3 we're back with a a ok at your forecast 3 after dealing with the impact of friday-saturday's winter storm across our area, we're watching the next storm system head toward the carolinas. this one will provide mostly rain, with just a brief wintry mix in the mountains. tonight clouds will increase and lows will get into the mid 30s for the upstate and upper 20s in the mountains, so black ice will be possible again in the higher elevations.tuesday will be mostly cloudy with seasonably chilly temperatures in the upper 40s and low 50s area-wide. showers will push in late day.be sure to check out www.foxcarolina .com/weather for more on the forecast and interactive radar 3 and don't forget to wake up with thee morning news-- meteorologist nicole papay

forecast as you head out the door--and traffic reporter chris scott will have the latest road conditions on your way to work.that's from 5:00 to 9:00 on thee morning news. 3 back to you. 3 we're still dealing with weather closures and delays tomorrow -starting with greenville county schools - they'll be on a two hour delay. but bus transportation will not be provided for students in the northern part of the county. that means blue ridge middle, blue ridge high, gateway elementary, heritage elementary, mountain view elementary, northwest middle, skyland elementary, slater-marietta elementary, tigerville elementary, and travelers rest high. high.these schools will also be on a two hour delay: pickens county, spapaanburg districts 2 and 5, as well as cherokee, macon, madison and swain county all on a two hour delay delayand these schools will be closed ....spartanburg dist. 1, buncombe, asheville city schools, haywood, henderson,

polk, rutherford, transylvania and yancey counties won't have school tomorrow. 3 tonight fox carolina investigates 3 a job scam...it seems so easy for those who want to work from home.repack a few boxes, and ship them where they need to go.but turns out - these "workers" are taking part in a crime - without even realizing it! 3 it's a scam the union county sheriff's office tells us is not really *new.but they've been getting recent reports that it's happening again.and it's a cause for concern. concern.fox carolina's sarah danik is live for us tongiht. so sarah, how does this scam work? 3 cody and diana.the sheriff's office says, the victims are people who are putting their resumes up online -looking to work from home.the criminals reach out to them about a job opportunity that seems too good to be true.and that's *exactly what it is. 3 3 3 tillinda kiser started a new job earlier this month

union county.but before she started as a logistics clerk for a company called "shopping bag" - she says, she did her research. research.website looked absolutely legit - i would never have thought anything of it 17:37:22 **the job was easy. packages were mailed to kiser's house - she took off the address label - put on a new label sent to her by her company - and shipped the packages back out.(after i sent the package out they would notify me and tell me something was coming 17:38:07 and at that time that's when my mother actually got the call from the woman saying that i was the one using her card 17:38:12)turns out kiser was unknowingly helping criminals commit their crime. it's not the first time union county sheriff david taylor has heard of this. this. 3 17:21:38 this is not a new sceme but we are starting to see it more frequently now and i think the reason is because single moms single parents looking for something to do 3 from home and they become a

17:21:57 **he says, while it sounds like a great way to make money.17:15:23 they're told they' ll be paid anywhere from 1500 - 2500 a month but what the victims are actually doing is relocating stolen items on a compromised credit card.17:30:50 i'd like to get 2500 a month sitting at home and 25 for every pkg but that's - i can sit around all day in my pajamas and drink coffee and do that and be happy but there's nothing out there like that that's gonna happen." 17:31:05- 3 and as we were getting an interview for this story...another victim came to the union county sheriff's office to report that this scam had happened to her. however- she was actually from spartanburg county, so she was told she needed to file her report in the county where the crime had happened. 3 sarah - does the sheriff's office have any idea who may be behind this? this?the sheriff says he really doesn't know.but they believe the criminals are overseas - where they can't be prosecuted.he also tells us-

over to the secret service to investigate. 3 as we continue to cover our counties 3 we got calls from you about a strong smell of gas in taylors and greer.and tonight crews are working to fix it a broken gas line. line.you're taking a live look on mill street in taylors-- where crews with piedmont gas are working to turn a valve off so they can fix the four-inch plastic pipe that broke.we're told an excavator was doing work when it hit the pipe.we're told there's no danter to the community.of course we will have updates on air and online at fox carolin dot com. 3 tonight travelers rest police want to find a guy that got away from them. them.they launched a manhunt along highway 276 in the downtown area early this morning for michael jones. police say it stemmed from a domestic situation at an apartment...but jones left

police say jones has active warrants out of greenville county...but a list of the charges has yet to be released. released.anyone with information on his whereabouts is asked to call crime stoppers at 1-888-crime-sc. 3 and in anderson county--the sheriff's office needs your help identifying a burglary suspect. suspect.take a look at these surveillance pictures from a home on ross street in piedmont.the sheriff's office says the homeowner was out of town on thursday when this man broke in.if you recognize this man...or have any information about this incident...you're asked to call crime stoppers at 1-888-crime-s-c. 3 back in greenville--police say footprints in the snow lead to an arrest this weekend. weekend.police say leo brannon is in custody--charged with breaking into a car. car.police say a homeowner called 9-1-1 after she saw brannon trying to break into her car and a neighbors car ... along parkins mill road. officers say it was his shoe prints in the snow that led

and eventually to him.brannon was taken into custody at a bojangles located on laurens road...police say he was found with a stolen gsp. 3 a homeowner in union county says someone swiped his rooster...worth 5-thousand- dollars--right off his property...and needs help finding him. him.phillip poole says on thursday morning he went out to feed his chickens...and that's when he realized someone plucked his bird fright from his coop overnight. he says the bird was very special to him and initially belonged to a good friend who passed awaypoole says the bird is a "cuchin" chicken...which has a very good bloodline...and is worth a lot of money...and he hopes whoever took him will bring him back safely! 3 3 "bring my rooster back and put him back in the pen because it's still down there or bring him in a crate and put him in the front yard. i don't think no one will bring him back because who got him wanted him

got him because they took a chance on me doing something to him." 3 so far no suspects have been named in this case...but if you know anything about this incidentyou're asked to call the union county sheriff's department. 3 we have new information 3 out of the lowcountry...where 14 citadel cadets students in charleston are facing disciplinary actions... following an extensive investigation into surfaced online. online.this all comes after these pictures appeared on social media back in december. they show students wearing sheets and pillowcases on their heads--that many say resemeble the k-k-k.in a thorough investigation done by students claim they were tyring to dress as "ghosts of christmas past...."but the should have known better. 3 was going to be offensive or should have stopped and that was a leadership failure." failure."per the outcome of their investigation--school officials say seven juniors

on-campus penalties or suspensions -and one cadet has been dismissed from campus for a full year. the school says it is also expanding its racial sensitivity and ethical decision making training. 3 the water woes continue in flint, michigan.and now the carolinas... are doing something to help! 3 how people right here are pitching in...sending clean water on a seven hundred mile journey to those left without clean water to drink. 3 plus--a new mom in north carolina has a pretty big story to tell...after this weekend's snowfall.more on her new winter bundle...coming up! 3 and everyone's talking about... the carolina panthers are heading to super bowl 50--but will it cost you to get there? find out more on record ticket prices...next. 3 coming up we'll take a look at your seven-day forecast...and what you can expect as you head out the door tomorrow

3 today marks exactly one week until the iowa caucuses. and tonight the democratic candidates made their closing arguments to voters during a town hall. hall.the candidates did not appear at the same time, but did face the same audience -- on the campus of drake university, all hoping to make a convincing final pitch... adressing major issues from education...the economy..health care..and islamophobia. islamophobia. 3 3 3 "american muslims deserve better and now they and their children are the target of islamophobia, of threats. i've met a number of parents who say their children are afraid to go to school because they're worried about how they will be treated. we cannot tolerate this. we must stand up and say every person in this country deserves to be treated with respect." respect." 3 "if we move toward a medicare for all, not only do we cover the needs of all people including that gentleman, we will save middle class people

their healthcare bills because now we pay by far per capita much much more than any other country on earth." earth." 3 "we're still paying too much for health insurance our system's called an all payer system we have a rate setting commission and we'r eable to replace the institutaional profitablity....but we're able to put wellness at the center and that's what we need to do to as a country to bring down the high costs of health care." care."south carolina's democratic primary is set for next month - february 27th. 27th.and whoever wins that race will face the winner of the crowded republican field. the republican primary will be held on february 20th. 3 developing tonight 3 as the water crisis in flint michigan continues--michigan's attorney general announced today he's launching his own investigation into what happened. happened.attorney general bill schuette is working to

violated--after flint's water supply was contaminated with lead when the city switched from the detroit system to the flint river.the a-g announed today he is adding special counsel and an ex fbi chief to investigate.and calls the situation is outrageous. 3 3 3 "the water right now in flint, they're not using it to water their yard, right, in the winter? and secondly, if you can't drink it, you shouldn't pay for it. and i think it's an outrage to expect that people would pay for something that you can't drink." drink."schuette's move comes after weeks of city and state officials trading barbs over *who was ultimately culpable for the corrosive water. 3 and all across the nation people are sending water bottles to flint...including folks in north carolina. carolina.the "can'd aid foundation" is working with oskar blues brewery in brevard to produce 50-thousand cans of water to send to flint. workers began canning water this morning at the brewery. the water will be shipped

morning. once it arrives... it will be distributed throughout flint.organizers tell us why they wanted to help out those who are over 700 miles away... 3 3 3 "well it's really, you know, we have the ability to it and we saw the need and we can make things happen pretty quickly and mobilize our foundation." foundation.""but we can switch over to doing the water pretty quickly and help out some people that really need help." help."the can'd aid foundation will also be holding fundraising events in flint later this week to give back to the community. 3 new at 11 3 a north carolina mom has quite the story to tell about this weekend's snow storm-- storm--the new time mom says she gave birth in the storm-- after she was sent home by two doctors who told her she wasn't ready to give birth.she says friday morning they weren't able to get to the hospital because of the storm...so she was forced to deliver on the couch!her

paramedics made it just in time and already they can't wait to share the story 3 3 3 "i can't wait till she's old enough for us to tell her. she's our little snow angel baby." baby."mother and daughter are doing well...they say their baby...named annabelle was healthy when she arrived. 3 chief meteorologist kendra kent joins us now with a look

3 after dealing with the impact of friday-saturday's winter storm across our area, we're watching the next storm system head toward the carolinas. this one will provide mostly rain, with just a brief wintry mix in the mountains. tonight clouds will increase and lows will get into the mid 30s for the upstate and upper 20s in the mountains, so black ice will be possible again in the higher elevations.tuesday will be mostly cloudy with seasonably chilly temperatures in the upper 40s and low 50s area-wide. showers will push in late day.expect rain to become widespread and heavier through tuesday night. some cooler air will work in to bring some snow and sleet in the mountains, but any frozen precipitation that falls should be fairly quick and minor. wednesday morning will be soggy across our entire

wednesday afternoon.a warm stretch will follow the rain, as highs will approach 60 by friday in the upstate, then get well into the 60s during the weekend. it will be sunny the entire time, with our next chance for any rain coming next week.right now there aren't any systems that look to bring the upstate any additional winter weather in the near future, but we'll keep you posted! we have another good 6-8 weeks to get

3 3 for weather 24 hours a day, log on to fox carolina dot com and click on the weather tab 3 and everyone's talking about the panther's big...as they get ready to head to super bowl 50!and joining us now to talk about is fox carolina sports anchor shannon sommerville. sommerville.that's right guys a pretty impressive game last night...and fans are already

penny.according to ticket price tracker..."seatgeek"-- the average resale ticket price for february's game is over five-**thousand-dollars!a pair of club seats near midfield have already sold for 12-thousand-dollars each-- making them the most expensive seats sold at this time...but that could jump in the next couple of weeks.remember super bowl 50 will be played on february 7-th in santa clara, california. 3 3 we've got plenty more panthers coverage coming your way...our own aaron cheslock with a report from bank of america stadium. stadium.and with football winding down...college hoops is heating up...the gamecocks started the season 16 and oh but have since lost 2 of their last 4. hear from head coach frank martin as s-c looks to regroup before tomorrow's matchup.... 3 3

3 just 2 thousand 6 hundred 80 miles and an 60 minutes of football...that's what separates the carolina panthers from hoisting the vince lombardi trophy for the first time in franchise history...in 2 weeks the panthers will head to santa clara california for superbowl 50.... 50....carolina crushed the cardinals in the n-f-c championship game. their 49 points the most points ever scored in an nfc championship game. the highlights of the panthers offense include the

playoff history- cam newton to corey brown. and 2 rushing touchdowns from superman himself. carolina also added a pick six from luke kuechly to cap off a historic night for the panthers....but that was yesterday...today sports aaron cheslock has the latest from bank of america stadium... 3 3 "a day later but the eyes of the world are on the carolina panthers. they're going to super bowl 50. a tough game ahead against the denver broncos and of course peyton manning. but head coach ron rivera says the team needs to stay tempered as they have the biggest game of their lives, in just two weeks." weeks."rivera-"this game really epitomized what we're capable of. and that's really the thing that we're going to talk about as a team. and i think it's important that our guys understand that they have to continue to keep their personality and keep who they are. you know it's funny you start talking to people about how to do things the next couple weeks. and they say we should do this, we should do that. and i say wait a minute guys, let's stick to what we've done. and so that's

go through and prepare the next few weeks. they've earned it, they deserve it, but again the thing that we've all got to remember is what the focus is. and that's what we're playing for and that's to win it. it's about about getting there, not about being part of it, it's about winning it." llout-ac boa stadium"and the carolina panthers will look to keep pounding out on the west coast. a date with the denver broncos in super bowl 50. we'll see if ron rivera, cam newton and company can get the job done and bring home the franchises first super bowl in history. again we have much more to talk about with this game, but for nowa& tag out." 3 elsewhere in the carolinas college hoops taking center stage....and at south carolina the gamecocks ranked 22nd in the country by the usa today coaches poll... poll...the gamecocks started the season 16 and oh but have since dropped 2 of their last 5 games...most recently

tennessee.... 3 "hopefully being at home allows us to get in front of our fans and go out there and play the way weve played at home up to this point. not from a one loss standpoint but from an energy and enthusiasm standpoint." standpoint."the gamecocks are 11 and oh at home...so looking to get back to their winning way tomorros night at colonial life arena. they host mississippi state. 3 the tigers also looking to rebound from a road loss....clemson on a 5 game win streak...3 in a row against ranked opponents. but they fell to 13th ranked virginia 69-62 last week. the tigers also return to their home court taking on pittsburgh wednesday night. 3 to the hardwood at the virginia military institute... vmi hosting the paladins... furman coming off that buzzer beater win over wofford.devin sibley would post 19 points on the night nightstephen croone added 18

win. 3 it's a race to the finish line! coming up see how well one dog did when he stumbled across a half-marathon race.stick

3 3 we're back with the nightcap-- 3 it's a race to the finish line...but you'll never guess who entered a half-marathon in alabama and actually placed!

"ludivine"- the bloodhound- turned up at the starting line of a half marathon.the pup trotted along with runners for the entire 13-point-one-miles. and get this-- even placed 7th overall and was presented with a finisher's medal for her accomplishment.her owner... who is not a runner... didn't even know about it until a friend called to fill her in. her owner says she was pretty surprised how well ludivine did--and says she's actually

3 let's get a last look of the forecast with meteorologist kendra kent kentafter dealing with the impact of friday-saturday's winter storm across our area, we're watching the next storm system head toward the carolinas. this one will provide 3 3 thanks for 3 joining us, good night. night. 3 3