 Well, our top story right now, Morganton pilot in the hospital today after his ultralight plane crashed Monday morning in Burke County. That happened around 9 a.m. just south of Morganton. Troopers say the aircraft struck several trees and went down into the woods after taking off from a private airfield. Officers cut the pilot, 45-year-old Christopher Short, out of the wreckage. He was flown to a hospital in Asheville and is expected to survive.