Brody this is mcneeley avenue, we have a crew there live on the scene. Were told apparently when firefighters got on scene they saw smoke coming from this house but from this live look you can tell no sign of flames, they are extremely close to the home indicating that there might not be any Severe Threat at the moment from any flames. Looks like they got it under control what may have happened but they have the caution tape up around the home, earlier we saw two to three fire trucking outs, noword on what caused this smoke or fire here, also no word on any injuries at this point. Iredell county communications have been helpful filling us in on the scene there and apparently this started an hour and a half ago athourandahalf ago. Back to you. Christine 6 02 right now. Police are searching for a man south charlotte this morning. It happened around 4 30 a. M. At the kangaroo express on park road at woodlawn. A man with a knife or screwdriver went in the store and stole an unknown amount of money. Were staying in touch with police on the latest on the investigation, whether we learn more well bring it to you more on air and online at wbtv. Com. John two People Killed until a healedon collision in south charlotte. Of this was the scene yesterday morning on i485 near providence road. One of the drivers was driving the wrong way when it happened. Mark davenport joins us live this morning with much more on this story and mark, i find it interesting people who live in the area are not surprised this kind of crash happened, what is going on . Yeah, around the crash, that is providence road near 485, we spoke to them back and forth why they werent so surprised when they hear ambulances, police cars, all emergency vehicles pass by their houses on a daily basis to go to accidents on 485. When they heard about the news they were not surprised at all. I want to show you more from the scene off providence near 485, a man named luis menacho got on the wrong side of i485 on the outer loop, driving in traffic for a few miles. Around 2 00 m. A sunday 2 00 a. M. , he crashed headon to victor castillo. They have not confirmed if drugs or alcohol were a factor in the crash. Toxicology report will take a couple weeks. There have been two other wrong way crashes since 2009, neither resulted in death. Alcohol was a factor in both cases. The family we spoke to off providence road say they are not surprised these wrongway collisions dont happen more often. The area, it could easily happen. Either, especially up the road. Reporter troopers are looking over Traffic Cameras to figure out where this driver got on 485 in the wrong direction. Once we get more information, well get it ba can to you as soonback to you. Mark davenport, wbtv on your side. Christine a teen was killed when she was hit by two cars in cleveland county. 16yearold nccia copes and a man were standing at in the intersection in many shelby hit both of them, a second driver hit nycia copes. The troopers say copes dialed on impact. Alcohol and speed do not appear to be factors at the time. John tim moore hopeses to call a special session to discuss charlottes controversial nondiscrimination ordinance. Discussions are happening with of the ordinance centerses on allowing transgender people to use the bathroom of the gender with which they identify. The new ordinance goes in effect april 1st. The regular session for legislators begins after that date on april 25th, why they may meet early they want to get in before the ordinance goes in effect. Under state law the House Speaker and Senate Leader can call a special session if threefifths support the move. Moore is pushing for special session to take place at the end of the week. U. S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has temporarily halted deportation of a North Carolina high School Student. Until durham, hes being held in georgia. Education not deportation. Christine while his detore payings was delayed, advocates are trying and rallying for a charlottemecklenburg School Student to be released and more like him. Was arrested in january, faces deportation,. He was born in a different country does not mean i get education and he faces violence. He is in a Detention Center with a pending stay of removal request. Ice Officials Say he has plenty of time to file an appeal to a final order of removal issued by a judge in january but they have not received one. Still plenty ahead in the john several manholes explode, what caused it to happen and hearing from witnesses. First, before we go to break, a quick check of the first alert weather, cool start to the day out there, youll need a jack kept, jacket. Below freezing in boone, 28, 35 statesville, 36 chester, 41 wadesboro, 39 shelby and in gastonia, a live look at i77 at the state line, things are moving smoothly. No significant issue also on thes except volume. John welcome back, several allnew stories you need to stick around for in the 6 30 half hour. At 6 32, looking ahead to the vote on major bond referendum in Lancaster County. What it will mean for you if it passes. Grocery stores are becoming ambassadors for healthy eating. At 6 46, what changes you may see in a store near you. Christine firefighters across the carolinas sending out condolences, a firefighter in South Carolina died after he was hit by a fire engine on the job. Conway fire and horry crews responded to the scene yesterday afternoon. Christopher ray died at the scene. He worked for the city six years. He leaves behind a wife and two daughter also. Daughters. John police in greensboro say two manhole explosions were caused by an electrical malfunction. Several streets were closed, some people in a nearby restaurant described it as as scary experience. Very sudden. A sense of urgency that came very abruptly out of no where. Were handling it well but very taken aback by it one of those things you almost cant take it seriously it was serious. Thankfully no one was hurt. Christine looking ahead, apples Spring Press Conference today is expected to go small this year. The headliners is believed to be a smaller version of the it phone followed by am small version of the ipad pro. Event taking place at the california campus, starts at 10 00 pacific time. That will be 1 00 p. M. Eastern. Speaking of iphones, a scary story from flight hot hawaii, an iphone 6 caught fire midflight. Eight inch flames off my phone. I flipped it on the ground it got under someone elses feet bunch of people stood up. Alaska air says the crew is trained for situations like this and they quickly put the fire out. There is no word what comsed the phone to catch fire. John 6 13, youre never more than seven minutes away from weather and traffic on wbtv news this morning. Here ismanman. Al meteorologist alhere is meteorologist al conklin. Al you had a skiff of snow, a us ding of snow in the mountains. The snow is gone, everybody in the 20s, below freezing, there may be a few icy patches on some of the back roads where we had the little bit of snow last night. Later this afternoon, a gusty breeze, boone will rebound to 43, outlying areas chillier than that. Most of the day in the 30s. Hard to believe this late in the season with sunshine. Laker skies from the hd tower cam, the sun will be up in a with that we will rebound. Yesterday in the 40s, this afternoon in the 50s. Below average but improving. 38 this morning at 8 00, 52 launch time and 58 late this afternoon. The spurs are in time to take on the hornets, they have been hot as of late. But again going in the arena, 52 degrees, coming out well down in the 40s. Overnight lows in the 30s. Tonight is the colder night and i will highlight that, how cold for your neighborhood in the seven day planner, 6 14, check income on first alertcheckin on first alert traffic. Christine this map updates updates us instantly. Ful 51 by the arboretum, lets take you live up in the university area, i85 at 29 29 49, roads start of spring means snow for some. John later on cbs this morning, the latest on Winter Weather still gripping parts of the northeast. Christine i dont know if i could handle that. At 6 00 here, a wild first weekend has come to the end at ncaa tournament, the record set by the acc and show you the top moments. Wbtv is always on your side, in good morning, it is 6 15. John 19 after 6 00, a school delay, Alleghany County is operating on twohour delay. No other delays we know of. Well let you know if any come up. In the alert center with new details on an officerinvolved shooting from durham. Brody one officer shot, apparently suffered minor injuries, happened around 3 45 this morning. Apparently something didnt go right in the transfer process of an inmate, because it says that the officer was actually shot in the sallyport at the durham jail. The officer was shot suffered minor injuries, treated at the hospital and released. The suspect was in custody at the time of the shooting. The name of the officer not released yet. They have not said anything about what led up to the shooting. Something well keep an eye on but happy to hear the officer only suffered minor injuries. John 19 after 6 00, the nascar Sprint Cup Series wraps up the west coast trip to fontana, california. Austin dylan on the pole, harvick dominates the race, Jimmie Johnson wins, 77th career win. The rest of the top five, harvick second, denny hamlin, logiano, stenhouse and now martinsville. Christine the sweet 16 is set, will include two teams from North Carolina, unc and duke, both advancing to the second week of the tournament. Along with four other teams from the acc. Duke will play oregon in anaheim, california thursday at 10 00. Tarheels will have to have wait until friday night to play indiana in philadelphia. That is going to be a great matchup. Sunday featured spectacular mnorthern iowa game. Aggies trailed, 44 seconds left left, down 12, put together the biggest last minute comeback in division i basketball history. Everyone will talk about it. Aggies win, 9288 in double overtime. Notre dame took down cinderella against austin. They win 7675. Wisconsin hits as game winning three pointer to beat xavier. That play had one hornets player going crazy. Al the guy there last year. Christine well show you john was that bill murray . Christine probably. Al lots of folks at Michigan State go now on what do i do. Weather wasnt ideal yesterday, looking ahead to the easter weekend, get you caught up, as we headed for. Were chilly, that follows yesterday, welcome to spring, right . 47 degrees, after having so many days in the 70s and 80s. Clear skies out there right now, this is belmont, sun will be up in less than an hour. I expect well have plenty of sunshine, dry conditions this morning, dry in your neighborhood, last nights rain pushed out and we have clear skies out there. 36 degrees in charlotte, we continue to drop and with a little bit of a breeze out of the north, feels like temperature, windchill of 32, chilly out there early on this morning. Most locations are in the 30s. Although you get in the mountain, well down in the 20s. For jefferson and boone, 38 morganton, shelby, 36 lincolnton, concord. Up in the mountains, upper 30s to low 40s, getting back toking 43, 44, no chance for any rain or snow for that matter. You had some yesterday, in the foothills, 57 morganonto, lenoir, taylorsville, bright sunshine, little bit of a breeze this afternoon. In the charlotte area, upper 50s, may be a few spots toward wadesboro and rockingham that get close to many 60, 58 shelby, mooresville over to concord and lincolnton, we go south of town, upper 50s to about 60 from patrick and pageland toward rock hill and fort mill. Sunny skies. The growing season has not started yet, no advisories in the mountains, but we have a freeze watch tonight and frost advisory east of there, as temperatures will be cold enough or likely to get frost to develop down close to freezing for most communities, outside of the mountains even, this is going to be the colder night coming up tonight, we rebound tomorrow afternoon, getting in the mid and upper 60s, if you like that youll love going High Pressure is with us now, the high sets up on top of ups tomorrow morning, the coldest part of the day right at daybreak, as the high builds off we return, wednesday, thursday, getting up in the 70s before this frontal system moves in on friday, could bring a couple showers late thursday into early on good friday, by afternoon, the showers and storms are gone and right now i think easter sunrise will be okay. The sun will be up this morning at 7 25, septembers at sets at 7 37. 75 on wednesday, thursday about 74, we get late showers thursday night into friday morning, chance for showers showers at the end of sunday. Youre never more than seven minutes away from weather and traffic on wbtv news this morning. First alert traffic brought to you by toyota of north charlotte. John the Current Conditions map and this is significant because most of the map is in green right now, as it has been folks are taking a good drive out there this morning, being very careful. And here is a live look at independence and you can see right now that things are flowing smoothly there and that is a good sign for everyone, because charlottemecklenburg police right now reporting no significant incidents. Well keep you posted throughout the morning just in case. Christine the alleged master mind of the paris terror attacks remains in custody. John after the break, find out what he told investigators that have them concerned. And United Kingdom kingdom asked the public to name the Newest Research ship. Christine Union County Schools searching for a new superintendent, we have a look ahead to todays special meeting on that very topic. John Brody Oconnell hard at work in the alert center, will join us with another check of breaking news or news that is just in. Christine president obama has become the first president in 100 years to visit cuba. Today he will meet with the raul castro. John good morning, thanks for waking up with wbtv news this morning now 6 30 im john carter. Christine im christine sperow. Hope you had a great weekend. There is one school delay today, Allegheny County schools operating on a twohour delay. Lets get to meteorologist al conklin who has the most accurate look at what to expect today. Going to need a jacket. Al you need a jacket this morning and sun glasses for later today as we will get the sun to come back. Yesterday, overcast, rain last night cleared out, now we have clear skies, sun up in less than east, hd tower cam, dry conditions and traffic is picking up. Current temperature, 36 in charlotte, 38 in monroe, albermarle, rockingham, 39 from rock hill, northward toward gastonia, 36 chester and hickory, 38 morganonto,ton, 28 in manyboone. Lots of sunshine but cool, 58 is still well below average this time of the year, there will be a breeze as well, no the a fan of the chilly conditions, hold up, nice warmup on the way toward the middle part of the week. Talk about that and give you specifics coming up in the seven day planner in a couple minutes. 6 30, check in, first alert traffic. First alert traffic brought to you by toyota of north charlotte. John heres a live look at the Current Conditions map and you can see look at that, a lot of green out there this morning. We havent had any significant issues whatsoever, in fact take a live look at i85 near traffic is very thick but no significant problems on the interstates that are going to slow you down other than normal volume. Well keep you posted in case any issues are out there. Remember, youre never more than seven minutes away from weather and traffic on wbtv news this morning. Also continuing to follow this breaking news for you, firefighters on the scene of a house fire in iredell county, this is mcneeley avenue. They got the flames under control. No word on injuries. Christine the Union County School board will hold a special meeting today to discuss the search for the next superintendent. Current superintendent dr. Mary ellis announced her retirement earlier this month. Mark davenport live this morning with more so mark, how is Union County Schools doing things differently in their search . Reporter well, christine, with cms they are doing a in union county, they are going through the North Carolina school board association, they will get together a list of candidates for the Union County School board to choose from. This morning we may find out if the that association has put meeting. This special meeting to discuss the Superintendent Search taking place at 11 00 in the morning in union county. The one thing they learned from cms search is getting the process starting instead of putting it off. Some of the School Board Members wanted a new leader in place by next year. But they want to make sure it is done correctly. The new hire will replace dr. Marchry ellis,dr. Mary ellis. Im mark davenport, wbtv on your side. John voters in Lancaster County will head to the polls for special election tomorrow. Million School Bond Referendum aimed at easing overcrowding, will build a New Elementary School and high school in indian land. The bond would require residents to pay higher taxes. Christine all new, dozens of student and staff have gotten sick at one school until many in rockingham county. 15 students went home friday due to nausea and vomiting on sunday they reported 60 people are showing symptoms. There is no word what the illness is but Officials Say the school has been thoroughly clean cleaned. John charlotte officials are asking for your opinion on new projects in the city.