McDowell High School: No active shooting

No shooter, victims found after possible shooting reported at McDowell High School, officials say

Updated: 9:14 AM EST Jan 21, 2025

GO. WE HAVE A LOOK AT TODAY’S TOP NEWS STORIES, YOUR TRAFFIC AND YOUR WEATHER ALL BEFORE YOU HEAD OUT THE DOOR. THAT’S RIGHT. WE’RE GOING TO START WITH COLD WEATHER, SAFETY PRECAUTIONS AND WHAT TO DO WITH YOUR PIPES THIS WEEK ARE ISABELLE. MARK JOINS US LIVE WITH MORE. HEY, ERIN AND PEYTON, EXPERTS SAY THAT THE BEST THING YOU CAN DO TO KEEP THOSE PIPES PROTECTED IS TO SLOWLY DRIP, DRIP THAT WATER SO THAT IT PREVENTS THE WATER FROM FREEZING. BUT THERE’S A FEW OTHER THINGS THAT YOU CAN DO AS WELL. YOU CAN OPEN UP YOUR CABINET DOORS UNDER YOUR SINKS TO LET THE WARM AIR CIRCULATE. DISCONNECT HOSE PIPES FROM ALL OUTDOOR FAUCETS, CLOSED GARAGE DOORS TO PROTECT WATER SUPPLY AND COVER CRAWLSPACE VENTS IN WINTER TO HOLD THAT WARMTH IN THE CRAWLSPACE, YOU’LL ALSO WANT TO KNOW HOW TO SHUT OFF YOUR WATER. IF PIPES BURST, YOU’LL NEED TO ACT FAST. SO EXPERTS SAY THE BEST THING THAT YOU CAN DO FOR THIS IS TO USE A METER KEY TO TURN OFF YOUR WATER METER, WHICH WILL THEN SHUT OFF YOUR MAIN WATER LINE. BUT FOR NOW, REPORTING LIVE IN GREENVILLE ISABELLE MARAK WYFF NEWS FOUR. WE’RE FOLLOWING BREAKING NEWS IN GREENVILLE. DEPUTIES ARE SEARCHING FOR 11 YEAR OLD AMEL VICTOIRE O’DONNELL. WE’RE TOLD SHE WAS LAST SEEN AROUND 630 LAST NIGHT NEAR THE MAGNOLIA PLACE APARTMENTS ON RUTHERFORD ROAD. DEPUTIES SAY SHE WAS LAST SEEN WEARING BLACK PAJAMA PANTS AND A BLACK COAT. IF YOU SEE HER, CALL 911 IMMEDIATELY. AND TODAY IS PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP’S FIRST FULL DAY IN OFFICE. BUT HE GOT TO WORK RIGHT AFTER YESTERDAY’S INAUGURATION. HE’S ALREADY SIGNED DOZENS OF EXECUTIVE ORDERS AND PARDONED HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE, NEARLY ALL CASES RELATED TO THE JANUARY 6TH CAPITOL RIOT ARE OVER NOW. THAT’S AFTER TRUMP PARDONED MORE THAN 1200 PEOPLE CONVICTED OF RELATED CRIMES. HE’S ALSO DIRECTING THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT TO DROP ABOUT 300 PENDING CASES, FREEING 14 DEFENDANTS CHARGED WITH THE MOST SERIOUS SEDITION OFFENSES, A RETURN TO THE PRESIDENCY. CONFIDENT AND OPTIMISTIC THAT WE ARE AT THE START OF A THRILLING NEW ERA OF NATIONAL SUCCESS, HE’S DECLARING A NATIONAL EMERGENCY AT THE SOUTHERN BORDER AND EFFECTIVELY SHUTTING DOWN ASYLUM, SEEKING THERE. HE’S TRYING TO DELAY A TIKTOK BAN AND LIMIT THE CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO CITIZENSHIP AT BIRTH. TRUMP ALSO IS REMOVING THE U.S. FROM THE PARIS CLIMATE AGREEMENT AND THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION. EXPERTS SAY SOME OF TRUMP’S MOVES ARE LIKELY TO FACE LEGAL CHALLENGES. THE U.S. CONSTITUTION DICTATES THAT PEOPLE BORN IN THE U.S. ARE CITIZENS. PETE HEGSETH NOMINATION TO BE THE NEXT SECRETARY OF DEFENSE IS ONE STEP CLOSER TO CONFIRMATION. ALL 14 REPUBLICANS ON THE COMMITTEE VOTED IN FAVOR OF HEGSETH, WHILE ALL 13 DEMOCRATS VOTED AGAINST HIM. JOHN RATCLIFFE IS ALSO A STEP CLOSER TO BEING CONFIRMED AS THE NEXT DIRECTOR OF THE CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY. ALL THREE VOTES AGAINST RATCLIFFE WERE CAST BY DEMOCRATS. IT’S UNCLEAR WHEN THE FULL SENATE WILL VOTE TO CONFIRM HEGSETH AND RATCLIFFE, THOUGH THURSDAY WOULD LIKELY BE THE EARLIEST UNLESS ALL MEMBERS AGREE TO MOVE THINGS ALONG MORE QUICKLY. MEANWHILE, BUSINESSMAN ELON MUSK IS FACING PUSHBACK FOR AN INAUGURATION FESTIVITY. ARM GESTURE. MUSK GAVE BRIEF REMARKS DURING A RALLY YESTERDAY, TWICE LIFTING UP HIS ARM, AND SOME PEOPLE ARE LIKENING IT TO A NAZI SALUTE. MUST THANK THE CROWD FOR REELECTING TRUMP BACK INTO THE OFFICE, HE SAID, QUOTE, THIS WAS A FORK IN THE ROAD OF HUMAN CIVILIZATION AND ALSO THE FUTURE OF CIVILIZATION IS ASSURED. MUSK IS KNOWN FOR HIS BUSINESS IN SPACEX AND TESLA. A SNOW SQUALL WARNING WAS ISSUED IN THE TEXAS PANHANDLE FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER. THE WARNING WAS DUE TO A NARROW BAND OF INTENSE SNOW CREATING NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY ALONG AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT AS IT MOVED SOUTH THROUGH THE PANHANDLE. EXTREME COLD WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA UNTIL LATER TODAY. SLICK ROAD CONDITIONS WERE REPORTED THROUGHOUT THE AREA AS WELL. WE’RE TOLD WIND CHILLS COULD FALL TO AS LOW AS 25 DEGREES BELOW ZERO THIS MORNING. SOME WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOLS ANNOUNCED SOME SCHEDULE CHANGES BECAUSE OF COLD TEMPERATURES AND ROAD CONDITIONS. AVERY AND MADISON COUNTY SCHOOLS WILL BOTH OPERATE ON A REMOTE LEARNING SCHEDULE. BUNCOMBE AND MACON COUNTY SCHOOLS WILL OPERATE ON A TWO HOUR DELAY. GRAHAM AND HAYWOOD COUNTY SCHOOLS WILL BE CLOSED. BUNCOMBE COUNTY SCHOOLS DOES NOTE BREAKFAST WILL BE SERVED WHEN STUDENTS ARRIVE. HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS WILL CONTINUE WITH THEIR EXAMS AS PART OF THE DELAY SCHEDULE. WELL GOOD MORNING. IT’S 649. IT IS FREEZING OUT THERE. 14 DEGREES IN ASHEVILLE, 23 IN PICKENS, 22 DEGREES IN GREENVILLE. AS WE TAKE A LOOK, SOUTHERN PARTS OF THE UPSTATE, STILL IN THE LOW 20S. SO IT IS A HARD FREEZE FOR EVERYONE. FEELS EVEN COLDER, FEELS LIKE 13 RIGHT NOW IN UNION, FEELS LIKE SIX IN HENDERSONVILLE. AND YES, WE’VE GOT SOME SNOWFALL OUT TO THE WEST FOR OUR AREA. SPECIFICALLY, WE’VE GOT CLOUDS, SO IT’S GOING TO BE A CLOUDY, COLD DAY. I DO THINK WE’LL GET ABOUT 3 OR 4 DEGREES WARMER THAN WHAT THIS PARTICULAR MODEL THINKS, SO WE WILL GET ABOVE FREEZING, AT LEAST FOR MOST OF US. BUT AGAIN, THAT DOESN’T HAPPEN UNTIL LATER TODAY. SO IT’S A TIME WHERE YOU WANT TO EXTEND DRIPPING THOSE PIPES. IF YOU LIVE ACROSS WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA, THOSE ARE GOING TO NEED TO BE DRIPPING ALL DAY, ALL NIGHT. AT LEAST THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. AND THEN WE’LL START TO SEE A LITTLE BIT OF A WARMING TREND. BEST CHANCE FOR A FEW FLURRIES IS SOUTH OF I-85 AFTER 3:00 TODAY, AND FOR MOST OF US, WE WON’T SEE ANYTHING AT ALL BUT A LIGHT DUSTING. SOME LIGHT ACCUMULATION FOR A FEW OF US IS POSSIBLE. WE’LL HAVE SOME MORE DETAILS, INCLUDING YOUR FOUR DAY PLUS THAT’S COMING UP IN LESS THAN 7 OR 8 MINUTES FROM RIGHT NOW. BUT FIRST, LET’S GET YOU OUTSIDE. GET A CHECK ON THOSE ROADS. HOW’S IT LOOKING, PEYTON? PARELLA. IT’S A BEAUTIFUL AND CHILLY DAY ON YOUR ROADS AND IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. THIS IS I-85 SOUTH AT MAULDIN ROAD IN GREENVILLE COUNTY. JUST A FEW VEHICLES ON THE ROAD. WE’VE GOT SOME CARS AND TRUCKS OUT THERE. PEOPLE HEADING TO SCHOOL, HEADING TO WORK. AT THIS POINT. NOTHING CRAZY THOUGH. WE’RE CHECKING OUR TRAVEL TIMES. EVERYTHING IN THE GREEN. 12 MINUTES I-240 TO ASHEVILLE HIGHWAY UP FROM 11 MINUTES SIX MINUTES. AIRPORT TO WOODRUFF ROAD AND 13 MINUTES FAIRVIEW ROAD TO DOWNTOWN. AND HEY, IF YOU HAVE A LAYOVER IN ATLANTA, YOU’RE IN GOOD COMPANY. HARTSFIELD-JACKSON ATLANTA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT WAS NAMED THE WORLD’S BUSIEST AIRPORT FOR THE SECOND YEAR IN A ROW, ACCORDING TO THE AVIATION ANALYTICS FIRMS. RESEARCH. FOUR OF THE TOP TEN BUSIEST AIRPORTS WERE IN THE UNITED STATES, AND ALL OF THE TOP AIRPORTS SAW GROWTH IN 2024, AND THE OHIO STATE WON ITS FIRST CHAMPIONSHIP SINCE 2014. LAST NIGHT IN THE COLLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYOFF NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP GAME, THE BUCKEYES BEAT NOTRE DAME 34 TO 23, IN ATLANTA, A LATE BUCKEYES FIELD GOAL PUT THAT GAME OUT OF REACH. OHIO STATE WINS ITS FIRST CHAMPIONSHIP SINCE 2014 AND THE SEVENTH IN SCHOOL HISTORY. THE BUCKEYES FINISHED WITH A 14 AND TWO RECORD. NOTRE DAME, WITH THE LOSS, ALSO FINISHES 14 AND TWO. THE CONTEST MARKED THE END OF THE LONGEST COLLEGE FOOTBALL SEASON IN HISTORY, AND THE DEBUT OF THE 12 TEAM PLAYOFF FIELD, NOTHING BUNDT CAKES WILL SOON REQUIRE STORES TO BE OPEN ON SUNDAYS. THE BAKERY CHAIN OF GIVEN FRANCHISE OWNERS THE OPTION OF BEING CLOSED ON SUNDAYS, BUT CORPORATE REVERSED THE POLICY IN THE PAST YEAR. ALL STORES ARE NOW REQUIRED TO BE OPEN A MINIMUM OF FIVE HOURS ON SUNDAYS STARTING IN FEBRUARY. SOME FRANCHISEES ARE NOT HAPPY, SAYING THE OPTION BEFORE WAS A DECIDING FACTOR IN CHOOSING TO INVEST. NOTHING. BUNDT CAKE SAYS IT WOULD CONSIDER EXCEPTIONS FOR STORES OPEN LONGER THAN SIX MONTHS, BUT SO FAR, STORE OWNERS SAY REQUESTS FOR EXCEPTIONS HAVE BEEN IGNORED OR NOT. GRANTED, NEW FRANCHISE CONTRACTS DO INCLUDE THAT NEW RULE. IT’S 651. YOU KNOW, A PHRASE I DIDN’T HAVE ON MY 2025 BINGO CARD? SOUP DROPS, COLD AND FLU SEASON IS AT ITS PEAK, AND CHICKEN NOODLE SOUP IS A POPULAR REMEDY. SO SOUP MAKER PROGRESSO IS MAKING IT EVEN EASIER FOR SOUP LOVERS TO GET THAT WARM FEELING THAT COMES FROM EATING SOUP WITH TRADITIONAL CHICKEN NOODLE SOUP DROPS. THEY SAY THAT SOUNDS GOOD. THEY SAY THE HARD CANDY DROPS TASTE SIMILAR TO THEIR SOUPS. WHO DOESN’T WANT A CHICKEN NOODLE SOUP? DROP THE LIMITED EDITION ITEM IS ONLY AVAILABLE THIS MONTH. ARE YOU READY FOR THIS?

No shooter, victims found after possible shooting reported at McDowell High School, officials say

Updated: 9:14 AM EST Jan 21, 2025

Here is the latest from authorities from McDowell County, North Carolina after report of active shooter at school:9:15 a.m. update:”An initial search of McDowell High School has revealed no threat, and the situation is stable. All parents and guardians are advised to stand by for further updates regarding student dismissal procedures.”We appreciate your patience and cooperation as law enforcement and school officials ensure the safety of all students and staff.”9 a.m. latest:”McDowell County 911 received a report of a possible active shooter at McDowell High School. Emergency personnel remain on scene, and law enforcement has completed a primary search of the building. No victims have been located, no shots have been heard, and there is no confirmed threat at this time.”Sheriff Ricky Buchanan and McDowell County School Superintendent Tracy Grit are on scene leading the response, supported by emergency chiefs from multiple agencies.”

MARION, N.C. —

Here is the latest from authorities from McDowell County, North Carolina after report of active shooter at school:

9:15 a.m. update:

“An initial search of McDowell High School has revealed no threat, and the situation is stable. All parents and guardians are advised to stand by for further updates regarding student dismissal procedures.

“We appreciate your patience and cooperation as law enforcement and school officials ensure the safety of all students and staff.”

9 a.m. latest:

“McDowell County 911 received a report of a possible active shooter at McDowell High School. Emergency personnel remain on scene, and law enforcement has completed a primary search of the building. No victims have been located, no shots have been heard, and there is no confirmed threat at this time.

“Sheriff Ricky Buchanan and McDowell County School Superintendent Tracy Grit are on scene leading the response, supported by emergency chiefs from multiple agencies.”