Warm as yesterday. Not as nice as yesterday but a storm system could dump rain on your neighborhood. That front that came through and dropped the rain last night it moved through and it busted the door open. Look at the cold air pouring in. High pressure building in from the west. And that is going to drive our temperatures below freezing tonight. If you have the plants sitting around the house think about bringing them inside and protecting them. But we are running 1921 colder than at this time yesterday and 30 colder right now around boone and blowing rock than they were at this time yesterday. The hd towercam, the sun did not help much today as we stayed in the low 50s and still have a brisk wind and gusts 2025milesperhour over the last few hours. If you are heading out be aware its breezey and that windchill temperatures in the 440s north of charlotte and in the 20s in the high country. Your forecast down to 42 at 9 00 p. M. Coming up, we will rebound from this. But before we do, m
Low 60s. We did 60 but it clouded over and it started to feel cooler but today it will be in the low 60s. So it should feel a little warmer today. Were starting out this morning in the 40s. Were going to be 44 around 8 00 oclock through the Early Morning hours. By noon up to 61 and even if you do wake up to cloudiness to start things off this morning west of charlotte you may thats going clear out pretty quickly. So weve got the afternoon through the early evening full on sun. So its going to feel really nice and then we get warmer from here. So weve got 60s and 70s for most of this week. Well talk about that in just a few. Right now lets get to headlines. We start with a crime alert. Were working to learn more about a robbery in charlotte. There was a foot chase possibly drugs involved at the scene well stay on top. Police are searching for who shot two brothers and killed one of them. They were called out to the post yesterday morning. When officers arrived they found 29 year old and
Theres been no arrest made in this case. Police tell me a man tried luring a 12yearold girl three miles down the road. He came here to cloninger avenue. Look at the surveillance video. This is the car he was in when he tried luring the girls. A white or hispanic man with a beard tried to get him into the black sedan wednesday and they believe that the suspect is from the area and they are asking anyone with information to call the police. What are Police Telling parents to do while the suspect is on the loose . Well, jamie, police are asking parents to be mindful of their surroundings and vigilant watching their children this weekend. Tonight at 5 00 i talk with the mother whose daughter was targeted here and what she is doing to make sure her daughter is not targeted again. Reporting live in gastonia, wbtv on your side. First now at 4 00 three South Carolina children missing for 20 hours have been placed in foster care due to the quote suspicious circumstances of their disappearance.
Division steve crump wbtv on your side. Thank you. A South Carolina man accused of shooting and killing a teenager will not be charged. A federal grand jury has decided not to indict jimmie matt. Deputies say he shot 17yearold bran independent spencer after he caught spencer trying to steal his truck. Previously they said spencer was running away. The Community Comes together in hickory to remember the people mcdonalds. They were shot at the Fast Food Restaurant on highway 21. They died from their injuries. Mountain Grove Baptist Church will hold a candlelight vigil 7 00 p. M. Tonight. Eric yount is the suspect in the case. We have been talking about the weather in the southeast and alex giles is live in the alert center with an update. We are starting to see wild images from around the country. And you can tell theres evacuations in one part of the country. This is clarksdale, mississippi, more than 100 homes being evacuated because water overflowed out of a river. And houses are cove
The president ial race. Five states voting today. There are 691 delegates up for grabs for the democrats. 367 delegates for the republicans. These are the states that will be voting today. In the states voting today there is a heavy focus on the republican races especially in florida and ohio. Both of those are winner take all states for the gop. Democrats are seeing tight battles in the midwest and certainly worth watching. A half dozen spots in the house of representatives are open. Wbtvs steve crump is live for us right now. Steve, i know you are following these races closely. Do we expect any surprises tonight . The edge, but there are a couple local races gaining traction that is creating buzz. One of them happens to be senate direct 40 in north and east charlotte, and the two and of some of you may remember the name of the Charlotte City councilmember several years ago. He is taking on the incumbent joyce wadell who is a current sitting member in the North Carolina general assemb