richland county coroner gary watts says the 19- year-old female student's death is being investigated as suspicicis. she was found at "the hub" apartment complex on main street thursday. columbia police say there was no sign of forced entry or trauma...and all unattended deaths are treated as suspicious until toxicology or other factors determine otherwise. the richland county sheriff's department needs your help finding a missing person. kaila stukes was last seen on harbison bouelvard near hillpine road on thursday morning. police say she may be in the rock hill area and she suffers from a medical condition. if you have any information, call crimestoppers at 1- 888-crimesc. a sunny and warm day across the midlands as we take a look at a bright downtown columbia through the wis skycam. von gaskin is in the first alert weather center with more on who this is shaping up to be a fantastic weekend. von? a warming trend will begin today. a ridge of high pressure will move into the area from the west. the ridge will shift the winds

temperatures to warm up to the 60s through the weekend. early next week with a southwesterly wind, daytime high temperatures will soar to the lower and middle 70s. our average high this time of year is in the upper 50s, so enjoy the unseasonably weather. the next chance of rain will arrive midweek. a warming trend will begin today. a ridge of high pressure will move into the area from the west. the ridge will shift the winds and allow temperatures to warm up to the lower and middle 70s. our average high this time of year is in the upper 50s, so enjoy the unseasonably weather. the next chance of rain will arrive midweek. we are just nine days away from the big game

broncos. and carolina fans are gathering in uptown charlotte right now for the panthers pride rally. the rally started at the top of the hour. the main program starts at one. officials say there will be appearances by players, sir purr, the top cats and the purrcussion drumline. north carolina governor pat mccrory is also expected. g-o-p supporters had to split their attention in iowa. one one side-- frontrunnnn donald trump and

and on the other-- 7 of his fellow republican candidates, debating the issues. tracie potts has the social media reaction to it all. trump didn't register on facebook - they only rated the candidates on stage, and ted cruz was the most talked about. on twitter, trump was number one. presidential candidate :00-:05 "look at all the cameras, it's like the academy awards. this is the academy awards!" side by side... donald trump's veterans fundraiser... presidential candidate :08-:12 "isn't that better than this debate that's going on where everyone's sleeping?" during the fox news debate where candidates mocked his absence. presidential candidate :16-:21 "i'm a maniac and everyone on this stage is stupid, fat, and ugly." presidential candidate :21-:23 "he's an entertaining guy. he's the greatest show on earth." presidential candidate :24-:26 "he was a little teddy bear to me." he's saying, "has anyone seen trump? why - where's trump? where is he? where is he?" "you changed your position on immigration because you used to support a path to citizenship." presidential candidate :53-:55 "so did you, so did you marco." with trump gone, ted cruz accused the moderators of targeting him: presidential candidate :58-1:02

more mean question, i may have to leave the stage." presidential candidate 1:03-1:05 "don't worry, i'm not leaving the stage no matter what you ask me." the last debate... before iowa makes its choice. donald trump says he raised six million dollars for wounded warriors during that event. i'm tracie potts in washington, now back to you. and everything politics ahead of the iowa caucuses, head to wistv- dot-com. there's a decision 20-16 section right in the middle of the homepage. the richland county fifi marshal is looking into an early morning fire. columbia fire crews say they found smoke and flames showing when they got to the hunters ridge apartments on springhouse drive...around 4-30 this morning. 2 famlies are now without a home. the american red cross has stepped in to help. the search continues this afternoon for two men sumter county deputies say made off with an atm from a gas station. earlier this week, they say the men broke through the front door of the exxon station on florence highway in along with the atm, they stole watches and boots.

any information to help investigators, call crimestoppers at 1-888- crime-sc. deputies say an escaped inmate, still on the run, was caught on surveillance video stealing a gun, ammo and cash from a york county school. investigators say this video from christian academy was captured shortly after 26-year-old zachery reaves walked away from the catawba pre-release center monday night. it's believed he used rocks to break into a front door of the school. so far, the school has not commented on why there was a weapon on the premises. if you see reaves, call 9- 1-1. scientists in the u-k are working on a new weapon to fight the zika virus. they're purposely introducing more mosquitos into the air in a bid to stop the virus from spreading. n-b-c's kelly cobiella explains. :42-:58 1:32-1:37 we're here in the egg breeding lab of oxitec, a company in the united kingdom which is using mosquitos to fight mosquitos. this is the aedes aegypti - there are about 12-

cages. this is the specific species of mosquito which spreads zika and also dengue fever. these mosquitos are not the same as what you would find in the wild. they're all genetically modified. they can't survive very long outside of this lab setting. so what scientists have been doing is they take the male of this genetically modified mosquito, they release them into a problematic wild population where there's some sort of an outbreak and they breed with the females. s/ derric nimmo / oxitec product development manager :42-:58 "there's actually three- million mosquito eggs in this pot, believe it or not. and we can ship these very easily ararnd the world to different areas where we're treating the mosquito and trying to remove the mosquito with our technology." they never make it into adulthood. and they've been able in studies to wipe out 90 percent or more of the specific problematic population of mosquito. just to give you an idea the best mosquito eradication programs with chemicals can only get rid of best case 30 to

of a population. so it's been hugely successful. it's already being used on a small scale in brazil. they're looking at scaling it up because of the zika virus and its spread. s/ kelly cobiella / nbc news/ oxford, england 1:32-1:27 and the f-d-a is in the process of reviewing it for use in the united states. back to you. in a couple of hours, fort jackson will officially open its new post headquarters....named after an army general who received the medal of honor. major general george l. mabry, jr. joined the army in sumter after graduating from presbyterian college in 1940. general mabry earned the medal of honor in world war ii for his actions in germany where he cleared the way through a german minefield and captured three german bunkers. he landed with the fourth infantry on the beaches of normandy on d-day. general mabry retired in 1975.

charge of lexingtononchool district one. during a school board meeting last night, dr. gregory little was named superintendent. he was one of three finalists and currently serves as superintendent of mount airy schools in north carolina. little will take over for doctor karen woodard, who's retiring. school choice week wraps up today in south carolina and across the country. there were more than 200 school choice events in the palmetto state and more than 16-thousand nationwide. the goal of the week was to raise awareness among parents that they have choices when its comes to k through 12 education. organizers say now is the time to start the school search process for next year, but parents need to make sure to visit schools, talk with teachers, and fully evaluate their options. coming up on the news at noon... the standoff in oregon continues as the fbi release video of the deadly traffic stop where one of the protesters is killed. plus, a teen in a tough battle against cancer getting a trip of the panthers

today, the so-called affluenza teen will face a judge in texas to see if he will receive bond or be

confrontation with the f- b-i. nbc's joe fryer is in burns oregon with more. a warning, this video maybe upsetting to some viewers. the occupation at the wildlife refuge is still not over with four activists holding out. they want assurances that they won't be arrested if they leave. meanwhile, the fbi has released unedited video of tuesday's deadly confrontation with occupants leaders. the video was taken from a fbi plane. according to the footage after authorities pulled over the group... a truck driven by lavoy finicum raced away. one minute later the truck veered left to avoid a road block nearly

finicum quickly emerged from the truck with his hands in the air. but the fbi says on at least two occasions finicum reached for his jacket pocket, he was shot and killed. authorities say there was an semi-automatic hand gun in that pocket. the fbi saysyst wanted to lay out an honest unfiltered view of what happened. in all eleven people tied to the occupation have now been arrested. many are scheduled to appear in federal court later today. in burns, oregon joe fryer nbc news. coming up... exploring the rich history of a home a former slave and confederate soldier's daughter in richmond virginia in this weekend's southern weekend a warming trend will begin today. a ridge of high pressure will move into the area from the west. the ridge will shift the winds and allow temperatures to warm up to the 60s through the weekend. early next week with a

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west. the ridge will shift the winds and allow temperatures to warm temperatures will soar to the lower and middle 70s. our average high this time of break two a warming trend will begin today. a ridge of high pressure will move into the area from the west. the ridge will shift the winds

temperatures to warm up to the

weekend. early next week with a southwesterly wind, daytime high temperatures will soar to the a ridge of high pressure will move into the area from the weekend. early next week with a southwesterly wind, daytime high enjoy the unseasonably weather. the next chance of rain will arrive midweek. in this week's south weekend, molly mckinney visits the maggie walker house in richmond to explore the extraordinary

there she learned about the former slave, confederate soldier's daughter, and first female bank president. molly: " welcome to the southern weekend, we're here with ben anderson, he's the park ranger the national park service here in richmond, virginia. and we're going to talk about a house that's been preserved in jackson ward and it was the home of maggie walker, a hero of the modern era- right?" ben: " absolutely. maggie walker was an african american woman born here in richmond in 1864. her mother, elizabeth, had been a former slave, working at the home of a union soldier. she will rise to national prominence around the turn of the 20th century. and would really become famous for starting businesses through the order. most famously a bank in 1903- that will make her the first african american female bank president in the world." molly: " tell me a little bit last 30 years of her life. and one of the fascinating aspect of the house's history is the fact that her family will it's a home that essentially just never

until it gets sold to the parks service and we're just very fortunate for that. and because the family had done such a great job of maintaining the home and caring for it's contents it makes her homes one of the most authentically restored historic homes in the country. so you have all of these things coming together in a very interesting way. a confederate soldier, a former slave, producing maggie walker in the home of the union spy in 1864 in richmond- the capitol of the confederacy. while the civil war is going on, it's just a really incredible start to her life." for more ideas on your own southern weekend head over to wistv-dot- com and click on the southern weekend box on the home page. and if you're looking to stay closer to home this weekend, you can catch some ballet. the columbia city ballet is putting on aladdin

tomorrow at 7:30 at the koger center for the arts. tickets start at 20 dollars and can be bought at the koger center box office. the news at noon will be right back. fans are in uptown charlotte at the pep rally

closed after a logging truck overturned. officers say david jones says when the truck overturned on nina lee road, it spilled lumber all over the roadway. this is off wilson boulevard. we'll update you once the road

we are just nine days away from the big game between the carolina panthers and denver broncos. and carolina fans are gathering in uptown charlotte right now for the panthers pride rally. ththrally started at the top of the hour. officials say there will be appearances by players, sir purr, the top cats and the purrcussion drumline. new fans always tend to follow... dalton edwards is not one of them "i've been with them whenever they had the horrible season winning one game, to now, only

dalton was there last week as the panthers secured their supererowl spot, with his mentor, dallas hicks, a sergeant with the iredell county sheriff's office... at almost the same exact time, his mom geri was at home scheming to get her son there as well. "i got on facebook and posted, wouldn't it be really cool if he got to the super bowl and i started getting lots of messages" she didn't expect it, but the donations quickly started coming in for everything, including plane tickets from a complete stranger "when the gentleman sent me the confirmation of the plane ticket i was floored." "it happened so quick, i'm still kind of in shock you could say" you see, this trip couldn't come at a better time for dalton... the 18 year old was just diagnosed with cancer for the 6th time in two years "it wasn't the best news i was hoping. they basically said there's not really a lot of stuff they can do for me anymore." "it's hard, but we try to stay positive for dalton" positivity is exactly what keeps this family going "i set my mind to me beating it.

whenever you're down" next saturday, dalton will head to california to watch his panthers play... but not alone... he's taking his mentor, dallas... to the one's who are making the trip possible, this mother's message is simple. "thank you... thank you" while fighting on the field and fighting for your life are two very different things... the mindset is the same... and dalton hopes the panthers hear his message "just fight till the end and don't stop fighting until it's finished" that was sarah blake morgan reporting. and in california, preparations for the big game are well underway. a fresh layer of sod was laid at levi's stadium after the san francisco 49er's last game of the season. crews painted the nfl logo and were painted. 70 thousand fans will pack thth stadium next sunday when the

the usc women's basketball team has reached a milestone mark for the season. the gamecocks are now a perfect twenty- and-oh after taking care of business at colonial life arena last night. usc hosted the ole miss rebels in an s-e-c matchup. this game was all gamecocks, with the women taking a 14 point lead into halftime, and finishing it off in the second. usc wins 81 to 62. the women will be back in action this sunday. they'll be on the road in a ranked showdown against texas a&m. that's game is at 6 o'clock on espn-2. the men return to action tomorrow. they'll host the alabama crimson tide aacolonial life at 6 o'clock. you can see that came on the sec network. a warming trend will begin today. a ridge of high pressure will move into the

the ridge will shift the winds and allow temperatures to warm up to the 60s through the weekend. early next week with a southwesterly wind, daytime high temperatures will soar to the lower and middle 70s. our average high this time of year is in the upper 50s, so enjoy the unseasonably weather. the next chance of rain will arrive midweek. thanks for joining us for the news at noon. we'll be back here again at four. you can get breaking news on the good afternoon, i'm dawndy mercer plank. (phone ringing) you can't deal with something, by ignoring it. but that's how some presidential candidates

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