Base with with homeless shelters and see what the demand is during the coldsnap. It is still winter in the queen city. Live in uptown charlotte, Brody Oconnell wbtv on your side. Thank you. Now this arctic air has been sweeping in the mountains and its 15 windchill in places at the top. Its bitter and a windchill advisory is in place. Wbtvs Steve Ohnesorge went up to the high country and they prepare for some of the coldest temperatures they have seen this year. Looking at scenes like this can make one shiver. Try having to get around on foot in it. Its miserable. Windchills barely got to 0. Not fun. In boone students struggled to get to class trying to think warm thoughts. Summer. While there was snow falling it was light just wind blown. Drivers who stuck to the main some side roads were covered but most were passable. It has made for some spectacular scenery from the water wheel in boone to the mill pond falls in banner elk. Pillars and icicles. There is beautiful sites here. But dangerous, too when its this cold. Many told me they have had enough. Actually ready to go back to alabama and go fishing. Because around here theres no fishing without breaking through the ice first. As cold and snowy as its been, its going to get worse. This weekend. What was that groundhog thinking . Early spring . In boone, Steve Ohnesorge wbtv on your side. Accepted us your picture send us your pictures members are looking for this missing man who has special needs. Officers in concorde say Christopher Johnson was visiting family when he walked away. He was last scene on lincoln street. If you see him call police. Right now police are trying to find who robbed the bank in ballantyne. Look at your screen. Charlottemecklenburg police say this man robbed the First Citizens bank. No one was hurt. If you recognize this photograph know who this man is. Call crimestoppers. And social media post blamed for extra security at a high school. Administrators at rocky river high sent an email to parents. A rumor was spread that some sort of incident was going to happen. And students and parents voiced their concerns but nothing did two students arrested for more cited for following a fight at a high school. The fight happened here at york comprehensive high school. According to a Police Report the fight started because the groups were being disrespectful to each other. A administrator was hurt in that brawl. We have been watching Police Activity on i77. And the latest and over to alex giles. We know what is happening. There was a jump and run involving a person in a stopped vehicle. This is a live picture the crew on the ground is there. Several vehicles with a car stopped there and the traffic moving slowly next door. There is a traffic stop near john belk and 77. One person jumped out of the vehicle and ran, and the other people were detained at the scene and they have not located that person who jumped out and ran. They are going to clear the perimeter soon and traffic should be moving at a normal clip out there. Right now, more troops are preparing to go to afghanistan. Late last night, the u. S. Army announce to do would deploy soldiers to the southern part of the country. The troops will help pushback taliban insurgents. Officials say the soldiers will not be in combat roles. The pentagon is not saying when the troops are leaving. Right now traffic is trying to recover after a car hauler caught fire on i85 near exit 11 in kings mountain. One of the cars caught fire. Investigators are not sure what started it. One person recovering from this crash in west charlotte. Sky3 over the scene. East morehead street at noon. We reached out to medic. And they told us one person had potential lifethreatening injuries. Lets see about trouble spots on the roads. Things are clearing up here is tonya rivens. Paul we have problems. Your first alert traffic is sponsored by peoples bank. Independence and 277 no problems here. But as we head farther down, eastbound on highway 74, an accident over at w. T. Harris and albemarle road. Another accident at North Sharon Amity close to central avenue. Congestion as well especially from independence over to albemarle road. Two miles of stopandgo traffic. Looking on independence boulevard once we get closer to briar creek we have a lot of volume as well. Monroe road is a great alternate route. Traffic starts to slow down. Indian trail an accident at Fairview Road and matthews indian trail road. Stallings is a great alternate route for that. Your first alert traffic is sponsored by peoples bank. Back to you. Thank you. Seven North Carolina deputies are charged in the major drug sting that story is next. Also coming up. Now South Carolina is going to play the role that its always played in president ial choosing president s. Just ahead how the next primary could play out in the palmetto state. Here is eric. 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Debate saturday night and the republican primary is a week from saturday. And the democratic primary is one saturday after that. Lets check on the roads. Tonya rivens is in the first alert weather center. Been a busy afternoon. And maureen we have congestion i77 northbound as we look again. Police activity on the right side of your screen you should be able to see flashing lights its been around since 4 00 p. M. And the congestion goes back to arrowood road. We are talking exits 9 to 3. Six miles of stopandgo traffic. Stand still. And major congestion now south tryon looks like its moving better great alternate route because of this Police Activity. We have been told that its going to clear up shortly. But right now it is affecting the commute and slowmoving traffic as we see traffic about 10milesperhour 77 northbound and southbound moving slowly as well. An accident on woodlawn for anyone using south boulevard as alternate routes and tyvola maybe better alternate route for that. I imagine people getting home are cranking up the heat because it is really very, very cold. Steve ohnesorge posed the question what was that groundhog thinking . That is why you have a meteorologist. You are right when you have the sunshine and your temperature is 35 . Brings the windchill into the conversation and well cover that. Light snow rolling across the mountains. And this is dangerous. Windchill advisory 5 to 15. This is for the overnight hours. A little bit less of a concern where we have an advisory for snow ash, watauga and avery county again. Higher elevations and that is also for the overnight hours. And now this is just a slow little accumulation over the next couple of days taking you through friday and in the Higher Elevations and see 12 inches on top of a good 46 for you in the Higher Elevations. Well look at the numbers now. These are many its and you will these are temperatures from banner elk 20s but there are singledigits showing up with teens sprinkled in as well. Country. And dont forget protect the pets and the livestock. Out the door in the morning 14. Out of the mountains and talk about everybody else. And a lot of the theme is the same. Its cold. And with the sunshine today your temperature 34. Beyond have a look and yes of course is in the same family of numbers in the mid30s and 20s in the foothills and we talked about the teens in the carolina high country. Going forward here it is. Temperatures in the mid20s by 11 00 p. M. 14 around boone. And for the overnight hours, we will have a look temperatures do not drop more in the high country but we will drop into the low 20s again. 21 for the low temperature this morning here in charlotte. We will be around there again, bundle up. 8 00 a. M. , no that is not the official low we are coming up a what is the weather map look like . You see the weather all off the eastern seaboard so it will be more of this. The cold temperatures 39 at noon and now we can perhaps squeak back into the low 40s 10 below the average high temperatures. And into friday, upperlevel disturbance comes into the picture and that will create a short period of snow in the mountains but we are not looking for precipitation outside of that. Your forecast, low 40s and look at the low temperatures over the next few days. Down into the 20s and into the teens. And another wave of cold air in here over the weekend and does that set us up for snow followed by ice on monday in this could be a messy day we are not going to get too detailed with the accumulations but after that we might Start Talking about keep it here. Back to the studio. Next, in my crimestoppers report pictures of the brazen bank robber. The man accused did not wear a disguise but what he wore may be a clue into catching him. And next, babies behind bars. That is right. Why some prisons are allowing babies to live in prison with their mothers. And all new at 6 more parents coming forward to accuse a Church Preschool of discrimination. Why their children why singled on wbtv news is sponsored by. Starting to crawl but not on her familys living room floor. She lives in prison with her mother. The ohio reformer to for women allows babies to live with their moms. Her mom is serving three years for writing bad checks. There are a happenedful of prison nursery programs across the country. Ohio started in 2001. The babies live with their moms inside their cells. We promote parenting and so the moms and the nursery do not have the liberties that the other women do. Its easy to get in trouble even here. So having my daughter here with me has helped me to really work on myself. The program is open to pregnant nonviolent inmates. The nursery is in a wing away from the general population. The babies sleep in cribs and their moms cells the program is seven former North Carolina officers have been convicted in a drug sting operation. 14 people convicted. Eight current and former officers three Correctional Officers two virginia prison employees and a 911 dispatcher were all arrested. The crimes took place in North Carolina. The defendants transported cocaine, heroin and drug money for a Drug Trafficking organization in exchange for bribed payments. Next, a local man died at super bowl 50. His 9yearold son was on the trip with him. Happened next. Wbtv news starts right now. Now, at 5 00 the search for accused bank robber what police say this man threatened to do if employees did not give him money. And a local banker found dead in her home. What happened to her . Was it murder or Something Else . And the piece of information that makes the case unusual. Thank you for joining us im molly grantham. Im jamie boll. First, we are on your sidek traing a system making its way to the carolinas. This is what the system is leaving in nashville, tennessee and more snow is expected tomorrow. We are asking what is going to come with it . Lyndsay tapases is live in the first alert weather center. Good evening. We have got more cold in the forecast for the shortterm but looking a little bit longer down the road next week yes we could have Winter Weather in charlotte but up until then its going to snow in nashua and a disturbance riding along the jetstream and that jetstream has been key to the cold outbreak that we have been seeing with it diving south its a dividing line between the polar airmass and temperatures never made it out of the 30s for highs and still at 36 in charlotte after that high of 38. Moftd of us are in the 30s. And its 15 in boone right now. You never made it out of the teens for highs earlier on this afternoon. We will show you temperatures through the evening in charlotte we drop into the 20s quickly by 8 00 p. M. Falling below that freezing mark and lows tonight will be down into the teens. 18 overnight low by the time you are headed out on thursday morning. And we have the wind which is creating a windchill to this as well. It could be problematic especially in the mountains