Good coming off independence on 277. Matthews inbound, 13 minutes, 49 miles an hour. Providence road from the arboretum area, 17 minute commute. Concord to center city, 20 minutes at 68milesperhour. That is a check of the morning traffic, christine, over to you. Christine this morning, we know charlottemecklenburg School Superintendent ann clark will remain in that position through june of next year. Amid a heated debate the school board voted to extend her contract and begin a search for the next superintendent immediately. Wbtvs Ashton Pellom is live in charlotte with more on what was a divisive vote, ashton, explain explain. Reporter good morning, christine. The debate turned heated and personal but the school board voted 63 to keep ann clark in her current position through june of 2017. Before the vote, principals in cms wore red in solidarity, each stood up and called ann clark their hero and praised her for school district. That in hopes to keep clark on the job longer and appare
This proposed map yesterday, one a new charlotte area district. Incumbent alma adams current district would no longer include charlotte. Lawmakers have until friday to get this finalized. Investigating new possible cases of mumps in the area. Two confirmed cases but Health Officials say there are at least six other potential cases in the mecklenburg, iredell, and Cabarrus County areas. As our coleen harry reports, Health Officials are trying to determine who might have been exposed. Reporter mention mumps and in the lab, medical technicians know what to look to. On the streets, were not so clear. I never had mumps as a child. Do you know if you were vaccinate mid cant remember, that was 100 years ago. Do you have if you had mumps . Probably so, chicken pox, mumps. Officials are trying to figure out how many people may be infect the. In mecklenburg and iredell county. In the tricounty area, there are six oh cases probable or suspected. Not every person that has been suspected, diagnosed
Wbtv on your side. Wbtv news starts right now. Kristen condition7 01 the polls have just opened. Were live at the fort milton hall rightmill townhall. As voters get ready to cast their votes in the president ial primary. 7 01, good morning, happy to have you with us on this saturday morning im christine nelson. Lyndsay im Lyndsay Tapases. A pretty start to the day, the slightest hint of pink in the sky, not the brightest sunrise but pretty. You notice the clouds in place over uptown right now, those are not going to be clearing out today, we want to take that tower cam shot full and look at what were waking up to over uptown, temperatures are in the 40s right now. As we head through the while yes, warm, that overall picture not going to change too much, because we are not going to shake the clouds completely today and yes, there is at least a small shower chance for some of you today so well talk about the areas that have the greatest shot at seeing that and what the rest of the weeken
Planner in a few minutes. Youre never more than seven minutes away from weather and traffic on wbtv news this morning. Here is chris, first alert traffic. Chris al, traffic is sponsored by toyota of north charlotte. No problems early out there on thursday morning if youre getting ready start the morning commute. Looking live at i77 near the rest area coming off the South Carolina state line, volume very light. Rock hill to uptown, 21 minutes, concord to center city, 18 minute commute. Lake norman southbound, 16 at 64 miles an hour. Mapping system giving us a green light on all of the major highways. That includes providence road, independence boulevard, albermarle all running in the green this morning. That is a first check of traffic, guys, back over to you. Christine in five hours, state lawmakers will meet in raleigh for a special session to approve a redrawn map for the states Congressional Districts. Republican lawmakers releasing this proposed map yesterday, and has Significant I
It is very chilly up there. A much cooler day, outside of the mountains, tons of sunshine, High Temperature in charlotte, 53, which is about 20 degrees cooler than yesterday. But again, a little more closer to normal this time of the year. Well talk about when we warm up in the seven day planner. 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 right now give you a live look at Current Conditions map and you can see right now all the interstates are basically in green which means you shouldnt have any trouble driving in this morning. However, we have an incident a vehicle disabled in the roadway at south tryon and whitehaul commonswhitehallCommons Center drive. A look at i77 at tyvola, traffic is light if things change, well let you know throughout the morning. Christine North Carolinas congressional boundaries may attorneys who sued over the states maps say the new boundar