125-thousand dollars bond. this all comes after the search of a home by the newberry county sheriff's office, newbery police department, and sled which turned up drugs and multiple firearms. crack cocaine, marijuana, a rifle, and five pistols--one of which was reported stolen last year. they say they also found more than 1000 dollars in drug money. the centers for diseasesecontrol is warning about a potentially dangerous type of virus that is spreading throughout central and south america. the zika virus, as it is called, is transmitted by mosquitos and can cause birth defects in unborn children. so far at least 31 people in the u.s. who have traveled overseas have been diagnosed. health experts say symptoms can appear in common forms like headache, joint pain, fever, rash, and inflammation of the upper eyelid. steve crump talkeketo health officials and travelers about what you can do protect yourself. at the international arrivals area of charlotte douglas, global health concerns are taken with a great degree of seriousness. bring up the issue of the zika virus to overseas

author of the crossover, a book for which he won the 2015 newberry medal award and coretta scott king award. thanks to lorena swetnam, the library media specialist, for having me. coming up on wis, bleeding blue in uptown the queen city sends off the carolina panthers to super bowl 50. break a look now at your first alert f a new era. they are getting used to life without a walmart nearby. jack kuenzie is at the now-shuttered store in winnsboro. dawndy---it was a really big deal when the people in and around winnsboro got their own walmart back in 1997. deal to see it go away. this is the first full day of the post-walmart era in winnsboro. no shoppers after the store closed for the last time yesterday evening. we saw employees here finishing up their work---one indicating this was their last day on the job. as we've reported, this location is part of a wave of 154 u.s. stores being closed this year---more than a hundred of those closings yesterday. for some smaller and mostly rural communities, losing a walmart or walmart express is a devastating blow. not quite the case here, b

gaffney. 37 degrees in union. upper 30's and laurens in newberry. below the freezing mark in pickens. 43 in walhalla. it is cold with the breeze still in the northern and central earlier we had winds gusting over 30 miles per hour. now they are in the northwest at 8. hendersonville, northwest at10 miles per hour. that gives us a windchill of 23 in boone. 26 the windchill in hendersonville. humidity closer to the mountains. in greenville, only 41%. 40 in augusta. 39 along the grand strand of myrtle beach. 44 and went up. 37 in chattanooga. pretty cool down the peninsula of order. 53 in orlando. 56 in miami. while it's 23 degrees in cincinnati. high pressure builds in from the west. by tomorrow, it will be to the east of us. clockwise winds around the high, so the northerly winds are light. that will bring a smile to temperatures for the weekend. for the weekend. mountain snows out west. in the valleys, it's in the form of rain. 18 degrees in sault ste. marie,, michigan. 29 degrees in boston. the high just off to the east. a cold start today, but with plenty of sunshine and a w

and newberry and greenwood. 36 in anderson, 38 in walhalla, 35 in pickens, 35 into collect. winds very light except for the northern and central mountains of north carolina. northwest winds at 10-15 miles per hour. cold in the deep south, 38 in columbia. all the way down into orlando, they are bundled up right now, 49 degrees in orlando. in tomw morning. tomorrow afternoon, the snow through western north carolina, north georgia, kind of falls apart as it moves through the mountains. this is 7:00 tomorrow evening. the low fizzles out tomorrow night into thursday morning. then, the next storm system, a much stronger system, will bring rain across the upstate through thursday afternoon. the forecast for t, cloudy and low 23 in the upstate, 17 in the mountains. tomorrow, scattered snow, sleet, and rain showers in the upstate, high 40. high in the mountains 36. active and unsettled for the remainder of the week through the early part of the weekend. we are concerned about friday, thursday night and friday in north carolina, not just in the mountains but in the upstate on thursday and f

over. but right now, water continues to spill over the dam. most of the roads in newberry county are open again after some of them were closed by flooding. kings creek road off of highway 121 was one place whwhe the barricades stayed up thursday. sheriff lee foster says some roads will have to be closely looked at for permanent damage, even keep it tuned right here to w-i-s news 10 for more of the "today show". and get breaking news first at w-i-s t-v dot com. good morning.. time now is . before we get to your headlines, >>> 8:30 now. it's friday morning. the first of january, 2016. happy new year, everybody. >> how pretty is that. >> it's beautiful. >> i should skate more often. >> you're always saying that. >> it's your new year's resolution. >> if i skate once that would be more often than last year. >> but you talk about it so much. >> all the time. >> hope you're waking up feeling good. if not we have just the thing for you. >> we have gail simmons here to share recipes for great dishes but they also come with a helping of good luck. >> we need that. if you didn't get to do enou

will be performed in newberry today after a man was killed in a single motorcycle crash. dead at the scene monday night on pisgah road in north augusta. authorities say the cause of the crash may have been a significant road defect and excessive speed. toxicology tests are also underway. sumter police say a mother reported missing since friday has contacted them. investigators say 27- year-old shardae davis told a detective she was ok, but didn't want to come to the police because of an outstanding shoplifting warrant in horry county. investigators say they still consider her missing until they can meet her in person. officers say they are still looking for herbert butler for questioning in davis' disappearance. he is also wanted on a warrant for domestic violence. officers found davis' two-year-old and 5-week- old children alone friday evening at their home. anyone with information is asked to call crimestoppers at 1-888- crime-sc. authorities in clarendon county are investigating the case of a woman who ended up dead in a lake after two accidents. the clarendon county coroner says

relatively cold throughout the midlands. 32 soluna, newberry 34, 37 winnsboro. sumter 32 as well as in manning. here in columbia we are sitting at 33 degrees. clear skies right now, calm winds. a bit of moisture in the air. when the kids had out to the bus up they will need their winter coats. 36degrees as a is a way to get to school this morning. we are going to warm up and be warming up very nicely with a start. a high of 66 degrees with winds out of the southwest five-10 miles per hour. increasing cloud coverage as we get into the evening. by overnight tonight, a chance of a sprinkle or two, low of 49. chance of rain all throughout the day tomorrow, we will have a high of 50 for degrees. >>> as far as the road conditions, the roads are dry, taking a look at i 26 and between piney grove and st. andrews. traffic is really light right now, but as usual we will -- we will be expecting to pick up. no accidents or issues. if you are coming out of casey from knox abbott all the way to i 26 both directions moving pretty good. sunset boulevard for my 20 and i 26 into west columbia. i 26 and

back friends. taking a look at newberry from our sky watch weather bug. newberg opera house camera. it feels like 29 degrees and we are heading to the low 20s and upper teens. what about in columbia? as we look at the dome of the state house, you can see the flags whipping in the wind. it is 31 and feels like 27. more locations across the area, leesville at 31 degrees. know you saw the number change. that is why these are real-time conditions that you find on wach fox. 29 in orange berg. at the fire station pinewood, 28 and feeling like 28 as well. across the state, heathfield's, compare that to 26 in charleston, 35 in hilton head, 30 the feeling like 26 and spartanburg. the bottom l le, it is goal. we cannot escape the cold. not only here at home but across the nation. there is wind flow for us, and you can factor in the fact the cold air mass has settled across the lower 48. that adds to the chill in the air. high pressure means a clear sky. in this case, means cold weather as well. this high is going to gradually shift to the east. we will slowly fill that wind and if they -- an

make it into the a winter weather advisory is now in effect in newberry county. chad mills is there. chad, how are conditions there? my car thermometer is reading a pretty constant 30-degrees here in whitmire for now. it appears spots are melting a bit, but there's still a good dusting of snow on the ground along with some sleet and ice on the roadways. let's get right to some video from earlier. so, but people here in whitmire tell me the snow started a few hours before that. they tell me they're enjoying the change in scenery, but of course, they're trying to be careful too. roads around whitmire and in other spots of northern newberry county roads are pretty slick. sheriff lee foster says, so far, there have been no major incidents. he tells me they've had to respond to a couple accident, but that's about it, and they weren't anything major. s-c-d-o-t workers are hard at work. they've been treating i-26 with a salt brine most recently. they've also treated some state roads with salt sand, including sc-121, sc-34, and sc-56. they haven't been able to treat secondary roads. d-o-t's

in union, 48 in spartan her, 50 in gaffney and newberry. 51 in greenwood, 52 in abbeville. liquid precipitation outside the mountains. even in the mountains, mainly rain, could be mixed with freezing rain. humidity on the increase. 54, not too bad in columbia. 51 in atlanta. 37 in bristol, tennessee. 56 in savannah, below freezing in cincinnati. 61 in orlando. miami looking nice at 74 degrees. cold front slowly pushing through the area. look at the smoker the great possible up here. not extremely cold, 22 in minneapolis, 51 in atlanta, 61 in orlando, 20 nine in denver. overnight, your comes the rain. it may briefly mix with recitation early tomorrow morning socked in with clouds. rain slides to the south, then sunshine by tomorrow afternoon. high pressure builds in in the mountains. we could be socked in with clouds all day in the upstate. cloudy with patchy let -- patchy rain in the upstate, 42 the low. light rain, then mostly cloudy in the afternoon in th upstate area tomorrow, high 5252 starting off at 42, warming into the upper 40's by lunchtime. in the mountains, areas of lig

cloudiness -- a lot of cloudiness. few spots of rain in newberry county, orangeburg county. rain is dissipating. the front came through the area. it ijust off shore right now. some of the rain is occurring behind it front. the cloudy ness extends to the mountains, georgia and colorado. this is -- and alabama. this is a storm system that moveup into canada. another storm system into the great lakes. high pressure dominating the country. this is good news for us. while it will be chilly for the end of the week we will warm up over the weekend. too bad. 59 augusta. 56 orangeburg. 55 sumpter and 57 in columbia. tonight we will continue to see the clouds in place. we might see a few sprinkles. most of the rain will hold off till closer to day break and then we expect arth surge of mistture -- another surge of moisture. by tomorrow afternoon that rain will be tapering off, moving out. we will start to clear out tomorrow night. by the time we get to friday, nothing but sunshine. here is our forecast tonight. low temperatures drop to 38 newberry. 41 columbia. 45 orangeburg. highs tomorrow k

tonight another cold one, 26 in newberry. 28 columbia. 26 bishopville and sumpten. 29 orangeburg. tomorrow southwest winds, sunshine, 60 winnsboro. 61 degrees aiken and camden. 63 columbia. and in orangeburg. here is what we are expecting, rain coming in friday. 54 degrees. saturday. it will be partly cloudy skies, 60 degrees. once we get into sunday, well, sunday will be windy and we will see a high temperature of 50 degrees. monday it will be clear but some of the coldest air of the season will settle in. 43 degrees monday. 24 tuesday morning. and by wednesday partly cloudy skies and 50 degrees. now let's go to andrea. >>> all right. saturday and sunday looking clear and that is good news because news 19 is on your side helping you find some fun. now really the biggest event this weekend is restaurant week. it is continuing. this is your chance to get out and try a new place that you thought you couldn't afford. you will get three courses for $48 a couple. what a deal. across the bridge you will get $30 a person and that will get you a three course male. there you will get a salad, a piz

winnsboro 36 degrees. 37 newberry and camden. for tonight we expect these are drop into the lower 20s. we will go 22 degrees in columbia. maybe passing clouds. and then for tomorrow, it will be warmer than today. 47 degrees our high. but the clouds increase and we will make a mention of a sprinkle or two. maybe a sprinkle or two. 50 degrees by thursday. rain chances begin to increase. rain likely on friday. 53 degrees. and may see lingering precipitation into saturday. high temperatures around 49 degrees. in the mid-50s. that is your forecast. as far as traffic is concerned on. good news there. more traffic than yesterday, obvious with the holiday. afternoon. if you are heading out over the next while no major issues. still no problems being reported. downtown to blythewood 23 minutes to make that commute. downtown to the villain 30 minutes. we will look -- village 30 minutes. we will look at the seven-day forecast coming up. >> thank you so much. >>> lawmakers talk about the roads plan, one group is lobbying against a gas tax, they are trying to reach a compromise. department of

with one or two sps in abbeville, greenwood and newberry. you may run into light rain in anderson county. this morning, showers will give way to mostly cloudy skies for the afternoon. temperatures today will be fairly typical this time of the year. low 50's or upstate highs and mid to upper 40's in the mountains. the breeze this morning in the mountains makes it fee colder, so dress accordingly. it feels like 24 and hendersonville, 28 in asheville. after this, it looks like things start to clear up the next couple of days and they warm up, too. right now, looks like saturday and sunday will have chilly mornings and by the afternoon, temperatures will push to upper 50's and low 60's. saturday, 62 in the upstate, and what a contrast to last weekend. weekend and it will continue into monday. allyson: thank you. representative mike pitts of laurens is trying to explas proposed state registry for journalists. geoff: he says the fact his idea set off a media and politicial firestorm proves his point. the media will def amendment and freedom of press but won't defend other amendments lik

in. it will be partly cloudy at that point. get down to 22 in newberry. 24 winnsboro. 25 columbia. 27 in sumpter. 28 degrees in orangeburg. tomorrow high temperatures in the mid-40s. 46 columbia. 48 orangeburg and manning. our seven-day forecast, we will start to see the clouds coming in on wednesday with a high of 47. cloudy skies on thursday with a high of 59. temperatures begin to warm up but we are not expecting rain during the day on thursday. maybe late thursday night but on friday that is when we expect to see some showers coming through. high of 62. we will see a break on saturday, partly cloudy skies and 66 degrees. and more showers coming through the area sunday with a high of 63 and we start to chill down again by monday. it will be partly cloudy with a high temperature of 55. let's go over to andrea. >> thank you so much. >>> all right. there is a new super food this year. we invited brian here to talk about what the super food is. let's talk about the trends we saw in 2015. greek yogurt, queen waw, flax -- quinoa. flax seeds. >> i am excited about this ingredient. hem

? >> sent some toxicology reports out. we'll see when they come back. >> jeremy newberry in studio at the chip kelly era. what the spurs and warriors are saying about the showdown tomorrow night. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, chadwick depew loves playing >>> in new york a 4-year-old boy's tech skills helped save his mother's life. chadwick loves playing games on his mother's tablet. last week his mother who has diabetes suddenly fell ill while on the phone. soon after, she was unconscious. the little boy's father tried calling the house and got no answer. then he tried calling the ipad. >> daddy was calling me and when i saw that, i pushed it. hi daddy. and it had the cell phone on it. >> i think him using the tablet is the reason why she's still here with us today. i had no idea he knew how to unlock the tablet to get on face time. this was the first time ever. >> the boy's father says if it weren't for his son answering, his wife may not have made it. we'll be right back. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, you look on the right of the screen, that's the iconic n york >>> the empire state building has super bowl 5

newberry. officers served a search warrant. 22-year-old jackson and 30-year- old jones and 22-year-old kirkland were arrested. law enforcement said they made undercover drug purchases over police say additional charges and arrests are expected. >>> if you live in west columbia, listen up a boil water advisory has been issued. a waterline break is affected customers in the 1300 block of alpine drive. residence need to boil their water for one minute before they use it or drink it or cook with it and don't forget to throw away in the ice. >>> the center for disease control has issued travel notices for 20 countries because of the zika virus . but what is it and what is the risk? it is spread through infected mosquito bites and it could cause birth defects like smaller heads on babies but the link is not confirmed. they do have the mosquito that carries the virus, but there we are conscious--and optus-- optimistically cautious that we will be fine. >>> if you have to travel for some reason we have to prevent mosquito bites.>>the symptoms are usually fever, rash, joint pain and red eye

. that includes those in newberry county --- who say months after the historic floods, they're still seeing impacts from recent wet weather. news 10's mike desumma has more on that story. "highway 76 was closed out here for a little while cause water was across the road..all these fields around here looked like lakes." as a fourth generation farmer --- john long counts on nature to keep his business going. but he says he's never seen a "there's been no place for the water to go...the ground is saturated." "nothings been as bad as this year." where the weather was this uncooperative. not only bringing historic levels of rainfall --- but drought like conditions before. ones that sliced more than 300 pounds per acre -- out of his cotton crop yield. "but the quality is what's killing us." then he says humidity and dampness caused his soybeans -- to break down in their pods. reducing their market value. "these should be nice and round "and for farmers like long the wheat crop. already he says it off to a hoping there will be room for long says he projects the total year -- will cost his f

of rain. here's are forecast 39 for newberry, 43 columbia 45 orangeburg, the highs tomorrow will be in the middle 50s. 55 in columbia, looking ahead over the next several days. a better chances for rain saturday high of 59, and it will be wendy kopp a partly cloudy on sunday. -- it will be wendy and partly cloudy on sunday. 15 degrees, you make it down to 26 degrees on tuesday morning with a high of 54 another front will be coming to wednesday this will be a dry frontal passage. we get a little colder by thursday with a low 29 and a high temperature of 52. >>> you know, we are all trying to eat healthy in the new year. invited our friend chef keys back, who promises there is a healthy way to snack. we will talk about a lot of things including seaweed, how to cook with it, and these cheez its that are not cheez its at all. what are they? you tell us. >> they are like a cheez it but they are gluten-free, and they are made with nutritional yeast this is one of the things that i will -- that i think will start trending. >> this is a used that has been flaked if you smell it, because it'

afternoon, back to partly cloudy skies. tonight, though temperatures down to 46 in newberry. 49, columbia. tomorrow we will see high temperature in the 50s. 51, candid. 54, columbia. seven-day forecast. dry weather thursday. 51 four a high. friday, high temperature of 580 by sunday 68. tuesday with a high o you like being picture perfect. you should want your banking to be too. stop into td bank and we'll help set you up with picture perfect banking. new customers, open a checking and savings account and you can get a polaroid cube+ its been ten days since the >>> it's been 10 days since the usc meant has taken the court. looking to get back in the win column. frank martin and gamecocks take on the bulldogs. both coaches and assistance were wearing sneakers for coaches versus cancer. he gets to have court and find michael career at -- later in darrius. he had 15 in 24 minutes. dozier driving to the bucket. file, bilger has six. frank awards team lead 33-34 at the half. justin mackey swings it and noticed the 13. gamecocks hit five threes. he finds carrera. he had a career-high 34. just as

a little bit more up in newberry. we will be seeing periodic changes -- chances for showers as temperatures right now starting off relatively mild 48 orangeburg, 47 saint matthews, a trio of 50s when we go from camden, winnsboro, newberry, columbia at 49 degrees. there's our culvert right now over the upstate. as it moves through we will have chances all throughout the day today. highs today generally in the middle to upper 50s. as we go into this evening we will still continue with a chance for light showers as are be from the middle even upper 30s. as we get into tomorrow, will be a lot cooler, 49 degrees, still a chance for rain. once all of that clear so, a lot of sunshine. we are looking at temperatures to go from 58 on friday to 67 on sunday. it will be mostly cloudy on tuesday we are looking at a high of 70 degrees. >>> as far as the roads are concerned, right now, no accidents are being reported but we do have report of some traffic congestion on highway 321 heading north for my 26 heading towards flint road, and then off i 26 as 26 is you are heading south on highway 3

on elevated surfaces across newberry, fairfield and kershaw counties. rain will become mixed with sleet/snow friday night saturday morning with a dusting to 1" accumulation possible. 1" to 2" totals could accuculate in northern newbwbry/chester counties. some school closings to get to this morning... students in fairfield and students in fairfield and chester counties will not report to class today. those districts are closed because of the threat of wintry weather. darlington county schools are delayed 2 hours this morning. preparations are well underway in the counties north of columbia. in newberry county, deputies have been monitoring the roads and power lines for ice through the night. so far, it's just been rain, but some who live in whitmire believe it's coming. chad mills has the story. "my mama always told us that when we were little, you know. cereal with milk, and you can make a sandwich with bread and just sit on the couch and, you know, watch the tv or sherri epps "as far as my salon, i'm going to be very careful. i'm going to, you know, and see, you know, how the sno

tournament was held at newberry college.the school has been hosting the event since it started. 3 fort jackson hosted a boxing tournament on the base toninit. people got to see boxers go you were there...you probably saw a familiar face from news 19. meteorologist efren afante was the emcee for tonight's big event. 3 if you would like to give back to the community... but don't know where to start...there's an event happening tomorrow just for you. it's called community connect... and it's being put on by good shepherd lutheran church.they're e helping folks in the community get plugged in to different service projects.over 25 organizations and agencies that serve the columbia area... will be there.and there's something for every interest including education...health care....care for children...seniors...veterans and the homeless.it's happening at good shepherd lutheran church on forrest drive from 3 to 5 tomorrow. 25 3 still ahead--if you've been loving these spring time temperatures... you're in luck. daniel says this warm weather is going to stick around for a couple more days. he'll

clinton campaign. >>> newberry, hello to you. temperatures tonight, upper 40s and you could be waking up to a few light showers in the morning. the rest of the midlands, rain chances are in your futurere hour by hour forecast. >>> welcome back everyone.wach weather school on the road today. the tour took us up to kershaw county and watery elementary where we spoke with the fifth- graders. i want to thananthe teacher r r inviting me out. graders up there a watery elementary. a lot of great questions as we talked about whether. we went talked about the recent flooding as well. i want to thank the teacher again for inviting me up there to speak with them. i also had a school ambassador while i was there so that i would not get loss. you will see that coming up in just a bit. we are on the road again tomorrow, and if you want to scatter -- if you want to schedule an email -- a visit, email me. whether at school today, you and i need to talk about whether. we're looking at the skywach radar. that is going to be the story for the next 48 hours. front that we will continue to last few days. it

call the richland county sheriff's office or cpr. >> ben: a year long investigation in newberry led to three arrests and a carb of drugs, money and guns. sheriff lee foster says yesterday his officers served a search warrant at a home on taylor street. inside they say they found several handguns. deputies say they've made undercover drug buys from the residence over the last few months, building their case. >> ben: one person killed in an officer-involved shooting in dillon county wednesday. officials have not released thename of the deceased or the information about what led up to the shooting. incident. >> ben: more details behind the problems of human trafficking in our state. polalas, a nonprofit organization that work to combat and prevent modern day slavery, released its statistics. there were 61 cases of human trafficking from south carolina reported to the national human trafficking resource center. of those cases, the majority were related to cases of sex trafficking. carolina department of consumer affairs received 700 reports of irs tax scams in 2015 alone. nationally, th

. in newberry, three accused drug dealers are making their bid to get out of jail. raheem jackson, telly jones and jermetres kirkland are scheduled to have a bond hearing today. the three were arrested yesterday. police seized crack cocaine, marijuana and several guns - and more people could be arrested. we'll give you update on the bond hearing once we get that info. the south carolina senate today gave a thumbs-up to christy hall being the head of the south carolina department of transportation. senators unanimously approved governor nikki haley's appointment of hall. hall has been interim director since last lawmakers for her handling of the october flood. she has spent more than two decades with the agency, most recently as chief engineer. coming up on wis-- candidates in the gop debate are looking to step up their game without the biggest contender...donald trump. what you can expect from tonight's debate. break in the race for the white house, on live tv, a gop debate minus frontrunner donald trump. and sure to be heavily covered on tv - a separate trump event. steve handels

of newberry county along with the 26th core door. i want to expand the view out and you can see the front that was stalling the range off to the east and while just brought some rainfall to us we can see a lot more in the way of heavy showers and severe weather throughout florida . in fact if you're with his earlier we showed you some video of a truck driver catching a tornado we have video of not only the tornado coming outside caught here by helicopter but unfortunately some of the damage done as it turned over coors -- cars numerous vehicles flipped over on this busy intersection as well the national weather service has rated as an ef at 122 as you can see this tractor-trailer has flipped over . things are quieting down as we look at sky watch doppler radar showers pushing out to sea for the night and here at home just a few light showers but again it will be the story as we head into the day tomorrow. weather bug network some of you have seen rainfall it's 51 in columbia 49 in irmo. overnight we see the clouds linger we see the chances for showers meteorologist lauren for future

temperatures in the low to mid 40s, 42 in newberry, 43 in winnsboro. 46 in sumter. for tomorrow, the clouds should keep temperatures to 53 in newberry. 57 for columbia, 58234 sumter, 60 in orangeburg and manning. our 7-day forecast, again, tomorrow, is the day we'll see some showers, mainly late afternoon into the evening, on sunday, we're going to be seeing windy conditions, the high temperature -- it will be probably around 62 degrees, and then we're going to be cooling we'll update this, this one has not been completely updated. so right now, let's go over to andrea. >>> thank you, jim. restaurant week officially started yesterday here in the midlands, i'm telelng you what, there's one restaurant in town that's offering you a deal on your own pot of flaming piping hot chocolate, it is, of course, the melting pot in columbia, we are so happy to have jake martin back with us. is this your first year participating. >> first time, it's been going on a long time but this is our first time. >> now, melting pot is the romantic occasion, the time you go out for your birthday, for you

. what will happen especially places like winnsboro, newberry, the coldest spots, teens. this could be the coldest night so far this year. what will happen, you get the kids out tomorrow morning, be sure to bundle them up in everything you got. there won't be a whole lot in the way of wind, but the temperatures way down there, and they are not going to rise very quickly as we go through the day. let me give you a look at what's going on here in terms of the rest of the day. we only get to the low 40s, cold air going to be with us for a while. we will talk specifics on how long in just a few minutes. >> thank you so much, john. of up next, a weekend robbery attempt ends in gunfire. >> gas prices continue to nosedive. we will run down the list of prices, plus what's behind the at 6:00. the richland county sheriff's >> alicia: welcome back. thanks for staying with us tonight. the richland county sheriff's department is investigating an armed robbery that happened at the video express in the 2700 block of two notch road. investigators say the suspect entered the store and demanded accordin

construction on a newberry bridge started today and is expected to last more than a year. starting today, the college street bridge is under construction. that means the road between caldwell street and tench street will be blocked. a contractor is replacing the bridge that crosses scott's creek. there's a detour from college to speers street to nance to harrington street and back to college. the road will be closed until may of next year. we are now three weeks from the first vote of the 2016 presidential campaign. the iowa caucus will kick off the process. steve nannes reports, iowa is turning into a horse race for both republicans and democrats. :22-:29 :51-1:01 1:16-1:20 hillary clinton's once commanding lead in iowa now appears to be all but gone... thanks to a late surge from her chief rival. presidential candidate : "i think we have an excellent chance to win here" a new nbc/wall street journal/marist poll shows vermont senator bernie sanders trailing by only 3 percent. sanders holds three separate events on monday in the hawkeye state. presidential candidate : "maybe we sho

the midlands a very quickly 43 degrees in newberry 44 right now in this new to 43 as well in orangeburg. those clouds will continue to increase as we move through the overnight hours. becoming more cloudy by tomorrow morning friday not looking so front dry right now. we have quite a it of rain moving in across the state but we will talk more about that just a few minutes. >>> almost four months after those history floods devastated the state life and still isn't back to normal for people. >> rebounding from the natural disaster will take a significant amount of time. stop as a today fema has approved more than $82 million for disaster assistance in 24 counties. the small business administration has approved more than 30 million in low interest loans as well. the deadline to apply was earlier this month but you you can still call the fema hotline if you have questions. >>> back in october in the immediate aftermath of the flood we told you do about the pierce family they made an amazing find after they were evacuated from their home and then went back to find all the damage. w

for degrees from newberry to winnsboro, columbia and lexington. a tad warmer if you want to call it that 368 matthews and just a little bit of fog issues , two-mile visibility in columbia, three and miss -- bishopville. we are dealing with clear skies, this cold front is a comes through, going to be a very weak one part -- we are going to stay clout free today, when the kids get out, get ready, it is going to be warm and windy. we are looking at sunny skies, 60 degrees as our high today will generally be in the upper 50s down to the lower 60s. sunshine and clear skies all throughout the day. clear skies overnight tonight. it will be cold we are looking at lows in the upper 20s down to the lower 30s. get ready for a beautiful weekend. lots of sunshine for tomorrow, a high of 66, 268 on sunday, even 70 as we get into monday. that another cold front comes through with a chance of afternoon showers as we get to 72. a chance of showers and thunder storms on wednesday with a high of 68 degrees. >>> as we get ready to hit the there all the traffic for this morning. i 26 over mile marker 10

we saw some snow showers earlier today. here are the highest snow totals for the midlands. newberry .05" - aiken .03" - sumter 0.1" - in the upstate - inman 7.5" - 3 tigerville 7.0"our satellite radar composite confirms what we saw today, you can see the light snow moving across the area.it has been a cold day, here are the current temperatures across the 3 midlands.tonight, look for decreasing clouds with lows in the middle to upper 20s.sunday - look for sunny skies and highs in the lower 50s.sunday the middle 20s.we'll take a closer look at the forecast coming up in just a few a minutes. mary. 3 although there isn't much evidence of it now, folks in newberry county woke up this morning to find snow, outside their front door.news19's chuck ringwalt was there and has tonight's story. 3 --- "it's exciting for us because we don't see this down south." connie baker is one of the many in the county who enjoyed the light dusting of snow early this morning "we've had a good time. my six year old said, 'hey. mom. i know it's just a little bit, but we're going to build a little snow man.' i

inch to an inch of rain. tonight, low temperatures, upper 30s low 40s. 37, newberry and columbia. 40, winnsboro. 43, orangeburg. tomorrow temperatures will be kept down by the clouds. 51, candor. 58, orangeburg. seven-day forecast. we will see the sun on sunday. only expecting a high of 520. getting colder for the start of the week. monday, 430. 540 on wednesday. >> we have to dress warmly. >>> still ahead, usc women's basketball team ran into a bit to kentucky. we call ourselves the greenwood runners. the open water paddlers. the hike life trail club. for us it's not about running faster. it's about being out here together. the feeling is hard to describe. you cant put put into words. but we don't have to. for friends who come together to reach for better. we brew a superior tasting light beer with fewer carbs and calories. michelob ultra. the superior light beer. >>> jumpstart your friday with tomorrow we serve up liquid gold. the healthy and affordable weight to replace butter. program aimed to bring >>> usc women ranked second in kentucky. gamecocks lost a year ago it was a mexic

moun40 in boone, 47 in asheville and hendersonville, 47 in newberry. 51 in toccoa. clouds hanging tough. outside the mountains, in the upstate. clearing skies take place through later on this evening, a fast-moving cold front, which is in the great lakes right now, will race down and approach the north carolina-tennessee line by late tonight, early could -- that could trigger scattered snow flurries for the northern mountai along the tennessee line. even asheville could see a brief snow shower or flurries along with windy conditions as the front approaches late tonight. now back to you. nigel: thanks, john. in commitment 2016, republican presidential candidates take th without their frontrunner, donald trump. the first, or "undercard" debate, will be between carly fiorina, mike huckabee, rick santorum, and former virginia governor jim gilmore. debate rules say because of their low poll numbers, they cannot debate on the main stage. there is one more debate before the south carolina primary. it will be on abc, and because of their debate rules, this will be the last undercard debat

moving across the -- rainfall moving across the state. newberry just over an inch and a half. same thing at waterville valley. in canton where there actually was a road closure right near the elementary school due to some down tree lines and power lines. you guys got 1.3 inches of rainfall. we've been melting the snow too as all of this warm air and all of this rain has continued to move from the south up towards the north. there's been a little lull in the action in central and southern new hampshire. that's about to end. look at this line of thunderstorms getting into eastern vermont and it's just about getting into the kentucky river valley within the last couple of minutes. this line making a b line moving at 5:00 -- 55 miles per hour. just about to get into lebanon. clairmont you're about to hear the rumbles. even jaffrey and concord be ready for heavy downpours and gust by winds with that line of thunderstorms. a flood watch has been posted for central and northern new hampshire just because of the threat of this heavy rain and then the melting snow. but so far today, other than so

college street bridge in newberry. construction on that bridge is expected to begin today, and last more than a year. that means, the road between caldwell street and tench street will be blocked. a contractor is replacing the scott's creek. a detour is in place from college to speers street to nance and harrington street and much of hollywood may be in recovery mode this morning following the 73rd annual golden globes last night. the event honored the year's best in movies and tv. jinah kim gives us a look at some of last night's winners. nats "the revenant" that frontier revenge epic was a revelation at the golden globes...3 major wins... including best drama, best director.....and best actor for leonardo dicaprio. nats of dicaprio "this film was about survival, it was about adaptation." honors for best actress went to first larson "ahhh! i can't believe this!" for the hostage drama "room". and it was a double win for "the martian".....best musical or comedy. and best actor for matt damon, playing a marooned astronaut. nats of damon "i know how lucky i am." jennifer lawrence, mean

and fairfield counties. most of the roads in newberry county are open again after some of them were closed by flooding. kings creek road off of highway 121 was one place where the barricades stayed up thursday. sheriff lee foster says some roads will have to be closely looked at for permanent the case is much the same in lexington county. several neighborhoods downstream from lake murray are feeling the impact... again. the water is close to several homes that were already damaged by october's floods. some of the homes on carinbrook drive are no longer inhabitable. a creek behind the homes feeds off lake murray. sce&g opened emergency spill gates yesterday morning --- as more water flowed down from the upstate. time now for a check of your forecast, here's von gaskin. lows will fall into the 50s to begin the new year. expect a mostly cloudy new year's day with only a slight chance of showers and a touch cooler temperatures. the first weekend in january will be dry and partly cloudy. break 2 vignette 1098 "junk drawer antonio sabato, jr: hi, i'm antonio sabato jr., for fix it and fin

model showing tonight we expect the rain to move out and here's your forecast. 33 in newberry 35 in columbia and sumter and orangeburg and tomorrow we will see. high temperatures and 60s in columbia and 32 for saturday morning but we will continue warming up over the weekend by sunday. 68 for sunday and monday an increase in clouds and showers and thunderstorms and if you remember last night after that front comes through is turning colder by thursday. it will be mostly sunny with a high temperature of 50 for as a new cold air mass begins to move in. sick for next tuesday? >> yes, it's too early. >> i'm throwing it out there. i don't know. >> putting it out there. >> in sports the son of a polish immigrant who grew up in a brooklyn tenement. he went to public schools, then college, where the work of his life began -- fighting injustice and inequality, speaking truth to power. he moved to vermont, won election and praise as one of america's best mayors. in congress, he stood up for working families and for principle, opposing the iraq war, supporting veterans. now he's taking on wall

and columbia park lexington, 51. 52 degrees in newberry and 53 in bishopville. 55 for you for you in manning. we are seeing a lot of sunshine with high pressure and place southwesterly flow that will help the temperatures warm up later this afternoon. we are expecting a beautiful weekend, especially by tomorrow. we will zoom in closer with a stationary boundary producing clouds along the coastal region. in the midlands, we see lots of sunshine and that will continue to be the case. we will put the forecast into motions and fix things up at 1:00. blue skies across the area and tomorrow, we may see some high thin clouds. it will be a dry weekend. monday, more clouds, partly cloudy. we do not expect any rain and the next chance for rain comes in by tuesdayay especially, into wednesday. for the temperatures, there he pleasant weather. 62 degrees in columbia and saluda is 64. sumter, 65. most of us will generally be in manning, 39 degrees in saint matthews 39 and waynesburg and bishopville, 39. for the next -- for the next seven days, highs in the upper 60s to near 70 with a high of 73 on

umbrellas today. >> a little sprinkles here and there. especially newberry county. for the most part, few and far between. we have been seeing a little bit of sprinkles moving through over the last few hours. some light rain has been moving through the midlands. but the heaviest concentration of rain has been into the piedmont. and part of -- the grand strand. in the midlands, no rain falling at all. we're clear for now. we will be watching carefully. other than the fact that we are expecting rain, temperatures have gotten very, very warm. we have been expecting -- the 60s. sixty-one in saluda right now. orangeburg, 60. sumter, 59. in the capital city -- temperatures, 60 degrees. a cold front has already moved through. wind out of the north at 7 miles per hour. there is a cold front this morning. right over the upstate. as it moves through, going through quickly. it is basically from the piedmont region all the way down head. that -- behind that, a lot of moisture in place. the computer models show that as we go throughout the afternoon, rainfall. tapering off as we go through the late af

next few days. tonight will be a cool night. maybe not as cold as we saw this morning. 26 in newberry 28 in camden 29 for columbia and sumter and tomorrow we will be seeing high temperatures in the upper 40s to 50s. 47 in newberry 49 in aiken 50 in columbia. here's our seven day forecast sunny on thursday but then we start to warm up after a morning low temperature of 28. we get up to 600. the clouds will increase there will be showers coming on friday afternoon and friday evening and high temperatures of 560. it should be dry over the weekend. partly cloudy on saturday, turning colder on sunday it will be breezy 500 on monday. it will be sunny but we are only going to be seeing a tuesday getting down to 26 with a high temperature of 460. let's go to darcy. >>> we have been talking about restaurant week and we are so excited that one of our favorite restaurants that brings the best in oriental good to see you. you have brought mario with you and garrett with you. it's good to see both of you guys. i know your restaurants are incredibly popular. why was it important for you to be a par

snow yesterday - newberry county sheriffs office says several cars went off the road last night due to slick conditions - drivers are urged to take it slow -- especially on bridges and overpasses - county crews are continuing to watch the weather and treat roads accordingly as we continue our winter storm coverage this our caroline patrickis is live in lexington with our caroline patrickis is live in lexington with more on our current conditions caroline what are you seeing this morning? allie things have been pretty calm here this morning in lexington. but as you can see there is a little dusting of snow on these cars we're live in downtown lexington this morning. flurries started coming down around 5 am this morning. take a look at some video from early this morning. you see that light dusting of snow that accumulated overnight. build a snowman with but none the less, it is the midlands first sight of snow in this winter storm. on the commute over here, things were flowing pretty smoothly again a light dusting of snow in some parts of i- 26, but nothing to worry about. traffic was

roads in newberry county with the help of sc-dot. they encourage drivers to remain cautious -- as black ice can form on wet roads as the temperature drops. sc-dot is reporting all interstates are open and passable with conditions rapidly improving. but if you plan to travel to the upstate use extreme caution. black ice could form overnight due to dropping officials say many secondary roads in northern counties are impassable due to snow more than 55-hundred tons of salt are being moved to the upstate dot county facilities to help treat the roads. if you haven't, you should download the wis weather app to stay on top of the weather wherever you are. it's free; just search wis in your app store. standard data rates may apply. nasa released a stunning photo of the massive blizzard that has engulfed most of the east coast. this picture was taken from the international space station overnight, and shows a thick cloud cover hovering over states from texas to virginia. the lights in the picture are from washington d-c, baltimore, philadelphia, and new york, all have been hit hard heavy s

. significant snow, ice. winter weather advisory. saturday. friday, newberry county. you are under a freezing rain advisory. probably about your .1 inches. -- probably about 0.1 inches. look at how that forms toward the north carolina line. that expands, to abbeville and greenwood. lawrence, you will see be freezing rain mixed with sleet. that changes what frozen stuff we have to snow. snow showers tomorrow night, continuing until 4:30 in the morning. things shift to a northwest flow. this is what i am forecasting. mainly ice and through the upstate. as much as half an inch of ice. it we get that, that is paralyzing. it is going to close everything down. we will see limbs coming down on top of power lines. even a quarter inch of ice on branches, knocking some of them down. we are going to have to watch this closely. dangerous situation. mainly snow in the mountains. a live shot, downtown greenville, high pressure to the north. the main system comg in from the west, this will be the big here we go saturday morning. wraparound snow showers especially in the mountains. one-to-three inch

watching the and we have a freezing rain advisory. that begins tonight at 1 am it includes newberry, kershaw and other counties and last until noon tomorrow. if you are traveling of those areas pay close attention. you could run into some slick places on overpasses and bridges. so as i mentioned we warmed up in the low 50s and maybe upper 40s and 520 in columbia, 52 in st. matthews and 48 and orangeburg and manny. we will see rain moving in. it is likely to have freezing rain for the northern midland. cold rain tomorrow for many of us was 380 in tomorrow night as this rain winds down moisture moves in and we will see a wintry mix early saturday morning so that someththg to look forward to that. that's what we are expectct over the next five days. 53 on sunday, 59 on monday and break down the forecast coming up in a few minutes. but let's take a look at the traffic across the midlands. 77 and interstate 20 and 26 slow . if you are heading out of town. interstate 20 across there. slow going if you're heading out of town. it's going to take you 20 for minutes from downtown to the villa

clear spot newberry, and when it's this warm, there's no chance of any problems out there, j u.s. so just so you know. 30s as we work our way through the evening into tomorrow, what's going to happen is we are going to start out in the mid-30s, and by the time we showers,nd we will get specifics on that forecast coming up in a bit. snow lovers, maybe a flurry, i will tell you where that can be in just a bit. >> chief troy krump was suspended for two days due to an unspeaks fired manner. we reached out to chief for a response. >>> human trafficking in south carolina scored a big win date. leon lott and al wilson announced arrest of 6 people. they were involved in selling underage girls for sex. >> these are people, females, being forced to do things they form really wouldn't do, and theyey are being used, and when they are vulnerable, and selling them and using them and making money. that's what human trafficking is all about. >> it's a disgusting crime. according to the attorney general's office human trafficking is a $150 billion industry worldwide. >>> scammers posing as f.b.i. off

middle 40s. we could see 39 in newberry. mostly cloudy skies. a high of 45 degrees. tonight, it will be cold. overcast skies. all of the lows tonight will generally be in the upper 20s into the lower-30s. we are watching -- where all of this precipitation is coming from. this area of low pressure. depending on which way it goes -- whether it is to the north of the midlands or to the south

. bishopville, camden, winnsboro, newberry. what is going on, winds coming out of the north and pretty in fact, these are attend -- sustained, 16, somewhere in that range in the high end, gusting to 25. if you step outside in the next little bit and you don't have a coat, you will feel it in a second. this is what things are looking like for the next several hours. windy. as the night grows long, the wind dies off, quickly into the 30s even here in columbia. by the time we get to 11:00, we will be freezing and below. here's the overnight temperature. in columbia, 25. so this very likely be coldest night so far this winter, where we will see some of the cold spots down into the low 20s. now, by the time we get going in the morning, the wind will be gone, but it will have done the damage. sentencing the kids to the bus stop, bundle them up in the warmest thing you got. we are talking mid-20s right through bus stop time, up to like 8:00 in the morning. as we go through the day, as you see temperatures only climbing to about the the mid-40s, and this cold weather will be be with us for a b