Day will be spent in the chilly 30s. Well talk about when we might break out a little bit from the deep freeze and what is down the road. There may be an ice or snow across the piedmont, well talk about it. Seven day forecast around the corner, john. John charlottemecklenburg leaders voted to extend ann clarks contract and search immediately for a new superintendent. They voted 63 to extend the contract through june, 2017. Supposed to expire in july of this year. It was clear during the discussion between Board Members they were divided on the decision. Turn the page and boldly step in the future with new leadership. That new leadership needs to be ready to embark on this trip with us leading the way. I almost feel guilty asking ann clark to stay another year with us because she has put her sacrifices for the sake of cms. John clark spoke once, she has been consistent in saying she would not be a candidate for the position in the long term. Parents packed the Board Meeting to voice opi
Looks like richmond is technically under it. But that will likely be dropped soon because this is the active line we are concerned with. Going forward producing toward in additionic thunderstorms and that is moving to the east. We could see showers and thunder through the evening. And we are not as concerned with Severe Weather Going Forward in the shortterm with what is left behind this line. But we have a high wind warning in effect and areas under a flood watch tonight. Because this one line is moving, does not mean that our concerns are over with through the rest of the night. More details on that and snow on the way for the mountains. A lot to talk about in the complete first alert forecast in a few minutes. Thank you. Depending where you are the sun may be shining. This is one of the effects of the storm. A massive tree falling and smashed that car there. One was inside. Strong winds whipped into the mecklenberg county around lunchtime. It was a trees did not stand a chance. Powe
One of the important things her endorsement did is throw cold water on jeb bushs attempt to regain the establishment lane. John kasich will campaign outside charlotte tonight land. He is expected to have more support in other states. Kasich wants to hang in through South Carolina. Ted cruz was in the greenville area and is behind donald trump. Thursday trump defended his faith it was of after it was questioned by pope francis. For a religious leader to question a persons faith is disgraceful. Im proud to be a christian. Ben carson is campaigning in the state today he will make one last stop in rock hill tomorrow the last publicly announced stop of any g. O. P. Candidates in our area. We will have live coverage of jeb bushs and kasichs events tonight at 11 00 p. M. Thank you. Again South Carolinas republican primary this saturday. The democratic primary will be held next saturday february 27th. The president ial primaries in South Carolina are open you do not have to register by party t
Well, discussion about the fire was not listed on the agenda, but neighbors say they are hopebut neighbors say they are hoping to have their voices heard. It was at the center of a controversy whether to turn it down. Expect a full update on what happened inside that meeting tonight on wbtv news at 11 00. Well, what would you do if you found out your child was discovered by a stranger walking down i77 . It happened to a charlotte mother. Somehow her 7th grader walked out of Lincoln Heights academy and made it all the way to the interstate. The woman reached out to us to get answers about how this unfolded. Wbtvs education reporter Devin Russell has more details now on primetime. Reporter a call this mother was not prepared for. I was scared. I was nervous. Reporter here is the reason for the call. 13yearold son, jatan prost had an incident that caused the 7th grader to get upset. So upset he wanted to leave school. I got my stuff and i said i was going to go. All right, bye. So i walke
We got this information from wingate university, dozens of students reporting symptoms, diarrhea, nausea and vomiting and the school is hoping for confirmation of the illness when they get test results back tomorrow. Campus services is cleaning bathrooms and common areas and Residence Halls and the dining facilities are being sanitized and cleaning the equipment too. And Health Officials recommend staying out of work or school while you are dealing with the symptoms. Wait until you get better before you get back into the classroom. Thank you. First at 4 00 the storm that tore up the east coast killed serve of seven people. Two were killed in louisiana, four more died in virginia and a seventh was killed when a tree fell in darlington, South Carolina. In charlotte, clean up continues after storms caused Power Outages and trees to fall. Right now, there are still nearly 5,000 customers without power in mecklenberg county. And the National Weather service now confirms a tornado did touchd