until 1 00 a. M. , and
Feels much colder than that. Live from watauga county, dave faherty, channel 9 Eyewitness News. Dave, thank you, remember you can track the cold temperatures throughout the night along with us using our wsoctv app. Its free for iphone and android devices. Cleaned up and packed up. Today the Carolina Panthers officially closed the chapter on their record breaking season that ended with thatat heartbreaking loss at the super bowl. Eyewitness news anchor Brittney Johnson found out how the team is now using defeat to all ready start to plan for next season. Reporter well the panthers are looking back on the 2015 season with everything theyve accomplished. Including getting to the super bowl. But after losing, even though theyre about to take a break, theyre working to figure out how to get back to the big game. After a record breaking season of dancing, dabbing, and defying expectations on the field. We did what a lot of people the Carolina Panthers are clearing out their lockers and tryin