when you look at the turnout in orangeburg county as compared to the other counties across the state we have one of the highest more than 1 thousand absentee ballots have already been cast in orangeburg county for the democratic primary. that number is now over 20 thousand statewide. friday is the last day for absentee voting. right now, republican presidential candidates are hoping any last second campaigning made an impact ahead of today nevada caucus the state has 30 delegates up for grabs. the latest poll there shows donald trump with a 16 point lead there. ted cruz and marco rubio are battling it out for second. you can get extensive coverage of the south carolina democratic primary and the impact of the state's g-o-p primary results on our website, wistv-dot-com. just click on the special decision 2016 tab. for the third time in a little more than a decade, midlands solicitor donnie myers is facing charges related to night. jack kuenzie reports myers is accused of driving under the influence after wrecking his car dawndy---the charge against solicitor myers is driving under the

and it's those votes that clinton is banking on in orangeburg county as well. our caroline patrickis is live at brookdale elementary in orangeburg with more on what the african-american vote means for both candidates. and new hampshire will be the presence of african- american voters taking stage for the first time in in 2008 55% of people who voted in the democratic primary were african-american. jaime harrsion, the chairman of the south carolina democratic party is anticipating that we could see those same numbers in this election. both 2016 democratic candidates, hillary clinton and bernie sanders have been working hard to secure the african- american vote in our state. recent cnn/orc south carolina polls show clinton is favored 65- percent among african- americans compared to bernie sanders at 28- percent. harrison says the candidates highlighting what's important to the african-american community while campaigning this past week will play a big role in today's primary outcome. "so i anticipate that at least half of the electorate on saturday will be african

west bound will be detoured on maiden lane. 3 if you live in orangeburg county... you might hear some loud booms... like bombs going off today.dont worry, it will be the orangeburg county sheriff office and sled performing bomb squad training...you may hear detonation of explosives.... from 9am to 4pm... at the training facility located about eight miles east of bowman. 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 these results tonight at five thirty.the public meeting will take place at the earlwood community center on parkside drive. 3 the state of the town address for lexington will take place tonight at six thirty at lexington town hall on maiden street today.mayor steve macdougall will discuss the steps taken to provide cleaner water and lower waste in the lower saluda river.this includes closing the coventry woods and four other wastewater plants.you can also watch the address l

more than 1 thousand absentee ballots have already been cast in orangeburg county for the democratic primary. that number is now over 20 thousand statewide. as we head for south carolina's democratic primary, you still have time to vote absentee. you can vote in person at your county voter registration office until 5 p-m on friday. stay with wis as we follow the democratic candidates on the road to the south carolina primary. visit wis-tv dot com for complete coverage of decision 2016. the usc men's basketball team is gearing up for a late season and the gamecock baseball team...remains undefeated...sports is next!!!! she says their names. trayvon martin shot to death. dontre hamilton unarmed. sandra bland... did nothing wrong. and makes their mothers' fight for justice her own. she speaks for a city poisoned by indifference. we need action now. and stands with the president against those who would undo his achievements. just like she's always...stood with us. hillary clinton. [content sigh] ah, excuse me? mr. jones? hi. already? you booked an appointment. i just started cookin. we at

i believe taking you into sumter and lee county and maybe as far inland of calhoun and orangeburg county. the big question has been what type of precipitation. will it be frozen or liquid? i'll show you two model runs we have here. this first one showing you temperatures in the 40s and 30s by 8:00 tomorrow night. we go through the overnight hours, though, and within the last hour the model has changed. these models are all over the place. they're all having a difficult time. this one tries to show along 95 frozen precipitation. that wintery mix going from the florida georgia line all the way or excuse me the florida south carolina line all the way into the state around 9:00 when you're getting up and heading to church and out by the afternoon super bowl sunday. let's take a look at another in house model we call the rpm.

last month, shots were fired at an orangeburg county deputy in santee. it happened at the 'coasters club' on old number six highway. the deputy involved was not hurt and is still on paid administrative leave. one man is in jail -- another is recovering after columbia. richland county deputies responded to a shots fired call on brookmont lane -- just after noon today. several times in the lower body. 35-year-old antoine irick has been charged with attempted murder. investigators say irick was out on bond for a weapons violation at the time of the shooting. no toss after clear skies and lows in the mid/upper 20s saturday morning, highs will be in the upper 40s, lower 50s saturday afternoon with increasing clouds late in the day. a few light showers will develop late saturday into sunday as low pressure climbs just offshore the s.c. coast. the chance for rain will increase drastically in eastern/southern sections of the midlands and throughout the low country, pee dee, grand strand. cold air moves in for much of next week with well the attention of the nati

the orangeburg county coroner has identified the person killed in a hit and run last night in orangeburg county. david huggins died of blunt force injuries and car while trying to cross the street just after 7 last night. troopers say the driver of an suv was heading north on u-s 301 when she hit huggins. she was not hurt. highway patrol is still investigating. the former university of south carolina running back accused of inappropriate conduct while working as a volunteer coach at spring valley high school will have all five charges against him dropped. harold green, who played with the gamecocks from 1986 to 1990, was charged with five counts of inappropriate conduct back in september 2014. authorities say green touched students and trainers that worked with the schools football program. green was removed from the spring valley high school football team after the allegations came forward. a sumter man is under arrest on child pornography charges. malcolm rainey was arrested yesterday and is charged with four counts of sexual exploitation of minors. investigators say rainey was involve

but a couple of thunderstorms started with the through the southard and eastern portions of orangeburg county but now but scattered showers from santee to western sumter county and deliver the rain in clarendon county moving to holly hill, utah bill -- utahville, lake marion. half a mile and camden less than a mile in bishopville. sumter in manning has a few more m mse. temperatures are starting off mild with 57 in lexington and cooler of two newberry at 48 degrees. the kids will probably need the umbrella with 54 degrees as they start to head off to school. have a chance for a sprinkle. by 12:00 and 1:00 in the afternoon we are looking at 62 degrees with light to moderate rain and up until 6:00 into the evening. as far as the roads, >>> take a look at i-26 between saint andrews traffic is light with no accidents being reported but it is starting to pick up with no incidents anywhere in the columbia area. if you are coming down from harbison you are looking at eight minutes and from price -- blythewood to jackson boulevard about 15 minutes. rain is expected today with significant weather tomo

high pressure will be building in. 65 columbia. 64 sumpter. 65 oring of burr. -- orangeburg county. tonight a low temperature in the low to middle 50s. 53 in columbia. tomorrow upper 50s. it will be cloudy. a better chance of rain towards the coast. 59 for a high in columbia. but as we go into friday it will be sunny. 54 degrees. 29 saturday morning with a high of 55. we will see chance of showers on sunday with a high of 54 but then colder air moves in on monday. still partly cloudy with a high of 45 degrees. 40 degrees on tuesday and by wednesday 25 degrees. a 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 t

deputies say complaints about suspected drug activity led to the arrest of an orangeburg county man.he's 35-year-old isiah williams.deputies received several complaints about a parking lot at broken arrow road and old number six highway. they say the callers believed the lot was being used as a meeting spot for drug sales. on february 17th, a deputy found two people in a vehicle in the parking lot. officers found two bags with about 4 ounces of marijuana . bond was set at 75-hundred dollars for williams. 3 3 former president bill clinton will be on the campaign trail today and tomorrow for his wife.he's expected to travel to to rock hill, spartanburg and winnsboro meanwhile last night hillary was campaigning across the midlands. she had an event in sumter ... and earlier she spoke to supporters at brookland baptist church conference center in west a chance to speak with the former first lady on a number of topics ... including the possibility of guantanomo bay detainess being sent to south carolina ... and if she's concerned at all about constant questions about her emails and benghazi.s

the presentation was made by girl scout troop 471 of orangeburg county yesterday. 471 of orangeburg county yesterday. high pressure will dominate the forecast this weekend. a ridge of high pressure will shift from the west and usher in slightly warmer air to start the expect highs in the upper 50s today, the 60s tomorrow and the 70s monday and tuesday. thanks for watching news 10 saturday morning. download the news 10 app to get updates anytime. have a great weekend. break 7 the victim's service divisions "room", "brooklyn" and "the revenant" are just these lil' chickies and lil' doggies are small, -but they're intense. -oh, yeah. small but intense like my niece, hannah. oh, yeah. and you, uh, take karate? yeah she does. show him how intense you are, hannah. -yah! yah! ah! -(karate sounds) oh, my... hey! yes! now finish him. -bow to her, peter. -i'm not gonna bow to a... bow to her, peter. (gong) big flavor in a little package. new lil' chickies and lil' doggies. and grab a burrito and drink for $3.00 delivered in two minutes-- the first in the south democratic primary is >> engaging a com

areas from eastern aiken county to southern lexington, all of orangeburg and calhoun county as well as clarion and sumter county. 59degrees, light rainfall has started to come down and windsor out of the west at a miles per hour. the kids might need their rain boots and raincoats this morning, 56 degrees at the bus stop. they will need at this afternoon because we are expecting more rain coming out of georgia. the forecast when kids get out of school, 55 degrees, light showers and a high temperature of 53 degrees. the rain we have through the day and afternoon will start to taper off, andndhen lots of sunshine for tomorrow. 54degrees for the high, 56 degrees on saturday and the or two. and 23 degrees for the morning low. >> we did have an accident causing power outages in the sumter area. >> lafayette drive and north main street, knocking out the power. several intersections are closed to traffic, east timor street in north lafayette, and north main and south pike, and duke energy is reworking right now to restore power to the area but they don't know how long it is going to be. it cou

dont worry it will be the orangeburg county sheriff office and sled... performing bomb squad training...you may hear detonation of explosives.... from 9am to 4pm... at the located about eight miles east of bowman. 3 if you are traveling in the town of lexington early tomorrow morning... here is a road closure you need to be aware of. the city will close the 100 block of east main street...from 1am 5am... for landscape maintenance. east bound traffic will be detoured onto east butler street... west bound will be detoured on maiden lane. 3 the last three disaster recovery centers in our state... closed friday night. but many services... are still available by calling the fema helpline. lines are open from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m.... seven days a week .that number can be found on our website.... wtlx dot com.. you will also find... plenty of other information to help anyone still suffering from the effects of last year's historic flood. 3 3 we are less than 24 hours from the official kick off of the 2016 presidential election... votes will offer more than delegate

orangeburg county is expected to play a huge role in tomorrow's democratic primary. orangeburg is one of the few counties in the state where all elected officials are democratic. as of today, election officials say more than 28-hundred people have voted absentee and they're expecting an even bigger turnout tomorrow. "we have 53 precincts and to prevent long lines we're just um making sure that our clerks are well informed, um um, very knowledgeable about what they should be doing and that should prevent the line also. and if we have anybody that calls for question we try and give the voter as much knowledge as possible." statewide, polling places are open tomorrow from 7am to 7pm. an unexpected endorsement came today in the republican race for the white housese new jersey governor chris christie endorsed alongside the first-time candidate, with just 4 days 'til super tuesesy. and one day from the south carolina democratic primary. steve handelsman reports. 08-17 20-24 42-45 49-56 59-1:02 no warning! chris christie and donald trump just showed up together in ft worth.

further south quiet for now in calhoun and orangeburg county. county you see the southmoor park of lexington county moving in and a lot more rain and lots of rain over the last several hours. central, northern, and western parts of lexington county and cluster of lightning strikes from gaston into lex cynthiana into downtown columbia. temperatures now rather mild. we haven't moved much, maybe a degree or two from this morning. 60 and lexington park 60 saint matthews. orangeburg 69. lots of the rain and warm air coming from the south. cold front coming through our clashing on top of each other. expecting highs in the lower 60s through all the communities but continue with showers and thunderstorms. 63 high today and wins out of the east, southeast and tonight light to moderate rainfall and low 51 as all the close range from upper 40s into the lower 50s. one thing we will watch carefully is all the rain and especially the rain tomorrow is from the area of low pressure and the cold front. it's the second stage of rain we expect. into the southern pl

charleston, they are at 71 degrees. 66 in orangeburg county. 64 columbia. the front has gone through rock hill, myrtle beach. 61 there. here is what the computer model is projecting, showers tonight and again tomorrow. showers, but the rain may be on the increase tomorrow night. here is the line of thunderstorms coming in from the west on wednesday morning. and we will be watching this to see how this all plays out because with this line of thunderstorms we may see severe weather or it could fall apart part of the state. that is something you have to be -- yet to be determined. tonight low temperatures of 50 in camden. 53 degrees in columbia and aiken. 55 orangeburg. tomorrow we will see the warm air trying to come back northward late in the day. we are still expecting just a high of 58 in newberry and winnsboro. 61 calm. 66 st. matthews. 73 in orangeburg. here is our seven-day forecast, storms expected wednesday a high of 75 but then windy and colder on thursday with a high of 55. still breezy on friday with a low of 33 and a high of 54. we may get down to

notified the school resource officer.deputies say oreglia admitted to writing the threat. 3 in orangeburg county... deputies say complaints about suspected drug activity led to county man.he's 35-year-old isiah williams.deputies received several complaints about a parking lot at broken arrow road and old number six highway. they say the callers believed the lot was being used as a meeting spot for drug sales. on february 17th, a deputy found two people in a vehicle in the parking lot. officers found two bags with about 4 ounces of marijuana . bond was set at $75-hundred dollars for williams. 3 3 going back to the old neighborhood can be hard sometimes. walls have been built invisibly around the old neighborhood and that police brutality is used to keep folks hemmed in, and frankly, opportunity locked out. i spent my entire life in the civil rights movement. i came up in the naacp like my mom came up in the naacp, like my father came up with the congress of racial equality, black lives matter. we need to combat institutional racism from top to bottom in a broken criminal justice system. i'm suppo

last month, shots were fired at an orangeburg county deputy in santee. it happened at the 'coasters club' on old number six highway. the deputy involved was not hurt and is still on paid administrative leave. one man is in jail -- another is recovering after a shooting saturday afternoon in richland county deputies responded to a shots fired call on brookmont lane -- just after noon. deputies say a man was shot several times in the lower body. 35-year-old antoine irick has been charged with attempted murder. investigators say irick was out on bond for a weapons violation at the time of the shooting. patrol is looking for the driver that hit a pedestrian in aiken county. according to police a teen was hit by a car on skyland farm road. we're told the victim of the hit and run is 13 years old. south carolina highway patrol is handling the investigation. two sumter parents have been arrested after their newborn was found with several broken bones icia anderson and adam little have been charged with unlawful conduct toward a child. sumter police say the 9- w

the south, on to the east, into the piedmont region right now, just a little bit more rain in orangeburg county into parts of extreme southern clarendon county. the further east and the further south you go, we got totals up to an inch. almost 2 one in. as we get just to the south of utahville. a lot of the rain is coming to an end. we need it to finally end here. here is something very interesting. at midnight, our temperatures for the most part were in the by 7:00, we got down into the mid toll upper 60s. we haven't changed that much. it is 57 in lexington. st.matthews at 56. orangeburg at 54. here in columbia, we are sitting at 57 degrees. a lot of our temperatures have been going down. and this is all thanks to the area of low pressure and the cold front that has been in the upstate and as it pushes through with the cloud coverage, temperatures aren't going anywhere. at least all the rain is starting to move out and we'll finally start drying out. temperatures, these are not highs. this will be for the afternoon. upper 40s into the lower 30s. later this afternoon, columbia, we'll be about 5

he said this athlete touched many with her amazing and an orangeburg county man accused of attacking and choking a nurse is now facing burglary charges. investigators say they linked dna from a 2014 burglary, to bryan pierson. he's the guy accused of attacking a nurse last month while he was being treated. pierson is also the suspect who broke into a business in neeses and stole a four wheeler and electronics. a pair of sumter county residents have been charged with animal abuse after one dog was found dead and another -- starving. monica daniels and patrick simon were both arrested and charged with ill treatment of animals. a sumter county deputy was helping to serve an eviction notice last month, when he spotted the malnourished dog feeding off the remains of another dog. animal control was called to the scene and they found no food or shelter for the dogs. meanwhile, the surviving dog, known as sugar, is alive, well, and will be available for adoption soon. a dog in fairfield county has a second chance at life thanks to some generous people. emanuel is an 11 month old shepherd mix

thunderstorms from near florence, extending through orangeburg county into georgia. we will go in closer. the heaviest rains are now along i-95. cutting to the south of orangeburg and that continues to move to the east, we are seeing rain and we have seen good amounts so far. many areas from columbia south have seen an inch to an inch and a half of rain. may be heavier amounts. that is something we will be watching. it is light rain in columbia. temperatures 65 degrees. winds from the south, southeast at 6 miles per hour. the front hasn't gone through yet. we are expecting a low of 53 degrees. rain continues in to the evening. tomorrow just a chance for showers. otherwise it will be cloudy and 59 degrees. extended forecast. we will talk about that coming up. >> thank you so much. >>> we understand there is still power outages in the coverage area tonight. specifically batesburg, leesville. that area of lexington county. news 19's joyce koh is live from the community with more. joyce? >> reporter: that area that we are standing on was hit very hard. on the property of

. >> we now know the name of the pedestrian that was killed in orangeburg county last night. trooper said 45-year-old ronnie myers died after being hit by the car. the driver of the vehicle was not hurt, the accident remains under investigation. >>> deputies looking for a guy for using a stolen credit card, not just any guy, this guy. the man you see stole the woman's credit card and then use it'd to make purchases totally $1,400. call crime stoppers if you know him. >>> and a woman is facing embezzlement charges. she stoled from the elementary school where she worked. she worked at riverside elementary school and an audit showed she took several payments meant for the child care program. she's been placed on administrative leave. >> the new police chief is sworn in on monday at 9:00 in the council chambers at the town hall and there's a meet and greet reception in the community room. he was named chief last month and he's a chapein native. in the race for the white house, donald trump is under fire for postponing a campaign stop in new hampshire. he did so because of a his c

deputies in orangeburg county are looking for a person of interest after someone test drove an s- u-v and never returned with the vehicle. employees of again auto sales on five chop road in orangeburg say a man drove off in a silver 2005 trail blazer saturday. deputies say the man arived in a blue audi and say a woman drove away in that car. if anyone has any information on sweatshirt or the blue audi is asked crimestoppers the newberry county sheriff's office needs your help identifying a man that robbed a local pharmacy. it happened just after noon today. deputies say the suspect walked into the peak pharmacy with what appeared to be a pistol and robbed them. if you have any information about the robbery contact the sheriff's office. a reward is being offered for the identification and arrest of the suspect. the town of lexington now has a safe place to exchange items purchched online.. details on how they're tackling internet buying safety. plus, we talk one-on-one with political analyst chuck todd about the race to the white house. break 1 new day for america is responsible for th

deputies in orangeburg county are looking for a say someone test drove an s-u-v and never came back. employees of a-a again auto sales on five chop road in orangeburg told investigators a man drove off in a silver 2005 trailblazer saturday. deputies say the man arrived in a blue audi....and a woman drove away in that car. if anyone has any information on who this man is or the blue audi , they're asked to call crimestoppers at 1-888- crime-sc. if you're nervous about meeting up with the seller after buying something off craigslist- there's now a safe spot in the town of lexington for that exchange. in response to requests on social media for a spot like this, lexington police have a designated area in the municipal complex on maiden lane that is monitored by a 24 hour surveillance camera. they've not had any reported craigslist problems, but officials say they're following the lead of other places that have. "we'd always like to be preventative on these type of things. we'd rather have that location offered than to after the fact, after seeing a spike in this type of crime to ofer it

have been in georgia, and there is a strong cluster of storms going into bamberg, counties, and it will go up to orangeburg into clarendon county so this is the part of of the state we will be monitoring closely for the next hour to hour and a half time because of the heavy rain that fell in downtown columbia, the the downtown, hard in streets, five points, maine under a flash flood warning for 25 minutes, it was initially an hour long flash flood warning that started at 3:30, and it will expire at 4:30, it will come down fast even though we have some moderate rain behind the squall >> ben, i know it's been so nice and warm. how did that warm temperature factor into this today? >> well, that's a good -- >> you want to know what's interesting, there's literally, dozens, and dozens, and dozens of the best scientists in the world that work at the storms prediction center, it is the center that issues watches, tornado watches, severe thunderstorm watches, never had a watch today. if they didn't see it -- we've been saying, i remember last thursday in the editorial meeting, i said showers and storms next get a

. >>> we are on your side this morning with a warning out of orangeburg county. deputy say their two men are pretending to be security alarm salesman that work with the sheriffs department. according to a neighbors claim, they said they work for a company called a max security. they drive a dark lou lexus, and they are urging anyone who comes in contact with these men to immediately call crimestoppers @ 888-crime-sc. >>> a development group has plans for an outlet mall in website and is calling the project the columbia capital outlets for the areas currently own and is located off interstate 77 where the 12th street exit is. no stores are mentioned, at this point, news 19 did reach out to the development company who declined to, but we did talk to greg penner with the chamber of commerce and was columbia. shall i get so early in the game, nothing has been signed, or presented to the city of casey. this is just the early stages, probably something that was planned to be announced at this particular time. some are news 19 did also reach out to the city of casey bot

investigators are trying to unravel an accident that killed a man in orangeburg county. the coroner says 45 year old ronnie myers of vance was on foot when he was hit by a car on highway 45 last night. myers died at the scene. the driver of the car was not hurt. the victim in a shooting in hopkins is listed in critical condition. richland county deputies responded to a "shots fired" call around 8 last night at jadetree and auburn leaf drive. one man was found shot inside a white honda civic that had the back windshield shattered. if you have information on this shooting -- call crimestoppers at 1-888- crime-sc. it has been one year since a murder-suicide rocked usc's arnold school of public health. professor raja fayad was killed in a lab on february 5th, 2015. authorities say he was shot by his ex-wife sunghee kwon, who then killed herself. according to the university's website, fayad's research at usc explored prevention and developmentntas well as the structure of crohn's disease. we're following a story out of new york this afternoon: at least one pedestrian is dead

bond denied for a man accused of trying to kill an orangeburg county deputy. sled agents have charged 23-year-old gino brown with attempted murder and possession of a weapon during a violent crime. last month, shots were fired at a deputy in santee. it happened at the 'coasters club' on old number six highway. the deputy involved was not hurt and is still on paid administrative leave. investigators say, a man, out on bond for a weapons violation is back in jail, charged with shooting a man earlier today. richland county deputies responded to a shots fired call on brookmont lane in columbia -- just after noon. deputies say the victim was shot several times in the lower body. he is expected to be o-k. 35-year-old antoine irick has been charged with coming up... a former gamecock quarterback shares his dreams of playing in the super bowl. plus...the usc men's basketball team reaches the 20 win plateau.....sports is next!!! for the first time in seven memen's basketball team has a 20 win season. the 25th ranked gameocks reached that milestone today by knocking off

deputies in orangeburg county are looking for a person of interest after they say someone test drove an s-u-v and never came back. employees of a-a again auto sales on five chop road in orangeburg told investigators a man drove off in a silver 2005 trailblazer saturday. deputies say the man arrived in a blue audi....and a woman drove away in that car. if anyone has any information on who this man is or the blue audi , they're asked to call crimestoppers at 1-888- crime-sc. some midlands high schoolers are making sure veterans get some love on this valentine's day weekend. the vets were honored by more than 300 students at richland northeast high school this morning. the 5th annual valentine's for vets "speed dating" event brings a personal touch to history. students had a chance to hear from veterans about their personal stories when fighting for our "everybody should have valentines for vets because it gets the kids involved to listen to all the veterans and it makes kids open up their heart to people. it's very hard for people to actually listen to people now but when you can hear

toward the central midland all the way from fairfield to richland, all the way down to western orangeburg county. by midday, it will shove off to the east. by one until 3:00, it will be from lee county into parts of sumter, and then it's done. the significant weather impact looking at the possibility of moderate to heavy rainfall all through the day. very strong and gusty winds in excess of 6270 miles per hour. these could be strong storms and 74 degrees and significant storms out of here by thursday, and we will be windy on thursday as the sky begins to clear. then the sunshine will return going into the weekend, and then middle 60's on saturday, middle 50's on sunday and almost approaching 70 degrees on monday. we just have to get through the next 36 hours. >> and we didn't say much about weather radios, but now is the time to get them. >> get them now at a special discounted rate. doing in the mr. food honey, would some captain d's make you feel better? yeeeaah! (woo) when you love seafood this much... back again? i hope it's just a clumsy phase. ...it's gotta be d's. anything's worth it for

around the midlands today, if you hear loud noises, in orangeburg county, don't be alarmed. they are performing bomb squad training exercises. they are doing this at the training facility 8 miles east of bowman. you might hear explosives being detonated in the area until 4:00 this afternoon. >>> in newberry county, two people have been arrested from north carolina. they are 27-year-old stephen taylor and 22-year-old richard clarke. they were questioned after deputies say the appeared to be acting suspicious behind a restaurant on highway 34. according to deputies, the vehicle they were in contained marijuana, cocaine, crystal meth, and unlawfully possessed handguns. they both are facing a number of drug charges. >>> in union county, a man is facing more charges after deputies say he used his son's cub scout troop to scam money from people. deputies say jeffrey scott been going door-to-door collecting donations in using -- in union county by the cub scouts are not having a fundraiser right now. people have said henderson came to their door asking for money. now there are 67 a

in orangeburg county, officials have received reports of someone claiming to be a representative of the treasury department. officials say scare tactics - like demanding money - are common in these kinds of scams. "the irs is not going to initiate contact with you through the phone. they're going to do that usually through mail. so, if you haven't gotten a letter about backtaxes or something like that, you can be pretty sure its a scam if they're calling you or emailing you." juliana harris with the state department of consumer affairs says it you do get one of these calls - hang up and contact the four months after the flood, one of the worst hit businesses is under renovation, with a grand reopening finally on the calendar. today a wall of floor- length mirrors were installed at the pavlovich ballet school...and new ballet bars were ready to be attached to the walls. pavlovich says this was his second time back during the renovation, saying its been too emotional to see his studio built back from scratch. the studio took on eight feet of water when gills creek overflowed in october. t

street and colombia and bernie sanders will hold a stop and go rally at clason university in orangeburg county and later that day will head to an event at the township auditorium. both events are free. first come first serve basis. >> a lot has been happening this week and a lot more will happen in the next couple of days. be sure to stay tuned with all of our social media platforms on what is ahead. thank you for joining us for the >> see you again tonight we got what you wanted. it's your brother's address. ariel: the cold war... the guys with their fingers on the button, they all had bunkers. it can keep 15 people alive, for up to a century. we call it mount g gesis. did you just put on the aftershave? shh! and the tv says that my wife is being hunted down like a dog. there are seven billion people on this planet. and we've got this guy's nephew? (grunts) jamie: it's the endof the world as we know it. and i feel, whatever the polar opposite of fine is. yup, it's the actual apocalypse. newsreader: one minute now, one minute. uh, these pictures coming live to us from hubble. jamie: you know t

investigating the a person is dead tonight after being hit by a car while trying to cross the highway in orangeburg county. the south carolina highway patrol the crash happened on old edisto drive in orangeburg this evening. authorities say the victim was hit by an suv traveling east on the highway. wis is working to confirm the identity of the person who was killed. we'll have an update for you once we get more information. south carolina farmers devastated by last fall's flooding could get up to 40 million dollars in state aid under legislation now advancing in the state house. the house ways and means committee approved legislation allowing farmers in disaster-declared counties to apply for grants of up to 100 thousand dollars each. the grants could cover 20 percent of a farmer's total loss. flooding wiped out 330 million dollars worth of crops at harveve time. agriculture officials estimate farmers lost an additional 45 million dollars because they couldn't get in the filds to tonight--the usc men's basketball team picks up a big sec win...and a top spot in the conference. the gamecocks were at home h

stage until after 8 p-m ... it was his last campaign stop following several campaign events in orangeburg county todday. in his remarks sanders once again made his pledge to raise the nation's minimum wage, well as find ways to make public colleges and universities tuition free. the vermont senator said he believes they are promises he can keep -- if his supporters speak up. and that includes making sure their voices are heard during the south carolina primary tomorrow. "now is the time to tell the large profitable corporations and the wealthiest people in this country...'yes!' they are going to start paying their fair share of taxes." "i believe that he will keep his promises the he has made...guess we'll have to wait and see...see if bernie actually gets elected...and then i think he'll do a wonderful job in office." sanders has been meeting and greeting voters in the palmetto state since last sunday --- after falling to clinton in the nevada caucus. according to his campaign he will not be in south carolina tomorrow to watch the election returns. the vermont sanders is planning to make stops

. >>> the orangeburg county sheriff's office this afternoon is looking for a person of interest after an suv was stolen from an " -- local auto sales business. investigators say somebody stole it a 25 chevrolet trailblazer. sales. employees say last saturday suv back. they say the man arrived in a blue car and the woman drove it away. this is a picture of the person they are looking for. if you know who this is, you are supposed to call crime stoppers. >>> the richland county sheriff's department now has an app. alerts wanted suspects, deadbeat parents, and crime mapping. you can also submit a tip through the app. the sheriff says the app is one of the best ways for the department to reach the community quickly. >>> in the upstate, officials are trying to figure out how yellow die ended up in the river. concentration of the die was discovered earlier this week at a renewable water treatment plant. the company says the water is not designed to remove die so the colored water is moving through the system. >>> at the statehouse, new legislation at the statehouse will take the choice of s

that's what orangeburg county sheriff's office and sled officials want residents to know. two agencies will be conducting bomb squad training today, detonation of explosives may be heard coming from the training facility which is located about eight miles east from 9:00 this morning until 4:00 this arch afternoon. you'll start to hear some blasts but do not be alarmed. this is part of training 4:00. pouncing on some new turf, we have some the panthers journey to super bowl 50. coming up next, on abc columbia gervais. >> welcome back. carolina women in an extremely important match on sunday night in college station, texas and the panthers begin their journey to super bowl 50. mike gillespie has more in the sports minute to win it. we start with women's basketball. carolina on the road at college station, texas. taking on 10th ranked texas a&m. carolina down one. dish down to asian wilson. 27 points, 10 boards for wilson. great night for her and mitchell in the fourth gives caroline why a seven point lead and the gamecocks don't look back. they finish this game on a 20-9 run

eastern georgia these will be tracking into barnwell county and allendale county and southern orangeburg county over the next hour or so. you will be under the gun certainly at 4:30 and that could be possibly extended to 5:30 or 6:00 this afternoon. >> we are also getting more word about schools, ben. again, the concern about the kids being let out of school and that conditions that may not be safe. you could end up with the threat of a tornado and certainly high winds. we have word that dismissal is being delayed in middle and high schools pretty much until the weather system passes and the thrt has been deemed to be passed. elementary schools had already dismissed and we have word that the buses are using precautionary measures. we got word from richland 1 schools that dismissal will be delayed until 3:30 which was about five minutes ago. the word on that, nothing further from richland 1, but we have seen a lot of that system that has passed through parts already. if they did dismiss at 3:30 and you can expect them to be home sooner keep that in mind. they may already be on the way, but that

this afternoon, democratic frontrunner hillary clinton campaigned in the town of denmark in orangeburg county. tomorrow, her husband, former president bill clinton, will campaign in florence. >> a fictional presidential candidate is making his presence felt in the state as well. president and south carolina native frank underwood, of course played by kevin spacey in the netflix series "house of cards" opened a campaign office on main street in greenville. if you'd like to see it first hand, that office will be open until 11:00 this evening and from 8:00 in the morning until stop in and see frank underwood. >> if you watch the show, you know he made it to president. the united states department says the secretary of state john kerry will sit down with comedian jimmy kimmel next week. this will be the first time he makes an appearance on the late night show. kerry on kimmel will air tuesday night, february 16th right here on abc columbia. 81,000. that's the number of south carolinians living with alzheimer's. it's a disease that can create major challenges for family care takers. >> abc columbi

patrol is investigating after a person was hit and killed while trying to cross a highway in orangeburg county. it happened just after 7 last night. troopers say the driver of an suv was heading north on u-s 301 when she hit a person crossing the driver was not hurt. the aiken county sheriff's office is investigating after a county employee found their vehicle with bullet holes in it. investigators say an ems worker discovered the holes during a shift change at substation 3 -- which is on the georgia side of aiken county. they believe it happened sometime overnight from tuesday into wednesday morning. it's unclear if the act was random or targeted. if you have information that could help investigators, contact the aiken county kershaw county investigators have arrested a camden man suspected of dealing heroin after an undercover operation. 32-year-old ronald boone has been charged with distribution and trafficking heroin. narcotics investigators say they made a controlled purchase of heroin from boone last month. this month, they say he received a large shipment of heroin. boone is being held

in connection with a drug investigation in orangeburg county. officials with the orangeburg county sheriff's office say 35-year-old isiah williams... has been charged with possession with intent to distribute marijuana. the arrest comes as several resident has complained about suspected drug activity... just east of eutawville. officials say they will as part of their investigation. and a parent monitoring their child's facebook account may have saved a teacher's life. kershaw county sheriff jim matthews says the parent came across a comment from cameron oreglia where he threatened to kill a teacher at lugoff-elgin high school. in a statement matthews says quote, "in todays climate where school shootings have become far too common, law enforcement can take no chances when a threat of this type is made."33 still to come... severe weather sweeps the south. we're taking a closer look at damage left behind... after tornadoes touch down in north carolina.a cooler start with clear skies.expect lots of sunshine but also lots of wind today.details next.

dollar bills.a total of 650 dollars in counterfeit money was recovered from both cases. 3 in orangeburg county..two men are beind bars after authorities say they are connected to two break ins at the same pharmacy. they are 33- year-old jeffery appleton and investigators say the two broke into a pharmacy in north and stole perscription drugs. both were charged with burglary and possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance and a host of other charges. 3 in spartanburg county...deputies have arrested a woman after they say she threw a lit cigarette in an officers face. she's 41 year old selina corn. deputies were called to her home just after one in the morning and they say she got unruly. one of the deputies says corn threatened to get a gun and then threw the cigarette at deputies. she has been charged with assault and battery, resisting arrest and threating the life of a public offical. 3 3 there has been a lot of chaos surrounding the zika virus and who it affects since the announcement the mosquito borne disease.we spoke with one columbia man who takes students from usc overs

expects that number will grow under the deputies investigating complaints of drug activity in orangeburg county led to the man. investigators say they were patrolling an area at broken arrow and old number six highway near eutawville last week. they noticed a car in a parking lot and questioned the people inside. isiah williams admitted having drugs in the center console, deputies found about four ounces of marijuana. williams was charged with possession with intent to distribute marijuana. bond was set at $7,500 next on the news at noon... a new investigation after more than a dozen reports of the zika virus in the u-s break one going back to the old neighborhood can be hard sometimes. walls have been built invisibly around the old neighborhood and frankly, opportunity locked out. i spent my entire life in the civil rights movement. i came up in the naacp like my mom came up in the naacp, like my father came up with the congress of racial equality, like bernie sanders came up with the congress of racial equality. black lives matter. we need to combat institutional racism from top to bottom in

as sled continues to investigate the case.bond has been denied -- something orangeburg county sheriff... leroy ravenell... says... he's thankful for.if convicted.... brown faces up to 30 years in prison for the attempted murder charge... and another 5... for possession of a weapon during a violent crime. 3 3 seven people have been tested for the zika virus in south carolina according to the center for disease control ... two of those tests have come back negative, all seven people traveled to one of the countries with widespread zika.... those are in central and south america and the caribbean. the other five cases are still pending.zika virus is spread by mosquitoes. symptoms include fever... rash... joint pain... and conjunctivitis.... which can last up to seven days.about one in five people who are infected will get sick.the main concern... is with infected pregnant women... who's children may have birth defects.there is no vaccine or treatment specific to zika 3 3 everyone has their pick for tomorrow's super bowl... but one cookie company says the prediction is all in how the cook

in one last push to rally support from orangeburg county voters, bernie sanders will speak at claflin university. our billie jean shaw is there where supporters are already starting to come in. bernie sanders has a lot of supporters here at claflin today which isn't a surprise since the vermont senator is pulling heavy support students. the question is will that support help him win over south carolinians tomorrow. polls show clinton is still maintaining a double digit lead over the vermont sanders. a short time ago i spoke to students about what issues they are looking forward to sanders speaking on today. sanders is set to take the stage in the next hour. he will be joined by state rep. justin bamberg, rapper killer mike and erica garner the daughter of a ny man who died while in police custody. later in the day, sanders will he'll talk about making college affordable, income inequality and criminal justice reform. in one last push to rally support from orangeburg an event at the township auditorium. doors open at 4...for the 7 o'clock event. close by the sanders event in orangeburg

officials say brown fired a rifle at an orangeburg county deputy on january 16th outside coasters nightclub. the returned fire. two sumter parents have been charged, after their nine-week-old baby was found with multiple bone fractures. 20-year-old alicia anderson and 22-year-old adam little are charged with unlawful conduct toward a child. police were contacted by the department of social services earlier this week, after the baby was brought to the hospital with a broken femur. after a closer look, doctors found other fractures, in various stages of healing. the baby is expected to be okay. chapin has a new police chief. seth zeigler is set to take take over the department today. he'll be sworn in at nine this morning at the council chambers at chapin town hall. zeigler, a chapin native, most recently served with the west columbia police department. he replaces former chief troy crump. we're just one day away from the first- in-the-nation primary in new hampshire. and the latest shows donald trump is growing his lead in the granite state. 33-percent of those polled say the back the billio

and in orangeburg county highway patrol troopers tweeted out a picture of an overturned tanker truck this afternoon. troopers say they are investigating the overturn road. that's outside of norway off savannah highway. we have a sunny and warm start to the work week as we take a live look over the capital city through the wis skycam. meteorologist ben tanner is in the first alert weather center tracking a nice next few days before our next major weather maker moves in. quick little disturbance comes our way today, look for a few more clouds as temperatures reach the lower 70s. i won't rule out a sprinkle or light shower skies turn mostly cloudy tuesday into wednesday as a cold front moves towards the state. rain chances increase late tuesday night into wednesday. highs tuesday lower 70s..scattered showers on wednesday with highs in the lower 60s. cooler temperatures with partly cloudy skies thursday.will watch for another quick shot at showers on friday before a dry weekend. highs in the lower 60s falling to the upper 50s by friday. lower 70s. i won't rule out a sprinkle or light sho

there is a severe thunderstorm warning for orangeburg county till 5:30 p.m. this afternoon and calhoun county. they could reissue this to the east and sumpter and calhoun county but they haven't done that just yet. in the meantime temperatures cooled off. 75 degrees here in columbia today. right now 65. 65 in augusta. 60 atlanta. 62 raleigh. warm ahead of the line of thunderstorms. we have rain still falling here in columbia. we have seen an inch of rain now. 65 degrees current temperature. winds from the south. about 6 miles per hour. now, let's take a look at the traffic across the area and with it raining like it has been that is been causing a slow down. but it is not too bad. you can see, southern part of the city not too bad. and northern sections. a few problem areas. malfunction junction out of the city, going through malfunction junction. it is slow there and a slow down in the westbound lanes of i-20 going into nat area. meanwhile there -- that area. meanwhile there is an accident at i-20 and i-77 and that has southeast side of town, here is the sum

we also have a links to the top gop and just into the wis alert center: an orangeburg county man is charged with attempted murder after police say a dispute over a car turned violent this past weekend. -48 year old charlie riley charged with attempted murder, possession of a weapon during violent crime: he and another man arguing over a car saturday afternoon. -police say he shot the 42 year old victim with a shotgun. -riley: he was threatened by the victim before he shot him in the chest -victim: told investigators he got into a car and was attempting to leave riley's property when riley shot him. -riley in court for a hearing this morning -- bond set 50,000 the columbia police department is taking steps to change its policy on how officers use their tasers. a ruling last month says police are only justified in deploying tasers when there is a safety issue involved or a threat of immediate danger. cpd's in-house legal expert says that means the devices should not be used just because a subject is refusing to comply. chief skip holbrook says he's already changing the "a lot of this comes do

if you lightning strikes are nonsevere when you get to areas of western central portions of orangeburg county getting into portions of calhoun county. showers and heavy rainfall already moving through santee and getting into claritin county. outside of that we are starting with temperatures that are very warm, and very muggy outside. 64 lexington, 60 columbia, orangeburg 66, manning 54, bishopville at 60 for degrees. there is a lot of showers and storms the party been moving through, tornado watches and portions of southeastern southern georgia into portions of northern florida, that is not with a cold front is, it is still well into alabama. you can see more showers and storms developing off of that cold front and all of that will towards the palmetto state. we are still under a risk for severe weather. a slight risk nevertheless, for the midlands, and then an enhanced risk as we get into portions of the piedmont all the way down into the grand strand. this covers all throughout the morning and well into the mid afternoon. with the impacts we are expecting we are looking at even more heavy r