tv News 19 11 CBS February 9, 2016 1:37am-2:07am EST
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good evening. overturned tractor-trailer caused major traffic problems tonight for driver in lexington county. >> this is near mile marker 118. >> reporter: right around mile marker 118. we are right here under the overpass and as you can see, the tractor-trailer overturned but i 26th eastbound and westbound are now open. they are slowly letting traffic through. it seems as if crews have contained the tractor-trailer
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a major traffic jam for miles. we rerouted all the way around to get under the overpass but slowly but surely the tractor- trailers are moving on the i 26 westbound and a little later on they opened up eastbound. the tractor-trailer right there and the other trailers are passing by slowly. crews seem to have it contained, but for now traffic will be moving slowly but surely. until then, sending it back to you. >> before you leave, you have any idea what led up to the accident and was the driver of the tractor-trailer hurt? >> as of right now, we do not know. i spoke to a couple of officers
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a lot of these officers are here to help contain traffic. we will keep you updated. the chester county one person was killed and another her today after a hit-and-run on i 77. it happened about 20 miles south of raquel between the richburg and grateful exits. troopers say a 2000 ford explorer and a tractor-trailer were traveling north when the truck hit the ford in the rear flipped it killing the passenger in the suv. the driver of the ford is a 36- year-old orangeburg man who was hospitalized wi injuries. the driver of the 18 wheeler simply kept going. troopers say the 18 wheeler is purple and caller and it should have some front end damage. if you have any information on
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called 1-888-crime-sc. the clouds of the afternoon have moved out and it's mostly clear right now and a bit chilly. it's 37 degrees and winds from the west essex miles per hour which is producing a wind chill of 32 degrees. tonight we expect mostly clear skies with a low of 33 degrees. we will start out sunny but we do expect to see some clouds in the afternoon with high temperature of 45 degrees. it will be chilly this week and we will look at the forecast in a minute. people in waynesboro got a chance to voice their opinions on what they want to see change in fairfield county. >> loren thomas was there. >> reporter: we are anticipating changes in the near future. tonight they held a first of for community meetings for
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development master plan series. back in the fall, the county asked a firm to take a look at areas that needed improvement. the firm that with residents to explain what they found and to get input. >> i wish more citizens had shown up because it is important. took residents were happy to give their input on areas they felt needed improvement. >> we need water and a water source. >> citizens are reaching out for some solutions. our county only has one grocery store. >> one urban planner says there are many ways they can show improvement. >> there's the trail system in the state park system.
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you want to have the catalyst projects that you can build quickly so people can see change. >> this development plan is for a 15 to 20-year-old timeline. they plan to see changes in the next five years. the developers are also planning on meeting with residents on tuesday night at the mccoury elementary school in player. -- player -- blair.. the south carolina state university is remembering a student who died at the hands of the south carolina highway patrol back in the late 1960s. 40 years ago on february 8 students at the university gathered to protest the segregation of the bowling lanes. officers shot it to that crowd
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three and injuring 28. today a program was held to remember those who lost their lives. the keynote speakers spoke. >> two years ago he offered an apology. the state of south carolina has never had an investigation into the circumstances of what happened. at least one of the officers still maintains that he did the right thing. those are the things that i feel kind of left of wound on our state. >> the families of samuel hammond jr. and the others the candles for them. the theme was social change. lots of eyes on new
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make a final push to attract voters. the latest polls there should donald trump leading republicans with ted cruz marco rubio jeb bush and john kasich locked in a fierce battle for second. on the democratic side, bernie sanders is ahead of hillary clinton by clinton is said to be closing the gap. many of the gop candidates are making their way to the palmetto state after new hampshire. donald trump and marco rubio have events planned for wednesday. rubio is also visiting columbia that day. on wednesday john kasich and jeb bush and chris christie have events in the low country. republican candidates will meet in greenville on saturday night. lots of details still unknown
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we do know it starts at 9 pm. you can watch the entire debate right here. the local fire department is getting more resources to help them perform swift water rescues. swiftwater rescue training is in columbia. 10 additional firefighters are set to get this training. it all comes after the team that with the october floods. at that time nearly had six people trained. they had to work 36 straight hours. the city of columbia is looking to help small businesses affected by the flood. the office of business opportunity is launching the small business disaster program. in order to qualify, you have to be in columbia have applied for fema assistance be in business for at least two
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your eligible for loans up to $10,000. the one small business in columbia dedicated to helping cancer survivors also runs a nonprofit. tomorrow is the annual gala at 6 pm. since 2008 the society has been helping hundreds of patients get free compression garments mastectomy bras and camisoles and wakes. 100 percent of the $25 ticket price will go to help patients who cannot afford the things they need to recover. i will be hosting the event and i'm excited. many may not know this, but our major goal discovery happened right here. >> is pretty amazing.
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history that is making a return. >> let's start with the trip back in time in the 1830s years before the california gold rush started there were more than 100 gold mines just here in south carolina. many of them have been untouched for decades. one of the largest ones is reopening. >> in the small county of lancaster south carolina since the quiet town of kershaw a town that was long ago anything but quiet. at the epicenter of a national gold rush. >> at one point in time the goldmine was the largest mine in the united states. it has not been active since before world war ii. there may be a few old-timers that remember that, but we have two generations since the never been around it.
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>> geologist says franklin roosevelt shut the mine down during the war so americans could focus on warfare industry. the mine site stayed mostly quiet after that. >> they are reopening of mind in a sense has been in operation off and on since 1827. >> they recently got the go- ahead to start money again after all of these years. >> you will see housing and hotels and restaurants growing in this area. it's an opportunity for the people of kershaw and the surrounding area. >> across the street, a tiny white cottage where lifelong resident runs her event. >> it's a nice town. it's a town where you still see people walking the sidewalks and children playing in the front yards. >> all those she loves the charm, it's where she raised her kids she's not worried
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>> i know ople who are hiring for jobs. >> it's almost been too quiet here since textile giant left in 1996. >> we need more business in our area. we don't have any industry. this is an opportunity. >> it won't and here. >> this is what everyone will watch. if they're successful, i think the people will say this can be a good thing. >> if it's a success we might see even more mines reopened. >> i think if this one is possible they will find a way to make these others. >> a multimillion dollar cleanup from the mine is stamped into history.
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>> the cyanide used in mining will be neutralized and recycled. all we can do is watch and see how cold takes hold in our backyard. >> if everybody works to gather panola panics, i think it caca be a good thing. >> the president of the goldmine tells us economic impacts to lancaster county will be about $780 million of about 15 years. 85 percent of their employees come from an area within 50
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has to be wide enough for the reflection to occur behind that. >> i've seen a golf course and lamarr? >> excellent. thank you for that picture. >> we had rain moved to the area but now the cold air comes in. we warmed up ahead of the front and we gogoup into the low 60s and that's as warm as we will see for at least another week. charleston was 62 degrees. the rain came through and tonight we cooled off at 37 degrees in columbia. we had light winds and it will
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the front is clearing the coast and the rain has moved out. we see some clearing taking place in the mid-lands but we have more clout >> to the west. this is the result of -- clouds back to the west. the storm system is up over the eastern great lakes. tomorrow some of those clouds will be coming to our area but we are not expecting any precipitation. we will start off with sunshine and the afternoon we will see the clouds come in and that they will clear out tomorrow night. wednesday this time it will be mostly sunny but still cold. here are temperatures for
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temperatures in the mid-40s. our forecast for the next seven days still windy through wednesday with a high tempmpature of 47 degrees. thursday we will see a loaf 23 with a high of 47. another cold front will come through the area on friday night. by the time we get to sunday a low of 24 degrees with a high of 43 degrees.
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degrees. women's college basketball tonight. before the game to the most successful coaches in the game they won the last the national titers -- titles. it was a sellt crowd. they get stewart in the air she was at the jumper nice touch there. three-quarter shot the other night finds a wide-open line she did of nine rebounds.
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nice moved on to the bucket and she finishes with the screw. kilobyte at the break 35-25. she had 13 points which tied for the team high. check out the move waiting for mitchell to go by she gets it in plus the fell she had 16. uconn led for most 30 minutes check out store from downtown. asia wilson was injured earlier comes back gets past stewart for the bucket. asia had 13 points. stewart hitting again another triple. uconn 19 and three 19 and 360 straight win gamecocks lose 66-
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we have a great fan base here. people are lined up from here to atlanta. we couldn't get in. guys were standing in line. we ask one guy to get out. it was unbelievable. >> more college it's for you. clemson hosting notre dame and the tigers coming off a disappointing loss at virginia tech. raised in -- lays it in. career-high 30 tonight. clemson not able to get it done
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frank martin's god has a long week ahead of them and then kentucky on saturday. the winner of the tigers did the gamecocks the edge. frank mart met with the media he says his guys are aware of what the stakes are. practice. our players know that. 20 years ago you could omit certain things but everyone in this room will put something on
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-- we are next put a satellite in stable orbit. the newest one circling the earth at 300 miles in a north/south orbit that took it over the super bowl an hour after the game ended. shortly before the game, president obama told gayle king of "cbs miss morning." the launch one more reason to be worried. >> it is provocative, violated
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produced nuclear weapons now trying to perfect their missile launch. >> reporter: the three stage rocket carrying the satellite launched saturday night from north korea space launch facility seen flying south over water never posing a threat to the united states which had missile defense system on alert just in case. the satellite is roughly the same size as a nuclear warhead. when combined with last month's underground nuclear explosion, north korea seems slowly but surely developing a long-range missile that could hit the u.s. with a nuclear weapon. u.s. and south korea immediately announced they would begin talks on sending a new missile defense system to the peninsula. in effect adding another layer to missile defenses already deployed to protect south korea. the white house said the u.s. and allies would level additional sanctions against a country that is already in economic basket case. but so far, scott, nothing succeeded in convincing north korea to give up its nuclear
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