why.. 3 tomorrow morning it is on..as dozens are signed up to jump into these rather cold lake hartwell.. hartwell..they are doing it for a good cause for sure.. it's for a fund called pennies for preemies..to support babies born prematurely..it was started by grace cromer who was born prematurely herself and weighed about a pound..registration is at 9 am...the plunging begins at 10..at the portman marina in andersonto sign up..go to foxcarolina.com.. 3 back to you.. you.. 3 time for weather and traffic. 3 and traffic.time for weather 3 time for weather and traffic. 3 flurries possible friday morning throroh lunchtime, then snow develops near tennessee in the mountains. otherwise, skies become partly cloudy with highs in the mid-40s upstate, and upper 30s in the mountains. tonight stays dry and cold in the 20s. sasarday becomes sunny and cool in the 30s and mid-40s, followed by highs in the 30s snow showers and possible sleet, then changes to heavy rain by late afternoon. some light accumulation is possible before changing to rain. flurries possible friday morning through lunchtime, the

dozens are signed up to jump into these rather cold lake hartwell.. hartwell.. 3 3 they are doing it for a good cause for sure..it's for a fund called pennies for preemies..to support babies born prematurely..it was started by grace cromer who was born prematurely herself and weighed about a pound.. registration is at 9 am...the portman marina in andersonto sign up..go to foxcarolina.com.. 3 back to you.. you.. 3 time for weather and traffic. traffic. 3 flurries possible friday morning through lunchtime, then snow develops near tennessee in the mountains. otherwise, skies become partly cloudy with highs in the mid-40s upstate, and upper 30s in the mountains. tonight saturday becomes sunny and cool in the 30s and mid-40s, followed by highs in the 30s sunday. monday starts with snow showers and possible sleet, then changes to heavy rain by late afternoon. some light accumulation is possible before changing to rain. flurries possible friday morning through lunchtime, then snow develops near tennessee in the mountains. otherwise, skies become partly cloudy

that 3 tomorrow morning it is on..as dozens are signed up to jump into these rather cold lake hartwell.. hartwell..they are doing it for a good cause for sure.. it's for a fund called pennies for preemies..to support babies born prematurely..it was started by grace cromer who was born prematurely herself and weighed about a pound..registration is at 9 am...the plunging begins at 10..at the portman marina in andersonto sign up..go to foxcarolina.com.. 3 3 back to you.. 3 time for traffic and weather 3 ((weather hit))flurries possible 3 friday morning through lunchtime, then snow develops near tennessee in the mountains. otherwise, skies become partly cloudy with highs in the mid-40s upstate, and upper 30s in the mountains. tonight stays dry and cold in the 20s. saturday becomes sunny and cool in the 30s and mid-40s, followed by highs in the 30s sunday. showers and possible sleet, then changes to heavy rain by late afternoon. some light accumulation is possible before changing to rain. 3 ((weather hit)) 3 now to chris with traffic. 3 with traffic.now to chris 3 now to chris with traffic.

lake hartwell. geoff: with us this morning, jacob smith and daniel clark from travelers rest high school. they will be competing in the ram american fishing tour, and i think we have that picture of you competing in doing well, holding up a couple fish. we showed that shot earlier, but you have a big tournament coming up this weekend and you won the florida opened last month and now you have the big win coming up this weekend on lake hartwell. >> it should be a good tournament and good turnout for people coming. geoff: are you expecting a lot of people? >> yes. you and be surprised how many people can pile in lake hartwell. geoff: you have a question. allyson: what is the biggest fish you ever caught? >> the biggest bass was 12 pounds and six ounces -- one ounce, excuse me. geoff: dale? geoff: winning the four-day open is essentially the carolina open which gets you through to regionals in the fall. what do you have to do to get out of the regionals and into the national championship next year? >> i

that was a beautiful picture looking over lake hartwell at sunset. already at the freezing mark in boone. 30's through most of the mountainous areas. mid 40's across most of the a few high thing cirrus clouds coming from thee west. in boone. 36 degrees and asheville. as it gets cold now, just wait. chris is just next door. chris, we are looking at the models. it is going to change in a big way next week. chris: we have been watching the models closely. that is the key -- when does the cold air arrived? even colder air arrives next week. this weekend will be cool, but next week will be frigid. some of the coldest air of the season thus far. this just in, new model information in. sunday afternoon we will see rain across the coast. some models have been hinting this could mix with wet snowflakes for wilmington and myrtle beach. all the moisture stays well east of here. look what happens as we go throughout the night sunday into monday. our next system starts to blast througug nashville into east as it encounters some cold air in our area, for other day

geoff: you have a lot of anglers do you think you have a lake hartwell advantage? >> we believe free do. >> it is a home lake and we fish bit more. geoff: winning this tournament in florida get to to original and the possibility of competing in a national championship. we will talk more and little bit. -- in a little bit. allyson: thank you. your news continues right now. contest countdown and christianity. nikole: why presidential politics and the pope are colliding, coming up. geoff: plus, an update to breaking news yesterday. we now know a deadly wreck started with a deadly police chase. allyson: plus, suspects in the murder of a teenager in the upstate up here not to take being in front of a judge geoff: we have a great ulocal photo from guam. dianne slater tells us her son kade is deployed in the navy and took this photo when they made a stop in guam. terrific photo. she says she sent it to us to get our minds off the cold. dale, our minds are off the cold because we have the great-looking weekend ahead. dale: we had flurries of snow last weekend and today, it

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 feel like windchill of 17 in greenville, 17 in spartan. very cold temperatures. there is the high temperature, wedging all the way down across our area. the front goes by tomorrow morning, and we will have milder temperatures. a wave comes in quickly from the west. tomorrow evening. all of us could see showers mixed with snow showers tomorrow night. it heads out to see wednesday. tonight, freezing rain and rain with rising temperatures after midnight and later this evening. temperatures around freezing, but going up. tuesday, mostly sunny, milder. high 57 in the upstate. scattered showers and breezy, high 48 in the mountains. it can be mixed with wet snow tomorrow night. beautiful weather as we end the week. overall, not too bad. congratulations fay the first job of a president is to protect america. our next president must be prepared to lead. i know jeb.

after the break. 3 we leave you with a live look at lake hartwell--thee morning news on fox carolina is back 3 the morning news starts now. now.a pickens county teen is dead.. and now police have charged four people with murder.we'll have the latest on this case, next. next.48 hours before the polls open in south carolina... and the gop candidates for president are working for every last vote.more on where you can catch up with them today.. coming up. up. 3 sunny and seasonably cool today.i'll let you know what to expect ahead of the weekend, next. thursday, february 18.i'm ben hill. hill.and i'm lauren elise .. here with nicole papay and chris scott.thanks for joining us on the morning news.we are following some breaking news in the traffic department. we'll start with chris scott for an update... 3 we're watching: watching: send it 3 over to nicole 3 for a look at weather. 3 thursday will be sunny and seasonably cool with highs in the mid-50s for the upstate and near 50 in the mountains. tonight lows drop into the 20s and 30s. friday brings more sunshine with highs warming to near

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how many there will be.she will talk to a house finance committee. 3 and here's a live look over lake hartwell --you're watching the morning news on 3 welcome back to the morning news on fox carolina.we're looking live inside t. ed garrison arena at clemson university.. where donald trump is holding a rally later today. 3 it looks like more people in china are heading to the movie theaters this year than ever before. before.state media say movie record in china monday.they say more than a-hundred million dollars in tickets were sold.that was the first day of lunar new year when many chinese people spend time with their families. 3 and parents, just when you thought you had enough of "frozen," think again. according to the new york times, the popular movie is heading to broadway.disney reps announced tuesday they plan to make a stage adaptation that will hit the stage in the spring of 2018. most of the same people who worked on the movie are reportedly working on the musical.frozen has made more than 1 point two billion dollars worldwide. 3 a frigid morning with temperatures in the teens and lo

hipps was hazed by members of the sigma phi epsilon fraternity.his body was found in lake hartwell back in september of 20-14. 14.you can read the entired combine lawsuit on our website...foxcarolina.com.the trial is expected to last at least two weeks. 3 the u-s marines say they're working to salvage the wreckage from two helicopters that went down last month. month.the u-s marines say they found a very small amount of human remains off hawaii's coast.back on january 14th.. witnesses reported seeing two marine choppers collide in a mid-air fireball. fireball.12 marines were on board.. including woodruff native jeffrey sempler. 3 3 covering our counties---the haywood county sheriff's office needs your help identifying a suspect accused of breaking into a home. home.it happened on hickory hill road....at lake junaluska just after 9 p-m monday. monday.investigators say this man kicked in the door of a home.we're told the man was trying to steal items from the home but the owner scared him causing him to drop the items. away in this mercury s-u-v with temporary tags.if you know who this is

student.those lawsuits allege hipps was hazed by members of the sigma phi epsilon in lake hartwell back in september of 20-14. 14.you can read the entired combine lawsuit on our website...foxcarolina.com.the trial is expected to last at least two weeks. 3 the u-s marines say they're working to salvage the wreckage from two helicopters that went down last month. month.the u-s marines say they found a very small amount of human remains off hawaii's coast.back on january 14th.. witnesses reported seeing two marine choppers collide in a mid-air fireball. fireball.12 marines were on board.. including woodruff native effrey sempler. 3 3 covering our counties---the haywood county sheriff's office needs your help identifying a suspect accused of breaking into a home. home.it happened on hickory hill road....at lake e junaluska just after 9 p-m monday. monday.investigators say this man kicked in the door of a home.we're told the man was trying to steal items from the home but the owner scared him causing him to drop the items. according to deputies, he got away in this mercury s-u-v with tempora

his parents say he was forced to walk along a narrow bridge railing over lake hartwell. each lawsuit filed by hipps' three members of sigma phi epsilon, the national and local chapters of the fraternity, and clemson university. all defend responsibility for hipps' death. allyson: an update now out of hawaii in the search of a missing upstate marine and his crew. two military helicopte crashed off the coast of honolulu last month. sergeant jeffrey sampler up woodruff was one of the marines missing. dna traces were found during search operations that ended two weeks ago.s were notified and the cause remains under investig today is national signing day and their big announcements today of where they will go to college, including highly ranathlete in the upstate. coming u again! again! again! again? again! again! general mills is removing artificial flavors and colors from our cereals. so you can love cereal... again! this morning on today... an interesting investig allyson: this morning on "today," an interesting people abusing the system to fly pets for free? patrick: jeff

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hipppp body was found in lake hartwell after an early-morning run with members of the sigma phi epsilon. >>> folks, don't leave your car running unattended it could get stolen. according to the richland county sheriff avenue department, since january 15th, more than a dozen cars were stolen because of that. the sheriff says these type of car thefts tippingly take place during the winter when people want to warm up their cars when they are getting ready for work. >>> physicians are on alert after the wold world health virus an international concern. >> beth rousseau has more on what doctors say you need to know. >> so far no reports cases in the united states but with the world health organization predicting 3 million infections worldwide in the coming year, medical experts say it's important to be aware. the woog world health organization calling virus a global concern. >> it's spreading rapidly. we don't know all of the ramifications. >> dr. nicole mcdonald said large impact appears to be on unborn babies. >> it's been linked to causing a small brain during pregnancy and calcifications

of the fraternity and clemson university.hipps was a clemson sophmore whose body was found in lake hartwell after a morning run with members of a fraternity he was pledging for.the lawsuits allege that hipps was forced to walk a narrow railing on the bridge over the lake by fraternity membmbs.they deny seeing hipps fall and the university and fraternity deny responsibility for his death. there have not been any criminal charges filed in this case. 3 tonight....lexington mayor steve macdougall gave the state of the town address.the main focus - growth.news19's chuck ringwalt has the story. 3 "the t tn prides itself on being the place where citizens want to live, work, play and learn. "many were there as the mayor steve macdougall gave lexington's state of the town address including 6 year resident paula kauffman. "this is my community. i choose to participate in my community and that's why i'm here."the mayor began his speech thanking the town staff for their efforts during the october flood. "through these efforts the town of lexington did not sustain any human casualties. mother nature dea

judge has consolidated two lawsuits filed after a clemson university student was found dead in lake hartwell. the judge says consolidating the filed by tucker hipps' family would be more efficient. hipps died in 2014... after an early morning run with members of a fraternity he was pledging to join. the lawsuits sought 25 million dollars each from three members of sigma phi epsilon, the fraternity's national and local chapters... and clemson university. this afternoon we should learn if the prosecution of comedian bill cosby will move forward. he faces a trial on sexual assault charges from an incident in 2004. nbc's chris pollone has the latest. :20-:30 :39 the country's most famous "tv dad" is providing the star power. but it was a former district attorney who has a courtroom hanging on his every word. former montgomery county prosecutor bruce castor spent the entire day on the stand tuesday, explaining his decision not to prosecute bill cosby for a 2004 encounter with a woman who agreement with cosby. but did have the power to decide cosby would never be charged with a constand, but would

into this weekend, look at this beautiful picture over lake hartwell. sun continues to go down. blue sky, just gorgeous. expect a pretty nice weekend overall. we're going to start to see probably temperatures warm up considerably into sunday afternoon. this computer is moving slowly. it continues to go very slow. there we go. 29 degrees in boone. upper 30's and asheville and hendersonville. 45 in spartanburg. especially with the wind in certain areas. notice there is no wind in franklin. lighter winds in laurens and abbeville. a wind chill of 16 degrees near boone. a wind chill of 41 in spartanburg. 39 degrees in rutherford. it is cold outside to say the least. humidity levels on the green tree's -- only decrease. 55 in columbia. mid 50's along the grand strand of myrtle beach. cool 61 in orlando. this is unusual for the last weekend of every. last week logically feels better when you are talking march. hopefully we get march type weather. snow showers of to the north. 36 in cincinnati. at the freezing mark in chicago. tomorrow, high-pressure to the southwest. clouds will dissip

you probably remember he was the clemson university student that was found dead in lake hartwell more than one year ago. reports say that the judge said they had -- that consolidating the two lawsuits would be more efficient and convenient for the court. one of the lawsuits was a wrongful death case. the other, sought damages for the family's loss. each lawsuit seeks $25 million from three members of the national and local chapters of university. department has a new place where residents can safely dispose of on wanted medication. the department has installed a drug collection unit, thanks to a grant from cvs pharmacy. it is located in the lobby of the police department. drop off can be made during normal business hours. >>> those of you who drive on decker boulevard need to expect delays today because repairs will be made to the area where decker and park lane intersect with two notch road. with the flood damage, the already fragile roads are leaving behind a lot of potholes. the road was scheduled to be resurfaced this year. crews began the repairs this morning. if you are travelin

not the time of year you typically go swimming, but some are getting ready to take a did in lake hartwell. we will talkannouncer: now, your live super doppler 4 hd weather forecast. dale: it is 4:49 right now as we look at spartanburg. it is 25 degrees and this is givesbbs field. the big story today is the wind. this is a six hour history of the flurries that continued overnight. we had a couple spots in raven county and northern greenville that received a flurry or two overnight. we have a windchill advisory in the mountains until about noon today. we have wind gusts at 10-20 miles per hour or -- 10-20 miles per hour or more. that will be slippery spots on this will hang around for a while. 15 degrees in boone. franklin in asheville are 19 degrees. it is a little colder in the mountains. it is 15 degrees in waynesville. rivard, 20 degrees. across the upstate we can see mid 20's for the most part. when you factor in the those winds, here is how it feels. it feels like nine in asheville hendersonville feels like four degrees. boone feels like zero degrees and across the upstate it feels li

-- jump into lake hartwell? and that is what many people did for the charity "pennies for preemies." carol: the charity was started by t.l. hanna student grace cromer who is a triplet, and along with her two brothers, was born at just 27 weeks. they are now healthy teenagers, and grace's charity is helping support families with preemies and special needs. >> now wyff news 4 sports. >> drives it. no whistle. he banks it in at the buzzer! 63-62 win over 7th ranked vigrinia. the cavaliers winless at cameron indoor since 1995. south carolina sits at the top of the sec entering saturday, and can announce their arrival by knocking off one of the blue bloods in college basketball in kentucky. john calipari wouldn't be around for the game, however he was ejected less than 3 minutes into the contest. coach cal also thrown out of the game in a loss back in 2014. when that was all up game in a , loss back in 2014. michael carrera hits the 3, a team high 25. gamecocks up 1. but all kentucky, and tyler ulis after that. caree

a beautiful sunset with the sky over lake hartwell. only 35 in anderson in greenville and clemson right now, 26 in asheville, exceed degrees currently in boone, and with the wind across the area, as you can see, it just hits you ready hard. minus two in boone. it feels like 14 in asheville. a wind chill of 24 right now, mainly in the 20's outside of the mountains. a piece of energy coming down the pike, so we still have that dip in the jet stream, which means all of the way down to orlando, where it is 56 -- international falls, minnesota, a nice warm-up parent -- a nice warm-up, and that will arrive here but not until next week. a cold breeze, i think diminishing wind later on. that bitterly cold wind will continue in the mountains tonight with scattered flurries, especially to the west of asheville. mostly sunny skies and not as cold tomorrow with lighter wind in the upstate. utley sunny skies, a cold breeze, not as windy as today, and not as cold, high temperature 35 degrees. cold weather all of the way through the weekend with a bl

hipps died after falling from a bridge into lake hartwell in 20-14 during an early morning run with members of the fraternity he was pledging. after losing their son gary and cindy hipps feel the public has the right to know all infractions made by any university organization so they came up with the "tucker hipps transparency act". the purpose of the bill sponsored by representative joshua putnam is to make information violations readily accessable to the public. ) "what this bill would allow is for students and parents to have the information tmake the best choices." whether it be criminal or code of conduct related this bill would make university websites.) "we're not doing this just to have tucker's name on a bill we're doing this because this information is important to parents and students." and so no other parent ever has to say "had we known") "had we known what we know now, tucker would have never been on thabridge thatmorning." n columbia dawn logg seven news. if passed the bill would not expose the identity of students... who committed infractions instead... the goal is to hold t

some brave people are going to take a dip in lake hartwell for a good cause. the polar plunge will happen this saturday in anderson county. all moneneraised goes to the pennies for premies organization. it is organized by this woman. she was also a premature baby herself. >> when we first started out, we walked around with jars. we started getting bigger and geoff: she isseally terrific. i am going to be a judge for this on saturday. registration begins at 9:00. this occurs at the portman marina in anderson county. allyson: we have to see video of that for sure. a look outside at our woodruff road skycam. lakes today. today's school salute goes to lakeview elementary in >> now, your live super doppler 4 hd forecast. dale: good morning. our skycam and down to laurens showing 27 degrees. warm compared to a lot of skycam's across the area with teens and 20's early. mostly in the mountains of north carolina, but even in northern parts of greenville county and oconee county. a few of those queries continue along the tennessee border to about 8:00 this morning. they

his parents say he was forced to walk along a narrow bridge railing over lake hartwell. each lawsuit filed by hipps' family seeks $25 million from three members of sigma phi epsilon, the national and local chapters of the fraternity, and clemson university. all defendants have denied any the university of south carolina upstate plans to open a new location in downtown greenville. you're looking at the main campus in spartanburg. it also has a campus on south pleasantburg drive in greenvil its newest campus would be loca the university announced it will outline plans for the new downtown greenville location next week. he is a die hard panthers fan known to most as cat man. this is gregory good. he has never missed a game, including the ones played in clemson before the panthers stadium was finished in charlotte. good says as this amazing panthers season kept going fans asked if he would head to the super bowl. he didn't think he would have the money and has since started up a gofundme page. he says the amount of support he's already received is overwhelming. >> it makes m

chris: taking a look at the lake hartwell skycam, clouds in the distance. you will have a low impact from we will show you >> now, your live super doppler 4 hd weather forecast. john: i am keeping you updated on the weather -- the winter storm. the precipitation looks like it will be fairly light. that could change. chris: the thing to remember here, the road temperatures are 28. normally, when we get a winter storm, it is above freezing.

some brave souls are about to take the plunge into the cold waters of lake hartwell, and it's all for a good cause. where the money will be going. >> you're watching live, local, breaking news. with nigel robertson, gabrielle komorowski, and the weather with chief urologist john cessarich. this is -- chief meteorologist john cessarich. this is wyff news 4 at 5:00. nigel: it's cold outside. giving you a live look outside. feel it. this is greenville skycam, you can see haywood road. gabrielle: all those cars, scrambling to get home and have a nice, warm home to go to, because john cessarich joins us now, and john, it will be cold. john: dangerously cold as we go overnight. for the next several days. weekend, we will get another surge of arctic air. the weekend will set the stage for a potential winter storm monday. or about that later on. right now, flurries. a couple brief light snow upstate. anderson, through do west, making their way into laurens and newberry. we have had snow showers back into north georgia. temperatures very cold. it has been snowing off and on with flurries in at

he live shot looking over lake hartwell in anderson county, brakes and the doubts. in the distance looking northwest and the west. 42 in asheville, 39 in anders, 54 in toccoa, 64 in elberton. mid 50's from greenville, spartanburg, anderson, laurens, upper 50's in greenwood and abbeville. the wind out of the west, mainly a variable wind at 5-50 miles per hour. more moisture with the rain and wet snow moving through the mountains. there is the storm system. it is racing out to see -- out to sea. 30 degrees in chicago, 54 in boston. here is 7:00 this morning. system is. rain and snow in the mountains. tomorrow morning, it is a most carolina. we will see more sunshine tomorrow afternoon. tonight, patches of rain likely this evening, low 37. snow, overnight low around freezing. tomorrow in the upstate, bright sunshine. seasonably cool. i 56. we start off at 42 degrees and 9:00 a.m. partly sunny and breezy and chilly, high 44. a slight chance of a couple flurries. 35 and 9:00 a.m., 40 two in lunchtime. beautiful for the remainder of the week and through the weekend. nice

carol: a live look now from our lake hartwell skycam, a gorgeous leap day across the carolinas. cessarich has what we can expect tonight. john? john: we will cool down a little bit, but seasonably cool. for now, what a way to start the week. 10-15 degrees above average. we warmed up in the 70's outside the mountains, mid-to-upper 60's in the mountains. except for stuck in the 50's in the northern mountains around boone. this evening, we can expect clear skies, then temperatures will gradually cool off as we get into later this evening, then a storm system will come in and maybe clouds late tonight. through the day tomorrow, a chance of scattered showers and maybe thundershowers, but not more about breaking news... jus york judge said the justice department cannot force apple to provide the fbi with access to a locked iphone involved in the brooklyn drug case. this comes after a california magistrate ordered apple to create software to hack this iphone of the san bernardino shooter. carol: donald trump is still having to answer questions after he said he could disavow white supre

live shot looking over lake hartwell in anderson county. so nice out there. currently 60 degrees in anderson. 60 in alberton. the warmest temperatures in the southern part of northeastern georgia. 67 in bowman. 63 in bardwell. upper 50's in clarksville and in cornelia. her 50's in raven county and in dillard. pretty nice. we are trying to get into spring. you will have to go backwards into next week. i will show you that in the four day plus. unfortunately we will get wedged in with northeasterly wind and get colder.it will be a cold rain and not snow, accept part of the northern mountains. more on that in just a second. a cold spot, 43 in boone. of her 60's in overtime. -- upper 60's. a pair of 50's along the grand strand of myrtle beach up into wilmington. hilton head at 52 degrees. mid-60's in atlanta. this is the air that will ship in our direction. not bad. 67 in chattanooga. mid-60's in macon, georgia. lots of rara showers. rain moving into the upper midwest. this big ridge is bringing a lot of warmth to the middle of the country. a did in the jet strea

this is a live shot over lake hartwell in anderson county. we started the weekend looking pretty good. 49 in anderson. 47 degrees in greenwood and laurens. only 39 degrees in asheville. asked the freezing mark in boone. upper 40's in dakoa. 49 in florence. 52 in columbia. 52 in hilton head. a couple of 48's in columbia and myrtle beach. 49 in atlanta. 42 in bristol, tennessee. temperatures pretty chilly. high-pressure will dominate our weather over the weekend. we can see a few of these clouds come in from time to time, especially tomorrow. we are getting into more of a zonal flow. this big trough is going to grab that is going to slide down into the eastern half of the country, including us, into early next week. some of the coldest air we have had so far this winter. we could also see a wintry mix. it will be fairly light. the heaviest in the mountains. chris and i will talk about this system a detailed coming up at six clark. -- at 6:00. snow still up in boston right now. new york city have a couple inches of snow, so did atlantic city, so

watching: 3 here's a live look at the 3 here's a live look over lake hartwell-- you're watching the gilliard: you know, there's an old saying about south carolina, we're always first in the things that are last and last in the things that are first. this economy is rigged. we can do better. and that's where bernie comes in. bernie is not in the pocket of wall street. we don't have to depend on the so-called wall street giants. everybody knows the problem. bernie wants to do something about it. he gets it. i mean, he really gets it. 3 you're watching the morning news with lauren elise, ben hill, meteorologist nicole papay, chris scott with pit crew traffic. 3 welcome back to the morning news on fox carolina.you're taking a live look in weaverville. 3 3 covering our counties--an oconee county man is facing standoff with swat. swat.deputies arrested david brown on sunday.he's facing a domestic violence charge. charge.early sunday morning.. investigators were called to a home on south stonegate drive.. where someone reported shots had been fired.deputies say brown had assaulted his wife, then lo

john: a live shot over lake hartwell in anderson county, a beautiful picture. clear skies, current temperature almost a thousand people carol: almost 1000 people gathered at the td convention center for the annual julie valentine luncheon. michael: the julie valentine center, named for an unidentified baby found in greenville in 1990, provides free help to victims of child abuse and sexual assault carol: their speaker today spoke to wyff news 4's aly myles about how she went from being a victim, to a survivor. aly: a track star, an author, a survivor. just three of the ways people describe monika korra. >> i'm so grateful for where i am in n life right now. to do this, follow my mission in life, to help others. i just feel really grateful. aly: the word you won't hear anyone use, a victim. sunshine, which is really the polar opposite of what you think of when you think of someone who survived sexual asasult. aly: in 2008, monika went to smu, a norwegian, unable to speak english. >> i moved to the u.s. to dallas in 2008, came on a track scholarship. aly: one yea

his parents say he was walk along the narrow railing of a bridge over lake hartwell. each lawsuit filed by hipps' family seeks $25 million from three members of sigma phi epsilon, the national and local chapters of th. a circuit judge said consolidating the two lawsuits would be, quote, more efficient and convenient for the cou responsibility for hipps' death. patrick: a neighborhood split apart by a bridge that was torn reconnecting. avenue bridge was torn down in september of 2012. without the bridge, neighbors who don't have cars have been walking along the railroad tracks, or adding another mile and a half to get where they needconstruction on the $1.3 million pedestrian bridge is expected to start later this year. upstate elementary school students learn to theater late morning into the afannouncer: now, your live super doppler 4 hd weather forecast. dale: good morning, grab your umbrella. it will be a rainy day for everybody. this is downtown greenville. you can see the wet services. it is 58 degrees with a breeze blowing as well. here is the live super doppl4hd

a live shot over lake hartwell in anderson county, low clouds, from northeast-south west 71 in elberton, 39 in boone. the northeast breeze in downtown greenville making it feel chilly. the wedge goes back into win at county. 73 in atlanta and severe weather here, going back into green bay and minneapolis into the dakotas and nebraska. heavy snow in minneapolis, 28 degrees.i head of ththfront, mild. 57 in cincinnati. showers developing tonight across the area. fog, drizzle, low 56 in the upstate, low 50's in the mountains. front comes in tomorrow from the west, windy. showers, very miles -- mild springlike weather. possibly a couple's broadband or storm's. 100% chance of getting wet the four-day plus, the front slides east tomorrow night, bringing in dry air. partly sunny and breezy and colder, especially in the modownsloping winds will offset the cold air on thursday. sunny and chilly friday, and into the weekend and into early next week, for that matter.michael: there he is. do you believe groundhogs can predict the weather? get ready to grab your flip-flops, t-shirts, and shor. an ear

of the fraternity and clemson university.hipps was a clemson sophmore whose body was found in lake hartwell after a morning run with members of a fraternity he was pledging for.the lawsuits to walk a narrow railing on the bridge over the lake by fraternity members.they deny seeing hipps fall and the university and fraternity deny responsibility for his death. there have not been any criminal charges filed in this case. 3 a kingstree woman is behind bars accused of killing her son over the weekend.65 year old phyllis owens is charged with murder in the shooting death of 30 year old george mixon the third.officers say on saturday night, they got a call of a shooting at a home on hemington highway. when they went inside, they found mixon's body on the living room floor with a gunshot wound to the chest.deputies have not yet released a motive in the crime. 3 there's word this morning that charleston's mother emanuel ame church has been nominated for the nobel peace prize......the reason......forgiveness.back on june 17th....9 people were shot and killed inside the historic church....including t

a live shot looking overly carpal --looking over lake hartwell in innocent. heading into the weekend, it will be beautiful. in the chilly at night. both tonight and saturday night. sunday afternoon is going to be really nice. temperatures ranging from29 degrees in boone to 60 in elberton. 48 in spartanburg. a chilly 46 degrees. 52 in dakoa. a bit of a breeze in certain area. the winds are light in greenwood and laurens. northwest at 20 miles per hour, that gives us a windchill of 16 degrees. 28 in hendersonville. a windchill of 50 in spartanburg. a little chilly to say the least. not ready for spring. seeing how cold it is in the south. piece of energy coming down the pike, producing clouds in the mountain. that will continue tonight through tomorrow morning. high-pressure will build in for us. weaver in the 60's. 61 in oklahoma city. 60 in dallas. a dip in the jet stream. only 29 in cleveland. 39 in boston. 42 in minneapolis. part of the country. that ridge will build us into the latter half of the weekend. another storm system develops just like the spring

cam on-- 3 here's a live look over lake hartwell-- you're watching the morning news on fox carolina. 3 you're watching the morning 3 you're watching 3 the morning news with lauren elise, ben hill, meteorologist nicole papay, chris scott with pit crew traffic. 3 welcome back to the morning news on fox carolina.we're back with a live look over i- greenville. 3 investigators 3 say a two year old is seriously hurt after a crash involving a greenville police officer. officer.the highway patrol says the accident happened around 11:45 saturday night on east faris road and cleveland street.troopers say a driver turning left failed to yield.. and hit the police cruiser. we're told a toddler was not restrained properly in the sedan, and was taken to the hospital with life threatening injuries.the driver of that car-- jeffery briggs-- was charged with failure to yield. the police officer was not hurt. 3 the pickens county school board is postponing tonight's vote on a plan to close three elementary schools. schools.as we've reported.. parents and some board members have been protesting the plan

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february, not the time of year you typically go swimming, but some brave souls took a plunge in lake hartwell, all for a good cause. the polar bear plunge will happen at portman marina this saturday, in anderson county. all money raised goes to the "pennies for preemies" organization, which helps families of preemies and children with special needs. it's organized by grace cromer, who's a junior at tl hanna and reigning miss teen south the plunge will have some celebrity jumpers. >> when the organization started out, i walked around with mason jars and went to schools and businesses. the need started getting bigger, and mason jars were not going to cut it anymore. nigel: you are looking at pictures from previous years. our own geoff hart will be a judge. registration starts at 9:00 saturday morning, and the plunge is at 10:00, again, at portman marina in anderson county. coming up, have you given up on your new year's resolution to exercise? if so, you are not alone. why check-ins at the gym drop significantly today. gabrielle: plus, mardi gras festivities are in full swing. we will b nigel:

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a live shot over lake hartwell, beautiful thursday evening. obviously chilly, but at least we have sunshine and the wind is like across the area. temperatures look like this. 50, warmed up in greenville. 51 in anderson, 60 in elberton. pretty chilly in the mountains, but not bad. 40 in hendersonville, 38 in asheville, 27 in boone, 53 in toccoa. central mountains, 12 miles per hour. the wind will die down quickly when the sun goes down. especially outside the mountains. 55 in columbia, mo -- much colder in raleigh, 35 in bristol, tennessee. 55 in atlanta. temperatures coming up little bit. they are where they should be. we should be in the mid 50's, so we are still below average, but at least it is better the last two days. unfortunately another arctic outbreak is on the way. it piece of energy will come in quickly, and could produce snow showers in the mountains of western north carolina and north georgia. you could get a dusting to an inch possible in the higher elevations during the day tomorrow. some snow up there, the nor'easter heads up t

john: a live shot looking over lake hartwell in anderson light snow showersan estimated one-thousand school carol: an estimated 1000 schoolchildren in anderson county are at risk of going hungry on the weekends. michael: but an organization is working to make sure their bellies are full, and their minds are open to learning, when they come back to school on monday. carol: wyff news 4's mandy gaither has more on what's being done, and how you can help. mandy: it's a plastic bag with cereal, milk, juice and snacks. but to a hungry child, these weekend snack packs mean so much more. >> you know, that's going to fill up a little belly. mandy: at anderson's golden harvest food bank warehouse, hundreds of united way hours, making sure 1,000 children in 24 anderson-area schools don't go hungry. >> we know that these children are already on free and reduced lunch, but they have a meal gap from friday to monday, and we're trying to fill that. mandy: here, volunteers have a tangible way of helping students they've never met. >> i come for the good feeling. mandy: some help deliver these boxes

a live shot looking over lake hartwell on this monday evening, beautiful. tomorrow it is -- tomorrow is march 1. it feels so much better when you talk about temperatures warming up. getting into march, you know it will get better. we will slowly zoom in. 72 in spartanburg and greenville, 75 in clemson, 73 in toccoa and abbeville, mid 60's in asheville, upper 60's and hendersonville. the cool spot, 56 in boone with a northwest wind at 16 making it feel chilly up there. a southwest breeze at 5-15 miles per hour in the upstate making it feel comfortable. humidity very low, 26% in greenville, 29% in spartanburg. originally, temperatures look like this. 74 in columbia, 71 in raleigh, mid 60's in bristol, tennessee, and the tri-cities. 74 in columbia. we will stay mild tomorrow with increasing clouds through the day. the storm system in the plains states is producing snow in the dakotas and rain in nebraska. front tomorrow night. the severe weather should stay to the west. the storm prediction center has the severe weather to our west tomorrow afternoon and night

look at the time lapse over lake hartwell. a great day to be out on the lake, or up in the mountains, perhaps. check out this time lapse from our asheville skycam. a few clouds in the sky, but a nice day. lots of people on facebook posted pictures today of their hikes. what a great day to hike. upper 60's by the afternoon after he cool start. lear skies, but we are watching the northwest. a front moving through. this is a quick mover, it will not do a whole lot other than give us a few extra clouds first i do not think that the super doppler will find showers across the upstate, other than a sprinkler two. it is mainly of the tennessee border. temperatures are to warm for anything other than rain. middle 50's in the upstate, around 50 in the mountains. overnight, we will see clear skies mixed with a few clouds in the mountains. it will be cool up there. 49 the low in asheville, 45 in laurens, 46 in spartanburg. tomorrow in greenville, we start in the 40's but warming right back up into the upper 60's. a great day to go for a wa

a beautiful view from lake hartwell with sunshine. up to 44. we will see mid to upper 40's and spots in the upstate and piedmont and mountains will struggle to get into the mid to upper 30's before the day is out. it has been cold and we expect another chilly morning tomorrow. until the wind advisories start to drop. in 720 five mile-per-hour wind, 13 to 16 but with the sunshine, it doesn't feel quite as cold. it was better to be out and about. temperatures right now feeling like 10 in boone, -8 is what it felt like this morning. feels like it is in the 20's and asheville and hendersonville. is this normal this time of the year? it has been cooler than normal. 34 is the normal low and 56 the high for this date. today, 46 to 48 may be the best we see. the asheville regional airport averages 50 and the to upper 30's this afternoon. this is a jet stream that is digging deep down south, bringing cold air all the way down to florida, georgia and the carolinas. you can see some of the snow being generated in the dakotas. a storm will run down that in

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the lawsuits have beenhis body was found in lake hartwell in september 2014, after going for a morning run wi he was pledging. each lawsuit filed by hipps' family seeks $25 million from three members of sigma phi epsilon, the national and local chapters of the fraternity, and clemson university. a circuit judge said consolidating the two lawsuits and convenient for the court." all defendants have denied any responsibility for hipps' death. in greenville county, the highway patrol right now is investigating a crash involvi road and augusta road, just after 1:15 this afternoon. the deputy coroner says a single vehicle wreck involved a dum pronounced that on the scene. you can follow online at wyff4.com or by downloading our . carol: the body of a missing four-year-old from mooresville . wbtv in charlotte reports, firefighters pulled the child's body from a pond near lake norman last night. the boy was first reported missing yesterday afternoon. search crews also found a small toy car near the water. a firefighter was injured during the search efforts, after being accidentally dragged by