Sunny Saturday With Increasing Rain Chances Sunday

WCCB Charlotte 1/27 12:30P Kaitlin Wright

Forecast: An area of high pressure will stick around through the first half of the weekend. The high will move offshore on Saturday with unsettled weather returning on Sunday. An active pattern dominates next week with temperatures falling...

New Zealand: Auckland Airport Closes Its International Terminal After Widespread Flooding

WCCB Charlotte 1/27 12:15P Kaitlin Wright

AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND Flights were cancelled this morning at Auckland Airport due to significant flooding inside. Photos and videos shared with WCCB show a terminal full of water after torrential rain slammed the area. Auckland Airport is the...

Cleveland County Man Who Claimed He Had Bomb Near Capitol Pleads Guilty

WCCB Charlotte 1/27 11:26A Bryan Overstreet

WASHINGTON (AP) A man who caused evacuations and an hourslong standoff with police on Capitol Hill when he claimed he had a bomb in his pickup truck outside the Library of Congress pleaded guilty on...

Union County school board backtracks on controversial academic calendar, sets new start date

News | Charlotte North Carolina | Spectrum News 1 1/27 11:15A Jacob Reynolds

After criticism and a lawsuit, UCPS' Board of Education reversed its decision to approve an early-August start date.

Jay Leno Breaks Bones In Motorcycle Wreck Months After Fire

WCCB Charlotte 1/27 11:10A Bryan Overstreet

LOS ANGELES (AP) Two months after undergoing surgery for serious burns, Jay Leno is now contending with a number of broken bones after being knocked off a motorcycle. The comedian and former Tonight Show host told a Las Vegas Review-Journal...

Wilks ‘Disappointed, Not Defeated’ Over Panthers Snub

WCCB Charlotte 1/27 11:03A Bryan Overstreet

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) Former Carolina Panthers interim head coach Steve Wilks is disappointed, but not defeated that he didn t land the team s full-time head coaching position. The Panthers announced on Thursday they ve agreed to hire Frank Reich...

Rising Spotlight: NCRVDA Charlotte RV Show And Sale

WCCB Charlotte 1/27 9:13A Caryn Little

The NCRVDA Charlotte RV Show and Sale will be held at the Park Expo and Conference Center January 26th 29th. Click HERE to purchase tickets. The Park Expo and Conference Center is located at 800 Briar Creek Road. The NCRVDA RV Shows are the...

African American Cultural Celebration returns in-person to Raleigh

News | Charlotte North Carolina | Spectrum News 1 1/27 8:27A Sarah Rudlang

The celebration will take place at the N.C. Museum of History on Saturday

Police Searching For Missing Gastonia 15-Year-Old

WCCB Charlotte 1/27 7:53A Abby Mittower

GASTONIA, N.C. Gastonia Police are asking for the public s help finding 15-year-old Nakita Ratchford. Ratchford stands at 5 feet, 4 inches tall and weighs approximately 170 pounds. She has black hair...

Postal Worker Suffers Serious Injuries After Being Attacked By Dogs

WCCB Charlotte 1/27 7:26A WCCB Staff

LENOIR, N.C. According to police, a mail carrier suffered severe injuries after she was attacked by two dogs. The Lenoir Police Department says on Thurday, around 1:55 p.m., officers responded to a call for a dog bite with injury on SW Norwood...

Sheriff: Body Found In Burke County Woods Identified As Missing Man

WCCB Charlotte 1/27 7:06A Abby Mittower

CONNELLY SPRINGS, N.C. The Burke County Sheriff s Office says they found a body in the woods near Kayla s Ridge Road. Deputies say they have been repeatedly searching the woods for a missing man,...

Green Comet Zooming Our Way, Last Visited 50,000 Years Ago

WCCB Charlotte 1/27 5:00A Emma Mondo

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) A comet is streaking back our way after 50,000 years. The dirty snowball last visited during Neanderthal times, according to NASA. It will come within 26 million miles (42 million kilometers) of Earth Wednesday before...

India to get 12 Cheetahs from South Africa Next Month

WCCB Charlotte 1/27 4:00A Emma Mondo

NEW DELHI (AP) India will receive 12 cheetahs from South Africa next month that will join eight others it received from Namibia in September as part of an ambitious plan to reintroduce the cats in the country after 70 years. India plans to...

Internet Evidence Key, but Not Enough in No-Body Murder Case

WCCB Charlotte 1/27 3:45A Emma Mondo

BOSTON (AP) Prosecutors in Massachusetts are basing their murder case against a man whose wife is presumed dead but whose body has not been found in large part on a series of gruesome internet searches he made around the time of her...

Edge On The Clock: Razzies Apologize After Child Actor Is Nominated

WCCB Charlotte 1/27 3:41A Morgan Fogarty

CHARLOTTE, N.C. The Razzie Awards are apologizing after a child actor s nomination for Worst Actress sparked backlash. The Razzies are a satire of Hollywood award shows which celebrates the best of the worst in cinema. 12-year-old Ryan Kiera...