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WJZY Fox 46 News At 6pm March 21, 2016

Martin Elementary School there were allegations about sister children were left on toilets knocked out of chairs left in dark rooms or closets to get them to swallow their food. The Clover School district ruled there was no mistreatment and what was witnessed were isolated teaching methods with no alice intended. In tonights Board Meeting the School District legal representation as well as superintendent are both going to be presenting a Powerpoint Presentation on some of the research they have been in the possibility putting cameras in sight of district classrooms. They say they have been researching it since the last Board Meeting and they will talk about the pros and cons of those classrooms and the superintendent tells me hes talked to district back of a bout what they would think of cameras were installed. Some of our teachers feel like its a school board were too mandated, it perhaps could show a lack of trust or confidence in what teachers do meetings are saying i am a professional. I do a great job and i have nothing to hide and if there ever was apparent to question me i would love to have a digital record showing i know what im doing. Bill he also told me he has drafted a policy that would make it much easier for parents to go and visit their children at their school and observe them in their classroom. Right now its unclear whether anything will be recommended tonight or voted upon. That meeting will open up to the public within the next hour at 7 00. We will be inside well have live report at 10 00 to let you know exactly what happened inside the Board Meeting when they talked about the possibility of putting these cameras inside of the classrooms. Reporting live and clover South Carolina bill melugin fox 46 wjzy. Kayla continuing coverage in education is moving forward in its search for new superintendent. This morning the school board named Michelle Morris as interim superintendent. She will move into the role with current superintendent on june 1. The school board voted this point to stop taking applications for the new superintendent on may 17. More information from either a deadly crash in union county bridge this morning near the intersection of east village dive and old pageland road. Troopers say a father and his three children suv were injured including a 10yearold boy who was airlifted to cmc. Protesters staged a die in at the Duke Energy Building in uptown in reference to what they call a conflict of interest between governor pat mccrory and duke. They say that relationship is putting hundreds of homeowners at risk. Live in belmont. Hi caroline. This is where the rubber hits the road rabies folks here in this Belmont Community have been living off of bottled water for the past year because they were told by the state the water is not safe. Now year later they are coming back to say that the water is okay to drink at the neighbors are not buying that. Coal ash koolaid to. Protesters fell to the ground after pretending to drink the socalled coal ash koolaid. This is their way of saying the water coming from the wells near the station in belmont is not safe to drink. To me this is the time for good people to step up and show support or our communities facing a water crisis. Last year the state toxicologist sent a letter to more than 400 residents telling them not to drink the water. Deborah baker got one of those letters. And my water treaty cannot ingest cook or do anything with the water except showers, washing clothes and dishes. A year later the state sent out another letter. Says after further study it on the water doesnt back meet federal standards for state ranking water. Duke energy reiterated that claim while surrounded by protesters. The Water Quality in the wells is just as good as the Water Quality is but millions of people across the nation. We are going to go inside. She said the well water is not contaminated by dukes coal ash byproduct of the coal electric plant. Heres what we know, the facts are not a lot of science and engineering has been done and it demonstrates the coal ash basins are not impacting neighbors wells. Tonight Deborah Baker has been living on bottled water courtesy of duke energy for last year said she wont believe it until you need to come and retest our water and give me peace of mind that it will be healthy for my son and myself and my neighbors and friends. The folks affected by this water controversy will be speaking tomorrow night at a public hearing for state officials to share concerns. Im told by neighbors that they have been canvassing the area to make sure theres a big turnout and will be there to bring you the latest. Live in Belmont Caroline fountain fox 46 wjzy. Kayla again there are two meetings tomorrow or coal ash concerns in our area. The meeting for this box beam station starts at 6 00 in the center for the environment building at the time a college. A meeting for the allens installation and Gaston County will be held in the myers at Gaston Countys dallas campus. At meeting starts at 6 00 p. M. Good evening everybody. Just in time for freezing temperatures released near freezing in charlotte. Want to make you aware that freeze warning in play tonight. Those include Mecklenburg County all the way to york county and areas to the norths or we are for temperatures in the upper 20s to low 30s out there. Thats going to be in effect from midnight tonight to 9 00 a. M. In the morning. Until one of the kids up as they have after School Tomorrow plus if you have plans you want to keep alive if they are in pots you may want to bring them in tonight. Theyre going to be vulnerable again. Thats two nights in a row where temperatures are so cold he daytime highs are warmer than they were 24 hours ago anywhere from eight to 12 degrees warmer so a little bit of wind out there but mainly 50s outside to midto upper 50s with the exceptions of the mountains and low 40s. Our way and we will show you when we are expecting it to warm up in another 10 minutes from now. Kayla thank you breyon. Happening now in Charlotte City leaders are considering the feature of several development projects. What are those projects includes rezoning a portion of the old Eastland Mall site. Councilmembers are considering a proposal to allow singlefamily homes in the area. For years the city has been trying to move forward on a plan to develop the old mall site to rejuvenate the area. City council is expected to vote on a big project plan for cell charlotte. A developer wants to knock down the Sharon United Methodist Church in south park. The plan includes new apartments in a hotel as well as restaurants and shopping. Sharon United Methodist church would be poured out a new church would be built. Developers are expected to present their plans for new development in charlottes apartments and retail on seventh street. A similar plan for the nearly twoacre site was canceled last fall. Controversial plans to build a new Costco Retail center in mooresville will go before mr. Sniper developer developer wants to build a store at the intersection of telford and probably school roads. The Shopping Center would take up 41 acres of land and include a number of stores. Some people who live in the area are fighting the plans because they are concerned will bring more traffic to the area. Tonights mooresville commissioners meeting was supposed to get underway a few minutes ago. Police and concord have made an arrest in the citys latest murder. Brian ward is held in the Cabarrus County jail without bond. Police say he shot and killed Columbus Simmons on march 14. If there is a motive in the shooting police arent telling us to charlottemecklenburg police are investigating earlymorning robbery at a gas station on park road not far from east woodlawn road. The robbery happened around police say the suspect robbed the store and the clerk was not injured. You are asked to call Crime Stoppers if you have any information that could help solve this case. The battle over the future of charlottes controversial nondiscrimination ordinance continues to the quality and sea launched a petition aimed at lawmakers. The group is asking members of the General Assembly to vote against legislation that would overturn the ordinance. Groups against the nondiscrimination ordinance say it would allow men to use womens restrooms putting women and children at risk. Quality and ceases those groups are using scare track tactics. For local officers are being recognized for their bravery. We will find out what they did taking place later this evening kayla we have new pictures from a fire just outside of uptown. Firefighters responded to the building on north Church Street around 2 30 this afternoon. We are told this fire started inside a furnace and firefighters did have it under control in 15 minutes. Two workers effectively treated by medics. A fox 46 viewer help us cover the fire and they got paid for it then you can too. All you have to do is download the fresco at. We will send out assignments for news happening across the area and all you have to do is shoot a picture video and send it in. If we use on air we will pay you join our news team and download the fresco app right now. People living and working in one area plus ahmed would Say Something needs to be done to fix what they say is dangerous and intersection and with more apartments on the way there could be more problems if something isnt done soon. Robin kanady has been looking into this issue and is joining us live. Robin is there anything in the works to make the area safer . K. Law it doesnt take long to see just how busy the area on Central Avenue is. Theres an apartment complex being built across the street, lots of traffic especially this time of day. There is also a city bus stop working in this area tell me they just dont till they can get around safely and easily on foot or in the car. Avenue near clement avenue he way round to get to a traffic light. Its a football field and a half so 150 yards or so. Or you have to take your chances like quite a few folks i saw guarding across traffic. Its dangerous because of the simple fact that there are so many cars coming and going. Its bad for the public. In 30 minutes i saw more than half a dozen people crossing there is no traffic light in no crosswalk. The general Public Safety is important to have a crosswalk. I have heard several times pedestrians are hit on Central Avenue. Tonight we found out the city of charlotte plans to make upgrades. Charlotte department of transportation or seed. Show does this plan to add crosswalks at the intersection of climate in central but we are told it will be about a year before construction on that will start. Into these apartments under construction will be here in about three months. Its not going to be any better. There are 281 units going in and 80 more going in. See dodd says the intersection has been on the radar for safety upgrades for years but they havent had the money to get the work done until now. Residents say they are more than ready to see changes. We will soon have a safer way to get around. One of the things cdot tells me theyre doing is working with the property in the parking lot and Family Dollar to come up with a plan to align a entrance here with the intersection across the street on clement and central. Once they are able to do that they will be able to move forward the plan to put up a traffic signal and data crosswalk. Live and in plus ahmed would robin kanady fox 46 wjzy. Of 2011 today thereve been 25 rex at the intersection of central and climate avenues. The st d. O. T. Numbers are out in Officials Say more traffic circles are needed to reduce the number of accidents at intersections. Independent report says 15 have been built so far paid officials told the newspaper theres a 74 reduction in total crashes on a 60 reduction in crashes with injuries and a 100 reduction in the number of fatal crashes when traffic circles are used in a standard intersection. Ryan was saying earlier i just got back in the town was the first day and i was expecting spring like weather so brian when we going to get beat warm temperatures back . Heading out the door tomorrow we are expecting a freezing morning temperatures or at least close to freezing rain tomorrow across the region everybodys heres the good news, we have lots of sun this week at least for the next few days. We will have rain chances moving and later in the weekend temperatures cable will rebound by wednesday. And by tomorrow afternoon temperatures will be considerably warmer. Right now fewer thinking about stepping out where sitting at the t. Six and we have the winds ones blowing at 11 miles an hour so the winds are a player here with the weather. The windchill is making it feel like 48 to 49 degrees. Not unbearable but its cool outside and is going to get cooler over the next several hours but if you are thinking about heading out this evening temperature 52 at 7 00 p. M. And we will lose three of four degrees over the next several hours. Daytime highs 57. Keep in mind sunday we are at 47 so we gain 10 degrees but we started out near freezing this like that but possibly cooler tomorrow. Just be prepared and the good news is nowhere near record temperatures. As far as temperatures go tonight only a few spots should be above freezing and Charlotte Gastonia 33, lancaster slightly warmer at 35 degrees but its going to be cool for everybody in the outlying areas and charlotteMecklenburg County dropping down to the freezing mark it as we look at satellite and radar not much to see here. Thats good news and i know the weathers getting warmer and people are starting to plan vacations, the southeast looking good at least for now. We have rain chances moving in later this week. We will discuss that later on the newscast. Tonight 33 ones blowing out of the northwest of three to 10 miles an hour and her threeday forecast 66 tomorrow for the daytime high, back to the mid70s by wednesday and thursday as well. Thank you brian. For Police Officers for their bravery during an officer involved shooting. This happened last may on coachman stray sprinkle tenor James Quattlebaum was responding to a disturbance call when he was shot. Another officer returned fire hitting the shooter who police say was wearing a bulletproof vest. Investigators say 16yearold raisin darrell shot at the officers. More officers will be recognized for their actions above and beyond the call of duty. A Police Officer in durham is out of the hospital after being shot. This happened this morning in the booking area the county jail to police say the suspect reached for a gun in the back of his pants after the officer unlocked his handcuffs. The suspect in the officer struggled over the gun fired once gracing the officers abdomen. Several local College Police departments are teaming up with the fbi for specialized training. The program is called alert or trains first rehab sponsors how to react inactive shooting situations. They are all taking part in this weeks training. So for the fbi has trained more than 60,000 Law Enforcement officers in the program. We have learned a marine at camp lejeune has died after a rocket attack in iraq from isis. This happened saturday in northern iraq. The news is forcing the pentagon to confirm marines based in North Carolina are on the ground in iraq great all new at six fox news correspondent Connor Powell has the details. The pentagon confirming brains from the 26th expeditionary unit are on the ground in iraq fighting isis. The disclosure coming after nice as rocket attack killed a highly decorated marine Staff Sergeant lewis cardin. The military says even though combat troops have been deployed their role is mostly defensive to. Those advisers. We realize we need some artillery. The pentagon will release the exact number of marines but says its less than 200. The planet part of the obama administrations plan to retake the key city of mosul the largest city still under isis control. We inherited the situation with regard to terrorism and its going to be a lot worse now now. We would like to get mosul liberated. Further north in syria eyes as targets continue while a temporary truce has reduce fighting between assad or suspend the opposition. The Russian Military partially joined in from syria now requesting a meeting with their u. S. Counterparts. Supporting a response to what they call violations of ceasefire. But delay and agreed rules of reaction to the violation of the action civilians by there today. U. S. Rejecting russias calls werent meeting prompting the russians to unilateral action. Kayla one of the largest rescues of animals one National Group has ever seen and a lot of horses involved are now being rehabilitated in our backyard. That story is coming up. Plus donald the diplomat the gop frontrunner manny said had to support of the entir kayla aspca is calling it one3 of the largest animal seizures in the groups 150 or history. Dogs, cats and even horses abused read some of these horses are being rehabilitated right here in our area. David sentendrey is that caroline e. Quine center and assistance. Whats happening . R

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