paid off when iowans turn out to caucus for their favorite presidential candidate. good morning, i'm deon guillory.and i'm savannah levins. the poll numbers are too close to call on both sides of the aisle. and weather could be a factor with forecasts predicting snow this evening. tegna's brandon rittiman is in des moines with more this morning...brandon... 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3

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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

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 head some loud booms going off in orrangeburg county today, don't worry. the organeburg county sheriff's office and sled will perform bomb squad training...you may hear explosives going off. this is happening from 9am to 4pm... at the training facility located about eight miles east of bowman. 3 lexington's state of the town address ius tonight. 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. the state of the town address is at 6:30 at lexington town hall on maiden street.you can also watch the address live at lex-s-c dot com. 3 3 in columbia... police continue to search for a man they say sexually assaulted a

weekend.it happened around 3:30 saturday 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 in richland county...more details are expected to be released today in the killing of 19-year old deanndra roach. over the weekend..deputies say her ex boyfriend 22- year-old... andre heatley junior was arrested. 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 several times. investigators say heatley was caught on camera ... using her debit card at 3 separate locations... just moments after the crime. heatley has been charged with murder and armed robbery

faiths and backgrounds joined together over the weekend... for one cause: to stop gun violence.news19's colby gallagher takes us inside how one columbia church joined in "stand up sunday." 3 "you never get over the loss of a child. especially when it happened, senseless, to gun violence."marcus patrick bryant was only 21-years-old when he was shot and killed in 2001 by a man who had been released from a new york prison. his father, marvin bryant, says it happened five months before his daughter was born."not only did i lose my child, my son, she lost a father that she did not have the opportunity of growing up to 3 know."his father believes with stricter gun access, his death could have been prevented. he's used the past 15 years to fight for this cause -- a cause that has only grown since the fatal shooting of 9 people at emanuel ame church last june.natbryant was among the many taking a stand with gun sense s-c at various south carolina churches. barbara calo sullivan is with the columbia chapter and says stand up sunday is meant to raise awareness."if your background check is not complete or if you are just a kid and find an unlocked gun in the house, this is

tragedy."bryant and sullivan took their stand at washington street united methodist church, one of 1,300 churches participating in the state. dr. john evans led the service there and hopes the talk will inspire listeners to join in. "we're trying to keep things real simple. the first thing is to try to get our state house and our governor to begin to get serious about background checks."bryant says his son and the other victims' lives will not be in vein because they're now the very reason why change is coming. "with this approach, it's not only saving one life, but many lives as a result of what 3 happened."colby gallagher news19 wltx. 3 3 currently there's a bill in the legislature that would

from three to 28 days. 3 3 the countdown is on...we're just 6 days away 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 the first super bowl title in franchise history.of course you can only see the super bowl right here on wltx. 3 thousands of fans are gearing up to cheer on the carolina panthers this sunday in california. but before the team left north carolina, they made sure one of their young fans knew "they" were rooting for "him".

3 3 chat 3 still to come mickie d's customers are asking where's the cheese? the story ahead in what's brewing. but first, if you plan on cheering the panters in santa clara--we are mappping out the trip.. including key stops you won't want to miss. 3 plus, coming off a beautiful weekend, meterologist efren afante has your full weekday

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3 we are counting down to super bowl 50 and many fans are ready for the big game. if you're lucky enogh to score a ticket, a road trip from the midlands to levi's stadium in santa clara, california is an option. triple-a designed a southern route. here are some key stops for panthers fans. 3 leaving columbia, you'll travel a couple of hours to auburn university, where panthers qb and heisman trophy winner cam newton won a national championship and would be the number one draft pick in the 2011 nfl draft continue another 5 hours to the mercedes-benz superdome in my home town of new orleans. that's where the panthers narrowly got a win over the saints in december. then it's time for a little texas two step. drive another 5 hours to nrg stadium, home of the texans. nrg formerly reliant stadium is the site of the panthers heartbreaking loss in their first trip to the big

england patriots february 1, 2004 3 in super bowl 38. a game few people remember because of the halftime show. then it's on to ratliff stadium in odessa, texas for a crazy coincidence. it's not only the stadium featured in the movie friday night lights but is also home to the odessa bronchos and permian panthers. from here we're off on a 10 hour drive to glendale, az to see university of phoenix stadium, also knows as the bird's next and home to the arizona cardinals who the panthers pounded 49-14 for the nfc title and a trip to super bowl 50! we're down to the final 10 hours of our trek to levi's stadium in santa clara, california. where if you're lucky enough to get a ticket,

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3 turns out some customers aren't loving mcdonald's new mozzarella sticks.that's because they say the cheese is missing/some customers have posted pictures on twitter showing the sticks without the mozzarella.mcdonald's says they are aware of the low volume of complaints and believes the cheese is melting

they are 3 looking to fix the problem.chat3 3 how about some wine - with your girl scout cookies? there's now a vivino wine app - that helps you pair your favorite cookie - with the right wine.if you're a thin mint fan - the app recommends a brunello - which is a darker red.with the famous somoas - how about a rio-ja - which is also red.if you prefer white

"lemonades" 3 cookies - or the savannah smiles.chat3 3 campaign 2016... even if you haveent been following the political race closely--we have you covered. coming up a report from iowa as the polls

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3 the first votes in the 2016 president 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, ted cruz has 23 percent. hillary clinton

45 percent in iowa; bernie sanders has 42 percent. with polls showing a tight race, the candidates made their closing arguments to voters sunday. marlie hall has the latest from des moines, iowa

3 3 iowa voters will begin to caucus tonight at 7 pm 3 3 a second virginia tech student has been arrested in connection with the death of a

disappeared earlier this week. virginia tech issued a statement sunday confirming the arrest of natalie marie keepers, a sophomore at the school.keepers is the second person to be arrested in the death of nicole madison lovell, whose body was found in north carolina on saturday. she has been missing from her home in blacksburg since the middle of last week.police earlier arrested 18-year old david eisenhauer, another virginia tech student, and charged him with murder in the case. 3 the south carolina department of corrections handgun... and cash from the school monday night. school authorities found the front door of academy christian school shattered. rocks and a trail of blood... were found inside. reaves was serving an eight-year sentence for second-degree burglary. school officials didn't comment on why the gun was in the building.

coroner's office needs your help finding the next of kin for two women who died recently.the first is for 52 year old debra lynn baker.she died last week after being taken to the hospital from the cedar retirement center.it is believed that she is divorced and that she possibly has children living somewhere in the lexington or columbia area. the other woman is 78 year old marjorie maynard.she died last month from natural causes at acute rehabilitation.if you have any information on relatives of ms. maynard or ms. baker please call the lexington county coroner's office. 3 in union county...a man is facing more charges after deputies say he used his son's cub scout troop to scam money from people.deputies say jeffrey scott henderson and his young son have been going door-to-door collecting donations in union county, but the cub scouts not having a fundraiser right now.deputies said they originally had

henderson came to their doors asking for money.now there are 67 additional charges. henderson is charged with obtaining money under false pretenses. 3 3 we're on your side this morning looking into your rights as a patient. you know how hard it can be to change doctors and transfer records, but when the doctor leaves town and you can't get a hold of your records...what are you to do? news19's chuck ringwalt found some folks who need the answer sooner than later.... 3 "it's more stress that i don't need (laugh)."brooke letts- diaz says she and her husband went to sivad primary care for the last five years."we liked this doctor, but the last time we saw them was in december. about a year ago, he had to go to washington state for a little while and has been doing office visits for regular patients via skype." but for the last 3 weeks...when she walks to the doors...they're locked. "i've tried this number. it just goes to an answering machine and i've left messages and

we called ... the mailbox was full.brooke says this comes at a bad time too."two days ago my husband my husband ran out of his blood pressure medicine."she says they've had hard time getting prescription refills "i have lupusbroke my hip twice last year. had to have it replaced. i've have 5 surgeries in the past two years. . " "as far as our family records. i don't know how we're going to get them right now."reporterso we reached out to lesia kudelka w/ the south carolina department of labor licensing and regulation

know what happened."repo rterin columbia chuck ringwalt news19 wltx 3 you can file a complaint with the department of labor licensing and regulation that info is on our website wltx.com 3 3 the excitement for super bowl 50 is already building san francisco. the broncos and panthers arrived sunday while events all over the bay area kicked off this weekend. jamie yuccas reports from san francisco.

3 3 the annual super bowl spectacle known as media day is this eveninghundreds of reporters from around the world get their chance to ask players and coaches just about anything they want 3 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.

out their super bowl donuts.... to get ready for this weekend's game. the panthers donut is decked out in carolina blue icing...the bronos one is orange...and of course they have to make it in to a competition..krispy kreme will 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

3 3 we all have different ways we choose to honor our loved ones.. one greensboro man found a permanent way. matthew mitchell and his brother mike both loved the panthers -- especially their motto, keep pounding. that's why after losing his brother -- one of the hardest things he's been through -- matthew thought getting a panthers tattoo would be a powerful tribute. 3 i just wanted a symbol..and what better symbol then the panthers..keep pounding even though every day is hard without him matthew said his brother mike took him to his first panthers game and opened his eyes to panthers nation. he got the tattoo just before the seahawks game

his brother is 3 cheering on from up above.chat3 3 a new flick is drop kicking the competition.. details in your box office preview ahead. in less than 3 minutes... one family pays an unsual tribute to a carolina star by adding a little black and blue to their backyard.that story next. 3 and the woman's basketball team is making history-- alyssa lang has that story and mor ein your sports wrap next.

3 one family made good use of the snow.... they used it to show a little team tribute... they built a dabbing cam newton snowman... but get this... the'ye not big panthers fans..the family doesn't even live in north carolina..they are in pennsylvania.... but they made this... because they like the way cam treats kids. 3 we like what he does. we like the dab. we like how he treats

them footballs. 3 if you're wondering... it took 5 hours and 15 bucks to to build snow cam.hopefully he'll stick around long enough to see carolina play in the super bowl... 3 sunday. chat3 3

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3 moviegoers had a variety of cinematic astesto choose from this weekend, and many went for chinese. ung fu panda 3ran away with the weekend: the animated threequel dominated as it debuted on top with $41 3 million. tar wars: the force awakenstook third with $10.8

total to $895 million.sometime this week, the force awakens will cross the $900 million mark in domestic box office and $2 billion worldwide.3 3 a celebration of history-- coming up how the start of black history month in the midlands. we have a preview. also happening today-- candidates see if all their hard work paid off! a report