ashley daley- she's live in greenville county with a look at some of the areas 3 fox carolina's adrian acosta is live in cherokee county where they've also seen flooding over the last twelve hours- 3 meteorologist ted phaeton is in for kendra today- he's tracking this system- ted, it seems the rain has lightened up but i understand there's more on the way- 3 3 showers will last into the evening before tapering off overnight. expect tememratures to dip into the low to mid-50s area-wide. thursday will peak in the mid-50s and mid-40s under gradually clearing skies. look to see dry conditions as the new year approaches. 3 over to the pit crew traffic 3 center. 3 we're watching: watching: 3 here's a live look at the s.c.d.o.t. cam on-- 3 our team coverage continues...first at four. 3 in greer- several streets have been underwater- including batesville road, brushy creek road- along with suber road at sweet briar.now some of these are near the enoree river which topped it's banks- which led to the roads being closed- 3 in greenwood county-check it out-you can see the high water some type 3 o

next up for carolina - the tampa bay bucs. so a must win situation for the panthers if they want that homefield advantage... 3 3 meanwhile over in tennessee former tigers star wide out nuk hopkins reeling in a touchdown for the texans in their 34-6 win over the titans...hopkins had 117 yards on the day. a good day for kansas city...the chiefs clinch a playoff berth with their 9th straight win against the browns- interesting fact its the first time ever that the chiefs and the royals have made the playoffs in the same year...-and coin toss confusion in the jets-patriots game. going into overtime the patriots won the coin toss but inexplicably elected to kickoff...the jets immediately drove down the field with two long pass plays and won the game with a touchdown pass to eric decker. 3 3 elsewhere in the n-f-l denver broncos quarterback peyton manning's been listed in an al jazeera undercover investigation as one of several professional athletes supplied with illegal performance enhancing drugs. manning vehemently denies the rep

3 3 rain will move out of the carolinas as cooler air moves in. we are taking a look at your new year forecast and tracking some sunshine for the weekend. stick around for the latest. latest. 3 thieves target 3 an upstate charity in the midst of the holiday season! what law enforcement is encouraging all of us to do to stay safe- 3 plus stick around for this one- an 8-year-old upstate girl teaching selfessness while helping out the greenville ft lauderdale -we're talking about how the tigers are moving forward after the suspension of three players from the orange bowl -they're headed home - and two will never suit up in orange again. hear from coach dabo swinney next on the ten o clock news. 3 weathehetaking over the headlines across the country and right here in our area- 3 today, the upstate saw a lot of flooding-but earlier this week the mountains saw their fair share -take a look at artspace charter school in buncombe county.a mudslide caused this mess- they are still cleaning up the mud---- all the carpet had be removed---and will have to be

it's near archer road and floyd road by carolina church. ems has been called. called. 3 here's a live look at the s.c.d.o.t. cam on--i-85 in spartanburg near brockman mcclimon road 3 3 3 this morning, we are working to get more information after four people were arrested in connection to a kidnapping in western north carolina. carolina.this is a look at the four suspects.we're told one of them was arrested in asheville.. and the other three are currently locked up in georgia. georgia.investigators y they're accused of kidnapping elijah and harley joyner.the boys' disappearance sparked an amber alert on sunday. 3 authorities say the children were abducted while they were visiting family members.the boys were dropped off a short time later at the fire department in swannanoa.we're told the four suspects are not blood relatives of the children.stay with fox carolina for more on this story as it develops. 3 3 covering our counties-- greenville county deputies are looking for a missing man who has alzheimer's.we're told 78 year old "doyle chism" was last seen at 5:3

carolina. 3 you're watching the morning after trying brookside chocolate, pele talk about it online. love at first taste. i would liquefy it and bathe in it. curse you, brookside! your nefarious plans have succeeded. nefarious? are we still talking about chocolate? 3 welcome back to the morning news on fox carolina--we're taking a live look at... swananoa river rd at biltmore aveasheville 3 a texas teen on 3 probation for killing four people in a drunken driving crash-- has been captured in mexico. 3 authorities say "ethan couch" known as the affluenza teen and his mother were found in puerto vallarta mexico on monday. they believe couch and late november after a video surfaced showing what appeared to be couch at a party involving alcohol. he avoided prison time for the crash-- after a psychologist diagnosed him with affluenza. couch could however, go to prison for up to 10-years if he's found to have violated his probation by drinking. 3 if you're traveling this morning--- you may want to che

isolated t-storms will be possible 3 and wake up with fox carolina. we've got traffic and weather every ten minutes from five to nine am. 3 i'll have much more,coming up- 3 in greenwood... a high water advisory is in effect at lake greenwood at the buzzard roost dam- water was released from the lake into the saluda river today - impacting areas in greenwood and newberry counties-.you'll recall those areas were also hit hard during octobers historic flooding. 3 3 3 "just a lot of water. a lot of people come down here and it's real dangerous so anytime they've got these wheels open and it's flooding, it's best just to ride by instead of staying here, parking in the parking lot and all, because there's so much water thats coming through these gates. it's just a lot of water, it's real dangerous." dangerous."the bridge on ruff bottom road in greenwood county has been closed as a precaution- it won't reopen until engineers can inspect it. officials are stressing that buzzard roost dam is *not in danger of a breach...but that these measures are being taken

carolina. natasha cantrell, christopher carter and chadwick agan were arrested in georgia on sunday. the boys were found safe at a fire department after an amber alert was issued. 3 jason van dyke-- the chicago police officer charged with killing 17-year laquan mcdonald is expected to enter a plea at a hearing this morning. van dyke says the teen was armed with a knife when he shot him 16-times. 3 if you're hoping for a new job hiring! 3 mau will be recruiting today at sc-works in gaffney on wilmac road. the event will run from 8:30 to 12:30 and then from two to four.bmw is looking for production associates for the plant in greer--- pay starts at fifteen diploma or ged, plus a year of work experience is required. 3 3 it's (time).the surprises keep coming for kobe bryant as his final season continues.what he was welcomed in charlotte with--coming up. 3 we head to break with a live look at... clemson you're watching the morning 3 news on fox carolina. 3 you're watching the morning news. it comes

carolina. and wake up with 3 and wake up with fox carolina. we've got traffic and weather every ten minutes from five to nine am. 3 giving someone a puppy for christmas - while a gift with good intentions...could turn out to be a bad idea ideaone man landed in hot water on social media after posting his daughter didn't want the puppy he got herand we have that little dogs story coming up 3 plus..big allegations.. about one the n-f-l's biggest stars! peyton manning.. accused of using performance enhancing drugs.but now ... the guy who new tonight 3 although you may have good intentions when getting someone a puppy or kitten for christmas it may turn out to be a bad decision.. decision..thats what one upstate man found out the hard way after getting his daughter a puppy...and she didn't want it ithe then popoed a picture of the dog on social media, holding it by its neck and trying to sell it.many people were in an uproar after seeing the postbut after seeing the picture online--lucky pup rescue in greenville was able to pick the dog up and hope

here in south carolina... as well as in early voting new hampshire and iowa. pataki never made main stage in any of the g-o- p debates. he was at less than one-half of one percent of support in last week's c- n-n/o-r-c republican poll. pataki joins rick perry... our own u-s senator lindsey graham... in dropping out of the g-o-p race. the remaining candidates in the battle for the presidency now head toward their first contest... the iowa caucuses... which are just a month away. south carolina congressman trey gowdy is announcing his pick for president. gowdy says he is backing florida senator marco rubio... calling him the best candidate on national security and public safety. the endorsement could give rubio a boost here in the palmetto state. south carolina is the third state and first in the south to hold a primary. many pundits see the state as a must-win for rubio as he makes a play for the white house. rubio's campaign says he'll make stops this weekend in easley... lexington and hilton head. meanwhile..

now.two boys are now safe in western north carolina.. after their disappearance prompted an amber alert.we'll tell you who's locked up this morning. morning. 3 it's a wet start to the final week of 2015.i'll tell you how long this rain sticks around. around.the clemson tigers work to keep their winning streak alive.fox carolina is in miami as the team is just days away from the orange bowl. 3 good morning.... it's monday, december 28.i'm lauren elise...here with nicole papay. thanks for joining us on the morning news. 3 let's take a live look at the fog over i-85 here in 3 showers and fog linger early in the day, with morning temperatures in the 50s and 60s. expect a few daytime showers to continue with overcast skies, and highs reaching the mid to upper 60s. tonight, heavy rain pushes in with lows in the 50s. mild temperatures and a few showers continue on tuesday, with heavier rara by midweek. 3 over to lauren with traffic. 3 in buncombe county -- one person was hit by a car.it's at long shoals road and brevard road.no word on injuries

fox carolina is down in florida following the tigers as they get ready. ready.this morning, sports director aaron cheslock is catching up with one of their most underrated players-- "cordrea tankersley." they talked about the tigers' defense and how they will match up with oklahoma. 3 3 "you look at this oklahoma offense, a team that's scored fifty-plus points in five of their last seven games, how do you guys gameplan for an offense that's that high-caliber?" caliber?" 3 "well we just go out there and single week, we know they're a great team and they're going to go out there and compete, they're going to go out there and try to make all the plays, it's just up to us to try and stop them. like i said they're just a great team, with a great quarterback. and great coaches so we look forward to the task." task."with a tigers win 3 against the sooners on thursday.. they have a shot at the national championship title. 3 we'll have much more on the tigers tomorrow night.. during "the orange bowl preview." aaron cheslock will have in- depth analysis and one-on-

and north carolina... a lot of it gets attributed to the tigers simply getting gassed... they played ten games straight to wrap up the regular season... but they say their rested and revitalized now... not a concern for arguably the best q-b in the big-12... oklahoma's baker mayfield. mayfield. 3 3 "it could be a shoutout but when it comes down to a shoutout it's about keeping the ball in your hands and not turning it over. i mean you can control the clock even if you're not going and scoring a touchdown every time. you can control the clock and keep it in your tempo and that's what we want to do. do. 3 3 " we just haven't been coming out and playing the way we've been playing the last couple games. and i feel like we all had a great bowl practice and got back to the defense we were, with what you've seen against norte dame and stuff like that. that. 3 linebacker ben boulware sums it up by saying in their mind it's not about who lines up across the line of scrimmage... it's simply about the tigers defense

the morning news on fox carolina. 3 welcome back to the morning news on fox carolina--we're taking a live look at... clemson 3 3 covering our counties. in greenville county-- a woman is recovering this morning after deputies say she was shot at a taylors apartment complex. complex.deputies say they responded to the mountain trace townhomes on shockley road on tuesday...where they found a woman shot in the leg. deputies say they *don't have reason to believe that the public is in danger. no information has been released the woman is expected to be okay. 3 in pickens county--- were working to learn more about a pickens county man found dead in his home. 3 deputies say a neighbor called 9-1-1 after seeing the victim on the floor of his "planters way" home through a window. 3 the coroner says 54 - year old "clarence holcombe" died from a gunshot wound.deputies say there were no signs of forced entry -neighbors say holcombe was a nice -- generous man - deputies are asking anyone with information to call crime stoppers at 1

elects presidents. >> it's great to be back in south carolina. >> south carolina, y'all do it right.> south carolina has been pretty good to the bush family over the years. >> that is factually correct, but may be wishful thinking on jeb bush's part. we'll find out. back with more on the special edition of "mtp daily," diving deep into the february foursome of states that will shape the 2016 race. we're halfway through our first four. the back half is a split situation. let me explain. so nevada democrats and south carolina republicans will actually make their pick on the same day february 20th, a saturday. the other side in each state will weigh in a few days later on separate days. why the two-state parties in south carolina, nevada don't work together the iowa, new hampshire is i don't know. but we'll see. let's start with south carolina, always proud to tout its first in the south status for both parties after the iowa caucuses and new hampshire primary. long viewed as sort of a southern fire wall for likely nominees to sew things up. plrly the republican side. newt gingrich's 20

is back 3 you're watching the morning news on fox carolina. news starts now. now.there are reports out of florida that three clemson players have been sent home.. days before the orange bowl. we'll tell you what we know.. coming up. up. 3 they serve thousands of people each week.. and now meals on wheels needs your help.we're live with more details. 3 a lot of rain expected today as we close out 2015.i'll look ahead to your new years eve forecast.. coming up. 3 good morning.... it's wednesday, december 30.i'm lauren elise.... here with nicole papay and chris scott. thanks for joining us on the morning news. 3 morning showers turn to afternoon rain, with heavy downpours likely for the upstate in the afternoon. a flood watch is in effect until early thursday. highs will make it into the mid-60s. tonight, a few showers linger year's eve will start with a chance for showers, then dry out with lingering clouds by late day. 3 ((wrap up)) 3 let's send it over to chris. 3 we're watching: watching: 3 here's a live look at the s.c.d.o.t. cam on-- 3 3 th

keep it right here with fox carolina after the game... ac and i will bring you a full recap and reaction of the orange bowl tomorrow night at 10pm 3 more on orange bowl coming up in sports...there's another mouthwatering matchup that might be just as competitive as the quarterbacks... quarterbacac...and the reason for cam newton's touchdown dance last week revealed...his big news coming up after the break stick around... 3 3 3 well we just talked about the big quarterback battle tomorrow between deshaun watson and baker mayfield but there's another matchup you should keep an eye on... on...mackensie alexander is one of the best cover corners in the country.he's given up the fewest completions per target in the e c-c and he's only given up one touchdown. but in the college football playoffs he'll be facing the best...sterling shepard...who's 16th in the country in total receiving yards. alexander shut him down last year...so will history repeat itself? 3 3 "he's number 3. and he's 5'10. and he plays for ou. there's nothing for me to say ab

the special kicks off here on fox-carolina at 7:30. there will be in-depth analysis ...and one-on-one interviews.we've also got an entire section dedicated to the orange bowl on fox 3 time for weather and traffic every 10 minutes. 3 showers and fog linger early in the day, with morning temperatures in the 50s and 60s. expect a few daytime showers to continue with overcast skies, and highs reaching the mid to upper 60s. tonight, heavy rain pushes in with lows in the 50s. mild temperatures and a few showers continue on tuesday, with heavier rain by midweek. 3 now to lauren with traffic. 3*********hold****** *********hold******no crashes but a disabled vehicle on white horse road and highway 25.: 25.: 3 3 you are taking a live look at the gsp exit on i-85. no delays but there is the fog to watch out for.: 3 3 it's ______. ______.if your looking to bring in the new year a little different this year--you might want to head to paris mountain for the 4th annual polar plunge. i'm live with a report. 3 we head to break with a live look at...cle

morning news on fox carolina--we're taking a live look at... new york city.. big apple... time square.. new years eve preparation ... 3 new york city is a popular destination to ring in the new year...but if you don't want to freeze outside at times square...there are some other pricey places to pop the champagne. champagne.3 olive garden is one of several chain restaurants offering new year's eve holiday party reservations in new york city. can hold a 5-hour party...though they're not serving up any breadsticks. 3 applebees and bubba gump shrimp company are offering up similar times square party plans ranging g om 2-hundred and fifty dollars to a whopping 800! 3 morning showers turn to afternoon rain, with heavy downpours likely for the upstate in the afternoon. a flood watch is in effect until early thursday. highs will make it into the mid-60s. tonight, a few showers linger with lows in the 50s. new year's eve will start with a chance for showers, then dry out with lingering clouds by late day. 3 ((weather hit)) 3 chris is in the traffic cen

republican presidential candidate donald trump was in south carolina today ahead of the new year. trump was in hilton head this afternoon holding a meet and greet at the westin hilton head island resort and spa. and republican candidate former florida governor jeb bush will be in lexington tonight bush will put in an appearance at at hudson's smokehouse barbecue on sunset boulevard tonight. the event is scheduled to start at 6:30. and another republican presidential candidate will be right behind him-- also making a pit stop at hudson's smoke house in lexington this weekend... marco rubio be holding a meet and greet saturday january 2nd at 4:00. he'll also be holding events in hilton head and easley. two local nonprofits have been hard at work this week rebuilding almost a dozen october's flood. betty shelton's house is one of the houses being remediated during the three-day "rebuild together" event. it's a partnership beween the st bernard project and homeworks, funded by large donations from united way of the midlands and mungo homes. mold is one of the biggest issues volunteers

north carolina scored 37 points, south carolina, had 32. tape. >> good defense, ea areas are there. we got to make sure we expose it. >> reporter: productive as of late. with over 145 yards a game, last six contests, and 12 total touchdowns during the span. that is where the confidence comes from. >> our confidence comes from within our locker room. we know that we are going to make plays, we know there is no defense in the country that can shut us down. he is confident in the result of thursday's orange bowl. >> they are just another team that has to get beat in order for us to go up. aware of the issues and coming up at 6:00, sports, 15 minutes, let you know what the coaches said to the players to make sure the message got through that this issue wouldn't continue in to thising on bowl. and coming up wednesday -- orange bowl. >>> con up wednesday evening at 7:30s we hope you will join us on 7 news for our orange bowl preview, a half hour look aheads to the game. the winner earning a spot in the national championship. >>> it is the week of christmas returns. what if you g gift card

south carolina congressman trey gowdy will be presidential candidates. candidates.gowdy's office says he'll be campaigning with florida senator marco rubio on tuesday and wednesday.gowdy's spokesperson says he'll be speaking at six rubio campaign events.voters in iowa will be the first in the nation to vote in the presidential primaries.their caucus is set for february first. 3 there are now 13 republicans running for the presidential nomination, after south carolina senator lindsey graham dropped out last week. week.these are the candidates appearing on the democratic primary ballot.for more you decide coverage.. head to fox carolina dot com. 3 new at four---- 3 it's winter break for students--and a comic book store in anderson is opening it's doors to serve as a popular gathering spot for young adults to play card games and fill their free time! time!planet comics is bringing students together over the holiday break--many of them bringing in decks of cards they got for christmas. here...they're gathering to trade cards and build more decks...while talk

one of her goals is to bring more jobs to south carolina and the innocent south carolina will be home to their first auto factory in north america. the $500 million facility is about 30 miles northwest of charleston. the new plant should be operating in three years and could eventually employ as many as 4000 people. the plant will build the company's new as 60 sedan.>>> in sports both the usc gamecocks and clemson tigers made national headlines. in october football coach steve spurrier announced his resignation. he said the program have he cited it as a factor in recruiting and police walking away will help the situation. he was the school's all-time winningest coach with 86 victories from 2005 to 2015. >> this is the best thing for south carolina football and for our university to start another building process and we have an accident coach and it is -- excellent coach and it is their turn to have a go at it.>> the man selected was will muschamp the former florida coach. he was introduced in early december and spent four seasons at florida before he was fired after last season. he wo

she was only the 11th woman to have an active law license in south carolina. she is leaving because of a law requiring justices to retire the year they turn 72 years old. last day is december 31st. >>> new information tonight about the deadly shooting of a professor at the university of south carolina. state law enforcement division investigators say raja was a victim of domestic abuse. his ex-wife killed him back in february before killing herself. reports show fie yad suffered from mental and emotional abuse. the man tried to keep the couples issue as secret. >>> south carolina botanical gardens director hope as $1 million gift is the start of a fundraising way to improve the resources on the clemson university campus. mike mc bride and his family are giving the money to provide programming at the garden, challenging others to raise additional million by may 30th, to turn the garden in to a showcase in the upper state. catastrophic flooding wiped out much of the grounds near the garden site. >>> north carolina stapark system is launching centennial year with

north carolina dot is at the same, along with north carolina police. mike: clemson will be without three players for thursday's orange bowl matchup with oklahoma. why they were sent home from miami. aly: plus a christmas present is to blame for starting a fire in an upstate home. but this isn't the first toy of it's kind, to cause damage. good morning i'm aly myles. mike: and i'm mike mccormick thank you for being here with us this morning. chris: we are already saturated because of the rain yesterery. more downpour today could lead to localized flooding. flood watches remain in effect through tomorrow morning. we see pretty good thunderstorms from greenwood into columbia. look at the frequent lightening north of columbia. if you are travelingngown the 385, you will run into pretty good d dnpours -- in parts of abbeville and greenwood. if you counties of north carolina and along the south carolina border have that flood watch. after early tomorrow morning, this will all be gone and we get a nice break for a couple days. be ready if you live in a flood-

south carolina is only 11 days after new hampshire. >> as kathleen noted, south carolina has a historying the decisive state. and as i said before, the republican primaries tend to end pretty quickly. bob dole can win new hampshire. and george h.w. bush then wins south carolina, for example, and it's essentially over, even though it goes on longer. the question is, was newt gingrich an anomaly or is south carolina's republican party changing like the republican party across the country in a lot of ways? south carolina, even though you think of it as a southern state, has always been more of an establishment state. carol campbell, the former governor, the deceased governor, was key to h.w. george bush's organization. was still a place when george h.w. bush ran. does that still exist? this is where ted cruz looks at the map and says, i like this. i like this. i want to be ted cruz, the tea party guy going into south carolina, and then into the s.e.c. primary, into the south, but as trump right now, as i check out the polling, on average, if you average the most recent south carolina poll

fox carolina spoke with angelita wright just 24 hours before she was arrested. arrested.she told us she was tessnear's wife, but investigators now say that's not confirmed.she also said she thought someone had intentionally run him over. tessnear was found sunday morning behind the hardees in cowpens... and died in the hospital.this morning.. we're hearing from tessnear's 3 3 3 "to lose someone so healthy and so full of life.. so much life ahead of him. i w w speechless." speechless."3 angelita wright is charged with hit and run resulting in death.she's in the spartanburg county detention center this morning. 3 3 covering our counties--the pickens county sheriff's office is looking for a killer after a man was found shot to death in his home. home.the coroner sayay54 year old clarence holcombe was found dead tuesday on planters way in easley. easley.investigators say he'd been shot in the chest. deputies tell us it didn't appear that anyone had broken in to the house.no suspects have been named. named.if you know anything about this murder call 1-888-crime-sc. 3

fox carolina's adrian acosta is live at palmetto ale house in greenville county... adriri... 3 talking with 3 talking with clemson fans excited about the gamehopeful for a winproud of the teamit's 3 cody and diana...a lot of excitement here... traffic together every 10 minutes---- -3 meteorologist ted phaeton is in for kendra today... 3 clouds will linger overhead as showers taper off. new year 's day will see a mix of sun and clouds as temperatures peak in the mid-50s across the upstate and upper 40s in western north carolina. look to sunny skies and cool temperatures to settle in ththughout the weekend. 3 ((wrap up)) 3 now lets send it over to chris scott in the pit crew traffic center. 3 3 we're watching: watching: 3 here's a live look at the s.c.d.o.t. cam on-- 3 back to you guys: 3 happening now---- 3 a major fire... at a 64-story hotel in dubai! dubai!this is the five-star address hotel... and just a started on the 20th floor.it quickly spread from there.the flames started just as people gathered to watch new year's fireworks, which went on as planned only a f

the only rain we are seeing is along the north carolina-south carolina border. also in northeastern georgia. all this is working its way eastern. we will see an increase in the rain showers today, tonight, and the next couple days wet. fog is the story if you are traveling south on 3854 26 or 25. these areas in green are under flood watches. that's because already saturated ground with more rain on the way today and some heavy downpours here's where the severe weather is breaking out right now in parts of louisiana and mississippi. tornado watches issued for that region because of the potential of severe weather being generated. we will get some of that heavier rain in our region tonight through tomorrow, even wednesday. so i know we've had enough rain. we've got a few more days to deal with it. mid-60's, upper 60's in the upstate. mid-50's in the mountains will reach into the mid-60's through the afternoon. average would be a cold morning and a high of 52. not today. it will be in the upper 60's for highs. still not record-breaking. the record in the mountains

south carolina representative trey gowaly: south carolina representative trey gowdy has announced who he's the 2016 presidential nomination. he announced his support for marco rubio yesterday. gowdy was campaigning with the freshman senator from florida in south carolina. >> national security and public safety are the most important issues to me. and there is nobody better on those two issues than marco rubio. our founding fathers did not give us a commander in chief to fill out march madness basketball brackets. or to sample golf course on the eastern seaboard aly: gowdy is a key member of the republican party. he is the chairman of the select committee on benghazi. mike: republican presidential candidate george pataki has ended his presidential bid. he made the announcement during a commercial that aired last night, right here on wyff 4. pataki received less than 1% wmur-cnn granite state poll. aly: new yorkers say goodbye to bad habits and bills. dale: one more day of rain and this is the best block of all. it's like candy cane lane. i know. oohhh. oh, holiday ferris wheel. i kind

a flood watch in effect, for much of the up state, and all of western north carolina, with 2-5 inches of rainfall, up to 6 inches locally, lands slides and rock slides in to the mountains. for the up state, 2-5 inches of rainfall expected, once again, over the course of the next few days. it's not all going to happen tonight but will happen as rain is now tracking in to northeast georgia, that will push in to up the state, the next several hours and the overnight, i will tell you exactly how much rain you can expect and what it's going to add up to where you live in your 5 zone forecast. >>> a 61-year-old columbia man has been rescued after rains stranded him for days on an island in the broad river. officials report friends called police on christmas day to report him missing. he hasn't been seen since monday. columbia's polechief says rescue unit found the man saturday afternoon. >>> the rising waters cut off the man's access to the shore. officers haven't figured out how the man survived. he is doing well. >>> crews in georgia recovered two bodies after rains caused flooding, one o

on fox carolina--we're taking a live look at... ab- tech 3 the only survivor of an attack carried out on live t-v in virginia is headed back to work.you may remember a reporter and her photographer were shot and killed during a live interview in august. here's what the chamber of commerce executive said about the moments that gunmen opened fire.it was still very difficult to even understand...to comprehend what was happening. it was something that one does not expect to happen, and your mind very quickly goes into a lot of scenarios. but it was very horrific." 3 reporter--allison parker...and photographer-- adam ward--were killed by a former co-worker while doing that interview with the woman you just heard from, vicki gardner.gardner says there's a plaque right outside her office, in memory of the two. 3 they are perfect no more -- this morning -- the carolina panthers are trying to shake off their first loss of the season. season.they were in atlanta on sunday -- you'll remember just **two weeks ago they beat the falcons 38 to no

...look no further than the south carolina men's and women's basketball teams.... teams....the gamecocks men's team is 11 and oh on the season and rising up the polls...going from 25 to 24 in the latest a-p poll...and up 3 spots to number 20 in the usa today coaches poll..the gamecocks won their only game last week 75-61 over st. john's.the see action again when they host francis marion on wednesday. meanwhile the women's team remains number 2 in the nation. they play saturday with a home game against arkansas... 3 some bowl games to recap..first the military bowl where number 21 navy taking on pitt...keenan reynolds wrapping up his record setting career by running for 3 touchdowns and throwing for anotherto lead the midshipmen to a 44-28 win. 3 and in the quick lane bowl minnesota and central michigan meeting up in detroit...the golden gophers fell behind briefly but q-b mitch leidner got them back on track 3 as minnesota wins it by a touchdown. 3 in major league baseball news...the new york yankees acquire lefty aroldis chapman from the cincinnati reds for 4 mino

carolina day improves to 12 to 1 this season. >>> the carolina day boy team also taking on. buries the three. wild cats take a three point lead. later in the game tai gieger nice layup in transition. then it's gieger again. the great bounce down low. carolina day beats southside 69 to 45. >>> in chapel hill tonight, the tar heels play their final non-conference game of the season. looking for victory number 11 of the year. marcus paige stops, pops and drops the triple. three of his 14 points. paige takes it to the rack. both high off the window. tar heels lead 26 to 11. thumbs up there. johnson had 16 boards. 96-63. >>> it's certainly been a magical season for clemson this year. the tigers will take on oklahoma with a spot in the national title game hanging in the balance. tigers have found ways to win every game of the schedule this season. desean watson has been one of the top players. he'll be ready to play on new year's eve. >> we want to be balanced. if we can do that, it will put a lot of pressure on defenses. now they choose what they want to stop first. >> luke: clem

months down here in north carolina. he graduated from davidson college in 1976 and received a phd in history from the university of virginia. for the next 23 years he taught at the university of north carolina at greensboro. between 1995 and 1998 he served as associate dean at the college of arts and sciences and between 1998 and 2004 was the head of the history department. he moved to the university of florida to occupy the richard j middleborough chair in history. he teaches courses and supervises the world students. he has published for major books prior to this one. a hard country in a lonely place, schooling society and reform in rule of virginia, the paradox of southern progressivism, 18821930. william friday and the american higher education. these last two books for both mayflower cup winners for nonfiction. the roots of succession -- secession. he lives in gainesville, florida with his wife susanna, daughter josie, and one border collie. time for me to stop. leaving more time for the historian and his subject a

you're watching the morning news on fox carolina. 3 welcome back to the morning news on fox carolina---we're taking a live look a a..ab- tech 3 3 the family of a greenville county man who was killed wednesday morning -- is asking for help from the community. community.troopers say 51 year old "ronnie follett" was crossing white horse road at highway 253 around 1:30 when he was hit by two cars. according to investigators -- the second vehicle stopped but the first one kept driving. we're told follett died about ten minutes after being hit -- now his family is hoping drivers in the area saw something. 3 3 "it's awful, that this is how he went out knowing the way he person had stopped. he was another human being, everyone deserves that kindness. and for them just to keep riding, you know you hit something. there's no way you didn't know you hit something." something."troopers say they're looking for a red or maroon colored suv - possibly a dodge and it could have front end or driver's side damage.call highway patrol if you have any information. 3 buncombe county deputies need your help f

western north carolina gets hit hard overnight by powerful storms! we're taking a look at the damage left behind! 3 and after the damage...comes the clean up!we're live in buncombe county with the latest on conditions...and how people are picking up the pieces hours later! 3 and it's quiet now, but more rain is heading in for wednesday. i'll track it coming up 3 good afternoon. i'm cody alcorn.diana has the day off. 3 flooding caused a lot of problems overnight across the mountains- the swannanoa river flooded--leaving parts of asheville firefighters performed several water rescues some of those along mark roads- one person trapped in their mobile home was brought out by boat- and two people were rescued from their van after it was swept away by rushing water. 3 just to the southwest of buncombe county-transylvania county saw flooding, power outages, and evacuations.green road was washed out overnight- people in the area say this isn't anything new when it we see these heavy downpours- 3 3 3 "well this is, historically a real low lying area on the fr

3 fox carolina's ashley minelli is live at the well this morning.. where ashley- there's a big party at 12... noon! 3 chance for kids, families to enjoy new yearar. without busting bed-times bed-times- kids enjoy skating on the ice- noisemakers to count down "noon" years eve- also the last day to enjoy skating on the big ice 3 $5 kids 6 and under$7 ages 7 and up$3 to rent skates (or bring your own for no rental fee)rental fee)own for no $3 to rent skates under$5 kids 6 and big ice 3 skating on the day to enjoy - also the last "noon" years eve count down - noisemakers to ice skating on the - kids enjoy skating on the ice- noisemakers to count down "noon" years eve- also the last day to enjoy skating on the big ice 3 $5 kids 6 and under$7 ages 7 bring your own for no rental fee) 3 count-down begins at 10 this morning... skating continues until 2 this afternoon 3 3 3 time for weather and traffic every 10 minutes. minutes. 3 mostly cloudy today with a slight chance for a morning shower. highs reach the mid- 50s in the mountains. a flood warning remains i

she was born in north carolina. coming up, the good news her parents received just in time for the new year. >> uber is expected to be in high demand as we celebrate the later at 5:30, when you can expect those surcharges. >> tonight on news 13 at 6:00, this mother is arrested for allegedly running a prostitution ring. out of her home. they saw happening at her home. >> one of the world's smallest babies was born in north carolina. >> she was born at the medical center in charlotte. doctors say she can go home in the next few weeks. >> the girl weighed 10 ounce. she still weighs less than a pound. the baby that is still inside me weighs two and a half pounds and that little girl is only a pound right now. >> more than double. >> she is healthy and going home. >> that's good news. >> thanks for joining us. have a great new year's eve. >> announcer: do you want to be the hostess with the mostess this weekend? we're kicking it off with dishes that'll make you wish every day

some penaltyies at crucial times that kept north carolina in the game and kept giving carolina some life but at the end of the day, they win. you put an exclamation point on this season and you move on and get ready for the postseason. >> chris: no need to lobby for the top seed. if we beat north carolina, it is a third top ten one, it's a third win over a ten-win team, which no clemson team has ever done. do you think the committee will say, that's more than good enough to keep clemson on the top line? >> kirk: yeah, i think if you throw the eye test in, i think both oklahoma and alabama have really impressed me, anyway, in but it's very hard to argue with what clemson has achieved this year on the field and the results on the field, which was that he just talked about, beating the likes of notre dame and florida state and now here in north carolina and that's very impressive. >> chris: there is only one 13-0 fbs team with iowa falling just at the last minute to michigan state. clemson stands as the only unbeaten. so, not much suspension. no suspension, really, about the four playoff te

mike: also, a tornado touches down in north carolina. national weatherhad the union county to determine the strength. the area. 1730 customers without power in buncombe county and 90 customers without power in anderson, 180 in greenville. mike: a rough morning weather-wise, so we start with dale. dale: flash flood warnings have been canceled, but we are under flood watch through thursday morning becae of more rain. flash flood warnings are over. wet roads across the upstate. this is woodruff road and the shops at greenwich. we have slippery driving conditions this morning. heavy rain is moving to the east on i-77 corridor and coming down in parts of cherokee county, union, york and chester. getting a break in the western part of the upstate. counties still dealing with flooding in transylvania, polk county, and flash flood warnings are over. the heavy rain last night came in such a hurry. it led to some creeks and streams coming out of their banks. flood watches will continue through thursday morning as we get ready for round two in the

you will pay more in d-m-v fees across north carolina. registration renewals will cost eight dollars more starting january first. so will renewing your drivers' license for eight years. the fee increase was ordered by the state legislature earlier this year... to generate more money for road and bridge improvements. 3 3 3 we have an update this morning on the flood clean-up in biltmore village. last night, d-o-t crews worked to clear the mud along brook street. some stores are still dealing with the aftermath of tuesday's floods as well. "surface gallery" is facing thousands of dollars worth of damage. anything that might grow and kind of soak it up, but yeah, the sandbags but yeah, you know it's kind of a waiting game, so not much you can do." employees at surface gallery say they have lost sales because of the mess. 3 3 during the floods, one man put himself at risk to save a woman.. justin teague was driving on moffitt road in asheville early tuesday morning when he noticed another driver stuck and calling for help. that driver tells n

bush, they win in south carolina. they appear to have south carolina wired in a way that doesn't make sense even when other things do. for that reason alone there will be a lot of attention on jeb bush's campaigning in the state even though the raw numbers would suggest that he's not going to be a factor. today, though, officially south carolina senator lindsey graham is out. and if you wehe were going to l the race, our next guest called the date on which he would do it weeks ahead of time. i'm not kidding. joining us is msnbc political correspondent kaci hunt who weeks ahead of time basically knew that today would be the day lindsey graham would quit. kasey, how did you know? how did you pick today? >> it was really tough, rachel. i just called the south carolina board of elections and i asked if they had said anything about when it would be possible to get off of the ballot in south carolina. now, this was something i had several people suggest that i call the board of elections because they had heard that senator

some penalty ies at crucial times that kept north carolina in the game and kept giving carolina some life but at the end of the day, they win. you put an exclamation point on this season and you move on and get ready for the postseason. >> chris: no need to lobby for the top seed. if we beat north carolina, it is a third top ten one, it's a third win over a ten-win team, which no clemson team has ever done. do you think the committee will say, that's more than good enough to keep clemson on the top line? >> kirk: yeah, i think if you throw the eye test in, i think both oklahoma and alabama have really impressed me, anyway, in these last five, six weeks. but it's very hard to argue with what clemson has achieved this year on the field and the results on the field, which was that he just talked about, beating the likes of notre dame and florida state and now here in north carolina and that's very impressive. >> chris: there is only one 13-0 fbs team with iowa falling just at the last minute to michigan state. clemson stands as the only so, not much suspension. no suspension, really, ab

some penalty ies at crucial times that kept north carolina in the game and kept giving carolina some life but at the end of the day, they win. you put an exclamation point on this season and you move on and get ready for the postseason. >> chris: no need to lobby for the top seed. if we beat north carolina, it is a third top ten one, it's a third win over a ten-win team, which no clemson team has ever done. do you think the committee will say, that's more than good enough to keep clemson on the top line? >> kirk: yeah, i think if you throw the eye test in, i think both oklahoma and alabama have really impressed me, anyway, in these last five, six weeks. but it's very hard to argue with what clemson has achieved this year on the field and the results on the field, which was that he just talked about, beating the likes of notre dame and florida state and now here in north carolina and that's very impressive. >> chris: there is only one 13-0 fbs team with iowa falling just state. unbeaten. so, not much suspension. no suspension, really, about the four playoff teams but intrigue in the o

records from the north carolina department of corrections showed he escaped from a north carolina prison on june 23rd, 1986, where he was serving a three-year sentence. he was denied bond on monday. he will be extradite today north carolina. >>> legislatures have prefiled a for killing police dogs. if passed it would carry a minimum mandatory sentence of two years for killing a dog or horse used it would also race the fine up to $20,000 and require the person pay the cost to replace the animal. under the current law the offense is just a misdemeanor with the penalty of one to five years in jail or a fine of five hundred dollars or two one thousand dollars. this comes after a police k9 was killed in anderson county and fargo a k9 was killed. it would be called fargo and hyco's law. >>> the so-called affluenza teen is now back in custody. the 18-year old was arrested two weeks after he failed to show up for his court hearing. he made headlines in 2013 when he was following a drunk driving crash at the trial the defense argued that couch suffered from what they called affluenza a psychologi

some penalties at crucial times that kept north carolina in the game and kept giving carolina some life but at the end of the day, they win. you put an exclamation point on this season and you move on and get ready for the postseason. >> chris: no need to lobby for the top seed. if we beat north carolina, it is a third top ten one, it's a third win over a ten-win team, which no clemson team has ever done. do you think the committee will say, that's more than good enough to keep clemson on the top line? >> kirk: yeah, i think if you throw the eye test in, i think both oklahoma and alabama have really impressed me, anyway, in these last five, six weeks. but it's very hard to argue with what clemson has achieved this year on the field and the results on the field, which was that he just talked about, beating the likes of notre dame and florida state and now here in north carolina and that's very impressive. >> chris: there is only one 13-0 fbs team with iowa falling just at the last minute to michigan state. clemson stands as the only unbeaten. so, not much suspension. no suspension, reall

carolina! carolina!brent tessnear died nday morning after police say a driver ran him down behind the hardees in cowpens- 3 last night...only on fox carolinaangelita told us she intenionally hittalking about their six children he left behind---saying she had no clue who would have done this and asking the driver to come forward- 3 3 "he has six kids that need closure. it's not about them or anybody else. he deserves it." 3 as you can imagine a difficult time for this family---as now, the victim's own wife, accused of running him down- at this hour cowpens police along with spartanburg county deputies are still working this case- and before the news of angelita tessnear's arrest-we spoke to her husbands father about the loss of his son- 3 3 3 "to lose someone so healthy and so full of life.. so much life ahead of him. i was speechless." speechless."tessnear has been charged with hit and run resulting in a death.she's expected to be transported to jail any minute now. 3 thanks for joining us, goo

some light rain falling along the north carolina-south carolina border, also the georgia-south carolina border. all this is streaming to the east. flood watches have been issued for the mountains. northeastern georgia and the counties and upstate, south carolina, because the potential of already saturated ground and heavy downpours could lead to localized flooding. all these great counties are dense fog advisories. if you are traveling south toward columbia, you will run into quite a bit of fog. the heaviest of the rain right now is in the mississippi valley area. parts of louisiana and mississippi under tornado watches this morning. that line of severe thunderstorms racing through mississippi has prompted that tornado watch. we also have snow behind the system. you can see the cold air, parts of missouri, and up into the planes. they will see some wintry precipitation in parts of the country. not for us, though. just rain for the first three days of the week. we will climb to the upper 60's for the afternoon. mountains will go from 50's to mid 60's today. typically this time of year, 3