we caught up with mary ward, 93. >> reporter: like everyone else, mary ward can't get enough of the team. >> the only time i watch other teams is when they're playing the panthers. i've got no interest in the rest of them. her grandson fell -- grandson showed her the game. >> i love them all, but cam is the one i cater too. and davis, he's a good player and sportsman. what i like about all of them, they all play like a support is supposed to be played. >> reporter: mary has lived in this same home in vail county has never missed a panthers game except when she's had to work. ward says that she'll watch the game with her family. >> i'll tell the coach keep pounding and keep going. he's done a good job this year. sports is next with a big >> reporter: hi there, everyone. u.v.a. rallied from ten points down with just 83 seconds to win it the buzzer. they wouldn't need any of that magic in louisville. hill will launch it from three. and gill, he don't miss that. and the follow upjam extends their lead to 16. and gill is going to dish it off to thompson to coby. and u.v.a. shoots 58% in the r

old mary ward better known as davin granny animation i were she fell in love with the panthers' twenty years ago especially cam newton wow twenty years ago how was he six nottingham would have been six years mary has a special new jersey. she plans on wearing for the big game and she has this advise for coach ron rivera came he pounded it. eat only doing it he downed a gel this year mary says she's never missed a panthers game except on the days when she had to work it sounds like another story another new era. well don't let the spring like temperatures for you in stillwater. today's highs are going to be forty degrees above normal is that right twenty degrees above normal thought that was a bit of optimism there. don't get used to nations tracking big changes plus switching gears

we caught up with 94-year-old mary ward to find out her plans for the game. >> reporter: mary ward turned on channel nine to watch the panthers' pride rally today. team. >> i live the panthers. i don't watch none of it except the panthers. the only time i watch the others is when they're playing the panthers. >> reporter: ward says it was her great grandson who turned her into a fan by asking her to watch the game 25 years ago. >> i just love them all, but cam is the one that i cater to. we have good players. and he's a good sportsman. what i like about all of them, they all play like the sport is supposed to be played. >> reporter: mary -- >> whitney: very nice. i'm a big carolina panthers

and she's excited to see her team play in the super bowl. >> wearing the carolina panthers colors, mary ward -- myra: ward says she will most likely watch the game with family and may wear this jersey for the occasion. and wyff news 4 is following the panthers to super bowl 50, starting monday, brad fralick and marc dopher will be covering the team live from santa clara, with geoff hart joining them on thursday, then on friday, we'll preview the big game. our sports team will bring you "chasing a championship" live from california. you can catch it right here on wyff for at 8:00 next friday, february 5th. coming up, in news for your health, why a song get stuck in your head. we will explain. pamela: this morning, how about "sunshine on my shoulders" -- we in news four your health... a myra: a news for your health, we have a warning about melanoma. researchers from the university of minnesota say women who were diagnosed with the skin cancer before age forty commonly began using indoor tanning beds at a very young age. more than a third of those younger individuals reported melano compared wi

. >> well one of the oldest living panthers' fans is ready this is mary ward. she's 95 years old and lives in lincoln county. she started watching the panthers more than 20 years ago when her great grandson asked her to watch a game with him. she instantly fell in love with the team and the pose made famous by cam newton. >> i love them all. but cam is the one that i cater to. cam and that davis. he's a good player. and he's a good sportsman. what i like about all of tell, they all play like a sports supposed to be played. >> she knows a lot about football there. mary says she's never missed a game unless she had to work. she plans to watch the super bowl with her family and wear her lucky jersey. our coverage of the panthers and super bowl 50 continues online. we a special section of wncn.com where you can find other features from across the state. scroll over the sports tab and down to the panthers section. that will soon be wncn's new network affiliate. wncn will be your home for programs such as the big bang theory and march madness and the masters. don't w

mary ward is 95 years old. she lives in lincoln county. she started watching the panthers more than 20 years ago when her great grandson asked she instanted fell in love with the team and the pose made famous by cam newton. >> i love them all. but cam is the one that i cater to. cam and that davis. he's a good player. and he's a good sportsman. what i like about all of them, they all play like a sports supposed to be played. >> sportsmanship is important. mary says she's never missed a game unless she had to work. she plans to watch the super bowl with her family and where her lucky jersey. and i'm sure it'll operating the panthers luck. our coverage of the panthers and super bowl 50 continues online. we have a special section on wncn.com. panthers section. >>> a reminder super bowl 50 airs on cbs. that will soon be wncn's new network area affiliate. your home for hit programs like and march madness and the masters. our news team and dedication of viewers will not change. neither will our channel. the switch happens february 29th. we have

she is ninety five year old mary ward better known as dad and granny she said she fell in love with the panthers' twenty years ago especially cam newton cam would have been six years old at the time. mary has a special new jersey she plans on wearing for the big game and she says she has this advice for coach ron rivera came he pounded it. eat only doing it he downed a gel this year they made her feel like the prev day out on mary says she's never missed a panthers game except when she's had to work that's a fan fanatic i met her on the sidelines. a couple months and then the big news of a start dad granny is based on his ally right now i should have some football here i don't get david's favorite baseball manager wrote that would be the keynote speaker at the thirty ninth annual baseball banquet tonight working on your short term memory day would help me with this these are powers manager for the last five years three years they made the playoffs man to year two thousand thirteen last year long term memory when he was a manager for the ties nineteen ninety two nine three of the really

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oldest living carolinas panthers is getting ready to cheer he >> wearing the carolina panthers colors mary ward turned on , channel 9 to watch the panthers pride rale everyone else she can't get enough of the team. >> i love the panthers and i don't watch none other but them. only time i watch the others is panthers cause i got no interest in the rest of them. >> ward says it was her great grandson who turned her into a fan by asking her to watch a game 20 years ago. the 95-year-old fell in love with the team. >> i love them all, but cam is who i cater too. cam and that davis. he's a good p good sportsman. what i like about all of them, they all play exports is supposed to be played. >> mary, who has lived in the same home in the vale community of lincoln county all of her life, says she's never missed a panthers game except when she's had to work. ward says she most likel watch the big game with family and may wear this jersey for the occasion. we asked if she wanted t the team and coach rivera any advice before they leave this weekend. >> i would say to them, keep pounding, keep doing good. m

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this is mary ward, knife years old and lives in lincoln county near charlotte. mary started watching the panthers more than 20 years ago when he great grandson asked her to watch a game, she instantly that pose now made famous by cam newton. >> i love the panthers and i don't watch none other but them. the only time i watch the others is when they're playing the panthers. i just love them all, but cam is the one i cater to. >> mary plans to watch the super bowl with her family and wear her lucky jersey. >>> local coaches comment on how he plays the game, that's coming up in about 25 minutes at 6:55. all right. coming up next also in news, in the next half an hour, a series of crashes are making headlines around the world. after the break a near has 70-car pileup yeah i ride. one thing i've come to realize: there's no easier way to save on motorcycle insurance than switching to geico. saving money, that's something every rider should do. what is that? it's called ceviche, gary. learned to make it when i lived in tonga. tastes like uh... chicken. you should get ou

mary ward has mastered the art of the dab. the 95-year-old panther's fan, 95, ready for her team to take on the brow costs a week -- broncos a week from tomorrow. she watched the first game more than two decades ago. i don't watch none other. the only time i watch the other is when they play the panthers. what i like about all of them, they all play like a sport is supposed to tampa bay played. >> all right. put it out there. >>> ward has her new jersey ready for the big game and she is no doubt brushing up on her dabbing skills to celebrate her team. you go, mary. >> so good. >>> serena williams lost the final in if the australian open. serena williams. it was her chance to tie the record for most grand slam wins in the open era. the winner angelique kerber was seeded 7th in the tournament. this breaks williams six-time winning streak at melbourne park. >> she must have had one of patty tarpon springs pies before the game and couldn't keep up. >> slows you down. >>> time for sports with rob powers. >>> reporter: let's start w

she's ninety five year old mary ward better known as devon granny she says she fell in love with the panthers' twenty years ago especially cam newton. well that certainly wasn't well mary has a special new jersey. she plans on wearing for the big game and she has this advice for coach ron rivera came he pounded it. eat only doing it he downed a gel this year yeahh mary says she never . goodbye everyone thanks for joining us on thirteen years now daybreak on joe flanagan and i just got out the inside scoop. i know how warm it will be today a high temperature. are you ready to give the al them. don't tell them now or leave it up. it's good news though is that the really good man checking like warm weather and we love down to maybe this is that lets you know it's a pretty good forecast was the cat's eyes that are looking pretty good we've got as the sun starting to rise a little bit the sun officially comes out as seven days after some of cox's seven o eight here's a live look at downtown norfolk absolutely gorgeous noise love these really pretty when the sun starts to come up look at te

mary knows what is up. ward has her newton jersey ready for the new game and brushing up on her dabbing skills to celebrate the team. you go, mary. >> that is awesome. but i assumed that position i'm not watching the game, i am reaching for a chicken wing. wake me up when halftime comes on. chip in the dip. >> i can't believe you are not into the game at all. >> i am a little bit but i am not rooting for anybody. >> your home state team is in it. >> i left when i was 12. >> that's true. >>> will kung fu panda live up to the previous installment? >> word is it does not disappoint. having lots of devices in your home can really slow your internet down. so keep things moving with 100% now for just $69.99 a month online, get super-fast 100 meg internet, tv and phone for your first year. so switch to better, with our best offer ever. from the internet provider ranked highest in customer satisfaction by j.d. power. call the verizon center for customers with disabilities at 800.974.6006 tty/v you like being picture per

marie: coming up we'll tell you where the rare hurricane is. and its name and where it's headed next. >> reed: plus another reason to eat your veggies. what health experts are saying about vegetables and warding off back. >> marie: liberia is said to be declared ebola free today for the third time in a year as west africa appears to be over the epidemic that left more than 11,000 people dead since it began in 2014. even though sierra leone had the highest number of ebola cases compared to liberia the death toll was the highest there at 4,809. at its height ebola sparked fear around the world and governmentsd businesses took precautions. new cases have dwindled because of successful public health campaigns. in total the outbreak infected 28,000 people, killing 11,000 of them. >> reed: new research suggests eating your vegetables could actually help you cut the risk of glaucoma. the study found people who consume the most green leafy veggies were 20 to 30 percent less like throw develop this eye condition which is the leading cause of blindness than those who consume the least amount of vegetables. nitrate which helps the blood and circulation. >>> new government data shows at an older age. the

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marie is gone. so i'll be joining you. see you then. >> jessica: i'll be cheering from the sidel w weather center. you said we might be able to break out the spring ward record. >> yes and for the record i'll be there as well for the dude trifecta at 7:00. should have a couple of nice days. a high today of 63 and warmer tomorrow. we had a beautiful day today. sun drenched, clear sky. late this afternoon we got a couple of clouds. but not even a blemish to the sky. if you are heading out on this probably not the right word. mild for january. 50 degrees in the far southwest durango and blue diamond and venture over to jones and washington. they're checking in at 54. here are the numbers for the rest of the valley. we're seeing 50 in southern highlands. 51 centennial hills. 54 in henderson. it is cold on the mountain but you expect that. they're in the 30s. boulder city is checking in at 54. if you are making plans for tomorrow we're going have a upper 60s. i do believe we're going on see degree threshold. not much wind expected. light all day long. those winds are gearing up for a huge blast expected on saturday. it's pretty simple process. what we have

marie callender's. it's time to savor. >>> it was early in the morning. it was 6:46 a.m. and local reporter allison parker was out with her colleague her, camman adam wardake in virginia. allison was doing a live interview with the executive director of the local chamber of commerce for her tv station wdbj in roanoke, virginia. during that interview she and her cameraman were ambushed. they were shot and killed while doing that live interview live on the air. the woman allison parker was interviewing that day was also injured in the ambush. it all happened on camera. it happened during a live interview. this is this past summer, past august. i am not going to show you the footage of their murder, but it is what happened and it was televised live. the gunman who killed those two people, who we're also not going to show you, thank you very much, he was actually a former employee of that roanoke tv station. he'd been dismissed from his job for past incidents of volatile behavior. allison parker was 24 years old. adam ward was 27 years old. and after that shooting, after that absolutely terrible tragedy, the father of reporter allison parker, he vowed to do

ward jr. was 100% an accident. >> reporter: stewart has yet to but the fan involved, an off-duty law enforcement by his department to determine if he acted inappropriately. mary bruce, abc news, washington. >>> all right. it takes years of practice to make a topnotch surfer or skate boarder. and at age 5, quincy simmons still has a way to go and time to get there, but that's all right. she's not embarrassed by all the wipeouts. >> in fact, she loves the spills, thinks they're very funny and is known as the flying squirrel. the australian girl compiled some of her favorite wipeouts and then put them on youtube. facebook, twitter and instagram. looks like she's doing well. >> yeah, she is. >> better than i am. are you kidding? >> you could. >> no, not at all. breaking your back or something. coming up in "the skinny," another big occasion for one of our favorites. betty white, what she's been celebrating and with who. >> love that woman. and not the best end to a spacex mission. the details coming up. you're watching "world news now." details coming up. you're watching "world news now." music throughout "forget about the cowboy walk because of a saggy diaper" "