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

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

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

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

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

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

. 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

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

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

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

. 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

and newberry -- winsboro and newberry. coco one tonight. getting the kids out to the bus stop tomorrow morning, the warmest winter coat will do. it'll be belowow freezing. as we go through the day tomorrow, we recover a little bit. afternoon highs close to 50. and this is the beginning of a trend, so if you really don't like the cold, stick around. we'll talk about that in the seven-day forecast. >> ben: remember you can stay connected to the frigid temperatures in your neighborhood with our free abc columbia app. it's available in the app store and on google play. >> alicia: look at that all right, well, someone could possibly become very, very rich >> ben: sadly, i know who you're talking about. coming up, the powerball jackpot sores to $450 million! plus another year, another great turnout. results of this year's annual that's next. another big powerball >> welcome back. another big powerball prize is up for grabs tomorrow night. the drawing will be f f an estimated jackpot of $450 million. it was initially set for $400 million. but lottery officials say the surge in ticket sales ca

may have seen smoke riding through newberry today. don't worry firefighters had it under control. it was a live simulation. two mock rooms were set up and set on fire to show the importance of sprink slurs and working -- sprinklers and working fire larms. . >> a visual -- alarms. >> a visual on how long it took. second prop same thing, waste basket propt. the sprinklers will activate pretty quit. [ indiscernible ] >> the fire department received a grant in order to do this simulation. hoping for no rain this >>> grab your coffee, and your smart phone and turn on your tv for news 19 this morning. monday, protecting your family, a wireless home security system that protects your home or business while looking out for the bad guys and over night join us on air at 4:30 a.m. 3 5th grade students in orangerbug county with outstanding character [ cheers and applause ] >>> students in orangeburg county with outstanding character were recognized today at the outstanding character recognition program. it is put together by character initiative. began back in 2000. and it was designed to streng

are cold right now. 29 sumter, 28 degrees campton, 32 newberry. here in columbia we are sitting at 30 degrees. we are looking at, for the most part, clear skies prayed a little bit of call coverage into the upstate. this area of high pressure will allow a lot of moisture and a lot of tropical warm air coming out of the gulf. we will be warming up and about 59 degrees when the kids get out of school. sunny, mild conditions as our highs today 61 degrees, maybe a little bit of call coverage outh-southwest at about five-10 miles per hour. overnight tonight, cold, 36 degrees our low. a lot of sunshine throughout the day into the late evening even cloud coverage will not last long. tomorrow we will start off with mostly clear skies with an increasing call coverage. all throughout the day. we will be introducing some rain come in the forecast, for tomorrow. as far as tomorrow's highs, 56 degrees. wednesday 52, less chance for rain on thursday with a high of 48, by the weekend we will start warming up prayed a lot of sunshine with highs in the lower to middle 60s. >>> as far as the road co

middle 30s. we have warmed up. we have warmed up a lot. fifty-five at newberry. winnsboro, 55. orangeburg, 51 -- 61 degrees. in columbia, 64 degrees. wind out of the southwest at 11 miles per hour. a lot of clouds coverage in place. we may see a peek of sunshine. otherwise the wind continues out of the southwest. temperature around 66, for the high. overnight tonight, we could see a sprinkle. down to 49 degrees. tomorrow, not as warm at 54. wind out of the north, northeast. and likely rain throughout the palmetto state. we will look at the seven-day forecast in a few minutes. >>> the state fiscal by governor haley approved the sale of a dilapidated apartment up -- mental health building early this morning. the development agreed to purchase the 16-acre psychiatric institute as more than -- at more than $200,000 per acre. the department of mental health has been transitioning the children who were formerly using the facility to another psychiatric hospital. the governor says she supports the private sector buying up some of the 10,000 state owned properties to stimulate the sta

start affecting our community. we still have a freeze rain advisory for newberry, fairfield, kershaw and lee counties in effect right now through 12 noon today. the temperatures right now, it is cold, 36 newberry, 43 saluda, 39 lexington, 39 columbia and a bishopville 30 for degrees. as of 6 o'clock, the wind chills are starting to affect the northern half of the midlands. it feels like 25 winnsboro, even camden 26, here in columbia feels like 32 degrees, point where the temperatures are starting to affect us. when the kids had out to the bus stop, 35 degrees, they will need their winter jacket and raingear. we may deal with a wintry mix around 33 degrees. once we start warming up by 12 o'clock, 30 for degrees, and then the heavy rainfall and the strong winds come in and we will be dealing with the strong windfalls -- winds. >>> as far as the roads, give yourself extra time. some of the road -- all of the roads are wet, some could start getting slick. and casey right now no issues from knox abbot all the way down to i 26 both north and south directions. coming from lake murr

threatening parts of newberry county too. flooding has become a constant problem at the saluda river resort. our mike desumma is in silverstreet this evening. charles, samantha this is just another area where location has become the issue since the historic october floods. the neighborhood here sits right on this creek by the saluda river. typically the shore of that creek is far back into the treeline however lately it's crept a lot closer. the river itself comes off lake greenwood. there county officials say the water level has been a lot higher as of late because of the heavy rains. that contributes to what residents are seeing here downstream. the rising waters reflooded a lot of homes that were already flooded out months ago. residents here told me for some of their neighbors --- that's a setback to getting "some of them had actually moved back in.one of them was almost done and another one had some walls and a ceiling to do and now they have to start all over again." "i've been down here for five years and i ain't never seen it get like it is now. heck we've had this happen fou

newberry at 43. columbia, 47. a lot of sunshine. light wind. the air is dry. the humidity only at 25%. a lot of sunshine today. 54 degrees. cold again tonight, down to 27. and a warming trend -- a short-lived one with a high of 50 degrees tomorrow. looking at the seven-day minutes. king day. there will be many events honoring the civil rights pioneer. a baptist church in columbia at 8:30, followed by a march at the statehouse at 10:15 a.m. and a dome rally. this will be the first rally since the confederate flag was removed from the statehouse grounds back in june. news19 has learned that three major democratic presidential candidates will be at the statehouse for the event. bernie sanders, hillary clinton and martin o'malley, all are going to attend. >>> reaction is pouring in on president obama's final state of the union address. while many democrats characterized the speech as inspirational, some republicans criticized the speech as being light on issues. craig braswell reports from washington dc. >> president obama delivered his final state of the union address and conceded he

winter wonderland this morning. the first snowfall of the season blanketed whitmire in newberry county. but not quite enough to build a nowman. good evening. thanks for joining us tonight. i'm meaghan norman. mostly all of the snow has melted with the sun shining. certainly not the case for our neighbors to the north who are still dealing with snow and treacherous conditions. fortunately for us, tim miller, we escaped much of the hard-hitting wintry weather. storm system is pulling away from the state. still a bit breezing this evening as temps fall into the 30s.clearing skies and colder temperatures by high pressure build in for sunday and monday. mostly sunny highs in the middle to upper 50s. next rain chance arrives by wednesday. stay with wis for the latest downloading the wis weather app. it's free; just search wis in your app store. standard data rates may apply. the first snowfall of the season left a brief dusting on cars and the ground. wis' carolina patrickis has more on how parts of lexington looked this morning. well this evening things have been pretty calm here in lexingt

lot of cloud cover. highs today will be in the lower to 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 of the midlands, will determine how much precipitation will get here by the weekend. a high of 50. a better chance of rain friday. it will be windy. continuing into saturday. morning. very warm tuesday. rumble of thunder. we will be getting the 20- degree temperatures for lows. >> but after this we are dead. >> yes. >>> we want to go into the mr. food test kitchen to see what howard is working on. >> today we are teaming apple just wait until you see (phone ringing) you can't deal with something, by ignoring it. but that's how some presidential candidates seem to be dealing with social security. americans work hard, and pay into it. so our

start to the weekend. winnsboro 65, 63 in newberry. 40s. the clouds will be increasing, newberry. this is what we're expecting for the next seven days. 55 degrees tomorrow with a chance of rain. 48 degrees for the martin luther king, jr. holiday. 43 on tuesday. look at the morning low, the lows around 24 degrees, 26 wednesday morning. 54 by thursday and another system approach by the end of the workweek, we'll see a chance of rain on friday with high temperature in the lower 50s. today will be great. 65 degrees, 10 degrees above what we would expect for this time of the year. enjoy before the rain moves in early tomorrow morning. the statehouse, with lawmakers returning yesterday. the governor opting to fund the top priorities. proposing $345 million on roads including the 10-cent gas tax that could go into effect. she's included $165 million in flood recovery and $300 million for education reform. cutting taxes for all with an additional tax cut for military retirees. >> to cut our debt in half, double our reserves, that means something and means something to the taxpayers, going thro

tonight still another cold night. expecting a low of 22 in newberry. 24 columbia. 27 manning. and then tomorrow high temperatures from 46 in newberry to 50 in orangeburg and manning and a high temperature of 49 degrees in columbia. looking ahead we will see more clouds coming in on thursday with a high temperature of 56. showers on friday with a high temperature of 61 degrees. we will see a break from the rain on saturday, cloudy, 64 degrees. saturday night into sunday more rain coming back into the picture with a high of 63 and turning colder next week. partly cloudy skies monday and tuesday. low of 34 th a high of 52. 3 some of the midlands's newest law enforcement officers are >>> in the midlands, the newest law enforcement officers are serving the community. several new officers are taking part in the beyond the badge program this week. today they were helplpg out at the super kitchen. >> definitely a life changing experience. nothing prepares you than goating out here -- getting out here and doing it. >> they have more events for the week. they will read to students and helpi

and areas around augusta, but temperatures are a little bit on the chilly side, 45 and newberry, and down in st. matthews 44. lexington 46, and that is where we are in columbia, 46 degrees wind chill at 41 degrees. we are looking at 46 for the high today with a chance for afternoon showers, and a better chance of showers throughout the midlands, and tomorrow 43 degrees with rain likely throughout the day. we could see freezing rain, and we have a freezing rain advisory covering the northern midlands, newberry, kershaw and lee counties from 1 am until 12 noon tomorrow with anticipation of road condition issues throughout the morning. and we will take a look at the 7-day forecast and impact, coming up.>>> the weather system is turning and nightmare and the nation's capitol, inches of snow falling, hundreds of accidents, hours of delays, and the virginia governor has declared a state of emergency, and the national weweher service has issued a starting saturday morning.>>> back here in the midlands, fire broke out around 5:30 am on the winding court, and no one was injured in that blaze,

, newberry and hopkins. professionals will be on hand to help families making 54-thousand dollars a year or less can stop by any of the sites for free help filing their taxes. "the average person spends about $250 to have those services completed. and with this program that's funded through the united way and irs, we're able to provide this service for free." you'll need to take your photo id, social security card and w2 form. for a list of tax preparation sites, head to not even a full month into the year and the state fire marshal says nine people have died in house fires. in more than half of them, people were trying to stay warm. officials say most of those fires can be blamed on candles and space heaters sitting too close to other items. they say at least half of the homes firefighters enter either do not have smoke alarms or the detectors do not work properly. "one fire fatality is one too many. but we are in the peak period. our winter season in south carolina we refer to as january to march. fires peak as does the incident of injury or fatality. it peaks during that time." i

hall at 42 what it feels like 30 degrees. it's 38 in newberry feeling like 36. forty-one in orangeburg but feels like 34. and 42 in sumter feeling like 39. despite some of those clouds out there tonight it still going to be chilly but not as bad as nights passed. temperatures in the mid- 30s not too far off the norm from 40 at midnight to 38 at 3:00 a.m. and 36 degrees by 6:00 a.m. outdoor watch it will be warm tomorrow but only going to give it a six relatively nice weather next to the seasonal temperatures but partly cloudy skies and rain chances that are give it the perfect ten. we will talk about this increase in chances for rain coming up later on. >>> on the flood recovery watch tonight sce ng officials confirming they have a close to the spill date made late this afternoon was the announcement. they returned to normal operating conditions and will update. the spill gate was open last week . people who lived it downstream are still recovering from october's flooding and they say their property experienced flooding once again. >>> i know that i'm helping different peopl

rain advisory in effect until 2pm today newberry, fairfield, kershaw, lee counties periods of rain, some rain heavy at times. northern midlands have the best chance of seeing possible heavy icing due to freezing rain falling through early today, then again tonight. rain will be mixed with light snow northern/central midlands tonight and saturday morning not expecting much if any accumulation of snow. however, some icing is likely around columbia metro, high amounts chester north. sunshine by saturday afternoon this is still a developing storm, update will following during the day. a winter weather advisory has just been issued in there's been a light dusting of snow in whitmire already. our chad mills is there chad. i'm live in whitmire where there's been a light dusting of snow. the roads also starting to get slick. snow is expected late tonight which could result in patches of ice. making bridges and overpasses dangerous this will make travel difficult. county officials say if you don't have to be out and about, please stay home. in whitmire, chad mills, wis news 10. right now ic

below the speed limit. >> reporter: there was enough to reporting in newberry county loren thomas news 19 wltx. >> as you just saw daniel bonds showed you on the radar it looks like they could be getting a little bit of snow even as we speak. >>> periods of freezing rain or snow could cause travel difficults including slippery roads, back ice especially in bridges and overpasses. state transportation crews say that potholes could become a problem because of this nasty weather. >> we w wld have to dress those with cold mix asphalt. right now we are trouble having receiving asphalt. as they come back up we plan to address them. >> crews are on standby. >> we know what we had here but this is up in road in charlotte. take a look at this. they are covered with snow. this was before it got dark. more snow has been falling in the evening hours there. some places have seen a foot of snow. more accumulation expected overnight. no matter whats the nfc affected. trying to stay warm and loosen up for their big contest. if you are going to the game extraordinary event. kickoff is at 6:40 sund

midlands. we will zoom in here. winnsboro, newberry, a slight report. even towards lexington. not expect to cause any issues and no accumulation. a couple sleet reports. for the evening and tonight, as the shower activity moves you may get rain. sleet too. otherwise looking at partly cloudy skies. 34 degrees the low. 47 degrees tomorrow. we will see rain develop and we will see a good chance for rain tomorrow night with lows around 37 degrees and then on friday rain likely. some rain may start off with freezing rain and then it will lie down as a wintery mix -- wintery mix early saturday morning. 54 degrees on sunday. 60 degrees by monday. that is your forecast. as far as traffic is concerned, this afternoon no major problems reported. seeing rain moving across the midlands, sleet too. i-20 is looking good. i-77. downtown columbia. added traffic as you expect. downtown to i-20, i-277 that will take 12 minutes. we will look at the forecast and break down the potential for winter weather coming up in a few minutes. ladies? >>> sara palin campaigns with donald trump in iowa and oklahoma tod

tomorrow, including newberry, fairfield and kershaw county. you want to be careful over these bridges and overpasses. the rain will continue to develop overnight. freezing rain but otherwise look for cold rain with the temperatures dropping wn to the low 30s. >> tomorrow. freezing weather and 380 are low and is there absent will see potential for wintry mix tomorrow night and tomorrow morning. we will break the forecast down minutes. some of the state emergency management division, said now is the time to plan a case, the storm causes power outages are making traveling dangerous. have nonperishable food items on hand, blankets to get warm and get a portable charger.>> don't use your phone as much and say that type of thing for emergencies. text to first and talk later. send a text message you will use a lot less power and a lot less segmented extra medications. cash on hand if there is a power outage atms will not work. so we hard to try to buy things. if you need a. >>> doing this as a precaution. we are not expecting anything too bad. of course, you can keep up with the latest by going

across the midlands. 45 degrees columbia. 44 sumpter. 44 newberry, bishopville. we have a breeze out of the northwest. temperatures feel cooler than that. feels like 38 degrees that is the wind chills. 37 winnsboro. this is going to be the trend over night. cold, breezy, wind chill values will be cold over night. air temperatures, lows to 21 degrees in columbia. upper teens in the midlands. a covery cold night -- a very cold night. we may see wind chills in the middle teens. get ready for that. 42 degrees tomorrow. we will see a lot of 9. next 5 days, 48 degrees wednesday. partly cloudy skies. isolated showers on thursday. 54 degrees. better chance of rain on friday. 58 degrees. breezy on friday and saturday that is your forecast. we will look at traffic real quick. columbia. things are looking good. no major problems. i-20 in the green. i-26 as well. all in the green right now. no major problems. a lot of people have the day off. a little added traffic coming into town but no major problems. downtown 23 minutes to the village. we will look at the very chilly forecast coming upane few m

bishopville. it worse. it feels like 25 newberry and fisher will -- seville and sumter. the wind chills have already kicked and it feels more like 26 degrees in the capital city. if you are heading downtown, lots of sunshine. very windy out of the northwest . 38degrees by 10 o'clock, 45 by lunch time. 48degrees is the high with a lot of sunshine overnight tonight. very cold. 20degrees with clear skies, a wind chill of 15 degrees. tomorrow, even chillier with a high of 42 degrees with a lot of sunshine. >>> as we get on the roads, not a lot of people on the roads. a lot of people are off. take a look at i 26 westbound at mile marker 105 crossing between saint andrews and piney grove. traffic will be light all throughout the morning. no delays in lexington on south lake drive both directions, mainstreet, sunset boulevard 26. from my 26 and 77 you are looking at 11 minutes. we will take a look at the seven-day forecast coming up in just a few minutes. >>> right here in the midlands, one group is finding a way to use doctor king's dream as inspiration to help a family overcome hard times. t

in the morning just a few hours from now we have newberry fairfield her shop under a freezing rain advisory from the national weather service that will last until noon. you all will see temperatures around that 32-degree mark up their which is why there is a chance to see some of this freezing rain and sleet mixing in but as far as major impacts and the feet of snow that will still be well to our north. let's take a look outside their is some shsher activity starting to push in along the 20 core door but this is all liquid. as far as the major impact south carolina goes that will be winter storm warning that is in effect . currently the storm system produces severe weather throughout the region and we are starting to see it transitioning now and is no. this is a live cam from little rock. notice how it is white it's not because it's a cement paved parking lot it is no. it's the same systst that is heading this way. at time there will be snow but nothing to be too alarmed about. temperatures already in the 40s. let's look overnight hour by hour and it will help you if you -- plan. i

don't expect to see any implications from the rainfall today. newberry continuing their trend of seeing higher output of rain. one inch of rain there. higher totals towards the upstate as well. temperatures this afternoon in the mid to upper 50's. notice how cooler it is to the north. it gets even colder after that as you go further towards the upstate, you'll see temperatures pretty much in the upper 30's and low 40's even at this time. so that rain keeping us much cooler and that's going to, well, likely be the trend for much of the upstate and those mountainous areas but for us here at home, we're going to stay relatively seasonal and well above normal as we head into the forecast for you tomorrow. a look at the system here, you got that cotton candy effect with that wintry mix and the snow falling early this morning. that's kind of been mixed out with the rainfall. really kind of moving in. still seeing pretty steady rain across the mountains. for us, a little pocket of dry air at the moment. but a lot of this is expected to kind of come back across the area and probably get swiped

flood and that's made it tough for farmers in newberry county, farmers say even though it's been almost three months since the historic floods, they're still seeing impacts from the recent rain. wet weather that hit the midlands recently is the latest chapter in a rocky year. farm owner john long says the rain caused him to lose hundreds of thousands of dollars in crop yields. "there's been no place for the water to go...the ground is saturated." "nothings been as bad as this year." long says he and other farmers in newberry county are looking for any help the government can provide. they say they're hoping the colder weather will continue which would help the crops. over the weekend, south carolina department of transportation crews reopened seven roads, closed during the latest round of rains. the last update from the d-o-t remain closed in 19 counties because of october's flooding. this includes only one primary route closure - which is highway 193 in saluda county. crews will continue to make repairs to damaged roads as the weather conditions to allow. in addition, scdot is m

and sumpter. 32 orangeburg. tomorrow high temperatures in the low to mid-60s. 68 newberry. 62 camden. 64 in columbia. 65 orangeburg. 66 in manning. our seven-day forecast by the time we get to sunday, mostly sunny, 70 degrees. 73 for monday and tuesday. clouds increasing tuesday. expecting a cold front to come through the area wednesday. this will give us a chance for rain and maybe thunderstorms but then we will dry out the rest of the weekend. getting colder by friday. sunny with a low of 31 and a high of 50 degrees. now over to andrea. >>> all right. thank you so much. as we said january is cervical cancer awareness month. very important to talk about has -- often times cervical cancer has no signs or systems. a doctor from palmetto health. this is something you talk to your patients about because cervical cancer you could have it and not feel bad? >> that's right. the most common symptom of cervical cancer is no symptom. most of the time it is picked up on a routine exam. >> let's talk about if this is a preventative cancer. i read it is preventative. there are risk factors for g

streams has once again become a problem in parts of newberry y heavy rains caused part of the saluda river to rise near homes. the saluda river resort was already hit by the historic october flood. mike desumma joins us w wh what's happening there today. charles over the past 48 hours many areas of the neighborhood here that were hit weather event got re- flooded. some resdients tell me they believe the water level this time was even higher than it was back in octter. even higher. what's causing all of this is the creek that sits along the resort here. it's coming off the saluda river which flows off of greenwood lake. that lake --- much like lake murray --- has had its flood gates open in recent days, causing all this water to flow downstream. several residents told me because of that they've been closely watching the shore line as the rain moved through. "just kept rising up.rising.wondering how high it was gonna go and if it had an end to it. we finally noticed last night it started going back down.we was praying to god." "i know we can't help the rain and stuff you know..that's uncontr

of the midlands. 29 newberry. 31 camden. 30 st. math cause and 31 degrees -- matthews and 31 degrees in sumpter. as far as air temperatures, lows around 22 degrees. a system swings through the area tomorrow. maybe producing a sprinkle or two. otherwise expect increasing clouds with highs around 47 degrees and tomorrow night more clouds with lows around 33 degrees. seven-day forecast, we will look at that coming up in a few >> thank you. >>> the minimum wage in the state is $7.25 which many families say is tough to support your family on. today united association of united way held an event highlighting the wages needed for basic essentials. news 19's janae frazier with more on what the study uncovered. $7.25, that is tough. >> reporter: the standard for south carolina was done by professor out of washington. shows 90% of the workers in the state are barely making it. >> reporter: he works to -- she works to support her and her children. >> making $7 at 16. >> reporter: her resume shows she is a jack of all trades. she has done everything, working in restaurants, day cares and