Many Still Without Power

Good morning to you!  It's Friday, 10 August 2018.  Hope your day is off to a good start!  John Carter of WBTV News This Morning reporting to you this morning.  Our team invites you to join us from 4:30 to 7:00 AM for the area's best, most accurate, factual and compelling morning newscast.

Hundreds are still without power in Gaston and Lincoln counties this morning following those severe storms that came through the area.  We'll have more on the power outages and the clean up that is underway.

Plus…what about the weather as we head into the weekend?  You'll get the CERTIFIED MOST ACCURATE forecast from meteorologist Al Conklin.

A store owner accused of shooting and killing a man who allegedly broke into his business in east Charlotte is going to court today…he's facing charges in the death of the man.  Our Caroline Hicks will be LIVE with the details.

A woman takes her concerns about a busy midtown Charlotte intersection to social media.  We have details on the surprising response she got from local government.

Sad news to report this morning.  A 17-month-old seriously injured in a wreck in Burke County earlier this week has passed away.

A Charlotte Mecklenburg police officer is under investigation after her marked patrol car was seen parked in a handicapped parking space in a south end apartment complex parking deck.

The Carolina Panthers are coming home with a win!  The Panthers beat the Buffalo Bills in their first game of the preseason.  Also…Cam Newton and former teammate Kelvin Benjamin met on the field before the game…and it didn't appear to be the friendliest meeting!

We'll be LIVE in the Alert Center this morning…monitoring multiple news sources to bring you BREAKING NEWS and news just in…locally and from around the world.

Plus…we'll be keeping a close eye on traffic conditions for you.

All that and more when you join us from 4:30 to 7:00 AM.  Hope to see you then!