Today, we may find slick travel into the mountains. Well talk about that coming up. The morning drive, well see a few flakes flying. Temperatures near freezing as we work our way through this morning. Ill have the futurecast timeline for what very little will add up. Weather and traffic every ten minutes. 5 01. Over to mark taylor. See what is happening on the roads this morning. Were monitoring independence boulevard heading inbound. We have the right lane blocked with the busted water pipe that is closing the right lane later this morning, were expecting that to have a bitter effect right now. It is not having a huge impact but youll still use Central Street from monroe. Right now were at 55 miles an hour. We have an accident in south charlotte, minor delays expected here but stick with it. It is providence road over by wendover road. Right now were following breaking news in Catawba County. Maiden police shot and killed a man after they say he lunged at them with a knife. Eyewitness
Especially on the secondary roads. Morning drive, roads may be damp but they are drying up the low 40s by 9 00. 50s today. The numbers are going way higher in the upcoming weekend. Breaking news. Northway charlotte. A man was shot in the leg three times. Mcdonald street off of lasalle street. Medics confirmed one person was taken to the hospital and Police Say Witnesses are not operating. Were asking them what led to the shooting and if they have a suspect. Channel 9 to continue breaking the story. Police are looking for the people who were in the silver car left the scene of a crash. Offices said the driver hit the back of a city truck on i85 past the w. Sugarcreek road. Area around 12 30 am. Closed for 30 minutes. The city truck driver was not her. More than 600 people showed up to the first form about possibly sending thousands of cms students to different schools. They voiced concerns and questions. Angela han is live in uptown. Reporter a majority of us saw parents at the meeting
Toward denver this afternoon. Mooresville, just south of statesville. Light rain into the southern part of Iredell County. I77 between troutman to mooresville. Youre going to be pretty soggy the middle of the day today. Well see light showers building in. Mid 50s in salisbury and statesville. To mid 60s in charlotte. Cold front is slowly pushing south. The showers are developing north of us now. On the drive home, i expect more rain to build in. What the Severe Weather threats will be coming later this week. In the past two hours charlotte leaders laid out plans to control the crowds of people expected to flood charlotte for this years ciaa tournament. Alexa ashwell is live outside where the games start tomorrow, alexa . Reporter well, stephanie, excitement is certainly brewing here outside Time Warner Cable arena as were one day away a couple hours ago organizers and talking everything ciaa, what events will take place. How the tournament benefits the city and area youth. And how cmpd
Needs to get it fixed. The cold snap will be the longer it will run. Its hard when people dont have preventive maintenance performed. Reporter we checked with several companies about who told us they have gotten a steady stream of calls with broken heating so its been broken thermostats, igniters or frozen drains. Weather and traffic every ten minutes on Eyewitness News daybreak at 5 00 a. M. Mark taylor is monitoring dozens of d. O. T. Cameras for us. Right now, any issues so far . So far so good. Well keep a close eye from gaston county, which was slammed yesterday. Were off to a good start from gastonia. There are new problems. You under for a cold ride this morning. Looking down in south charlotte now, 77 in nations fort. The Traffic Volume is light i just checked in with highway patrol, there are no issues, but as soon as that changes, well let you know. Superintendent ann clark will keep her position for another year. Last night, leaders voted to extend her contract while they co
Going to work its way in for the weekend. Well talk about that in a moment. In the North Carolina high country, its a different story, the snow up there will continue through the day. Eyewitness News Reporter dave faherty has been up in the high country and just blustery snowy conditions continue. Reporter you can probably see it on my lense right there. Its actually blowing sideways. Let me wipe it real quick so you can see me a little clearer out here. The snow started around 8 00 this morning in the North Carolina high country. This is the fifth day in a row school because of all of this snow that weve gotten in the North Carolina mountains. Take a look at some of this video. This is video i shot on the way up to Beach Mountain this morning. You can see the snow has been light so far. But its coating some of the elevations. The main roads like highway 321. Highway 105 are wet but in good shape in Beach Mountain, residents are reporting as much as 15 inches of snow thats fallen this