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Evacuation plan being reworked to account for changes uptown
If a major crisis hits uptown, you may have to flee. The current evacuation plan is from 2006. Charlotte's changed a lot since then, so emergency workers are reworking the evacuation routes to account for road changes and new buildings uptown. They're also working on how to communicate those routes ...
Unemployment rates went up in all NC counties in January
North Carolina's latest unemployment numbers are out. All 100 counties went up. Mecklenburg County went from 9.2 percent in December to 9.7 percent in January. The Charlotte metro area went from 9.4 percent in December to 9.7 percent in January. Shawn Huntley said she had a temp job that was ...
Lawmakers moving forward with bill on stadium renovations
North Carolina lawmakers are moving forward with a bill that could help the Panthers renovate Bank of America Stadium. A state House subcommittee worked on it Thursday and plans to send it to the House finance committee as early as next week. But it's not exactly what the team and ...
Marine killed in training exercise was from Hickory
Eyewitness News found out at least one of the Camp Lejeune Marines killed in the training accident in Nevada this week was from the Charlotte area. The Marines say they won't officially release all seven names until 9:45 p.m. Wednesday. But WSOC found out Lance Cpl. Mason Vanderwork was one ...
Hampton addresses courtroom after getting life sentence in son’s death
After 16 hours of deliberations, jurors agreed on a sentence in the Andre Hampton case. They sentenced him to life in prison without parole instead of the death penalty for killing his nearly 2-year-old son. Hampton heard life, not death, stood, and told the jury, "I'm sorry for what happened. ...
Jurors to continue deliberations Tuesday in Hampton trial
Jurors will pick up deliberations Tuesday. They are trying to decide whether to sentence Andre Hampton to life or death for killing his nearly 2-year-old son. They've been deliberating for roughly 14 hours since Thursday. The verdict sheet has six pages of questions. Jurors have to decide whether this murder ...
Jury deliberating in trial of man convicted of killing son
Jurors will keep deliberating Monday whether to sentence Andre Hampton to life without parole or death. Jurors said they are making progress and have not reached any "impasse." They spent about eight hours total discussing it between Thursday and Friday. A juror keeps telling the judge she has some personal ...
Sentencing for man convicted of killing son continues Friday
It is now up to the jury. Jurors spent more than an hour and a half deliberating whether to sentence Andre Hampton to life without parole or death for beating his 23-month-old son, Elijah, to death in 2008. Prosecutors insisted, during closing arguments Thursday, this was not an ordinary murder. ...
Closing arguments for Hampton death penalty trial expected Thursday
Closing arguments start Thursday morning in the sentencing phase of Andre Hampton's death penalty trial. Jurors found him guilty last week of beating his almost 2-year-old son, Elijah, to death. Defense lawyers called the toddler's mother, Lashinna Burger, to the stand last. She told jurors she forgives him. Moments later, ...
Sentencing phase continues for man convicted of killing son
Jurors could hear closing arguments in the sentencing phase of Andre Hampton's death penalty trial Wednesday. His sister came to court and testified Hampton was her "protector" and "inspiration" growing up, that he stood up for her when she was abused and that he should get life because, "I got ...
Sentencing phase gets under way for man convicted of killing son
Jurors are trying to decide whether convicted killer Andre Hampton should get the death penalty or life without parole. They found him guilty last week of beating his 23-month-old son to death in 2008. The sentencing phase of his trial started Monday. Prosecutors are pushing for death, arguing Hampton's crime ...
City leaders to discuss possibility of amateur sports complex
Charlotte city leaders are keeping the idea alive to turn the Bojangles' Coliseum area into an amateur sports complex. They voted to discuss the project at their budget workshop in a few weeks. The city is thinking of renovating the Coliseum and Ovens Auditorium and building a multi-use athletic facility ...
Jury finds man guilty of first-degree murder in beating death of toddler
A jury found a father guilty of beating his 23-month-old to death. Jurors deliberated for roughly five hours Tuesday afternoon and Wednesday morning before finding Andre Hampton guilty of first-degree murder by torture, first-degree felony-murder, and two counts of felony child abuse. Prosecutors said Hampton beat 23-month-old, Elijah, to death ...
Some say hotel rooms, stadium upgrades needed before Charlotte could host Super Bowl
Indianapolis and Charlotte have a lot in common, but a big difference is that Indianapolis landed a Super Bowl and is going after another one. So Eyewitness News went there to find out what Charlotte needs to host one, too. Indianapolis, just like Charlotte, is one of the NFL's smaller ...
Police: NC Music Factory shooter identified, no arrests made
Police say they know who shot someone outside a North Carolina Music Factory club Monday morning, but they haven't arrested that person. The shooting happened around 2:45 a.m. in the parking lot of Label. Police say someone shot 29-year-old Brian Bentley, who sustained non-life-threatening wounds. He told investigators he knows ...
Rezoning signs not posted until after public hearings in 3 recent cases
Eyewitness News found out Charlotte broke the rules with three rezoning cases recently. City staff didn't post the yellow rezoning signs until after the public hearings. It may sound like a minor mix-up, but the whole point of posting the signs first is so the public gets a heads up ...
9 Investigates: CMPD gives $1.4M worth of DNC gear to other departments
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department is giving away more than $1 million worth of Democratic National Convention gear it says it doesn't need. WSOC requested the list of items and went through it. CMPD is donating $1.4 million worth of equipment to 112 law enforcement agencies throughout North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, ...
Jury sees video confession from man accused of killing son
Jurors in the trial of a man accused of beating his toddler to death heard the father admit to it Wednesday. Andre Hampton walked into court, but it was a video of him roughly four years ago that took center stage during the trial Wednesday. The jury finished watching the ...
Trial begins for man accused of beating 1-year-old to death
Twenty-seven-year-old Andre Hampton’s capital trial began in Mecklenburg County court Tuesday. He’s accused of beating his 1-year-old to death about five years ago. Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty. CMPD Officer Stephen Arnold took the stand. “I did not see the child’s chest moving,” he said. “His eyes were closed. And ...
Proposal on Tanger outlets in Charlotte passes
Charlotte's Premium Outlets got the go-ahead on Monday night. City Council signed off on the Simon-Tanger Factory Outlets for southwest Charlotte. Last week, the city staff made the last-minute addition to the agenda. Currently, council members discussed the issue and around 7 p.m Monday. The two companies, Tanger and Simon, ...
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