Me the man killed in that crash was 68yearold, James Howard Cook of lexington, North Carolina. Officials also say that cook reported engine trouble before the crash. A spokesman at the Union County Sheriffs office said the first reports of this crash came in around 6 45 this evening. Now cmpds helicopter helped Union County Deputies to locate the plane in a wooded area a half mile down here and also new salem road. Officials say cook was the only person on board. They also explains more about his flight. The pilot had flown a client to daytona earlier today. On his way home, was due back in the lexington area around 7 00 p. M. And the faa has also been called in from charlotte to further investigate the cause of this crash. Reporting live in union county, and shell stay on top of any new developments. You can follow her on twitter for updates. Tonight, this man is facing charges accused of trying to smuggle guns from charlotte to west africa. We first reported the arrest as breaking ne
And voters say they want to be heard. Believe it or not Bernie Sanders has a lot good to say. Even hillary has a lot good to say, ok . Rubio has a lot good to say, cruds has a lot good to say i would wish they settle down on the best of each. If the wrong person gets it the problem is with the american people. As for voter turnout the director here in mecklenberg county say its too early to say how busy. But he is hearing there is a steady flow across the county. He is predicting at least 140,000 people will vote today. We will know more when the polls close tonight. Pamela escobar wbtv on your side. Polls close at 7 30 and the latest polling gives donald trump and Hillary Clinton big leads here in North Carolina. The president ial race is grabbing headlines. But come november North Carolinas race for governor will be closely watched. Governor mccrory is leading in his seat. And attorney general roy cooper is the frontrunner in the democratic race and nick ochsner in raleigh. We are no
The 50s or low 60s except for wadesboro and rockingham, mid to upper 60s. 60 charlotte, 61 gastonia, 57 statesville and 62 in monroe. Today, some fog to deal with, then that will burn off. Should have midday sunshine boosting temperatures in the 70s. By late this afternoon close to 80, showers and thunderstorms back in the forecast. John, talk about the work week ahead in a couple minutes. Back over to you. John campaign 2016, president ial candidates ramping up efforts to court voters in North Carolina ahead tomorrows primary here. At lenoirrhyne university in hickory. Democrat Bernie Sanders will be holding a rally at 1 30 at pnc music pavilion in charlotte and Hillary Clinton will make an appearance at grady cole center. Doors open at 7 15. Ted cruz was back in North Carolina less than a week after making an appearance in he spoke to a crowd of his supporters at zmax yesterday. Hes 90 votes ahead reporter ted cruz had a message for North Carolina voters. Start your engines. For his
Those Traffic Cameras here across the region. Watching f anything that might morning commute. If youre coming in from lake 65milesperhour. 77 looking good right now, catawba avenue, down to gilead running in the green. Develop. Here across the charlotte area, most of our highways and roads are continuing to run in the green. Northbound 77 coming out of rock hill this morning, curb drive ti for you is 21 minutes with an average speed of milesperhour. And that is a check of traffic, john, over to you. John get back to breaking news in west charlotte that wbtv first broke, police are investigating a shooting that happened in connection to a carjacking. The victim was found on rozzelles ferry near johnson c. Smith university. Ashton pellom was theirst to report this story on socl media, and he joins us now live from the scene. Ashton, what can you tell us . What i can tell you right now the victim is recbdovering in the hospital. He was shot twice, once in the arm, once in the leg earlier
I do not have the capacity or the ability to put people under oath or to subpoena any information or documents. When it comes to the affairs will local government how much does the public have a right it know . We need to think about the rights of privacy and protection. Dr. Freeman is the dean of Knight School of communications at keeps university. And transparency maybe an issue he says not all documents are fair game. The hr divisions of most of the institutions city or county are bound to state statutes that protect those personnel records for very specific reasons to protect their personnel. Councilmembers plan to move forward with their inquiry. It is also very focused in the scope of who did receive that memo. And where it was originated. So i think there is a way to move this. While councilmembers have Center Tonight they are here for a Zoning Ordinance to talk about his episode it will show up on the agenda as an item next monday night when they have their regular business mee