students in fairfield and students in fairfield and chester counties will not report to class today. those districts are closed because of the threat of wintry weather. darlington county schools are delayed 2 hours this morning. preparations are well underway in the counties north of columbia. in newberry county, deputies have been monitoring the roads and power lines for ice through the night. so far, it's just been rain, but some who live in whitmire believe it's coming. chad mills has the story. "my mama always told us that when we were little, you know. cereal with milk, and you can make a sandwich with bread and just sit on the couch and, you know, watch the tv or sherri epps "as far as my salon, i'm going to be very careful. i'm going to, you know, and see, you know, how the snow is going to accumulate during the bad weather, and contact my clients ahead of time, so they do not come out, because i don't want to put anybody's life in danger trying to travel to get to the salon." epps expects whitmire, located on the northern end of newberry county, will get some snow and maybe s

in fairfield county, i am chuck ringwald for news 19. back to you guys. >>> we also want to mention that there are two closures in that area, fairfield county, also all of the fairfield county schools and offices are all close today. two hour delay for lee county disabilities and special needs board and once again kershaw county school district the north-central area on a two ship-- we have been tracking this all throughout the morning. now, it might be impacting the roads. >>> traffic has been picking up, i 26 this is as you approach saint andrews road, traffic has been picking up, the roads are very wet right now, and they are going to start turning slick as temperature start to drop. you can see on the rater right now, a lot of rain has already started to move through. freezing rain, snow, to the north of us. a lot of rain is still coming through, the second round is still supposed to come. most of the rain is along the north and east of i 26 but you can see redevelopment still continuing. in fact, right now, we are looking at the gre

also out of fairfield county... all schools and officers in the fairfield county school district are closed.... due to the potential of freezing rain. some state government offices will be also be closed today in preparation for the inclement weather. according to the emergency management division... offices in lancaster and spartanburg counties will be closed. in florence and darlington counties... state offices will operate on a two hour delay. we will continue to track closings as they come in to our newsroom... you can also visit our website... a-b-c columbia dot com. the south carolina emergency management division activated at fo this orning... and is nitong the cdion of thste m. these winter weather coitions could make your morning commute a lile more dangerous. officials with theouth carolina department of public safety are advising residents to stay home and avoid any unnecessary travel. but officals are offering some advice should roads. hi motosts to reporan dangerou they m ti while on the road. just dial

it's looking like a bright summer for fairfield as the city announced that it will be adding hundreds of jobs to its business landscape.veritiv corporation will be leaving clermont county in july and to butler county.9 on your side's butler and warren reporter jay warren has the story from fairfield. miami twp's loss is fairfields gain as veritiv corporation is bringing four hundred white collar jobs to the gilmore pointe office building this summer sitting on the corner of mack and gilmore roads in fairfield the building has been vacant for some time but about a month ago a broker for veritiv reached out to mark wendling fairfield's city manager((mark wendling/city mgr. fairfield)) "they wanted to put some money into it and we wanted to provide the assistance so that they would be able to do that."so the city offered a two million dollar property reinvestment reimbursement package which means after veritiv fixes up the building the city will pay the company up to two million dollars it's a deal that has long term benefit for fairfield ((sot))"we're thinking the annual income tax reve

and finally you can reach fairfield electric at 1- 800-499-7862. and remember, you can get the latest weather information on the go by downloading the wis first alert notifications right on your phone. it's free for android and iphone. just search wis in your app store. coming up on the news at noon-- invesitgators in the lowcountry say a body found submerged in a river could have connections to an out-of-state missing person's investigation. and an investigation into the death of an inmate won't result in charges for several officers involved. those stories and more after the break. an out-of-state missing persons case. authorities pulled the body and the white pickup truck from the water yesterday evening at the folly beach boat landing. it's believed the body was in the truck for about a month. no further information has been released as to which state the case involves or how truck in the river. orangeburg county deputies want to question a person of interest after an armed robbery at a local church last friday. deputies say it happened just ou

also fairfield county, state government offices are closed today. you can find a full list of the latest closings and cancellations on our website, wltx.com. we will also be putting that information on the bottom of the screen throughout the day. management division is looking hard to respond to the changing weather situation. savannah levins joins us live met with more. i know you have been there all morning.>> reporter: this is the epicenter and hub of staying in front of the storm. you can see the radar behind me. this is where state agencies meet and talk about this. the idea is to stay one step ahead. these storms can be so volatile, changing every second . it is hard to predict but easy to stay ahead of. i am now going to bring in derek becker. as of this moment, where do we stand with the storm? >> we are better than we had previously predicted. we are trying to prepare for the worst and hope for the best. make preparations and nothing happens, that's the worst thing that can happen. we are getting reports of ice accumulation on the roadways,

they live throughout fairfield county. so every town is sitting here saying okay, how many employees will be moving from my town and what will the impact be on our real estate market? >> the concern is for the tax space and the impact on the school budget. >> that was marcus solis reporting from fairfield. >>> from connecticut to brooklyn, where right now police are looking in to whether a killed a teenager was a gang-related revenge murder. newscopter7 in the east new york seck. an 18-year-old man shot in the head and killed. a 17-year-old shot in the arm, in stable condition. three people in custody. police say they've recovered a gun. >>> the mother of a new york city police officer who was shot in the line of duty is speaking exclusively to eyewitness news about her son's close call. her son is in good spirits but anxious to return to patrol duty. officer sherrod stuart was shot by friendly fire by responding to a fight in the bronx that erupted in to a hail of bullets. stuart was shot in the ankle during the melee acc

places like fairfield county, kershaw county, newberry county and lee county. that's where we'll see a mix of freezing rain and just plain freezing rain for about three, four, maybe five hours. that's where we will start to see at least some problems, but there's some light at the end of the tunnel on that, because look what happened? we get into the middle part of the day, and then into the afternoon notice the green moves to the north, meaning the warmer air is starting to erode away that cold air. so it won't last terribly long in the northern counties. however, if you're going to a place like rockhill or charlotte, a whole other story. freezing rain all day long, a complete mess. if you're going there, i would certainly reconsider. notice the warm area continues to move to the north. all rain for us. now if you're a snow lover, maybe a little something for you. check this out. what's going to happen is, as the storm continues to track up the east coast, it's going to bring decent snow up to the northeast, but for us what's going to happen is we're going to

local 12's megan moore joins us *live* in fairfield with the details. 3 as you said students here at fairfield intermediate school are taking part in upstander week which will run through the end of this week. an upstander is described as someone who recognizes when something is wrong and acts to make it right. all week students have been taking part in various activities in each learning about what it means to be an upstander. school administrators say the students will also learn how to be upstanders and they will be setting personal and school community goals. this morning starting around 8:30, students will be attending an hour long assembly where they will get to hear from nationally- renowned anti-bullying speaker and recording artist keenan west who is from cincinnati. one of the goals in mind is for students to learn to relate to one another.we will be attending that assembly and will also have the chance to talk with principaltodd hartman and students about what this week means and what they have been learning in their classes this week. live in fairfield megan moore, local

ge has called fairfield home since 1974. the company is relocating to boston, wooed by big incentives and a chance to rebrand itself. >> is that huge win for the city of boston, a huge win for >> reporter: massachusetts governor celebrating the move. connecticut governor tried to put a positive spin onto news. >> our progress will continue. challenges head on. >> i can help you with anything today? >> reporter: for people who live and work in fairfield the news is tough take. amy owns chloe's closet. >> it's heartbreaking approximately there's a lot of families in fafld irfield who are loyal to stores in the area. >> reporter: next door to the italian kitchen specialty products bring customers in. but the owner can't help but wonder how many regulars will be shipping up to boston. >> it's sad. it's like losing a neighbor, honestly. you see them every day, they come grab a cup of coffee. now you see them go. >> reporter: ge will sell its favored headquarters moving 800 jobs to boston. in a statement chairman and ceo called bo

she joins us now from a salt barn on filthier -- fairfield row. what did you find out about what they can do? >>reportrt:ladies, all day today the department of transportation has been we are joined here with tony mad wood, talk to us about what we see right behind us and how you guys are planning for these damages? >> right behind me there's about a thousand tons of rock salt, and what is going on is we are still in preparations and standby mode for the event tonight. every storm is different, but the way we prepare is always the same >>reporter:you were telling me earlier today about the strategies you guys have. we do not see any trucks in the field here, because where are they? >> they are staged out in different locations on the interstate. we have to prepare for being in the right place at the right time. with the changing conditions of the storm we want to make sure we are in the right place >>reporter:where exactly are you guys expecting? earlier we spoke to dot that told us the bridges are what you guys are focusing on. which is where icy

he joins us now from winnsboro in fairfield county. judi, dawndy ahead of what's expected to be rare weather event for the midlands county officials have been doing what they can to stress that residents take caution. that's not only the case here in fairfield county --- but neighboring kershaw county as well. both areas are facing the chance of snow and freezing rain over the next two days. kershaw county emergency directors say their public works crews have been working with the dot to create a plan for treating the roads. but with the threat of freezing rain they say there will be only so much they can do to keep conditions safe. the lugoff fire department has been busy outfitting a military vehicle capable of dealing with the ice --- in the event they have to go out and make rescues. chief dennis ray says his desire is to use that only what could be a dangerous storm. dennis ray --- lugoff fire chief "i mean this isn't the first time we've been through this..we remember going through this last year. we're looking at the forecast. w

freezing rain advisory extended until 2pm for newberry, fairfield, kershaw and lee freezing line continues to sneak into southward into richland, clarendon and sumter counties, as a cold wedge of air continues to move in from the northeast at the surface. the number of showers will start to decrease into the afternoon left could refreeze as temperatures fall to the upper 20s and low 30s. saturday morning expect a few snow showers that will move quickly through the central midlands and even make it into the lowcountry. and remember, you can get the freezing line continues to sneak into southward into richland, surface. the number of showers will start to decrease into the afternoon fall to the upper 20s and low quickly through the central midlands and even make it into the lowcountry. and remember, you can get the and remember, you can get the latest weather information on the go by downloading the wis first alert weather app. you can get instant notifications right on your phone. it's free for android and iphone. just search wis in your app store. kershaw county has been seeing a good mix

residents in fairfield county saw their share of the winter storm with a mild wintry mix this afternoon. >> our jennifer ready continues our team coverage tonight. >> throughout the day, we've seen a variety of precipitation in fairfield county starting this morning with rainfall and increased wind and this afternoon, we did see a little bit of a wintry mix. if you take a look to my left, you can see how much the temperatures have dropped here in fairfield county. you can see the rain is starting to freeze on this vent. that was not the case this morning when it was simply too warm out. we did take a drive about 13 miles up the road towards chester county. up there, you can see a little bit more slush on the roads as well as an increase flurry fall in that area. now, sc-dot crews are on the roads. we spoke to several drivers making their way down here from charlotte where the weather was expected to be worse today. they say the key to getting down here safely was taking it slow. but, you know, everyone in charlotte which is usually kind of a hectic place to drive is taking it slow on th

that's fairfield, travis air force base.ermore 43, walnut creek one location reporting upper 30s. san jose 49, and san francisco checking in 49 degrees at the most recent update. tomorrow morning we do after freeze warning fortin land valleys and also for parts of the north bay, san rafael, novato. 10:00 today. overnight lows back down to the upper 20s to low 30s. i think the temperatures tomorrow morning, we're going to do it all over again first thing saturday morning. bigger changes developing. sunday we're tracking a sam, second one that could be approaching the bay area on tuesday. tomorrow will be dry with that freeze warning, mostly sunny skies for the afternoon hours. saturday we bring in the chance of a few scattered showers, primarily up in the north bay. and then on sunday showers could be developing across parts of the bay area. here is our forecast model. tomorrow, for january 1st, we are in the clear. more clouds on saturday. there's a chance of a shower developing up in the north bay. and then into sunday, you

fairfield county schools are closed tomorrow.w. other than that,t, no school closings. >> that's the area we have the freezing rain advisory that begins in an hour and a half, the area we'll be watching closely. that freezing rain advisory we could see a little bit of freezing rain here in the central midlands. right now we don't think it's going to be a big deal. we'll be watching very closely anywhere from a quarter to maybe a 1/10th of an inch. by the time that rain winds on down late friday night, early saturday morning we could see a couple snowflakes. again we don't think that's going to be necessarily major deal. the biggest thing by far is the freezing rain in the northern midlands. >> it's possible to go to work with no freezing rain and be >> a lot to watch and captioning sponsored by cbs

but yesterday people were buying 3 to 5 million tickets an hour. 3 fairfield city schools now have a unique medical resource in their backyard. it's the first ever fully integrated, school based health care center at a suburban district. local 12's perry schaible joins us live in the newsroom with a sneak peak inside. 3 you can find the health care center on donald drive, in a white, non descript building accessed from the same parking lot as the fairfield intermediate school...the building may not look like much, but big things are happening inside. it's a one stop shop serving student's health needs. there is a medical wing, vision care, dental services, and an area for behavioral needs. this is a similar model to the heath care center at oyler elementary in price hill... what makes it different is the co-existence of all four important, especially in fairfield, where close to 50 percent of the students are on free or reduce lunch...which means they're living below the poverty level. what makes it work is a partnership between several organizations including one-sight, a non- profi

night lancaster, chesterfield counties freezing rain advisory in effect until 2pm today newberry, fairfield, kershaw, lee counties periods of rain, some rain heavy at times. northern midlands have the best chance of seeing possible heavy icing due to freezing rain falling through early today, then again tonight. rain will be mixed with light snow northern/central midlands tonight and saturday morning not expecting much if any accumulation of snow. however, some icing is likely around columbia metro, high amounts chester north. sunshine by saturday afternoon this is still a developing storm, update will following during the day. a winter weather advisory has just been issued in there's been a light dusting of snow in whitmire already. our chad mills is there chad. i'm live in whitmire where there's been a light dusting of snow. the roads also starting to get slick. snow is expected late tonight which could result in patches of ice. making bridges and overpasses dangerous this will make travel difficult. county officials say if you don't have to be out and about, please stay home. in whitmire

in fairfield township julie while we start our saturday forecast with cloudy skies and only slight rain chances, rain is likely to move in as we head into the evening hours. expect periods of heavy rain, especially during the game. in all, the tri-state could pick up nearly .50" of rain on saturday. a cold front will sweep through the tri-state on sunday morning, and the cold air could trigger some mixed rain/snow precipitation mainly is it worth paying for lost pounds? you money to lose weight.we'll tell you if the incentive is likley to work for you. harmful chemicals touching your pizza.we'll tell you the changes being made to pizza boxes - to keep you and your family safe. new at 5:30... is your cell phone bill creeping up toward 200 dollars a month?consumer reporter john matarese is on your side with simple ways to lower that bill for the new tonight in healthy living - paying people to lose weight simply doesn't work. often employers use financial rewards to motivate workers. employees then get a reduction in health premiums. but in a new study from the university of pennsylvania,

and it feels like a chilly 32 in fairfield.10:00 tonight, away from the bayshore line where most locations may fall into the mid 20s and low 30s. after that frosty start, it's a nice-looking day to 2016 to start off the new year. lots of sunshine, but cool temperatures. a dry start to the year, but our first chance of showers on the seven-day forecast sunday night into monday, and a stronger storm arrives on tuesday. >> thank you so much, drew. >> you have to adapt. the warriors, they did it pretty quick. it took less than 24 hours for the warriors to play a better way without steph curry. was it enough to give it a win? sports is next. >>> this abc 7 sports report is brought to you by bank of the west. >> draymond green admitted the warriors don't know how long steph curry will be out, so they have to figure out how to win without him. leandro barbosa, festus ezeli all out with injuries. ian clark off the bench again. warriors up nine. the bearded one. james harden. 30 in the game. but three in the foul. made the free throw to

. >> all week students here at fairfield intermediate school have been learning about the tools they need to spot bullying and also how to act and stop it. today they got to have a little fun inside the gym for an assembly and they got to see keenan west and anti-bullying speaker. >> today students got to hear more about what they have been learning all week in classes. the skills they need to learn bullying when they see it. keenan's message today not just through his feet but adding songs and dance moves. encouraging students not to be bystanders, but instead upstandards. bullying and also how students can bully by excluding others. he noted how things have changed with easy access to phones and media. cyber bullying being a big issue. he hopes students take away a lot from today. >> for us, it is really more of a focus on understanding that it is important for our students to build positive relationships with each other and to know how they can help someone in need when they see an injustice occurring. >> the principal tells me they are learning skills that they plan to carry thro

fairfield, connecticut and southern parts of fairfield county checking in with 11 inches. bridgeport further north and east checking in with 7 inches. there's more snow to come from. these 1 to 2 inch per hour snowfall rates stay with us until about 7:00, it's amazing how this intense snow band set up over the most densely populated area. >> everything was about dc and we're going to end up being the sweet even though we're seen the final stages where we're starting to see weakening and fracturing it's still settling up across connecticut. this hones in on the steadiest snowfall in the areas of pink and red. less red and more pink. the areas still over queens and parts of manhattan will continue to pile it up here. that means we still have a few hours to go. one low starting to take over in the ocean. this will also collapse into the atlantic but it's going to take several hours. the finals are not until midnight to 2:00 to 3:00 a.m. we're still our winds are starting to shift more northerly on the coast. we could have some damaging tides especially in the jersey shore. th

firefighters got here to technicrete in fairfield in time to stop the fire before it grew very large. fire officials say damage was minor. it helped that the firehouse wasn't far away. we made the trip and found it only took about 5 minutes. the woman didn't have many other options. firefighters say she noticed the smoke as she first showed up for work. she tried the phone line but it was out.. likely because of the fire forgotten her cell phone. so she got in the car instead. the fire could have quickly spread. sot no cg captain james howell fairfield fire department 21:43 we did notice there was a lot of potential, a lot of acetylene tanks, propane tanks, things of that nature. but all in all it was a pretty small fire. jordan looklive 50:14 and no estimate yet on the amount of damage to the business here but it appears that the building was largely spared thanks to that woman's quick thinking. jordan burgess. 9 on your side. new at noon.kentucky senator rand paul now has a strong democratic challenger for his seat.lexington mayor jim gray filed today, before the 4 pm deadline.gray

and it feels like a chilly 32 in fairfield.night, away from the bayshore line where most locations may fall into the mid 20s and low 30s. after that frosty start, it's a nice-looking day to 2016 to start off the new year. lots of sunshine, but cool temperatures. a dry start to the year, but our first chance of showers on the seven-day forecast sunday night into monday, and a stronger storm arrives on tuesday. >> thank you so much, drew. >> you have to adapt. the warriors, they did it pretty quick. it took less than 24 hours for the warriors to play a better way without steph curry. was it enough to give it a win? sports is next. >>> this abc 7 sports report is brought to you by bank of the west. >> draymond green admitted the warriors don't know how long steph curry will be out, so they have to figure out how to win without him. leandro barbosa, festus ezeli all out with injuries. ian clark off the bench again. warriors up nine. the bearded one. james harden. 30 in the game. but three in the foul. made the free throw to tie it

that includes fairfield county threat of more snow and freezing rain. our mike desumma joins us now from winnsboro mike. charles judi much like other area here in fairfield county it will be all hands on deck over the next few days. county public works crews will be on standby --- working on plans to get the roads clear if we get what's expected out of this system. the county sheriffs office is also planning to have extra staff on hand. that'll be to provide aid in case cars go off the road --- and tao make welfare checks for the eldery. county officials say the dot will be the ones treating major roads and highways like 321. however secondary roads and dirt roads will be the county's main responsibility. officials say they'll continue to assess the storm and what it does m as it moves through. "we have people that call in all around the county cause the see snow..they see ice.they see any type of accumulating and they call 9-1-1.and at that point we'll have to make a decision on how to operate over the next several hours." expected to start tomorrow ma

in fairfield county, state dot responsibility. county officials are reminding driver of the dangerous conditions that could be present as this storm moves through. prepared to stay inside --- and have what's needed to get through a few days. "make sure you have stuff to keep your house warm if you have auxiliary..uhh kerosene for heaters and what not just in case there may be a power outage." "each shift has a four wheel drive vehicle so we are prepared to handle any situation and my number one priority is to make sure the citizens of fairfield county are safe." the fairfield county emergency management office has been in close contact with leaders of the school district. the call on whether schools and county offices will be open friday will be made by early tomorrow morning. the city of columbia is also getting prepared for whatever weather is ahead this weekend. public works department officials anticipate the temperatures will not be cold enough to freeze water on the roadways, but officials are closely watching the bridges. t

that's going to change. 35 in santa rosa, 40 napa, 38 novato, 37 in fairfield.e are looking at 40s in san jose, as i said works temperatures anywhere from 3 to 14 degrees warmer. mainly you are feeling that in the north bay where it's been so frigid, all the frost around. didn't have to scrape the windshield this morning. not as cold but late evening showers possible. wet pattern begins tomorrow with several days of wet weather. your commute will be impacted for several days. we are still going to see the low snow levels in the sierra nevada. we will fast forward to later on this afternoon where we have partly cloudy conditions. we are dry, but then throughout, say, 10:00, 11:00, some rain on the coast. this is not going to reach, most likely, our inland valleys. the winds will shift to the south so we will be milder. but as we go through the sunday time period early, you notice still the focus is in the north bay and scattered showers to throughout the afternoon tomorrow and into your monday morning. so you put together late together, into monday morning, and r

up to .25" of ice could form on elevated surfaces across newberry, fairfield and kershaw counties. rain will become mixed with sleet/snow friday night saturday morning with a dusting to 1" accumulation possible. 1" to 2" totals could accumulate in northern newberry/chester counties. chance of seeing possible icing due to freezing rain falling for mid- morning friday, then again friday night. up to .50" of ice may form on trees and other elevated surfaces in chester, lancaster & chesterfield counties. up to .25" of ice could form on elevated surfaces across newberry, fairfield and kershaw counties. rain will become mixed with sleet/snow friday night saturday morning with a dusting to 1" accumulation possible. 1" to 2" totals could accumulate in northern newberry/chester counties. preparations are well underway in the counties north of columbia. in newberry county, deputies monitoring the roads and power lines for ice overnight. our chad mills joins us live from downtown whitmire. right now, newberry is under-- so far, we've had some rain, but it's not near cold enough to worry about

to the north six to 12 inches from mount pleasant and fairfield, coastal connecticut and two to inch inches expected north and west with. much lighter amounts. the storm son the move. still snowing in washington, d.c. and now it is snowing in our area. intensify for the rest of the night. now, storm team 4's dave price will talk more about else is happening in terms of the warnings out there. >> absolutely. we have expanded warn withings. as you can see, we have them now for rare on the, edison, new york city, out to the island and the jersey shore. there you can expect sustained winds to 35 miles an hour, limited visibility to a quarter mile or less. again, those conditions could last for three hours or more. as we head out and north t westchester, fairfield, rockland, bergen, passaic, morris, and sussex and warren counties, there we think we will see a heavier band of snow push north. the conditions will deteriorate. coastal flooding continues to remain an issue from suffolk county to nassau in to the city and making an elbow turn to the jersey shore. as far as the future tracker b

police say it happened on the campus of fairfield high school.abc 7 news reporter alan wong has more. >> he taught honors chemistry and integrated science. >> reporter: andrea martinez says 27-year-old eric hankins was her chemistry teacher at fairfield high school. >> he got along with the students and talked to us a lot, too. he was really friendly. >> reporter: this was his first year at fairfield high but it didn't last long, hankins was arrested on new year's eve and charged with lewd and lascivious behavior is a 14-year-old student. police say it happened on campus in early december. >> how does something like that happen on campus? that shouldn't be happening. >> reporter: hankins was placed on administrative leave until his arrest. >> two days ago i received an e-mail from another chemistry teacher saying that he is no longer going to be our teacher and he will be taking over for us. >> to know that someone was taking advantage of their privileges and rights as a teacher is disgusting. >> reporter: police also be searched hankins' home fo

according to the forecast models one of the hardest hit areas in the fairfield county. that's where we find our chuck ringwalt right now to give us an update on what's happening out there. good morning chuck. 3 3 3 news 19 will continue to follow the latest on this storm throughout the day.you can keep up with everything on the forecast by going to our website wltx dot com.also be sure to follow our weather team on twitter. 3 3 the richland county sheriff's department is taking the time to make sure you stay safe in the event of an active shooter. deputies met with parishioners at the progressive church of our lord to discuss techniques that can be used to help save lives.news 19's loren thomas reports. start thinking about what they would do if this happened." more than 80 people filled the progressive church of our lord in columbia thursday night...hearing om richland deputies on what they can do in the event of an active shooter. "just be prepared. don't think it can't happen. we saw that in charleston and who would've ever thought what happened down there could happ

rain in fairfield. some heavier stuff out here towards the fairfield area.got showers now, just east of san francisco, moving into oakland. this is how it goes tonight. widely scattered stuff. the main hit was this morning. you heard it go through real early, like 4:00, 5:00, 6:00 a.m. they're widely scattered. overnight lows going to get into the 40s. we're going to see more scattered showers. certainly, a shot for some valley fog too. showers are going to be all other the place, and the chance for valley fog. morning commute, wet on the ground, maybe some valley fog. i don't think we'll see wet from the sky. it's an active storm pattern, as you know. there's your thursday chance of a wet shower. friday is the event. coming friday and saturday, it rains begin. tomorrow, just kind of a transition day. a nice chance to dry out with a few sprinkles. maybe a little valley fog. they be we get -- then we get into it. mostly cloudy in the morning. maybe a sprinkle. might find a little valley fog out there. then a chance of showers in the mid-morning. by lunchtime,

>> eric and rochelle, we're seeing a little bit of a wintry mix in fairfield county. you can see how much the temperatures have dropped. rain drops are freezing on this fence that is much different than what we saw this morning when the temperatures were too warm. we did an hour ago take a drive up to 13 miles up the road there was significantly more slush on the roads and a greater amount of flurry fall in that area. now, there are also several sc-dot trucks in the area. spreading the brine treatment on the roads to keep them safe for drivers. they say they have been out there since yesterday morning. they will continue to be out there until tomorrow afternoon. again, they are reminding you if you don't need to be on the roadways in the next 24 hours, don't do it. it's not as safe as it would be if it was a dry air or plain rain coming down. they are saying that the roads, you need to be wary of the road conditions. do not drive distracted. give plenty of space from the car in front of you in case you have to brake suddenly. we'll have more tonight and you'll hear fr

fairfield city schools is opening a health clinic... and officials say the entire community will benefit. rob dblbx our jordan vilines joins us live with details on the new facility. live the clinic, which is located here in the back of fairfield academy, will provide services to not only the students but their parents and their families as well. here's a look at some video we shot last night at the open house held for the clinic. vo this is one of only two school districts in the entire country that will offer vision and dental options. fairfield school officials say the primary target audience for these services will be individuals medicare, or those who don't have insurance. however, they'll also provide the same service to any student that has insurance. . the clinic's operations for the first two years would be paid for by a grant, after which the clinic would be self- sustaining live we'll give you a look inside the new clinic later this morning on fox 19. reporting live, jrodan vilines, fox 19 now. new this morning triple-a has r

she is partnering with several groups like fairfield united in the a doubles acp to host a rally on saturday to keep the ors up. i spoke with the folks at walmart and they say despite the effort. the store is closing. >> these are difficult decisions because there are that make them unique and winnsboro is one of those conditions. senate the rally will be at 11 am on saturday and the winnsboro parking lot. that decision is final. the store will close on january 28 and their main concern is helping out their associates who are losing jobs but they will listen to anyone who will have different ways to help the community. >>> deputies have arrested a man who shot a store clerk during a robbery at a video store and strickland 327-year- old justin jenkins. after 11 pm sunday night. jenkins walked into the video express and pointed a gun at the employee and demanded money. jenkins climbed over-the- counter stole cash from the register and shot the employee. he is charged with attempted murder and strong whahastrong- armed robbery. trustee has pleaded not guilty to federal charges that he illegally

this is the second case of its kind in fairfield.woman, gina bailey was charged with shaking a 17-month- old boy, and dropping him on the ground, killing him near traverse air force base. >> i'm here again for arraignment, on this time a grandmother who has killed a 4- year-old child. there isn't any time of year where this is acceptable, or okay, or all right, but it sure doesn't make it any easier to tolerate. >> reporter: at first, police were sent to a home on jefferson street for reports of a drowning. >> not breathing. turning blue. >> reporter: after interviewing witnesses and the defendant, fairfield police determined this was no accident, the woman, richard's maternal grandmother admitted to the crime. she had been babysitting richards and his two sisters. they weren't harmed. in court today, she wore a green vest, designed to prevent her from harming herself. >> there does appear to be at least a partial mental health aspect to this case. we'll have to investigate that as well. >> reporter: will be back in court in one week

show is coming back to fairfield this weekend... we're going to have some reptiles breaking news french trying to determine the true identity of the man who whore a fake explosives vest and tried to attack a paris police station with a butcher knife. investigators are inspecting the dead assailant's phone and a note he was carrying. paris prosecutor said the assailant who was shot dead on the anniversary of the charlie hebdo attacks gave his nationality as marked with the muslim declaration of faith, an emblem of the islamic state group, and a name. investigators say they are not sure that the identity he gave is real..and it's being looked into by the intelligence services. new this morning new this morning... a parent is accused of bringing a loaded gun onto the property of a springboro elementary school. brian streit was arrested at lytle five points yesterday. police say they were serving civil protection orders against him in the parking lot, when they found out he had a gun. we're told streit did not have a valid concealed car

with a 14-year-old student on the campus of fairfield high school. that's where he works. officer learned about the allegations in early december. he has been on administrative leave while the investigation continues. >>> the air quality district issued a spare the air alert for tomorrow. this means all burning of wood and manufacture of fire logs will be banned for 24 hours. even though the winter spare the air season opened in november this is the first spare the air day of the season. the bay area won't be dealing with just cold air this weekend, rain is in the forecast. jeff ranieri is tracking the conditions. >> we have had high clouds increase. the temperatures are cold at 44 degrees but not as cold as the past few nights. the weak disturbance is producing the cloud cover moving in, nothing in terms of heavy rainfall for us. we need to wait for the cold front to get here. it's 300 miles away. there it is. by sunday we do expect that to move in. we can see in the futurecast i want to time out the first rain drops. saturday at 11:30, spotty showe

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for now we're live at fairfield, megan. sembly. megan is out there. we will have a chance to talk to administrators and student about what they have been learning in classes this week. we will learn more about that later on. >>> a toddler died after swallowing a lithium battery. the tiny batteries are in watches, hearing aids and electronics, and they get stuck along, the little one's digestive tract, they can burn and that is when it gets dangerous. experts say you need to do your best to keep these batteries away from babies and kids. >>> 300,000 customers may have had their e-mail stolen. the company doesn't know how somebody got that information, but there's no indication that time-warner systems were hacked. they are asking customers to update their e-mail password as a precaution. >>> a local brawr reis expanding. the brewery has been a big hit since it debuted in 1916. that meant it was time to expand. the new place will have everything that matry has now, just a little bigger, a lot bigger. there will be a beer garden and an event center when

police say it happened on the campus of fairfield high school. we have more. >> he taught chemistry and integrated science. >> reporter: andrea said 27-year-old eric hankins was her chemistry teacher at fairfield high school. >> he got along well with the students. he talked to us a lot too. he was really friendly. >> this was his first year at fairfield high, but it didn't last long. hankins was arrested on new year's eve and charged with lewd and lascivious behavior with a 14-year-old student. police say it happened on campus in early december. >> how does something like that happen on campus? that shouldn't be happening. >> hankins was placed on administrative leave until his arrest. >> a few days ago i received an e-mail from another chemistry teacher saying he's no longer going to be our teacher and he will be taking over for us. >> to know that someone was taking advantage of their privileges and rights as a teacher is disgusting. >> police also searched his home for evidence of an ongoing relationship with the student. >> the fairfield uni

a woman's quick action helped fairfield firefighters put a fire out overnight. overnight.the woman spotted flames coming from technicrete building as she pulled in for work.but she couldn't call 911 because she left her cell phone at home.so she turned around and drove to the fire station herself... telling firefighters that the concrete business was on fire. <"we did notice there was a lot of potential, a lot of acetylene tanks, propane but all in all it was a pretty small fire."> fire.">tonight investigators are still trying to figure out what caused the fire. coming up next at 7... a man tries ramming his car into an officer... then crashes three blocks away.what it will take to get him out of jail. and meet the 12 year old hero that pushed his buddy out of the way when an out of control car came crashing into him.the reason why he can't go home... ahead, steve? 9 on your side at 7 continues police say a man tried running over a cincinnati police officer - before crashing just three blocks away. away.dontay johnson is being held on a 220-thousand dollar bond.

fairfield patchy fog there and temperatures in the 30s for you. middle of a short break in the rain a one-day break for you as high pressure is in place although we could see some showers today, just scattered light showers ahead of the approaching system. this will be storm number 5. it returns tonight beginning in the north bay and slowly making its way south overnight and into tomorrow morning. so futurecast showing mostly dry today, a couple scattered showers popping up here and there. but then if we pause around 1:00 mostly cloudy skies. as we advance into the afternoon, evening hours, notice showers start to pass through the north bay first and then spreads south overnight. all of us should see rain by tomorrow morning. the good news is, not a total rainout on saturday. we will likely see some dry periods tomorrow. actually the rain tapers off for the second half of your saturday. what to expect throughout the day today? well, morning clouds, patchy fog, mainly cloudy with a few sprinkles today. the major rain event returns tonight and conti

``down towards fairfield at in ``westchester and mason, let' s go ``a little bit into lebanon. ``that is vital 68. ``we are seeing heavier snow ``showers. year is a live look ``from the weatherbug camera. ``they have made a decision to ``close schools there, at the ``roads are snow-covered and it is ``click in spots. ``it winter weather advisory is in ``effect until 7:00 tonight as we ``are dealing with snow this ``morning and wind that could ``cause low and snow this ``afternoon along with colder ``temperatures. ``round one is going through right ``now. ``i am more concerned with rounds ``two. ``that could have a bigger punch ``we could get a good bit when the ``secondary round rules through at ``9:00-10:00. 8:00 this morning, ``31 degrees. ``by noon, 24 degrees. ``the first part of the day, snow. ``the second half is the chill. had our first accident ``on the road. ``71 and 75 in donaldson. ``you can still see brake lights ``there ``along so we are still feeling ``ready decent is hazy ``here with the snow moving in. ``the northbound side is a little ``slower but southbound is

the fairfield and that will be the trend fairly heavy rainfall city light rain as the heading down for the past of flowers to. reconditions some ground as well the feature cast shows us we continue to see the light showers on enough this model shows us mostly cloudy skies. then friday evening we see a few more passing stray showers and then for said it by sunday we see it but more interesting film movement and then the system focuses mainly subarea. the more searching into san jose agreed chances seem rainfall as we get into saturday afternoon when a light rain continues and dangerous search continues for us in affect at least till tomorrow morning and then another round of snow was locations like tahoe in this winter storm warning 3:10 a.m. tomorrow because we do expect to see heavy snow coming down tonight heading into tomorrow. >> pam: baseball league had a snack bar vandalized preopening day in jeopardy the volunteers made generous donations will be ready in today at a shopping spree donated by a smart and final means that the team will be well stocked. the entire baseball communit

fairfield city school district is dedicating a new in-school health clinic. the clinic will provide local families with medical, vision and dental resources. an event will be held tonight from 5 until 7 at fairfield academy on donald drive. chicago police are now blaming an uptick of crime.. on social media. that story is coming up. adlib weather and traffic tease

keep in mind that we have a freeze rain advisory for fairfield, kershaw, lee and newberry county's from 1 am until 12 noon tomorrow, and we are expecting the possibility of freezing rain in the northern communities. we will continue with precipitation through early saturday morning, and it will start clearing up later. high of 44 degrees on saturday, warming up sunday to the high of 53. we will definitely be tracking this winter precipitation possibility all night and right through saturday.>>> we are in contact with the school counties in through the up-to-date on any lays for

. >>> a high school teacher in fairfield is facing serious charges. police arrested eric hankins on thursday for allegedly having an inappropriate relationship with a 14-year-old student. investigators say it happened on the campus at fairfield high school where the 27-year-old teaches science. a they first learned about the allegations in early december. the teacher had been on administrative leave until his arrest on december 31st. >>> a difficult start to the new year for eight people in vallejo. they were forced out of their homes after this fire ignited yesterday morning. one family barely made it out of their home, once firefighters arrived they quickly knocked down the fire but it was too late. the families lost everything. >> i could feel the heat. >> we saw it coming from like, the trees and we left the house and called 911. >> the cause of the fire remains under investigation. >>> a similar scene in san jose where one family is now out of their home. this fire broke out on west virginia street while battling the flames one firefighter was in

some of these heavier snow bands made it into fairfield county. greenwich, 16 inches and over a fat anywhere from fairfield to will ton, to shelton. new york city sanitation coming by right now. and they're actually getting columbus avenue down to a little bit of hard top. so we're going to be watching the crews clean up these streets overnight. thank goodness there are no cars on the roads, because it will give the crews a chance to help clean up the streets. just an incredible storm. kind of surreal out here, lee. it's exciting for us. it happened on a weekend so kind of the leastesque on commerce. it was just a neat little science experiment to watch unfold. >> really, really was. and at the central park conservancy, they measure the park snowfall. next hour they can two out there and take a measurement. meanwhile, 15 to 30 inches. a huge swath. over 30 inches in northern new jersey. the big ranges across the northern suburbs. very little snow in ulster and sullivan and dutchess counties. in terms of the actual snow, there's still some light sn