we did speak with sheila avery who says her son, matt jones, was one of the victims. she tells us jones' fiancee because she couldn't reach him. that is when jones and another woman was found dead. avery says her son was a good father, a good son but he had two distinct personalities. >> he was good as he could be at times and at times, you just uldn't get along with him. but i don't know what happened here and this is driving me crazy. >> reporter: avery says she was actually set to baby sit jones' toddler but she was too sick. the child was found in the mobile home unhurt physically, she says. the toddler doesn't really know what happened and has been trying to call the father on the phone. if you look behind me, the family is gathered here. they are extremely emotional and they are dealing with not only the loss but the uncertainty, just not knowing what happened. we have reached out to the jobston county sheriff's office trying to get more answers. we are hoping to get an update back to you. >> cullen broward ore a sad and uncertain day in newton grove in johnston

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avery, mitchell and watauga county schools. let's go to meteorologist al conklin in the first alert weather center, al, you hinted this might be the case this morning. >> al: from yesterday we saw there would be a little bit of snow. bigger issue is there is wind chill factors that are down in the teens. temperatures are near freezing in the mountains, wind gusts in the 45, 50 mile per hour range, morning so again, three operate on two-hour delay up there. mitchell, avery and watauga county schools. the rain has cleared the area, so clearing skies across the region, outside of the mountains. where again you have mostly cloudy skies. in charlotte, a few lingering clouds, but the stars are out, dry for most neighborhoods as what little bit of rain we had last night is long gone. 32 boone, 44 morganton, 49 gastonia, 50 charlotte, rock hill, lancaster,55 in where where. wadesboro. plenty of sunshine to go around, breezy, cooler, 53 in charlotte, exactly 20 degrees cooler than yesterday. goodbye to the 70s for a while. let you know

that snow is pushing into the see watauga, ashe, avery, already looking at light snow falling. it has been relatively cold the last 24 to 36 hours, so it will stick relatively quickly on area roads in the high country. 44 in charlotte. humidity, 35%, with a southeast wind at 7 miles an hour. 33 boone, 43 morganton, 42 hickory, 45 in monroe. and highs only climb into the upper 20's and low 30's today the high country. the foothills, warmer, 45 lenoir taylorsville. 51 wilkesboro. 51 charlotte and monroe. and to the sand hills, low to mid 50's, 54 in pageland, 55 this afternoon in cheraw. our computer model brings the snow into the mountains, 4:00, 5:00 this afternoon. can you see that snow is rather heavy for a few hours. then we get a round of rain showers across the area, with rain toward 2:00 a.m. friday morning with lingering snow showers the high country. look how quickly this clear skies out, friday afternoon, off the coast, and high pressure builds as we head into the weekend. more sunshine and warming temperatures friday, saturday, and sunday. our rain chances pretty much

mitchell, avery and watauga county schools. the rain has cleared the area, so clearing skies across the region, outside of the mountains. where again you have mostly cloudy skies. in charlotte, a few lingering clouds, but the stars are out, dry for most neighborhoods as what little bit of rain we had last night is long gone. 32 boone, 44 morganton, 49 gastonia, 50 charlotte, rock hill, lancaster,55 in where where. wadesboro. plenty of sunshine to go around, breezy, cooler, 53 in charlotte, exactly 20 degrees cooler than yesterday. goodbye to the 70s for a while. let you know when they return, that will be in the first alert forecast coming up in the seven day planner, right now a look at first alert traffic. >>> first alert traffic brought to you by toyota of north charlotte. >> christine: still just two accidents we're seeing at this hour, if you're commuting in and around the area, none of them we look at providence road near the arboretum at 51 you may get a slight slow down at that intersection but things should be moving s

hurry inand say - lemme get a mcpick 2 bada ba ba >>> heads up this morning, avery county schools are on a 2- hour delay. they said the roads are deteriorating there, and they are seeing black ice. >>> popular chain restaurant is working with the health department after nearly 50 teachers got sick. >> jersey mike's catered lunch on friday, and the school was forced to close on monday and tuesday. the matthews location was cleared to stay open. they are working to figure out what caused the illness. >>> we have a safety recall to tell you about. whole foods issuing a recall for maytag raw milk blue cheese because of a possible listeria outbreak. it was found in two lots of products in iowa, but the cheese was distributed to stores nationwide. the company says affected products will have a price look dates of march 21st, and so far no illnesses have been reported. >>> changes are coming to north carolina medicaid plans. a new plan unveiled yesterday divides the state into six regions. the state would contract with local doctors or hospitals and is planning a series of public hearings on

avery county schools, two-hour delay. could be black ice, could be winter weather kind of conditions up this causing that. >>> more than five years have passed since the body of zahra baker was found in the foothills of north carolina. a manhunt went on for months for baker, now we're getting new insight in that investigation. steve crump talked with the man who handled her case and remains in the state lab. >> reporter: no two days are alike for you. >> no, sir. >> reporter: clyde gibbs labors in a work environment of unsolved puzzles. an investigator with the state medical examiner's office. and his responsibility is to identify the remains of those connected to unsolved death cases across north carolina. as law enforcement agencies scoured the foothills, searching for zahra baker, it was just a matter of time before his office in raleigh started receiving dismembered body parts connected >> it was only until we actually recovered the skull that we were actually able to really put the case together saying yes, we have z

avery you could have the gusts up to 50-miles-per-hour. certainly gusty winds and we have rain on top of that. pushing in from tennessee. one batch looks like it will move just to the north might clip parts of watauga and avery. and the bulk is over tennessee and that is what is heading this way. it should be out of here by morning tomorrow. most of that rain is not going to stick around long. 43 your morning temperature. 10% chance of a shower. and the reason why... we have had warm temperatures for the past few days. temperatures in the low 70s. yesterday and today we hit 73 this afternoon and that southerly flow that is pulling but here is the cold front going to put a stop to that. and pushes through quickly overnight brings the rain and comes in and moves out. and tomorrow morning that rain is out of here and the front is off to the east. we're clearing out. high pressure builds in and that makes for a cool day for tomorrow. starting out in the low 40s. 42, 54 your high temperature. maybe a leftover shower. and late on thursday anothe

we will likely not see most in avery county. you're well below freezing. 27 in beach mountain, and you have boone, and the windchill will keep you near freezing. i don't see widespread travel issues, but avery county, secondary roads, be cautious for the slick spots. high in the 50s in charlotte today, and the chill is here. we will talk about the rain that is returning tomorrow evening and how the mountain snow chances will be coming along with that as well. let's get you back out to the roads here locally watching the interstates. >> 85 rolling right along, and we checked in with the mountain county the, and the, and -- counties, and we have not heard of any issues. back here in charlotte, you can see we are dealing with damp roadways, and drive time technology, not showing any slow downs. towards uptown charlotte, and least at 66 miles an hour. statesville road, headed out to huntersville from sunset road, 35 miles an hour is the average speed there. liz? >> while you slept, scott kelly returned to earth after spending 340 da

avery, ash, watauga and burke and caldwell you can see rain and this is moving closer to charlotte. and moving into 8:00 many of us could see the rain and heavy at times and anyone of the cells could become severe we are looking at the heavy rain and hail and winds. and it continues to push off to the east through the rest of the evening this is 10:00 p.m. a couple stray showers left the heaviest rain is off to the east and we are drying out to the west. should be out of here after midnight and moving on to a nice day tomorrow. 56 in the morning. and 81 that is your high temperature. a fantastic day coming up tomorrow and warm. and more warmth your high temperature 81, 82 on wednesday and 70s on thursday and 60s on friday and 60s with rain over the weekend. and tonya rivens has the traffic. >> and your first alert traffic is sponsored by people's bank. i-77 northbound and southbound getting hammered by arrowood road. we have had problems on i-77 an earlier incident caused problems southbound and now two accidents at pineville matthews. one near caramel executive park drive. johnston

ashe and avery county schools on two-hour delay. you can find the latest delays information at wbtv.com/closing. >> john: it has been snowing in boone, let's get things started with charlotte's most experienced morning meteorologist, al conklin. >> al: knowing throughout the night in the mountain -- snowing throughout the night in the mountain counties. rain now moved out, that low pressure system down on the beaches moving away, high pressure back to the west is building in, that will be the main dominating factor for the next 24-36 hours. 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 cl

ashe and avery county schools on two-hour delay. you can find the latest delays information at wbtv.com/closing. >> john: it has been snowing in boone, let's get things started with charlotte's most experienced morning meteorologist, al conklin. >> al: knowing throughout the night in the mountain -- snowing throughout the night in the mountain counties. rain now moved out, that low pressure system down on the beaches moving away, high pressure back to the west is building in, that will be the main dominating factor for the next 24-36 hours.

yancey, mitchell, avery county, especially in the higher elevations. looking at the big picture here, why are we seeing a chance for severe storms. we have a strong front that will move through the region. let's take a closer look at the timeline of the rainfall. this is at 2:00 showing a few showers, sameehing through 4:00. just make sure you have the umbrella nearby. it is this evening that we'll start to see the heavier rain i pulls back through asheville around 7:00, 8:00, 9:00 into the foothills. then we'll see a lingering moisture in our northern mountains. just a bit of the light snow. rain snow mix in the highest elevations. tomorrow throughout the day temperatures will start to warm back up but it is not going to be as wam as what we have seen the last couple of days. staying in the 40's in the region. looking at how much rain will fall by dinner time. doesn't show much in asheville. our western zones could see a quarter of an inch. more widespread with heavier rain expected throughout the overnight hours into tomorrow, all in all, this model

avery, ash, watauga and burke and caldwell you could pick up heavier rain. and 8:00 p.m., that batch pushes to the east. and more forms to the south closer to charlotte, lincoln and gaston county and cleveland county. you could see the rain picking up as well. and it pushes to the east by 10:00 p.m. we are not done. even the charlotte area could see showers or a thunderstorm. and let me remind you no those could be severe. gusty winds and also possibly heavy rain and hail cannot be ruled out. and the forecast tore tomorrow morning it's out of here. 56 is the temperature. and the rest of the day, still not half bad back to the 80s. and 72 in the middle of the day. 81 your high temperature with a lot of sunshine. and it stays nice from there. a temperature of 81 on tuesday. 82 on wednesday. back to the 70s on thursday. we will start to step it down heading into friday. 69 is the temperature over the weekend low to mid-60s. look at monday, how are we going to handle that? 58 . and a better chance of rain saturday and again on sunday. there is the forecast. back

avery county schools will be closed. ash county is on a two-hour delay. >>> a caldwell county man is being held on $1 million bond after investigators say he stabbed his 2-year-old son and the boy's mother. >> william pitts is charged with two counts of attempted murder in wednesday night's crime. his daughter told us she called social services earlier this year over concerns of substance abuse. relatives say they made two visits to his home but never drug tested him. >> they only visit twice and that was it. they didn't do no drug test or nothing. and all that could have been prevented from one drug test. >> dss told us under north carolina law it cannot confirm or deny an investigation took place. his mother are in the hospital but only say they are doing okay. >>> sunday friends and family will gather for a visitation for a high school student killed in a crash this week. police say austin lock was driving on windy grove road when he lost control and crashed into the woods tuesday morning. his passenger, a 15-year-old

barbara: avery believes her son probably knew the person who killed him. john: raleigh police continue to investigate a double murder. we were the first media there in the parking lot of panera bread on glenwood avenue. allen rodriguez and pedro reyes of raleigh were found shot to reyes's family says they were friend. barbara: the family of a murdered teenager from cumberland county will have a vigil marking two years since the murder. her ex-boyfriend is charged with killing hered a dumping her body in the south river in march of 2014. michael malloy is in court this week. he and his attorney are considering whether to plead guilt to capital murder with a 25-year to life sentence and possibility of parole. if he goes to trial and is found guilty he could have life without parole. the vigil is at the alterville community center this evening at 7:00. john: to vote 2016 and race for the white house it is heating up in north carolina for the third straight day a presidential candidate rallying here. just days from the tuesday primary election this time democr

that's for yancey, mitchell and avery county. those high elevations could see the possibility for some downed trees. satellite and radar does show this powerful front will continue to march across the tonight and that's when we'll see the showers and thunderstorms really develop. nap shot at 2:00, once again at 4:00, seeing scattered showers, not until about dinner time do we see the heavier rain bands into our western zones first. then move through the french broad river valley. and then things start to clear out in the way of rain but then we see a slight chance for wintry mix in the northern zones, highest elevations into tomorrow morning. as temperatures drop back below freezing. this model is showing how much rain we are expecting to see through 6:00, maybe a quarter of an inch in our western zones. more widespread, heavier rain possible as we look forward in time towards tomorrow morning. 62, that's our high expected today, going to be nice. increasing clouds. we'll see that rain late day. hopefully brought that umbrella wi

highest elevations, 2-4 inches on the tennessee line, particularly avery county, one of the spots we watch. this is out in stallings, dry conditions this morning, most of the day is going to be dry. east of the mountains. we'll have mostly cloudy skies, we have cloud cover this morning at 32, light breeze out of the north, good visibility, clouds will continue to increase and thicken. in the 20s this morning across the mountains, upper 20s to low 30s to about freezing pretty much everybody at freezing or below. look how much colder it is this morning. anywhere from 5, 15, 20, 25 degrees colder, a chilly day, the clouds that are coming in. the percentage change of precipitation is 40% in charlotte, by late afternoon. that really ramps up, 90% chance going in the night tonight. you can see where the precipitation is in earnest. anything breaking out in advance is just sort of little bit on the edges. but this is the real deal here and that is what is moving in our direction. let's go through futurecast, high pressure building offshore. tonight's low is over us, this is 8:00, rain, and

avery and ash and watauga. you can see the snow peck tour you have in the background it was definitely melting and this is what i mean at the highest elevations. you have no snow and even the highest elevations and even the ski slopes you are seeing that snow melt quickly. we'll take a look at this. your starting out temperature is close to the 32-degree mark. by 8:00 a.m. we start to rebound. we are adding in a little sunshine and that means 57 is is your midday temperature. plenty of sun from the beginning to the end. so looking nice. tomorrow it is actually feeling nice. today we had high pressure in place. we haven't picked up very much warm air yet. we are still ahead of the warm air. the same high-pressure system will be in control, but it moves far enough off to the east and it will bring up our temperatures. on sunday your high was 47 degrees. we have already added on more than 10 degrees. it will do the same thing tomorrow and by then we are talking mid70 ises for high temperatures. the wind is really

allegheny, ash, watauga, avery, mitchell and caldwell and also burke counties. that is what we are tracking. once we get through this skies will bright especially for the weekend. -- brighten for the weekend. >> north carolina lawmakers are calling for a special session to deal with the nondiscrimination bathroom ordinance. brigida mack is live in the newsroom with more on why they want to deal with this right away. >> paul, house speaker moore called the ordinance an imminent threat to public safety and lawmakers want immediate action against it. he has had requests from three fifths of house members wanting to deal with the bathroom cord nance. the city council says it was designed to give protections to people in the lgbt community from discrimination and that includes which bathroom they use. the governor and house speaker had said they did not want to call a special session because $42000 a day. but today the house speaker reversed his position saying lawmakers are unwilling to put a price tag on public safety. and we reached out to mayor roberts for commen

avery and watauga are closed today. we'll keep you posted on that situation, low pressure moving away, high pressure building in and that means changes. starting off damp, cool this morning, in the 30s. a lot of cloud cover but notice the streets are dry in center city. i think you will be in good shape as you head in town. 38 charlotte, monroe, 39 lancaster, 40 wadesboro. 31 morganton, 33 hickory, 34 shelby and statesville at freezing in boone. at the bus stop, mostly cloudy skies, chilly breeze, damp at 39 degrees, this afternoon coming home, in good shape, temperatures getting up in the 50s. seasonal this time of the year. if you like that you'll like tomorrow, looking at highs getting close to 60 and chris, that's just the beginning. the trend is like this. it really looks nice next week, all the specific details in the seven day planner. >> chris: happy superintendents in the mountains. >> al: maybe no delays next week. charlotte. it has been a relatively quiet friday morning commute. 6:30, we're still half an hour

snow in the mountains lead avery county schools to close early. school will open tomorrow, make sure to visit wbtv.com/closings. keep track of the weather hitting your neighborhood. download the free weather app. it has free forecasts and push alerts to warn you of any problems this your neighborhood. >> maureen: right now, the search for a pregnant north carolina woman and her 2-year-old daughter. sara kelly and her daughter raya horton left their apex home. police don't know if they walked or if they were picked up. kelly's brother says she call him to say they were on their way home, but they never returned. if you have any information about where these two might be, take a good look at your screen and please call authorities. the march to the polls. it took place this evening and this event is a spinoff of sorts of the highly publicized moral monday rallies they had in raleigh. the rallies involve people upset over the state's voter it requires a government-issued id to cast a ballot throughout the state. supporters say voter id will protect t

we know the avery county schools and watauga county schools are on a 2-hour delay because of the black ice there. most of us are waking up to wet roads. just a little bit to find out when we will see the cooler temperatures before some what of a warmup. the cause of this huge apartment fire in rockhill is still under investigation. >> chopper 9 skies flying over the scene yesterday on evan port road, and you can see just how charred the building is there, and 6 families were displayed, because of the extensive damage, and several people jumped from windows to get to safety. we talked to a man who rushed to get people out. >> and then i heard someone beating on the corner window, and it was the hispanic lady, and i took my fire extinguisher and grabbed her and yanked her out. >> our partners at the rock hill harold said firefighters were able to save two cats. >>> new this morning, all nine lexington county magistrate judges have excused themselves from legal proceedings on a drunk driver charge against solicitor donny meyers. the state newspaper says the recent decision means a judge a

avery, you first. how far can a state go to protect one person's rights without damp aring another's? damping anoth i damaging another's? >> it's a good question that goes to the heart what's going on in north carolina and georgia. as long as there is factual information, if not, likely unconstitutional. the problem is georgia is some of the senators got nervous about something that happened in new mexico by putting two little plastic guys on top of a cake. that's what that's about, and in north carolina, it even gets wackier, because they're concerned that predators who are pretending to be transgenders are looking for a way to get into ladies' restrooms. neither of them have any factual foundation. in south dakota the governor vetoed the same bill that the governor of north carolina signed this week. so, believe me, both are heading to a federal courtroom. both, both in georgia and north carolina, will be held on constitutional. >> and, richard, how do you see it? do you see the road towards a federa

., boone boone, ashe and avery county, thunderstorms rolling through north carolina. now, this is charlotte at 10:00 p.m. tonight. don't be surprised to hear a few rumbles of thunder, 9:00, 10:00, 11:00 tonight. we clear out quickly, and we are left with snow showers in the north carolina high country tomorrow morning with all of the cold air. that chilly northwest wind. we have another system coming our way thursday afternoon and evening. i don't think it arrives in the thursday unite. then we are going to quickly clear out once again. in terms of severe weather, most of that will be relegated today to mississippi, alabama, and northwest georgia. in the carolinas we have just scattered thunderstorm chance, a marginal threat for severe weather, asheville and to the west, again, pretty quiet across the carolinas. overnight lows are mild with cloud cover, 42 charlotte, 30 tomorrow morning in boone. cooler temperatures tomorrow afternoon. 55 charlotte, 60 hickory, and high of only 32 boone and blowing rock. showers and thunderstorms tonight. partly to mostly cloudy overn

the highest ridge tops in avery county, around the edge, we're talking on the grass, it's been so warm this week, not much if any of this will add up. but when we dry out next week, and then really cool down, the most likely spot for freezing temperatures will be from charlotte northbound, monday morning and again on tuesday morning of next week. tuesday may end up being the colder of the two mornings. so stay tuned to the forecast throughout the weekend. looking at a pretty cold blast coming our way for a couple days. your five-day forecast with that weekend right around the corner from 70s to 50s over the next couple days. and then the nighttime numbers really chill down. 33 on monday morning. 31 early tuesday. tuesday afternoon. it's fairly short lived. the first full day of spring on sunday is not going to feel like spring at all. more like midwinter time with clouds lingering for a good part of the day. >> and of course all that sunshine comes back just in time for the workweek actually. >> oddly enough. the weekend grey gray and workweek pleasant. >>> a road project a year behind

al: john, avery, mitchell, watauga county schools operating on two-hour delay. this is king street in boone from resortcams.com i've been watching the tree branches blowing, 40 to 50 mile per hour winds on top of that, temperatures near or below freezing. 29 in west jefferson and fa fleetwood. deeper through the day you will see more and more sunshine but chilly breeze all day long, shouldn't be as gusty as this getting a brighter sky toward the east. clear skies in charlotte, 47 and you're near freezing in boone if not below, everybody else in the 40s to low 50s. 51 around monroe, 46 in salisbury, 48 in rock hill, 43 in hickory. the temperatures are actually a little milder than yesterday because of the breeze that is keeping up out there but that breeze is going to be with us all day long and will be a cooler breeze, we get back to 53 in charlotte this afternoon. we'll look for plenty of sunshine but 20 degrees cooler than the last two afternoons, well in the 70s. i'm tracking more rain that is right around the corner, show you that on futurecast and looking a

tie it down and avery mitchell you have advisory for 50-60-mile-per-hour gusts. i mentioned the showers closer to charlotte and they are moving quickly. turnersburg and harmony you are in the path of these showers right now. do not be surprised if you hear the thunder tonight. 63 at 9:00 p.m. and 60 through 11:00 p.m. and the chances of rain go up and up. the cooler temperatures is part of your seven-day first-alert forecast. >> thank you. tonight police say a crash killed a west mecklenburg high school student. wendy grove road. the driver was speeding and lost control driving off the road and hitting a tree. the 15-year-old heaven see died and two others were hurt. the driver was taken to the hospital but it's not clear if police are investigating and have not said if anyone is going to face charges. >> a woman was chased by this man carrying a knife in rock hill and had to hide in a nearby bank. police released this photo of the man they are looking for. tonight, we spoke with the jogger who ran for her life. michael clark has her story all new at 6:00. >> to

it focuses on steven avery. the tour starts in april. it will feature a nightly q and a portion. of approval from an unlikely source, a vatican-owned newspaper. it said the best picture oscar winner is not anticatholic and has a compelling plot. it delves into the catholic priest sexual abuse scandal. this isn't the first vatican outlet to praise the film. in october vatican radio said it was honest and compelling. >>> a yale student is getting national prize for predicting oscar winners. allison walker used a formula of computer the codes she used to study molecules and proteins. instead she applied key records -- words from online movie reviews. walker predicts her theory may also work with presidential elections. so we want to know what would you use her program for predicting? award shows, sporting events, elections, to wspa.com and weigh in and we'll share your ideas tonight at 5:40. >>> we hope you took christy's advice yesterday and got out in the morning. as the afternoon rolled on the clouds gave way. >> not much as far as rain goes right now but we are going to see that

three inches or more in the higher elevations of avery county at ski resort level. that will lead to travel issues late tonight for sure. and even the mountain areas in burke and caldwell county. a little light coating on the grass. but i don't anticipate travel issues outside of the mountains. we'll be there tomorrow morning at 4:30 to let you know what to expect. we clear out. the weekend looking great. upper 60s saturday. the latest computer model coming in saturday afternoon. saturday night. but that's long gone by sunday. still in the 60s. still full of sunshine. the outlook for next week has all the eastern half of the country in the outlook for well above average temperatures. we could be going well back into the low 70s by tuesday and wednesday of next week. if you enjoyed the weather we had earlier this week when we saw a spring preview, it's on before you head out, check out the interactive radar with our wsoc-tv weather app. your five-day forecast, with the weekend always in view, it's a quick rain chance over night tonight. long gone early tomorrow morni

let's go to san ramon we have avery harper. she is getting rained on. >> reporter: it is raining here. a light rain. earlier it was a drizzle. it is definitely coming down. i can see a lot of puzzles. i will step out of the way see you can see where i am and what i looks like -- what it looks like. it is raining here. i was on the road and it was difficult to see the lines on the road. a lot of people were slowing down because the roads were soaked. if you're going to be on the road you want to slow down. those roads are slippery. you want to take caution and extra time. it is going to be hazardous conditions because of this weather. i will be here throughout the morning. back to you. >>> let's take you to the sierra. take a live look, a look at donner pass. the snow coming down. this is at 7000 feet. we will have the full snow forecast coming up in about 10 minutes. make sure you have the kron4 mobile app. you can track the storm all from the palm of your hand. >>> big news we're following. demolition of apartments dangling of

. >> snow in the mountains led avery county schools to close. to find out if your child's school will be open tomorrow track of the weather download the free wbtv weather app it has alerts to warn you of problems. >> a troubling case out of caldwell county. a man is accused of stabbing his girlfriend and their two-year-old son. and tonight we are hearing from the man's daughters who say their father has an abusive past and has hurt them. wbtv's brody o'connell is live with their reaction. what can the suspect's daughters have to say? >> good evening and you have to excuse me i'm competing with the church bells chiming here. i did speak to the suspect's daughters. both very upset to find out that according to police their own father violently attacked their two stepbrothers but they said they wanted county leaders to know what they call their father's violent history. >> still to this day am scared i feel sick to my stomach when i see him. >> last night's violent attack should not have happened. the 25-year-olds tell wbtv their father henry pits

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yancey, mitchell, avery. you'll wake up, mid to upper 20s. you woke up this morning to 30s and 40s and no wind. i'll show you which communities will be in a snowstorm. >> larry: here's a look at where things stand right now for the republicans. massachusetts, tennessee, georgia, virginia, and arkansas. ted cruz, he's won his home state of texas and also oklahoma. for the democrats, hillary clinton won alabama, tennessee, georgia, arkansas and texas. >> darcel: and westernie sanders has won his home state of vermont and oklahoma. >>> trump spoke about an hour ago and is claiming a super tuesday victory and says he's looking forward to the general election race against hillary clinton. >> larry: here's abc's marcy gonzalez. >> reporter: major wins in a majority of states for frontrunners donald trump and hillary clinton. >> the stakes in this election and the rhetoric we're hearing on the other side has never been lower. >> i am a unifier. once we get all of this finished, i'm going to go after one person, that's hillary clinton. >> reporter: t

your forecast for ashe, watauga, avery counties, lots of sunshine sunshine, gusty breeze, getting back to 43, big clung of the day in the 30s. the hd tower cam looking great this morning, good deal of sunshine, cloud cover from yesterday gone, temperatures slowly going up, 38 this morning at 8:00, 52 at lunch time and 58 late this afternoon. we have freeze watches and warnings in effect for just about all communities in the wbtv viewing area for tonight, i'll break that down and let you know how cold it will get in your neighborhood in a couple minutes. right now, first alert traffic. >>> first alert traffic brought to you by toyota of north charlotte. >> christine: early in the commute and so far, not a single hour so that is some good news for those of you who get on the roads early. slight slow down we're seeing on independence boulevard as you get to albermarle. but no major back-up. remember, the hornets takes on the spurs tonight at time warner cable arena, game is at 7:00, watch for traffic in the uptown area for that game. otherwise, as we look live here on the dot camera to i-

and down through avery and mitchell. and coming up the 7-day forecast with some very cool temperatures stay tuned. last night at this time we were kelling you and he rushed into a burning home. truck and said he was a former marine. this stranger pulled jb and naomi newton out of the home that exploded. we tracked him down. he is talking with coleen harry in a story you will see only on wbtv. >> reporter: his name is brian cross, he lives in shelby and was in the marines. he has been out of work since june because of an injury. the inestimate was to run and help if there is trouble. >> i cannot sleep i saw the man on his door and left hand out pointing across to his wife. >> to appreciate him tonight, you have to understand sunday. flames were shooting up and then an explosion rattled the area. >> i went in it was rubble. a man we know it was jb newton was sitting against debris and fire raging bee beside him. he tried to push me away. no, no. i said i il get your wife. he went limp. i ran him to the road. >> two neighbo

david: was george already psychotic when he called me at my dorm at avery at unc? had he looked down and seen the white caps on the ocean far below him? the weibo, our father, fell in boston and kept falling through atlanta. where he had no job, no money, nobody to lean on, and a list pending on his property. down and down until he landed in those washouts in shenandoah, up there with his father and his father's people come from. the same place where george and i ended on november 8, 2000, the first exit outside of lexington. when i looked down at my feet, and see by magic, black and terrible, the zip disk line checked and spattered in the gravel with george's blight upon it, and i gaze up at the sky and say, please god, do not make me carry this, still make me be responsible, let my brother be alive, i require it of you. i compel you because if he is not, and if i'm responsible, and the universe is intolerable and i return my tidbit. that the sky was empty and return no answer and here i am still holding and george is gone and i still miss him as i sit wondering w

. >> tomorrow, avery county schools will be on a tour two delay after snow showers. steve udelson is monitoring what you can expect. >> this fast moving storm create add stir on our facebook and twitter feeds this afternoon. as it came into the charlotte area, we had some stray snow flakes. they are long since gone, the showers moved on out. high country snow is all but done. another quarter of an inch, here's the last thing we have to keep an eye on. light fog beginning to form from i-40 north into the mountains. at this point, i don't anticipate a widespread problem. up in the high country where temperatures will be below freezing. roads may be slick in the mountains, for the metro, east of the high country, just cool with left over clouds. >> before you head out tomorrow morning, watch eyewitness news daybreak. we have weather and traffic every ten minutes starting at 4:30. >> new tonight at 11:00, police arrested a teenager accused of bringing a gun to school. investigators say travis minton brought a gun to harding university school yesterday. police there say t

ashe, watauga, avery counties temperatures in the upper 40s for highs and the rest of us could see some of those get in here later tonight. we'll talk about that as well as warmer weather on the way for the rest of the weekend and through much of next week, too, all of those details part of your seven day first alert forecast. kristen. >> kristen: there is much more to come this morning. state officials in north carolina taking action to combat the zika virus, what they are doing to prevent the spread of the infection. we're always on your side, saturday morning. >> kristen: 6:14, talking during the break about this product that is hilarious looking to me. >> lyndsay: it is hilarious looking and the reason we came up with it was so i saw it on this isn't exactly the one, this i think ashley got from sally beauty, so you can get it other places. but it is so funny to look at if you can take the close-up view. >> kristen: a dryer attachment. >> lyndsay: alalien head. supposed to kind of mimic the dryer at the salon that goes over your head, which is not used for every day blow drying, use

in avery county, banner oak and 32 in blowing rock. we'll show you the bigger chill, the frost/freeze concerns likely coming in after the rain chance arrives tomorrow. let's get you out on the roads, see if alternate roults are needed. >> -- alternate routes are needed. >> still quiet. checked in with highway patrol there. not much happening engine as we look at your -- northbound as we look at your drive times. 74 miles an hour. folks are flying through the area six minutes rather through that small stretch. a little further north, heading 77 to the state line, 63 miles less than 10 minutes. once you make your way over the state line and into south charlotte, we're looking at 77. here is the northbound commute getting heavy around arrow wood road but too early for any delays. 640 heading to 64 #1shgs no issues. >>> a new push for students to start school year earlier, the benefits supporters say would come from the change. >> channel 9 investigated multiple crashes a week near toll construction on i-77. the bigger problem it is causin

david: was george already psychotic when he called me at my dorm at avery at unc? had he looked down and seen the white caps on the ocean far below him? the weibo, our father, fell in boston and kept falling through atlanta. where he had no job, no money, nobody to lean on, and a list pending on his property. down and down until he landed in those washouts in shenandoah, up there with his father and his father's people come from. the same place where george and 2000, the november 8, first exit outside of lexington. when i looked down at my feet, and see by magic, black and terrible, the zip disk line checked and spattered in the blight upongeorge's it, and i gaze up at the sky and say, please god, do not make me carry this, still make me be responsible, let my brother be alive, i require it of you. i compel you because if he is not, and if i'm responsible, and the universe is intolerable and i return my tidbit. that the sky was empty and return no answer and here i am still holding and george is gone and i still miss him as i sit wondering who i am and who we were

avery holmes though. we head to extra time. georgia tech has its way inside. james white, a follow tip. the jackets rally for a win in overtime. >>> goodyear took over charlotte motor speedway today, as they determine how to finish the racing package. they hit the track in the second of eight scheduled tire tests as part of the unified testing plan. it's all about improving the product on the track. >> hopefully we can keep making tires softer. before you know it memorial day is going to be here. >> i may or may not have bought tickets. >> looking forward to it. >>> a florida doctor traveled that she thought was th >>> a florida doctor is back miles to charlotte to save a friend she thought he was being held hostage, this turned out to just be a scam. this week, the man contacted her, claiming to be held hostage in a charlotte hotel with a $50,000 ransom. >> i was willing to spend my own money, and go up there to either find out that he was really being held hostage, in which case i would have rescued him, or to find out that he was a fraud. >> when dr. bush g

sheila avery says she is in shock. >> i don't know what happened. it is driving me crazy. i don't know. i just don't know. i don't have any feelings. i'm shock. barbara: avery says matt's toddler is ok and is too young to understand what is happening. >> i was so scared for him but he don't realize what is going on because he still wants to call daddy. john: raleigh police continue to investigate a double murder that was breaking fuse yesterday this -- news yesterday. we were the first on the scene at the parking lot on glenwood avenue. allen rodriguez of wendell and pedro reyes of raleigh were found shot to death. reyes's family said they were friends feel barbara: today the family of a murdered teenager from vigil marking two years. danielle locklear's ex-boy trends is charged with killing her in march of 2014. he was in court this week. he and his attorney are considering whether to plead guilty to capital murder with 25 25ior sentence. the srpblgle will be this evening. john: the race for the white house is heating up in north carolina. for the third straight day a can

(man) let's get it to avery. what have you got? lab results came back on that bandage. tested positive for formaldehyde, methanol and ethanol. embalming fluid. embalming fluid. the lab found traces of formaldehyde at grand central and ethanol at the carousel. our killer works at a mortuary. or he could be a hospital employee or a janitor at a morgue. no. castle's theory is more likely. bring up all the mortuaries in the city. we've got over a thousand in the new york city area alone. we can't hit all these before midnight. can you cross-reference mortuary experience with criminal records? or job finder groups for ex-cons. yes! i can try. six names. mobilize the troops. i want every one of these guys in our custody before midnight. i see what you mean about him being helpful. any of these undertakers look good for it? they all say the same thing, "we work with dead bodies all day, we don't need to make more." then final minute, pinson finding johnson again with the soft touch off the glass. that game tied at halftime. second half, u.v.a., they don't often run but they ca

. >> reporter: avery dogger is talking about this silver marine corps ring found in henderson county last month. it indicates it belongs to someone in platoon 1088 who graduated the marine corps in november of 2013. >> somebody brought it to the vfw and then a member had shown it to me and then i was like well, let me get it on social media, to spread the word. >> reporter: that facebook post spread like wildfire. at last check it was shared nearly one million times from as close as north carolina to as far as germany. through social media the vfw got a list of the graduates from the marine corps class, they crossed off one name and now working to contacts the other names on the list to see if one of those graduates owns this ring. while the list was a good start it intget them very far. >> we don't know names, addresses, if they are still >> reporter: the vfw now hoping media coverage will finally get this ring back to the marine corps graduate. >> we're optimistic. if it takes a year we'll find the owner. >> reporter: a mission these veterans are determined to complete. vfw says th

amounts that we would be talking about. 48 in boone with the highest shower chance for our friends in avery counties, drops off to 20%, 55 in taylorsville, 57 lenoir with the winds turning back around out of the south today. that will also be important for starting the warming trend as we head in tomorrow. 58 here in the city, same in concord, mooresville, salisbury and statesville, 59 cheraw, pageland, close to 60 toward chester, south carolina for highs this afternoon. tonight's lows will fall back down in the upper 30s. 61 on sunday with mainly clear sky. in the mid 60s monday, heading in next week, we have the warming trend ahead, several days ahead will be in the 70s, and looks like to go along with it we're met tie dry, the shower chances are really low, all the way through friday and it looks like next as we head in next weekend, next saturday, one week from today is our best shot at picking up widespread rain, so at this point that is a week away. >> kristen: great week. >>> 20 minutes after 5:00 now. and coming up next, imagine losing your rent money down the storm drain. it topped

not as warm as yesterday, still well above average. 60s in ashe, watauga, avery counties. highest chance is across the high country for later this afternoon holding around 30% for us. everyone has a better opportunity to pick up wet weather tomorrow. talk about that and what the week ahead looks like in the seven day first alert forecast. >> kristen: next, nancy reagan fare laid to rest. another case of zika virus in north carolina. details where it has been confirmed and where officials think it came from. is wbtv news saturday morning. i just picked us up 2 breakfast croissants for $4, when this bear attacked. with one swipe, it devoured one of the croissants. then jack showed up, and took care of the beast, so i could escape. and that's what happened to your breakfast croissant. and yours? it survived. enjoy freshly cracked egg with ham and bacon. or sausage. two tasty croissants at an eventastier $4 price. closed captioning on wbtvnews is sponsored by subarusouth boulevard and subaruconcord. >> kristen: another case of the this makes the fifth travel-related case in th

already psychotic when he called me at my dorm at avery at u.n.c.? had he looked down and seen the white caps on the ocean far below him, the bay bill our father fell in boston and kept falling through atlanta, where he had no job, no money, no one to lean on and a list penneddens on his property, down and down until he landed in the washouts in the shenandoah, up there where his father and father's people come from, the same place where george a. and i ended on november 8, 2000, at the first exit outside lexington, when i looked down at my feet and see by magic black and terrible the zip disk lying chipped and spattered in the gravel with george a.'s blood upon it, and i gaze up at the sky and say, please, god, don't make me carry this, don't make me be responsible, let my brother be alive, i require it of you, i compel you because if he isn't and if i'm responsible, then the universe isn't tolerable and i return my ticket. yet the sky was empty and returned no answer, and here i am still holding and george a. is gone and i still mess him as i sit w

the men believe avery is in the tour will be part of a series called a conversation on making a murder. it begins april 16th in boston and runs through middle august. >> >>> the rolling stones will play a -- "rolling stones" will play a free concert. they are going to play in cuba. it will be the first time they played since the revolution. march 25th, three days after president bar bar visits savannah. vice -- president barack obama visits. >>> you take pride in your nails? the occasional manicure. >> occasional is right. >> hold them up. >> you want to see them? >> no, i am kidding. you want to try something like this next time you go. 3d male art. >> what in the world? >> people are gluing things to their nails. >> that is crying to be knocked off. >> yes. like super bling. >> i don't know. it looks like candy. >> fuzz balls. [ laughter ] >> i am not sure. you can not put your hands in your pockets. >> how do you wish your hands. that is weird. you know, a statement people are making, put potato chips on there and eat them at your leisure. >> and a bow? how do you do that? oh my gos