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attack happened this past saturday between 3:15 a-m and 3:30 a-m in the 8080block of barnwell street.the victim was talking to an unknown man when he said he had a weapon and forced the victim to a nearby area where officers say he sexually assaulted her.u-s-c sent out an email bulletin ... but did not send out an emergency alert right after it happened.students say they are concerned. 3 "i feel like just an alert that, even if they don't know exactly what's going on, just would have been nice, just a warning. i mean, i wasn't out that night, but i know a lot of my friends were and that kind of scares me that it about this case ... call crimestoppers at 1-888-crime-s- c. 3 in richland county... deputies continue to investigate the friday night shooting death of deanndra roach.the 19 year old was pronounced dead at the scene

shot multiple times.we learned that roach was an employee of the walmart on two notch road in columbia.her co-workers set up a memorial for her at the store.she was a sales associate in the electronics department. 3 she was a very generous and smiling spirited person who never came to work with a bad attitude or having a bad day. this incident is such a tragedy to know that we've lost a member of our family here at walmart. 3 investigators believe 22 year old andre heatley was involved in her death. heatley is the ex-boyfriend of roach and is currently charged with murder and armed robbery. 3 3 those of yououwho drive on decker boulevard need to expect some delays today... because repairs will be made to the area where decker road and parklane road intersect with two notch road. the recent flood damaged south carolina's already fragile roads....leaving behind lots

she has made several calls and not gotten any answers as to when the issue will be fixed she says so far.. she has spent more than $500 on repairs to her car and tires from the damaged roads. 3 i just really want the problem fixed. i just don't understand how we can be taxed as i said before as citizens and not have anything done. ijust feel like no one is responding back to you. after our story airedwe learned that the road had been scheduled to be resurfaced this year and crews will be out this morning starting at 10am to begin the repairs.so if you are traveling that area... be prepared for slow going. 3 monday night....lexington mayor steve macdougall gave the state of the town address. the mayor began his speech thanking the town staff for their efforts during the october flood.he then focused on the town's growth.according to the mayor - since july ...70 million dollars in new construction has been approved for upgrades within the town...that's 35 percent

year.and that growth has made traffic solutions a number one priority - implementing computerized traffic signals that adapt over time. 3 "the most anticipated project of 2016 is our continued improvements to eliminate traffic congestion. we will be the first municipality in the state to implement this new technology at all traffic intersections in town." 3 the mayor said they project to permit the construction of 160 new homes within the town.last year that number was 112. 3 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 to hear an explanation of these results at a public drop-in.the drop-in will take place from ten a-m until two p-m in the mayor's conference

3 the central carolina community foundation is bringing ny times financial columnist ron lieber to columbia today to give some parenting advice.the best selling author will discuss his new book, the opposite of spoiled: raising kids who are grounded, generous and smart about money.lieber will focus on how to talk to your kids about money.the public event will begin at seven p-m at the katie and irwin kahn jewish community center on flora drive. 3 benedict college will celebrate black history month today at eleven a-m.today's event "no greater faith" will feature family members and survivors of the emanuel a-m-e church shooting.they will share their stories and honor the impact of african americans througout u-s history.the college will continue to host events and activities througout the month of february.the event is free and open to the public.it will take place at antisdel chapel on the benedict college campus.

3 a california man is thanking his lucky stars this morning after winning super bowl tickets...but it's the unusal way he won that's got people

3 3 chat 3 and the only place to watch super bowl 50 is right here on wltx on february 7th.also the day before there's a special honoring the best player and

a show called n-f-l honors. it's starts at 9 p-m february 6-th. 3 all eyes are on the famous groundhog--punxsutawney phil. how accurate has he been in predicting the weather? we'll explain next. a snowboarding toddler is taking the internet by storm. meet him in what's brewing. 3 but first...meterologist efren afante has your full forecast and whether we'll see spring like temperatures again...stay with us

the son of a polish immigrant who grew up in a brooklyn tenement. he went to public schools, then college, where the work of his life began -- fighting injustice and inequality, speaking truth to power. he moved to vermont, won election and praise as one of america's best mayors. in congress, he stood up for working families and for principle, opposing the iraq war, supporting veterans. now he's taking on wall street and a corrupt political system funded by over two and a half million contributions, tackling climate change to create clean-energy jobs, fighting for living wages, equal pay, and tuition-free public colleges.

and they want real change! [ cheers and applause ] bernie sanders -- husband, father, grandfather, an honest leader building a movement with you to give us a future to believe in.

3 today is groundhog day and that means the famous punxsutawney phil will predict if we're in for 6 more weeks of winter. in honor of mr.phil we wanted to give you

groundhog. the first... groundhog day stems from candlemas, an ancient european celebration midway between winter solstice and spring equinox number 2...germans believed if a *hedgehog* saw its shadow on candlemas, there would be six more weeks of bad weather.number 3... german settlers brought the tradition to punxsutawney, pennsylvania and adapted it to groundhogs. fourth ... in 1886, the punxsutawney groundhog club declared their local groundhog to be the only true weather- predicting groundhog.and fifth... he's not very reliable...in the last 30 years, he's been right less

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3 if you went to the donald trump rally in lexington county last week.. .you would have heard trump enter the room to adele's hit song... rolling in the deep.turns out he has been using her music at several campaign stops..but doesn't have her permisison. today a spokesperson says...dele has not given permission for her music to be used for any political campaigning.ut when asked if she would send a cease and

had no further comment. 3 chat 3 3 surfers are known for hanging ten but one surfer had some people holding their breathes. the video is now viral... with millions of views. it shows surfer tom dosland free-falling 40 feet as an enormous wave caught him. the terrifying free fall left him with only a stiff neck and a

says... it looked like a sea monster rising out of 3 the ocean 3 behind him. chat 3 3 if you need a little pick me up this morning...you're going to see the cutest rendition you've ever seen of the a-b- c's in your life. we're going to start with 's" but

is from alabama. he has dn syndrome and he has worked hard to learn the alphabet. this is the moment when it all came together. chat 3 3 sticking with kids learning how to do something...it's never too early to teach a baby how to snowboard..or at least that's baby sloan's motto.she's only 14 months old! as a treat for learning how to walk ... her dad took her snowboarding in park city, utah ... pacifier and all. he says he bought her the smallest snowboard on the market, but still had to make modifications so she could properly shred on the slopes.

one year olds everywhere.chat3 3 ahead atat:30... what happened in iowa while you were sleeping.the results from the iowa caucus, plus the latest on the campaign schedule as the candidates make a push

what's america's best-selling brand of trucks? you're in for a big surprise, pal. actually, you're not. it's ford f-series, again. and, it wasn't even close. same trucks that have been leading the industry for 39 straight years. why? game changin' innovation. like f-150's high-strength, military-grade aluminum alloy. which helps make it stronger, more capable and more efficient than ever. innovation. it's why f-series is making

3 the focus of the 2016 presidential campaign now shifts to new hampshire...foll owing last night's iowa 3 caucuses.iowa voters handed a huge victory to ted cruz over republican frontrunner, donald trump.votes are still be counted in the neck and neck race between hillary clinton and bernie sanders. 3 last night's caucus is only the beginning of the run up to the election ... the month of february is filled with presidential events.next week ... february ninth new hampshire will host it's primary.then on february 20-th nevada has it's democratic caucuses ... that same day the south carolina republican primary takes place.three days later the g-o-p will have its nevada caucuses.and finally on february 27-th is the south carolina primary for the democrats.and news 19 is on your side with special

covering debates and leading up to the south carolina primaries. 3 3 meanwhile...today gop hopeful ted cruz will be campaigning in the upstate.he is speaking to supporters at the td convention center in greenville.the event starts at 7 and is free and open to the public however seating is limited. 3 on friday... donald trump will be in florence.he'll be hosting a campaign rally at the florence civic center from 7pm until 9.the event is free and open to the public. 3 on the democratic side....former president bill clinton will be in columbia tomorrow to rally support for his wife hillary clinton.the rally is taking place at 6pm at allen university.the event is free and open to the public however space is limited.

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december.he's 48 year old billy ray huskey.he's was arrested for ill treatment to animals.a group of women were riding horses at carolina adventure world in winnsboro when they found the puppy under a bush on december 13th. they were able to get it to the fairfield animal hospital where they say his wounds show that he was tied to a vehicle on purpose.the dog, now named emanuel is still recovering. 3 the judge in the tucker hipps legal case has issued an order consolidating the two lawsuits the family had filed. the family had filed two sutis that were extremely similiary except ... one was a wrongful damages for the family's loss both seek 25 million from the defendants which are three members of sigma phi epsilon ... the national and local chapter of the fraternity and clemson university.hipps was a clemson sophmore whose body was found in lake hartwell after a morning run with members of a fraternity he was pledging for.the lawsuits

to walk a narrow railing on the bridge over the lake by fraternity members.they deny seeing hipps fall and the university and fraternity deny responsibility for his death. there have not been any criminal charges filed in this case. 3 a kingstree woman is behind bars accused of killing her son over the weekend.65 year old phyllis owens is charged with murder in the shooting death of 30 year old george mixon the third.officers say on saturday night, they got a call of a shooting at a home on hemington highway. when they went inside, they found mixon's body on the living room floor with a gunshot wound to the chest.deputies have not yet released a motive in the crime. 3 there's word this morning that charleston's mother emanuel ame church has been nominated for the nobel peace prize......the reason......forgiveness.back on june 17th....9 people were shot and killed inside the historic church....including the pastor... who was also a state lawmaker.days later.....family members of the dead forgave accused shooter dylann roof.well

illinois lawmakers submitted the nomination....saying the forgiveness shown by the church and their members....could inspire the world.the winner of the 2016 nobel peace prize will be announced in october. 3 3 a community group in winnsboro is fighting to keep an old school building from being demolished... wever...town leaders say it an eyesore and a danger to the community. news 19 janae frazier has the details. 3 pelham lyles 46:20 "we e hoping that the town will extend that deadline to a logical amount of time." pelham lyles is a part of the group friends of the mount zion institute or fomzi for short... and shares the group's passion to keep mount zion institute from being demolished.... pelham lyles 43:51 ....we e lost walmart, we e lost all these businesses, we feel the town can come back using a cultural focus point, 44:01 whether it performing arts or whether it a combination, a ywca, a ymca, there so many potentials for the building, it in bad shape, but it not in irreparable shape. 44:17 she attended and taught at the now vacant school/// back in the late 1700s during the revolutionary war charles cornwallis had his soldiers camp out at the school's site.... pelham lyles , friends of mt. zion institute-- and if you look at the old drawings of the town, the school is featured as the most important part of the town so they knew that the town would develop around culture, 43:51 despite it's rich history... the building

20 years... with numerous failed attempts to renovate it.. roger gaddy: 12:58 i appreciate all of the hard work that fomzi has done in try to salvage the buildings, they e worked hard, winnsboro mayor roger gaddy says town council gave fomzi a deadline to have a concrete plan in place... the deadline has passed and no plan is set... so gaddy says it's time to demolish the building... roger gaddy: ....", it an eye sore to the neighbors, it an unsafe building and concern is with this building being unsafe structurally sosod, that our responsibility is to the town, that we e got to do something definitive to threat. 13:29 members of fomzi are still trying to get private developers to come in and renovate the old school to be a cultural space for the community.... they say they won't give up on the school they love so much.... pelham lyles : if it gone, we feel mt. zion will be gone 44:54

3 3 the group estimates the renovation costs will be more than 4 milllln dollars.... the mayor says the demolition of the building to turn it into a park will cost just a little more than 100-thousand dollars..group members say a developer is interested in the property.they will discuss future steps at town council's next meeting on february 15... 3 3 a new study finds radiation after surgery improves survival for women with ductal carcinoma in situ. researchers in boston looked at thousands of women who had the non- invasive form of breast cancer. they found women who had a higher chance of recurrence, based on their age and tumor size, lowered their risk of dying by nearly 70 percent if they had radiation in addition to surgery. women with a low chance of recurrence did not see a benefit to radiation 3 women who have high blood pressure late in pregnancy are significantly more likely to

stillborn babies. the study is in the american heart association journal, ypertension.researchers say women who experienced the biggest rise in their blood pressure were more than twice as likely to deliver a small baby. 3 young adults who get easily stressed are at greater risk of developing high blood pressure later in life. researchers in sweden also found men who had a low tolerance for stress and were overweight were three times more likely to develop high blood pressure. 3 an emotional reunion in arizona. heather clark was able to hear her son's heartbeat again for the first time in nearly three years. clark's 7-month-old son, lukas, died suddenly in 2013. a few days ago, clark met the little girl whose life was saved by lukas' donanad heart. don champion reports

3 right now, more than 122,000 people in the u.s. are waiting for a lifesaving organ transplant. last year, more than 30,000 transplants were performed in the u.s. you can sign up to share life

donation at registerme.org3 chat 3 before 6- am we'll tell you how you can play fairy godmother-making a local girls prom dreams come true. the countdown is on for super bowl 50. why one panthers fan says he's the good luck charm the team need's to win the big game. 3 plus, warmer weather is here. meteorologist efren

these spring like temperatures will stick around. 3 we're just 5 days away from superbowl 50 and many fans are gearing up to cheer on the carolina panthers. including one north carolina man who says he *has* to get to the superbowl. it's all because says he's their good luck charm. here's his story. 3 to:0:58duration: 0:58***pkg***

never seen the panthers lose."he was at bank of america stadium fofothe last two panthers playoff games that since i'm 11 and 0, i'm their good luck charm."and his every time something good happens they rub my head we brought the good luck boys!"so in-person panthers streak -- gary's got big plans. "12:35:00 oh yeah, somebody's got to get me to the super

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(donkey sound) (elephant sound) there's a big difference between making noise, (tapping sound) and making sense. (elephant sound) (donkey sound) when it comes to social security, we need more than lip service. our next president needs a real plan to keep social security strong. (elephant noise) hey candidates. enough talk.

3 a reminder that you still have to to donate gently worn prom dresses ... to help those that might not otherwise be

the 15-th annual cinderell project put on by the s-c bar you lawyers division and the alpha kappa alpha sorority there are several locations to drop off a dress including the news 19 studio.you have until february 24-th in columbia and march 9-th in orangeburg to turn in the dresses.we have all the locations listed on our website at w-l-t-x dot com. 3 the nominations are out for this year country music awards and the coen brothers have fun with their latest film. suzanne marques has more in your eye on entertainment.

3 3 major developments in campaign 2016.. what you missed while you were sleeping. we break down the winners and losers, the race that's too close to call and what it all means for south carolina when you join us for news 19 this morning at