this is what one dock looked like before the hartwell flood and this is what it looks like now. the water here, dropping around 3 to five feet the past few days. it had been at 662 feet, two feet over what's considered full pool during the summer months, which left only three feet of storage for any more rainfall. with this past weekend's forecast, the u.s. army corps of engineers decided to go ahead and open the floodgates to be safe. >> we were pushing about 35,000 cubic feet per second downstream, just trying to get more storage up on hartwell itself. mandy: the floodgates have only been opened four times in the past 54 years, in 1964 and 1994, then in 2013, and then, on friday through this morning. the water passed down to russell and thurmond lakes, before the flood gates opened, the marina's manager says customers were having to use waders tget out to their boats. anderson county. carol: the first witnesses in a trial over north carolina's photo i.d. voting law appeared in court today. the trial is challenging the state's new requirement that voters provid photo identifica

a lifetime experience, watching the flood gates open at hartwell dam. it's only happened four times in years, in 1964 and 1994, then 2013, and now, the past three days. >> we'll only spill in emergency situations, and that's what we had on friday evening. mandy: these are pictures of the swollen lake from portman marina, the water at 662 feet, two feet over what's considered full pool during the summer months. >> that left us with less than 3 feet of vertical storage for any more rainfall. mandy: with a forecast of even more wet stuff over the weekend, and a concern over whether crews could get in to open the floodgates, the decision was made to be safe, and go ahead and open them. >> all this was covered in water. mandy: portman marina manager adam roach says, since the release of water, the lake has gone down around 5 feet. this is what one dock looked and what it looks like now. >> you had to use waders just to get to your boat, so we used waders to get to boats. so it was really an inconvenience to customers. mandy: crews now filling in what was was

gabrielle: here is a live look outside at lake hartwell from hartwell skycam. looking kind of claudia there on this tuesday afternoonnigel: wyff news 4's chief meteorologist, john cessarich, is in our studio, tracking the latest. john, our warm temperatures headed this way? john: a nice warm-up. nigel has been listening to me. both of you guys, normally they just take a nap while i do the weather. that's not true, they watch. they pretend to be watching and listening. this is all green, good news. liquid precipitation outside the mountains. in the mountains of north carolina, especially close to the tennessee line, a chance the the precipitation is light, not a major storm system. it does not take much ice on the roads, even just a trace, to cause slippery conditions. watch out for that. a freezing rain advisory starts in these areas, north counties that border tennessee, from midnight tonight until 10:00 tomorrow morning, the mixeg rain or freezing drizzle in these areas. a trace too maybe a couple hundreds of an inch of ice. more about the system and a look a

the queen city are banning together to help. 9 on your side's rose-ann aragon joins us live from hartwell with that story. roe: just look at the cases and cases of water -- these volunteers have been collecting for days --- all of which will eventaully go to the city that's starved for nats: waterit's one of the most basic human needs-- nats: bring it over here. now needed more than ever(***victoria mullins-public allies cincinnati***) (cg5-11)"we are taking water to flint, michigan tomorrow to assist the people up there with the water crisis."a crisis the president deemed a state of emergency-- flint's water-- contaminated with lead. (***bill denzer - hartwell resident***) (cg16-23)"those people are at the hands ot the people that govern them and they've been let down."it all started in april of 2014-- the city temporarily switched their water supply from lake huron to the norotirously dirty flint river-- through service lines made of lead-- people started getting sick-- local joe davis grew up there-- (***joe davis-flint native***)(cg 36-45)"my family is still there, all my sibling are

john: a live shot over like hartwell -- lake hartwell, a strong west wind gusting up to 25 miles per hour. the windchill, , degrees and going down. michael: a founding member of the eagles has died. glenn frey passed away. he was 67. he had recently been struggling with rheumatoid arthritis and pneumonia. he cowrote and sang many huge hit including "take it easy, cold "tequila sunrise." carol: the greenville news reports most cash seized by the police is the only way the county can pay for air services. the sheriff's office says to helicopters and a cessna airplane are critical to public safety. michael: the investigation goes on into a skydiving accident that happened saturday afternoon in franklin. he was licensed and had more than 1800 jumps to his credit. he jumped nearly every weekend. >> we want to give them what they dreamed up before dollar signs came into play. carol: it's a chance for a dream wedding for a member of the military. it will take place at an historic greenville home. the entire event, all free. john: extremely cold arctic air sweeps across warm waters of lake e

what a beautiful picture, a live shot over lake hartwell in county as the sun goes down. partly to momoly cloudy skies, but you can see breaks in the clouds to the horizon west. that is where temperatures warmed up. 51 in toccoa, 53 in elberton, 40 five in spartanburg and rutherfordton, 40 in boone. 47 in asheville and hendersonville. in northeastern georgia, warmed up a little bit. sunshine from time to time late in the day. 49 in clarksville and cornelia and carnesville, 40 nine in livonia, 50 in hartwell, 51 in toccoa, 52 in bowman, 53 in elberton. chilly the further north east you go. milder the further southwest to go. pretty chilly across the entire south. 51 atlanta, 54 in chattanooga, 46 in wilmington and myrtle beach along the grand strand. here is the cold front. it wl race southeast, and it of north caroline line late night and early tomorrow morning. ahead of it and along it and behind it, snow showers and flurries will continue. they will be scattered. the best chance will be in the northern mountains of north carolina. a dusting to an interview possible, esp

let's talk weather as we take a live look from our lake hartwell skycam. if we can, one of dale gilbert favorite places. looking good out there. he is in the weather center with what to expect. dale: wasn't as cold as it slowly got warmer, but today we are ready up to 53 degrees in greenville with a light rays out of the east, northeast at six. this is paris mountain -- how did you know i had it lined up? the anderson skycam with lake hartwell -- how did you know i had it lined up? -- it is 49 degrees. we do see a system in the mississippi valley area. about a 40% chance of showers tomorrow and that will increase to 80% as a get to saturday. looks like saturday may be are wet day this weekend. we will talk about sunday and the first of next week in a few minutes. geoff: all right, well the polk , county sheriff's office is looking for a woman after they found dogs in poor health at her home. animal control found dogs without adequate food or water and with extremely matted hair at a home on landrum road in columbus. around its leg, causing damage and an in

a live shot over lake hartwell, you can see the ripples on the lake. that is because of strong winds continuing to make it feel colder than the actual temperatures. 41 in anderson, wind chills in the 30's. toccoa, 30's in the mountains of north georgia. 37 in gillard, 38 in clayton and clarksville, 39 in cornelia, 42 in livonia, 44 in hartwell, 47 in bowman. carnesville, 43. 48 in elberton. 38 in laurens, 38 in greenville, 37 and spartanburg. rutherfordton, 35. upper 20's to low 30's in the mountains of north carolina. 23 in boone. with strong winds out of the north-northwest at 10-20 miles per hour and gusty, that is giving us a windchill. it feels like 10 degrees in boone, 18 the wind chill in asheville, 16 the wind chill in hendersonville. at the freezing mark in toccoa. windchill of 33 in anderson and laurens, 29 in greenville. the wind will stay strong and gusty in the mountains, but die down in the upstate through this evening. as the winds shift out of the north, it will come down across the french wrought river. the wind will stay up in greenvi

a beautiful picture, live over lake hartwell, look at the clouds. some oranges and yellows make the cloud cover, otherwise a little breezy outside. fairly light winds. 36 in asheville, at the freezing mark in franklin and andrews, and in northeastern georgia, 43 in toccoa. the cold spot in the north georgia mountains, 37 in 40 in clayton, 43 in clarksville , 43 in carnesville, 49 in bowman, 51 in elberton, livonia at 42. hartwell, 40 six. 46 in abbeville, greenwood, laurens. 47 in clemson. cold temperatures through the deep south. 38 in chattanooga. at the freezing mark in -- in bristol, tennessee. 40 in greensboro, upper 40's along the grand strand in myrtle beach. cold high pressure dominates. most of the country starting to look more like january. bitterly cold here with off and on snow showers from the dakotas, montana, all the way into the midwest into the great lakes with lake effect snows as the extremely cold, dry air sweeps across the road -- across the warm waters of the lakes and pushing moister downstream. lake effect snow is going on sh

what a beautiful son shot over lake hartwell in anderson county. temperatures in the upper 50's to around 60. it will get better in the weekend. next. gabrielle: the chicago police officer charged with murder in the shooting death of 17-year-old laquan mcdonald returned to court this morning. this is the first time jason van dyke has been in court since pleading not guilty to a charge of first degree murder. van dyke did not speak in court today or answer questions when van dyke has been formally indicted on six counts of first degree murder, and one count of official misconduct for the shooting in october of 2014. >> i want them to go into the fraternal order of police contract and rip it apart and come up with some language that would prosecute policemen who kill and brutalize black people in their community. gabrielle: the next court date is scheduled for march. one of the two popemobiles that shuttled the pope around during his trip to philadelphia last september is going on the auction block. pope francis rode around the city in two fiat 500-l

but we want to talk about weather, and here is a live shot of lake hartwell. gabrielle: dark and gloomy day here. john cessarich joins us now. where brad is in phoenix looks pretty nice. john: those are some of the clouds producing a few isolated showers. he might see a brief sprinkle or two. otherwise, partly sunny skies and cold temperatures where brad is right now in phoenix. in the mountains, it's snowing. in this area, my family and i used to go some trout fishing in summer. flagstaff had a ton of snow over the next several days. but that's only the mountains, no snow in phoenix. in glendale early next week, temperatures running below average. overnight lows in the upper 40's. it will be dry, slight chance of a brief shower on sunday. for the championship game on cleared to partly cloudy skies.temperatures rather chilly . rather chilly temperature for us. it will be colder towards the latter part of the weekend. nigel: continuing coverage tonight. donald trump is in south carolina at winthrop university in rock hill. gabrielle: that's also where we find w

he was a pretty picture from lake hartwell. this is the portland shoals marina where it is 38 degrees and a light breeze. we will get into the 40's this afternoon, 44 for the upstate, 42 for the mountains and tomorrow about 10 degrees better to low 50's. allyson: it was a pleasure doing the lunch hour with the end you, as well. check us back out at 5:00. >>> lights, camera, access. >> eject ben, eject. get out of that. >> do we have another glass? >> get to know her better. >> oh, wait a minute. >> might the loose cannon be an early front-runner for bachelor ben? i'm billy bush. putting my finger literally right on the pulse to find out where this is going.

here is a live shot over like hartwell. it feels like 34 degrees with the windchill in anderson. 38 in northeastern georgia, temperatures running about 5-10 degrees below average this time of year. 38 in toccoa, carnesville, livonia, dillard, 34 in bowman, 36 in elberton. cold across. . the wind will continue to die down. first in the mountains, then in the upstate later tonight. the strongest winds are in greenville and anderson. east wind at eight miles per hour in clemson. humidity remains low. humidity will continue to drop overnight as high pressure builds and briefly tonight and heads up to see as we go through the day -- heads out to sea tomorrow. clouds in the plains states, rain through the texas panhandle and western oklahoma. the high, thin cirrus clouds will move across our sky tomorrow, which will keep the temperature for warming up to quickly. warmer tomorrow been today. a slow warming trend, mid-to-upper 40's for highs tomorrow. a good storm system coming into california, rain in san francisco and los angeles

``the hartwell kroger store ``actually sold out of bottled ``water today. ``that many people coming out to ``support this cause. ``courtis: it was impressive here ``they started this on so when ``tuesday. ``will they make the delivery? ``here tomorrow morning, 4:30 a.m. ``they will take off. ``the plan is to hand deliver the ``water to residents in flint. ``they want to make it a personal ``delivery, delivering it straight ``to those residents, letting them ``know cincinnati cares about ``them. ``courtis: many sections of the ``bluegrass or hit hard by the ``storm. ``for the most part, northern ``kentucky was spared, but some ``river towns were super-prepared, ``like maysville, which got hit ``but recovered quickly. ``wlwt news 5' s john london has a ``look tonight. ``john: maysville' s snowstorm ``story this saturday night could ``be titled the art of quick ``recovery. ``this old river town stayed true ``to the boy scout motto, be ``prepared. ``at the top of the day, these ``downtown streets had maysville ``at a snowy standstill. ``but, as you can see, a l

snow totals in georgia, 2.5 inches in clayton, more coming down and hartwell. we will continue to bring you that information. our wind speed, fairly light over the upstate. beginning to pick up a bit. possible winter advisories in the higher elevations of north carolina today. the wind will stay steady, near 20 miles per hour. hendersonville, 30. feels like in anderson, where we have had some light snow, and also some fog. visibility down on top of the very slippery roads. a perfect saturday morning to stay in and stick around the neighborhood. somewhere you can walk today, the best idea. cold air rushing in, and moisture as well. a winter weather advisory from columbia down past orangeburg, watching the snow trying to make its way to the low country this morning. we could even see a few flakes in coos creek. some batches of moderate snow. it will not add up to a whole lot. still, quite exciting in southern sections of the coast. higher elevations, you will not get a break for quite a while. it is breaking up where we had could river, your total, nine inches af

a gorgeous day on lake hartwell. temperatures going fm the mid-30's, warming up a good 30 degrees for the high today on the water. place, i would say. 7:00 tonight, you will want to take your dinner outside. we are seeing made, even a few upper 60's in the upstate. staying quite mild, even with clouds building in. you might break a sweat skiing. clouds on the build tonight. i will let you know when the cold air will be back. myra: thank you. police are investigating an overnight shooting at a bojangles road. officals say the shooting happened one person was killed in the shooting and two more were hospitalized with gunshot wounds. officers also say there ar least two suspects involved in the shooting, but have not descriptions of those suspects. authorities are also trying to determine what led to a reported deadly shooting in anderson county. this happened around 5:0 night at an address on old williamston road, ththincident remains under investigation. only a few details have been released. our group at the scene wa

allyson: the floodgates have outlined at the lake hartwell it is only the third time they have relieved water levels. the last time was in 2013. before that you have to go back to 1964. the army corps announced yesterday they would open 12 floodgates one foot each, allowing water to pass through. the water level is five feet above where the engineeee want it. the army corps stresses this is not breaching the dam. it is preventing water levels and getting high enough to breach the dam. geoff: mike mccormick bringing us the latest on the conditions. he was talking about the ice on the road. allyson: he was in the middle of the road, because it was icy andn it. where are you know? mike: flurries continue to fall in spartanburg on blackstock road. the westgate mall is down the spartanburg. here, you have it is barely passable on each side of the road. it is hard to tell which side you are on, because it is a thick sheet of point. -- thick sheet of white. the flurries keep coming down. there has been a few cars coming through that have left tracks in the snow and ice. that is what people are

of tucker hipps - including that he wasorced to walk along a narrow railing of a bridge over lake hartwell. his body was found below the briie. university officials say they have no knowledge that sigma phi epsilon had a tradition of forcing pledges to jump off the bridge. they are seeking dismissal of the suit. a cool front has passed through the midlands and brought some changes to the area. new year's day: the front is coast therefore some widely scattered showers continue in the southern and extreme eastern midlands, those will clear out by midday. temperatures will "fall" to the upper 50s and low 60s by the afternoon. the first weekend in january will be dry and partly cloudy with highs in the upper 50s and low 60s, overnight lows will settle just above freezing. new year's day: the front is parked close to the coast massive flooding is along the mississippi river. the water is still rising in southeast missouri and southern illinois as more water raycom's amanda hanson has more from cape girardeau. i'm out here at the red star district. and i want you to get a look at what the condit

he was forced to walk along a narrow railinggof a bridge...over lake hartwell. hipps' body...was found in the water ... below the bridge. his family is asking for damages... of at least $25-million dollars. the school says ... it had no knowledge that sigma phi epsilon... had "a tradition"... of requiring bridge...and swim to shore... as alleged in the lawsuits. clemson. fighting to dismiss...the lawsuits. after a stretch of warmer weather during the holidays... january is bringing changes.. that you'll certainly notice... starting tonig "24-7 chief meteorolos" christy henderson... has e latest... on how far the temperatu the "department of transportation"...will be out monday...to inspect the brugg street bridge in cherokee cou. there's been a lot of flooding... in that area... over the past few days. before workers there... people will be cleaning up the mounds of debr.e behind. the flooding also caused mandatory evacuations... in some areas of blacksburg... but we're told...no water... got into homes or apartments. remember... if you were affected by the floo

this morning on lake hartwell, very beautiful. clear skies thistemperatures really dropped off overnight. a cold start for the day. trick for the area. the west and northwest wind. look at how nice in spartanburg. it will be a beautiful day with the the snow really is keeping things quite cold as well. 23 degrees. we will have more of a southwesterly breeze this afternoon. that will help moderate things a bit. we will be close to 40 by noon in greenville today. winds much stronger over the mountains. you will be much more comfortable than yesterday, where it stayed only in the 20's. it will take a couple of days to put a do a number on the snow. 18, greenwood is what it feels like. nine, hendersonville. beautiful clear skies. a day that will be closer to 50 in southern sections of the upstate. anderson calling for 47. brilliant sunshine and spartanburg temperatures in the mid-40's. we quickly go back down below freezing overnight. myra: thank you. this morning authorities want to , know if ice was a factor for a deadly crash the i

they say he was forcededo walk along the narrow railing of a bridge over lake hartwell. clemson university says it had no knowledge that sigma phi epsilon had a long tradition of making pledges jump off that bridge and swim to shore. clemson is hoping to get the lawsuits dismissed. treated for serious injuries after an accident involving fireworks. an ems supervisor says they were called to ansel fowler drive in starr around 9:30 new years eve. officials say the boy's hand was seriously injured when a firework malfunctioned. it was the type of firework that is normally launched out of a tube. spoke with a stand operator who says the tube should always be on a flat surface when the fuse is lit. >> you should never hold this in your hand to shoot it because this will blow up in your hand. tim: right now the teen is being treated at the augusta burn center. in charlotte, police say a drunk man stole and officers patrol car, went on a joyride, and crashed the car in the woods. the officer left his key in the omission when he got out to his to people about a fight. , cody gra

shooting.it happened in hartwell on old reed creek road - right around six this evening - the good news here - we know *all the law enforcement officers involved *are okay -but we're still working to get information on what led up to this shooting. shooting.we do know that the georgia bureau of investigation is taking lead sheriff's office will be issuing a statement in the 3 morning 3 3 you'll want to stay with us on air and online at fox carolina dot com-as we work to get more details - we do have a crew headed there now. 3 kendra is in the weather center for a look ahead at the forecast. forecast. 3 kendra: coming up i'll have your forecast forecast 3 a big welcome home.. for deputy dave dempsey!41 days after being shot in the head while on duty.. he's been released from the greenville hospital.tonight - more on his road to recovery.. and what he has to say to those thinking of becoming cops. cops.plus..another deadly fire in the upstate.a 65-year-old man killed.. after his home burst into flames.tonight - out about staying warm and safe.. as the investigation continues.and a live lo

``we came to kroger in hartwell ``and decided to give water. ``reporter: the couple joined ``hundreds of others who also gave ``water to help those in flint. ``>> i've always tried to live my ``life or my family has in making ``you sure if we can impact the ``situation, we'll do what we need ``to do to do so. ``reporter: victoria mullens, t.j. ``cas and shanel wood joined ``forces. ``>> we started talking about a ``situation we felt was a tragedy. ``when we started putting it out ``to other people, it exploded and ``grew bigger than we ever thought ``it would. ``that's a testament to the ``community. ``reporter: they were hoping to ``collect a few hundred bottles of ``water but far surpassed the that ``goal. ``>> i don't know how this ``50,000 bottles. ``we've probably got another ``several thousand in the budget ``truck and another several ``thousand in the bus. ``got a lot of water. ``we thank you for each person's ``hand we're holding today. ``reporter: volunteers with ``cincinnati supports flint will ``make the special delivery. ``ayers tra

michael: the gop debate is already making headlinesjohn: a live shot looking over lake hartwell. mostly cloudy skies with a couple of sprinkles and the son of a polish immigrant who grew up in a brooklyn tenement. he went to public schools, then college, where the work of his life began -- fighting injustice and inequality, speaking truth to power. he moved to vermont, in congress, he stood up for working families and for principle, opposing the iraq war, supporting veterans. now he's taking on wall street and a corrupt political system funded by over two and a half million contributions, tackling climate change to create clean-energy jobs, fighting for living wages, equal pay, and tuition-free public colleges. people are sick and tired of establishment politics, and they want real change! [ cheers and applause ] bernie sanders -- husband, father, grandfather, an honest leader building a movement with you to give us a future to believe in. the fireworks have started 24 hours debatemichael: this time it is all about what donald trump is not doing. nigel: after slamming fox news an

one of the allegations was that he was forced to walk along a narrow railing of a bridge over lake hartwell. his body was found in the water below the bridge in september 2014. university officials say the sigma phi epsilon had a tradition of forcing pledges to jump off the bridge. they are seeking dismissal of the suit. a new partnership to rescue sumter's struggling hospital is now official. the tuomey healthcare system finalized its deal to merge into palmetto health today. the two systems have been in negotiations since last february. tuomey operates sumter's only hospital but it has been struggling with a drop in patients, high debts and a multimillion dollar kickback scandal. the sumter hospital system will now be called palmetto health toumey. 2015 may be over, but the clemson tigers still have some more football to play. up next in sports, we'll hear from one of the stars the south carolina men's and women's basketball teams are ranked--and in action this weekend. the men are coming off a big win over francis marion. tomorrow, they'll host the memphis tigers. the gamecocks are now 1

they say he was forced to walk along the narrow railing of a bridge over lake hartwell. clemson university says it had epsilon had a long tradition of making pledges jump off that bridge and swim to shore. clemson is hoping to get the lawsuits dismissed. an anderson teenage boy is being treated for serious injuries after an accident involving fireworks. and ems supervisor says they were called to ansel fowler drive in starr around 9:30 new years eve. officials say the boy's hand was seriously injured when a firework malfunctioned. it was the type of firework that is normally launched out of a tube. we spoke with a stand operator who says the tube should always be on a flat surface when the fuse is lit. >> you should never hold this in your hand to shoot it because this will blow up in your hand. tim: right now the teen is being treated at the augusta burn center. a decorated marine with the medal of honor in 2014 now in trouble with the law. kyle carpenter lost his eye -- to save fellow marines he now faces hit and run charges. police say carpenter hit a man with his car

the hartwell dam flood gates are look at this video from the dam. it's only the fourth time in 54 years those gates were opened. the water was five feet more than its targeted level after precipitation from the winter storm. the decision was made to be safe and open them because of concerns about whether crews could get in to open the flood gates during the storm if necessary. allyson: across the carolinas, many school districts are on a delay this morning including greenville county. geoff: others will stay closed. you'll find them on the ticker below and on the wyff 4 moble app. meanwhile, some parents were saying yesterday, th looked fine. some did look fine. you see sky 4 video here showing the roads. greenville county school officials say the number one reason to close or delay is safety. officials say they have 75,000 students and 10000 employees. about 10000 of the students-have school choice and go to magnet schools that is sometimes no where near their homes, and many of the teachers also travel far for work. is a new process. allyson: wyff

half an inch nor -- for hartwell and livonia. for many areas south of 85 if, the snow melted off by lunchtime but north, it will take a lot. i'm still tracking i-40, seeing somenowfall. if you have everyone -- anyone traveling that way, pretty serious snow going on right about the tennessee border the. 29 right now in greenville. that's why all the slush out on the roads will freeze over tonight. once that low continues to pull away we should see those winds die back down and calm down, but until then, it's going to be a very breezy night. the wind chill in hendersonville is 9 yeeze. -- degrees. that's what it feels like on your skin. down the french river valley, it will be 19. you need to be very careful if you are out very early tomorrow morning. all this slush will almost be worse than it was when it was snow and sleet because it's going to re-freeze over as ice and be very slick. tomorrow, very -- we should see loads of sunshine and there should be melting going on. temperatures in the 40's. spartanburg, 41 by 1:00. 46 by 4:

in hartwell today ... the final cases crammed in there before sending the truck north tomorrow.organizers say what's happening in flint is alarming ... and the queen city came together to act. (sot) (taken from pkg at 54 sec)(***victoria mullins-public allies cincinnati***)"it's heart right not a privilege and sending up water is something we thought we could do." do." if you'd like to donate bottles or cases of water to send to flint ... saint mark a-m-e church in finneytown is accepting donations. dancing the night away ... before bedtime, at least! least!how a community center gave dozens of dads and daughters a special time together ... to make memories that will last forever. and ... don't break those new year's resolutions yet!how a cincinnati favorite put together a event that makes it easier than ever to get fit you're watching 9 on your side at 11 the funeral for danville, ohio police officer thomas cottrelll was held this morning at the ohio state university campus in newark. newark.cotrell's bod

mainly in the 50's, except for 49 degrees right now51 in clarksburg. 52 also in carnesville. 50's in hartwell. upper 50's also in elberton. low to mid 50's in the upstate. 57 in macon. 47 degrees in raleigh, so pretty chilly. here comes another cold front. this is going to push through with wind and much colder temperatures in the moun into thursday, tomorrow night, and into friday, and we might even squeeze out a tennessee and north also friday morning, in particular. downsloping winds will compensate for the cold air and make it feel a little bit chilly and breezy, but not too bad. this is just in time for the upcoming weekend. it will be ne and dry. international falls, minnesota, 33 in chicago, and right now 79 degrees. not too bad. los angeles at 73 degrees, and boston not bad at 42 degrees. cloudy skies with a few sprinkles and some showers south of 85. some freezing conditions later as temperatures get to the low 30's if not upper 20's, so if we do have that fog, close to the ground if not right on the ground, and freezing temperatures, that could freeze fog. it is light freezing drizz

and looking over lake hartwell, a beautiful picture. this is back into northeastern it is pretty chilly in the mountains, but not bad in the in north carolina though, the coldest temperatures, this is allowing for whatever warmth we had to be released o spreading. 38 in boone, also in marshall. 47 in hendersonville. also franklin, 42 degrees. 52 also in columbus. so chilly temperatures outside of the mountains, cold temperatures outside of themountains, and we are not dealing with very low wind chills. 61 in charleston. and only 37 degrees in bristol, tennessee, so we see some energy coming out of the gulf of mexico with this flow aloft, and that high pressure finally starts to build in. most of the country is a few degrees above average.and watch out for areas of fog and maybe even some freezing fog in the mountains tonight. for tomorrow, patches of sprinkles or light rain on morning, cloudy skies, mostly cloudy to partly cloudy skies in the mountains.it looks like this, high pressure building in. actually, thursdthis is lingering into

``wlwt news 5' s jenell walton is ``live in hartwell, where that ``donation drive is now underway. ``jenell? ``reporter: people turned out into ``ropes. ``they really wanted to fill up a ``big semi truck with bottled ``water. ``they filled up this truck, and ``then they filled up a second ``truck as well. ``it all started with a facebook ``post from a group calling ``itself, cincinnati supports ``flint. ``organizers were asking friends ``to donate water to the people of ``governor and state leaders were ``criticized for not dealing with ``the water emergency there. ``it was determined flint' s tap ``water is contaminted with lead. ``t.j. caz, victoria mullins and ``chanel wood heard about the ``emergency and wanted to do ``something to help. ``kroger offered the group a semi ``to store and transport the ``water. ``the group were really worried ``that no one would show up. ``they were thrilled when the ``donations came pouring in. ``>> we had an idea tuesday. ``kroger graciously donated a ``truck wednesday and by thursday ``night we needed to two trucks ``and it just really took a l

this reciprocation is not even the clouds coming in, a live shot looking over lake hartwell. look at the reds and oranges. the clouds will continue to move across our area from the south. 39 and spartanburg. 30 in spruce pine, upper 30's in waynesville and silva. 42 i ibryson city. 40 degrees and whether to and. very cold temperatures. temperatures are not going to be as cold tonight as it was over the last t veral nights becausese myrtle beach not reporting for now. 44 in atlanta. this is typical of an el nio tight pattern in our area. in the fall months and early winter, we e e up fairly mild. as we get into early spring, this will be one of the strongest el nio's on record. it's going to get colder and colder over the next several days and a big arctic outbreak as we go through this weekend. you can see the snow moving through iowa. 73 and miami. 40 and boston. cleveland is 35 degrees. chile in dallas and if you are heading out to phoenix, 59 degrees. they are a couple of hours earlier, so it's almost 4:00 there. they should normally only be in the upper 60's. highs will p

this is over hartwell lake. moments ago, they were spreading sand across the bridge, so it is looking better. earlier, it was a mess as he crossed over. we saw several cars off the road. rescue crews told us that a car was trying to change lanes and slid on some ice, and then that car along with another car went off the roadway thankfully, no one was hurt, it just up the road from there, firefighters had to up the road because drivers were getting stuck as they tried to go up the hill. amanda was one of them. amanda: we started sliding, and then i was not going to go mandy: so do you call at that point for help? amanda: no, i did not. they were here. mandy goal it now, those firefighters had their hands full but did a gre job of getting people out. you will hear from a driver a little bit later on in the newscast. mandy gaither, wyff news 4, live in clemson. nigel: this was shot by a ulocal user, and also in western carolina, we find myra ruiz. myra: this is just off brevard traffic appears to be moving slowly a

gabrielle: the weather is making some history at the hartwell dam. they are opening the floodgates to release the water levels, only the third time this has happened. the last time was back in 2013, and before that, you have to go back to the year 1960 four. the army court made that announcement. this will allow 13,400 cubic feet of water per second to pass through. the water level is five feet above where the engineers wanted, but it is not reaching the dam. it is to prevent levels from ever getting high enough to do that, the goal. announcer: now, your super john: this storm is winding down a little bit, but not all of it, because we still have some more rounds coming in. chris: in haywood, looking ok. john cole at the traffic is slowing down. that is good. chris: we have these cameras strategically placed, because our radar can see it, but this verified it. john: in hendersonville, six or seven inches of snow since midnight last night, and asheville, 10.6 inches of snow at the airport, a record amount of snow on this date, and the record, i believ

michael: a live shot looking over lake hartwell. the clouds have moved in from the southwest. the current temperature, 47 degrees. humidity at 56%. get ready for rain to arrive, and then it's going to change i will be bamore l michael: we will see closings and delays at the bottom of your screen. diia announced all classes are canceled tomorrow in the buncombe county schools. right now, north carolina is under a state of emergency. corey: here's is a look at i-26 in asheville. traffic is moving smoothly. we haven't seen snow on the ground yet, but officials are expecting that to change. sheltersrs have opened their doors for anyone who might become homeless or for those who are currently homeless. asheville shelters are encouraging people to come indoors if they need a place to stay. the buncombe county school district has canceled classes. more than 25,000 students will be at home, hopefully in the warm and not in the cold weather. corey davis, wyff news 4. carol: a heart county georgia man faces felony charges after deputies say he ran towards them with a machete and set a h

how people worldwide will be able to go to tiger town without john: a live shot over lake hartwell. current chamber in anderson is 55 degrees. i will be right back. this is the wyff news 4 6:00 it's a new virtual reality project that's being talked carol: mandy gaither has more on a project with clinton university.-- clemson university. mandy: clemson is the first university in the state to be a part of a virtual reality project called google expeditions. virtual reality is mostly talked about in terms of the future. at clemson university, that >> that one it turned out really well. mandy: with a camera sent to them by google, a team with clemson's creative services department took 12 panoramic 360-degree pictures of sites around campus. these shots then sent back to google along with information on each picture. eventually, it'll be part of an app that can be downloaded to an android phone. cardboard goggles will then hook up to it creating the virtual , reality. this will be used in classrooms where not only colleges will be featured, but museums and places like the great wall of

jo a live shot over lake hartwell in anderson county, mostly cloudy outside right now. rain on the way. state superintendent visited to specific schools, both in on improve education through partnerships. wyff news 4's mike mccormick reports. >> study hard, and thanks for letting me come to your classroom. mike: state superintendent of education molly spearman saw firsthand how students are putting the "leadership" in the cleveland academy of leadership. >> these educators cannot do this alone. the community has bought in a beautiful way to support the teachers, to help the students. mike: much of this school is the product of a public-private partnership. >> if we have two digits, mike: spartanburg school district seven is trying to build that kind of a partnership with meeting street academy, which is a private s now. students start here at age three. there are two certified teachers in every school. -- in every classroom. if the partnership with district seven happens, meeting street academy would become a district seven school. tuition would go away, and the distric

``early this morning, volunteers ``loaded up outside the kroger in ``hartwell. ``kroger donated one of the trucks ``to carry the water. ``ayers transportation donated a ``charter bus. ``they drove about 4 and half ``hours up to flint today and ``working with the red cross they ``personally handed out water to ``people. ``in flint switched their water ``2014, supply to save money. ``since that time the water supply ``, has had very high levels of ``lead so no one can drink it. `` >> people are grateful people ``-- people are really happy to ``see that somebody cares about ``what they' re going through. ``it' s a desperate situation and ``it is rough to see but people ``, were so welcoming and kind to ``us, especially when we told them ``we were from cincinnati. ``tammy: the group gets back later ``on this evening. ``wlwt news 5, ``courtis: a lot of other ``organizations are reaching out ``to the prople of flint. ``lincoln heights missionary ``baptist church is hoping to ``collect thousands of bottles of ``water to take to flint. ``the collection drive begins ``to

john: looking over lake hartwell, 54 degrees. clouds on the increase from the southwest. back later on. michael: a reminder tonight, our sports team is on its way to arizona, to bring you full coverage of the lead-up to the national championship game , clemson and alabama. we'll have our hour-long special for you monday night live from arizona, right here on wyff 4, >> you're watching live, local, breaking news. with carol goldsmith, michael cogdill, and the weather with chief need meteorologist john cessarich, and sports with red free lick. -- brad fralick. this is wyff news 4 at 6:00. miael: it's a moment that'll be remembered forever. for the clemson football team, a chance to turn a dream into a reality. carol: and for the tiger band, a time to make some memories, just like those did before them 34 years ago. wyff news 4's mandy gaither has more. it's all new at 6:00. mandy: surrounded by cheers and the tiger rag, the 1981 clemson football team celebrated something no other had in the university's history, a national championship with danny ford at the helm. mandy: he

also in hartwell. these scattered snow showers in flurries will continue, maybe another inch or two, michael and care of, and we will look at the latter part of the weekend a little bit later. carol: power outages are still a concern. michael: in greenville, at least 9000 people are still without power. carol: pickens county, more than 860. michael: and from blue ridge electric, nearly 350 without power. carol: pickens county, more than 2000. michael: and it is a pretty unusual night tonight. live. john: the first snow of the season has turned greenville into whiteville. this though has accumulated, -- the snow has accumulated. this is in the last hour and a half, and it is soft and fluffy and makes e eellent snowballs. you can see it has covered everywhere. couples have been walking. groups have been out here walking, just looking around. is clearing. people have been walking around. it has been people out here looking at the snowfall, at thehe two inches that has fallen in the last hour and a half, a

out.from 11am to 9 this evening a truck will be parked outside the hartwell kroger to collect as much bottled water as it can hold.and then it'll leave for flint.the whole thing was actually the brainchild of 3 young people who wanted to help.they took to social media ad within 24 hours kroger stepped up donating the truck.now it just needs to be filled. the scandal is costing e-p-a's top midwest official his job. susan hedman is resigning over charges that she didn't do enough to prevent the poisoned drinking water crisis in flint, michigan.last week she admitted that her department knew back in april that the city's residents were at risk for lead poisoning...but did not alert the public. this morning a village here in ohio is dealing with a similar have been told not to drink the water from it's public system.the e-p-a was there yesterday testing water fountais and sinks in the high school there.the issue is what the city manager is calling aggressive water, which basically means the water is slightly acidic.pregnant woman and children have been advised to not drink to water andall

toccoa, hartwell, all one inch of snow and sleet from this storm system, so the upper-level system is starting to swirl in. this is a band that is producing some moderate to heavy snow. this is from oconee county, akins county, going into -- pickens county, going into roebuck. all of this precipitation is moving off to the east, as you can see, fairly slowly at about 20, 25 miles per hour, and then we get a bit of a break this is the southwest, and maybe from the west/southwest scattered snow showers and flurries and now we are called enough all of the way through e atmosphere you do not have to worry about the freezing rain or the sleet or the rain. the upstate, you can see that county. you could see a quick one or two inches of snow over the next hour. this is across the greenville hilton. this is i 385. you can see we had a good burst, about 1.5 inches, two inches across the area. in the 20's, even a few 30's. that last band of snow, we actually warmed up. 31 in clemson, 33 degrees in franklin. a lot of wind out to the west, so this kicks up as we get in later on tonight. still a b

they say he was forced to walk along a narrow railing of a bridge over lake hartwell. the school says it had no knowledge that sigma phi epsilon had a long tradition of making pledges jump off that bridge and swim to shore. clemson is hoping to dismiss the lawsuits. michael: the parents of a missing laurens county teenager have been arrested. meanwhile the search for the 14-year-old continues. deputies say michael hudson ran away from the parent who has custody of him. on friday morning michael steward hudson and kelldon vaughn hudson both of fountain inn, were arrested and charged with custodial interference and unlawful neglect of a child. deputies are still trying to find michael whom they believe is in the greenville area. they say more charges are possible if someone is hiding the teenager. carol: still ahead how folks the new year. chris: and there is some warmth in florida. even there, it will cool to the 50's tonight. >> you are watching live breaking news. this is wyff news 4 at 6:00. carol: singer natalie cole has died. she was the daughtererf legendary singe

john: a live shot over lake hartwell as the sun goes down. 36 degrees. at least we have very little wind to speak of, so we do not have to deal with low wind chills. today marks one week since greer carol: today marks one week since greer high school basketball standout nathan moore died. michael: and with the cause still unkown, his family is coping the best way they know how, with faith, friends, and family. to find out how they want nathan to be remembered. >> the little tow-head blonde boy that just got into everything. allyson: this is how tracey moore remembers her son, nathan. >> he would do things that he should be in big trouble for, and he always found a way to charm himself out. allyson: a talented athlete, nathan brought spirit on and off the court. >> he had a personality that drew people in. everyone wanted to be around him. he was just that person that could break the ice in the room, and had everyone smiling, talking. allyson: so when nathan became ill just a week ago, it was hard to tell just how serious it was. >> you could tell he didn

clear skies, over lake hartwell you could see you ripples -- you can see ripples on the lake. the windchill making it feel colder than the temperature in michael: health care is back in the headlines. enrollment for the insurance exchange is now in its third year and currently underway through the end of january. health care is not just a national issue. it is local. we sat down with an upstate doctor who says e problem is not just people having insurance, but the half -- the cost of insurance and health care. the u.s. census shows the median household income in south carolina, from 2009-2013 was just under 45,000 dollars a year, about $10,000 less than the national average. have to go to the hospital. we will take your appendix out. in the u.s., that is $20,000 for that to be done. that is cap -- catastrophic. that is a down payment on a really nice house, that's a new car, and in other parts of the world, it is $2000. michael: the state reports nearly one out of every south carolinians is enrolled in medicaid. carol: the first "walk with a doc" event of the year at bon secou

you can see the waves on lake hartwell, because of the strong winds gusting as high as 30 miles per hour out of the west as the front comes down off the mountains and into the upstate. a couple clouds around. mainly clear skies for the upstate. it is cold. temperatures not too bad, 48 in spartanburg, 53 in clemson, 52 in greenville, 51 in anderson and greenwood. northeastern georgia, the cold air starts to come in. 49 in toccoa, and livonia. lookout chilly it is. 30's in the north georgia mountains and raven county -- raybun county. 47 and clarksville and cornelia. 57 in elberton. the cold air is coming in from the northwest. 52 in atlanta, 51 in chattanooga. the low is moving up into canada. there is the cold front. lots of energy. this is a band nigel was talking about their northeastern ohio that could see 1-3 inches of snow. enhanced by the great lakes, some areas could see 5-10 inches of snow. you get a lake effect snow. downwind from lake michigan, same story. they could see good snow showers with the cold arctic air of the great lakes. it downstream. unsettled weather to the west