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
Fighting back for chief john hannon means adding security improvements at local firehouses. We had to reevaluate the security of the faces. And we are looking at putting cameras up. According to the chief, many eyes will have access to the fire stations. Its not that expensive to get cameras up and get a recorder hooked up and link it into cmpds big system. Because we want them to be able to see the cameras for anything they might need, too. Now, while bing faces new charges in these cases. It is unclear when he will be making Court Appearances in greensboro, kannapolis and york county, South Carolina. Live at the fire headquarters, Steve Crump Wbtv on your side. Thank you. State lawmakers could head back to raleigh to take action on charlottes nondiscrimination ordinance. The House Speaker says he is exploring the idea of a special he says part of the ordinance which allows transgender people to use a bathroom of their choice poses a threat to public safety. The General Assembly will
Youre coming off i85. Looking at independence expressway, volume of traffic here in center city beginning to heat up just a bit. Lets look at the drive times, coming up from rock hill, 21 minutes, 64 miles an hour. Concord to center city, 17 minute commute, speeds there in the upper 60s and lake norman southbound at 15 minutes and 65 miles an hour. Looking at the overall charlotte commute, most of our major interstates continuing to run in the green and including 485, 77 and 85. Were seeing slow downs now outbound providence road over toward wt harris, albermarle and heavier now around the arboretum area. That is a check of traffic, john, back to you. John this morning a state of emergency declared in North Carolina as areas recover from this weeks severe weather. Governor pat mccrory says the primary problem right now is the number of Power Outages across the state. Now at the peak of the storm, more than 122,000 customers lost power. Mainly in mecklenburg, gaston and forsyth counties
This is the feldman murder case we are told by our coleen harry that sources are saying the suspect in the case of the murder of that 82yearold woman is her son. Police are expected to release new information about the case in a News Conference this afternoon. You will remember in 2014 feldman was found dead in her home on Torrey Pines Court. And she was beaten and strangled and she was 82. That News Conference is scheduled for 5 30 p. M. At cmpd headquarters we will be watching it and bring you the latest details. A lot of people involved. Anticipating something. Right now snow in the North Carolina mountains. Our neighbors here in the charlotte area are cleaning up the mess yesterdays storms left behind people in the mountains are dealing with a blast of Winter Weather. Lets get you straight over to chief meterologist, eric thomas in the first alert weather center. Yeah, and that big storm continues to drift off to the north and the wind field winds into the viewing area especially t
Little bit cool, it will be below average for us but will feel nice since well have full sun and wont be windy. Nice afternoon ahead and gets better for tomorrow. Got a great weekend to look forward to, more on the details coming up in a few minutes. Kristen in campaign 2016, South Carolina democrats will have a chance to make their pick for the partys president ial nominee in an hour. Polls open at 7 00 Bernie Sanders campaigned across the state but says quoting here there are some states we are going to lose. For her part, Hillary Clinton focused her message friday on the republicans rather than sanders. Arguing that the gop candidates are are offering failed economic policies. For the polls will be open through 7 00 tonight were going to have continuing coverage of the South Carolina primary throughout the day right here on wbtv, you can also get up to the minute Election Results on wbtv. Com. On the republican side, unexpected support from a former rival. Chris christie endorsed th