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Its frightening and bizarre in several ways. But heres what happened, the victim early this morning told police he was in this parking lot on baldwin avenue in the cherry neighborhood when two suspects, a man and a woman came up, threatened him with a gun, and forced him to get into another car and drove him a long way to get cash. The investigation began early this morning with a call from the papa johns on Fourth Street saying they hadnt heard from one of their delivery drivers. A 61yearold ma...

Employees here some very serious instructions. The important thing is to check your vaccination record. Know the status of your vaccine. If youve had one, get a second. Its recommended if youre exposed. The vaccination, it will not help if youve been exposed. But itll help in the future. And anyone that gets vaccinated. If you contract it, your symptoms are so muchchmore mild. In an effort to keep this from spreading, the Health Department is warning people who think they have symptoms and work ...

Reporter this is one of many areas across town where heavy winds knocked down massive trees. Check out the root of that tree. Road. This is edge hill drive. We watched as crews wrapped up trying to clear this tree. Minutes. But they had been here for about four hours. We talked to homeowners and neighbors across charlotte. A tree fell on a condo in the will more area. It caused so much damage inside, that structure has been deemed unsafe. We saw crews working to clear a tree that fell on a vinta...

Going to work its way in for the weekend. Well talk about that in a moment. In the North Carolina high country, its a different story, the snow up there will continue through the day. Eyewitness News Reporter dave faherty has been up in the high country and just blustery snowy conditions continue. Reporter you can probably see it on my lense right there. Its actually blowing sideways. Let me wipe it real quick so you can see me a little clearer out here. The snow started around 8 00 this morning...

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Were pushing the story forward tonight at 6 00, tina terry is asking that since lowes headquarters is so big, if its possible to contain the out break. Theyre dedicated to helping charlotte families. But thieves are targeting local firefighters while theyre out on life saving calls. Its just wrong that this is what theyre coming back to. Reporter their car windows smashed, everything from ipads, to money, even guns stolen. And just this morning, firefighters vehicles at two charlotte stations we...

Are 74 Miles Per Hour. John. Im in the breaking news center to update you this fire in burke county. Weve been following this the last 30 minutes. There is smoke. It is pouring out from behind the town hall. An old schoolhouse there, that is what is on fire. Its right next to the town hall. Dave faherty is there. Reporter you mention the old schoolhouse. I just talked to the fire chief. Everything is being done to prevent this fire from going over to the town hall, which is off to my left. Let m...

Video from the 485 back up. People started telling me they thought it was an eight car pile up ahead. Chris waited patiently. A spokesperson told us heavy freezing rain kept the 40 contracted crews out treating roads busy. They were putting down salt to help break up the icy patches. The difficulty in that was when we had heavy rain move through, it could wash the salt off the roads. Jenkins admits it wasnt fun waiting in traffic but understands why Highway Patrol needed to make the call. I coul...

Blowing rock. Coming up at 6 00, well talk about how fast you can get hypothermia and frostbite. Live in blowing rock, john ahrens, channel 9 Eyewitness News. Get back in the truck well see you at 6 00. Stay with our Team Coverage. Continuing at 6 00, soldiers stuck in the snow, the mistake they made trying to get to an area ski resort. If you have any questions about the wintery conditions in your neighborhood, join us on facebook. Meteorologist Christine Rapp is live chatting on the weather pa...

Check out the windchill values. 15 to 25. Your skin exposed could experience frostbite in as little as 15 to 20 minutes. Thats dangerous chill. Charlotte wakes up to temperatures at 20 tomorrow morning. While we are tracking the ldest air yet, the next focus will be on monday morning. Well see a mix of snow, sleet, possibly some freezing rain before it changes over to rain. State and charlotte d. O. T. Crews are planning ahead now. Road crews in the mountains and foothills are treating roads as ...