5k fundraising race boasts glow-in-the-dark spectacle

Submitted by Joe Hester, Community News Producer

Monday, April 22nd, 2013, 2:19pm

5k fundraising race boasts glow-in-the-dark spectacle

Easter Seals United Cerebral Palsy is holding a 5k fundraising race this weekend.

The Great Glow Run is a glow-in-the-dark 5k race benefiting more than 20,000 individuals and their families through support and services related to Cerebral Palsy.

While running is the theme of the event, walking is also permitted. Baby strollers and dogs are allowed on the course.

Awards are given to the first place winners in each category.

Live entertainment, amazing visual effects and a costume contest add to the evening's fun.

Walkers and runners can join the fundraising effort at the Charlotte Knights Stadium, located at 2280 Deerfield Drive in Fort Mill, Friday May 3, at 8:30 p.m.

Registration is required, at a fee of $30. Participants can register on the day of the event, for $40.

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Lyrid meteor shower responsible for few shooting stars

Submitted by WBTV Web Staff

Monday, April 22nd, 2013, 8:22am

Lyrid meteor shower responsible for few shooting stars

CHARLOTTE, NC (WBTV)- If you happened to be out very early this morning, were far away from city lights, and were able to pick out the brightest streaks in the sky, then you may have seen the peak of the Lyrid meteor shower.

This shower occurs every year in mid to late April when the Earth passes through a trail of debris from the Comet Thatcher.

This year's biggest obstacle to viewing today was the moon, nearly full this morning, which reflected enough sunlight to block out all but the brightest meteors.

Some meteors will be visible until April 25th. Rarely, outbursts of up to 100 meteors per hour can be seen, although more commonly this meteor shower will produce only 15-20 meteors per hour.

If you do happen to snap a shot, we'd love to see your pictures! Submit them here.

The next meteor shower, the Eta Aquarids, will occur on the nights of May 4-5.

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Deputies looking for missing 73-yr-old man

Submitted by John Cominsky on Friday, April 19th, 8:31 pm

ROCK HILL, SC (WBTV)- The York County Sheriff's Office is seeking the public's assistance in locating a missing person.

Paul Cecil Bassette, 73, was last seen Thursday at the Jack-In-The-Box restaurant on Cherry Road between 5 and 6 p.m.

Bassette and his wife were traveling from Florida to a home in Vermont in separate vehicles and were supposed to meet each other at an Econo Lodge hotel in Charlotte.

Bassette is described as a white male with hazel eyes and white hair.

He was driving a 1997 Dodge Ram pickup Kingcab with suicide doors. Police say damage is visible around the rear right quarter panel close to bumper above muffler.

The truck has a Florida temporary paper tag and is pulling a 35-foot Travel trailer, white in color, with blue trim and a Vermont tag of ABY-392.

Bassette takes medication for a heart attack he had in the past, and suffers from the beginning stages of Alzheimer's.

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Free shredding event Saturday

Submitted by WBTV Web Staff

Friday, April 19th, 2013, 1:07pm

CHARLOTTE, NC (WBTV)- The Better Business Bureau is offering a free, on-site, document shredding for individuals and small businesses this weekend.

It's part of the BBB's nationwide "Secure Your ID" day.

The shredding event is happening Saturday, April 20 from 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. in the parking lot of Providence High School on Pineville-Matthews Road.

There is a limit though: four large bags or boxes per car.

Not sure what to keep and what to shred? BBB has a records retention guide.

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Man wanted for trying to run over girlfriend arrested in Charlotte

Submitted by WBTV Web Staff

Thursday, April 18th, 2013, 11:22am

YORK COUNTY, SC (WBTV)- Deputies in York County are investigating after a woman says her ex-boyfriend saw her with another man and forced their car off the road after firing a gun at them.

According to a York County Sheriff's report, officers were call to the 3700 block of Saluda Road, in Rock Hill, early Saturday morning to the report of a possible shooting. When deputies arrived they found a wrecked vehicle along the side of the road.

A 25-year-old Clover man told deputies that he and Brittney Shonteza Sanders, 26, were together when her ex-boyfriend, 29-year-old Lidarius Devra Gains, saw them at an apartment complex in Rock Hill.

Gains was arrested in Charlotte on Wednesday and is being held at the Mecklenburg County Jail awaiting extradition back to York County.

When the pair left the apartment in Sanders' Nissan Maxima, Muhammad says Gains began to chase them with his BMW 740.

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Woman accused of killing former mayor found competent to stand trial

Submitted by WBTV Web Staff

Wednesday, April 17th, 2013, 5:26pm

YORK, SC (WBTV)- Prosecutors handling the case of Melvin Roberts, the former Mayor of York, and longtime attorney in town, says the woman accused of killing Roberts has been found competent to stand trial.

It was February 4th, 2010 when Melvin Roberts was found dead in his York driveway. Police say he was strangled and had head trauma.

Three months after the killing, investigators arrested Julia Phillips, Roberts' girlfriend. They say she did it because of money. Phillips maintains her innocence, and her attorney requested a psychiatric evaluation to see if she is competent to stand trial.

Phillips and her attorney requested mental evaluations, which were recently completed.

Prosecutors are hoping to get a trial date for late August.

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Lockdown lifted at Clover schools

Submitted by WBTV Web Staff

Wednesday, April 17th, 2013, 2:50pm

CLOVER, SC (WBTV)- Wednesday morning, the Clover Police Department and York County Sheriff's Office received information from the Chesterfield County Sheriff's Office that a person believed to be in the City of Clover had made threats towards a school in Chesterfield County.

There was never a direct threat made toward a school in the Clover School district.

According to a press release from the York County Sheriff's Office, the Sheriff's School Resource Officers and the Clover School District were notified and all schools were placed on lockdown.

The information the York County Sheriff Office was acting on was that the suspect Andrew Ross Brown, 21 made threats to a school in Chesterfield County, he was in the Clover area and he was armed.

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