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Charge he looked stunned staring down and shaking his head. He was devastated. The attorney told me why a few minutes later, thacker had just learned the victim died. He just found out literally minutes before he walked into the courtroom. We wondered how that could be if he had been served with a murder warrant he should have known tammy was dead. Nobody told him before . No. Authorities told us he had been charged with murder since he was behind bars paperwork would have been served there but ...

Causes of mumps. Officials say the counties are mecklenburg, iredell and cabarrus county. Yesterday we told you about a case in Iredell County and another in mecklenburg. The medical director for the Health Department stopped by wbtv today to address whether officials expect more cases. It hasnt grown. This is the same number weve had since the end of last week. And quite frankly, i would expect it to grow because number one, the incubation period for mumps is somewhere between 1225 days. The do...

To an already congested area. We have more with how the neighborhoods could be affected. Reporter park road and wood lawn are known as an area filled with traffic, but what added to that is additional new apartments. Leon and Beth Mrf Murphy have lived in madison park for 48 years and married 54. We first moved here, we were way out of town. Reporter the neighborhood is less than a mile from South Park Mall it used to be a dairy farm that belonged to Billy Grahams father. We had problems with tr...

Other issue that is were following include 77 northbound near amity hill we had an accident, now in the median. Were on the scene of this accident as well gathering more information northbound at 36 miles per hour, so still a little slow. So 21 heading up through troutman up through statesville should be used. 85 southbound we have the inside left lane blocked with an accident involving a tractor trailer just south of highway 152 from china grove. Very minimal impact expected with this accident ...

Especially in the morganton area. I spotted this pickup truck over turned after crossing an icy bridge. Then we got over to Catawba County just south of hickory and saw this call hauler jackknifed in the roadway there. There were other vehicles involved in this icy crash. One man told me he had to jump out of the way to avoid being hit. They came sliding at me. I had to jump over the guardrail. I thought they were going to hit me. But they just barely stopped right before they hit my truck. It w...

U. S. Crude is trading at just about 30 a barrel now, and lets take a look at how thats affecting the dow. Up 206 points now. The nasdaq is up 75. Well be keeping an eye on this throughout the day. A fire swept through a northwest charlotte barn and killed seven dogs, two horses. This morning. Now Eyewitness News reporter angela hong has learned what may have led to this fire. Angela. Reporter john, we have been here all morning and within the last 30 minutes you can see a bulldozer crew out her...

They say the cases are connected. Since the Health Department reached out to channel 9 with the information, we looked up some more about this virus. Its extremely rare in North Carolinament getting an average of only six cases per year. Since 2008 North Carolina requires all School Age Children to get a vaccine for the mumps. Well continue to dig up more information about this and keep you updated. A man accused of shooting his girlfriend in hickory appeared before a judge the afternoon. James ...

And its backed up from statesville. Down to troutman and on the other side i think theres another accident. A car did a 10 in the ice. 180 in the ice. Look at the black top, thats liquid. Other spots, a few feet up, its ice. So this is patchy. Its just those small patches where the ice really starts to form on the roads that you have some mayor danger spots. Meteorologist john ahrens, channel 9 Eyewitness News. All right john. And Statesville Police just tweeted out theyve worked 22 accidents si...

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SIR – Are Britain’s staggering legal immigration numbers (“Net migration to UK hits record high”, report, telegraph.co.uk, November 23) a result of deliberate – but covert – government policy, or just sheer incompetence? It would be useful to know before the general election. Either way, it does not look good for the Conservatives. James Thacker Tanworth-in-Arden, Warwickshire