drivers should use a detour at coker street. use caution if you're headed that way. time is ticking for victims of the october floods to apply for fema assistance -- and administration says there is plenty of money to go around. charles molineaux spoke with fema representatives on how important it is to get your name in the pile. charles: a lot of this involves documentation, how important is it to have all this documentation, or can you just get your name in and provide the papers later. carl: absolutely! you can register first. you can do it over the phone 1-800- 621-fema. online disasterassistance.gov. the key is to get in by january 4th - the deadline. the paperwork can follow later. over the phone we'll ask specific questions. the owner of the house -- insurance papers and that. but the documentation can come later. the key is to register. charles: have people been responding - been getting their names in? carl: they have! we've had over 98,000 registered in this area. some 78-million dollars has gone out to the area back t

you can use coker street as a detour.at this time, a boil water advisory has not been issued for customers in the area.the lanes should be reopened tomorrow. 3 after defeating memphis...the team is now 13 and o.it's safe to say they are on a roll...and usc fans are loving every minute of this winning those fans today. 3 for everybody going to be a great year this year. and it seems like back in the old days when frank mcguire was here. i was in school at the time. well we all know once conference play starts thats when the season begins and its very, very tough, very difficult, but i know coach martin has the boys up for the task and i think they can do very well. we're going to win the sec championship. i mean i truly believe that and we may go alot further, but right now i'm setting my sights on that.>3 this win continues the gamecocks best start in 82 years. 3 coming up...after some unseasonably warm weather...we can finally say it's beginning to feel more like winter... meterologist daniel bonds will tell us how long the cold temps will last.... your full break.3 people in the midwest

drivers are being detoured at coker street, which is expected to cause delays for anybody planning to head through that area. a boil water advisory has not been issued, but we will let you know if that anges. >>> health officials say at least eight south carolinans have died of the flu as 2015 came to a close. seven of those who died were 65 years old or older. the agency says that since the flu season began in october, 172 people were hospitalized with the flu through december 26. >>> clemson university is denying allegations made in lawsuits about the death of a student who died during a fraternity run in september of 2014. the greenville news reports the school has filed documents answering allegations made by the parents of tucker hipps in an earlier lawsuit. the family says that hipps was forced to walk along a narrow he died in september 2014 and his body was found in the water below the bridge. the family's lawsuit allegations that the sigma phi epsilon had a long standing tradition of requiring pledges to jump off the bridge and then swim to shore. >>> devastating floods and v

all three northbound lanes of trenholm road between coker street and forest drive are closed for a water main repair break. drivers should use a detour at use caution if you're headed that way. parts of west columbia is without water this afternoon due to a relocation project. it will impact more than two dozen blocks in and officials say the water will be turned back on at 8 tonight. once water is restored people in no toss primary day is drawing closer palmetto state. the new year kicked off with republican presidential candidate marco rubio making a stop in the midlands. "we have forgotten, or at least many in government and in washington, have forgotten--what made america the greatest country in the world. and the result is what we see today." senator rubio spoke and took questions from voters at hudson's smokehouse in lexington. our mike desumma was there and joins us now live with more. mike. sam the florida senator would use his time ahead of that critical early primary to make the case for why he should have the job. rubio's camp planned a real sweep of south carolina this second