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
And if it will have an impact on the drive home tonight. Reporter looking live right now at independence boulevard inbound near briar creek. Not seeing the delays we were seeing this morning but as the day progresses, and most of the travel is headed outbound later today, not expecting impact. Again, inbound towards 277, drive Time Technology showing 43 miles per hour. So 15 minutes coming in from 485 towards the freeway. At this time, no alternate route needed. Thank you. We will send out a breaking news alert as soon as all lanes are open. You can sign up on the alerts on wsoctv. Com under the news tab. A former chairman of the unc board of governors is now on his way to jail. We are live outside the county jail to explain this arrest. Blake Reporter Police tell us that the former unc board of governors chair tried going douglas with a gun in his bag. Now, he is a charlotte attorney, he was a board of governors chairman until he resigned in october. A captain said he forgot the gun w
Safe and warm. Eyewitness News Reporter joe bruno continues our Team Coverage over on wilkerson boulevard. It is 20 degrees over there. Heating up were seeing drivers coming in. You can see lots of the buses are heating up. Many drivers preparing to head out on the routes. Theyre preparing to pick up children right now. The cms officials bringing them early to heat up the buses, if they arrive at the school early, they will wait in the lot and keep kids inside so they dont have to wait in the cold crews are working, the frigid overnight temperatures not enough to stop them from continuing on the i77 toll lane project. On the streets of uptown, we spotted people in huge blankets trying to sleep. Many of the homeless shelters were at full capacity. From the bus station outside the epicentre there, were plenty of people trying on stay warm before they make it home. Were not used to this cold. This is the coldest weve ever had. Cold for us is 82. And we spoke with aaa and a representative
Thank you,. Next speaker, please. Madam president , before the next speaker, i will remind the audience there is no applause in support or if you are not interested in hearing further about an item, you may use your supportive fingers, please . Thank you. Next speaker. Good afternoon, president breed and supervisors. You might get too hungry for easter dinner at 8 00, your anticipating that easters going to be great. And youd like that Chocolate Easter basket, and its really chocolate cramped that is why the easter bunny, that is why easter bun is a champ here comes city peter cottontail, hopping down the city hall bunny trail, hipitiy hop, easters on its way. Maybe if you are have good, hell bring lots of eastereggs your way. Well, you know what . For some, Affordable Housing you found a new place to dwelling in a city hotel. You wish you had Affordable Housing and you can hardly wait, but if you dont have funding, its going to be too late. You are like the housing guys some easter ba
Such an air of excitement here. Although the pope is leaving, although just an opportunity to see him. You can see the American Airlines charter airplane behind me geared up and ready to go, as soon as the pope arrives here, around 8 40, he will leave to head to philly. There are about a few hundred people. About a couple hundred people here waiting to say goodbye to pope francis. Many parishioners from the diocese of brooklyn. Which of course includes brooklyn and queens, and they won a raffle to be here today. And airport workers, as well as seven nuns from precious blood monastery in brooklyn. Four of them are argentinian and will present pope francis with a bouquet of white roses in honor of his devotion to Saint Therese the Little Flower. And a book of images of the marian paintings on the cathedral of st. Joes in prospect heights. The marian images are from around the world to celebrate the Brooklyn Diocese of immigrants and the pope is emphasizing his love of immigrants of his t