Debrises like buckets and Construction Materials washed through here. Ashlea today red clay snakes from the construction site and slithered all the way down to the couples driveway. I dont see how it can be coming from somewhere else. Ashlea buncombe county says the developer has storm water. Inspectors have been coming out here intermittently to check on things. Reporting live in buncombe county, im ashlea surles, news 13. Darcel the trial of a Transylvania County man accused of killing for revenge began today. Richard oshields is charged with first degree murder in the shooting of toby mathis. Investigators say mathis was involved in the death of his son joey. Stroke and other issues that contributed to what happened. But prosecutors argue he took the law in to his own hands. He acted as a judge, jury and execution. Richard oshields fell in to a perfect storm of health problems, alcohol. A storm that led to tragic results. Darcel there was riveting testimony today from two of mathis
Elevations above 3500 feet. Larry snow covered secondary roads. Darcel its led to buncombe county schools updating the calendar. Karen wynne joins us. Larry karen, the last day of school has been pushed back, right . Karen larry, it has. Its been pushed back to june 8th. School leaders say it was a tough call to make this morning because originally it looked good. But after transportation workers found widespread black ice, they decided to close school for the day sending out a second notification an hour later and frustrating a few parents. You know, its just that its closed or its not closed. Kept it one way or another. I went back it sleep and got woke up again by, well, schools out. Karen but bishop says she did the right thing by cancelling today. The updated calendar also a parents survey. For more information on that survey and the updated calendar, log on to wlos. Com. Live in buncombe county, im karen wynne, news 13. Darcel North Carolinas new Drug Testing Program for welfare
Darcel another snow day for buncombe county schools leads to calendar. Tammy karen wynne joins us live. Karen, when were the changes announced . Karen confusing morning for some families. The first notification went out just before 6 00 a. M. Buncombe county schools were on a two hour delay. And the primary roads looked pretty good this morning. We decided that dr. Baldwin decided a two hour delay was going to be sufficient. Second notification. Widespread icy roads, black ice and things. As we saw those, we made the decision for safety reasons to close the school. I was out in barnardsville i cant believe they waited until the morning to let you know it was out. Karen problem areas were widespread. From the usual snowy areas in north buncombe to parts of the owow district. Once the sun came out, it didnt take long for the snow and ice to melt off many of those roads. But nikki bishop mother of two, said the schools made the right call. Updates in the School Calendar with the last day
Not much is reaching the ground yet. Some of this will expand east ward. Toccoa, back in to fontana village. Future radar until about 7 30. Look at the snow fall totals the last couple of days. Location, location, location. Southern end of the county, nothing. Northern end of the county, up to seven inches north and east of say barnardsville. Nothing to five inches in the ground in jackson county. One inch to 11 inches Madison County. 11 inches in faust. We see a trace to eight inches in yancey. 17 inches at mount mitchell. Ill show you all the details of the warmer weather thats coming. Frank a man charged with manufacturing marijuana appeals his case in raleigh this afternoon. Home in fletcher in 2013 after a raid turned up 75 pot plants. He has maintained that he was growing the plants to help people suffering from conditions. The court has not made a ruling on todays appeal. Tammy the search for a missing Haywood County man is with urgency due to the cold weather. Frank news 13s re
In buncombe county. Several crews responded and found the home engulfed in flames. No one was hurt. The Investigation Continues in to how the fire started. Were looking at the possibility of some homeless living in the area. That could be a possibility. Were not sure. Larry wind pushed the fire on to nearby grass. They say it threatened nearby homes before being extinguished. Darcel happening tonight, the Mcdowell County social services is hoping more people will be the number of kids in their care have doubled since this time last year. They believe the main reason behind the increase is a Substance Abuse problem in the county. If theres a family thats in, love them, be there for them. Darcel for more information about becoming a foster parent, you can attend tonights meeting at 6 oclock. Larry in vote 2016, early voting for the North Carolina primaries begins thursday. And for the first time voters will be required to show some form of photo id at the polls. This could be a problem f