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Her, in her own bed. And stabbed her in her face. And tore her nose off. How does that not call for it . How does that not call for the Death Penalty . But the jury did not agree. After the verdict was rendered, the parents of melissa were able to address Travion Smith directly in court through victim impact statements. Very compelling stuff. Absolutely. We did hear from several family members before the sentencing recommendation, including melissas mother, don wallace, she actually spoke direct...

He was just a kind, loving, respectful kid. Late this afternoon, the defense said that it finished presenting its witnesses and now the state tomorrow will get a chance to present rebuttal witnesses. Itll be a half day session. Court will end at about foon time tomorrow. And then on monday, the judge says theyll have closing arguments and after that, the case will go to the jury for them to decide death or not. Wncn news now. Just a reminder, there are two other people involved in this case. Ron...

Vacation spot. But tonight look at this. The outer banks covered in snow. This is video of snow covering the peer. A winter storm warning remains in effect until midnight. Up to an inch of snow fell in greenville closing schools and causing multiple car wrecks. The snow started falling around 12 30 and quickly covered the grass and roads. Two people were killed in a crash south of greenville but authorities arent saying if it was weather related. Back in the area, the Winter Weather forced a few...

Because the roads are cold and theres slick spots i will call it a medium event and that is tough one on what schools are going to do. There are changes possible but a lot of this is going to happen after the morning commute and before the evening commute. Heres what we are thinking. Bulls eye is one to two inches and thats east of the area. Up to ionch for a lot of us an inch for a lot of us and a dusting out to the west. I will take you through the day hour by hour coming up in few minutes. We...

The good news is the Severe Weather threat is over, but yes this is the biggest Severe Weather outbreak we have had since april 2011. A year ago we had snow on the ground, we can half a half ago we had snow and sleet. But tonight the radar is dry. Remember this started as heavy rain before the sun came up, and then things really got cooking this afternoon. The National Weather service here in raleigh, issued 21 Tornado Warnings today for central North Carolina. All of last year, they issued five...

Reporter it all began when he saw someone trying to break into his neighbors deputy car. One of the other criminals got out of a fear by car and held the man at gunpoint demanding his phone and wallet. At that point, the mans sonin law came out. The suspects then drove away and the soninlaw got the 911. The man decided to father or follow the men. During the chase they fired several shots back at the man. He stopped chasing after one of the shots hit his front bumper. Deputies eventually pulled ...

In rayford that is one of the cold spots. 23 in clay tonight we have a little bit of a breeze outside this morning. If we factor in the wind outside, the temperatures are colder. It feels like 18 in henderson and 14 in roxboro and 126 in rayford and 26 in raleigh. So it will be a cold day across the area and we can expect the breeze to continue and pick up a little bit this morning and into this afternoon as this arctic High Pressure will build in and 26 at 8 00 a. M. And the temperatures will c...

40 looks dry this morning. We just have one small incident to tell you about that is on 40 westbound. That is right near carytown boulevard here. There is an accident off on the shoulder at exit 291. Watch for maybe a few little slowdowns in that area until the accident is cleared. Plus, we saw the shoulder closure fortified between exit 293 and exit 301. So it could be a little tight going through there this morning. Keep that in mind. Thank things are looking good on your westbound loop. On 54...

And check traffic. Remember, games start today for the ncaa tournament. March madness kicking off in raleigh. Pnc arena, first game starts 12 40 this afternoon. Parking lots open two anda half hours before each game. Cars and vans, it will cost 20 to park. Im expecting a lot of congestion around pnc arena so if you dont have to be in that area i would avoid it at all costs. Lets look outside, this is i 440 and looks like sunnybrook road, more cars coming out if youre getting ready to head out, n...

Lets take a live look outside at i85 and avondale drive where you can see traffic is moving just fine this morning. That light Traffic Volume is in that area. Thats the case on most of the thoroughfares on the triangle this morning. Lets look at the traffic map showing a couple of minor incidents. We had one accident on Holly Springs on sunset lake road. Theres an accident right at west cot ridge drive. Use caution in that area. Keep in mind, we have the ongoing closures through project fortify,...