Heavy rains on Friday afternoon caused some major problems in the Charlotte area with flooding.

Cars were getting caught in quickly flooding creeks and parking lots and interstates were even shut down with standing water that was too dangerous to drive through.

If you have flooding in your area - we want to see your pictures! Snap a picture of what you see (be careful) and send it to our photo gallery on WBTV.com.

CHARLOTTE, NC (WBTV & AP) - North and South Carolina shoppers can save money on back-to-school items this weekend.

The annual tax-free weekend in both states began early Friday morning and ends Sunday at 11:59 p.m.

North Carolina limits what's exempt from state and local sales taxes. Clothes, shoes and school supplies costing up to $100 per item are tax-exempt. Computers up to $3,500 each are exempt.

Computer supplies of $250 or less are exempt. And sports and recreational equipment of $50 or less tax-free.

Click for list of items exempt during NC's tax-free holiday.

In South Carolina, shoppers will be able to avoid paying the state's 6 percent sales tax. Those items include everything from school supplies to computers, clothing and footwear.

CHARLOTTE, NC (WBTV) - Neighbors and Mecklenburg County officials disagree over whether coyotes living in east Charlotte pose a threat and should be removed.

Several coyotes have taken up residence in the Evergreen Nature Preserve, a county-run preserve in between Independence Boulevard and Central Avenue.  The preserve is only about four miles from uptown Charlotte.

A number of residents and the homeowners association in the nearby Eastway Park and Sheffield Park neighborhoods are calling on either the county or state to have the animals removed.

The calls come after several incidents in which coyotes followed residents closely while they were walking their dogs.

In the case of Eastway Park resident Deanna Haynes, a coyote bit her dog Ally.  She says it happened a few months ago right after she'd brought the large Ally and her much smaller dog Jack onto a trail at the nature preserve.