Tomorrow cooler, low 70s here in charlotte, in the 60s up around the i40 corridor. There are cnges on the way. Ill talk about those in detail and what to expect because i think sunday isz the wetter day of the weekend. All the details with the seven day pnner. Right now check in with chris, first alert traffic. Chris first alert traffic charlotte. Taking a live look i77 West Boulevard, again, running smoothly here through the center of charlotte thisorning. Coming in from lake[ norman, 16 minutes, 65milesperhour. Thats the average commute time this time of the morning. Davidson down to huntersville and all the way up to 485, youre running in the green. Most of our majors in the charlotte area, 77, 85 looking okay. Providence road, albermarle, wt harris, no snificant delays. Coming northbound out of the rock hill area, current drive 64milesperhour. Minutes away from weather and morning. John 5 31, were getting a look at t results from a Student Assignment survey taken by thousands of pa
Amber alert issue yesterday for 15yearold dixie bailey in transylvania county. Police in brevard said she is 54, 114 pounds, brown hair with orange streaks. Last seen wearing a peach pull over black tights and cowboy boots. Authorities say she is possibly headed to atlanta, if you see bailey, call 911 or star hp. Back to the breaking news we told you about, were working with police to learn what led to a shooting in west charlotte. A woman shot late last night on brooktree drive. Then drove herself to a home on darby avenue less than ten minutes away. From there, taken to the hospital with nonlife threatening injuries. There is no word on any arrests in the shootings, no names released. As soon as we get more details, well update you on air and online at wbtv. Com. That shooting is one of several charlottemecklenburg police are investigating. Hurt in a string of shootings yesterday. Our alex giles continues our coverage with two shootings in east charlotte. Reporter violence kept offic
Only closing delay we know of. If anything changes, youll find the latest information right here and on wbtv. Com closings. Al i have a feeling this may be one or two more before the morning is over. Snow in the mountains this morning. Show you what is going on, this system not real strong, not real big, reporting from boone of about two inches but the roads are wet. That is king street in boone look at the street lamp. The snow continues to fall up there. Again the main roads are just wet right now. The temperature is only right at freezing in boone, back roads could be a little slick, again, avery county schools operating on twohour delay, well hear what watauga and perhaps alleghany and ashe have to say later on. 34 at morganton and hickory over to statesville. 38 in charlotte, 39 right in lancaster, rock hill, monroe, 40 in wadesboro. Wind up seeing a decent amount of sunshine even in the for some sun. In charlotte and piedmont, mostly sunny, seasonal day, high of 57. What the week
Couple minutes. Right now that is resortcams. Com giving us king street in boone, where we have wet streets, my understanding is that the grass is covered with one to two inches of snow. It is at freezing right now, we have School Delays up there but the roads are essentially just wet in town, back roads could be a little slick. 32 in boone, 34 morganton, hickory, statesville, 38 gastonia and charlotte over to monroe and albermarle. 40 in wadesboro and 39 in rock hill. For today, get rid of the clouds, and eventually see sunshine, process will take a good chunk of the morning for that to happen well wind up at 57, close to average this time of the year and ten degrees above what we could manufacture yesterday when all the clouds rolled in. Youre never more than seven minutes away from weather and traffic on wbtv news this morning. Here is chris, first alert traffic. Chris al, thank you, rst alert traffic is sponsored this morning by toyota of north charlotte. Here we go, rolling in fri
Get it off their chest because that helps. Firefighters are processing what happened. As are candaces friends and family. The one thing we have all held hands and prayed together the one thing weve talked through is just getting not thinking about what tomorrow brings or what tonight brings just how we can get through every minute. She was a mother dedicated to her children. Candace was an amazing mom. They will surround the boys with love. Those little boys thank god they made it through. They will need a lot of support. The pastor of the church here tells me that he went to the hospital that the threeyearold had his neck checked to be safe and that the sevenyearold was not physically hurt. But he is asking that our viewers pray for the family tonight. Live here in lincoln county, Pamela Escobar wbtv on your side. We know so many people will be doing that. Troopers said at one point the driver told them that driver of the truck, david boyd, that he saw a deer. And they say no other wi