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3 3 if you are traveling in the town of lexington early this morning... here is a road closure you need to be aware of. the city will close the 100 block of east main street up until 5am today... for landscape maintenance. east bound traffic will be detoured onto east butler street... west bound will be detoured on maiden lane. 3 if you live in orangeburg county... you might hear some loud booms... like bombs going off today.dont worry, it will be the orangeburg county sheriff office and sled performing bomb squad training...you may hear detonation of explosives.... from 9am to 4pm... at the training facility located about eight miles east of bowman. 3 results from the noise and lighting study for the new columbia commons baseball stadium are complete.the city of columbia invites people of booker washinton heights, cottontown, earlwood, elmwood and robert mills neighborhoods

these results tonight at five thirty.the public meeting will take place at the earlwood community center on parkside drive. 3 the state of the town address for lexington will take place tonight at six thirty at lexington town hall on maiden street today.mayor steve macdougall will discuss the steps taken to provide cleaner water and lower waste in the lower saluda river.this includes closing the coventry woods and four other wastewater plants.you can also watch the address live at lex-s-c dot com. 3 3 the first votes in the 2016 presidental election will be cast tonight in iowa. the latest bloomberg/des moines register poll has donald trump leading the gop race in iowa at 28 percent, wih ted cruz not far behind at 23 percent. hillary clinton barely leads the democratic side with 45 percent in iowa; bernie sanders has 42 percent. with polls showing a tight race, the candidates made their closing arguments to voters

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3 3 iowa voters will begin to caucus tonight at 7 pm 3 3 the usc basketball women are still holding on to their perfect record. on the road in texas the gamecocks were able to hold off the aggies 70 to 63. the team is now 21 and oh overball and 9 and oh in s-e-c play. news19's alyssa lang

highlights coming up a little later. the women host kentucky on thursday. 3 the countdown is on...we're just 6 days away now from superbowl 50. the carolina panthers will face the denver bronocs. yesterday both teams arrived in san jose california ahead of the game. there will be little down time for etiher team leading up to sunday's game as they will hit the field for practice throughout the week. if the panthers win it would be their first super bowl title in franchise history.of course you can only see the super bowl right here on wltx. 3 wanna know what the super bowl jersey's look life? here's a sneak preview of what panthers' quarterback.. cam newton... and the rest of the team will be wearing sunday in california. fresh out of the box. the team's equipment manager hung each one up with care. the players will sport their black jerseys and silver pants on game day. 3 krispy kreme has rolled out their super bowl donuts.... to get ready for

donut is decked out in carolina blue icing...the broncos one is orange... krispy kreme is going to track the sales of the doughnuts up until the big game. each day they'll share the results with fans on social media. 3 speaking of food....if you walk into this york county burger king... you'll have no trouble figuring out where thier super bowl allegiance lies. the restuarant is decked out in pictures of the carolina panthers... and its all thanks to the artistic talents of one of its employees.jody quinn has drawn replicas of cam newton, josh norman, and greg olson -- among others.she plans to draw every player on the team before kickoff.she hopes some of the panthers will stop by to check out her artwork for themselves. 3 time now to introduce you to a panther's fan who is using his love of sports to help him fight a personal battle. as wbtv's sarah blake morgan shows us, he is fighting alzheimer's using every means possible, one of

sports team. 3 spend just a few minutes with peter setzer"we've been loyal with them since the very beginning"and you'll quickly learn,"win after win" where his allegiance lies."i love cam newton with his exuberance" this is a man who loves his carolina pantherspeter setzer/carolina panthers fan"i read everything that the charlotte observer writes about the panthers"setzer doesn't just read the, he cuts them out "17-1""here's cam in action. fantastic""i like to know their names and i like to see what they're able to do" setzer reads these articles over and over again . because if he doesn't, he'll forget "about a year ago, i was diagnosed with mild alzheimer's and of course that was a blow."setzer's 3 alzheimer's is in it's early stages. that's exactly where he intends to keep it. "the average person who's diagnosed with alzheimers will die in 11 years and my determination is to slow that down."he has a list of things he does every day to slow the disease down.

panther stats with his grandson."i'm going to go down fighting and do everything i can to prolong life"joy hendersonpeter's daughter"my hope is he'll always remember to call me on gameday and panthers game. whether we win or weather we lose, i jope we'll still compare the plays. i hope he'll always know who i am when i call him and i hope he'll always know who his grandson is."for many with alzheimers, uncertainty is they can see setzer is just looking forward to adding a new article to his door, once his team takes home the trophy. "oh i wouldn't miss it" 3 still to come this morning...remember the little

root for?that was a year ago, and the panthers owner was the first to respond.... we'll see where that young fan is now that carolina's headed to the superbowl. stay with us 3 plus, after a beautiful weekend...we're off to a cloudy start.... efren afante has your full weekday forecast after the break.

janet? cough if you can hear me. don't even think about it. i took mucinex dm for my phlegmy cough. yeah...but what about mike? it works on his cough too. cough! it works on his cough too. mucinex dm relieves wet and dry coughs for 12 hours.

(baseball on tv in background) with heart failure, danger is always on the rise. symptoms worsen because your heart isn't pumping well. (water filling room) about 50 percent of people die (dog whimpering) within 5 years of getting diagnosed. but there's something you can do. talk to your doctor about heart failure treatment options. because the more you know, the more likely you are... (dog whimpering)

3 in richland county...more details are expected to be released today on the killing of 19-year old deanndra roach. over the weekend..deputies arrested her ex boyfriend... 22-year-old... andre heatley jr..he been charged with her murder and armed robbery. deputies say roach's body was found in the middle of farrow road around 5 o clock friday... by a man who was walking his dog.they say she was shot multiple times. investigators say heatley was captured on camera ... using her debit card at 3 separate locations... just moments after the crime. heatley is

3 in columbia... police continue to search for a man they say sexually assaulted a girl on usc's campus over the weekend.it happened around 3:30 saturday morning on the 800 block of barnwell street. the victim told police... an armed man forced her to go with him to the corner of barnwell where he sexually assaulted her. the victim believes she saw the suspect in the hallway area of an apartment complex... and briefly talked with him.anyone with information that can help in this case is asked to call crimestoppers at 1-triple 8- crime-sc. 3 3 3

3 a 13-year-old yukon boy who made national headlines a year ago... is getting fired up for the super bowl next sunday.you may remember the story. cade pope wrote letters to the owners of every nfl team, because he wanted to know who he should root for. carolina panthers' owner was the first to respond. now's here's his update.

3 if you want to do some good before the superbowl this weekend...you can help fight hunger right here in the

3 the richland county library kicked off black history month with a celebration.they recognzed the richness of african-american culture... with music, storytelling and food ... at thier black history month fair yesterday. we spoke with one mom about the importance of bringing her children to events like this. 3 just exposure, it's all about exposure. me and my husband are really big on exposure. not just african american but anything as far as kayaking, skiing, you know different parts of the country. it's all just really about exposure.the event was free and open to anyone in the community.

caring will celebrate it's 9th annual national day of service here in the midlands at spring valley high school it's this saturday at 8:30am.while football and commercials are the main events of that weekend, churches and communinty groups across the midlands will be raising money to fight hunger. the money raised will be going directly to food banks and charities to help those in need. if you want to donate, head to our website wtlx dot come to find the link. 3 coming up...today is the day....voting for our next persident kicks off in iowa. we'll tell you everything you need to know...after the break. 3 plus, people from across our state joined together over the weekend to stand up against

much more after the break.3 today is the day! candidates

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