"once harbison started being built, we experienced more and more flooding. october the flooding for years." engineers say urbanization along harbison boulevard and piney grove road without proper stormwater management has increased the amount of water flowing into this neighborhood and others on the creek. and all that water has helped erode the creek and overwhelm it at times. "this has been an ongoing problem, as you've heard, since 1974, and, from what i understand, even small rain events are overtopping its bank and flooding people's yards and, in some cases, their homes." now, lexington county is looking at the problem more closely. in this most recent meeting, county engineers released a joint study with the army corps of engineers. in it, engineers recommend either restructuring and widening the creek, buying and destroying at- risk homes, or doing a bit of both. "these people have families and they have to relocate to rebuild, and then when the flood happens again, the cycle starts over and over and over. it's a repetitive cycle." buying problematic

live out here in northeast philly on harbison avenue. these guys are doing the hard work out here, i can assure you of that. >> glad you're out there to help, pat, thanks. we will check back with you, programming note for this morning. cbs this morning saturday, can actually be seen on our sister station the cw fill. >> i that's because our coverage of the first major winter storm this season continues at the top of the hour. this is live look now at the snow in center city. we're naught out in this so you don't have to be. stay warm. back in a few momentment and i think pat gallen will eventually challenge meisha to an arm wrestling match. >> now, that's something to watch. stay tuned. because it is a snow day, and anything can happen here on cbs-3, we've got it covered for you from all angles, lots of reporters fanned out throughout the region, of course r weaver katie fehlinger, justin drabick, tracking this storm, the first one of the season. that sound. like nails on a chalkboard. but listen to this: (family talking) that's a differ

sadie from clothes mentor, you guys are located around harbison, and you take cash for people's worn items. absolutely. we look for women sizes zero- 26, petite, maternity, activewear, shoes and handbags. we pay money on the spot for your used items, if they are in great condition and current style. >> what is the process for you guys. how do you go through it? what kind of items deselect? bring their items and, not on a coat hanger, folded in bins or bags, our certified our certified buyers will look through each item and assess the condition of them. we have a computer matrix that will price the items for us. >> you said you also take into account the time it would take to sell it on ebay, or some other way? >> absolutely, when you are look at a closet cleanse, and you are looking at getting rid of multiple items at once you can save a ton of time by using a store like mentor because we do all the pricing and you walkway with cash in hand. >> what about the items you cannot take? >> we have a great partnership with the kidney notation -- donation, they pick up from us once a week a

are asking for your help in finding a missing 15-year-old girl kayla sticks -- was last seen on harbison boulevard. they say that she may be in the rock hill area but they want to talk to anyone who knows where kayla might be. deputies say that she suffers from a medical condition, family members are can turn. if you know where she is call crimestoppers. >>> fort jackson open a new headquarters a ribbon-cutting is scheduled for 2 pm, the george maybury junior. he earned the medal of honor and world war ii. they said allowed to hundred 50 officers and have to working on building instead of being scattered throughout the post. >>> in early morning fire forced to families from their fire -- from their home. they caught were called -- a were called at 4:30 am near broad river road. crews can see smoke and fire visible from the roof. there are no reports of any injuries. a richland county fire marshal is investigating the cause. >>> a live fire simulation will take place at newberry college this afternoon at 2 pm. the fire department will set up two rooms they will be set on fire in order to

kaila stukes was last seen on harbison bouelvard near hillpine road on thursday morning. police say she may be in the rock hill area and she if you have any information, call crimestoppers at 1- 888-crimesc. a road in northeast richland county that's become an important route since the october floods was closed today for a while. police say a logging truck turned over on nina lee road and spilled lumber all over the roadway. nina lee road is off wilson boulevard and is being used as the detour while the bridge on wilson is out. the richland county fire marshal is looking into an early morning fire. columbia fire crews say they found smoke and flames showing when they got to the hunters ridge apartments on springhouse drive...around 4-30 this morning. 2 families are now without a south carolina outdoorsmen can now get new, faster help for their outdoor sports and hobbies. today the south carolina department of natural resources opened an express office at the state farmers market in west columbia. it offers a place to renew hunting and fishing licenses, permits and tags, a

kaila stukes was last seen on harbison bouelvard near hillpine road on thursday morning. police say she may be in the rock hill area and she suffers from a medical condition. if you have any information, call crimestoppers at 1- 888-crimesc. a sunny and warm day across the midlands as we take a look at a bright downtown columbia through the wis skycam. von gaskin is in the first alert weather center with more on who this is shaping up to be a fantastic weekend. von? a warming trend will begin today. a ridge of high pressure will move into the area from the west. the ridge will shift the winds temperatures to warm up to the 60s through the weekend. early next week with a southwesterly wind, daytime high temperatures will soar to the lower and middle 70s. our average high this time of year is in the upper 50s, so enjoy the unseasonably weather. the next chance of rain will arrive midweek. a warming trend will begin today. a ridge of high pressure will move into the area from the west. the ridge will shift the winds and allow temperatures to warm up to the lower and middle 7

former kentucky governor steve beshear is going back to stites and harbison. the firm says beshear will use his expertise as an attorney and a high- level elected official to help clients throughout the region and in washington d-c. beshear left office last month. a dramatic end to high-speed police chase -- caught on camera!this is in oklahoma... that pickup truck speeding away is driving more than a hundred miles an hour.at one point -- the man drives *the wrong way* down the interstate -- with a flat tire!it takes an intentional crash to stop the driver... but it doesn't end there.the man fights with police -- a second officer jumps in and starts wailing on the driver.that suspect was wanted in two counties. the first part of the report card for ohio schools is out tonight. and cincinnati gets a "failing" grade for graduation. the ohio department of education says 71 percent of cincinnati public students graduated in four years. nearly 78 percent graduated in five years. the district got a "d" for k - through - third grade literacy. and our mobile app.. we'

harbison theatre at midlands technical college will host strings and salsa. the event blends live salsa dancing with orchestral string instruments as well as latino- pop versions of your favorite pharrell williams and stevie wonder hits.the interactive performace cost twenty dollars and will start at seven thirty. 3 the northeast is bracing for a weekend blizzard.we'll take you to the states under a state of emergency and how they are preparing for what's expected to be a monster storm. 3 plus, we are getting rain here and some areas could see more. meteorologist efren afante has your forecast before you head out the door when news 19 this morning returns. 3 3 the eastern third of the nation is bracing for a weekend blizzard. forecasters say at least 77 million people storm that could cripple the east coast. so far five states and the district of columbia are under a state of emergency. craig boswell is in washington in one of the areas expected to be hardest hit after the storm begins midday today. 3 pkgsot: we're talking about a potentially paralyzing storm

she had last been seen on harbison boulevard near hilpine road and was believed to be in the rock hill area. deputies were concerned becausese stukes has a curtis wilson tells us she has been checked out and appears to be in good health. the confessed charleston church shooter will not be making his next appearance in federal court. today dydyn roof's lawyers filed a waiver church shooter will not be making his next appearance in the confessed charleston church shooter will not be making his next appearance in federal making his next appearance in federal court. today dylan roof's lawyers filed a waiver saying roof will not show up in federal court in charleston for his hearing in two weeks. roof is charged with 33 federal charges including hate crimes for a shooting rampage that killed nine people at mother emanuel church last june. he's also scheduled to go on trial on multiple murder charges in state court. columbia police are waiting for lab tests to figure out what killed a university of south carolina student who was found dead in a downtown apartment richland county coroner gary

. >> reporter: he is one of many fit graders at harbison west elementary school who are big bodies. it's a program that allows big kids to help plate and teach preschoolers with autism. >> it's really fun playing with them and, i like helping other people. roman enjoys being a volunteer he and his classmates have been learning about autism and other >> to help them be better at those things. >> reporter: the project was the idea of a fifth-grade teacher and a preschool special education teacher. wanting all of their students to come together. >> it was to build empathy within the fifth-graders at the same time promoting school community. and it has just far exceeded our expectations. my favorite part is seeing the kids faces the fifth-graders in the preschoolers. preschoolers jump up and they walk in and they say hey can you play in the fifth-graders just that joy and leadership role that they had taken. >> reporter: the biggest take away is -- >> that they are different and you should treat everyone the same. g&a/ >>> 23 fifth-graders participate in the program is has had the proje

"once harbison started being built, we experienced more and more 4th was the worst, but we've had flooding for years." engineers say urbanization along harbison boulevard and piney grove road without proper stormwater management has increased the amount of water flowing into this neighborhood and others on the creek. and all that water has helped erode the creek and overwhelm it at times. "this has been an ongoing problem, as you've heard, since 1974, and, from what i understand, even small rain events are overtopping its bank and flooding people's yards and, in some cases, their homes." now, lexington county is looking at the problem more closely. in this most recent meeting, county engineers released a joint study with the army corps of engineers. in it, engineers recommend either restructuring and widening the creek, buying and destroying at- risk homes, or doing a bit of both. "these people have families and children that they have to relocate to rebuild, and then when the flood happens again, the cycle and over. it's a repetitive cycle." buying problematic homes makes sense to council

it's not too bad, on the lexington highway today, but a down to harbison boulevard l will take you 16 minute, ladies, >>> all right. jim, thank you. an overturned tractor-trailer caused about problems this morning on interstate 26, westbound near augusta road. a tractor-trailer overturned at about 6:30 blocking i-26 west, near the 111 exit. no word on injuries. >>> welcomed the new hospital to the family. became a part of the healthcare system, and finalized their partnership, today, palmetto health and two new board member, team members and community members, participated in a flag raising ceremony at the hospital. the healthcare system flag was lowered and the palmetto health flag was raised as part of the welcome to the healthcare system program. >>> you know, sometimes a little bit of kindness goes such a long for the first time, we saw bitth -- bitterly cold temperatures. they wanted to make sure that the homeless stayed warm. they decided just to do a simple act of love by hanging brand new scarfs and gloves and hats, right on their fence outside for anybody who needs them. they

i 20s -- i 262 harbison, 13 minute commute. we will warm up, it is going to take a while. forecast coming up in just a few minutes. >> at least the sun will be out. you tell me it is warming up, i am holding you to that even though you have no control. >> remember you can follow the news 19 weather team on social media for all of your weather updates. you can follow them on twitter. twitter right now is in and outs, if you are lucky. we are struggling with it. yoyocan also download the news 19 weather app onto your iphone or android -- android device. go to our website wltx.com to sign up. >> lots of way to keep in contact with us. >>> chilling temperatures last night were an issue for some people in the midlands, especially those without a warm >> in the spirit of serving others, one columbia church need. news 19's jeff ringwald without story protector plants, pipes, people of course. >> i was seeing on the news that they were advising us to bring their pets and, i was thinking of animals have to be brought in certainly a human. >>reporter: -- >> i got up and it was cold

a little bit of a delay from i 26 and have a harbison boulevard to downtown 15 minutes, south of i 77 from blithe would you are looking at a 23 minute commute. we will take a look at her 70 your 70 forecast coming up in just a few minutes. >>> let's turn to flood recovery now, number of homes in the pine glad neighborhood had to be demolished yesterday but you will recall these homes were heavily damaged by the october flood. we cover this neighborhood a l ot. we spoke with a woman named jana do bow whose home was torn down. she had 61 inches of water inside her home, after the flood and had to be rescued by her neighbors. on. >> and some kind of ways, it's like a little bit of closure, because i did have nightmares about the flood. not being here does and that a little bit. i am not going to go too far away from here, because it is a nice neighborhood. nice people. i do hope they can figure it out to where, like the other houses remain safe, and things like that. that it does not flood any anymore. he reflected on december 31. >>> a -- the coast guard says it is suspending a massive

they're doing some work along frankford avenue at harbison and then also some weekend special schedulespta's media elwyn and chestnut hill lines. make sure you grab a timetable tomorrow morning, and a big visit tomorrow from the vice-president coming to our area for an event tomorrow, 3:00 o'clock at the university of pennsylvania. you know what that means. motorcade madness. we'll have all the details when we see you bright and early tomorrow morning beginning at 4:00. >>> now your winning lottery numbers. ♪ >>> check out this wild video out of the ohio. this guy pulls a knife on bus driver after the driver told him his bus pass was invalid. the video shows the 22-year-old struggling with the driver for several minutes. eventually the driver calls out for the passengers to call police and the driver opinions pin the guy down until police arrived. >>> alan rick man known in recent years as professor snape in harry potter films died from cancer. he has starred in series of big films including diehard, love actually, sweeney todd and the entire harry potter franchise. he's one of the most

before that the last time you spoke with us, we were athen gin company 52 down on harbison avenue.those guys are big fans of nicole brewer, of katie fehlinger, of kate bilo, and of meisha johnson. and you too, jim. but mostly those four. they are big fans of. but they were digging out, we have had to dig out little bit, as well. we've seen multiple people get stuck right here. this is princeton street in northeast philadelphia. soy people getting stuck all over the place. and of course, that's what happens when you don't have four wheel drive. and a lot of vehicles r this place right here is stein flowers. they've been around for decades and decades, and this is my friends, bill curbing. he is digging out. they're open today. bill, you guys are open? >> yes, we are. thirty-six a. >> why? >> people need flowers. there is always business to be had. my boss believes that we have to be open 36 a days in order to help our customers. we still have business for tomorrow and the next day. >> i love. that should be everyone's mantra, 365. >> you got it. the only way, the american way, isn't

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at harbison west elementary school.. 5th graders help preschoolers with autism as a part of a program called project au-some!kids are making their own lesson plans for the little ones and enjoy reading, playing and teaching them new things. 3 bethany reilly, special education teacher of students with favorite part is seeing the kidsfaces, both the 5th graders and the preschoolers, um the preschoolers jump up when they walk in you play? and then the fifth graders, just that joy and leadership watch."3 23 fifth graders participate in the program. it the first year the school has has project au-some and the coordinators say they plan to continue having the program in the future. 3 once upon a time in minneapolis you couldn't drive down the street without seeing the art work of one man, named randy mueller. but as randy officially closes the door on that era...he's also painted a 3 3 coming up...did tsa go too far searching a young girl in the airport? her father says yes. decide for yourself in what's brewing. little break from these freezing temps but rain could be moving in for your we