3 good morning and thanks for waking up with news 19 this morningi'm mary sturgill. your time is 4:30..and many of you are waking up to yet again the sound of rain. and it doesn't look like it will 3 be drying up anytime soon.. let's check in with meterologist efren afante. 3 3 chat 3

3 3 a dozen families around the midlands will be getting some much needed flood help. hundreds of volunteers have come together to get homeowners back on their feet... following the historic flood.home repairs from mold removal... to gutting... are taking place during the three-day home build.one of the organziers for the event... says many people didn't know the extent of the damage done. 3 there's a lot of families and home owners who didn't realize that their home was damaged, didn't realize the amount of moisture in their house and that mold was going to happen. so i think that our whole community is learning quickly how much damage can happen sometimes in invisible ways and sometimes in obvious ways. 3 home works and the saint bernard project raised more than 300-thousand dollars for

interested in being a volunteer on their next project... check out this story on wltx. com. 3 speaking of flood recovery...the deadline to apply for individual assistance from fema has been extended again...you now have until monday january 4th to apply. it originally was the third... but because that falls on a sunday... fema officials will be accepting registrations through monday. president obama has declared all midlands counties a federal disaster... which means the entire midlands is eligible for individual assistance.the money would cover losses not taken care of by insurance. if you have already registered--you don't

3 faith based plans on sunday 3 if you still need to register... we have the link on our website wltx dot com... under the flood recovery tab. 3 the boil water advisory that was scheduled in west columbia has actually been postponed... due to weather. the city tells us... that the work on the relocation project will start this saturday.water lines for some residents... will be turned off... from from 9 am until 8 pmthe city says this is to complete a relocation project... near leaphart road and mineral springs road.to find out if you're address is on the list... head over to wltx dot com... and just click on this story. 3 3 emergency room doctors at temple university hospital... say a new federal guideline has *significantly reduced prescription rates for opioids. doctors say the guildline is sparking more discussions with patients.

study... finds that suicide attacks and roadside bombs... may trigger more post traumatic stress... than conventional warfare.the research shows higher p-t-s-d rates... in men who served during the insurgency phase of the iraq war... when guerilla tactics were used. 3 3 former new york governor... george pataki... is dropping out of the presidential race. he made the announcement last night... in front of his supporters.pataki made national headlines... while governing new york during the september 11-th attacks.he originally announced his run in may.the former governor has never made it onto a main debate stage... and has had trouble raising funds. 3 on to a couple of g-o-p candidates still in the race. the front runner... donald trump... will be back in the palmetto state today.he'll be in hilton head hosting a meet and greet at the westin.it starts at 11 a-m and is free to the public. 3 and former florida governor

meet and greet of his own tonight.... here in the midlands. it's at hudson smokehouse bbq on sunset boulevard... and it starts at 6:30. 3 3 the elgin light christmas show has been bringing holiday cheer to folks in the midlands for 18 years.this year...the creator...paul towns has been a little slower putting up the 40 thousand lights because of his own battle with cancer.but that hasn't stopped him from raising money for kids to go to camp chemo.last night was the last show of the year...news 19's... janae frazier... takes us there.

3 coming up on 3 news 19... some good news for one midlands couple who had their handicap van stolen...

it... and why they believe the thief ditched it... after the break 3 then later in sports... why three clemson players have been suspended for thursday's big game... sports director reggie anderson will have that

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3 follow up on a story we brought you this weekend.the columbia couple that had been searching for their stolen handicap van... says they now have it back. they say columbia city police and a sled team... found it around 5 o'clock last nightrobert mccurdy... a quadriplegic... has used the specially tailored van to get to work every day. he and his wife debbie... say they're happy it's back in their hands... in decent condition... with only a few parts missing. a torn wire from the van lead them to believe that a buzzer connected to the wheelchair lock was going off... which made the thieves abandon the van altogether. police say

neighborhood... off of broad river road. 3 in sumter... police are looking for three people in connection to an attempted murder.they are 21- year-old... henry dingle ... 20-year-old... kevin dwayne smith... and 18-year-old... william spann.police say they responded to a shots fired call on frazier street before 4pm yesterday. once there.... they found two vehicles that had been in a collison... but no one was found at the scene. they think it was done deliberately.investigators think the three are involved in this... and maybe other cases.all three are believed to be armed and dangerous.if you have information that could help you are asked to call crimestoppers at 1-triple 8-crime-s-c. 3

3 we are just a day away from columbia's famously hot new year's celebration grammy award winning artist... lauryn hill... is headlining this years event. famously hot new years is on main and gervais in downtown columbia... and its free. but of course just like last year... you can watch it from the comfort of your own home... as news 19 will broadcast the event live from 11pm to 12-30 am. 3 and if you plan on heading down to the celebration... you might want to bring a canned good with you. it's all for usc's flood relief program. the university will have volunteers at all the

harvest hope ... and monetary donations for the one s-c flood relief fund.there's still time for peope to signup to be volunteers ... we have all the details on our website w-l-t-x dot com. 3 law enforcement wants to encourage you to think before getting behind the wheel... if you plan on drinking on news year's eve.there will be multiple check points around the midlands.trooper david jones says it's important to line up a designated driver... before the big night.... as alcohol related crashes are the cause of most of the fatalities in south carolina. 3 we're gonna have troopers in place, we're going to have law enforcement in place. if you plan to go out and have a few drinks and plan to drive be prepared to go to jail. it's that simple. we're going to have law enforcement in place and we want to end 2015 with no more fatalities. 3 this year there have been 942 fatalities on south carolina roads. 3 a chain restaurant's new year's eve celebration... has a lot of people talking-- if you want to celebrate the new year at the olive garden in times square-- you'll have to shell out 400 bucks..*per

-- but that's *a lot* of dough -- and it doesn't even include breadsticks!olive garden's new year's eve party *does* include a dj... open bar and buffet meal.and those hoping to watch the ball drop --well-- you're out of luck -- the view is *limited.* 3 and speaking of food... lizard's thicket will be open on new year's day. they'll be serving up the traditional meal of collard greens... black eyes peas and pork chops. and coming up a little later in news19 this morning at 6am... they'll be here to explain just what the meal represents. again that's coming up in our 6 oclock hour. 3 netflix announced it's hosting special animated countdowns on new years' eve... for the little ones.. the countdown will feature the care bears and other popular characters. the idea... is kids don't have to stay up until midnight... to watch the new year's countdown. 3 the library of congress announced earlier this week... the annual list of movies it will be adding to the national film registry.among the 25

redemption... ghostbusters... and top gun.a panel choose the movies they see deemed worthy of preservation for their cultural... historic... or artistic importance. these additions bring the number of films in the national registry - which began in 1989 - to 675 titles.and coming up on news19 this morning at 5:30... the richland library is here to talk about their top trending... and best-of... movies, books and music...and we want to know what *your* favorite book... cd... or dvd... of the year was... just tweet at us at wltx to let us know! 3 coming up on news 19 this morning... the extent of flood damage is still not known... in some cases... but some neighbors are coming together to help those who still need it... we'll tell you about that big project... in the