Freezing rain. Do not take anything for granted. If it looks wet aauto assume it would be icy. Nonyork county, and northern part of Lancaster County you have light rain as well. Your temperatures below the freezing mark. And southern Lancaster County and Chester County that is plain, cold rain falling for you. And we have more rain yet to come. And let me tell you there is a lot more rain to come. The good news the coldest air moves out before the heaviest rain moves in. But it will be a wet night after the wintery precipitation moves out. Temperaturewise most of us at or below the freezing mark with the exception of the boone area. Are you at 34. Will you not get far below that. Evening time temperatures we are going up. Glad to be able to tell you that. 36 at 7 00 and 37 all the details and when it looks better. That is coming up soon. Thank you. Dangerous travel continues this afternoon in the foothills as temperatures stay below freezing. Dozens of wrecks kept crews busy today. Our
We have one advisory until avery county. We have another low pressure system and this is a fast mover and it will mean a couple of showers. Higher elevations you could see more snow showers. Temperatures falling not as quickly. Temperatures in the mid70s for 4 00 p. M. And mid40s by 10 00 p. M. And when we can expect a warmup that is coming up in a little bit. Thank you. Make sure you have the wbtv weather app so you can keep up with the changes temperatures. It is free in your App Store Search wbtv. A man accused in the robbery and murder of a salisbury Convenience Store owner is on trial today and one of the codefendants is testifying against him. He was killed in december of 2012. Three men were charged two have already pleaded guilty in the case and wbtvs David Whisenant live outside the courthouse in salisbury. Walk us through this. The third on trial . Because robinsons attorneys the suspect we are talking about, his attorneys are attacking the credibility of the two witnesses an
Did you say anything before you fired . No. He fired three shots and hit the intruder twice and the man limped outside and took off. He turned up at this club down the road asking for help. Tonys friends applaud his actions. The man who was shot is hospitalized no charges yet but if he recovers there could be. Authorities are still looking into everything. Police tell me the results of their investigation will be turned over to the District Attorneys office. Officials there will decide whether the homeowner is in trouble. Tony says he has been broken into before and says he used his gun this time because he was afraid. If i had not had one he would probably kill me. If there is another breakin he will do the same thing hoping crooks get the message. In hickory, Steve Ohnesorge wbtv on your side. Police say they are expected to turn their findings over to the District Attorney in the next few days. Scientists believe they have found a breakthrough in the fight to find a cure for cancer.
A daycare bus driver will not face drivers after he hit and killed an elementary teacher in goldsboro. Ray bats struck Brandon Kincaid with the bus last tuesday while he was in the wheelchair in a parking lot. Our sister station reports kincaid was a youth pastor and expecting his first child with his wife in june. A suspicious package had a Harrisburg High School on alert today. Officials say it was a precautionary measure at Hickory Ridge high school. Sky3 flew over the school at 10 00 a. M. Police were investigate. Right now, we want to get to our alert center where we find our alex giles he is live. We talked about mumps in mecklenberg county yesterday, alex and now we are seeing more cases today . Yes, we got this confirmed before the newscast. We know from the Mecklenberg County Health department eight cases of mumps, including mecklenberg county, iredell and carolina. There was one confirmed in iredell and one in mecklenberg county and that number has risen. According to the Hea
To the north and as it pushes to the north if our temperatures stay below the freezing mark in mecklenberg county and union county we could have another wave of freezing rain. Theres more rain where that came from. The heavier rain has not gotten here yet that is good timing the light rain out of the way and the colder temperatures here comes the heavier rain during the overnight period but im glad to say the temperatures will be going up. Heading down after the sunsets temperatures going up just a tad around the freezing mark by 6 30. Going up, upper 30s by 10 30 in the 40s by tomorrow morning when that heavy rain moves through it should not be frozen. More on the forecast and when we see things clear up in a little bit. Thank you. We are monitoring conditions from throughout the wbtv viewing area. Lincoln county had a slippery start to the day and where we find sharon smith live now. What are the latest conditions like . Been a misty mix and we are getting tiny snowflakes. I dont kno