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Started over night in wake county and it led to hundreds of accidents across the triangle this morning. Wncns david hurst reports. As temperatures rose today, Road Conditions gradually got better. Behind me here along i 440 theres still a little bit of slush left over. But were not seeing any of the ice that caused so many problems this morning. Icy and slippery roads caused headaches for many drivers across the triangle. What normally would take me a good 30 minute commute took about an hour an...

Also responsible. Family members of melissa hugginsjones cried as the jury read their verdict. Smith showed no emotion. The defense did not call any witnesses, nor did they put on any asset evidence in the testimony phase but ours expected to do now in the sentencing phase which could take 2 to 3 days. The jury will have to decide to send him to prison without the chance of parole for the rest of his life, or convict him and sent him ultimately to die for his crimes. It has been an emotional tri...

Moved out of the area. Durham. 38 wake forest. 42 holly springs. We wont be cold enough for this to be frozen. Conditions. 37 roxboro. 41 rocky mount. 42 fayetteville. Its cool t. Expect upper 30s this morning, upper 40s lunchtime. Cooler than yesterday. High. 52 this afternoon. Lots of sunshine, still. The sentencing hearing begins today for travion smith. Jury found him guilty of murdering Melissa Huggins jones in her North Raleigh apartment. Tara lynn is live. Smiths life is on the line. Repo...

Funnel cloud as it developed this afternoon. Meteorologist john ahrens is in Severe Weather center 9 where things are a lot calmer now, but the threat of strong wind is still out there. Thats right. And some showers as well, scott as we look at the one thats coming through now in southwest charlotte into belmont and up through gastonia, live Early Warning doppler 9 showing you a big pocket of rain and gusty winds out of this. I dont want you to get scared. But this is packing strong winds and ve...

A full report in a few minutes. Geoff thank you. The ice brought down trees and power lines. Right now, thousands of people are without power. According to duke energy, more than 24,000 people are without power in the carolinas. You can see the number here in Western North carolina. That number has dropped from 1700 in the last hour. In swain county, less than 200 here in the upstate, less than 700 total. Most are in greenwood county. Troopers are investigating two deadly wrecks impacted by cond...

This broadcast sponsored by subaru south boulevard and subaru concord. Wbtv on your side. Wbtv news starts right now. Kristen next at 6 00, a charlotte teen and his mother are demanding answers from uber after they say one particular driver has been harassing the 17yearold. We sit down with the family to talk about the allegations. Plus, fist fights and security concerns force donald trump to abruptly cancel a rally in chicago. More on how he is responding to all this this morning. We are monito...

And turning to the other major story, the world wide hunt for this man, one of the three main suspects in the brussels terror attack that killed nearly three dozen people and hurt more than 250 others. Authorities in brussels announced that they have another man in custody in connection with the attack and his role is not clear. Elizabeth huv in new hur is in new york with the stories of survivors. Reporter this morning, a moment of silence across belgium, a tribute to those killed and injured j...

Primary day sdwl. It is the last minute type of information they might need. This is kenny, im calling on behalf of marco rubio for sglez his camp was working along with thom tillis. These last ditch efforts are crucial, especially in such a competitive election. Theyre critically important. It is amazing how many people i was just ate gop event last night, probably a third of the room was undecided. Theyre trying to make up their minds. While early voting ended at 1 oclock today. Polls open at ...

Car to break into the back of the store, but instead they hit a gas line. That meant that fire crews were on the scene. They were working to cut off the gas here. They say that the thieves were not able to get inside of both, but they also tried to get into the front of both of these stores. Now, as you just mentioned, police are investigating whether the breakins here are connected to another breakin on tryon street about 12 miles away. This is at north tryon and east way. This one happened aro...

Wx timer 40 a man barricaded himself in his me for eight hours. Creating a tense situation for authorities and residents in cherokee, iowa yesterday. That standoff with police ended peacefully. Ktivs sam curtiss has more from the scene. State patrol packed up at the scene. Authorities then took the man to Cherokee Regional Medical Center to be evaluated. In cherokee, iowa, sam curtiss, ktiv news four. The Cherokee Police department is expected to release more details later this morning. Well bri...