we all love it. >> tammy: sure do. local students. >> tammy: news 13 at 5:30 starts now. i have my mother in here. he could have very well had a weapon or anything when he came in this house. >> frank: a big scare for a local family during a break in. why the family is living in fear even though the culprit is locked up. >> rex: i'm rex hodge in haywood county. the proposal a it stands and why it's firing up debate among neighbors. >> frank: and you can't see it or smell it, but if it's inside your home, it could slowly be killing you. now from western north carolina's news leader, this is news 13 at 5:30. >> tammy: bundlee up and turn on

a chilly night. >> frank: that's right, temperatures dropped below freezing last night and they're expected again tonight. >> tammy: jason boyer with your skywatch forecast. >> jason: not quite pipe bursting weather unless you leave those pipes exposed. morning. many places in the single digits higher up to low and middle teens in the valleys. 12 in waynesville. city. we certainly improved on that. here's our leicester carpet sales news13 sky cam network from franklin in macon county. sun setting now. beautiful clear sky. it's a beautiful sunset, too if out. 40s right now in bryson city. elsewhere, 30s. still have that wind to deal with. it's a south to easterly wind. more of a northeast wind over the upstate. and that is adding to the chill. at greer.

certainly for our high elevation counties in the north. bundle up. brrr cold this evening. temperatures will fall in to the low 20s by 11 o'clock. thankfully the wind will be nearly as strong as yesterday. temperatures down to 30 at 11. we'll talk more about the milder weather that comes by the end of the week. stick around for that. >> tammy: new at 5:30, a breaking and entering incident leaves a local woman fearing for her safety. >> frank: karen, where did this happen? >> karen: the last thing the victims want is for the invader to possibly see their home again so we'll just say it's up the street here. we talked to the woman who said if she and the kids were in the house, the situation could have been much worse. catherine turner and three

catherine's mother. that's when the saw someone come in the back door. >> he looked like he was on drugs. he looked under the influence. his eyes were red. >> i didn't know what to do. >> karen: catherine said the man walked right in to the home. >> he jumped up and he said which way do i go? and i told him you have to get out of here. >> karen: catherine said after she chased him off, he began hackling the neighbors. >> i was completely startled. usually this is a nice neighborhood. and there's a lot of retired, older people that live here.

an officer told the family, you will not hear from him again until a hearing. >> i'm scared. he knows what i look like. he knows what my mom looks like. >> karen: asheville police spokeswoman says people like rigdon rarely come back to the place. however, the family we spoke to say however, they're not taking any chances. they're keeping their doors locked. >> plans for an indoor shooting range in haywood county are firing up debate. rex hodge is live outside of the planned gun range. rex, what's the argument about? >> rex: the man planning the indoor gun range here says it will benefit many including hunters and law enforcement. but there are also many who say it doesn't belong here, where families have lived for

jewel murrow lives in this haywood county community and bought these 15 acres near waynesville. on about one acre, he wants to build a shooting range. >> we just wish mr. jim murrow will have a change of heart. >> it's a good opportunity for people here in haywood county to have something that we have not had. >> rex: some say the gun range doesn't fit here and would bring traffic, noise, and loitering. >> is there going to be people out there drinking and smoking and joking. >> rex: long time residents like janie higgins worry about property. but some say ranges are quiet and must follow standards. it would benefit law enforcement and hunters. >> to teach children the

our fire arms. >> rex: wade francis took nearly 200 signatures to the commissioners to petition against the range. jim murrow says he has the same in favor. >> people that are wanting information. >> rex: murrow says the range will be clean and controlled and meet federal and state standards. wade francis concedes. he may be facing a losing battle and says taking the fight to the building inspector will be his next step. murrow hopes to break ground in two to three weeks. >> tammy: francis told us that murrow is planning an outdoor range there as well. we asked murrow about that and he told us, "there are no plans at this time."

story out of oregon where armed militia members have been occupying federal land for four days. the group is hold up inside a federal wild life sanctuary they seized just over the weekend. they're fighting for the liberaraon of thousands of miles of federal land which they believe should be returned to america's ranchers. >> it's time for you to leave our community. go home to your families and end this peacefully. >> frank: the siege started on saturday when the group was protesting prison time against two ranchers who set fire to land. >> tammy: all kids in grade school are 5 and 6 will receive those gadgets for the school

touchscreen devices with keyboards for grades 4th through 12th. >> actually have their own computer on their own desk and to be transitioning some of that learning on to a computer instead of a pencil and paper. they're just really excited. >> frank: the north carolina nn assembly plans to transition funding for textbooks to funding for digital learning by the year 2017. be careful if you're taking north carolina 280 near the airport anytime soon. >> tammy: jaclyn, an earlier wreck is still in progress. >> jaclyn: heads up if you're going to be heading toward the area. luckily this is the only wreck that we're dealing with right now. but there is some congestion to be aware of. i-240 west bound is a problem spot. get ready for those delays near i-240 and charlotte street. problems on tunnel road right now.

that's a look at your latest on time traffic report. >> tammy: buncombe county commissioners want to raise awareness on radon. naming january as radon action month. radon is a naturally occurring radioactive gas that's tasteless and odorless. city leaders say elevated levels of the gas are easily preventable but can turn deadly. year. radon here. it's just we want to be part of the national effort to keep people safe. >> tammy: the risk of getting cancer depends on radon levels and how long the person is exposed. to learn more, go to wlos.com and click on news links.

stuff in their mouths all the time. >> frank: coming up, the hazards of an item that's in nearly every mountain home, button batteries.

>> frank: mixed results on wall street today. the dow up 9 points to finish at 17,178. the nasdaq was down 11 points and closed at 4,891. well we have a recall alert for you now. a minnesota meat company is calling about 89,000 pounds of grand beef. certain sam's choice black angus bedalia onion boxes may be contaminated with wood. >> tammy: the items were available at walmart stores nationwide. illnesses have been reported.

step closer to making its new beer nationwide. >> tammy: oscar blues was able to produce around 200,000 barrels of beer in 2015. >> frank: americans bought more cars than ever before in 2015. a record for the year despite weaker december sales. 17 and a half million was just slightly better than the previous record which was set in the year 2000. experts say low gas prices, easy credit and strong job growth were some of the reasons. >> tammy: tomorrow night's drawing will be an estimated $450 million jackpot. it's got frank's name written allver it, right? it was initially set up for $400 million. but the surge in ticket sales

the cash value is now $275.4 million. this is the sixth largest jack pot and the fourth largest power ball jackpot. >> frank: i had a fortune cookie slip somewhere with the winning numbers. i think i left it on my desk. nobody go to my desk. >> jason: mine are on the back of a juice box. random numbers. 40 degrees, that's about as good as it gets. 47 for the average. we're way below it again for the date. all right. just a trace of precip for the month. it came in the form of flakes, snowflakes. it's going to get warmer.

rain retu now your news 13 skywatch weather. >> jason: it doesn't take long to change your perspective does it? sunshine today, a little less wind. it felt decent, at least outside today if you had on proper layers. after sunset once that wind begins to die off a little more. tomorrow will be rain free and cloud free. thursday. 70% chance on friday.

we had to bump saturday's rain chance up significantly because the timing has slowed down a little bit here with the systems coming from the west and the gulf, too. a complicated forecast, believe you me. i wish it were easier. it is clear right now in asheville. it's very dry. i'm sure the hands and lips are getting chapped, if you certainly had to wash them. 38 degrees in greenville. and northeast wind all day long. their wind chill down to 32. everybody feels cold, believe you me. high pressure is down to the east. that gave us more of a northwest flow and thus the snow showers that we had to deal with in the day and late afternoon. now that the winds begin to turn more southeasterly, what that does is push moisture off the atlantic. as that moisture starts to creep

creates more cloud cover and cools and eventually adds more showers. we're going to combine the two processes and there comes the cold front. that's coming late in the day friday. that ups our chances significantly. continuing in to the weekend unfortunately saturday and sunday. skies are clear tonight. skies are clear through much the day tomorrow. taking over the upstate and then they'll start to spread farther north on friday. we wait for the rain to come in friday afternoon. temperatures in the teens for many tonight. 17 in asheville. 20s over the upstate. back in to the 40s tomorrow, though. this is going to be noticeably warmer than today, folks. you're going to like it for the most part. our temperatures will get back in to the 50s soon enough. we'll get there thursday, friday, saturday will likely be

even though we had to knock a few degrees off the high. cold next week. so we go up and we go down. pretty dramatically, too. with the highs in it the 40s at best monday and tuesday. plenty of wind and snow flakes involved in there, too. temps in the 60s, that's your warmest day saturday in the upstate. >> frank: still looking for the big snowstorm somewhere. >> jason: it's not in the seven day forecast. neither 10 day. >> tammy: it could always change. time to check out today's "see it, shoot it, send it" picture. joey johnson sent us this shot of the judacoa rock. that's in cullowhee. >> frank: the boulder has markings on it made by the cherokee indians. it's believed to be hundreds of years old. you can send us your pictures, too, at wlos.com or e-mail us at

pics@wlos.com. >> tammy: a family is still reeling after their two-year-old little girl died just after christmas. >> frank: it happened in oklahoma. she swallowed what's called a button battery. >> tammy: news 13's ashlea surles joins us live.

their home. >> ashlea: watches are going to have them. so will keyfobs. this one is mine. even greeting cards will have them. >> yeah, i'm familiar with the story. >> ashlea: almost every family we talked with today is familiar with the story of how a tiny battery killed a little girl. >> i don't tend to read articles that tend to be really tragic stories about children because it's just something i can't handle. >> ashlea: doctors in mission hospital say that 86 kids were brought in to the er in 2015 after swallowing something they shouldn't have. and button batteries are growing. every 90 minutes a child walks in to an er with an issue linked to one of the little discs. >> we don't like to necessarily send anyone to urgent care, but

about that's stuck in an esophagus esophagus, you've got about a two hour window. >> ashlea: parents often don't spot it when a child swallows one, which has become a lot easier to do these days. >> i would say i sell as many as 30 to 40 a week. >> ashlea: the shiny circles are top sellers. >> you'll see them in anything that is really small, light weight that needs some kind of battery power. >> ashlea: these days they power cameras, keyfobs, remote controls and flash lights. >> this christmas i've seen them. >> ashlea: vince says he's the resident battery changing for samantha, who is 4. >> it's a bit enlightening. >> ashlea: this issue has become

there's actually a battery ingestion hotline. we've put that number on wlos.com. >> frank: next at 6, how much

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