Highlights from tonights live episode of American Idol featuring a special appearance from two of the biggest stars on the fox show empire. Good evening and thank you for joining us tonight for fox 46 news. I am bill melugin peer to Gaston County mom is arrested and charged. This is after police say she decided to keep her on children out of school for more than three years preached first on fox site are all day long. Hes joining us live from belmontes with the latest on this case. Thats right bill. Three teenagers kept out of school for more than three years. This high school behind me was within walking distance of their home a few minutes away. Their mother is behind bars for not all lined up to come here and continue their education in any other way. This story isnt about whos getting off the bus. Its about whos not getting on Gaston County police say this woman or a 6yearold Jennifer Elam kept her three children now ranging from 13 to 16 years old years. She is currently in jail f
Reporter m mchang of terrify. I said is no real. Reporter a stranger came out of nowhere, armed and ordering them around. He got to the driveway, he started to run and point the gun at aus, and yell at us, and yell get out of the car. Reporter chang said it was not motorly instinct that kicked in, she was frozen with fear, her daughter urged her to hit the gas, she did. He is right there, what am i going to do, drive or what, my daughter said, mommy just drive, just drive, so i drove down to the neighbor. Reporter they saw the most welcoming site, a school bus, tiffanys school bus with 15 kids onboard, chang i thought going in the bus would be safer, the bus driver is there. Maybe they you know she might know what to do. Reporter chang said that the bus driver called 911, Sheriff Deputies working nearby surrounded the area. In less than know hour. The than an hour the manhunt was over, and suspect Wesley Wright jr. Came out of the woods. I think that the lord was looking after everyone
Pull out as demand was too low. And we have got some of those highlights from tonights live episode of American Idol featuring a special appearance from two of the biggest stars on the fox show empire. Good evening and thank you for joining us tonight for fox 46 news. I am bill melugin peer to Gaston County mom is arrested and charged. This is after police say she decided to keep her on children out of sch has been following this story all day long. Hes joining us live from belmontes with the latest on this case. Thats right bill. Three teenagers kept out of school for more than three years. This high school behind me was within walking distance of their home a few minutes away. Their mother is behind bars for not all lined up to come here and continue their education in any other way. This story isnt about whos getting off the bus. Its about whos not getting on Gaston County police say this woman or a 6yearold Jennifer Elam kept her three children now ranging from 13 to 16 years old o
Why curry was in the road. Many of you are getting ready to head out on your morning drive and channel 9 is learning some of you may be more at risk for crashes than others. This month alone there have been a half dozen crashes from gilead to sanford road in huntersville. Eyewitness News Reporter joe bruno is live along that road to show us some of the issues theyre s. Highway patrol troopers tell channel 9 that there isnt much they can do because of the i77 toll lane construction and the placement of the safety barriers. Now, according to Highway Patrol, i77 is, quote, a mess of a road. So far this year, there were 228 crashes on the stretch through charlotte. 240 in february and 162 crashes in march already. Troopers we spoke with say there isnt much they can do because of the construction. According to Highway Patrol, the barriers make matters worse. There is no way to move wrecks parts of i77 resulting in long backups to an already congested inter. Prior to the construction startin
Look for this on the home page. Former charlotte mayor patrick cannon is still behind bars at the Mecklenburg County jail after he pleaded guilty tovoter fraud yesterday. We have been checking with the jail but right now, its stillnot clear when he will be taken back to federal prison in west virginiap he was brought to charlotte for the First Time Since he started to serve his 44 month sentence on corruption charges. His punishment for the voter fraud charge is 1 day behind bars and that will be included in his current prison term. Because cannon is still in Mecklenburg County its not clear yet how much taxpayer money was spent total on his Court Appearance and his transportation. But channel 9 has learned that it cost 157 dollars and 4 cents per day he stays at the jail. The department of Public Safety says it will be able to give us a final price tag on transportation once cannon is back in west virginia. Machines were seized and the money could benefit children in Gaston County. To