Are 74 Miles Per Hour. John. Im in the breaking news center to update you this fire in burke county. Weve been following this the last 30 minutes. There is smoke. It is pouring out from behind the town hall. An old schoolhouse there, that is what is on fire. Its right next to the town hall. Dave faherty is there. Reporter you mention the old schoolhouse. I just talked to the fire chief. Everything is being done to prevent this fire from going over to the town hall, which is off to my left. Let me step out of the way. This is the old schoolhouse. You can see the heavy smoke pouring out of the building. Trying to get some to the fire and also trying to get to the front doors of the old schoolhouse. It is nearly 100 years old and has been the center of a major controversy on whether or not to tear this building down. In fact, i dont know if you fencing around the building to keep anyone out. That is because it has such a controversy, it ended up in the courthouse. The town has voted last
Erica bryant is in the breaking news center with the latest pictures and videos coming in tonight. Everyone was told to seek shelter as the Severe Weather rolled through. We have a picture to show you of students there camped out in the library waiting. Waiting this storm out as it blew through. Another picture taken from the schools quad as dark clouds started to roll in and move over the campus. In winston salem, you can see heavy wind pushed down trees and also brought down on power lines there. Duke energy again now reporting more than 10,000 outages in that area. But so far, thankfully, weve nod heard any reports of injuries. Some schools in wake county let the students out early today so they could try to get home safely before the Severe Weather hit. Now lets go to meteorologist john ahrens who says strong winds are causing concerns tonight. The storms are long gone but the wind threat will continue. Grounds been hit so much with all this rain, its easy. The toppled trees in thi
Video from the 485 back up. People started telling me they thought it was an eight car pile up ahead. Chris waited patiently. A spokesperson told us heavy freezing rain kept the 40 contracted crews out treating roads busy. They were putting down salt to help break up the icy patches. The difficulty in that was when we had heavy rain move through, it could wash the salt off the roads. Jenkins admits it wasnt fun waiting in traffic but understands why Highway Patrol needed to make the call. I could have easily been one of those people. Once you hit ice, it doesnt are. Troopers told me they feared if they didnt shut down portions of these highways that someone would have been critically injured or even killed. Including some first responders. Thankfully, no one was seriously hurt. Reporting live Eyewitness News. And we brought you live updates on the delays on Eyewitness News daybreak. Traffic team 9 has the latest traffic alerts and alternate starting at 4 30. Now the icy conditions migh
The ageover gender about the eight cases. Right now, its best to make sure you and your child have received two doses of the measles, mumps, and rubella vaccine. When you hear about outbreaks, its a wakeup call. Now the doctor pointed out most people make a full recovery. Contact your physicians if you feel like you are starting to develop symptoms, which were told are similar to the flu. Reporting live in east charlotte, channel 9 Eyewitness News. Thank you, alexa. Channel 9 first told you about the confirmed mumps cases yesterday and we have been staying on top of every Development Since then. You can find all of our coverage on our website at wsoctv. Com. Breaking news that were following in the last hour, the white house announced that president obama will visit cuba next month. No further details were released. The announcement comes one day flights between the two countries. The u. S. Restored relations with cuba last year. Were learning some new information tonight on a high spe
Live along il 5 and district 12 i85 and district 12. Interstate. North carolina lawmakers made new lines yesterday. District 12 is split up and most people across the state find district. The General Assembly is under pressure to get this map approved by tomorrows deadline. Without new lines, the congressional primary cant happen next month. Voters we spoke with say they are very conc. Why werent we given more notice about the changes . I like the changes it is more clear and not questionable, but it is very close to the. It is still unclear how Congressional Election will be impacted even with the new lines including here in district 12 which would be left without an incumbent. The special session begins at 10 a. M. Joe bruno, channel 9, Eyewitness News. State republicans hope the u. S. Supreme court will grant their request to delay fridays however, channel 9 has learned the Supreme Court is altering the schedule following the death of justice antonin scalia. Justices wont hold the s