The list at wbtv. Com closings. Remnants of major weather. Al snow, wind and cold. Lets show you what is going on. Low pressure that brought us all the storminess during the midweek period is lifting north in canada. Were on the edge and there is snow coming in east tennessee in the mountains of North Carolina and with that, until 7 00 this morning, we do have a Winter Weather advisory for all the mountain counties, includes the ones john mentioned running on a delay. As far as the School Districts go. Once we get rid of this this morning, it will taper down to flurries, light snow falling now in boone at king street. Rest of us cleared out nicely. Clouds overnight, now clearing out. With that, a decent amount of sunshine today. 37 this morning. Charlotte, statesville, hickory, 27 in boone, 35 in albermarle, 36 rock hill, 35 in shelby. Outside of the mountains, plenty of sunshine on the cool side, talk about a warmup in the minutes. John a school in charlotte breaking are looking for t
The zika virus remains in the blood of an infected person on average for a week. And based on Current Evidence a previous zika infection does not pose a risk of a birth defect for a future pregnancy. And men who have traveled to a country with the zika outbreak should abstain from sex or use condoms with sex. Pamela escobar is talking to state Health Leaders about the North Carolina. And mumps cases in mecklenburg and Iredell County two sick work in lowes in mooresville. The company is consume ut indicating with all employees about prepreventing and treats mumps. And new video from a deadly plane crash in union county. Sky3 flew over the scene to s s the damage in the daylight. Wbtv anchor Maureen Oboyle has and joins us live in the studio. The faa is still investigating this crash here is more video from sky3 earlier today, the small plane went down here in the new sail Legal Community of union county near marshville. The emergency call came in as a plane in distress. They are unsure
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
Tonight the candidates are on an allout blitz. Turnout. Im molly grantham. Im paul cameron so far a record 38,000 people in South Carolina voted early using an absentee ballot. More than a half million will cast theirs. Tonight were on your side and 2016 coverage and alex giles is in fort mills n a matter of hours they will be here at the town hall to cast their votes in the important primary the republican field is down to six candidates. We can see that field narrow after the primary. The six remaining candidates vied for the votes across the state and in rock hill andselves veterans and here in South Carolina say they have concerns which are driving them to the concerns about the health care benefits, the taxes, those sort of things. Our freedom is in jeopardy and decisions have to be made, need to be made by level headed people. Reporter officials are expecting a record turnout, more than 2000 absentee ballots have been counted. The precincts open and close at 7 p. M. Live in fort
Blue for the panthers. Kristen who what wont be neglected iswhat wont beneglected is the beautiful weather. Lyndsay it is not that cold this morning in the mid to upper 40s as of the 5 00 hour, already starting out the day on a little bit of a milder note relatively speaking, already had clouds move in overnight by the time the sun comes up a partly to mostly cloudy sky, however since were starting out in the upper 40s we shouldnt have trouble reaching the low 60s, mid 60s some areas. Warm despite the clouds. Some of you could have an outside shower chance, well talk about where and the rest of the weekend forecast. Kristen secretly we have already started product testing. Lyndsay very mysterious. Kristen well check back in with new a few. The driver of a pickup rushed to the hospital after an accident in south charlotte. South tryon. The driver was speeding down the interstate when he lost control of the vehicle, overturned and ended up on the opposite side of the freeway. He was thro