I love my brother. This day last year, joshua hill was 13 months old in march he died in a fire that his brother jacob morgan was adieused of setting. My best friend. At tuesdays plea hearing prosecutors told a judge that fire had two points of origin one in the bedroom and the other in the living room. According to investigators morgan admitted to lighting tea candles before the home went up in flames. Whether he intended to kill his brother or not and may be up for debate. But he set the fire that killed his brother. Prosecutors say morgan had a cellphone but never use to do to call for help despite the evidence against the brother, loved ones continue to stand behind him after the death of their toddler. I will never get over losing my little boy. I will never get over my other son being accused of the loss of our little boy. More began pleaded guilty to unlawful conduct towards a child as part of the plea. He maintains his innocence in the arson entering a plea to the third degree
Rain uprooted trees. This tree fell on queens road in charlotte. There are similar scenes across the charlotte area and Pamela Escobar joins us live from willmore neighborhood centuries down today and the next sound you hear could be chainsaws . That is right. You will need chainsaws for this tree on top of this car. The trunk did see chainsaws because it fell at 8 00 a. M. And neighbors tell me that they are not blaming the winds but saying all the rain that weve had has affected the ground. As you saw this massive tree in edgehill park fell at lunchtime on to queens road. Neighbors say no one was hurt and it did not hit a house burt it will take sometime to clear the debris. Strong winds and weak roots caused other trees to fall and property was not spared. This house on West Boulevard was the tree came out of the ground as the treetopled over. People love living in these areas but when the storms come through this can be the result. Relived here 25 years ago that hugo came through a
Happened at west meck high yesterday. She told me yesterday that there were multiple fights going on here and that you know, it was very disturbing to her. Kevin is kozdys daughter. They are often and more security needs ton enforced because nothing is happening. School board member hearing cries from parents. She tells me she receives calls about fights at west meck high everyday and now wonders if cms is doing all it can to address issues at the school and questions if students are getting the support needed to stop fighting. Parents are concerned these interruptions can get in the way. I believe she is getting a quality education but yesterday i believe the external things going on in the school can cause a problem to someone that is trying to get a quality education. Another issue. Same thing i see every morning about seven, eight guys, and girls, walking down the street by the house right there. They should be in school. The solution . They need help. You cannot do it one person c
It addressed Student Assignment. We have families that moved from our neighborhood. The vicechair person told me that majority of the School Board Members do not favor forced busing. In the meantime, you can expect more Community Forums on Student Assignment and another is planned here in south charlotte next month. And those parents here in south charlotte well in about 30 minutes they will meet to go over their strategies. Live in south charlotte, Dedrick Russell wbtv on your side. And you mentioned the boards meeting. Thank you they are scheduled to vote on Student Assignment next tuesdays meeting. We are continuing to follow breaking news. Governor mccrory called a special session so lawmakers can vote on a new voting district map. Lawmakers will head to raleigh. The deadline is friday. A court ruled the districts are unconstitutional. Mecklenburg into gilford county. On the proposed map it includes part of mecklenburg. The General Assembly is expected to vote on the map and waitin
34 at 9 00 p. M. And 33 at 11 00 p. M. This is the preview of coming attractions today. Monday, a serious winter storm and now, meteorologist Lyndsay Tapases will break that down for you. Eric, we have a little bit of a clearer picture on the timing of the snow, sleet, freezing rain and rain. Again in the morning this is just snow. And that is because from the ground up to 5,000 feet here we have that cold air that is going to be less than freezing. Just plain snow for everyone. And the hourly time stamp as we go forward in time, we are starting to see more warm air move in. First up aloft and then to the ground. As that warm air steadily creeps in first a couple thousand feet up those melted snowflakes will freeze back into sleet into the ice balls and as more warm air moves in that layer of cold air gets thinner and we have the melted snowflakes falling as air extends not only a couple thousand feet but down to the ground we get rain. Here is the time stamp by the end of that graph w