freezing cold is also making headlines this morning. we have live team coverage of the wintry weather. news 13's lauren brigman is in madison county. but first, let's get to ingrid who has details on that big chill today. good morning. here is a look at current conditions across the region. your day planner shows temperatures warming by noon. coming up, i'll show you our 7-day forecast for both the mountains and upstate. 3 3 3 3 3 madison county is one area that saw some of the most snow in our area. that's where news 13's lauren brigman continues

morning. lauren, how are the roads there? 3

3 stay with news 13 for the very latest on the winter weather. remember, current school closings are scrolling on the bottom of your screen. you can also find a complete list on wlos-dot-com. we will also post updates on our facebook and twitter pages. 3 3 search warrants reveal new details in a henderson county murder case. joey butler is

murder, in the beating death of his father terry butler, last week in mountain home. news 13's aaron adelson takes us through this developing case. 3 3 aaron adelson reportingjoey butler lived with his dad in this home. according to a search warrant, at about 10:30 wednesday night a deputy found joey butler unresponsive on railroad tracks. his aunt told news13 butler had been drunk and belligerent. according to a warrant, ems took butler to pardee hospital, and he was released thursday morning. also in a warrant, in a 911 call wednesday, a caller reported a drunk white male around joey's age said he had killed somebody the previous day. the sheriff's office says they do not have a time of death back from the medical examiner. thursday morning, relatives found terry butler dead. that afternoon, john butler tried to cope with two sides to his brother. "they had a heck of a party, and my brother got killed at that same party. he wouldn't hurt a fly unless he was drunk. like

he's drunk. throughout the day thursday, deputies could not find joey butler. before 10 that night they found him. according to a warrant, terry butler died from blunt force trauma. after joey's first court appearance, his sister struggled to make sense of her loss. "i know he didn't do it on purpose. he wasn't in his right state of mind. i know he regrets it."butler told deputies he killed his father, and said his dad used a cane to hit him. the sheriff's office would not comment on whether joey said he killed his dad in self defense. while deputies were looking for joey, his uncle could not believe joey would hurt his dad. "he loved his daddy so much, he really did."aaron adelson, news 13. 3 3 3 a bus hits and kills an elementary school teacher. it happened yesterday morning in

raleigh. 25-5-ar-old brandon kincaid was hit by a bus from a daycare in the school parking lot. he was rushed to the hospital where he died. kincaid was a second-grade teacher and used a wheelchair. authorities are still investigating how it happened. 3 a house fire kills several animals in charlotte. heavyvy smoke was coming from the roof when firefighters got there yesterday morning. it took crews more than half an hour to get the fire under control. no people were in the home, but four dogs were found dead inside. the cause of the fire is under investigation. 3 things look a lot different at the carolina panthers team store, after the loss to the denver broncos. outside, vendors are trying to unload all of their merchandise. one of the vendors says he took a gamble and chose charlotte to sell his gear, instead of denver. he is selling his super bowl shirts for between five and ten dollars... a big price cut from what they were before sunday. 3 3 3 the fight over redistricting in north carolina... is now headed to the u-s supreme court. that could have a huge impact on the state's primaries next month. yesterday, a federal appeals

ruling that the 1st and 12th congressional districts unconstitutional. the judges found that the lines were drawn based on race. the state has now filed an appeal with the u-s supreme court to block that ruling. absentee ballots are already being cast for north carolina's marth 15th primary. republican legislators are concerned about having to re-draw the maps, and whether the absentee ballots will count. 3 3 3 the new hampshire primary is over and donald trump is waking up to his first big win in the 20-16 race for president. vermont senator bernie sanders also came out on top, crushing hillary clinton. emerging from the pack of republican governors, a surprise second place finisher, ohio o governor john kasich. the fight for third in the g-o-p race is between ted cruz, jeb bush, and marco rubio. it was a tough night for democratic frontrunner hillary clinton, who promised supporters she is marching on to the nomination. 3 "now we take this campaign to

will fight for every vote in every state."sot bernie sanders "together we have sent a message that will echo from wall street to washington. candidates are now turning their attention to the carolinas. the south carolina republican primary is february 20th, and the democratic primary is the 27th. coming up in our next half hour, which g-o-p candidates are coming to the upstate today. 3 3 3 happening today, house democrats in washington d-c will hold a hearing on the ongoing water crisis in flint. the city's mayor will testify. separately, michigan's governor will ask the state for nearly 200-million dollars to help solve flint's water crisis. kim hutcherson reports.... meanwhile, there could be criminal charges coming as well. 3 reporter pkg-as follows-- (mayor karen weaver/flint)"all lead pipes in the city of flint need to be replaced." flint mayor karen weaver did not mince words as she revealed her plan to fix the city's toxic water crisis. (mayor karen weaver/flint)"i'm

plan. it's an estimated $55 million dollar project to remove and replace flint's residential lead pipes as quickly as possible"on wednesday, governor rick snyder will ask legislators for an additional $195 million dollars to deal with the problem --but he hasn't thrown his support behind pipe replacement yet.he'll only commit to reviewing the proposal, according to a spokesman, who said experts recommended that pipes be coated with a chemical to prevent corrosion before determining which lines should be replaced.snyder said he isn't necessarily opposed to weaver's plan(gov. rick snyder/michigan)"it's more a question of let's do it in an organized, thoughtful, and scientific fashion."but weaver pulled no punches in her response."we can't wait for that. we don't trust that. and we deserve new pipes.//butted to//i can't imagine that he would not support this plan. if he doesn't, shame on him." meanwhile, the team investigating the crisis for

says that criminal charges could be filed.(todd flood/special counsel) "involuntary manslaughter or death that may have happened to some young person or older person because of this poisoning to misconduct in office.'i'm kim hutcherson reporting. 3 3 3 we have an update this morning on a story we brought you as breaking news yesterday morning. ten people died and more than 0 were hurt, when two trains collided head-on in germany. authorities say they collided at a curve, but it does not appear either engineer had time to hit the brakes. the trains could have been going up to 60 miles an hour. part of the investigation will focus on why a safety system did not work. it is designed to automatically stop trains before they crash into each other. 3 3 3 rapper d-m-x is found unconscious in a hotel parking lot. what his ex-wife says

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3 time for this morning's see it, shoot it, send it picture. this photo comes to us from john cayton. it shows a very snowy waynesville. you can send us your pictures and video too. just log on to w-l-o-s dot com. or e-mail them to pics at w-l-o-s dot com. 3 3 the time is now 4:xx. twin babies are cute.... twin dads are... well, just confusing for babies. one little girl's

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and i" is recovering in japan after undergoing endoscopic surgery. the cancer was reportedly found during a recent check-up. the 56-year-old says he will have to delay his return to the broadway stage. the oscar nominee was expected to return to the musical in march. 3 rapper d-m-x is recovering after he was found unresponsive in a hotel parking lot in new york. the yonkers police department received a call about an unconscious man in the ramada inn parking lot. witnesses say he ingested drugs, but his ex-wife says it was a medical issue. 3 "he said it was an asthma attack . i know a lot of people told me it was drug related but i don't think so. he has a long history of asthma.he had a bad cold for a week." dmx has had numerous run-ins with the law. he has been arrested and has served time. some of the charges involved drug possession. 3 3 3

conditions.. in our next half hour we'll talk more about what to expect in the next 7- days. 3 3 it's an abominable snowman sighting. coming up, we'll show you the pictures of the alleged yeti and tell you

3 it's 4:xx it's t-m-z time. blake griffin is paying the price for an altercation with th team's equipment assistant manager. the clippers star will be suspended four games without pay. the team issued a statement saying the clippers will donate the salary from the games to charities focused on disadvantage youth in los angeles. the team initially said his injuries would take four to six weeks to heal. there is no word on if that timeline still holds. in case you missed it, it was an interesting time at the beach on a-b-c's the bachelor. the contestants played around with some pigs in the bahamas. it happened on an island where pigs roam the beach and swim with tourists. to be clear, t-m-z reports no humans or pigs were injured.3 move over bigfoot and chupacabra. apparently, the

mountains of spain. the footage, which recently surfaced, shows the abominable snowman, running through a skip slope or at least that is what the skier who took the images believes. the ski resort says it sent out a search party but found nothing. 3 3 here is a look at current conditions.. here are your weather headlines for today.. up next.. we'll talk about what to expect in the extended forecast. 3 3 3 3

3 the snow flakes continued to fall overnight in asheville. cristina cardenasa posted this photo to our facebook page. she says she took it

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