They will hit pay dirt here on sunday, so the timing is not great if youve got weekend plans. Not going to be a washout but we will be definitely dealing with increased chances for rain this weekend and cooler temperatures. The warm weather is not going to last forever. We will talk more about t. The sevenday forecast in a couple of minutes. Here is chris with your first alert. Thank you. Sponsored by toyota of north charlotte. This is a look at i77, across the state lines. No significant problems early this morning. In the center city, in the green, 77 through center city looking aokay this morning. Interstate highways running in the green, 45 looks good. 77, 85, providence road to wt harris in the University City area, no significant delays as of yet. We do have one Early Morning accident with injuries at hobis road, right buffer make your way youre negative youre never more than seven minutes away from weather and traffic. It is 5 did 5 33 this morning. Town officials reinstated police chief larry brown in spite of an investigation into his department, and nearly all the officers quit. What changes have they made in pageland. The sheriff is seeing things he needs to fix immediately. He said the Police Department is stuck in a time warp and getting it up to date is a top priority for him. Sheriff breaks said he is shutting down the local jail instinct. That officers didnt have departmentissued cell phones. Were going to have the whole department digitalized, they will have smart phones and everything off emails. If we dont have the best equipment we can afford to buy with taxpayer money, then were going to be liable for what happens. The sheriff tells us he is going to have officers working a downtown beat, meeting with Business Owners and residents, that way they can develop trust within the community. Reporting live in uptown charlotte, ashton pellom, wbtv, on your side. Thank you. Lets get back to Kristen Miranda with headlines just in. Details on the search for missing kids in South Carolina. This is in carleton county, South Carolina. On the map, this is charleston and were talking about this area here. I want to show you pictures of ive been watching from our affiliate in the charleston area covering this story closely. Emergency Officials Say theyre looking for these three missing children. They think they wandered way. Two little girls ages four and three, and this 2yearold boy here. Theyre asking people to join in the search. The girls are sisters and the boy is a cousin. Theyve been missing sincelast6 00 last night. Again, they have not come home and no one has spotted them so the search is on to final them. Im going to keep an eye on the reporters covering the story in South Carolina and when i hear more i will let you know right away. A dismal turnout and opportunity to talk with the school board. Only one parent showed up last night to this forum at were 14 cms officials there, including the superintendent. She said people have already had plenty of opportunities to voice their positions. Ive been talking about the budget with superintendent coffee since november and those are been well attended. She expects better turnout when she presents her budget recommendations on april 12. And talked about students who want to see better pay for teachers and staff. And elma adams is expected to make a big announce. Today at her office. She said it is ram Pain Campaign related. Map rest drown a little bit have split her her district into a 12th and 13th district. Rite aid prepares to close a distribution center. The layoffs will begin in may. Last year, the Company Company said employees could apply for positions in spartansburg. We are watching more than a dozen cameras right now and this is i77 near the rest area. So right at the state line, traffic is moving smoothly north and southbound. You should be good to go if youre leaving in the next few minutes. We let you know first what is happening on the roads. Youre never more than seven minute because from weather and traffic on wbtv. Lets get to al conklin. I talked about this from about three days ago that this would be a news worthy item. That rain is coming down in biblical proportions on the lower texas coast and into im going to be joining Kristen Miranda in the alert center shortly after 6 00 to talk about how much lane is falling and what theyre saying. eventually, some of that rain is going to come in our direction. We will wind up at 78 this afternoon. And sent in this picture, haley is excited about the fish caught caught. 9yearold haley has a twin sister and both are excellent students much you are the catch of the day. How about that we still go up tomorrow, in spite of the fact that weve got a lot of cloud cover. Rain chances go up, it is not going to rain all day. I will break this down and talk about when i think the more thats the sevenday planner. I will have that in a few minutes so stick around for that. Over to you, christine. Al, thanks. A bizarre story in florida to tell you about as a gun rights activist is shot by her son. The investigation into the shooting is coming up. 21 minutes before 6 00. Lemme get a mcpick 2 check out the brand new mix on Mcdonalds Mcpick 2 menu lemme get a mcpick 2. Now, choose any 2 delicious mickey ds classics for just 5 bucks. Mix n match share n savor 2 for 5 name your flavor pick any 2 iconic tastes a big mac made with 100 beef, flaky filetofish, seared on the grill quarter pounder with cheese or crispy 10piece chicken mcnuggets for just 5 bucks. Grab your crew today. Hurry in and say lemme get a mcpick 2 there are two democratic visions for regulating wall street. One says its okay to take millions from big banks and then tell them what to do. 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Because it has been great all week and it is going to last into the weekend, right . Not so fast on that one. So write away. Spring still 10 days away, comes 20s so still 10 days away. Were keep an eye on it. It felt like spring of late. We havent had very much rain. The last two to three weeks the rain chances have been minimal. Less than. 10inch of rain the entire month of march, so it is an inch and a quarter for both the month and the year. Were making up some of that over time. How about that. Okay, were still on the warm side of things and weve got highpressure in command and that is giving away. I mentioned all of this heavy rain. Were not going to get into this type of rain in texas and arkansas and louisiana, mississippi. As mentioned, stick around, im going to talk about this with Kristen Miranda in the First Alert Center starting at 6 00. We have changes, cloud cover this morning, those clouds are going to break for sunshine. The model is suggesting a little bit of rain early this morning. That is not going to happen. I thought there might be drizzle here and there clouds will thin back in the picture this afternoon with temperatures up into the upper 70s. This morning, overcast conditions in stallings but dry conditions in the parking lot. 45 and 74ion that image, theyre dry, as well. The air is damp, dew point 55, so that humidity level is up there. Temperatures are anywhere from five to 10, even 15 degrees warmer than yesterday. Were mostly in the upper 50s to low 60s so that highpressure is giving away. Here comes the frontal system. Notice tomorrow in the morning we have a couple of sprinkles in the mountains. As this front eases in tomorrow night and into saturday, we get some rain, especially north of charlotte tomorrow afternoon. And during the overnight hours and early saturday, we get more rain. None of it is all that heavy but the side on the other side of this front youre going to be much cool tokers and i think charlotte is going to be on the that will linger into sunday, as well. Some clouds, not too much rain. Sunday and monday, and that will linger. Tuesday, sun is returning, middle part of the work week. Timing is not that good. We want some rain but this season what we want. Upper 70s to low 80s, increasing chances of clouds and rain that culminate late sunday and monday. We dry out tuesday. Lets check in with chris for first alert traffic. Thank you, al. Injury accident on hoves road between bradford drive and south hoskins. Scene, emergency crews, we have a drew on the scene. Matthews to center city, 13 minutes. Providence road in from the arboritum, 17 minutes. Most of our majors continuing to run smoothly this morning. 277, no problems at all. Youre never more than seven minutes away from weather and traffic on wbtv news this morning. Thanks, chris. That incident involving a Confederate Flag has students and parents up said. All new in our 6 30 half hour. And, breaking details on news developing throughout the morning. The with a variety of freshmade seafood meals starting at just 4. 99, no one does seafood like ds try our new homestyle flounder meal or double dozen shrimp. Or our grilled menu, featuring new tuscan tilapia. Each with two sides and hush puppies. For full meals starting at 4. 99, welcome back to wbtv news this morning were going to get right to Kristen Miranda with an missing. Live in the alert center. I promised you new information if i got it on the three children missing. Here are their pictures here. We have learned their names now. The 4yearold is mya, the 2yearold girl is shamira and the little boy is 3yearold eugene, a cousin of the two little girls. We have also learned in the past few minutes that authorities are searching on the ground and by air for the three missing children. Theyve been missing about 12 hours now. Authorities think they just wandered away and they hope they are together and well. They are going to continue the search until they track the three little cuties down so we will keep you posted on what happens with the search in South Carolina. Back to you. New morning, authority ies in florida i trying to figure out how a 4yearold got access to a gun and shoot his mother. They say he accidently shot her in the back while she was driving. The child is now staying with relatives. Anthony spence was recorded hitting a teen, he now faces charges of child abuse, 2nd degree. The other officer is charged with assault and misconduct in office. Theyre due back in court next month. Youre never more than seven minutes away from weather and traffic on wbtv news this morning everything here is meteorologist al conklin. Still a fair amount of clouds around. Overcast. No rain this morning but were cloudy. Notice the parking lot is dry. Weve got excellent visibility. Fog is not an issue, but low cloudiness is 58 now, overcast in charlotte. 55 rock hill. Other locations are closer to 60 from monroe to salisbury, to gaston and hickory. 59 statesville, close to 60, charlotte, monroe, wadesboro. 73 charlotte, monroe. 73 lancaster. And then, this afternoon, well into the 70s yet been with partly cloudy skies expected. Now, these temperatures, yes, they are elevated but not quite records. Today 78. The record is going to hold. We get to at least 80 degrees tomorrow, the record of 83 also going to hold. Into the weekend, ill talk for rain. The timing is not great. Now lets check this with chris for first alert traffic. Thank you. Lets get you out the door with a check of drive times. Coming inbound from rock hill, 61 miles per hour. Concord to center city, a 17men commute and lake norman southbound, 14 minutes now. Severe live look. 77 and clanton road. Volume starting to pick up across the charlotte area. In the center city, no problems there. And i mentioned before, most of the major highways are running in the green. Interstates looking okay. A few slow downs out of bounds on providence road. Earlier injury accident on hovis road. Crews are will making repairs. We have a crew on the way to the scene. We will bring you more as we get it but try to avoid hovik record near hoskins. Thank you. Cross blue shield of north carolina. Were learning that issues that we thought were re solves me be resurfacing. Coming up, we will hear from the states insurance commissioner. And, a in va center opening, of lawmakers to get veterans the in the battle of burgers. Jack made a declaration of delicious with the doublejack combo. He formed a Perfect Union between 100 beef, cheese, andmouth. He took a stand for hot and salty fries. And the freedom to choose from hundreds of freestyledrinks all for 4. 99. And america ate it up. True story. Get the new double jackcombo for just 4. 99 two people are arrested when authorities find them trying to bury a body. This morning, were hear i never wanted to find my uncle but he came in and came at me with a knife. Plus, the tolling project Takes Center Stage tonight. The look to widen i77, the presentation about the controversial business model. Good morning, and welcome to wbtv news this morning on this thursday, march 10. Im john carter. Im christine sperow. Kristen miranda is in the news center, as well. I have live pictures of this mess that is causing problems this morning and brought some power lines down is we will give you an update on where this is coming up from the alert center in a few minutes. Lets get this hour started with the most experienced morning meteorologist, al conklin. Were looking at more cloud cover. Lots of gray, but the key is no green. There is no rain this morning, but we have a fair amount of clouds across the wbtv viewing area. It is dry. This is part of our network of cameras and we are dry here. Right now, temperature a very, very mild 57 degrees. It is 59 in bellmont. 61 in harrisburg. 59 cornelius. Still unseasonably warm, more than 15 degrees above average with the High Temperature of 78. Enjoy it, weve got big changes on the way that involve somewhat cooler weather but elevated rain chances in the weekend. I will break that down and give you the specifics in the sevenday planner. You will need the details with plans. Never more than seven minutes away from traffic and weather. Here is chris with first alert traffic. Sponsored by tote toyota of north charlotte. Start with the independence express way, this is the lights going into center city. Significant delays. 12 minutes, 51 miles per hour. Arboritum. Concord to center city, average speed there 71 miles per hour. Interstates running in the green this morning am few out of bounds delays on providence road. Weve been following this story, a part of hovis road is closed down because of downed power lanes. Lets get over to Kristen Miranda live in the news center with live pictures. These live pictures coming to us from mark davenport, he is on the scene right now. Theyre starting to clean the mess on hovis road. A car went into a Utility Vehicle and a parked car. This car you see here that mark is zooming in on here with the