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WBTV WBTV News 3 At 530PM February 18, 2016

Its hard but its right. He said the decade she got was right. I think justice has not been served today. I think that she is a protective mother who was afraid for the safety of her daughter. Her lawyer plans on appealing. The question you have to ask is why . At trial we were not able to present the evidence of why. The judge specifically said we are not going to include that in this case. Prosecutors say she was willing to pay someone to take another human life. She had opportunities to change her mind and she never did. This shows her true behavior. Reporting live from federal courthouse, Pamela Escobar wbtv on your side. Thank you. Davis is in the mecklenberg county jail and custody will be transferred to the federal bureau of prisons. She has 14 days to appeal. Deputies have busted a black tar heroin operation near i77 and these three are under arrest. The drug was being sold in 150i77 area in mooresville. They went under chufer and arrested the three. More charges and more arrests are expected. A push on social media to help find who killed this young boy last year. Kevin was shot and killed while at a Birthday Party on memorial day. Charlottemecklenburg police put out a video asking for leads in the case that has gone cold. Detectives are offering up to a 10,000 reward. If you know anything call crimestoppers. A mother is hurting and remember your information will remain anonymous. A group is helping cms with diversity in the classroom. Cms has around 9,000 teachers overall of that 15 are black. And a smaller percentage are it comes in around 5 of the entire teacher workforce. Dedrick russell is live with us and what is being done about this . Well, i can tell you the group is called profound gentlemen it will host an event open to the public and it will promote getting more black men in the classrooms. The leaders tell me they have a plan but they admit getting those metropolitan back to school is a challenge. Mauer yo shaw and jason are on special assignment. He recruits black male teachers and retain the ones in the classrooms. And reports show it makes a difference for students. When they have africanamerican male teacher the suspension rates go down. He used to be a cms teacher and sees students from time to time and they remember him. Thank you for the work that the goal is for every 20 black male students there is a black male teacher. For every 66 black male students there is a black male teacher. How is how they plan too accomplish their goal. They will try to retain the teachers by offering support and giving out discounts. And they will try to get them promoted to better paying positions so they can remain inside the schools. We are able to recommend them to positions such as ap positions and principal positions. Education advocacy groups believe in this effort but say teachers are needed period. There is a teacher shortage. You put an excellent teacher in every classroom, you would solve the achievement crisis in the country. No matter the color . No matter the color. The educators are traveling to accomplish their goal and other districts are following suit and we are hoping that charlottemecklenburg School District follows it with that as well. Now, the group says funding has become a problem for cms to help support this group. Profound gentlemen is working with School Districts in charlotte, atlanta, washington d. C. , chicago and cleveland. The group will target College Seniors to increse black males entering the classrooms. Nearly 70 of education majors do not go into the profession. By the way, tonights event is at the epicenter and it ends at 9 p. M. Dedrick russell wbtv on your side. Important issue thank you. Weather, cannot hardly beat it in february. Mid50s again today but will the mild weather last into the night . Lyndsay tapases is tracking your forecast in the first alert weather center. 54 was our high which believe it or not was 2 below average average highs come up. 56 where we should be we will be back into the upper 50s for highs tomorrow. And as far as the evening is concerned 53 in charlotte. 54 in gastonia and hickory and 5 one statesville and 55 morganton and your hourbyhour forecast sundown will be at 6 08. Once that sunsets quickly through the 40s by midnight upper 30s. And it will nottay mild through the night. We are warmer tomorrow afternoon weekend. We will talk about the weekend temperatures and a look at the week ahead in the first alert forecast. Here is tonya rivens with the commute. Thank you. Your first alert traffic is sponsored by peoples bank. And things have gotten busy as we check 485 at University City boulevardment an accident. North tryon is a great alternate route and slowmoving traffic approaching 485 on university and check in around albemarle road and 485, things are traveling nicely but another accident 485 this is outer loop at idlewild lawyers road is a great alternate route. Congestion on Pineville Matthews as well as highway 74ment and the dot camera independence and albemarle eastbound is congested at the moment. A local man is in jail for threatening a judge. James robinnette was in court when the judge denied a motion. The robinnette said quote i will go get my gun. A School District in South Carolina is paying out thousands of dollars to hackers. How much next at 5 00. This man is rescued by a team of people in the aisle of a grocery store. He had a heart attack and how the group kept him alive. And later at 5 00 p. M. A family from indiana on to pay tribute to this man. Say South Carolina School District is paying hackers to release data held ransom. They were attacked with ransom wear. The virus uses a key to lock the data and the user has to pay to get the data back. Scientists say it can happen to anyone. It will pay out anywhere from 7,000 to 8500 to the hackers. The rebuild is almost complete at richardson rescue in york county. Went up in flames. 16 dogs died. We spoke to the owner today and she tells us the Community Came out in an overwhelming way and now they are putting the finishing touches on a new building. They sent us photos today it is almost finished. When its completed the rescue dogs. All expenses paid for by the community. The rescue said its grateful for the support and still is looking for volunteers to help paint and put the finishing touches on the building it should be open in a few months. Weve lost Dale Earnhardt. 15 years later fans honor drove to pay his respects to we just got news about panthers tickets and the prices. Lets get over to alex giles with new information. Let me guess, the prices are going up . Yes, are you surprised after that season. Winning super bowl performance tickets are going up. They will be sending out the reknewal packets and they will get a letter and poster of the 2015 captain and nearly twothirds of the tickets will see an increase from 5 to 12 nonpremium tickets will range from 48195 and suite clubs will all see increases based on the team specified in each agreement. The prices are going up a bit. But the panthers are winning, that they are and we expect them to do so next year. The nascar family is remembering the life of Dale Earnhardt. 15 years ago today, he was killed in a crash during the final lap of the daytona 500. His legacy lives on today and Brody Oconnell is live tonight at Dale Earnhardt incorporated in mooresville where they will be holding a vigil tonight. That is right. The public are invited out from 57 00 p. M. And folks have been showing up sharing memories about where they were 15 years ago today. And behind me, theres candles lit inside the door and flowers and a great portrait of Dale Earnhardt but he is not just being remembered here people drove in and remembering the man known as the intimidator. Kannapolis is not on the way to daytona. At least not for this family. Our littlest fan. Brian, his wife and seven they are heading to the daytona 500 but first they drove seven hours out of the way someone they had to see. Go look at dale. Standing in the tribute plaza with his crew by his side brian was once again facetoface with his her roys. It all came flooding back. How people knew he was serious when they made them crows feet you knew he meant business. Brian says he has been a dale guy. He was a workers driver and felt like he connected to the working class. And sadly like most earnhardt fans, brian remembers the heartache he felt 15 years ago today. I was devastated like everybody else. And it was just something that you never expected to happen looked far worse wrecks. Nascar lost its greatest driver ever. I was devastated and i will probably never get over it. A decadeandahalf later the wounds are still healing but with this chance to say goodbye. Wish you were still here. Brian says he has a sense of peace continuing his journey south to the daytona 500 the race that took his heros life. The wonder of sports and the magic of Dale Earnhardt is not lost on brian. He had seven children and he named one of his daughters charlotte because of the connection that Dale Earnhardt had to the charlotte area. Live in mooresville, Brody Oconnell wbtv on your side. Thank you. And that story is not unique there are race fans who could tell a tale because Dale Earnhardt struck a connection from nothing to become the sports greatest driver. And you are a nascar fan when you say that you are saying that understanding all the drivers in the sport. Its hard to believe he is gone. That was the indestructable driver and he is sorely missed. Lets talk about the forecast we keep talking about the sunshine and it feels good. And the warm temperatures are going to continue. After the weekend well see. Here is lyndsay tapases. No reason not to like the weekend forecast and yes things go downhill next week but we have a few really nice days ahead before we get to that point. Sundown 6 08 and average high is around 56. So as we get into the later part of february early march we will faster. 53 in charlotte. We are pulling a northeast wind but tomorrow and through the weekend as the wind turns out of factor in the warmup. We are holding on to 54 in concorde and lower 50s in the South Carolina upstate and 50 hickory and 43 in boone. Radar does not have much to show you and even upstream there is not much headed our way. We may have more cloud cover for the weekend any wet weather will hold off until the early part of next week. Futurecast shows the clear sky and it brings cloudy areas back into the area by the time we are talking about saturday maybe a mountain shower as well. But for the rest of us it will be so warm that we will not mind extra cloud around. And region by region temperatures, call it 47 in boone. And you will be in the low to middle 50s in the foothills. 55 in morganton. Charlotte 57. A little bit above todays levels in the upper 50s across then the 60s show up. As we talk about saturday, 65. 68 on sunday. And the morningings come up to the 40s. We could get a shower late in the day but better chances hold off into next week and the highs 40s and lower 50s. And here is tonya rivens. Thank you. Your first alert traffic is sponsored by peoples bank. And, boy, a problem i85 southbound Gaston County around 273. The Gaston Countymecklenberg county line. An accident wilkinson boulevard. Theres congestion there. And as we pull out we have a lot of stopandgo traffic on i85 southbound. At least by the six miles and slowmoving traffic on wilkinson boulevard as well. One additional issue, 485 around mount holly road highway 27, one lane is partially blocked. Just ahead. The right place at the right time. I did. Im Kristen Hampton. The good news is coming up. And coming up new at 6 00 we will take you to raleigh where lawmakers are working to approve new congressional districts and what the changes mean for on wbtv news is sponsored by. donkey sound elephant sound theres a big difference between making noise, tapping sound and making sense. elephant sound donkey sound when it comes to Social Security, we need more than lip service. Our next president needs a real plan to keep Social Security strong. elephant noise hey candidates. Enough talk. A 60yearold man was stocking shelves when his heart stopped beating. He laid there while a group of people worked to save his life and who makes up the group of people makes this more amazing. Kristen hampton has it for you in tonights good news. Inside a classroom at East Burke High School a person who is a part of a plan. I am a believer in god and i think it was gods plan for me to be there. James was visiting a friend when the worst happened. I knew right then that he had a heart attack. 60yearold employee had collapsed. James started compression nurses who happened to be shopping we kept doing compressions until ems got there. Halfway here dispatch said it was cardiac arrest. Steve was one of the first firefighters on the scene. I took over assisting with respirations. The chief asked me if i was all right . Steve did not know a cpr mask was covering the patients face and the man. It dawned on me, this is dad. Michael kittys heart was not beating but it was pumping it was the cpr performed by his own son and perfect strangers. From the Fire Department we had zack, mark, sharon. This is a story ultimately about thanks from steve. Second chance. And from the man who is eternally grateful to every person on this list. All i can say is thank you me. I mean from the beginning to the hospital and now. I cannot express how much i appreciate it. Really. The canned goods aisle of the food lion might not be where you expect miracles to happen but a miracle was part of the plan, too. Its special. They said i was really gone. And here i auto sit. With the good news, Kristen Hampton wbtv on your side. And the way kristen tells that story makes it brings it home. How many twists to that thing. The son was working on his dad and did not know it. Incredible stuff. A charlotte man is accused of trying to smuggle weapons to africa. Where Police Found Dozens of firearms coming up and we look at the political implications of geico for your boat. Announcer wbtv on your side. Wbtv news starts right now. We are in raleigh as lawmakers work to redraw congressional districts. What republicans and democrats are saying about the changes and we investigate what it will mean for you. They have to assign everyone to the new districts. Its very complex. And tonight the North Carolina senate has approved big changes to congressional districts. These new maps need a vote in the house. These lines affect which Party Republicans you in washington. Nice to have you with us im maureen oboyle. Im jamie boll in for paul cameron. A District Court ruled the lines for North Carolinas first and 12th districts were unconstitutional and based on race. Lawmakers have until tomorrow 0 to redraw the lines and we are on your side bringing you team steve crump is looking at the political implications of the changes. First, David Whisenant is following this in raleigh. Governor mccrory called for the special session today so the house and senate could beat the friday deadline given by federal judges to have new lines in place. Currently is on pace to pass through today. That was the senator today. Later, things slowed down as the newly drawn map was debated in committee. Amended slightly then approved then taken to the senate where several democratic lawmakers questioned if this new map did not go too far in the other direction. Senator russo defended the map and it did pass the senate. We need to have compact districts where the areas of community are together and they

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