We have seen a few parts of North Carolina but not in a high number ever. It appears that they are symptom free now does the virus stay in their system . We do not believe so. Typically, with an illness you have about a week of sim many toes symptoms, fever, rash, muscle aches. Joint aches. Flulike symptoms. That clears and the virus typically clears rapidly along with the symptoms resolving. Public Health Officials say this first case just helps build awareness. They are saying with 10 Million People in the state they are expecting more travelrelated cases. They want patients and doctors to report them and Health Officials will continue to monitor the mosquito population. Pamela escobar wbtv on your side. Thank you. And we checked and the person in mecklenburg county. New information about two confirmed cases of mumps. Two cases in Iredell County involved lowes employees. The company says the cases are connected to their mooresville center. They told their employees and distributed in
Joins us live. And i heard the coach say they are looking at super bowl 51 which is sam mills old number. Maybe something good there . Paul, this is a team that will not settlement sam mills told the team to keep pounding and after the super bowl loss the panthers will keep pounding. Cant you tell im over it already. Im thinking about 2016. Coach ron rivera says he has been proud to be the head coach of this 20152016 panthers team. This is a group of men that have come together as a Football Team and they care about each other. And that locker room will never be the same. They cheered on cam newton as he spoke to reporters tuesday. It is a group that has a record of 17 wins and two losses. The future is bright here. Theres no reason we have our whole crew coming back no reason to think that we cannot be better next year. Football teams rarely stay exactly the same year to year. You cannot sign everybody you cannot physically do it. I mean structurally do it. You cant. But we are going
Is North Caldwell at 277, so again the interstate running okay but if youre on North Caldwell, injury accident in center city this morning. 485 looks good, 77, 85 both still running in the green, a few slow downs here independence boulevard up to the monroe road split or albermarle road split, and a few slow downs there on providence road. As al mentioned, the rain showers continue to move in and out of the charlotte area. But it is a nasty morning for your wednesday morning commute and keeping an eye on that is wbtvs Kristen Hampton, she is live this morning with the latest on travel conditions. Kristen . Reporter yeah, chris, i think you said it best, a sloppy mess. Let me step out of the way, this is i85 north and southbound at freedom drive in west charlotte. You can see that mist coming up off the roadway. It is not raining right now but 15 or 20 minutes ago pretty heavy band of rain came through, rewet the interstates. They will be wet throughout the morning. And that is what has
Thank you. And you can track Severe Weather right on your smartphone or your tablet. Download the free wbtv weather app it has the forecast and live radar and alerts to warn you of any problems or lightning in your area. Right now, what some are calling a victory for charlottes lgbt others are calling a threat to public safety. The city Council Passed an ordinance that would allow transgender people to choose bathrooms that correspond to their gender identity. Wbtvs Pamela Escobar is on your side with how the ordinance could be enforced and what it means for you. What can you tell us . Well, i wanted to speak to the City Attorney about this updated ordinance that goes into effect in april but he did not want to sit down. I was able to review memos that he wrote to city councilmembers answering their questions and sat down with two lawyers asking to me if there is a lesson from the Civil Rights Era the statutes need to have teeth and if they dont have teeth you are not going to have bro
Morning. Then all rain by midday. The amount of cold air the system has to work with is whats in question. Well continue to watch and have 60s. The republican president ial candidates continue to make headlines during Campaign Stops here in South Carolina. But last night the democrats took the spotlight in a televised debate. Its the first time Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton have squaredoff since sanders primary win in New Hampshire. Last night clinton challenged sanders on several topics including Health Care Calling some of his policies unrealistic. This is not about math. This is about peoples lives. And we should level with the American People about what we can do to make sure they get quality, Affordable Health care. Let us level with the American People. Secretary clinton has been going around the country saying, Bernie Sanders wants to dismantle the Affordable Care act. Their medicaid. Theyre going to lose their chip program. i have fought my entire life to make sure that he