. >> tammy: mills river and henderson county battle over the cost of law enforcement. why the county manager says the town is getting a great deal. >> darcel: plus fighting the what scientists are now say some captain d's make you feel better? yeeeaah! (woo) when you love seafood this much... back again? i hope it's just a clumsy phase. ...it's gotta be d's. anything's worth it for our new home-style flounder meal or double dozen shrimp. also, try our grilled menu featuring new tuscan tilapia. it's gotta be d's. >> darcel: mills,river will no longer get a dedicated law enforcement officer from henderson county starting next year. >> tammy: county commissioners have agreed to stop providing a full time deputy to the township. >> reporter: henderson county says it raised the price from about $80,000 to an amount that covers its costs about $110,000. the county says the deputy dedicated to mills river only the rest are covered by the other deputies in the sheriff's office. county manager steve wyatt says mills river's objections caused conflict with the county. he feels th

dispatcher with the henderson county sheriff's office tell me they receive 160 calls related to wrecks in the county since 8:00 yesterday morning. a combination of highway patrol, local police responding to all have trickled in. troopers say the sun can be deceiving. they remind drivers to keep their guard up. >> people come out of the sun where it is nice and dry, roadway is nice and dry. they say it will be the same through here and they don't realize it before it is too late and then at that point, it is too late to react because the ice is there, you won't do anything on the ice. >> ice on interstate 26 in the county earlier this morning related in multiple accidents. troopers say there were eight wrecks many henderson county alone between midnight and 8:00 this morning. the interstate had been treated with salt overnight. they continue to treat widespread icy spots in henderson county. we have seen towing companies very busy, working to clear the accident scenes as well. i caught up with highway patrol. they tell me a large area in the the accents, even some in buncombe overnight

. >> holly: it's causing 240us of powmgs, henderson county and mcdowell county has the most with more than 3,000 combined. buncombe county and haywood county have a few hundred as well. >>> an ice storm warning has just expired for henderson county, polk county, rutherford and northern greenville counties. >> jay: several schools are on 2 or 3 hour delays, they are scrolling at the bottom of the screen and of course you can warmer weather. how are the temperatures now? >> ingrid: they are hovering around the freezing mark in a couple locations. the good news is, yes, we are starting to see the precipitation leave the region. the foothills, we are still worried from mcdowell to rutherford, polk county, for black ice concerns as well as the mountains of the upstate, where as of about even 45 minutes ago or so, i still saw some pink on the map, which indicates sleet, freezing rain. so we're not completely out of the woods and, in fact, you can see some of the light snow still falling along the tennessee line. >>> here is a closer look at temperatures, 34 in hendersonville but still 32 in

we are at a flash flood watch for this eve2 transylvania county, henderson county, buncombe county, parts of mcdowell county and burke, yancey, mitchell and avery county as well. another issue this morning, there is a wind advisory out through 10 a.m., above 3500 feet, gusts up to 55 miles per hour. we already have had some reports heaviest rain in swain county right now, but wet pretty much every where. coming up in my full forecast, we will talk more about the timeline of this rain, how much more will fall, and when a big cool-down happens. but right now let's get a first look at the morning drive with jaclyn. >>jaclyn: thank, ingrid. we are accident free right now in the asheville area, thankfully. if you are taking i-26 east towards henderson county, you may see some delays on your commute. traffic is tying up to exit 44 in four seasons boulevard so keep that in2 mind. patton avenue is looking good through your morning drive. you can see everything is moving right along there at louisiana avenue. and like ingrid mentioned we are dealing with rain this morning, so of course the roads w

dispatchers with the henderson county afters tell me they have received 160 calls related to wrecks in the county since 8:00 yesterday morning. a combination of highway patrol or local police have responded to those crashes and even more are occurring this morning. conditions have made it difficult for even the officials >> we are short handed everywhere in the state. we just try to get to everywhere as fast as we can. >> ice on interstate 26 early related in multiple accidents. troopers say the were eight wrecks on i-26 in henderson county alone between midnight and 8:00 this morning. dot officials say the interstate had been treated overnight, they continue to treat these widespread icy spots and towing companies have also been very busy this morning, working to clear those accident scenes as we speak. as of right now, there are about 1500 people, a little bit more than that here in henderson county that are still without power. we have been focusing on that all morning as well as power companies are working to turn the lights back on for a lot of people, especially here in henderson

henderson, the northern end of greenville, also oconee and pickens county. freezing rain advisories farther south over the upstate. in the next couple of hours, we'll continue to watch the freezing rain. look at the rain take over after midnight. a lot of these areas farther east you'll see rain by day break. cold, damp and icy. watch out, those bridges and overpasses will be the first to freeze up. >> tammy: donald trump maintains the commanding lead. a poll shows that trump is favored by 42% of likely republican voters in that state. >> frank: ted cruz takes second place with 20%. and marco rubio came in third with 13%. are gearing up for this weekending primary. >> aaron: that's right. donald trump not expecting to speak until 7:30. some people started lining up as early as two to get some of those prime seats up front. a little different look for tonight's rally. ted cruz was in akin earlier today. a lot of interest in voters in this area and south carolina. coming up tonight at 6:30, we'll show you what one of them had to say. aaron adelson, news 13. >>

the plant would create 26 new jobs at a salary that's above the average wage in henderson county. no word yet on where it might be located. >>> buncombe county is expected to dole out some big money to an asheville brewery this week. >> anchor: that's right. highwire brewery. as an incentive to keep the new facility and any new jobs in the $22,000 taxpayer incentive. the new highwire location opened in fall in biltmore village. >> we just hired our 15th person. yesterday was his first day. yeah, it's been huge to be able to stay here and bring all those jobs and economic development here in asheville and buncombe county. >> anchor: commissioners are expected to vote on the economic incentive for highwire at their meeting tomorrow. >> frank: the cause of this outbreak still unknown. dozens of customers in several states reported getting sick after reported eating at chipotle restaurants. to win back customers, chipotle is offering discounts for super bowl weekend. i'm sure they will be very busy. >> anchor: it's hard to believe we still have piles of snow on the ground after a day

the plant would create 26 new jobs at a salary that's above the average wage in henderson county. no word yet on which company would build the plant or where it would be located. 3 3 3 today is groundhog day! here in asheville, some rely on "nibbles the groundhog" to predict if we will see an early spring or more winter. news 13's lauren brigman joins us live from the w-n-c nature center in asheville. lauren, nibbles is getting ready for her big debut later today?3 3 3 3 3 asheville regional airport is set for a major parking upgrade of a five-story garage, right across from the terminal. it will be built where the main lot is located now... and will have 13- hundred spaces. when it is complete, there will be a total of 25-hundred parking spots at the airport. travelers say the option of close-and-covered parking is a welcome convenience. 3 1644 "i think it'll be great, snow off of cars and make it easier to get in and out." 1650 about 300 spaces will be lost during construction, but a nearby employee lot has already been converted to help cover that. work is expected to start in

one vehicle even looking like it took out a poll. >> holly: it's causing 240us of powmgs, henderson county and mcdowell county has the most with more than 3,000 combined. buncombe county and haywood county have a few hundred as well. >>> an ice storm warning has just expired for henderson county, polk county, rutherford and northern greenville counties. >> jay: several schools are on 2 or 3 hour delays, they are scrolling at the bottom of the screen and of course you can

lauren is live from the henderson county sheriff's office. horts say the father and son actually lived together. >> they did. authorities spent much of yesterday searching for the son to make sure he was ok. early this morning they arrested joey butler. he is charged with second degree murder in the death of his father terry. terry butler was found dead in his home yesterday morning. a wooden ball bat was used to kill for ri. after spending much of the day searching for terry, authorities found him last night. >> we were doing follow up investigation at one of the locations that he is known to it just so happened two of our detectives were in this establishment and owey walked in. we were able to speak with him and early this morning he was charged in the death of his father. officials say they have received more than 200 calls in the last five years from the home that the two lived in. at this point, officials say there are no other suspects in the case, nor additional charges expected to be filed against joey butler. evan donovan was inside

news 13's lauren brigman is in henderson county. but first let's get your current weather conditions.. ingrid? good morning. here is a look at current conditions across the region. your day planner shows temperatures warming by noon. coming up, i'll show you our 7-day forecast for bothth the mountains and upstate. 3 3 thousands of people are waking up without power this morning... because of the ice storm. crews are working to get the lights back on for more than one-thousand people in henderson county. news 13's lauren brigman continues our live team coverage from there. lauren...duke energy power outages:mcdowell: more than 2500henderson: more than 1300 buncombe: more than 560 3 3 3 3 drivers in polk county look out for a weather related crash on i-26 eastbound it happened just past the saluda exit 54. avoid the area if you can. *there are several downed trees reported across henderson and rutherford counties this morning. d-o-t is clearing these out of the roadways now. be careful if you are heading out in either area. *also happ

of any other flooded roads in the area so far, but look out for those usual problem area in henderson county and transylvania county, like wilson road, island ford road, high water is definitely possible on those areas this morning. that's a look at your on-time traffic report brought you by the wired mouse. back over to you. >> holly: this morning, billionaire donald trump is waking up a winner and one step closer to the gop nomination in the race for president. >> jay: trump got a big victory in the nevada caucuses on the same night the contenders hit the stage for a town hall in south carolina. trump says others did not expect him to have a winning streak. >> of course, if you listen to the pundit, we were not expected to win too much and now we're winning, win, winning, the country. >> jay: it's a fight for second against marco rubio and caucus winner ted cruz. ben carson and john kasich were at the bottom of the pack. hold a press conference on poverty in south carolina. it's scheduled to begin at 9:00 this morning at the doubletree hotel in columbia. the event is by invitation only. he

the plant will create 26 new jobs at a salary a above the wage in henderson county. no word on when it will be located. >>> how much long term care will cost. they even are somewhat in denial. >> larry: if you think you're you might want to i don't know what i'm doing. i can't find anything just when i think it's just not going to work. this woman that works there comes over and asks can i help you? and he was so happy, to do it amazing right? i never would have expected would have thought that anyone e uld find that do that. make that go out of their way for me. right then, right there i couldn't believe it he was so helpful i know it's such a small thing little thing. simple thing but it made me smile made me happy made my day share your story. y y y rd! can i have your autograph? of course. now don't forget, new scratch-off tickets from the north carolina education lottery come out on first tuesdays. thank you! you're welcome. how about a date? oooh, a date...let me check my calendar. all right, say first tuesday! first tuesday! first tuesday, tuesday, t-t-t-tuesd

going heading out of the city because of the hazardous driving conditions. 3 and a live look in henderson county--just off i-26 in flat rock...where ice has also built up on the roads.right now north carolina remains under a winter storm warning. 3 so far we know greenville county schools will start on a two hour delay--and they could have an update at seven a-m... 3 we have other closings and delays running at the bottom of your screen at this time-- we also have a full list at

the hr radar shows light showers pulling through brevard, cedar mountain now into henderson county, mainly the southern rtion of the county. in southern buncombe around royal pines. light showers around trion and up near spindale and rutherton. it is creeping towards polksville. we'll see a chance for light showers. in the next couple of hours, the radar is not picking up much more. it will in the extended forecast, especially in towards tonight. chimney rock, this is where we have the ground hog. no results on whether he saw his shadow or not. our news 13 skycam network. no precip at the asheville airport yet. 48 degrees was our low temperature this morning. temperature is. unseasonably mild, just a jacket needed throughout the rest of the day. some locations closer to that 60 degree mark. the winds picked up a little bit in asheville. henderson county and forest and 8 into greer. tt high elevations have a chance for gusty conditions tonight into tomorrow. we are continuing to wait for the front to move through the region, increasing not only the wind for the high elevations but for every

continues over a good bit of the upstate and all the counties highlighted in red from transylvania, henderson county, pull county, buncombe county, avery county, mitchell county all under a flash flood warning through the afternoon. it has rain in the short amount of time and all the cogreen are under flooded pfizer's for the upstate and parts of georgia. creeks and streamst are prone to flooding, watch out l continue to run off for a while. we will show you some of the rainfallormrs. pushing to the east and we will have better weather coming in tonight and the next couple of days. it has been a stormy morningfar. allyson: thank you. and right now, there ara number of power outages being carolina. this is a picture of work trucks in spartanbuorhere is what duke energy is report greenville county is 460, anderson at 400 21, spartanburg at 161 and transylvania county at 55. carolinians have been seeing flooding all morning and into the early after noon. this is a live look at biltmore village. wyff news 4 myra ruiz has more from buncombe county. myra: we are in biltmore village where business owners a

you can reach henderson county deputies... at 828- 697- 4911. deputies in anderson county say they've made 4 arrests in a homicide case in iva. you may remember ...it happened around midnight on january 9th....on "pierce and amy" road. the coroner's office said "justin wwlliams".. and "kasey waddell" were found with gunshot wounds..inside a camper. deputies say the 4 suspects arrested had a hand in the two deaths... deputies say "wesley malmister"...."tabitha roberts"...."brandon simpson"...all from anderson... each face two counts of murder...attempted armed robbery...and weapons charges... bond was denied for all four suspects ... a greer man... is accused of striking his 4-year-old stepdaughter... and leaving her with a bruised and swollen eye. tonight... we've learned... the child's mother... is now charged in the case...as well. greer police say ... tina roebuck... now faces 3-counts of "child neglect." her husband, david roebuck... was charged with "child abuse"... earlier this week. greer police say ... the abuse came to light... after an

. >> kim: live in henderson county where we had flash flood warnings this morning. this colvert is looking a lot different than it is now. we'll show it to you coming up. >>> high water making driving impossible. what dot crews are telling folks to stay off the roads. >>> now from western north carolina's news leader, this is news 13 at 5:30. >> tammy: record rain overnight and this morning pushed the swannanoa river out of its bank. >> frank: thanks to viewer barbara for sending us that picture. >>> we'll have live reports from our crews in henderson and transylvania counties in just a moment. first, let's get right over to >> tammy: jason, we've got pounded. >> jason: new record for the date. the rain finally starting to move out. eastern and southern portions of the upstate from spartanburg county through laurens and union county. it's not terribly heavy than it was compared to earlier this afternoon. look at all this rain off to the east of us. this is what's left. it's still holding its own pretty good here from the carolinas to virginia to the gulf coast. we'r

a henderson county woman questions whether the t-s-a pre-check program is allowing some faster screening without much vetting. 3 00:04:34:12 aileen i know me and i'm not going to do anything dangerous on a plane or anywhere else and i know my friend won't either, but i don't know who else could do this, probably anybody. what is being done to close inspector general's office. our full investigation tonight at 11:00. 3 3 3 i walked up and said i'm here to represent black history.3 a woman waits more than 100 years to visit the white house. coming up... hear from her about her famous visit, and how she got through the gates to shake the president's 3 we have an update this morning on the 106-year-old washington, d.c. resident who got a chance to visit the white house. we showed you the meeting yesterday in our viral video. as horace holmes reports... virginia maclaurin is making a name for herself online, after dancing with the president and first lady. 3 horace holmes reporting lot in her 106 years but she never thought she'd see the inside of the white house. sot "i'm i

two men have been found dead in henderson county hotel. deputies found john tucker and leonard lefter dead in room at the mountain any and suites. both are from out of sight. . there o >> be font. body of missing hey widecount been found. family spokesperson says the scott turner body was found today. in normal prnl i had bun noon. severe does and doing sdes people there word on the causes of his death. >> for million dollars in damage. that's what cherokee tribe asking federal jury to award after the parking deck at the harris kay casino and owe they of tribe suing construction company and its contractors. sought alleges companies failed stand in if it care design. e p/e hardware pro plan to start cleaning up the former cts site. this first phase will remove all almost you have the chemicals, from more than three acres of property near mill gap road. news 13 joins us with story and john what are people saying about this. neighbor will cautious it want the cts to don't don't don't don't. over what do with polluted ground. on for decades. t

we are continuing to see this in henderson county. this area is seeing a warmer region in our western zones. a little bit of snow south of spartanburg. swain county the mix seeing rain in county. pulling in from the west, it is the west that is warmer. east of asheville. that's where it is colder. conditions. you can see reduced visibility and temperatures are going to be cold enough to sustain the freezing rain drizzle. this is why this is a very difficult winter storm to be predicting here. we have 40's in one zone. 28 in asheville. 25 in morganton. visibility is one in asheville. not only are the roads slick, covered with a glaze right now, visibility is bad. that is going to be dangerous. oert next couple of hours, a snapshot, continuing to see the mix in our southern mountains into the foothills, northeast georgia as well. west of asheville, we are warmer. we are in the 40's through dinner time. overnight, some things will be changing. mostly rain. we'll see the snow chances return to the northern mountains near tennessee so accum

subsided and right now things are back to normal except for some pockets across henderson county. this was the scene in the state across the county, people still dealing with flooding across the area. starting around 8:00 a.m. these photos were takin' at 9:30 in hendersonville. you can see the fedex box was getting swallowed up by water. one woman had come to get her allergy shot. >> so i got here and now it's closed, which is really inconvenient because i usually do wednesday's as my shot day. >> kim: this morning flood waters damaged flower baskets where staff are using vaks. as fast as it flooded, the water drained down in to creeks. coming up at 5:30, we will show you what happened at an office for work. reporting live from henderson county, kimberly king, news 13. >> darcel: flooding is a traffic concern in other areas. >> tammy: jaclyn is tracking these for you. >> jaclyn: thanks, tammy. there are several roads flooded in transylvania county. old rosemund highway coming in to the lower part of rosemund is flooded. maguire loop and greenville highway near brevard elementary is

flash flood warning out until 1:45 for transylvania county and henderson county. if you live near the french broad river, seek higher ground now. also this flash flood watch is out through this evening for transylvania county, henderson, bucket and yancey, mitchell and avery counties. flash flooding is possible we've already had >>> you want to know how to get people to trust you with their money? i'll tell you right now. you present it as an exclusive thing. people want something more than telling them they can't have it. people give me their money and i make them richer than god. >> richard dreyfuss playing bernie madoff in that miniseries that premieres at 8:00 eastern right here on abc. >> and our amy had a chance to talk with richard. right, amy? >> that's right. richard is bringing bernie madoff to life in that miniseries movie called "madoff" taking on the man behind the $64 billion fraud, i recently sat down with richard. we're have that in just a moment but first here's the sneak peek. >> what is it exactly that you think you do? hmm? do you think you're w

a major economic development announcement in henderson county. governor pat mccrory will be on hand for the announcement at 4:30 this afternoon at the historic henderson county courthouse. last month, county commissioners approved a nearly 7 million dollar incentives package to bring in "g-f linamar", a car parts plant, to mills river. the company would invest 217 million dollars and create 350 nenejobs. 3 also today, we could learn more about duke energy's plans plant to natural gas. staff with the state utilities commission will present their findings of duke's application to utility commissioners in raleigh. duke's application requested to build a third back up unit, along with two natural gas units. as we reported last week, the utilities commission staff recommended rejecting the third unit. the utilities commission is expected to make a decision by march first. 3 3 the u-s supreme court is back in session today, for the first time since the sudden death of justice antonin scalia. oral arguments get underway around 10 this morning. chief jus

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in henderson county little river road shut down because keep that in mind. also happening on the roads a water main break has a portion of mcdowell street shut down around mission hospital. the southbound lanes will be closed for the next few hours. crews hope to divert traffic on to one lane. here's ingrid. >> ingrid: we're not seeing any precip falling right now, but temperatures still hovering around freezing at times so the chance for black ice a threat. morganton 32. 31 in forest city. 34 in gaffney and greer. temperatures in western zones much warmer, upper 30s to mid 40s even. we are seeing some issues with fog to start. we'll see some areas of sunshine today warming up to 48. but then the wind will pick up, we'll see some evening rain and transition at times to snow in some of those higher elevations. rain ended in greenville, now we're going to see some sunshine, middle 50s chance tonight. a winter weather advisory, 4:00 p.m. today to 6:00 a.m. tomorrow avery county down to madison and haywood. a couple inches of snow possible in those locations. a

here in henderson county, there were about 4,000 homes without power. right now that number is right around 1300. down trees and power lines. >> a candler family had a most unwelcomed guest, a tree fell on their home this morning. meanwhile, in haywood county, mike smathers lost power around 9:30 a.m. >> and then the boom. actually two booms. >> karen: smathers saw a tree take down a power line right in front of his eyes. up. it looked like it was going to go to the neighbor's house. >> karen: it happened in canton. smathers says first responders came quickly. meanwhile in hendersonville, we this neighborhood on haywood road was without power for several hours. resident virginia fisher says she slept through most of the storm and was happy to have her power restored shortly. >> now i can have my coffee. >> karen: and coffee is going to be a really good thing to have on hand tonight with temperatures expected to plunge as we go from the spring-like storms we had today to winter conditions. i'm karen wynne, news 13. >> tammy: for the latest updates on our

what about henderson county, continuing to see this precip. also in transylvania county, this is an area where we are starting to see the transition. from that mix to the slick conditions to now more of rain in the western portions of the county, the upstate also seeing slick conditions across the region from greenville further south and cloudy conditions as well. that's why we have been seeing the freezing drizzle and freezing fog this morning. picking all of it up, it is so saturated, we are seeing it stick to the ground. radar is indicating snow right now in the northern portion of swain county and haywood county. traveling on 40 towards tennessee, it is likely rain right now. the chance for it to turn over to a mix or snow. over the next couple of hours, it looks like we are getting a break. watch back here, we are starting to see more of this precip pull into the region. at ballsam gap, it is 40 degrees. this is likely all rain. this is up at 4,000 feet. it is not like that everywhere, very interesting with our temperatures this morning, t

i just spoke with dispatchers in henderson county, and drivers in that area, you might run into this problem on your secondary roads as well. be careful if you head out the door soon this morning. >>> travel time, i-40 from old fort into asheville, overall this commute looks good for you but watch for the minor delays heading into black mountain. >>> turning to i-40 closer to haywood county, it is smooth sailing from the buncombe county/haywood county line into town. overall, the commute is looking good for you. >>i'm jaclyn deaugustino. this on-time traffic report is brought to you by the wired mouse computer solutions. >> >>holly: today, you can provide feedback on a project to rec park.

. >> darcel: icy roads in henderson county caused multiple wrecks and forced schools to close today. >> tammy: karen, it's been a mess there today. >> karen: right. we saw multiple accidents and found out first hand how slick some of the roads are. from a morning accident with injuries. >> it's a bad situation all around. and it happened really fast. >> karen: to this wreck on interstate 26 that backed up for miles. one crash that ended up at this towing company. >> i think it took everybody by surprise. even though was it forecasting we didn't expect the roads to be as slick is what it was. >> karen: we found one of the slickest roads is where this trash truck hit a tree. this road is hard to walk along and very easy to slide down. dot workers in henderson county say the early arrival of guard. >> secondary roads to try to get some salt or salt and sand mixture on that to get it to melt. >> karen: many say the melting cannot come soon enough. roger says here at the dot crews are going to continue to work on the roads. he warns if you're going to be on the roads tonight to be careful

>>jaclyn: thank, jay, there are some things happening on haywood road in henderson county, one lane is closed near south rugby road. dot is asking you to please avoid the area until it wraps up and the plan is to have the road getting a look ato9-kk---n- some-- travel times, there is congestion. you want to watch out for delays on patton avenue. traffic is heavy. you can see between i-240 and bear creek road. keep that in mind on your commute. things are looking better for you here -- for those driving from old fort into asheville. that drive is nice and smooth for you at 21 minutes. that's a look another your on-time traffic report brought to you by the wired mouse. back over to you. >>holly: this morning we are taking a look at the impact on winter weather on our mountain school buses. lauren brigman join us live from the madison county transportation department. >>evan: lauren, even before the weather hit, they take evan. this morning we have been showing you the wear and tear that that winter weather and travel on the roads takes over time. but, deanna ponder, the school's transpor

motor vehicle theft was the third most reported crime in henderson county last year. >>> america's most hated retailer has been named. which store tops the list? getting national recognition. on a popular list. wall street. the dow was down 67. nasdaq picked up 8 points and closed at 4990. >> tammy: unc asheville is ranked number one on a list. >> frank: the list was made by the princeton review. the national rankings were based on student ratings. unc asheville is a standout school in community engagement, student leadership. >> tammy: abercrombie and fitch is the most hated store. wall mart ranked just ahead of aberkrom bee with a score of 66. it is ranked the lowest in department and discount stores for more than 10 years. accept coupons for any clearance items. however, they'll apply to sale items. discounts will be reflected in the final price instead of occurring at the register. the change is an effort to make the shopping experience a little easier for customers. >> tammy: grouponhas served one million customers. the restaurant will receive $10,000 for selling the landmark group

henderson county woman questions whether the tsa precheck program without much vetting. >> holly: a major motion picture is coming to jackson county with sylva playing the starring role of a functionnal town far away. >> jay: it will also play host to a hollywood heavy weight. >> i'm not sure i agree 100% with you. plates. >> holly: francis mcand/or manned is known for her oscar winning performance in "fargo" and now she is shooting a story called "three billboards outside missouri." >> jay: the director says silva is chosen for the look and feel of main street. the production crew met with business owners and residents last night. >> i understand what happened and so forth. [inaudible] [laughter] >> >> we want to have a good time making the film. we want you to be happy we are here and proud of the film afterwards. >> holly: people were told the financial benefits of the production would outweigh the inconvenience. april 25 9. pretty exciting. >> jay: we need a cameo in this. >> holly: do we? i don't know if that will happen. >> jay: they are working on it. >> holly: we can go to sylva t

>> jaclyn: right, the secondary roads are still a problem in henderson county this morning. there are slick spots reported along stone mountain road, dana road and ridge road. dispatchers in transylvania county are telling me that the weststnd of the county is still pretty icy, also look out for those slick conditions in the higher elevations near the tennessee border. please be careful if you are heading out in any of these areas this morning. otherwise, the roads are in good shape in our area. here is a look at your drive along i-40 westbound from the smoky park highway to exit 33. this drive will take you 15 minutes this morning. that's a look at your on-time traffic report brought to you by the wired mouse computer solutions. >> holly: a black mountain teenager uses his academic success to finance his dreams. year-old ian letten hower appears on "who wants to be a millionaire" whiz kids, he made $50,000, more than any other contestant. he graduated high school at just 14. he is not just book smart, some call him a musical genius, too. ian plans to use the winnings to furt

two can then she reported in a couple outages in our area with mcdowell, henderson county and buncombe county. geoff: icy conditions making for dangerous driving conditions. your morning weather and traffic conditions, coming up. also, a live look from our peace center skycam and are woodruff road skycam. talking about delays and closings. allyson: we also have some delays and closings this morning, including a two-hour delay for greenville county schools. you can find those in the ticker below. let's now get a check of the conditions right now with meteorologist dale gilbert. dale: good morning. as i went to my called this morning, it was covered in ice. watch out -- as i went to my car this morning, it was covered in ice. the careful. looks like cleveland county has now been dropped, so that was extended until 6:00 this morning. there will be trees down with quite if you accidents across the region yesterday, especially in higher elevations. and we will get a chance to dry out today and temperatures gradually warm. we will see 30's this morning climbing to the 40's and 50's for the a

a lot of freezing rain for the foothills of north carolina, all the way back into henderson county, rutherford county, polk county, forest city, big-time lines. it could get worse as heavy rain moves into the area. you are below freezing so you could see a pretty good glaze of possible. there is some of the rain, freezing rain and rain mixed. you're the temperatures. 7:00 this evening, around the freezing mark in gaffney, spartanburg, greenville. the way up into the foothills and mountains of north carolina. heavier moisture comes in, and we hope to warm up around 11:00 this evening. but northeastern greenville, northern spartanburg county to the foothills, that is where you will see heavy freezing rain. everybody gets heavy rain and temperatures warm up as we get past midnight tonight. then, we could go back to snow showers along the tennessee line tomorrow morning. a live shot over lake hartwell in anderson, and we are talking about heavy drizzle continuing across the area. look at these temperatures. continuing to drop, 28 in spartanburg and greenville, with a northeasterly wind it makes it

we see rain picking up across henderson county. heaviest rain, including some lightning, a few thunderstorms mainly in the upstate moving through the southern part of the foothills foothills. highway 221. more rain as we go through the next couple of hours with all this moisture moving to the north and east. right now, very mild, though. 55 in asheville. franklin 56. burnsville 55 degrees. 59 in gaffney. your evening planner should include that umbrella and jacket. 50 at 7 o'clock. 47 at 9:00. 45 at 11:00. downpours in the upstate, too. 55 at 7. down to 52 at 9. and 50 at 11:00. this is the first of two waves of heavy rain. coming up, i'll show you how much rain we could get. >> frank: democratic presidential candidates hit the trail. hillary clinton will appear at a town hall in columbia tomorrow night at the university of south carolina. a campaign stop in sumpter this morning. he fought back against critics who say his agenda isn't achievable. telling the crowd it's what the american people want. dozens will cast their ballots s

two men's bodies found in a henderson county hotel.when investigators think they'll know what happened!and a teen accused of vandalizing a simpsonville church.why police think... he hit other churches and neighborhoods too! 3 anderson police say a dillard's security officer was stabbed tonight- by a man trying to shoplift!the man got away from the anderson mall.. but not before cops say he was captured on surveillance-take a good look at this guy- 3 police say that guy was trying to shoplift--and as the dillard's employee tried to stop him he was stabbed in the forearm- he's expected to be okay-if you recognized the guy police- 3 investigators in asheville are working to identify a body. someone called 911 around 4:30 this afternoon after finding the remains in an office park on central avenue.police say the circumstances surrounding the adult's death are suspicious - but they don't believe there's any threat to the community at this time. 3 continuing to cover our counties 3 we've been working to get you more information on the charges against a teen accused of shooting out windows at

they hope to have power restored by noon today in henderson county. other areas where we are seeing the most outages are: mcdowell county- more than 2800 buncombe county- aboo 540 rutherford county- almost 400 3 3 3 3 3 new overnight... the ice storm shut down a major north carolina interstate. this is brand new video into our newsroom from i-77 in iredell county. multiple wrecks shut it down in both directions, stranding drivers for nearly 5 hours. the back-up was up to 8 miles long. the highway patrol says it reopened shortly before three this morning. 3 3 troopers say one of the biggest issues on the roads was the way the ice caught people off guard.mike kleiner, henderson county3009 "it's as bad as i've seen it this winter, excluding the 18 inches of snow we got 3 weeks ago, but that wasn't as slick as this." 3015 several cars lost control along i-26, some ended up in ditches. but, as the temperatures rose above freezing, fewer wrecks were reported. 3 3 the upstate was also hit hard. one person was killed and two others were hurt, including a green

. >>> well a henderson county man is charged with killing his father. joey butler appeared in court this morning to face a second beating death of his father, terry butler. family members who attended the hearing were very emotional. including the victim's daughter, tanya butler. she said there were typical family issues but nothing that past. my brother never hit my dad. daddy argued with everybody. was. and i don't know. i don't know what happened. he flipped out. >> larry: joey butler is in the henderson county jail. bond is set at $200,000. >> darcel: a former priest in the mountains is facing allegations of sexual misconduct. howard white was director at grace church in waynesville from 1984 until 2006. today the diocese of western north carolina released a statement saying a woman claimed she was sexually abused when she was a minor by white. the claim comes to light after students at a private school in rhode island came forward saying they were molested or raped by white 40 years ago. police are investigating. >> larry: new tonight, sink holes a

also reports in henderson county of black ice. close to the freezing mark, starting to warm up in our lester carpet sales news 13 skycam network. asheville 36. 39 in forest city. 36 in brysonen city and 39 in greenville. a dense fog advisory will expire at 10:00 a.m. visibility less than one quarter of a mile there. mcdowell and burke county added to the advisory. morganton still at two miles visibility. that fog and slick conditions for some this morning. 46 this afternoon with sunshine. tonight back down to the today on rachael ray. popcorn showcase. kicking you can just have the whole ball here. >> chicken wings and today is registry day. >> and now, are you ready for rachael. >> welcome, everybody. today's show has a really cool theme to it. today show every guest and it has a plus one. i was going to end the dog day with my favorite plus one my sweet dog isaboo. >> what's up, baby? >> how are you doing? >> living the dream. >> living the dream, bbb. living the dream hoboken style. you know what's great about taking on today s

henderson county's experience an out break of kanine distemper. >> it's very contagious. roy which he will spence has rochelle -- rochelle spence has warning signs. >> reporter: this attacks the brain and spinal cord of an animal causes fits, seizures and paralysis. >> angel cox knows every dog by name at the spartanburg humansociety. she can show you which ones came in healthy and others still with a long way to go. >> while she has not seen a distemper case here she knows the disease well. >> it is horrifying. >> she said it's ex >> in is aet seth a set -- in a setting like it can spread quickly. >> if spread you would immediately notice a change in your happy pet. >> veterinarians say the disease is very similar to rabies but humans are not able to contract it. >> ryan said he takes care of his 7-year-old boxer just like his own children with regular trips to the doctor and vaccinations. >> i can't happen. i would do everything to help take care of him. >> unfortunately there's nothing you can do if your dog contracts the virus. for around $10 you can prevent it but th

the newest crime fighters on henderson county's k-9 unit have names. this is bailey, loyla, sniffer doodle and echo charlie fox trout. the sheriff's office announced their names today. local fifth graders helped to pick out the names for the two dogs. deputies train them to learn how to track suspects and local missing people. >>> ashley and joe bolin welcomed their son this morning around 7:00. he wasn't expected to arrive until march 17th but got a head start. he came out today. christian butner and sarah fink welcomed a baby today. since both babies were celebrate a birthday on their birthday until another 4 years. >>> we caught up with a set of upstate triplet who is know what it's like to have to wait. today is their third birthday. how they try to make the most of it. >> we're celebrating a fantastic birthday. our triplets have a real birthday today. they were born on the 29th of february in 2004. >> we're just enjoying life. it's been a ride. tennessee -- it's an adventure. >> we had two to begin with and we went for a third and got blessed with

going heading out of the city because of the hazardous driving conditions. 3 and a live look in henderson county--just off i-26 in flat rock...where ice has also built up on the roads.right now north carolina remains under a winter storm warning. 3 so far we know greenville county schools will start on a two hour delay--and they could have an update at seven a-m... 3 we have other closings and delays running at the bottom of your screen at this time-- we also have a full list at com.and of course chief meteorologist kendra kent is standing by with more on this forecast--and what to expect as you head out the door tommorrow--kendra? 3 freezing rain and fog will continue for the upstate along the 86 corridor and mountains through midnight. heavy rain will push in late night, bringing with is warmer temperatures. it should be above freezing in most areas by late tonight, leading to a soggy morning commute. be sure to check out www.foxcarolina .com/weather for more on the 3 and don't forget to wake up with thee morning news-- going on air an hour earlier.. meteorologist nicole papay will have a chec

just under 35 in pickens gabrielle: and in western north carolina, henderson county nearly 350. and nearly 100 in polk county. while hillary clinton focuses on other parts of south carolina leading into saturday's primary, former president bill clinton is doing his part in the upstate. right now he's in spartanburg county on the campus of usc upstate. let's go ahead and listen in. >> inspiring republicans to join democrats in getting rid of the confederate flag. [applause] and it proves one we all act like grown-ups and listen to each other, we can all actually do something good together. you cannot have people dying i am not diminishing it. it was beautiful. i still think, and hillary really believes, we have to pass universal background checks before we give people guns. we have got to check their mental health records. gabrielle: that's former president bill clinton campaigning for his wife hillary clinton at usc-upstate today. wyff news 4's patrick hussion is covering this event for us. and he will join us live in a little bit. nigel: now to a news 4 exclusive. just days befo

even approaching northern henderson county. and it will add up a little bit. but reallied yours truly is the air temperatures are too warm to support really most accumulations in the valleys and the ground temperatures are going to melt this off too. we'll have to wait until post sunset to really see this accumulate in the valleys and when it does it won't be a lot. >> also down into transylvania county, roes rosman. right here, yeah, and there it is, snow still flying over the high elevations there of transylvania county. so here's a view on radar. lots of blue here, some green mixed in, but really the idea is the majority of this moisture is going to fall as snow. and it's still moderate to heavy snow coming right over sam's gap, i-26, highway 19 impacted there revere, highway 25 over towards hot springs impacted, between marshall and there. we have some good snow coming down on the northern end in the western side of mcdowell county north of marion, highway 221 through the gorge impacted there. highway 70 mostly just rain east of marion and there you go. 64

henderson county was also hit with high winds and power outages. there were almost 4,000 people without power there at one point today. people in one neighborhood say their lights were off for several hours. >> larry: the eastern part of north carolina was also hit hard by t t storm. there was several tornado warnings issued. in grandville county, that's north of durham, several damages. in raleigh, downed trees caused a lot of damage. getting a first look at newly released video of what an overdose reversal drug can do. it's called narcan and it's used by a number of departments here in western north carolina. news 13's justin hinton joins us live from downtown asheville, where one agency uses the drug to save lives. justin, first responders are using this drug for heroin overdose? >> justin: yeah, that's right. in the past year and a half, mission hospital in asheville counted 104 heroin overdoses. follow me on this one because in the back half of 2014, there were about 20. that number doubled in the back half of 2015. the asheville fire crews ra

. >> let's go to henderson county, that's where we'll continue the coverage, a lot of the problems with those storms. >> 7 news reporter laura thomas joins us live from hendersonville, laura. those areas that is still causing about pros for drivers here -- problems for drivers here tonight. you can see the water on the road here, greenville highway, this is a busy road, we've been out here this afternoon and there is still some water on the road. at least a couple of inches or so. one of theen ares the emergency officials tell you, if you don't know, turn around. they don't want you getting into something too high. we have seen the levels go down significantly throughout the day. they hope that continues through the night. live in hendersonville, laura thomas, 7 news. >> stay dry out there. the problems we're seeing not nearly as bad. take a look at this, weather in other parts of country, at least a dozen tornadoes were across the south. mississippi and alabama. luckily, nobody was killed by this. the stam storm system also -- same storm system created blizzard conditions across the in

carol: 350 new jobs are coming to henderson county. gf linamar plans to build a brand new manufacturing facility there. north carolina governor pat mccrory was on hand for the announcement today. >> these are first class companies that are coming together for investments right here in henderson county, and we're so forutnate to have this tremendous jolt of energy coming to this region, and it's going to help a lot of families. carol: gf linamar manufactures car parts. >> it's all positive things, and it's gonna bring more people down here. michael: development in downtown we're talking about two new projects, offering places to live, work, and eat. wait till you hear the potential selling price of the land. next all new at 6:00. ,john: a heavy shower developed close to our doppler tower. it is moving into the golden strip area, especially molden in simpsonville the world a president has to grapple with. sometimes you can't even imagine. that's the job. and she's the one who's proven she can get it done. ...securing a massive reduction

. >>> in henderson county, they call a suspicious death, they say just before 9:30 this morning, they got a call about a possible death and then they found 66-year-old terry butler, dead in a home on oakwood road near mountain home, just outside of hendersonville. deputies also say they need help finding this man, 40-year-old joey butler, who lived at the same house. they say he was last seen around 6:45 this morning wearing tennis shoe, dark cargo pants, hoodie and a green shirt fment you know where butler is, call the henderson county deputies at 828-697-49 # 1. >>> four people are behind bars, they are accused in a robbery turned double murder in iva. on january 9th, two people were killed during a crime on pierce and amy road, video from the scene. and now anderson county deputies have made these arrests. four people, wesley charles, tab that suzanne robert s, brandon scott davis and sifrp on the were arrested on two counts of murder each. tracked them down. . >> well, a bold crook in western north carolina didn't even try to conceal his identity. have a look at the surveillance p