of this one, good night. . >> darcel: business is booming for stores selling lottery tickets. tonight, some stores are feeling like they've hit the lottery. >> larry: and plans are underway for asheville's tallest building to get a makeover. >> it could use a little revamping. >> larry: an update tonight on what's next for the bb & t building. >> darcel: the tigers are taking on the tide. we'll take you to a big party going on right now in clemson. now from western north carolina's news leader, this is news 13 at 11. >> larry: everyone's talking about it. millions of americans focused on more than a billion dollars up for grabs wednesday night for the powerball jackpot. and small businesses, they're very happy that sales are coming

>> darcel: now that the jackpot is up to $1.4 billion and could climb even more before the drawing. jerrika, the stores are loving this record jackpot. >> jerrika: yes, dozens and dozens of people have been in and out of the store. lots of tickets were sold right up until they closed an hour ago. the holiday season is over, to roger bright's red suit has been put away. but his focus is still on giving out presents. just now, they could be worth billions. >> we'll sell 1,000 to 1200. saturday night we sold between 6,000 and 7,000. >> jerrika: winning is on the mind of each person. lots of people want at least one of these and usually will buy a

>> i think our business is up about 10% saturday. it was, yeah, it's up. >> jerrika: now that this assistant manager's part time job is out of season, he's urging people to buy a ticket or two with a promise that he could benefit, too. >> i got you on camera promising to split that with me when you win. >> jerrika: what's luckier than buying a lottery ticket from santa claus. >> $1.4 billion. i can't even count that high. >> jerrika: now on wednesday night they have more manpower working to keep up with the demand because they expect a line out the door of people wanting to buy a powerball ticket. jerrika insco, news 13. >> darcel: another cold night tonight. we're getting down in to the 20s.

for snow tomorrow night. forecast. >> jason: the wind will be cranking across the area, 25-30 miles per hour. country by then. right now we're dealing with clear skies mostly. up the road in boone, it's 29. there's a big difference because they had more wind. temperatures falling in to the 30s in the upstate. you're still warmer than most of us in the mountains. the calm wind is helping our temperature drop, too, in asheville. wind speeds across the eastern half of the united states. you can see they're picking up a little more over the ohio valley. back over the great lakes. casper, wyoming, has sustained wind at 30. a lot of this wind is going to stay north from the ohio river stretching east ward in to the great lakes and eventuallyew

a front is associated with this. tomorrow. along with snow flakes in the high country. we'll talk more about the accumulation potential. 23 in the morning to greet you. some clouds but mostly sunny definitely layer up. you're starting out in the 20s in the upstate. below freezing. so a frosty start. your temperatures in the0s by the lunch hour. we will see another cold blast. i'll show you when that one comes. stick around. >> larry: asheville city council is set to make a decision on the latest downtown development. >> darcel: it involves a rezoning request to transform it in to a hotel. frank, when will this vote be taken? >> frank: well it's expected during tomorrow night's regular council meeting. first a public hearing, then a vote. this could be the final hurdle

the city planning and zoning commission gave the bb & t the green light to renovate making way for 140 hotel rooms, 39 condominiums and retail space. the exterior will take on a whole new look as well. an updated, brighter facade. we gave folks on the street a glimpse of the future. >> definitely an eye sore at the revamping. >> it looks like it's going to add some aesthetic value to the area. you know. and that's not bad. >> and it is angly building but we're all so used to it by this point. >> frank: many argued there are already too many hotels going up that adding another in the heart of downtown just won't do. >> it's really unsustainable to

infrastructure and that it won't be able to maintain itself or have space for all the cars or all the people. >> frank: but the developer promises parking and 100 jobs that will pay a living wage that meets or exceeds asheville's standards. there is in fact the bb & t will not involve a new building. >> i think it's more sustainable than building a whole new building and using new materials. i definitely see more downfalls than pros. >> i'm sure they've done some studies to determine that it would be an economic asset. >> frank: all the issues will be on the table tomorrow night. the public gets to weigh in. if city council approves this project, the hotel renovation, the work could begin this spring. reporting live in asheville, frank kracher, news 13. >> darcel: investigators don't

weaverville man was suspicious. the fire started yesterday morning in t t living room of his home. but investigators don't know yet how. jack penland, an original member of the stoney creek boys blue grass man was killed in the fire. >> we could have a love offering this coming sunday. and otherwise provide for brenda and for pat and others in the family who are going through a difficult time. >> darcel: you can find out how to help on wlos.com. fire investigators say it was a heating system malfunction that put an asheville family out in the cold early this morning. a home on north bear creek road went up in flames around 3:30. the family says they heard a pop and then their smoke alarms went off.

flames. a husband, wife and their four teenage sons made it out safely. >> it's important to have a working smoke detector in your house in your sleeping areas to alert you. most of the fires will occur during night time hours when everybody is asleep. you need to be able to get awake and get out. >> darcel: fire officials remind everyone to have their heating equipment serviced often. >> larry: henderson county is having a tourism boom with new two hotels going up. a holiday express and a windham hotel is under construction off airport road. last year, 200,000 people from 29 countries visited. >> we keep numbers on everybody. we try and click as many is we can coming through and we broke our record this past year. >> larry: a study that could

more changes are coming to downtown hendersonville to improve parking. sooner than expected thanks to a downtown development grant. movingng the sidewalk along king street to the inside of the lot. >> we had a very positive response to the changes that we made to the maple lot last year, which included aesthetic improvements to the lighting and the lot and the planting and so on and so forth. which is some of the changes we're making here. >> larry: the azalea lot will not be getting anymore parking spaces. >> darcel: the death of david bowie has a tribute band remembering him. mark casten is originally from england. he does a great david bowie

mark created the wham bam bowie band that plays all over north carolina and sometimes new york city. >> i think the best way to remember david bowie is as an innovator. he was an artist in the true sense of the word. >> darcel: the band will play a special bowie tribute concert february 6th at isis in west asheville. investigators say three people tried to rob a credit union but couldn't get inside. >> larry: and the tigers and the

right [ horn honks ] okay, this is u.s. cellular, and this is verizon. now, same phones, but with u.s. cellular you get 6 gigs of 4g data for only $40 per month -- $20 less than verizon. and u.s. cellular's network was built to work in places like out here, here, and here. so, with all of that, why would you ever go to verizon? switch to u.s. cellular now and get 6 gigs of data for just $40 a month plus get $300 back.

>> darcel: a tragic story out of fayetteville, a three-year-old

it happened in sampson county yesterday morning at the child's father's convenience store. police say the boy got the gun behind the cash register while the father was rolling coins. police will determine if charges will be filed. a teenager accused of making a threat in the name of isis will be charged. accused of second degree sexual exploitation of a minor. warren was already charged with making a threat and having weapons on school property. deputies say he stood up in class, said he had a bomb and that he tried to join isis. deputies are investigating if he had any actual ties to terrorism. >> larry: happening right now the clemson tigers are taking on alabama for the national championship. for fans who couldn't make the

party going on in clemson. darren joins us live from the celebration. darren. >> darren: larry, it is quite the celebration. we're going in the fourth quarter right now. clemson is up. hundreds of people packed in to this bar. all the bars in downtown clemson celebrating. clemson up 24 to 21 right now. look at the school spirit right now. a sea of orange across the bar. it's been like this all night. everyone so excited to be here. in fact, we talked to two people earlier during half time that said they've been looking forward to this all season. >> i'm glad we're doing as well as we are. we are a contender and we're not

with. >> i'm enjoying myself and i'm praying a lot. >> darren: back live right now in downtown clemson. take a look. everyone is so hyped up to be here. again, clemson is up 24 to 21. going in to the 4th quarter. chanting has been going on all night. this is something to see. you need to come down and see it if you have time if you're in the upstate. darren botelho, news 13. >> darcel: more than tennessee got its first significant snow of the season over the weekend. this is kentucky border. they've got about half an inch yesterday. temperatures were in the teens. >> larry: school kids always counted on snow days as a time to have fun. but in transylvania county, they're going to have to make time for homework too.

they call virtual day. one principal said virtual days will help prevent saturday make-up days. his students all have chrome books to use at home. >> attendance is low on saturday. these are skills that our students already have. they enjoy using technology. >> larry: a transylvania county elementary kids have also been given blizzard bags including books about the snow. >> darcel: no blizzards in the forecast anytime soon. >> larry: jason is here with more on this cold blast. >> jason: yeah, i think the cold is really what you're going to remember when it does eventually get here. about this time it's going to be a lot colder than it is now. and it's already chilly. 23 at pick-up. high clouds. those clouds thicken by drop

that's it. going to start dropping off quickly in the evening. high temperature today. only made it to 38. and we start out at 17. so both of those numbers below average for this time of the year. and about a half inch in the bucket for the month. we're down almost an inch for the year. but of course we come off 2015

we'll talk details on your news 13 skywatch weather. >> jason: if you want snow, you've gotta go to cataloochee around here. leicester carpet sales news13 sky cam network. they are still making the snow. good conditions for it. 21 degrees and the conditions are dry. more boarding and skiing here tomorrow. 25 degrees. it is clear. it is calm. our temperature has dropped. our wind chill has leveled off at the current air temperature, 25. you still have the window over the upstate. west-southwesterly. that puts your wind chill down in to the 20s. air temperature is 33 degrees. boy, are we going to be talking about wind chills this time tomorrow. tuesday at 11 o'clock. we'll start the clock at 4 o'clock tomorrow afternoon. wind chills in the 20s for most mountain locations. by 8 o'clock in the evening, single digits possibly even

up in the high country, avery county. teens in many cases across the mountain valleys. they go lower than that by midnight tomorrow night. single digits above and below zero for wind chills. now that's how it will feel. it won't be the actual air temperature. we'll still get cold with the air temperatures in the teens. here's the future cast in terms of cloud cover, snow, and rain. we don't have anything to worry about in daybreak. i think madison, yancey, mitchell and avery county, you're going to benefit most from the snowfall. it could add up to about an inch. the wind will crank up in the area. especially late day tomorrow right in to early wednesday. how much snow can we see? most of the snows will be well north. you get in to yancey county, could see a little bit.

maybe more in to avery and watauga counties. temperatures in the teens tonight for the mountains north. we'll see low 20s by day break in asheville and hendersonville. you'll find teens and 20s mixed over the southern mountain regions. upper 20s in the upstate. there will be spots that get down colder than that. tomorrow's high temperatures. it's a warm up. it's about average this time in asheville. mid 40s. newland and boone in the now we go colder wednesday. there it is. 38 degrees for the high. lows in the 20s for the next several nights. but we're going to warm it up. 51 will do it for the warmest temperatures in terms of highs. slight cool off friday. by the end of the weekend, we'll have a shot of rain and snow.

50s even though you'll see your >> darcel: police are investigating a bank robbery foiled by customers inside. it happened in gastonia outside charlotte.

coming and locked the doors before they could get inside. they tried to force the doors open but failed and took off. >> larry: i georgia woman faces federal charges in a series of jewelry store robberies in the southeast, including one in north carolina. abby kemp tried as a magistrate asked per questions and gave her a court appointed attorney. cell phone records and some of kemp's social media posts helped track her down. >> darcel: intense video out of texas tonight. a scaffolding broke loose on a highrise building leaving two people stuck on the platform. the 71st floor on downtown houston's tallest skyscraper. >> larry: clemson is playing for all the marbles in tonight's

stan hey, guys, it's annie. now, if you're anything like me, you're always looking for ways to save money, especially when it comes to your weekly grocery trip. well, with walmart every day low prices, saving money while keeping the pantry full... that's easier than you think. in head-to-head shopping, the total at walmart beat that of bi-lo. greenville, the total amount saved at walmart vs. bi-lo was $24.76 on this week's groceries - that's 19%. so head to walmart and see what you

>> stan: wow, national title game tonight from glendale, arizona. top ranked clemson and alabama. this has been a great contest. alabama just tied it up. so update that score board 24-24. jay coker hit a td pass to oj howard. wayne garman then added a touchdown. they just kicked a field goal. what a great game this has been. desean watson has been terrific. a former quarterback who was hoping to lead clemson back in the day cououn't quite pull it off but still cheering his

boyd says he's a big desean watson fan and not just because of his football abilities. >> he's a better person. i know that's cliche. but very humble, very modest. couldn't be more proud of the guy. >> part of you jealous you wish you were out there tonight? >> i had my time with it. i'm just enjoying watching these guys out there. it's like the old gladiators. you sit in the arena and reminisce but you never really truly want to head back out there. >> stan: it hurts too much. catamounts at home for their third straight game. this time hosting uncg. rhett harrelson three with 34 seconds to go. they beat uncg.

unc asheville bulldogs keep racking up the wins and honors. this time wayne sutton. previously dylan smith got the honor. they're off until saturday when they host gardner webb. you can see both teams against gardner webb on my40 saturday. women's game at 2. men's action follows. >> jason: great game. let's talk some cold. it's back not so much tomorrow afternoon. later in the day tomorrow we're going to see that wind pick up. tomorrow night, upper teens to low 20s. we'll feel more like single digits. >> larry: thank you for joining us. remember you can always check us out on wlos.com. >> darcel: be sure to find us on facebook and twitter. jimmy kimmel is next right here on abc 13.

ugh. i really shouldn't. no, you know what? i should. and i will. i deserve this. i'm a bogo findin', weekly ad flippin', couponing mastermind. who's saving big time? this girl! can i help you? indeed. this queen of savings deserves a reward. a cannoli, please. the weekly ad, bogos and coupons. three easy ways to save at the same place you love to shop.