we have one advisory until avery county. we have another low pressure system and this is a fast mover and it will mean a couple of showers. higher elevations you could see more snow showers. temperatures falling not as quickly. temperatures in the mid-70s for 4:00 p.m. and mid-40s by 10:00 p.m. and when we can expect a warmup that is coming up in a little bit. thank you. make sure you have the wbtv weather app so you can keep up with the changes temperatures. it is free in your app store search wbtv. a man accused in the robbery and murder of a salisbury convenience store owner is on trial today and one of the co-defendants is testifying against him. he was killed in december of 2012. three men were charged two have already pleaded guilty in the case and wbtv s david whisenant live outside the courthouse in salisbury. walk us through this. the third on trial? because robinson s attorneys the suspect we are talking about, his attorneys are attacking the credibility of th
assignment. paul bail looy is hosting this forum at the caramel church toen curling people to fill out surveys on student assignment and to hear their concerns. next week the school board will vote on the goals of the student assignment. one goal is to create more diverse schools. mecklenburg county health officials confirm that there is a case of mumps here. we also learned that it is related to the confirmed case in iredell county. symptoms are fever, headache, loss of appetite, muscle ache or tenderness and swelling in the glands below the ears. there are two vaccines to prevent mumps, but no treatment. and mucous from the mouth. outbreaks can happen in the highly vaccinated areas. the best way to protect hygiene and avoid sharing food. maureen: one man is okay after finding an intruder of his home. tony pitt said somebody came through the sliding glass doors. he didn t ask questions first and instead he started shooting. he fired three shots, the intruder was hit in
severe weather in louisiana. it is the same system. tell us what you have. striking photographs. and give you an idea how bad it is there some of our stations south are wall to wall sister stations in the louisiana area you can see that is a downed water to tower. that is a water tower on the ground in pieces and this is video we have gotten from prairieville, louisiana destruction because of the weather that moved through. we have heard of reports of downed power lines and possible tornadoes touching down in that area. scary stuff there. we will keep our eye out for more images. and look at this, a charlotte man is cleaning up a mess. a huge treetopled on top of this and tomorrow we might see this again. more places are at risk than others. brody o connell is one of the neighborhoods deemed high-risk. what can you tell us? there are neighborhoods just outside of uptown charlotte that are heavily populated with old trees and homes and this morning we got a reminder how
louisiana. a reporter from our sister station tweeted these photographs. you can see a lot of damage there. we saw the 18-wheeler on its side. in texas school was canceled after hail broke windows. you can see the holes there and the broken glass? the hail was probably golf ball to baseball-sized and it held for about 10 minutes covering the roads. maureen: the first alert weather team will track it as it continues to make its way to our area. you can track the storm on our smartphone. it is free in the app store and marketplace. right now on primetime charlotte-mecklenburg police are looking for two people accused of kidnapping a local pizza delivery driver overnight. authorities say the victim was that delivery driver. suspects in a vehicle and forced him to get inside. the two then drove the victim to an atm where they withdrew money from his account. the victim was let go and his car was later found abandoned on baldwin avenue. if you have any information crimestopp
we got this information from wingate university, dozens of students reporting symptoms, diarrhea, nausea and vomiting and the school is hoping for confirmation of the illness when they get test results back tomorrow. campus services is cleaning bathrooms and common areas and residence halls and the dining facilities are being sanitized and cleaning the equipment too. and health officials recommend staying out of work or school while you are dealing with the symptoms. wait until you get better before you get back into the classroom. thank you. first at 4:00 the storm that tore up the east coast killed serve of seven people. two were killed in louisiana, four more died in virginia and a seventh was killed when a tree fell in darlington, south carolina. in charlotte, clean up continues after storms caused power outages and trees to fall. right now, there are still nearly 5,000 customers without power in mecklenberg county. and the national weather service now confirms
different. those people would have come in and i would have been sitting there, and they probably would have gone out and said it is not a good time. but you know, cannot change things. now, the jury is going to be getting the case soon and in court robinson s lawyers are using two experts a psychologist and psychiatrist and trying to say that robinson is not mentally capable enough to have been a mastermind of anything. in fact one of his experts described him as a psychiatricly disturbed individual. and see what happens tomorrow. david whisenant wbtv on your side. a 19-year-old murder case is finally in the hands of a jury. 20-year-old mcqueen was a student reported missing back in 1996. nine months later, a construction crew found her remains on the side of a me edwin lalling is being tried for murder. her roommate says she was going to meet him when she disappeared. the charlotte-mecklenburg school board wants to make more schools diverse and help struggling schools
could turn for help. the 20-year-old victim told police she is shaken up and it happened in broad daylight. she started her walk near stewart avenue and continued towards laurel wood cemetery when she noticed the person and started hearing footsteps and saw the man running towards her and the victim told police that he had a knife and was chasing after her talking to himself during this ordeal. she was able to run-in side a bank and hide in a restroom to get away from the man who did not stick around long. police did review video from the bank and saw a man following the woman and will release the video to us. police will tell us what the woman did right and more at 5:00. live in rock hill, michael clark wbtv on your side. scary story. thank you. first at 4:00 disruption in uptown. firefighters battle flames and the circle k on graham street. the fire is now out. investigators working to find the cause. a south carolina deputy shot twice is expected to recover but it wi
first at 4:00 police in dobson north carolina are looking for a driver who hit two children at a school bus stop and drove away. a 15-year-old in critical condition after he pushed another student out of harm s way. and the other victim, a girl, she has injuries to a leg. school leaders are upset about what happened. everybody is somebody s child and we treat all of them like our own. so this is just my heartbreaks for those families. that right now are at the hospital. officers say other drivers were in the area at the time of the crash so they are relying on tips to solve this crime. get you to the alert center and alex giles is live following news coming in involving salisbury high school. just learned the principal and assistant principal at salisbury high school have been suspended. we learned this information. this is the result of a basketball game disciplinary between north rowan and salisbury high school. the district says the principal and the assistant pr
in the trial in rowan county. alex giles is live with that. our media partners at time-warner cable confirmed this. a jury returned a verdict of guilty in this murder trial. that suspect 37-year-old maurice robinson is guilty of first degree murder and robbery with a dangerous weapon. he planned the robbery at a convenience store and got the gun used to kill the store owner and planned other armed robberies and we know the jury returned a verdict of guilty in this case. we will continue following any courtroom developments that we get. late breaking news thank you. a bill allowing school employees in south carolina to carry guns on campus put on hold for now. the republican who is sponsoring the bill says he wants to protect the safety of children in rural schools that cannot afford a police officer. some lawmakers say in the house they are not happy with the idea carry guns after only two weeks of training. a south carolina mother accused of exposing her infant to co
resort. a criminal investigation is under way. badgers or blue devils. wisconsin and duke facing off in college basketball s national title game. will it be the first championship in 74 years. or the fifth in duke s history. all eyes on indianapolis this monday april 6th 2015. announcer: this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. welcome to today on a monday morning. we have tamron in al s seat because al is down on the lawn of the white house. several of his furry friends there. tonight is the night of the ncaa championship game. i may stay up until 8 time 05. duke? wisconsin? we will have much more on the big game coming up. let s get to the top story. the stinging review about an alleged rape at the university of virginia that has the magazine retracting its story and the author apologizing. gabe gutierrez is on the campus for us. good morning. reporter: good morning. this story rocked the campus and sparked