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abbeville, anderson, and greenwood counties. he was 77 years old. governor nikki haley has issued a statement today, reading "for , more than 25 years, senator billy o'dell worked tirelessly for the people of his district and the state, and we are forever grateful for his service." carol: turning to the weather now, a chilly started the day, but it got warmer. john: looks like it, but not until after midnight. this evening, you will be in good shape. clouds are already streaming in quickly from the southwest. a nice warm-up ahead of the storm system. the warm front remains to the southwest. we had up to 60, even low 60's in greenwood, abbeville, and elberton. still pretty chilly through the mountains. temperature-wise, 39 -- 39 in boone. the precipitation comes in late tonight. in the high peaks and north carolina, it may start off as a light winter mix. it will go over to cold rain. the rest of us will see rain. temperature is mainly in the 50's across most of the areas, 39. more about the storm system and later on. facing charges, after a man is a

you might need a late jacket. 57 in anderson. 60 in abbeville. currently 67 degrees in alberton. warmth coming up from the south. it will be even warmer tomorrow. we have some winds coming out of the south in the mountains and upstate at 5-10 mile per hour. they will come down as the sun goes down.lows only falling into the upper 30's and 40's areawide. a warmer than usual night. it will be cool to start tomorrow at 40 degrees, warming up nicely into the lower 60's. some areas, especially towards greenwood and abbeville, close to 70 degrees tomorrow.41 the torture at 8:00 in spartanburg. -- the temperature at 8:00 in spartanburg. as the date goes on, you will notice a few extra clouds. in asheville, partly cloudy skies with a high near 60. lower 50'we will be 10 degrees above normal tomorrow. 56 the high in asheville. 64 in greenville. 66 in abbeville. we are tracking some changes moving into our the area. the first will be the clouds. high clouds moving in by the daytime. by the evening, cloudy skies will take over. a weak front is trying to move through monday, but it stalls ou

abbeville, 44. the same in greenville. clemson, 40 degrees. not too bad weather temperatures would be in the 20's across western north carolina. look at our camera bouncing about. you will notice, the breeze picks up today and the clouds will increase later on. very pleasant. the winds this morning, now up to 10 in spartanburg. that will tap into the clouds. a little more moisture coming in. dew point temperatures yesterday were in the teens. time to check out the temperatures for the last week 65, greenwood. upper 50's to right around 60 degrees in franklin and nashville, h hendersonville. clouds that ginny thickenins thickening. these are not the rainmakers. those are not too far awmyra: thank you. police are investigating an overnight shooting at a bojangles restaurant off butler road. officals say the shooting happened around 9:00 last night. one person was killed in the shooting and two more were hospitalized with gunshot wounds. officers also say there are at least two suspects involved in the shooting, but have not released the names or

"the big issue will be abbeville. it will be an accountability system we will hold all schools and districts accountable to." say they haven't given up hope on a new reform bill- but the massive ethics bill proposed last year has not been revived. ww wis news 10 . the legislative session for 2016 officially begins january 12th. the new year brings new tax breaks in south carolina. under laws passed in the 2015 legislative session and in effect as of yesterday, aircraft parts and supplies are now sales tax exempt. so are some construction supplies and children's clothing. but those supplies and clothing are only tax exempt if they're being purchased by families considered "in need." also officially goingn the books is a law requiring the use of electronic death certificates for south carolina doctors and funeral home directors. lawmakers passed this bill during the 2015 it requires doctors to file an electronic death certificate within five days of declaring someone dead. the law imposes penalties for doctors who don't

out to work and school this morning, it to upper 40's in the upstate, 50 laurens, greenwood and abbeville. we are looking at temperatures of 50 and do west so a nice start for the day. it is usually 20's and 30's overnight, but the clom getting as cold. upper 30's in the mountains and it will feel cooler with the breeze. a jacket a good idea as you head up to work and school. looks like the rain will be coming to an end. we will talk about warmer days and the snow related deadline has passed for property owners allyson: they have two options, shoveled the sidewalk or face a fine.wyff news 4's aly myles joins us live from asheville with more. aly: good morning. we are live in asheville at the corner of montford and chestnut street and there is still a lot of snow. a lot is at my feet on thesideline. the problem is if someone files , a complaint about this type of thing to the city, the property owners could face some fines. the city ordinance requires property owners to shovel the snow on the public sidewalks that run in front of their homes. public works officials say owners have until 48

an abbeville man .. charged with molesting a 3- year-old child... went before a judge today .. deputies say the crime happened at a home daycare - run by the man's wife. today kenneth cooper faced a judge in abbeville county asking for a modification to his home detention. cooper is accused of sexually assaulting a 3-year old attending the daycare. dss says that denise cooper relinquished her registration in august ... just a month after her husband was was charged. the solicitors office says parents the judge will announce tomorrow whether he will allow cooper more freedom from his home detention sentence. a second former upstate officer...faces charges... for misconduct on the job. the one-time...honea path policemen ... are accused of excessive force...while making an arrest ... in november 20- 14. "7 news" reporter krystyne brown... has reaction attorney: ----- "the police chief and the city of honea path did the right thing." months after the honea path police department fired robert shaw... and john bell.. for an excessive force complaint. both are arrested within a week

that's abbeville, anderson and greenwood counties. he was 77-years-old. geoff: commitment 2016, the greenville tea party has put the holiday season behind and is now gearing up for the political season. about 60 members of the group met in downtown greenville last night talking about politics and politicians. the south carolina, first in the south, primary is about six weeks away. the tea party doesn't endorse candidates but tells its members what to evaluate for before voting. donald trump and ted cruz are republicans in the latest polls. many at this gathering are still trying to decide. presidential candidates are campaigning hard in early voting states with caucuses and primaries on the way. allyson: that includes donald trump. nikole killion joins us. nikole: donald trump comes to the palmetto step -- state after drawing a crowd in vermont. they handed out 20 thousand free tickets for a venue that only seats 1400. weeding out votes if they do not say yes to terms border. donald trump escalates his attacks against the clintons and that includes anthon

if they want to see snow coming down, for many of you in abbeville and greenwood county, getting the heaviest you have seen so far, it might be ok to wake up everyone. decent snow this morning. the storm system itself, the low pressure system that is responsible, is winding through and drawing in the last bit of moisture. the atmosphere is perfect for the big, fluffy snow. we do not have any mixing in the atmosphere. we are continuing to watch it move out of the north and west. it will rotate. snow in columbia with a winter if you are traveling, trying to get out of this mess, you will be in it for a while. very light and home in spartanburg. we have had light snow coming down. that will be off and on for the first part of the day. reflecting all of the lights. temperatures close to 30 right to the clock with the wind picking up. it will be very cold. in asheville, where the wind has stayed calm -- stayed strong, the 23 feels like the single digits because of the northerly wind at 20. on top of the ice and snow on the roads this morning, we do have reduced visibility because blowing

temperatures should be close to normal today. 54, greenwood. 54, abbeville. a lot of cloud across the southeast right now.upper level system moving in. this will send in breezy and cold conditions into the nor38 degrees, greenville. pretty moderate air back towards thcloud cover today clearing out. here comes the cold front for the nort mountains. it will be a breezy, cold night. snow showers along the tennessee bordthat will move out as we head through the day tomorrow. no big systems to track. warming conditions. it will be nice t there, especially by sunday. 20% chance of rain today. sunshine galore, as we head into the weekend. 65, sunday. we will stand into the 60's next week. -- we will stay in the 60's next week. allyson: spartanburg is coping with the loss of an icon. vic bailey junior died tuesday at the age of 89. bailey was known for his car dealerships, and even had a stretch of road he was born in travelers res and served in the korean war. bailey is now being celebrated for his genero he was a faithful donor to many organizations, including mobi

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. governor nikki haley also released a statement on o'dell's it reads in part, quote, we are forever grateful for his service. michael and i ask that you lift up senator o'dell's wife, gail, and his family, friends and constituents during this difficult time. he made south carolina a better place. allyson: south carolina governor haley is laying out a plan to help fight domestic violence in south carolina. in columbia yesterday she said she is giving her task force more time to continue finding ways to deal with the issue. she also is looking at how domestic violence cases are prosecuted in the state. >> in my executive jet we are putting -- in my executive budget we are putting approximately $19 million, which will take away domestic violence give them to prosecutors. prosecutors. we are going to put three new judges into the circuit court. for public defenders. tillman hall once again tagged w

abbeville at 33, greenville at 34. just above freezing for the upstate. still cold in the 20's in the that is where that ice will linger on roads. be careful therelight breeze at three miles per hour. typically, this time of year we had low 50's. that is exactly what we are calling for today for greenville, spartanburg, asheville normally reache upper 40's. yesterday, a got into that. we will see mo like a de-31 for the mountains high. northernreally quiet up and down the eastern seaboard as everyone needs a couple of days to out and get back to normal. temperatures in the 20's and 30's for the south threachlocal 50's by the end of the afternoon. 2:00, 5:00, 51-53 high. asheville will climb to the mid to upper 40's. a few spots will top the 50 mark. tomorrow, same temperature range.upper 40's to low 50's. clouds building, chance of scattereafternoon, just rain showers. early wednesday morning, we could see a snow rain mix inmountains change over to rain for the upstate. a 60% chance of rain showers wednesday. lingering showers into thursday. friday, satur

abbeville and anderson in the mid-to-upper 30's. as he had throughout the daymountains. that will keep you cold in the 30's. once the breeze travels done the mountains, it compresses and warms up. about 15 degrees warmer in the upstate. 48 degrees in greenvillllby 11:00, 50 four by 2:00 and we will seek sunshine in the asheville-hendersonvil area in the upper 30's. allyson: thank you. seven presidential candidates squared off in the debate on the fox news channel and the showdown was without donald trump. geoff: trump chose to skip the debate and though he was notably absent, he still took center stage before the other candidates started their sparing match. >> we need to stop allowing political correctness to dictate our policies because it will kill us if we don't. >> radical islam is hate action. >> we cannot fix the things in this country, balancing the budget, the border, getting wages to go faster unless we lead us conservatives but also party. we have to come together as a country and stop t.>> i like marco rubio, charming and smooth. promises. when we came to was

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

temperatures range from 30 in abbeville and is still cold enough to support ictemperatures of bumped up in the mountains, asheville up for the, 38 in andrews and it will be light rain in north carolina this morning. impact the upstate. temperatures reaching 54 at the upstate high and upper 40's for the mountains. afternoon temperatures will help to get rid of a lot of the ice. we will talk about when the sunny weather begins for the many school districts are on tallyson: others will stay closed. you'll find them on the ticker below and on tbl app. meanwhile, some parents we saying yesterday, the roads looked fine. you see sky 4 video here showing the roads. greenville county school officials say the number one ason to close or del safety. officials say they have 75,000 students and 10000 e about 10000 of the students have school choice and go to magnet schools. that is sometimes no where near their homes, and many of the teachers also travel far for work. today's delay in greenville county is actually a new process. geoff: wyff news 4's aly myles joins us live from with more on that.

o'dell died in his sleep last he served senate district 4, which includes abbeville, anderson, and greenwood counties. the 77-year-old leaves behind a wife andndwo children. michael: the henderson county sheriff's office says to new have been welcomed. 210 week old -- 210 week old bloodhound puppies will be trained to track suspects. officers have asked fifth grade students to suggest names for they are puppies, grgring into their officer-ship. they will announce the names in february. the student who picks the winning names will get to meet the dogs. an upstate woman let a chant that became a rallying cry for president about -- president obama. john: the weather forecast for this saturday, the 5k road race, showers ending just maybe before the 9:00 a.m. start of the race. with at&t the choice is yours. you only pay for the services you need to make your bundle work for you. call now to get high speed internet for just $15 a month for 12 months with a one-year term... with tv, home phone or even wireless. on one at&t bill. with u-verse high speed internet, you get fast speed at an affordable

the salt brine trucks are on standby, ready to go around anderson, abbeville, greensville, and more. the interstate and major roadways have already been treated in many counties, crews ready to operate the salt-spreading trucks tonight >> if it dumps the snow, we are happy. if it goes to ice, it's going to be an ugly event. stay home if you don't need to be out. mandy: if the storm brings ice, there is a to fall problem. ice can bring down trees that can block roadways, and no matter what, crews have to keep the interstate, primary, and secondary routes open. they could be sanding, deicing, and cutting trees all at the same time. crews say this particular storm has been hard to track, so they are preparing for the worst and hoping for the best. newsr. that an ice storm can cause power to go out at any moment. tree limbs can tangle with power lines. carol: utility companies are at the lady -- are at the ready. patrick hussion's live with more on this. patrick: five been told that year long for storms like this in preparation, and as you mentioned, it only takes one frozen branch to pu

spartanburg, greenwood, abbeville all at 30. we may drop a degree before it starts to climb. afternoon temperatures today reach normal levels. that is in the 50's. cooler tomorrow with rain likely in the wednesday forecast. thursday, highs low to mid 40's. it clears up, son is back friday through the weekend. we see low 50's friday, 60 on saturday, upper 50's sunday. nice afternoons to enjoy for the upstate and mountains through the weekend and mild for the first of the week with a slight chance of shs on monday. allyson: in the midst of a winter blizzard. a reporter has a little fun during wall-to-wall co geoff: a record weekend for cable providers. why so many people were parked in front of their tv's. (singing) i just can't wait to meet you, sweet child you're i'm filled with expectation, and you're growing everyday... in anderson... a 9-year-old geoff: a 9-year-old was shot inside his home during a drive-by shooting. deputies say no arrests have been made. according to an incident report it happened saturday night, at a home on crooked creek court. the boy's mother told i

abbeville at 47, laurens at 44 and clinton at 43. afternoon temperatures will hit about 58 with cloud cover and rain. the breeze out of the northeast makes it feel cooler, so cold warm rain jacket is a good idea for the morning. event number one. the next comes tomorrow afternoon and evening. other parts of the country feeling like winter, denver at 28, boston at 30. we are in the warmer sector of the country for this weekend. the beach forecast, well, a 50% chance of showers on saturday but most of it will happen saturday with an isolated showers left on sunday. here is our outlook for today. upper 40's for the upstate, upper 40's to 50's for the mountains for afternoon highs. tomorrow we have clouds for the the afternoon and evening and tapering off. sunday looks at drive for the upstate and the mountains may see a lingering shower in the morning. temperatures in the 20's to 30 range early monday morning and highs on monday, 38 to 46. geoff: thank you. some of the headlines we are following today organizers hope , a lot of people w

education policy review task force- that task force looked directly at the issues stemming from the abbeville suit, which ruled rural school districts in south carolina were not receiving the same funding or advantages as the state's more urban districts. lawmakers say these bills deaea less with funding and more with support, but get the ball rolling on the lawsuit issues. orangeburg "there are some financial disparities but it's also in terms of being sure we're ready where the rubber hits the road. by looking at the bills that are introduced, i'm quite sure there will be more." house speaker jay lucas praised the bills- saying they were a common sense first step in tackling the school funding issue. each of those bills were referred to different house committees for analysis and them going to the house education and public works committee. will whitson, wis news 10 . a last-minute shopping spree is winding down in winnsboro. in less than an hour the walmart off highway 321 will close for good. it's one of more than 150 walmart locations nationwide that are closing its doors. the closures,

tracking rain showers in the southern part of the upsouthern laurens county, newberry, greenwood, abbeville, those of the best chances for light rain showers, but we will it is very cool outside. 41 degrees in spartanburg, 48 in abbeville, 30's in the north carolina mountains. as he had throughout the day, the northerly wind will send in that cool breeze. here is the hour-by-hour forecast in greenville. 50y 3:00 and us the temperatures. over 40's at midnight. 43 in spartanburg by 9:00 and anderson topping out around 54 and you go down from there into the 40's by the evening. in asheville, their 50 and then cooling back to the 30's once the sun goes down into the typically, we should see across the upstate. we will be close to normal. 54 the high-end greenville, 46 and asheville. our area. an old frontal boundary right here and a low pressure moving also, the cold front moving in from the northwest. impact on the area. there is not a lot of cold air behind that, but would will move our way -- but what will move our are right conditions. -- way are dry conditions. areas north of asheville cou

he served district 4, which includes abbeville, anderson and greenwood counties. so far, williamston town councilman rockey burgess and state representative mike gambrell have announced they are running for the open seat. the anderson independent mail also reports that willie day, anderson's former neighborhood and transit director, is running. the primary will be on march 22. run-off elections would be held april 5, if necessary. the special election will be on may 17. some upstate parents will hold a meeting tonight, to talk about the idea of closing an elementary school. district officials in pickens county say hagood elementary is operating at 48% capacity. there's a proposal to close it and send its 300 students to other pickens-area elementary schools, which are also under capacity. a pto meeting will be held at in downtown pickens. >> now, your live super doppler 4 hd forecast. chris: a strong winter storm on the way for areas of the upstate into the mountains and northeast georgia. it is a matter of will of the marcus lee, -- will it be more sleep, ice, or

in downtown greenville 47 in anderson. 46 in abbeville. compared to where we were the same time yesterday, we are about a degree warmer in greenvilil. eight degrees warmer in spartanburg. look at the warmth back towards the west. we are seeing warmer conditions. that will certainly be in place tomorrow. mainly due to our southerly wind, bringing in one from the south. also a hint more humidity in the air. we will notice that tomorrow. overnight, we falter the upper 30's and the upstate and the mountains. a bit of of where we should be this time tomorrow we stop out -- we top out in the 60's. you will see clouds by the end date. that i next system, which will be here early in the w giving us rain. spartanburg at 57 by 7:00. in anderson, a nice evening. take a walk tomorrow. you'll be: down into the upp50's. not cooling downhat quickly, 60 degrees, cooling down to the 50's. not that bad by tomorrow evening. changes are on the way, including our warmth. 10 degrees above normal. this time of year we should be in the lower 50's. we will be in t

deputies said the scene is not far from the abbeville county line. the coroner says both of the victims are male. so far, no word on the identity of the victims. gabrielle: there is still no winner of the huge powerball jackpot. there was no winner on saturday night, and that means the pot grows to an unprecedented $1.4 billion record when mega millions paid a -- paid out $656 million back in 2012. the next drawing is wednesday night. michael: still ahead tonight, more presidential candidates hitting the trail. commitment 2016 coverage is coming right up. >> the one thing we know is, if you leave the roads like they are, it's going to be a negative effect on the economy. gabrielle: south carolina lawmakers begin a new session tomorrow. and the state's crumbling roads are still the number one issue. will this be the year something gets done? john: outside greenville, plenty of sunshine. some clouds streaming in from the west-southwest. chilly temperatures. 35 degrees, and it will only get windy and cold are in the near future. we will talk about it, n

temperatures are cold just about anywhere you go. 31 in hendersonville, 26 in abbeville at 35. local breeze out of the north will keep close to her they should be. with forloudy skies. we will be at 46 for 11:00 and low 50's by the afternoon. spartanburg will be at the dubai 2:00, 49 by 5:00 carried in anderson, mostly cloudy skies. in asheville, better chance of seeing sunshine with clouds and high temperature near 50. typically this time of the year, lower 50's. that is pretty much where we will be in the upstateelberton what pop that up 55. cash will top out at 55. two systems moving through right now. a southern stream system creating clouds in the raishowers down in columbia. we have another cold front that will blast through the mountains tonight. it will be a breezy and cold showers north of asheville. at moves out and we will see tame weather after. it will be nice trend over the next couple of days. future plus shows clouds over us will go away and sunshine by tomorrow. here comes the cold front for the mountains and snow showers north of i-40. they will dissipate anse

o'dell served district 4 in abbeville, anderson, and greenwood counties. he was the chairman of the general committee. he was also the ceo of o'dell corporation, inc. people in the abbeville area gave us their reaction to his death today. >> every time you saw billy, you'd say, billy, how are you doing? he'd say, i'm working for the people. every single time. and that's, if you're in our line of work, that's a pretty good thing to live by. nigel: governor nikki haley also released a statement on o'dell's passing. it reads, in part, quote, "we are forever grateful for his service. michael and i ask that you lift up senator o'dell's wife, gail, and his family, friends, and constituents during this difficult time. he made south today, nikki haley also spoke about her upcoming duties of giving the gop response to president obama's state of the union. she says her speech will not necessarily be a response, but an address. take a listen. >> you know, i can't tell you my message, but i will tell you is, it's not a response. it's going to be an address. and the on

teens in franklin, andrew, and boone. 20's everywhere else. 26 in abbeville. spartanburg county, union, cherokee county, let's check on you. blacksburg at 26, gaffney number 29. 27 in inman. lower 20's from late word to -- lake luer to rutherfordton. we climb into the 30's -- 40's in the upstate but just the 30's in the mountains. that breeze of 10-13 feels colder, five and boone and 11 in asheville. dress warmly as you head outdoors. normally at this time of the year, we see a cold morning at 32 and a high of 52. today, we are a good bit colder for the morning and afternoon. the normal range for the mountains is usually 27-47. today, we are lucky to get up to 49 at the asheville airport. -- 39. called for a couple of days, then we see it warm up again as are back to normal temperature wise. as you can see, it is called for a good bit of the country early. the next 12 hours we will see temperatures struggle to get up to 44 for the upstate, 39 anticipated for the asheville-hendersonville area for a high today. as we look at tomorrow morning, very cold once agai

we're here at the abbeville county courthouse, and we were there today as kenneth cooper face adjudge. he was looking for a modification for his gps monitoring system. we're told we have new details in this case today, and that was after the victim's mother stood thereupon and gave a horrifying account of what was happening with her daughter with ptsd. we also checked in with d. s.s. to find out what is going on with this day care. they tell us back in august that the woman actually relinquished her license and they are no longer functioning as a day care. the sewly his for's office says they should pay attention to this case. >> take the time to know who you are leaving your children with. not just who runs the day care, but everybody who works there and comes and goes there. going to weigh in on whether or not he should rule that this kenneth cooper should have a lesser gps monitoring system. we will let you know what happens in that case. live in abbeville county, brianna smith. >>> thank you. >>> a former -- a second former upstate officer is facing charges for misconduct on the j

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he represented parts of the upstate including abbeville, anderson, and greenwood counties. the late senator graduated from the citadel in 1960 and served in the senate since 1988. the husband and father of two was 77-years o. want to remember going to the national championship, head to the post office. a commemorative envelope featuring the logos of alabama and clemson universities will soon be available. this special collectible, limited to just 3,500 prints, is $9.95 each. it's available in clemson, seneca, easley, anderson, the greenville main office and the columbia main office. it will go on sale monday. stepping up the fight against breast cancer...one step at a time! find out how you can participate in the walk and race for life in the capital city. break a look now at your first alert thanks to cloud cover its morning with middle to upper 30s by sunrise, those clouds will be with us on and off today with highs reaching the lower to middle 50s. clouds will be on the increase tonight as an area of disturbed weather near the coast skirts by with a chance of showers fri

low 30's in abbeville and greenwood. it is chilly. librwhen the year in hendersonville -- light breeze for the upstate and windier in hendersonville. chance of n showers, we will reach 54 which is typical for this time of the year and mountains reach 50. of the recalle many school district are delayed this morning or closed. you can see threallyson: many parents had complaints. they say the roads looked fine sky4 on some trouble spots. school officials say the number one reason to close or dofficials say they have 75,000 students and 10,000 employees. about 10,000 of the students have school choice and go to magnet schools. those schools are sometimes no where near their homes. how do you make a dividing line? how do you decide ok, wait a second, a couple of schools have to make up one or two days. you need to keep a con calendar for the sake of the entire county financially. allyson: the greenville county school district is on a 2 hour delay this morning. today's delay in greenville county is actually a new process. geoff: wyff news

and we are live from abbeville. >> reporter: good evening. the court just wrapped up inside, and they tell me that asking a judge for modified monitoring. he was hoping that he would be able to go out on the town and maybe not be confined to his home as much as he has. -- been. the judge did consider both sides in this case. his family as well as the system's family there in court today. the judge did hear system as well from the 3-year-old's mother, she fells the court that that 3-year-old has nightmares from what happened and they're still dealing with ptsd from this incident. we did check with d. s.s. today and they tell me the wife did relinquish her in-home day care registration in august that is about a month after this incident allegedly happened. now, they are listed on the web site as still operating, but d. s.s. just told me that they are not operating as a day care at this point. the solicitor's office tells me the parents should be able to pay attention to this case. >> somebody charged with this type of crime, you know, would be

it will be the higher elevations that could be a little slippery early. 51 and abbeville. we will the mid 50's in the piedmont and mid-fifties in the upstate way to this afternoon. showers will come to an end this morning and braces pk up in the mountains -- and breezes pickup up in the mountains. 53 is the average high for greenville and spartanburg. today we will reach a 52. look at the record in asheville. back in 1989 it got up to 80 degrees. today we will be in the low 40's. this is that the little bit of precipitation we have received from this front. that pushes out of the area this afternoon to the east and south. we will have some more sunshine tomorrow. by the afternoon it will improve we will see a real improvement over the weekend. statewide it will be great. the mountains to the coast will be in the 60-62 range for saturday and sunday. for the rest of the day today, low 50's may be the best we see. he mountains will see the mid 40's. as but look ahead, it warms up nicely for saturday, sunday, and monday. we will do low 60's and the upstate and 60-61 in the mou

trees down, power outages, and road concerns will linger through saturday night. 3 28 bypass @ abbeville hwyold switzer rd @ hwy 221hwy 11/exit 5 5 3 here's a live look cam on-- 3 news on fox carolina. the morning news starts now. now. 3 we're watching for a winter storm expected to hit western north carolina and the upstate pretty hard.i'll break it all down for you, next. next. 3 some snow fell yesterday, but carolina are bracing for even

down through anderson, abbeville , moorere snow. we continue to total up the snow. much lighter for us this morning. from easley to piedmont, fresh powder there. not just as getting it. near the coast of south carolina. this is a powerful system. this is really the last big push of solid moisture that we have it will begin to break up, as we are to seeing. look at this live picture here. it's that does not scream winter -- very cold. we will stay cold today. we are in the 20's in greenville. in asheville, barely getting into the 20's. we will be above freezing at least by lunchtime. the snow will really be racked up by then. a few flakes around, as it literally winds up over the area. snow and spartanburg. it has been mostly on all morning. not adding up to much more, but pretty. look at the wind in asheville, the five telling the story for me. looking pretty clear this morning. crews have done a great job, no it will be very hard to keep up with that clearing. a good day to stay put. put some tennis rackets on your feet. visibility down because of the low clouds, t

ut warrants in abbeville county. ononhe narcotics unit took a thursday, search warrant to a home on flowe road i. when they arrived, investigators say x people ran from the house. they were all quickly caught. they were arrested for trafficking cocaine and crack cocaine, and intent to distribute in an area near a school. greenville police are searching an armed r. investigators say this pair is responsible for a robbery at club 100 on surveillance cameras friday. capt went into the club. once inside, investigators said the pair presented a firearm and left with the ca if you can help police identify these individuals, please call crime stoppers. the carolina panthers are leaving for california today. they will take on the broncos on sunday, february 7. they have e must practice in charlotte on friday. the head coach says he was pleased with their energy and tempo. this is not their first trip to the super bowl. they took on the patriots, but fell short. cathy-lee hambright was there with the team for that game, cheer

also, a few spotty showers from greenwood to abbeville county. it is the cold start out there, in asheville. 34 right now in spartanburg. over the next couple of hours, expect a high of 53 degrees in spartanburg and greenville48 in nashville. we will be warming up, especially by the weekend. 61 on saturday, 65 on sunday with snow showers late tonight in the north carolina mountains north of i-40. it will be a cold day in the mountains, but even the mountains will warm up to 60 by next weerain moves back in by monday, tuesday and wednesday. in the 60's. the winter weather we have had gets beat. geoff: thank you. happening today in commitment 2016, the republican presidential candidates one more time before the ia caucuses on monday. allyson: the eight candidates who are leading the polls have been invited to participate in the prime time debate tonight on fox news, but you don't see frontrunner donald trump on this list because he says he won't be there, citing issues with one of the moderators, megyn kelly. trump was in south carolina yesterday,

"the big issue will be abbeville. it will be an accountability system we will hold all schools and districts accountable to." advocates for ethics reform also say they haven't given up hope on a new reform bill- but the massive ethics bill proposed last year has not been revived. ww wis news 10 . the legislative session for 2016 the new year brings new tax breaks in south carolina. under laws passed in the 2015 legislative session and in effect as of yesterday, aircraft parts and supplies are now sales tax exempt. so are some construction supplies and children's clothing. but those supplies and clothing are only tax exempt if they're being purchased by families considered "in need." also officially going on the books is a law requiring the use of electronic death certificates for south carolina doctors and funeral home directors. lawmakers passed this bill during the 2015 legislative session. it requires doctors to file an electronic death certificate within five days of declaring someone dead. the law imposes penalti

we're told the scene is in the lake secession area...not far from the abbeville county line. details are limited right now... but we have a photojournalist at the scene...who tells us the two deceased people are male...and that emergency crews have been it's a 20 dollar tool that could save your life in a flood... and an upstate foundation would like to give you one. the alex holmes foundation purchased 600 swiss tech automobile emergency tools and will be giving them out today. the 3 inch tools will break car windows, cut seat belts and give you light to escape a vehicle caught in rising water. the foundation was started after alex holmes died in october's flood. the giveaway will start this morning at 11... in the olive garden security at a greenville elementary school has been tightened... after police say a trespasser approached a second grader. it happened thursday at blythe academy. police say he handed a 6-year-old girl a framed picture with a flower on it....while she was at recess. they say he tried to talk to the girl...but did not touch her or make any sexual advan

south carolina isn't prepared, equipped nor do they want to take over school districts to >> the abbeville case is a lawsuit by some law districts suing the state for not providing adequate education. >>> romania has come to an end last night's winning tickets were sold in florida and tennessee. no one has come forward yet but they will split the record in the $1.6 billion jackpot. powerball officials added more balls to the possible numbers. >>> 16 tickets worth $50,000 to $50,000-$100,000 were sold in at statement that is the most big winners as state has seen >> he understands we had one of those unprecedented, very unusual runs that made a lot of winners of our players in south carolina. >> one of the big winners right here in columbia one won1#$100,000 in the draw.>>> this festival showcases movies and music. the event is free thanks to a grant from central carolina community foundation. >> we are focusing because of the floods on the water and its impact m^ghz-kfr?e-xudvhv=h)6zt+^er$g that making it free for the first time. >> the festival is hosted by the nickelodeon theatre. you ma

lawmakers have some big issues to tackle this year- like the abbeville school funding lawsuit and south carolina road repair. "we've got new revenue in the state, we've got to use those things to pay for things people have identified as being their top agenda items which are roads, education and job development." lawmakers will be in session until the beginning of june. governor nikki haley is only a few hours away from the national spotlight. she'll speak for the republican party following the union speech. ...from the governor's mansion in columbia. jack kuenzie is there live with more. spoke a few days ago about the honor of being chosen to provide the gop response. but she's been keeping a low profile in the hours leading up to her remarks. we expect those to be ddivered maybe around 10:00 p.m. after the pomp and circumstance of the state of the union. as we've said, haley won't be running down a point by point rebuttal of president obama's speech. that would be difficult anyway, since there would be little time legislative matters and focus instead on the progress made since he too

which includes anderson, abbeville and greenwood counties. the greenwood county coroner says...o'dell likely died from natural causes...believed to be heart related. "billy" o'dell... was 77-years old. the "south carolina domestic violence task force" says... it's working on plans... to reduce the crimes... across the state. governor nikki haley says the task force has come up with - 50- recommendations ... to address the problem of criminal domestic violence. including making resources easily available to survivors and domestic violence training...for doctors and therapists: ----- gov: nikki haley: "this is a chance for everybody in south carolina to change our ranking on domestic violence. this is a chance for everybody in south carolina to say, 'we all can do something about this.'" ----- "governor haley" also signed an executive order... to extend the work... of the c-d-v task force. she said... the task force is "too good... to stop now". cold and dry has been the trend but some of us are about to get some rain ... "24-7 chief meteorolog

in south carolina since the state supreme court ruled in favor of rural school districts in the abbeville school district lawsuit- ordering state lawmakers to overhaul school funding. the candidates used the topic to segue into their respective campaign platforms- presidential candidate "in our state, even in the middle of a recession, rather than cutting public education, we increased public education funding by 37 percent!" presidential candidate "why are there millions of families in this country struggling to feed their children?" presidential candidate "this day is devoted to improving education, and i hope for the children of south carolina progress is possible." also speaking today was candidate willie wilson, whose name is on the ballot in a confederate battle flag was removed from state house grounds- a point referenced often throughout the rally. ww wis news 10. for a complete look at m- l-k day around the midlands, go to wistv.com. still ahead -- "it's an awful thing and you just have to get through it day by day." a midlands woman is offering lessons about cancer, and asking f

temperatures milder they further south you go, 36 in greenwood, 33 in walhalla. 37 degrees and abbeville. currently 30 degrees in boone, so temperatures below the freezing mark, so the bridges and overpasses will likely re-freeze, so watch out for that, especially in the mountains. they committed to levels remain high with all of that precipitation coming in. it is 43 at myrtle beach, only 39 degrees in atlanta. 24 in st. louis, 61 in orlando. even orlando at 67 degrees. -- stephen miami at 67 degrees. that will be locked in, and that will drive that cold, dry air across our area, and here comes that major storm system. it gets better organized, and we could see some rain, especially in northeastern georgia, but i think tomorrow, we will be dry, and then here comes the big system. you have to get ready for a big major storm thursday and friday. there is the freezing rain developing. freezing rain, sleet, moderate to heavy snow during the day on friday, and then a major ice storm taking shape as the northeast wind kicks up. temperatures dropped into the low 30's, freezing rain likely, all

toward greenwood, abbeville and elberton. we are watching for the chance for snowflakes early tomorrow morning. we do have a gulf low moving up. this would typically bring a big snow, but not this time. clouds by 12:30 a.m. tomorrow morning with snow spurting in from the south from franklin toward graham county -- spreading toward asheville and hendersonville par 6:00 a.m. on sunday morning. you might wake up to a dusting to 1/4 of an inch hendersonville and northbound. this know will fly and 8:00, but it is a fast-moving system. as temperatures warm in the morning, that cancels the chance in the upstate. a light rain with some snow flakes mixed in for the upstate. and snow flurries if there will be any accumulation it will be light. at lunchtime, temperatures in the 40's. what is on the ground will melt. enjoy the little bit of snowfall before it moves out. the latest model i agree with is the rpm showing 3/10 of an inch for asheville. close to one inch in boone. no accumulations for the upstate . all models agree, no accumu

asheville at 22, abbeville at 33, toccoa at 28. dillard 27, hartwell 33, so it is chilly and everybody needs a jacket. by the afternoon, expect temperatures or the upstate to reach upper fit these and the mountains in the mid 50's. a nice afternoon. we will talk more about the weekend and how it will change in a few minutes. geoff: thank you. the powerball jackpot is set to drop back down to $40 million dollalrs, as multiple winners allyson: a spokesman for the california lottery first announced a winning powerball ticket from a store in suburba los angeles. lottery official also say winning tickets were sold in tennessee and florida. tennessee officials say someone also bought a ticket that got to million dollars. here are last night's winning numbers to see if you might have won. they are 8, 27, 34, 4, 19, and the powerball, 10. despite having no jackpot winners so far here, you could still have won up to a million dollars. geoff: maybe $2 million if you powered up. wyff news 4's aly myles joins us live from greenville on what to

abbeville state senator billy o'dell died today will whitson spoke to his fellow senators "silence... amen" senators and representatives took a brief moment to stand and remember their colleague- william o'dell during their annual legislative workshop. moments before, word spread through the crowd of the senator's passing- a normally festive workshop between legislators and reporters took on a quiet, somber feel. o'dell served in the senate for 25 years- sitting on powerful committees like finance, and chairing the senate's general committee. her condolences, saying o'dell made south carolina a better place. after the workshop- senators remembered their fellow lawmaker. cherokee "this was a great loss to the state of south carolina and the state senate. it was a great loss." beaufort "he was an old school, what i would call a, in latter years what would have been called a southern democrat. back then, but the defining characteristics were courtesy and collegiality." will whitson, wis news 10 break 1 right now twenty horses being orangeburg home. liza lucas with our raycom sister stati

o'dell represented parts of the upstate, including abbeville, anderson, and greenwood counties. the late senator graduated from in the senate since 1988. the husband and father of two was 77-years old. richland county deputies have arrested they man they believe is responsible for two deaths in elgin 2014. ryan padgett was arrested and charged with two counts of murder and one count of possession of a firearm by a person convicted of a violent felony. two years ago, on the day after christmas, deputies responded to 121 archer avenue where they found tyrone richardson and mark cox shot to death. acquaintances of the victims discovered the bodies at the location after arriving to drop off christmas presents. padgett is being held at the alvin s. glenn detention center. a columbia family survived quite a scary ordeal last night. breaking into their home. this all happened on crestview avenue near richland northeast high school. the richland county sheriff's department says the family got home around 10 p-m to find a maroon car parked in their driveway. investigators say two men the

that will freeze a lot of stuff. 25 anderson will be the low and 28 in abbeville. tomorrow a lot of snow will melt so have the kids play early. temperatures will top out near 50 in tkpwraoefpl. spartanburg starts at 23 but anderson spartans -- starts at 25 and asheville starts in the teens and warms up to 40. you will start to see melting by lunchtime borrows you will -- because you will be at 40. that will help the d.o.t. workers. expect highs to be the warmest in the south. over to be a byville and greenwood near 35050. in charlotte it will be cold although nothing falling. 36 degrees to start. 30 to end the game with mostly clear and light wind. the snow should end by midnight and tomorrow phenomenal sunshine. it will be beautiful. throughout the middle of the workweek the next system comes our way this all rain. i'm not taking any wintry weather the next seven to 10 days. this moves in tuesday afternoon as rainfall. check out the four-day plus and saturday of next week break out the flip-flops, shorts, short sleeves -- maybe not that but we can hope for that. t