Mecklenburg county Government Center with more. Reporter good morning, from the very beginning cms leaders said they want feedback from parents before tackling the issue of Student Assignment. Tonight they will get that feed bank. They will moon back. They will meet tonight to go over the results of the survey they sent out to 19,000 families and asked parents questions about school diversity, choice, and bus routes. Now there have been several Community Forums on this topic and a lot of parents have already told leaders they want racially and socially diverse schools. But a lot of parents want to know if that will require busing students to difficult schools. Also tonight leaders will take up concerns expressed by huntersville, cornelius, and davidson. This week those towns passed resolutions asking cms to keep a seat open for every child who school. P pppp pppp pppp p``xpppppp`p`pppp\pp pppp pppp p``xpppppp`p`pppp\ppt pp hhh 00000p 0 f h``` weve been checking in with duke and there are no outages so good news and no serious injuries. We do have a lane closed on hovis road but its passable at this time but weve been asking folks to go ahead and stay away hoariest near hoskins road is where it was happening and you can actually bruise bradford use bradford or rozzelles ferry as the alternate route. A new wreck happening in East Charlotte. This is just coming in the in the last five minutes on albemarle road near mint hill road. No big slowdowns but minor delays only at this time. The family of the driver charged with hitting and killing a Lincoln County mom says theyre devastated by the crash. I am so sorry that it happened. And i know he is too. And at 6 30 the mechanical problems she says her husband was on his way to have fixed right before the crash. If youre thinking about selling your home you could get money during the two weeks you list it. If youre dealing with allergies you are not i loan. Last good to here, next this the steps yose and monitoring breaking news in hoskins in northwest smart. Live pictures here. Take a look at that pole. It is leaning and after an suv crashed into it. So now duke crews ron the scene and theyre going to get this thing fixed but that will likely take some time. Weve watched as the tow truck a minivan that was damaged in this as well. And they got those out of the way. You can see traffic is still moving as we watch that school bus go through on hovis road. But this will probably be intermittent because once they get more crews on the scene, theyre likely going to have to shut it down to fix that pole. Im not sure if theyre going to be able to bring it back upright or if they have to replace the whole thing. Also talk with mark taylor about the alternate routes as it gets busier out there this morning. A chester detention officer is off the job accused of having sexual contact with an inmate. She was supposed to be supervising. Deputies say witness statements and video and other recordings led to dominiece whites arrest. They wouldnt say what the video showed or if it happened more than one time. People outside the jail and the courthouse called the charges disappointing. I just think thats terrible. Like people supposed to look up to her you know. I think its bad to be a community for our officers to do that. Whites boyfriend said the allegations are not true. No action on the ordinance that addresses transgender path room use. City officials in asheville have gotten a lot of calls since charlotte passed the ordinance. During last nights meeting the city already has protections in place for lgbt people. A driver of a pickup truck is dead after a South Carolina school bus collided with that truck headon. It happened yesterday afternoon in lawrence county. Southeast of greenville. None of the passengers on the bus were hurt. The driver however was hospitalized of the bus. Authorities are trying to figure out what caused this crash. A North Carolina mother says her childs name was left off the ballot for her schools Student Council because of her race and that she was not the only one. Four africanamerican juniors at high school in raleigh ran for office. But theyre names were left off the ballot. Officials say a computer glitch is to blame for seniors posting the website. But parents say racism is to blame. If you have four African American students that are not on a ballot, that points to race. Thats not thats not a technical glitch. School principal says it was a mistake and the reelection process will be starting over. A date has not been set for that new election. New research is taking aim at one of the most commonly used standards for assessing health. Scientists at the university of manitoba told the Washington Post that body mass index or bmi which measures the persons height in relation to weight does not give a true picture of health. They also say it does not provide the best method of determining risk factors like Heart Disease and diabetes and other conditions. Some Health Experts recommend a new standard that takes into account total body composition. Fat muscle and bone. Many of you have probably it is here. And full swing. Channel 9s meteorologists tell us your allergies may actually get worse this week because the wind will pick up and blow all those allergens around. Well, they advise showering at the end of the day the wash all that pollen off and to Pay Attention to what time you go outside. Try to run in the evening. Early morning 6 00 a. M. To 10 00 a. M. Is when the pollen counts are the highest. Stay indoors until 10 00 a. M. Doctors say the allergy season is late this year because of a cold february. The miss and Allergy Foundation asthma and Allergy Foundation ranked charlotte 30th worse in the nation for allergy sufferers. My poor friend here is not doing well with spring allergies, we have traffic and weather together every ten minutes. Lets find out if we get any relief in sight. Yes, from meteorologist vicki graf. Good morning. Good thursday morning, there will be a little bit of relief on the way but in the meantime, just take advantage of the springlike weather if you can. Its a beautiful and warm start to the day. 59 in concord and 57 in lancaster and 59 in monroe. So dont have to worry about the layers this morning and well warm up quickly in the afternoon. And i want to take you through futurecast and it shows by around 2 00, 3 00, already in the mid to upper 70s. Points southward from Chesterfield Rockingham and easily reaching 8 degrees again today 80 degrees again today. The difference between today and yesterday though is that you will notice more clouds as we go throughout the afternoon. But thats not going to hold those temperatures back from warming up quickly. Your neighborhood forecast for but then by a nice start, but then by midday 0 degrees the mid to upper 60s and thats going to stick around really over the next several days. On live Early Warning doppler 9, were dry right now. And you can see the clouds hanging overhead. Thats going to be the trend throughout the day. But were still focusing on this storm system out to the west. And this is going to bring some very heavy rain, flooding and even some severe storms across parts of louisiana, arkansas and that threat will shift eastward as we go throughout the day today. Its a slow moving storm though. Taking you through futurecast youll notice this heavy rain it just sits on top of the deep south. Really through tomorrow. And thats going to bring all that flooding. Then as it moves eastward it starts to lose a lot of that moisture. So for us, some showers by friday evening. And then as we head towards saturday, again, cant rule out an isolated shower or two for the first part of the day. But were looking at sunday as a better chance for seeing some rain and again, relief from those allergies. But youll notice the spring like temperatures, theyre here to stay. Upper 70s through tomorrow. Once the rain moves in by saturday and sunday, it will be cooler. Low 70s. But still, warmer than average. So well be watching the rain as it approaches as we head into the weekend. You can track it too with our wsoctv weather app and dont forget saturday night we need to spring forward for Daylight Saving time. We have traffic and weather together every ten minutes. Lets get a check of the morning drive with mark. Vick ski still monitoring northwest charlotte as we deal with the accident scene. Pole that is leaning against the lines as well. No outages still we keep checking with duke. So good news there. Were going to watch as they repair or replace that pole 689 and if they block the roads well lot you know. This is hovis road near hoskins. Traffic can get through in the area and a good idea to stale avoid id to still avoid it. Use reliance or rozzelles ferry as the alternate route. Down south a wreck in lancaster, this is happening on 521. This is going to be just south of the state line near louis mac atier road. No huge up pact for folks heading inbounds to charlotte. A charlotte man will travel to california today to pay final respects to former first Lady Nancy Reagan. Ahead at 6 30, the special interaction he had with the first lady. Two families torn apart in Lincoln County after the deadly crash. Ahead at 6 30. What the drivers wife says caused the crash and how that story differs from witness accounts. Knowing when to sell your home could put more money in your pocket. 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According to the Washington Post, homesite zillow analyzed the sales of more than 20 million Single Family homes over the past seven years Temperature Company found that homes years Temperature Company found that homes listed from may 1st through the 15th sell faster for 1 more than the averagelessing. You may remember though we told you last week action 9 found in the past three months, the number of homes for sale in our area has gone down steadily each week from 13,000 to 10,000. Prices are 7 higher than this time last year. You can do to get a jump on the competition. Start your home hunt early and get prequalified. Channel 9 went through the numbers county by county this week and all of them tell the same story. It is the sellers market and some are left one seeded right now. For a closer look at your county head to the wsoctv Facebook Page and we have posted a breakdown there. A charlotte man who worked with former first Lady Nancy Reagan will be in california for her funeral. Mrs. Reagan. She was the lady who gave me a chance and i always reminded her of that. Next this morning the correspondence they staired when he began shared when he began to suspect her health was deteriorating. A slow moving storm thats bringing flooding and severe storms out west is scheduled to move into the carolinas by the weekend. Ill pinpoint how much of the weekend we will be dealing with showers. Reporter toll protesters are keeping the pressure on ncdot. The event being held tonight toons th overnight we learned the name of a woman hit and killed by a car. The mistake police say she made and the actions the driver took tonight groups oppose today toll lanes on i77 will meet to discuss their concerns about the project. The research they believe will show the true cost to taxpayers. Good thursday morning to you. Im stephanie maxwell. Im john paul. Lets check the first forecast and meteorologist vicki graf is in Severe Weather center 9. Were seeing something we like to see this time of day, beautiful sunrise. Thats right john. And if you can turn your eyes to your tv screen for just a minute here and take in this beautiful sunrise getting underway. Were about ten minutes out from that sun officially up. But it is going to be another nice and warmer day. What youll notice here though, we have clouds in place. And thats going to be the trend as we go throughout the day today. So more clouds, but still warm. And it is warm already. Upper 50s to low 60s right now. You dont have to worry about the winter layers and as we go throughout the afternoon, it is still going to be on the warmer side for this time of year. Some patchy fog is possible early this morning. By 9 00, not a problem. And then as we go throughout the afternoon, highs today close to 77 degrees. Its also going to be a little ill take you through futurecast coming up to show you when we could have the strongest wind gusts and also when rain is on the way. We have traffic and weather together every ten minutes. Lets get a check of the morning drive with mark. Watching northwest charlotte this morning. Vicki had that accident that hit this power pole which is leaning up against these lines right now. The good news now all lanes are open on hovis road near hoskins roads stilt not reporting any Power Outages and were waiting to see if they will close any more lanes. For now, you can take your normal route hovis road at hoskins or near who is dins i should say. We are dealing with some new problems and were getting the scene now on sunset road near statesville road. Were seeing some minor eastbound delays at this time. Well keep an eye on this. And heading 77 this morning, still looking good southbound at 67 Miles Per Hour from north lake to uptown and eight minute ride not bad at all. Then off to the east, there was minor delays, albemarle road near mill grove mint hill. Tonight the group will present its finds from an look at how the toll roads operate. Opponents of the plan for tolls for i77 are stepping up their fight. Eyewitness News Reporter joe bruno is live with more. Joe . Reporter the group widen i 77 has been fighting this toll lane project for years. Tonight, members will go over why they think the project will fail. The decision to put toll lanes on i77 has been highly con verbal. Once controversial. Once complete the lanes will stretch for 26miles from uptown charlotte to mooresville. But crediting says the project is bad for the local economy and doesnt solve the congestion problem and make it harder for the state to add more lanes in the future. According to a recent Public Policy poll, more than 80 of lake norman residents are against the project. But even if they dont use the lanes the project still may cost taxpayers money. Last week i uncovered the state struck a deal with the i77 Mobility Partners to pay up to 12 million per year. Enough money. I also obtained a report that shows the developers expecting to make 5. 1 million in 2018 when the project opens. In 2019 that number jumps to 24. 6 million. And in 2020 it goes even higher. 34. 5million. Widen i77s presentation is tonight at cornelius town hall at 7 00 p. M. Reporting live, joe bruno, channel 9 Eyewitness News. Thank you joe. Right now no one is charged in a crash that killed a woman crossing a North Charlotte street. Police say Kameka Collins was wearing dark clothing when she tried to run across west sugar creek road near rutgers avenue last night. They say she was not at a crosswalk. Police say the driver tried to swerve and avoid collins but hit her with the right bumper. We spoke to a witness who didnt want to show his face. That really, really scary you know that big situation. Im for nobody. Police say the drivers not under the influence. Attorneys representing a North CharlestonPolice Officer just filed two motions. A witness captured the video of the april shooting investigators it shows this officer Michael Slager shoot and kill walter scott as he ran away. Slagers attorneys requested information and documents from the state newspaper including a cnn interview and pictures that investigators took and also asked for some of scotts brain tissue for an independent analysis. Today Community Leaders in raleigh will announce suggestions for police reform. This comes one week after a similar deadly officerinvolved shooting there. Officer dc twitty says he shot and killed akiel denkins in selfdefense but witnesses say den kins was shot while running away. The investigation is ongoing but Community Leaders expected to recommend police use body cameras and strengthen antibias training. To children are out of the this hospital this morning. The crash happened tuesday near old mill road. Crossed the center line and killed the childrens mother candace helms. The truck driver david boyd says he was trying to swerve to avoid hitting a deer. But two other witnesses we spoke with dont remember seeing a deer. Boyds wife defended her husband. He would never ever intentionally hurt anyone. And i am so sorry that it happened. And i know he is too. Boyd is charged with misdemeanor death by Motor Vehicle and driving left of cent