, travels though the saluda hydro plant and in lake murray so that should we see additional rainfall the lake can accommodate that. enforcement would be in charge of notifying residents of an evacuation. real time updates on the lake big red 10. a the lake murray , billie jean shaw wis news 10. voting starts in the race for the white house. and there are two firsts today: donald trump in a tv ad and bill clinton on the stump. steve handelsman reports. :9-17 42-49 55-59 with 4 weeks 'til they caucus, hillary clinton promised iowans that she'd run the economy like her husband did in the 90's. sot: hillary clinton presidential candidate :09-:17 "23 million new jobs. incomes went up for everybody! not just at the top. middle class folks, working people, poor people." bill clinton made his first clinton :23-:30 "by knowledge, experience, and temperament to do what needs to be done now to restore prosperity" he was in new hampshire. where bernie sanders still leads in state democratic polling. chris christie, close to second now in called the clintons ... lawless. sot: chris christie presid

sce&g officials are continuing to monitor the levels at the lake murray dam. under federal law, sce&g cannot let lake murray rise above 360 feet. right now -- it stands at 358. to reduce water levels -- water is released from lake murray and travels though the saluda hydro plant to the lower saluda river. this process controls the inflow and outflow of water in the dam. "we've been running that plant and we will continue to run it with the goal of trying to create enough storage capacity if you will in lake murray so that should we see additional rainfall the lake can accommodate that. " if water levels rise and become hazardous -- local law enforcement will notify residents of an evacuation. south carolina farmers are hoping for a better 2016 after a brutal year. in newberry county, they say they're still seeing the impact of last year's floods, even now. "highway 76 was closed out here for a little while cause water was across the road..all these fields around here looked like lakes." as a fourth generation farmer --- john long counts on nature to keep his b

the releasing of water from the lake murray dam has meant trouble for one lexington county neighborhood. we'll have their story. 3 plus--clemson university has addressed allegations made in the lawsuit over a fraternitys pledge's death... 3 and--the university of south carolina's men's basketball team continues their hot streak with a win over missouri.we'll have reaction from fans as news 19 at 11 starts now. 3 good saturday evening and 19...i'm savannah levins. 3 3 the recent heavy rain forced s-c-e and g to open a spillgate at the lake murray dam...flooding some low lying areas near the saluda river. news19s chuck ringwalt spoke to residents in the pine glen subdivision in lexington who say it's yet another set back,. 3 residents of the pine glen subdivision in lexington "the whole subdivision is paranoid about everytime we have a thunderstormrmout here." bill markham is one of many in this neighborhood that don't know what to do.the high water levels in lake murray forced s-c and g to open a spill gate. over 18 thousand cubic feet of water per second were released from the lake murr

concerns over high water levels at lake murray continue to keep neighbors downstream on edge tonight. officials say the spill gate which was opened to relieve a swell of water will stay open overnight. our chad mills is in the pine glen neighborhood tonight with the latest update. it has turned into a block party out here in pine glen, but not in a good way. a lot of the neighbors hear of all flocked at this corner near the intersection of cairnbook drive and derbyshire lane. both lexington county sheriffs department and irmo fire department are out here monitoring things. of course, this flooding is caused by the release of water from lake murray dam into the lower saluda right now, one still gate is open, since the lake level is so high. water has surrounded several homes. now, a few of them were abandoned after the historic october flood, but one of them had been renovated since then. for a while, neighbors used sticks to monitor how quickly water was rising up the gutter on cairnbrook. hey lexington county deponie on scene told these neighbors that sce&g had planned to meet at 6:4

for the second time this week, sce&g is working to balance the water levels at lake murray. sam bleiweis has the latest sam? charles, dawndy, the biggest thing sce&g officials are tring to tackle is a consistently rising lake level after the rainfall we saw over the course of the past few days. officials say the amount of water flowing "into" lake murray from the upstate is not going down as quickly as that's why around noon today,

sce&g officials say they are keeping an eye on lake murray as more rain is expected to move in right now, those levels are hovering at 358 feet--less than two feet below full pool. utility representative eric boomhower, water is being released through spill gates to create more space for more water expected to flow in. the operation is completed through the saluda hydro plant. "anytime we run that power plant, it actually releases water from lake murray into the lower saluda river as part of our continue with the goal of trying to create enough storage capacity." the "full pool" level of 360 feet level is mandated by federal law. boomhower says if the dam reaches emergency levels, local law enforcement will notify neighbors if they need to evacuate. if you haven't applied for fema aid in the wake of october's flood, you are running out of time. we're just a few hours away from process deadline. allie spillyards is live at one columbia disaster recovery center allie registration here is closing right now, but if you still need to apply -- you have 6 hours to get it done. you can apply

a creek behind the homes feeds off lake murray. sce&g opened emergency spill gates yesterday --- as more water flowed down from the upstate. that in turn caused more water to flow downstream winding up in people's "i mean every time it rains if we have to worry about it flooding like this with them releasing the gates umm.i just can't imagine always having to worry about carrying my kids through the water every time it rains." area first responders have been on the scene in pine glen throughout the dayay irmo fire did a check this morning just to make sure no one was inside the homes. and the lexington county sheriff's department will continue to keep an eye on the water levels in case they get any higher. thursday the rain chance falls to 50% during the day and then down to 30% that night. high: 70. the front will cross the area and settle along the coast by late thursday night. new year's day will be mostly cloudy withthnly a slight chance of showers and a touch cooler temperatures. high:60. the first weekend in january will be d

. -- we have an update on lake murray. they had to release water twice due to the rain that fell across the state is morning, the levels at lake murray have slowed down. this means they were incrementally close this gate on friday. so we're not expecting any more rain this week, everyone should still be advised to avoid recreation activities on the lake and in the lower salida river. residents living in those areas sce&g's website. >> switching to take a look at the stylewatch weather forecast. usually, i like to show you all the last three hours. right now, we are looking at the last six hours. just to hit home that there has been no rain over us today. it turned out to be quite a lovely day. there were some high clouds that led to a lovely sunset. that overall, the rain has stopped. temperatures are at 39 degrees in lexington, sumter and winnsboro. 40 in columbia. 34 in aiken, already. a very chilly evening is on the way. check this out. dry air is going to be the topic over the next couple of days. it is chris -- it is

remains closed -- that's s-c 3 the recent heavy rain forced s-c-e and g to open a spillgate at the lake murray dam...flooding some low lying areas near the 3 saluda river. news19s chuck ringwalt spoke to residents in the pine glen subdivision in lexington who say it's yet another set back,. 3 residents of the pine glen lexington they're "the whole everytime we thunderstorm bill markham is this know what to the high water murray forced s-c and g to gate.over 18 thousand cubic feet of water were released from the lake murray dam and into the leaving markham and others like johnny panic. "every time they say were up the levys and i have to go and snatch my equuiptment upstairs and how bad is it going to be this time? how we going to have to deal with this?" stopped just short their homes this time...but he's not so sure he'll always be this lucky."i don't have any options to move. this neighborhood generally speaking the property values have because of this continuing problem with flood water. values have suffered to the point where i couldn't sell relocate, so that's not any option, so no i don'

a little bit of light showers moving around from lexington to irma over lake murray into northern parts of columbia. some very light showers falling through orangeburg county. outside of that little bit more a little bit more up in newberry. we will be seeing periodic changes -- chances for showers as temperatures right now starting off relatively mild 48 orangeburg, 47 saint matthews, a trio of 50s when we go from camden, winnsboro, newberry, columbia at 49 degrees. there's our culvert right now over the upstate. as it moves through we will have chances all throughout the day today. highs today generally in the middle to upper 50s. as we go into this evening we will still continue with a chance for light showers as are be from the middle even upper 30s. as we get into tomorrow, will be a lot cooler, 49 degrees, still a chance for rain. once all of that clear so, a lot of sunshine. we are looking at temperatures to go from 58 on friday to 67 on sunday. it will be mostly cloudy on tuesday we are looking at a high of 70 degrees. >>> as far as the roads are concerned, right now, no acciden

the gate was opened yesterday afternoon bus of continued inflows of water into lake murray. that has a lot of residents in the area concerned. our news 19's chuck ring wall is chuck. >> reporter: thanks. right now we are in the pine grove neighborhood in lexington county off karenen brook drive. as you can see behind me, a ton of flooding out here. yesterday sce&g had opened a spill gate from lake murray that sent tons of water down through the lower saluda neighborhood and into this neighborhood and low-lying areas. this was heavily impacted. we spoke to many residents in this area. as you can see, no one is in these homes. there are not occupied. they have been gone since the flooding. but other neighbors through this neighborhood had come to speak to us and told us just how the flooding had started october 4th. they thought they were through with that. and now there hadn't been any rain, but with that spill gate being opened all of that water between 10 and around noon yesterday the water just started creeping up and it creeped out even further than where i'm standing and

and improving conditions have caused s- c-e-and-g officials to fully close the spillgate on lake murray. officials report they have returned to normal operating conditions. significant upstream flows into the lake following recent rain showers... forced officials to released water from the saluda -hydro facility. three months have passed since the one thousand year flood. and residents are still busy taking steps to move forward. that's the case we find in the forest acres community. small businesses there have made it their mission to reopen for their customers. 33 burnette's cleaners and ed robinson laundry and dry businesses getting back in the game. some have opened temporary spaces... like forest lake fabrics. they hope to be back in their old space... by the spring. some fourth and fifth graders are proving you're never too young to give back. students from a charlotte elementary school made it their mission to help resto@k the shelves in the homes of students at pine grove elementary... right here in columbia. some rivergate elementary students traveled more than 100-miles as par

on lake murray boulevard.the winning ticket matched 4 white balls.. and the red powerball l number... plus the winner purchased the powerplay for an additional dollar.we have the winning numbers posted on our website wltx.com. 3 mcdonald's has launced its mcpick 2 menu.... allowing 3 customers to choose two items for 2-bucks.you can choose from the mcchicken, mcdouble, mozzarella sticks and small french fries.and the mc-pick 2 is replacing the dollar menu... so yes... this means that the dollar menu is gone. 3 still to come on news 19 this morning... the judge made a ruling in the walter scott shooting case... whwh the policer officer accused of shooting scott asked the judge 3 plus... what the city of columbia council will discuss tonight... that may have more than 200 people looking for after the break. 3 former north charleston police officer... michael slager... is out of jail this morning... on a half million dollars bond. slager is charged with murder... in the shooting death of walter scott last april.as part of his release... slager can not le

the utility company reports slowing inflows into lake murray overnight allowed them to close it. more than 9- million people in more than a dozen states are under flood warnings. while the worst may be over in some parts, columbia police are investigating a shooting on king street, that sent two peopop to the hospital. officials say they arrived on the 11-hundred block of king street around seven last night...to find a 41-one-year-old woman and a 20-year-old man shot. the two victims were taken to the hospital.we're told they're expected to be okay. c-p-d says it's >> the victims were taken to to be okay. it is not clear what caused the shooting. if you know something call crimestoppers at 1-888-crime sc. >> one person is behind bars tonight after an armed robbery last night on two notch road. this happened at an s-mart on the 8400 block of two notch road around 9:00. the sheriff department says the suspect and victims store and the deputies say he knocked him to the ground and stole his cell phone. 47-year-old graham -- lawrence graham returned to the scene with the phone. he is

. >>> water levels are rising again out on lake murray. officials opened up another flood gate along lake murray. this is the second time this water. emergency workers will monitor the situation at the spill gate for the next 24 hours and are to remain alert. residents in that area can get updates on the website and social media platforms. >>> 43 roads are closed in 21 counties. those new counties added are edge field, carry shaw, mccormick and york county. the department of transportation will be able to inspect roads and repairs will begin as soon as conditions allow. us the only way for some to get around is by boat. and we are having some technical problems. sorry about that. but we will just continue to move on. >>> now, we also want to remind you about the deadline for -- to apply for fema and government disaster assistance. that deadline is monday, january 4th. call the number on the screen. it's 800-621-fema. it's the first day of the new year and we are -- >>> it's starting to feel a lot like winter, what can we expect for the fir

westbound i-4, eastbound i-4 in the yellow 32 minutes lake murray boulevard, colonial. that's your weather and traffic together. over to you. john: developing right now in orange county, six people recovering following an overnight gas leak in orlando amy: it started at an apartment building on walden circle at 3:00 this morning. jackie orozco joining us near the scene. jackie, this could have been worse. that's dangerous stuff. reporter: good morning to you. here at the apartment complex behind me in that yellow building. it's clear right now, but those six people were treated right here at the walden palms condominiums. let's look at some video so you can see firefighters and orlando police were here around 2:40 this morning. firefighters say construction workers left a generator on which produced a gas and in turn six people were affected and had the carbon monoxide poisoning. police say family of four from the apartment building drove themselves to the hospital after feeling sick. two more people were taken to the hospital for the same reason. again, six people were treated for the car

a creek behind the homes feeds off lake murray. sce&g opened emergency spill gates yesterday morning --- as more water flowed down from the upstate. time now for a check of your forecast, here's von gaskin. lows will fall into the 50s to begin the new year. expect a mostly cloudy new year's day with only a slight chance of showers and a touch cooler temperatures. the first weekend in january will be dry and partly cloudy. break 2 vignette 1098 "junk drawer antonio sabato, jr: hi, i'm antonio sabato jr., for fix it and finish it. we all have a kitchen junk drawer that's out of control. isn't it time for a makeover? first, empty the drawer and sort through it. wipe out your drawer too. you'd b b surprised at what you can just throw away or put back where it belongs. pick up some divided trays and keep them in place with double stick tape. place items you use often up front, like pens, notepads and first aid. back trays are good for small tools and spare keys. now you'll be able to find what you need in a flash. i'm antonio sabato jr.

. >> this afternoon they closed the gate at lake murray. they opened it to help with the lake levels after enplanes this means they returned to -- the rains. this means they returned to normal conditions. they will continue to determine the lake levels. if anything changes they will let us know and we will let you know. good to know. >> yeah. >>> rain or the amount of water -- [ talking at the same time ] >> the weather pattern changed entirely from what it was in december where we were warm and wet and now we are cold and dry and that pattern will last for a while. >> okay. >> get used to it. what we are seeing right now. seeing moisture in the form of clouds, increasing across the river area and through the midlands and it will continue increase tonight. all right. atlantic coast and driving the moisture off shore inland and we are seeing moisture returning to the southern plains producing showers in oklahoma and texas in advance of the next weather system through the desert southwest. temperatures are chilly for january. but not unreasona

lake murray -- lake murray boulevard from my 26 a 23 minute commute. from the airport heading downtown a 16 minute commute. you will need your sunglasses this morning because it is going to be a very sunny start to our morning. we will take a look at the seven day forecast coming up in just a few minutes. >>> columbia police are still looking this morning for one of the robbers to who entered a barbershop, not knowing its employees, and customers were ready and willing to defend it. i spoke to one of the barbers about the moments that led up to when they decided to take a stand. >> if you have people out there like that that is willing to do anything and to harm kids, then they show no regard for anyone >>reporter:not even 24 hours into nick nicked up a barbershop on for jackson boulevard, the business packed with customers both young and old. barber brand injury or said the shop was a similar scene on friday night went to mass then entered >> two men came in, one with a handgun, one with a rifle and came in ordering everyone to put their hands up. and

following the release of water from the lake murray dam. 3 3 we're on your side this morning... west columbia residents affected by the water main repairs over the weekend should have their water back on. scdot began making water main repairs near leaphart road and mineral springs road on saturday.the water had to be cut off for about 200 customers during that time.officials say a leak developed in one of the connections when they turned it back on... forcing them to turn off the water again... as 3 meanwhile... a boil water advisory has been lifted for a different set of west columbia residents.customers on lynn drive... bel-air drive... savannah woods subdivision and the 400, 500, and 600 blocks of old barnwell road... had to boil their water after a driver hit a water hydrant in the area.they city says the crash caused a water line break.we're told the water line has been repaired... and water service has been restored. 3 3 the gamecock women's basketball team is now 13 and "o" after beating the razorbacks ws19's... chuck ringwalt... spoke to many of the team's fans. 3 every

powerball ticket for saturday's drawing double check it, a $100,000 ticket was sold at the jp mart on lake murray boulevard. the winning ticket matched four white balls. players have 180 days to claim we ever the winning numbers on our website www.wltx.com. i know it wasn't you because you are here today. >> you know, i would probably still be here today. so i am guessing you are not -- [ talking at the same time ] >> you would show up to rub it in. >> i would not. i would keep my mouth shut. do we ever to say -- [ talking at the same time ] >> you don't have to. >> you would never know. you would never know. it is going to be very >>> you are watching news 19 at 6:00 p.m. with jr berry and darci strickland. >>> in missouri, returning to flood damaged homes in a week. in the hardest hit towns streets look like junk yards. hundreds of structures damaged when the mississippi and the channels swelled to record flood stage levels. our hearts and prayers go out to the people in missouri because we have what you are going through. -- we know what you are going through. >>> winter arrived. it was delaye

the wedding will take place on the river road and jasmine house on lake murray. it's priceless training for students. >> the handsdsn training is definitely something that you can't get anywhere else. >> robert kittle news 19, wltx. >>> if you would like the chance to win a free wedding you have to give a 3 minute video or 500 word essay explaining why you should be selected. the scenes of a local restaurant. for that here's colby gallagher. >> we're back in the kitchen of this restaurant. tanya will show us the wings. >> this is our chicken that we've season the with special seasoning. we learned a lot of the breading of the chicken and the sticky sauce. i'll drop these chicken in the prior and i'll show you how -- these are ready and they're done, it will be coming up for you right now. >> you're showing us your special mango sticky. >> we have a mango sticky, i added mango and spices for it. it's mango sticky spicy. good. spicy all in one. we're going to take chicken right here, this is our sticky right here. what we do is this sauce is be hot and we're going

sce&g officials say they are keeping an eye on lake murray as more rain is expected to move in later this week. right now, those levels are hovering at 358 feet--less than two feet below full pool. utility representative eric boomhower, water is being released through spill gates to create more flow in. the operation is completed through the saluda hydro plant. "anytime we run that power plant, it actually releases water from lake murray into the lower saluda river as part of our normal operations. we've been running that plant and will continue to run it and will continue with the goal of trying to create enough storage capacity." the "full pool" level of 360 feet level is mandated by federal law. boomhower says if the dam reaches emergency levels, law enforcement will notify people if they need to evacuate. members from west columbia's city council are gearing up for their first council meeting of the new year. tonight council members are expected to give a final vote on the development for the property across the street from the west columbia riverwalk. the are concerns about the

of course, this flooding is caused by the release of water from lake murray dam into the lower saluda river. right now, one still gate is open, since the lake level is so high. take a look at this video from just about an hour and a half ago. water has surrounded several homes. now, a few of them were historic october flood, but one of them had been renovated since then. for a while, neighbors used sticks to monitor how quickly water was rising up the gutter on cairnbrook. hey lexington county deponie on scene told these neighbors that sce&g had planned to meet at 6:45 to reassess -- and to determine if the spillgate should be closed. of course, these neighbors hope the gate will be closed and say the lake appears to be leveling off. live in lexington county, chad mills, wis news 10. the persistent rains this week in parts of newberry county. in silverstreet, the saluda river has gone up putting water much closer to homes at the saluda river resort. the neighborhood already was affected by the october floods, which forced people to leave their homes. residents told us many of their ne

coming in from lake murray to the williams brice stadium a five minute commute. airport to downtown about nine minutes. we will take a look at that before we can forecast him a >>> we are going to take a look now at some coverage we are continuing to follow. an early-morning and apartment fire has now left to families homeless. this information coming into our newsroom just this morning. columbia fire crews receive the received a call around for 30 a.m. flames at the hunters ridge apartments on springhouse drive and columbia near broad river road. >> once on the scene, smoke and fire were visible from the roof upon the time firefighters got there. we are told the fire is under control. you can see, this video, the firefighters putting their gear on and everything. they have it all under control. no injuries reported, and again two families were displaced. >>> let's talk a little usa today, shall we? we have our newspaper here, sometimes we like to chat about what's going on in the headlines today. on the front page, of course, we have remembering the happened 30

live in lexington, mike desumma, wis news 10 sce&g will slowly close the spill gate at the lake murray dam to try and even out rising water levels. the spill gate was opened on friday to release water into the lower saluda river. the water is flowing downstream and causing flooding at some of the same homes affected by the october floods. time is ticking for victims of the october floods to apply for fema assistance -- and the small business administration says there is plenty of money to go around. news 10's charles molineaux spoke with fema representatives on how important it is to get your name in the pile. charles: a lot of this involves documentation, how important is it to have all this documentation, or can you just get your name in and provide the papers later. carl: absolutely! you can register first. over the phone 1-800- 621-fema. online disasterassistance.gov. the key is to get in by january 4th - the deadline. the paperwork can follow later. over the phone we'll ask specific questions. the owner of the house -- insnsance papers and that. but the documentation can come late

that lake --- much like lake murray --- has had its flood gates open in recent days, causing all this water to flow downstream. several residents told me because of that they've been closely watching the shore line as the rain moved through. "just kept rising up.rising.wondering how high it was gonna go and if it had an end to it. we finally noticed last night it started going back down.we was praying to god." "i know we can't help the rain and stuff you know..that's uncontrollable but it's kind of heart breaking to see these people homes." people who live here say this is about the fourth time rain has caused the water level to go up here since the october floods. they say some of their neighbors have bene putting money into their homes to hopefully move back into them. the rain this week is now setting them back. one piece of good news at this point --- the water level on the river is continuing to drop. live in newberry county, mike desumma, wis news 10. plans to fix up one midlands apartment complex mean the people who actually live there... will have to clear out. they've been gi

erica lail mattox, lake murray snow three months since historic flooding ruined the pavlovich ballet school, classical ballet debuted its the company was looking to make a strong comeback for its annual lifechance performance and gala tonight. the dancers faced several barriers at the end of last year, losing their studio on forest drive and nearly losing their artistic director to a heart attack. several performances had to be cancelled. and now, the winter weather actually forced a shortened program tonight because many of the dancers were unable to fly in -- including internationally known elgin native, brooklyn mack. but the show -- a beautiful program, still went on. "we are trying to encourage people to come and see the production and the proceeds are going to an organization...this year its the special olympics..so we're trying to combine the arts and also their need...so i think that was my goal when i started the gala that we do every year and i bring dancers from all around the world." this year's charity benefiting the company's next event is in march when it teams up with

addition, scdot is also monitoring water levels and bridge conditions from the water release at the lake murray dam. you can expect traffic congestion and delays if you're traveling on trenholm road. all three northbound lanes of trenholm road between coker street and forest drive are closed for a water main repair. drivers should use a detour at coker street. use caution if you're headed that way. time is ticking for victims of the october floods to apply for fema assistance -- and administration says there is plenty of money to go around. charles molineaux spoke with fema representatives on how important it is to get your name in the pile. charles: a lot of this involves documentation, how important is it to have all this documentation, or can you just get your name in and provide the papers later. carl: absolutely! you can register first. you can do it over the phone 1-800- 621-fema. online disasterassistance.gov. the key is to get in by january 4th - the deadline. the paperwork can follow later. over the phone we'll ask specific questions. the owner of the house -- insurance papers and that

saturday's drawing, make sure to double check because a $100,000 ticket was sold at the store on lake murray blvd. the winning ticket matched for white balls plus the winter purchased the power play for an additional dollar. we have the winning numbers posted on our website, www.wltx.com. >>> grocery shopping could get easier. a company called shift is bringing the grocery delivery service to columbia. it will deliver items from local public stories. the company will hire 150 shoppers to fulfill the orders. the service is going to lunch a week from wednesday.-- it is going to launch a week from wednesday. it's a struggle through the grocery store with multiple kids, it's going to be great. >> and you are paying more. >> dragging kids out of the house when they are not in a good mood is not worth it. [ laughter ]>>> they are undergoing multi-million dollars in expansions and we are going to take you behind the scenes. >>> in case you have not stepped outside it is cold. it's going to be a chilly a warm-up is stormont-- >>> cold temperatures will to dress for the second school day of the new y

on lake murray boulevard.the winning ticket matched 4 white balls... and the red powerball number....plus the winner purchased the powerplay for an additional dollar.we have the winning numbers posted on our website wltx.com. 3 south carolina restaurant week kicks off this thursday.more than 220 restaurants are participating. 55 of those restaurants are in columbia. here how it works: restaurants offer special menus, which includes multi- course meals at lower price. it gives you the chance to check out new spots or old favorites for a great price. for a list of the participating restaurants... head to wltx-dot-com. 3 a 36-million dollar expansion is well underway at riverbanks zoo.this spring a sea lion exhibit and an interactive children garden... will open to the public. zoo officials say this is the biggest renovation riverbanks has ever done.they say studies show that riverbanks adds more than 60-billion dollars to the local economy... and provides more than 700 jobs. 3 we want to continue to grow, we want to continue to reach people from all over

the place -- the lake murray dam. deputy scott zylstra had a driver pulled over but was interrupted. "as i was getting out of the patrol car, a lady came to me pretty upset stating there was a distressed swimmer. / all kind of things are going through your mind. what are you going to do? you know, i was thinking, 'get there, take your boots off, take your vest and gun, put it in the car, and go. grab everything and go!'" zylstra found a swimmer struggling to stay afloat. he used a buoy and rope, that he'd bought with his own money, to pull in the swimmer and another person trying to help. finally, this fall on orchard drive, deputy thomas smith got a call for a suicidal patient. "we were notified that the on-scene. the female saw the ambulance, jumped in her car, and took off at a high-rate of speed." smith found her here on orchard. she had crashed, had a seizure, and passed out. she wasn't breathing and didn't have a pulse either. "i began cpr immediately. / in the process of chest compressions, i noticed that she w

addition, scdot is monitoring water levels and bridge conditions from the recent water release at the lake murray dam. today is the last day for flood victims in south carolina to register for fema assistance. the deadline to register is tonight at 11:59. however, for those not eligible for the federal aid -- there are some alternatives. our michal higdon has the details. :01 :12 :51 1:15 according to fema representatives almost 100-thousannpeople have applied for assistance since october's officials with the south carolina emergency management division say if you are declined fema assistance -- you are then deferred to the small business administration for their low-interest loan program. if you're declined that program -- you are referred back to fema for what's needs assessment which goes through other programs available to you. all of the volunteer agencies that were available through the flood -- are still available and very active in helping people repair their damaged homes. and emergency officials say they are still very involved in the process but are encouraging you to finish repairs no

earlier today, sce&g opened one of the spillways into the river at the lake murray dam. sce&g officials say recent heavy rains prompted the decision to open the flood gate to keep the lake below its maximum height. >>> speaking of rising waters, the deadline for flood victims to apply for federal aid is rapidly approaching. the last day to sign up for assistance from fema is january 4th at midnight. the original deadline was november 30th, but that date was extended to this monday. flood survivors can ask fema for help with renting a temporary home or repairing their homes. >> we're looking to those people that may have had some damage, uninsured, but they're not sure if they qualify. the easiest way to do is to register first and then we can take a look at the documentation that's required later on. >> eric: according to the governor's office, so far fema has provided $300 million in public assistance and more than 165 million in assistance for >>> some businesses here in the midlands are getting off to a fresh start following the floods. abc columbia's jennifer ready te

are also continuing to monitor water levels and bridges following the release of water from the lake murray dam. 3 we've been receiving a lot of calls from west columbia residents claiming their water service is still cut off.the city says if you're still without water, you'll have it back by midnight.scdot began making water main repairs near leaphart road and mineral springs road on saturday.the water had to be cut off for about 200 customers during that time.deputy city administrator brian carter says a leak developed in one of the connections when they turned it back on, forcing them to turn off the water again as it was repaired. 3 meanwhile...a boil water advisory has been lifted for a different set of west on lynn drive, bel-air drive, savannah woods subdivision and the 400, 500, and 600 blocks of old barnwell road had to boil their water after a driver hit a water hydrant in the area.they city says the crash caused a water line break.we're told the water line has been repaired and water service has been restored so if live in that area...you no longer have to boil your water. 3 it's

today, rising water levels on lake murray are causing new worries in the pine glen neighborhood. wis' chad mills is there it has turned into a block party out here in pine glen, but not in a good way. a lot of the neighbors hear of

the release was due to up flows into lake murray. >> it was like my whole neighborhood. front and backyard. >> this can't happen. there has to be another option for us downhill like down street. what about us? what happens because we have to let this water go. what about us? what do we do? every time i buy a new car. >> reporter: she still doesn't know the total cost of damages. she plans to address the issues with local leaders next week. >> do i take this as a sign to move on. i can't just move on. i have a mortgage. >> a question asked by many as they look to recover. in columbia shelly, wach fox news. >> a reminder tonight, today is the deadline for anyone who needs to apply for fema assisiance. residents have until 11:00 people who qualify for interest can qualify for low interest loans while businesses can qualify for as much as $2 million. >>> the forest acres police station opened its doors for the first time. furniture, computers and equipment lost. while renovations are still in progress, the chief says moving back in is good for morale. >> we are transitioning

winning powerball ticket on lake murray boulevard worth $100 million. now since the player also purchased the power play for an additional $1, their $50,000 prize doubled. once again those numbers drawn on saturday january 2 are 5, 6, 16, 29, 42, and the powerball was 10. >>> we have a developing story out of lee county tonight. an inmate has died. at this time they have not released any other information, but they have told us that they are investigating. we reach out to fled. we'll update you on air and online as more information becomes available. >>> clouds have been increasing across the area this evening, it's keeping temperatures on a steady note. right now we're mostly cloudy. our temperature is 49 degrees. winds from the northeast at 5 miles per hour. temperature of just 43 degrees. only a slight chance for any showers through tomorrow. tomorrow again, the clouds 55 degrees. as we go in to saturday, we are going to be facing scattered showers. then it will be windy on sunday followed by colder air. we'll look at that forecast in a moment. >> al

said tuesday in a statement that the federal energy regulatory commission overseas sc eng and the lake murray dam system. our operating license stipulates a maximum -- maximum operating level for safe lake and dam management. we have worked to our best ability within the parameters of our operating license to minimize the lake and river levels throughout the recent period of heavy rainfall. residents say they want new regulation or a better solution. something is in place, there -- it is bound to happen again. why do they not do that? before they drown us again.>> reporter: the army corps of engineers did a study on the creek behind the home sunday. -- plan to present that study next week. the options for the flood victims will also be up for discussion. from the studio, wach news. >>> if you are looking to fly the friendly skies anytime soon, it will cost more than usual. will look at how high airfare is going. >>> buying guns online happens more than you know. how the president's executive beliefs -- executive beliefs tower that issue. chick delays over time. >>> making consumer headlines,

the place -- the lake murray dam. deputy scott zylstra had a driver pulled over but was interrupted. patrol car, a lady came to me pretty upset stating there was a distressed swimmer. / all kind of things are going through your mind. what are you going to do? you know, i was thinking, 'get there, take your boots off, take zylstra found a swimmer struggling to stay afloat. he used a buoy and rope, that he'd bought with his own money, to pull in the swimmer and another person trying to help. finally, this fall on orchard drive, deputy thomas smith got a call for a suicidal patient. "we were notified that the ambulance had arrived on-scene. the female saw the ambulance, jumped in her car, and took off at a high-rate of speed." smith found her here on orchard. she had crashed, had a seizure, and passed out. she wasn't breathing and didn't have a pulse either. "i began cpr immediately. / in the process of chest compressions, i noticed that she was breathing. i checked again to make sure that her pulse was back, and it was.

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melissa ogle -- since snow wouldn't come to us in camden, erica mattox -- lake murray kristen feldman -- pics of snowflakes cortney tarlton -- says she hopes you enjoy the snow as much as cam does serernity leigh's loving her first snow you can get weather updates in the midlands by dowloading the wistvweather app. you can find it in your app store. and the best part...it's free! new this morning, one man is in leading deputies on a chase in northeast richland county sheriff's say they responded to a call about an aggravated assault at camrose court just after 11 saturday. when deputies arrived they say akeem breeland fired several shots at them, hitting a patrol vehicle. breeland then ran into the woods, but was quickly caught by police. breeland is charged with attempted murder, unlawful carry of a handgun, and unlawful use of a handgun during the commission of a violent crime. deputies are also investigating a shooting that happened early this morning in richland county. at a party on foxhunt road around 12:30, when they were approached by several people. one of the suspect fired m

you a positive spin to all this it is still during the day to warm to support freezing ice off of lake murray. at night it will be chilly but still you shouldn't have a situation. that was a real car. >> that was real. >> there was a car under their. >> and it had new york place. that's relevant to me because you live in new york and you understand the concept and you still park there on a windy night. >> keep that in mind when it is cold enough here. >> not a good situation. >> insurance. >> how will they file that. comprehensive but the owner of the tow company said they are still not certain. >> do some more research. >>> speaking of cold derek philip standing in the sportscenter. the gamecocks win basketball team couldn't road in the ocean tonight. >> no they couldn't. and you had to wonder when a bad game was going to happen for the team. and it appears it may be tonight in tuscaloosa. we will have a score update on that game plus the clemson tigers also in action and the getting some good news out of a couple of their players. we will let you know about that and who was leaving is leavi

just got word from sce&g that it will begin incrimentally closing the spill gate it opened at the lake murray dam yesterday... to try and even out the rising water levels. friday was the second day a gate was opened... dam into the lower saluda river...is causing flooding at neighborhoods downstream. you can see...water has surrounded several homes...some of the same homes affected by the historic flooding in october. also in lexington county, corley mill road is closed. scdot posted on twitter that crews are monitoring it now... and will reopen the road as soon possible. if you were impacted by the historic floods in october -- you're running out of time to apply for federal assistance through fema. you now have until this monday, january 4th. this after the deadline was extended from january 3rd... which falls on a sunday. after monday, you will not be eligible for federal financial assistance. you can apply at disaster or call the fema hotline at 1-800-621-fema. at least 5-hundred people living in southern llinois are being urged to move to mississippi river topped a levee protecting sever

i 26 to lake murray a 22 minute commute. in the airport to downtown you are looking at a 16 minute commute. we will take a look at your seven day forecast and when we will finally start warming up coming up in just a few minutes. >>> it is a a big day at the statehouse today as state lawmakers go back into session. they say there is a good chance that they will pass a plan this year to fix our roads. the bill got held up in the senate last june by beaufort senator, tom davis, he blocked it because senators had a much bigger gas tax than the house. and had taken out reforms at >> there's a lot more appetite in the senate right now for those reforms to the dot and into the state infrastructure bank that were not there last june. i june. i think you will find an entirely new dynamic when session resumes. >> the plan has to include a tax increase and income tax cuts, and the department of transportation changes. the fact that it's an election year makes it tough because people will vote against you if you do not fix the roads, b

i 262 lake murray heading two williams brice a 28 minute down >>> welcome back, we are on your side now helping find some fun this weekend. restaurant weeks continues on this is your chance two get out and try a new place, or one you thought you cannot afford. you can get three courses for $48 a couple. at terra it is $30 a person for a three course meal, salad, pizza and a glass of wine for $16 each. for a full list of this event goes through sunday. >>> since the flood, so many of us are taking on repairs and rebuilding. this weekend there is a home rebuilding and modeling -- remodeling expo. more than 100 companies will be on hand featuring exhibits and demonstrations. the event runs today through sunday at the columbia convention center. the best part, it is free. >>> panthers fans, you already know the sunday incident. the team takes on seattle at 1 o'clock at bank of america stadium in charlotte. tickets two the game are hundreds of dollars. if you do not have the cash two go, no worries there is a huge watch party right here in columbia. rory riot is the largest fan club of the c

addition, scdot is monitoring water levels and bridge conditions from the recent water release at the lake murray dam. troopers are still investigating a weekend crash that killed one person in kershaw county. it happened saturday night. of a chevrolet was killed when their vehicle crossed the center line on smyrna road....crashing into a pickup. two people in that vehicle were also injured...but are expected to be okay. authorities say a summerville man wanted in a homicide case..was shot and killed by a u.s. marshal in south dakota. 37-year-old lonnie powers, junior reportedly pulled out a gun when confronted by law enforcement in a sioux falls parking lot saturday. a deputy marshal then opened fire. berkeley county deputies say powers was suspected of killing 55-year-old james hill. he was found shot to death in his ridgeville home back in december. an investigation is underway this morning in charlotte after a charlotte-mecklenburg police officer was injured in a shooting that left one man dead. police say they were trying to serve a warrant in shooting that happened last week in north charlo

sce and g says the spill gate on lake murray is now fully closed. last week, heavy rains caused water levels to rise just under full pool, which is 360 feet. sce and g had to open the spill gate to release some of that water. an eleven-day celebration of south carolina cuisine officially starts today. 'restaurant week' will kick-off in columbia and other cities and will run through january 17th. participating restaurants will feature special menu items, promotions and dicsounts. for a list of restaurants participating, go to our website wis tv dot com and click on the big red 10 at the bottom of our home page. clemson head coach dabo swinney has four one of the biggest games in the school's history -- the national championship. the wis sports team was in clemson at practice before the big match-up against alabama. clemson will work out at home today, then fly to arizona tomorrow. our live coverage from glendale, arizona begins tomorrow morning. our michal higdon will be live startininat 6am. and sports director rick henry will have live reports thro