City leaders say that is against the law. He said that his work with councilwoman clair fallon should not be an issue. Reporter erica, its not uncommon for city councilmembers to have interns who are also city employees. He told me he goes to meetings with her and sends out emails for her but it was not until this letter was sent out that the two got in trouble. Im not a soldier. Im not marching in line. Reporter fallon was not happy after a phone call on friday. And a got a call from the city manager telling me i couldnt have the intern i had. This is on his time, not city time. They try and bully me and tell me i cant have this and i cant do that. Oh, yes i can. Reporter it was this later that prompted the call calling she said she asked her intern to help her forward it through email to the City Attorney and the city manager. An employee with the Charlotte Fire Department is also the Fire Department of the charlotte firefighters association, seeing the pyring of t he firing of the i
His wife. Hes going to speak around 4 45. Hes expected to talk about his wifes plans to raise incomes and create ladders of opportunities for families. In the next 15 minutes the democratics sparred in a fiery debate covering everything from jobs to the Auto Industry bail out. Two people died after a serious behind this deaf station here. You can see debris is scattered across the road and the crushed vehicles. Eyewitness News Reporter greg suskin is on the phone now and greg, you say this is the worst crash site youve ever seen. Well, its certainly one of seen. Not just because of the fatalities but the tremendous damage in the road. If you look at this area. Highway 9. Its an area thats extremely rural. The majority of the afternoon. Troopers told me around 8 00 this morning, a van was going west on highway 9. It crossed the center line and hit that log truck head on. Its in an area called dead mans curve because of the number of accidents out there in the past. Both drivers were kil
Ponds is safe. Duke has delivered bottled water to those residents to the residents. They now said its within the federal standards. Anybody would understand how confused that community is to get a letter saying dont drink your water and then have a year of fear and frustration about not being able to use your water and then to get a letter that its fine. Today duke told us it does not believe coal ash ponds had any impact on well weather quality. Friday neighbors in belmont near dukes allen steam station gathered to call on the governor to make their well water safe. They said they dont trust the state waters because nobody retested their water. Count on channel 9 to follow the controversy today starts at 5 00 on Eyewitness News. This midday investigators are still trying to figure who killed a former dispatcher. His Eyewitness News reporter mark becker has been asking community mourns. I checked with police this morning and they said they dont anticipate releasing new information at
But crime and violence are still increasing. Its a problem that weve investigated for months. Eyewitness News Reporter mark becker poured through the more than 100 page report to break down these new numbers. Alison, this report gets into interesting details. For example, seven guns found in Charlotte Mecklenburg schools in 2014 15. Also 258 School Personnel were reported assaulted. But it also suggests that one of the strategies theyre taking to work with discipline problems here is working. The report addresses crime and punishment in the classroom from just about every angle. Over all the number of crime reports was up 2 last year. Shortterm suspensions, ten days or fewer were up 5 . While longterm suspensions, 11 days or more dropped slightly by 1 . Here at Charlotte Mecklenburg, the number of crime reports rose by 14 . While shortterm suspensions and longterm suspensions more than tripled. Up 318 . And once again, a large percentage of those suspended here and across the state las
120 am near a avenue and 18th street northeast. Thats a couple blocks east of coe college. Our tv9 crews went to the shooting scene. There was a heavy Police Presence there blocking off streets. Officers were seen collecting evidence. Authorities say two people went to the hospital with nonlife threatening injuries. Police also say theyre investigating a third shooting victim. But they have not told us if that person was injured in this shooting. Tv9 will be working to get more details throughout the day. Make sure to check kcrg dotcom for updates. Tv9 received a few calls overnight on that shooting. We want to remind you that when you see news, call newsline nine. That number is 3193659999. You can also send pictures and news tips to newsroom at kcrgdotcom. Waterloos police chief says he was disappointed to learn two teenagers were charged in a new yrs eve shooting near the citys downtown area. The teens are 15 and 16 years chief Daniel Trelka explained to tv9 how reaching out to kids