Tonights Chester County Council Meeting will begin at 6 00 p. M. At the fort Long Community center. First at 4 00 a Police Officer was hurt when a gun went off during a scuffle at the Durham County jail. The officer was grazed in the abdomen and taken to the hospital. 44yearold danny mcmilan was being handcuffed when he reached for a gun in the back of his pants and the officer tried to grab the gun and it went off. Funeral arrangements have been set for a fallen Police Officer. Alan jacobs was shot and killed while trying to apprehend a wanted man. He was a celebrated iraq war veteran and the father of two and his wife expecting another child. The Police Officer will be laid to rest on thursday. And lets check in with tonya rivens following an issue on 277 causing considerable backups. Well, brigida good news we have one lane open as we check this is outbound ramp to independence boulevard. Congestion notice this area as you can see slightly over that bridge. Again, congestion buildin
Woman killed in a car crash. Troopers tell us the womans two children hurt on the wreck on highway 150 in lincoln county. The damage is extensive after being hit head on. Pamela escobar joining us live from lincoln county. Pam, is the driver of that red truck facing any charges at this point . Yeah, brigida, i spoke with Highway Patrol and david boyd that driver was served with a misdemeanor death by vehicle charge and that this Investigation Continues as he is in the hospital. Now, they tell me that boyd was driving down 150 when his car truck crossed the center line. He sideswiped one vehicle and struck the minivan head on. She was taking her kids to school. The two boys were in the van at the time. Their father went to the hospital with the three and sevenyearold sons and spoke with the pastor of their church. The pastor met with the parents and sister who live in lincoln i have told them that we cannot figure this out we have to faith it out. The Christian Life is about faith. We w
Difference in the way union county is searching for their superintendent than they are in charlottemecklenburg schools . Reporter yeah, john, there is a big difference, actually. The board decided to skip a search firm, that is the direction cms is going in. They will let the National North Carolina School Board Association pick their candidates for them in union county. Now, this morning we may find out if the association has any kind of short list. Special meeting to discuss the Superintendent Search is taking place at 11 00 this morning in union county. School Board Members say the one thing they learned from cms is getting the process started instead of putting it off any longer. Some Board Members wanted to have a new leader in place in union county by next year but in the end, the board voted to decide no time line, they want to make sure they get it right in union county. New hire will replace dr. Mary ellis, who will retire on june 1st. Well let you know what comes from this me
Happened and how the witnesses are reacting. And the coal ash cleanup is underway. An update on the process, plus the complaints that some of the neighbors of these ponds have. Now its easier to figure out where to go. And getting a ride at u. S. And iran to reach port just got easier. Lyft and uber have a place at the terminal. Details on how it works coming upping. Thank youup. First of fox tonight, the Charlottemecklenburg Police Department is investigating one of its own, this after the cell phone footage of caught showing a officer repeatedly punching a suspect that the Department Says he are cysting working on it all evening and joins us outside of police headquarters. Hi, david. I had, kayla. They said this started when the hands away from police when they tried to handcuff him, the man was arrested, but cmpd has another case its looking into. Eight offenses, one suspect, seven punches thrown by a cmpd officer, thats what this video appears to show. Its the arrest of a hit and r
Allegations of abuse of autistic children and a clover elementary school. The steps the district is taking to address parents concerns. For Police Officers honored for going above and beyond the call of duty after a disturbance call ticket terrifying turn and put one of there in the hospital. And well take you out to the local horse rescue that is stepping in to help out after hundreds of animals were seized in a massive cruelty case. Thank you for joining us on kayla ayres in the fox 46 studio. Bill elma lujan junior from clover where there might be a time is coming out of Clover School district. Before tonight the School Board Meeting kicked off the district headquarters said district headquarters said the chances of them at with the district superintendent. He told me as a result of all the fallout from my investigative report detailing the abuse about cystic children at Lauren Elementary School he installed in clover spooled their School District specialeducation questions in the f