we will talk about the weekend and next week, coming up. allyson: thank you, dale. you heard they'll say, it could be a wet morning for the roads. be careful as you go out the door. officers are investigating a shooting in clinton. clinton public safety officials tell us that a number of people were injured. it happened last night near north broad street. no word on how many or the extent. but officials do not believed any suffered life-threatening injuries. this time, no suspect has been arrested. geoff: an upstate mother is in boyfriend was charged with stepping on her baby daughter. leroy morris faces several charges, including unlawful conduct toward a child. officers say he lives with whitney barnwell. yesterday, officers filed judge denied bond for leroy morris. the mother's bond was set at $75,000. right now, the child is at the greenville health system.

allyson: in horry county, the cause of death of baby grace cruz has officially been ruled a drowning. as you may remember, her body was found in a creek in socastee her mother claimed she lost her in the rushing creek water. a deputy coroner ruled the manner of death was homicide. sarah toney was charged with homicide by child abuse. bond was denied. police in hendersonville say four people are facing charges in connection with the death of a man found alongside a road. police say 24-year-old shawn hernandez face accessory after the fact charges. yesterday police charged 23-year-old shawn hollifield and 20-year-old savannah walker with murder. police say they found 28-year-old deque taylor's body on 9th avenue on december 3. geoff: three people are in custody this morning following a police chase in anderson. sky 4 flew over the crash scene yesterday, where the chase ended along i-85 at 27. police said the chase started on

this is when officers spotted a car that was reported stolen in travelers rest. the driver faces multiple charges, including receiving stolen goods. the passengers face charges of receiving stolen goods. allyson: a longtime south carolina senator has died, according to the anderson county legislative delegation. senator billy o'dell died in his sleep. the greenwood county coroner believes he died due to heart related issues. he was a businessman who had served as a rereblican in the south carolina senate since 1989. o'dell served district 4 in abbeville, anderson and greenwood counties. o'dell was the chairman of the general committee. he was also the ceo of o'dell corporation incorporated. governor nikki haley also released a statement on o'dell's passing. it reads in part, quote, we are forever grateful for his surface. -- for his service.

up senator o'dell's wife, gail, and his family, friends and constituents during this difficult time. he made south carolina a better place. geoff: nikki haley is laying out a plan to help fight domestic violence in south carolina. she said she is giving her task force more time to deal with the issue. she also is looking at how domestic violence cases are prosecuted in the state. >> in my executive budget we are putting $19 million, which will take away domestic violence cases from officers and assign them to prosecutors. we are going to add 144 new prosecutors and put three new judges into the circuit court. we will have more money in a therefore public defenders. allyson: clemson university is cleaning up tillman hall after it was tagged with graffiti, once again.

joins us live from clemson with more. aly: it is a much different scene from what we saw yesterday. they have removed graffiti from that area. they have put up those signs. they have been covering up that graffiti. they say someone spray-painted messages on the building against the man it is named after. this video shows the messages painted on the building. they call for the university to rename the halaland stop honoring ben tillman. he was a white supremacist, which has stirred up a lot of debate on the campus. the building was also vandalized in july, the same week the confederate flag was removed from the statehouse grounds. >> i suppose it is unfortunate that course of action. aly: the university spokesperson says they hope this crime doesn't take away from efforts to tell the school's full history.

responsible. again, you will see signs that were put up to support the football team. the national championship game is happening this morning. the athletics department invites you to help send off the players to arizona. the gathering starts at 11:45 and the buses will be loaded and on their way by 12:30 two the national title. geoff: i am assuming there will be a big crowd there this morning. we are hoping they will pull it off monday night. allyson: will they be standing in the rain? dale: we will see another chance of showers tomorrow. a quick look out from our skycam network. we have light rain falling. watch out for slippery roads.

parts of newberry county and western north carolina, as well as northeastern georgia. all of this is part of a cool front that will sweep through this morning until 1:00. and another low is developing in the gulf and will hit us tomorrow morning and continue through the day saturday. temperatures range from greenville and a aerson both at 46. let's check on communities in the western part of the upstate. 46 and pickens. 45 in piedmont. temperatures for this time of the year are fairly mild for overnight lows. daytime highs will be held back because of the clouds and just reached the upper 40's. d we have a light breeze out of the north at 6-10. here is a quick look ahead. we've another round of rain. a 70%-80% chance of showers on saturday. monday, tuesday, and wednesday

with daytime highs for the mountains just 38. degrees. >> there are days i tell them not to sit down because they have so much energy. geoff: this week's golden apple winner teaches an all-boys third grade class. how he says he's getting great results. allyson: and a look outside from our anderson county skycam. construction and wet roads good

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allyson: this week's golden apple winner was asked last year to take on an all boys second grade class. geoff: it went so well, he agreed to move up to third grade to teach the boys again. here's how he's getting great results. dressed for success, welcome to bowtie thursday in the third grade class. >> they have gotten many compliments about being snazzy. >> the boys feel smarter when they are wearing these dress shirts and bowties. geoff: it is one of mr. rowland's strategies to get the best from his class. it is an active, learning, and moving environment. >> thinking outside the box may not always be tied to the

it. geoff: the shirts and bowties were donated to the class. >> and has increased their reading. boys don't like to sit still much. geoff: to keep distraction at a minimum, bungee cords across the bottom of their chairs. and these white boards allow for more interaction. especially with math. and the socks make the cleanup fun too. >> what is one we have learned about? gegef: tracy says he has really helped her son. >> the igneous rock, very good. geoff: with anger and learningng issues. >> seeing those changes is really making me feel like i am

a teacher, but as a friend. geoff: he is cap into the kids' guide to being awesome. >> i know my heart is in it and i would do anything for any of those boys. geoff: parker rowland, letting boys be boys and boy, are they learning. his classroom is incredible. and they are so calm. they are so calm! allyson: i like that bungee cord idea. i might put that in my house. geoff: you can nominate a favorite teacher of your own. allyson: pick up an application at any ingles store. "star wars" is making records again. dale: take a look at the wet roads in laurens.

we will talk about the rain in a few minutes. i get out of work and i go to the store, and somebody's, smellin' around, "mmm! i smell cookies." i say, "oh no, you just smell me. i just got out of work. that's honey bunches of oats, that's all."

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dale: good morning, 5:16 is the time and we have a good bit of rain falling. watch out for slippery roads. across northeastern georgia and western north carolina, about 5050of the area will see rain today. you can see the direction this is working its way and. it is working its way to the east and is connected to a low and the great lakes. another low developing in the gulf of mexico will spread another wave of rain tomorrow through saturday afternoon. 41 in asheville. 46 in greenville. 52 in elberton. we will see temperatures today just get up to about 50 degrees in the afternoon. clouds will keep the temperatures from getting as warm as they did yesterday.

our high today. lunchtime today and then, we have another wave of showers tomorrow. most of the country will be cold, but we will be right around 50 four afternoon highs. most of the shower activity tapers off to isolated showers. not see much better than 50 degrees for a high today. we have upper 40's by 2:00 this afternoon. the mountains will do the same. we will see a climb to the upper 40's for the afternoon. looking ahead, tomorrow has highs from 49-51 again. we have an 80% chance of showers in the upstate and a 70% chance in the mountains. the mountains will see a little more action early sunday morning. the upstate clears up sunday

we have cooler temperatures behind this system. we have cold mornings and cold days in the upper 30's to mid 40's on monday. allyson: thank you, dale. dabo swinney's brother tripp was arrested in florida. news herald, the arrest happened tuesday. the report says tripp swinney is accused of harassing and cyberstalking his estranged wife. dabo addressed the matter following yesterday's last home practice. >> he is almost 50 years old and one thing i learned a long time ago is you can't change people. people have to want to change and want to do the right things. unfortunately, he has had a long history of not doing the right things, but i love him. he is my brother. i have tried to do everything i can to be a good brother and help him. that is his life. he has decisions he has made. allyson: you can find the entire

more cases of vandalism. there are seven or eight cases damage. three of those cases involved houses less than a mile from the rocky creek missionary baptist church. the owners say, they had car windows shot out the same morning as the church had its windows shot out of its vans and it's daycare doors. two other churches also reported window damage. the church members we spoke to say, they are forgiving but want justice. and the e ighbors tell us they take this threat very seriously. >> i think the police should take this seriously and do everything they can and use all these people to justice. allyson: he says he looks to have his truck repaired in the next couple days. he says he's only had it for about a year. geoff: with the south carolina primary about six week away, the greenville tea party is gearing up for a busy political year. members of the group met in

the tea party doesn't endorse candidates, but tells it's members what to evaluate. donald trump and ted cruz are favored by more than half of the republicans. many at this gathering were still trying to decide. allyson: today, donald trump will be in rock hill, south carolina. meanwhile, former florida governor jeb bush will also be in south carolina. he will be in pendleton. the first primary voting starts in 24 days. geoff: when it comes to voting in south carolina, we can learn a lot from elections of the in the last two primaries, the largest segment of voters were people 45 to 64-years-old. that block of people, cast 44% of all votes in the state. compare that to the youngest segment of voters, ages 18-24. they cast fewer than 5% of votes. white voters outnumbered non-white voters more than two to one in the last two primaries. even so, there is far less interest in primary elections. only 20% of voters, both

showing up at the polls. experts say knowing the age and backgrounds of likely voters, helps candidates shape their political messages. >> you will notice that a lot of the issues that the candidates talk about are primarily aimed at middle-aged and older people. and so, the candidates talk to issues of the people they think are going to go vote. geoff: she says candidates who fall behind in the polls often target people with a poor track record of voting, hoping to mobilize those voters on election day. allyson: restaurant week south carolina is once again underway here in the upstate. some of the best and most popular restaurants are offering hohodeals for lunch and dinner over the next 11 days. the event has also grown to include a hotel stay. >> we have 43 restaurants that have signed up this year. that's up from 28 last year. it started out six years ago at

allyson: to see the entire list of the participating restaurants and the deals they are offering ,, visit wyff4.com. the university of south carolina has a chance to turn a dream into a reality. with the tiger band, it is time to make some memories. geoff: 384 tiger band of students, staff, cheerleaders, and the mascot will go to the arizona saturday game. randy jones remembers the last national championship he played the trumpet for the tiger band that season. his advice is to enjoy it. >> this is something they will remember forever. geoff: the band will have a couple more rehearsals before boarding two charter jets at gsp loaded with luggage, instruments , and all of their equipment. allyson: our sports team has arrived in arizona and will bring you coverage of the lead up to the national game. we'll have our hour-long special

we'll be live from the university of phoenix stadium with evevething you need to know. geoff: it is time to look at our timeline on january 8. on this day in 1935, elvis aaron presley was born in tupelo, mississippi. elvis grew up in a poor and religious household and developed an interest in singing and music. allyson: he became one of the country's greatest entertainers and superstars. his popularity and legacy still

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>> now, your live super doppler 4 hd forecast. dale: just getting up? we have showers over the area this morning. light rain for the most part. abbeville nonoseen too much in the way of rain but parts of the upstate, 385, i-80 five travel, you'll run into rain. this will continue into early

off. another wave of showers will come our way tomorrow. greenville-spartanburg-anderson will go to 50 for a high and cloudy for the ride home. a rain jacket may be a good idea this morning. 36 in the mountains early will climb to 50 for the afternoon. time for dale's school salute at six mile elementary school. first graders in mrs. atcheson's class spent this week learning about new years and the chinese new year. they partnered with the rainbow garden chinese restaurant in seneca. the students experienced chinese food, used chopsticks, learned some chinese words and had a chinese paper lantern parade. geoff: sounds like fun. great shot. in this morning's buzz, it was just a matter of time. allyson: "star wars: the force awakens" has become the highest grossing domestic movie of all time. geoff: according to disney, the movie earned enough at the box

"avatar's" $760.5 million lifetime gross. the number one title comes after just 20 days. allyson: both "avatar" and "star wars" have earned some $1.6 billion globally. "star wars" could take the number one global title when it opens in china on saturday. geoff: expect that to happen. allyson: you say it is good. geoff: it was good and everybody i spoke to thought it was great. a great job. a lot of pressure. allyson: we have been watching the ones leading up and my son has a good time with that. geoff: it was also nice because i know it is pg-13, but it is not like you see people getting shot. it is "star wars." my 10-year-old son absolutely loved it. dale: i have not seen it, but i want to. allyson: news four today continues right now.

[captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] allyson: new this morning, the anderson county bomb squad has declared a device safe after an upstate bomb threat. according to the anderson county sheriff's office, the bomb squad was called to a home last night after a man barricaded himself inside and indicated he had a bomb. the device was located and declared safe by the bomb squad. according to the sheriff's office, a k-9 was sent in after him. the man is now in the hospital being treated for a dog bite. geoff: today is a sendoff for the orange bowl champions. when and where. allyson: south carolina governor nikki haley lays out a plan to fight domestic violence. geoff: great to have you with us. we are talking about rain.