Planner in a few minutes. Youre never more than seven minutes away from weather and traffic on wbtv news this morning. Here is chris, first alert traffic. Chris al, traffic is sponsored by toyota of north charlotte. No problems early out there on thursday morning if youre getting ready start the morning commute. Looking live at i77 near the rest area coming off the South Carolina state line, volume very light. Rock hill to uptown, 21 minutes, concord to center city, 18 minute commute. Lake norman southbound, 16 at 64 miles an hour. Mapping system giving us a green light on all of the major highways. That includes providence road, independence boulevard, albermarle all running in the green this morning. That is a first check of traffic, guys, back over to you. Christine in five hours, state lawmakers will meet in raleigh for a special session to approve a redrawn map for the states Congressional Districts. Republican lawmakers releasing this proposed map yesterday, and has Significant I
School and you cannot lock the down manpower to cover the entrances. If a student leaves campus without permission protocols are in place to return the student to campus but that did not happen. The mother says her son will not return to Lincoln Academy while she figures out his education, he has learned a lesson. Next time, i will not walkout of school. Dedrick russell wbtv on your side. Lincoln heights is a school for students who struggle academically. Cms tells us it works with parents to resolve situations. The mother claims the school has not reached out to her about this happening and she has hired a lawyer. The chairperson of the school board says the district is responsible for every student in its care everyday. Three people arrested after police found 18 pounds of marijuana and 35,000 worth of cash in a home. Police raided the house and this is near lake wylie. Rick around enabled, tyler and julie flow arrested and charged. More testimony in the trial against a cornelius bus
Text messages sent from robinsons phone. A woman shot during a domestic dispute died and the man accused could be charged with murder. Tammy clong gear was shot yesterday and died overnight. Steve ohnesorge has been following the story. Authorities are not releasing many details of what they believe happened in this house. Only that a woman was shot twice and that a man has been charged in the case. James thaker went before a judge on acharge with assault with a Deadly Weapon and the charge has not been changed, not yet. Quiet neighborhood do not have trouble. The neighborhood says the couple moved in across the street last fall they were not unfriendly but kept to themselves. Yesterday he heard the sirens and doors slamming. Looked out. And there was a parade of hickory patrol cars. Dispute led to what happened. Tammy was rushed to a hospital and thaker was picked up not far away and charged with the shooting. Its why he had an appearance in court today. They do expect to file more ch
What the proposal means if it is approved. Reporter john, i can tell you the biggest change right off the bat is a charlotte area district without an incumbent. I want you get you back to the map get you closer view of what were talking about. The map used to look different. Especially in our area. The 12th district no longer snakes through our state from 85 from charlotte to greensboro. Now the district much more charlottecentric, compact in the area. Alma adams no longer represents any part of charlotte under this map. She falls in the 13th district. Overnight she sent a statement saying for now im focused o on doing my job and continuing to represent the people of North Carolinas 12th congressional district. She will continue to look over the map and weigh her options moving forward. The deadline for lawmakers to approve the new map is on friday. That is why they are getting together in special session to make the final decisions, well reporting live, Mark Davenport, wbtv on your si
Lane closed, as you make your way to 277. That will cause delays. Looking at briar creek, independence inbound toward the city, no problems so far this morning and were looking good across the area, most of the major interstates running in the green. An accident here on providence road at south wendover, be aware of that, right now providence not showing any significant delays either. Youre never more than seven traffic on wbtv news this morning. Kristen miranda with the headlines as they hit the wires. What is happening now in the alert center . Kristen keeping an eye on the markets. We have been talking about this, asian markets already operating this morning and i wanted you to look at the numbers, japans main stock index dived nearly 5 leading the other markets lower. I know investor are keeping an eye on that. The beginning of the year when chinas market was that was propped up by government buying plunged dramatically. We have been watching it. Two economic reports due out today,