Day will be spent in the chilly 30s. Well talk about when we might break out a little bit from the deep freeze and what is down the road. There may be an ice or snow across the piedmont, well talk about it. Seven day forecast around the corner, john. John charlottemecklenburg leaders voted to extend ann clarks contract and search immediately for a new superintendent. They voted 63 to extend the contract through june, 2017. Supposed to expire in july of this year. It was clear during the discussion between Board Members they were divided on the decision. Turn the page and boldly step in the future with new leadership. That new leadership needs to be ready to embark on this trip with us leading the way. I almost feel guilty asking ann clark to stay another year with us because she has put her sacrifices for the sake of cms. John clark spoke once, she has been consistent in saying she would not be a candidate for the position in the long term. Parents packed the Board Meeting to voice opi
Phonepotential for Severe Weather exists. Ill let you know what is going to happen and weekend and snow in the mountains tonight, the ahead. John back to that breaking news, weve been following for you, one lane closed on i85 north closed for some time after a semi truck jack knifed. Happened before 1 00 a. M. Near exit 29, sam wilson road. Wbtvs Kristen Hampton has been there at the scene, she joins us now live with more details. So kristen, any word weather played a role in the wreck . Reporter john, it doesnt look like it. It wasnt raining too hard at the time the wreck happened. You can see behind me 85 about 15 minutes ago just opened back up, all lanes are free and clear, northbound and southbound northbound this area on sam wilson just off sam wilson, actually. I talked to state troopers a what they believe caused the accident this morning. They say a Passenger Car pulled off on the right shoulder of the interstate, they say the driver was a little tired, wanted to take a quick
Doesnt look like lyndsay you will hear it several more times. 33 right now, surprisingly, still kind of cloudy, once the clouds clear out, that is when the temperatures will drop in early this morning. There is a look at mondays storm. That is where it is right now, moving over the pacific northwest, still two more days before that gets here, up until then, it will be all about the cold. At least a dry weekend if you have any plans, but talk how low the temperatures will go tonight and in tomorrow and more details on the monday storm, still looks like Winter Weather to start out the president s day holiday. All the details in a few minutes. Brody a look at top stories, Piedmont Natural Gas out early helping more than 280 families restore heat to their homes in north charlotte. Were told google fiber contractors cut a natural gas line last night in the highland that is near law rule laurel run. The lines are fixed. Crews are resetting everyones line. For a lot of people an extra cold st
Lyndsay doing good. Should be a beautiful weekend. A little chilly to start right now, most away from the city are in the upper 20s. 30 in charlotte and in hickory, other than that at 27 in salisbury, albermarle, 28 statesville, 27 in boone and in lancaster and rock hill, upper 20s. Cold to start, this afternoon cool, back in the 50s to more the better weekend pick for sure. Well in the 60s. Little bit of a warmup, so more on your forecast details in a few. Kristen thank you, lyndsay. In campaign 2016, polls open at 7 00 for the democratic primary today in South Carolina. In the polls, Hillary Clinton has a big lead over her challenger, bernie sanders. In a final push to voters, mrs. Clinton spoke in columbia last night saying she will work to break down barriers and lift people up. Sanders will head off to minnesota by way of texas searching for friendlier terrain on the republican side, a campaign twist, donald trump stopped his closest rivals in their tracks with a high profile endo
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