counties. up to .25" of ice could form on elevated surfaces across newberry, fairfield and kershaw counties. rain will become mixed with sleet/snow friday night saturday morning with a dusting to 1" accumulation possible. 1" to 2" totals could accumulate in northern newberry/chester counties. chance of seeing possible icing due to freezing rain falling for mid- morning friday, then again friday night. up to .50" of ice may form on trees and other elevated surfaces in chester, lancaster & chesterfield counties. up to .25" of ice could form on elevated surfaces across newberry, fairfield and kershaw counties. rain will become mixed with sleet/snow friday night saturday morning with a dusting to 1" accumulation possible. 1" to 2" totals could accumulate in northern newberry/chester counties. preparations are well underway in the counties north of columbia. in newberry county, deputies monitoring the roads and power lines for ice overnight. our chad mills joins us live from downtown whitmire. right now, newberry is under-- so far, we've had some rain, but it's not near cold enough to worry about

counties. up to .25" of ice could form on elevated surfaces across newberry, fairfield and kershaw counties. rain will become mixed with sleet/snow friday night saturday morning with a dusting to 1" accumulation possible. 1" to 2" totals could accumulate a grand jury in georgia has officer who fatally shot a former usc student last year outside a suburban atlanta apartment complex. officer robert olsen faces felony murder charges for olsen shot hill last march while responding to a call of a naked man behaving erratically outside the apartment. in october, an earlier grand jury found there were inconsistencies and contradictions in the evidence and recommended prosecutors investigate. a man accused of killing his wife in west columbia is now locked up near atlanta, nearly six years after the crime. ice reports that gerardo rodriguez villarreal was arrested in norcross georgia, wednesday. a murder warrant says villarreal forced his way into the home of his estranged wife's sister in west columbia in april of 2010. he's accused of hitting his wife several times in the head with a handgun then s

places like fairfield county, kershaw county, newberry county and lee county. that's where we'll see a mix of freezing rain and just plain freezing rain for about three, four, maybe five hours. that's where we will start to see at least some problems, but there's some light at the end of the tunnel on that, because look what happened? we get into the middle part of the day, and then into the afternoon notice the green moves to the north, meaning the warmer air is starting to erode away that cold air. so it won't last terribly long in the northern counties. however, if you're going to a place like rockhill or charlotte, a whole other story. freezing rain all day long, a complete mess. if you're going there, i would certainly reconsider. notice the warm area continues to move to the north. all rain for us. now if you're a snow lover, maybe a little something for you. check this out. what's going to happen is, as the storm continues to track up the east coast, it's going to bring decent snow up to the northeast, but for us what's going to happen is we're going to

in newberry county, mike desumma, wis news 10. officials say several bridges and overpasses near newberry were pre- treated to try to prevent ice buildup. they say they are continuing to work with dot to keep the roads as safe as possible. sc-dot is reporting all interstates are open and passable with conditions rapidly improving. but if you plan to travel to the upstate use extreme caution. officials sasamany secondary roads in northern counties are impassable due to snow and ice and downed trees. more than 55-hundred tons of salt are being moved to the upstate dot county facilities to help treat the roads. this year's first major winter storm is affecting travel up and down the east coast and nationwide flights canceled. many airports across new england are virtually shut down. nbc's kristen dahlgren reports from la guardia in new york city. hello from a very quiet la guardia airport. take a look behind me. it's not so often that we get to see this .. a virtual ghost town here. that means nothing going in or out. take a look thi

roads around whitmire and in other spots of northern newberry county roads are pretty slick. sheriff lee foster says, so far, there have been no major incidents. he tells me they've had to respond to a couple accident, but that's about it, and they weren't anything major. s-c-d-o-t workers are hard at work. they've been treating i-26 with a salt brine most recently. they've also treated some state roads with salt sand, including sc-121, sc-34, and sc-56. they haven't been able to treat secondary roads. d-o-t's big priority is the roads. people here in whitmire tell me this town seems to always get snow before other areas of the county because of its geography. i'm told the line was at about mile marker 66 on i-26. now, as far as trees go, d-o-t had no reports of fallen trees onto roadways. for now, the precipitation has stopped, but more is likely on the way. live in whitmire, chad mills, wis news 10. breaking news: canadian prime minister says 5 dead, 2 others injured in school shooting in saskatchewan. the grade 7 through 12 la loche community school in the northern saskatc

yellow and red on highway 176, slow traffic around an accident near the newberry county line. i-85 looking good. 26 and 40 smooth. let's see how we look around haywood road. geoff: a wyff news 4 update in the search for 12 marines after a helicopter crash. authorities found life rafts that were carried on the aircraft, but still no sign of the crew off the coast of hawaii. the military reports two helicopters collided during a training exercise last thursday. 22-year-old sergeant jeffrey sempler, from woodruff, is one of 12 missing. a vigil for sempler was held in his hometown yesterday. dozens prayed outside of woodruff city hall. family members fear the worst. gonna have a future. all the things that he would have done in life, it's not gonna happen, there's gonna be a hole there. geoff: sempler graduated from woodruff high school four years ago. his grandfather says he always wanted to be a marine. and an update in anderson county after human remains were found this weekend. the coroner has released the man's name. he says 46-year-old gary burton was identified with the ser

>> never mind. >> we have light snow moving in portions of northern newberry county. that's about it. we do have that winter weather advisory until 2:00 tomorrow afternoon. you might see a snowflake or two. not really holding my breath. for cindy crawford's new meaningful beauty ultra,

long says he and other farmers in newberry county are looking for any help the government can provide. they say they're hoping the colder weather will continue which would help the crops. over the weekend, south carolina department of transportation crews reopened seven roads, closed during the latest round of rains. the last update from the d-o-t remain closed in 19 counties because of october's flooding. this includes only one primary route closure - which is highway 193 in saluda county. crews will continue to make repairs to damaged roads as the weather conditions to allow. in 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 th

the rising water is threatening parts of newberry county too. flooding has become a constant problem at the saluda river resort. our mike desumma is in silverstreet this evening. charles, samantha this is just another area where location has become the issue since the historic october floods. the neighborhood here sits right on this creek by the saluda river. typically the shore of that creek is far back into the treeline however lately it's crept a lot closer. the river itself comes off lake greenwood. there county officials say the water level has been a lot higher as of late because of the heavy rains. that contributes to what residents are seeing here downstream. the rising waters reflooded a lot of homes that were already flooded out months ago. residents here told me for some of their neighbors --- that's a setback to getting "some of them had actually moved back in.one of them was almost done and another one had some walls and a ceiling to do and now they have to start all over again." "i've been down here for five years and i ain't never

significant snow and i i in through this area, and even for you folks in newberry county, you are under a freezing rain advisory. that starts tonight and goes until noon tomorrow. winter weather advisory for a and a winter mix of rain, sleet, freezing rain, and snow. there is your advisory until 7:00 saturday, and for you folks in newberry county, freezing rain until noon tomorrow. notice temperatures above the freezing mark. at 7:00, rain comes in, but it quickly changes to frozen precipitation through themountains of north carolina and the foothills of north carolinana as we go through a cold night tonight, the rain starts to gradually mix with freezing rain. the eye 85 corridor, especially of the upstate, the rush hour does not look good, and then with mainly freezing rain. freezing rain and snow through most of the mountains. now back to you. nigel: a big concern is now the roads. crews from south carolina's dot have pretreated them in counties expected to see the ice and and local in anderson county with more on what is being done. mandy: the number one priority for people during t

that begins tonight at 1 am it includes newberry, kershaw and other counties and last until noon tomorrow. if you are traveling of those areas pay close attention. you could run into some slick places on overpasses and bridges. so as i mentioned we warmed up in the low 50s and maybe upper 40s and 520 in columbia, 52 in st. matthews and 48 and orangeburg and manny. we will see rain moving in. it is likely to have freezing rain for the northern midland. cold rain tomorrow for many of us was 380 in tomorrow night as this rain winds down moisture moves in and we will see a wintry mix early saturday morning so that someththg to look forward to that. that's what we are expectct over the next five days. 53 on sunday, 59 on monday and break down the forecast coming up in a few minutes. but let's take a look at the traffic across the midlands. 77 and interstate 20 and 26 slow . if you are heading out of town. interstate 20 across there. slow going if you're heading out of town. it's going to take you 20 for minutes from downtown to the villages. it will take you 28 minutes to make this commute, bu

there will be a ton of cold enough air northern newberry county, northern fairfield county, northern kershaw county where for a couple of hours looks like we'll get a swath of freezing rain in here. it doesn't last. if it sticks, it won't last very long. watch what happens. the green goes north that's because the warm air takes over and pushes everything to the north. the backside of that we could see a few flurries on saturday. tonight, not as cold as it has been. about 37 under cloudy skies. here is a look at your tomorrow. warms up to the upper 40s. again,n,he showers, i put them in here at 5:00, really i want to indicate to you it will be later than that when they happen. i want to put them on the graph so you see there will be showers late tomorrow. here is the extended forecast. again, in columbia we're looking at rain. it's north of columbia that we could see a couple of hours of freezing rain. then if year lucky, we'll get a flurry. nothing accumulating on saturday. wouldn't be anything except for wow, that would be it. over to you. >> thank you so much, john. >>> coming up,

keep in mind that we have a freeze rain advisory for fairfield, kershaw, lee and newberry county's from 1 am until 12 noon tomorrow, and we are expecting the possibility of freezing rain in the northern communities. we will continue with precipitation through early saturday morning, and it will start clearing up later. high of 44 degrees on saturday, warming up sunday to the high of 53. we will definitely be tracking this winter precipitation possibility all night and right through saturday.>>> we are in contact with the school counties in through the up-to-date on any lays for

mary. 3 although there isn't much evidence of it now, folks in newberry county woke up this morning to find snow, outside their front door.news19's chuck ringwalt was there and has tonight's story. 3 --- "it's exciting for us because we don't see this down south." connie baker is one of the many in the county who enjoyed the light dusting of snow early this morning "we've had a good time. my six year old said, 'hey. mom. i know it's just a little bit, but we're going to build a little snow man.' it's lovely. it's heaven. it's heaven sent. she said,'hey. we're going to build a little one."others said they were excitied for the snow, but not the cold temperatures that came with it. "i loved it because i time and i love the snow, but it was so cold out here, i don't even want to be out here. i'd rather be inside drinking some chocolate." "i'm not doing to good because it's cold. i don't like the cold, but i'll deal with it." but the biggest concern...road s. "the roads got kind of know 3 you could be driving, looking like it snowed already, but it was just the ice."sheriff lee foster says

has been falling on and off the last few hours - this comes after the area saw snow yesterday - newberry county sheriffs office says several cars went off the road last night due to slick conditions - drivers are urged to take it slow -- especially on bridges and overpasses - county crews are continuing to watch the weather and treat roads accordingly as we continue our winter storm coverage this our caroline patrickis is live in lexington with our caroline patrickis is live in lexington with more on our current conditions caroline what are you seeing this morning? allie things have been pretty calm here this morning in lexington. but as you can see there is a little dusting of snow on these cars we're live in downtown lexington this morning. flurries started coming down around 5 am this morning. take a look at some video from early this morning. you see that light dusting of snow that accumulated overnight. build a snowman with but none the less, it is the midlands first sight of snow in this winter storm. on the commute over here, things were flowing pretty smoothly again a light dusting of s

that includes those in newberry county --- who say months after the historic floods, they're still seeing impacts from recent wet weather. news 10's mike desumma has more on that story. "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 business going. but he says he's never seen a "there's been no place for the water to go...the ground is saturated." "nothings been as bad as this year." where the weather was this uncooperative. not only bringing historic levels of rainfall --- but drought like conditions before. ones that sliced more than 300 pounds per acre -- out of his cotton crop yield. "but the quality is what's killing us." then he says humidity and dampness caused his soybeans -- to break down in their pods. reducing their market value. "these should be nice and round "and for farmers like long the wheat crop. already he says it off to a hoping there will be room for long says he projects the total year -- will cost his farm hun

we are still under a freeze rain advisory for kershaw, lee, newberry and fairfield county. this has been extended until tomorrow afternoon at 2:00 because conditions right now are favorable for a lot to still come in. the area of low pressure is still over northeastern alabama. it's not meet its weight into -- way into the palmetto state yet. the wind-chill factor there is 22 st. matthews. the windsor east. they are at 16 to 17 miles an hour gusting as high as 23 to 24 miles an hour. the wind is going right over with this subfreezing temperatures and making the roads slick. conditions were tonight -- today, we have hit our high already in the low to mid 30s. overnight tonight will be cold with temperatures in northern communities in the upper 20s and at the freezing mark in the central and southern midlands. the forecast shows we might have a little bit of a low of precipitation throughout the day -- lull of precipitation throughout the day. this will continue throughout midlands. with cold air in place and precipitation coming in, we could see a little bit of snow flurries

the rain is starting to move in, light rainfall in saluda and western newberry county. orangeburg has been hit or miss from norway all the way to utahville so temperatures aren't chilly. 46 columbia, 45 lexington, 43 in camden. we will continue rainfall throughout the morning into the midday but by midday will start to break up and by later this have overcast skies as highs today will generally be in the lower to middle 50s throughout our communities. we will have overcast skies and won't be as mild, 45 for a low tonight in winnsboro and up to 50 in st. matthews. the amount of rainfall -- we're not expect that much, anywhere from a fifth of an inch to .15 inches. we're not expecting much into tomorrow. 60 degrees on saturday, 62 on sunday. as the skies start to clear up, wind will pick up. from monday on, highs will move into the upper 40s with low in the upper 20s and lower 30s but a lot of sunshine for the four days next week. as we get ready to go out this morning, some of the roadways are wet so give yourself extra time as we look at 26 westbound by mile marker 104

they offer tax asasstance sites every year in richland, lexington, fairfield, newberry counties. it will take place tomorrow from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. at three locations. you can find those locations on our website wltx.com. >>> richland county has been hosting fled input meetings all week long for people affected by the flood. the community input and six meetings to gather feedback from neighbors. public input from the meetings will be used to compile a technical report that is specific to the county and will include strategies for dealing with possible flooding in the future. if you have not had a chance to go to one, the last meeting is tomorrow from noon until 2 p.m. in east over park. >>> be it rain, or shine, or in this case no, a squirrel still needs to eat, and in this one -- this one is determined to do that -- that. the squirrel had to snow dive, tunnel, and perform a high jump just to find acorns and hazelnut. take a look at him. [laughter] is impressive. citizens even hung out sacks of foods from the trees during the freeze. he decided to turn eating into a sport. he i

storm warning in effect through saturday night lancaster, chesterfield counties freezing rain advisory in effect until 2pm today newberry, fairfield, kershaw, lee counties periods of rain, some rain heavy at times. northern midlands have the best chance of seeing possible heavy icing due to freezing rain falling through early today, then again tonight. rain will be mixed with light snow northern/central midlands tonight and saturday morning not expecting much if any accumulation of snow. however, some icing is likely around columbia metro, high amounts chester north. sunshine by saturday afternoon this is still a developing storm, update will following during the day. a winter weather advisory has just been issued in there's been a light dusting of snow in whitmire already. our chad mills is there chad. i'm live in whitmire where there's been a light dusting of snow. the roads also starting to get slick. snow is expected late tonight which could result in patches of ice. making bridges and overpasses dangerous this will make travel difficult. county officials say if you don't have to be out and about, please stay home.

we are starting to see a light in mix moving through parts of newberry county. we will see an opportunity for rain, sleet, a we do have that winter weather advisory that includes most of the midlands with the exception of orangeburg, calhoun county. if you can avoid being on the roads tonight that is the best thing to do. tonight we expect a wintry mix to occur. looking for low temperatures of 32 degrees. tomorrow everything begins to move out then we are left with some clouds. we will take this forecast and break it down further in and tell you exactly what you can expect coming up in a few minutes. >> that advisory means we could see some freezing rain or snow making for some slippery road conditions on bridges and overpasses. several hundred tons of salt are ready to be spread if needed. sonia gutierrez spend time with the cruise tonight with more on being done. >> reporter: good evening, crews were expected to get out earlier today but as you can see they are still hard at work. right now there are 40 trucks out in the city of columbia ready to respond to an

interstate in charleston and north charleston, and they plan on widening between richland and newberry county, and they hope to cover 80 to 90% of the cost. this could take six years for the design, planning and construction. >>> resident in richland county can expect to see more construction on the roads this year, according to the new expecting to complete more than one dozen projects. since the beginning of the program, $127 million in sales tax collected to complete these projects around the county. $31 million went to construction last year, and the green streak is expected to be completed and the next few months. >>> a tire plant opening in spartanburg county, unveiling the $50 million plant, making tires for agriculture and forestry industry. 52 employees are at the spartanburg plant, and they expect to add 100 more workers by 2018. >>> a poor water advisory issued in west columbia, the waterline break affecting the customers in the 1300 block of alpine drive, and residents are urged to boil their water for at least one minute before >>> looking for a trio of shoplifting suspects, stea

live in camden, chad mills, wis news 10. most of the roads in newberry county are open closed by flooding. kings creek road off of highway 121 was one place where the barricades stayed up today. sheriff lee foster says some roads will have to be closely looked at for permanent damage, even sinkholes. the case is much the same in lexington county. several neighborhoods downstream from lake murray are feeling the impact... again the water is close to several homes that were already damaged by october's floods. some of the homes on carinbrook drive are no longer inhabitable. 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

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 given just a few days to pack up and move. willow run apartments have been bougtht by a new company and they're going to be renvoated eventually, the units here will be nicer places to live. but the tenants have to move in the short term. and for some, there is very tenants say they knew last summer the complex would change hands, but only found out december 22nd when they were expected to be out of their units so rerevations could begin. originally that date for people in the first couple of buildings was january 4th. they found out yesterday they've been given an extension to january 12th---but that is still not much time especially for longtime residents like lorena kelly. basically we want more time and we would like to have at least 30 days. we're not trying to fight the renovation. we understand it's needed but we would just like to have a little bit for

there's some ice too, but so far, things are going pretty smoothly here in newberry county. this was at about 5 o'clock or so, but people here in whitmire tell me the snow started a few hours before that around 1 o'clock and they tell me it came down pretty heavily. roads in and around whitmire are pretty slick. sheriff lee foster tells me his deputies are monitoring some problem bridges near the fairfrfld so far, the sheriff says there have been a couple ice-related accidents, but they've been minor. s-c-d-o-t workers are hard at work too. they've been treating i-26 with a salt brine most recently. they've also treated some state roads with salt sand, including sc-121, sc-34, and sc-56. they haven't been able to treat secondary roads, because, of course, d-o- t's biggest priority is the interstate and primary roads. people here in whitmire tell me this town seems to always get snow before other areas of the county because of its geography and that's not a bad thing "actually, no, it doesn't get old. i mean, we don't get it often, but it's like whitmire is a little magic spo

we still have a freeze rain advisory for newberry, fairfield, kershaw and lee counties in effect right now through 12 noon today. the temperatures right now, it is cold, 36 newberry, 43 saluda, 39 lexington, 39 columbia and a bishopville 30 for degrees. as of 6 o'clock, the wind chills are starting to affect the northern half of the midlands. it feels like 25 winnsboro, even camden 26, here in columbia feels like 32 degrees, point where the temperatures are starting to affect us. when the kids had out to the bus stop, 35 degrees, they will need their winter jacket and raingear. we may deal with a wintry mix around 33 degrees. once we start warming up by 12 o'clock, 30 for degrees, and then the heavy rainfall and the strong winds come in and we will be dealing with the strong windfalls -- winds. >>> as far as the roads, give yourself extra time. some of the road -- all of the roads are wet, some could start getting slick. and casey right now no issues from knox abbot all the way down to i 26 both north and south directions. coming from lake murray boulevard from i 26 to the willie b, 23

this came after a home search by the newberry county sheriff's office, the newbery police department, and sled. authorities say the three suspects were arrested after they tried to flee the scene. crack cocaine, marijuana, one rifle, and five pistols--one of which was reported stolen last year. they say they also found more than 1000 dollars in drug money. richland county deputies say they've now identified a man wanted for attempted murder at a gas station last month. they are looking for 19- year-old yakiem breeland. they say on december 26th, breeland was involved in a shooting at the circle k gas station on hardscrabble road. the victim has since been released from the hospital. deputies say if you know where breeland is to call crimestoppers at 1-888- crime-sc. a crime spree is sending shockwaves through the kershaw county town of bethune. police are looking for the persons -- or persons -- who have broken into several stores and homes over the course of a month. our mike desumma joins us now from our newsroom with details. mike. judi, police are working off surveillance video an

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 business going. but he says he's never seen a year.. "there's been no place for the water to go...the ground is saturated." "nothings been as bad as this levels of rainfall --- but drought like conditions before. ones that sliced more than 300 pounds per acre -- out of his cotton crop yield. "but the quality is what's killing us." then he says humidity and dampness caused his soybeans -- to break down in their pods. reducing their market value. "these should be nice and round and bright and yella." "that's where we gonna take a big hit." "and for farmers like long the long battle with mother the next big crop he's counting on going into next year is his wheat crop. already he says it off to a rough start..once again due to very wet and damp conditions." "the stalks just aren't there

especially newberry county. for the most part, few and far between. we have been seeing a little bit of sprinkles moving through over the last few hours. some light rain has been moving through the midlands. but the heaviest concentration of rain has been into the piedmont. and part of -- the grand strand. in the midlands, no rain falling at all. we're clear for now. we will be watching carefully. other than the fact that we are expecting rain, temperatures have gotten very, very warm. we have been expecting -- the 60s. sixty-one in saluda right now. orangeburg, 60. sumter, 59. in the capital city -- temperatures, 60 degrees. a cold front has already moved through. wind out of the north at 7 miles per hour. there is a cold front this morning. right over the upstate. as it moves through, going through quickly. it is basically from the piedmont region all the way down head. that -- behind that, a lot of moisture in place. the computer models show that as we go throughout the afternoon, rainfall. tapering off as we go through the late afternoon and early

. >> reporter: there was enough to reporting in newberry county loren thomas news 19 wltx. >> as you just saw daniel bonds showed you on the radar it looks like they could be getting a little bit of snow even as we speak. >>> periods of freezing rain or snow could cause travel difficults including slippery roads, back ice especially in bridges and overpasses. state transportation crews say that potholes could become a problem because of this nasty weather. >> we w wld have to dress those with cold mix asphalt. right now we are trouble having receiving asphalt. as they come back up we plan to address them. >> crews are on standby. >> we know what we had here but this is up in road in charlotte. take a look at this. they are covered with snow. this was before it got dark. more snow has been falling in the evening hours there. some places have seen a foot of snow. more accumulation expected overnight. no matter whats the nfc affected. trying to stay warm and loosen up for their big contest. if you are going to the game extraordinary event. kickoff is at 6:40 sunday night. to sleep tonig

county public works crews are continuing to monitor the roads in newberry county with the help of sc-dot. they encourage drivers to remain cautious -- as black ice can form on wet roads as the temperature drops. sc-dot is reporting all interstates are open and passable with conditions rapidly improving. but if you plan to travel to the upstate use extreme caution. black ice could form overnight due to dropping officials say many secondary roads in northern counties are impassable due to snow more than 55-hundred tons of salt are being moved to the upstate dot county facilities to help treat the roads. if you haven't, you should download the wis weather app to stay on top of the weather wherever you are. it's free; just search wis in your app store. standard data rates may apply. nasa released a stunning photo of the massive blizzard that has engulfed most of the east coast. this picture was taken from the international space station overnight, and shows a thick cloud cover hovering over states from texas to virginia. the lights in the picture are from washington d-c, baltimore, philadelp

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 neighbors have rebuilding --- just to have their homes damaged again this week. kayla bennett --- silverstreet "i talked to one of the ladies.ya know this is her permanent home and she's very upset about the fact that she was almost done and now she's got to start all over." water to the resort comes down the saluda off lake geenwood. county officials say they are keeping a close eye on it -- and at this point it looks like the rush is dying down. in just a few days, columbia mayor steve benjamin will make his pitch for millions of federal dollars to help with flood recovery. benjamin is planning to speak one-on-one with members of congress, officials at the white house, and agencies like the department of housing and urban development. there ar

for newberry county, freezing rain advisory from now until noon tomorrow. we could see some rain mixed with freezing rain, sleet, and upstate. in the pink area, that is where we are going to see significant snow and ice, snow mainly for the mountains and mainly ice for the upstate, but even to i-84 north, you're going to see quite a bit of snow. as of 7:00, rains are moving northeast. you can see how fast it moves in. the should be a cold rain in the upstate, maybe a few ice pellets, but in the mountains, it's going to be snow. in the foothills, snow mixed with sleet. snow starts to expand overnight, and then notice the freezing rain. as that northeasterly wind kicks in, it's going to undercut the precipitation. we dropped temperatures down into the low 30's in greenville and spartanburg, and that is when we are going to see freezing rain, sleet, maybe even some snow from time to time. winter mix, that is going to continue through 6:30. tomorrow night, we start to see the wraparound moisture. that is when the sleet and freezing rain is going to change over

that includes those in newberry county --- who say months after the historic floods, they're still seeing impacts from recent wet weather. our mike desumma joins us now from the overbridge farm in newberry with more on allie it was just the latest chapter in what's been a rocky 12 months for area farmers. 2015 was not going well for some because of a lack of rain going into the fall. then the tide got reversed during the catastrophic floods of october. here at overbridge farms that's caused an impact on several of their crops. owner john long tells me much like on farms south of columbia his crops yields for cotton suffered. he says the lackckf rain resulted in a lower yield --- and the portions that did make it took a hit in quality because of the heavy rains. he says that was also the case with his soybean crop which he's now in the process of selling. right now he's simply hoping his wheat crop hich was just planted will have a good growing season going into next summer. but he says with all the recent looked like lakes and i think it was 4 inches in about of unheard weather for this t

this all comes after a home search by the newberry county sheriff's office, the newbery police department, and sled which turned up drugs and multiple firearms. investigators say say they found crack cocaine, pistols--one of which was reported stolen last year. they say they also found more than 1000 dollars in drug money. the centers for disease control is warning about a potentially dangerous type of virus that is spreading throughout central and south america. the zika virus, as it is called, is transmitted by mosquitos and can cause birth defects in unborn children. so far at least 31 people in the u.s. who have traveled overseas have been diagnosed. health experts say symptoms can appear in common forms like headache, joint pain, fever, rash, and inflammation of the upper eyelid. tonight steve crump talked to health officials and travelers about what you can do protect yourself. at the international arrivals area of charlotte douglas, global health concerns are taken with a great degree of seriousness. bring up the issue of the zika virus to overseas travelers, and it's easy to find

if you get a wet snow flake in a place like newberry county, maybe. but that's going to do it for tomorrow. watch as we go through tomorrow evening. there's a couple of showers in there and it's gone. stepping forward. here's thursday. watch what happens. thursday afternoon, we have some showers. but the next storm that comes through, what's going to happen is the main part of it is going to be off to our west and that means there will be some warmer air coming in such that friday early in the morning, there's ice and snow, mainly ice, charlotte north. but for us, we don't have anything. we get rain out of this thing and watch as we go through the day on friday. again, there's the ice in north carolina for us. it's all rain. so snow lovers, don't have anything for you. we get a lot of tweets about this. around. ice and snow will be north of us. tonight, there you go. 22 again, awfully cold. tomorrow, getting the kids out at the bus stop, bundle them up. wrap them in everything. it's going to be another really cold one. we're talking freezer cold again

that help them find these suspects call crimestoppers that number one -triple-8-crime-sc. 3 in newberry county...three morning after a nearly year long drug investigation.they are 22 year old raheem jackson, 30 year old telly jones, and 22 year old jermetres kirkland.authorities say arrested yesterday at a home on taylor street. they say the three men sold drugs to investigators who were undercover at the home over the last sevreal months. all three are now facing a number of drug and gun charges. 3 3 if you received a new smartphone or tablet this holiday season, it tempting to clear out old gadgets. in this tech minute, lexy savvides explains what you need to do before selling or donating that old phone so your data stays safe. 3 3 lots to get to on news 19 this morning... grab your coffee and keep it right here... coming up, rebuilding after october's floods.from amish country to the palmetto state... how others are lending a hand. seriously? where do you think you're going? to work, with you. it's taco tuesday. you're not coming. i took mucinex to help get rid of my mucusy congestion. forg

this all comes after the search of a home by the newberry county sheriff's office, newbery police department, and sled which turned up drugs and multiple firearms. crack cocaine, marijuana, a rifle, and five pistols--one of which was reported stolen last year. they say they also found more than 1000 dollars in drug money. the centers for diseasesecontrol is warning about a potentially dangerous type of virus that is spreading throughout central and south america. the zika virus, as it is called, is transmitted by mosquitos and can cause birth defects in unborn children. so far at least 31 people in the u.s. who have traveled overseas have been diagnosed. health experts say symptoms can appear in common forms like headache, joint pain, fever, rash, and inflammation of the upper eyelid. steve crump talkeketo health officials and travelers about what you can do protect yourself. at the international arrivals area of charlotte douglas, global health concerns are taken with a great degree of seriousness. bring up the issue of the zika virus to overseas airline passengers who obviously pay attenti

most of the roads in newberry county are open again after some of them were closed by flooding. kings creek road off of highway 121 was one place where the barricades stayed up thursday. sheriff lee foster says some roads will have to be closely looked at for permanent the case is much the same in lexington county. several neighborhoods downstream from lake murray are feeling the impact... again. the water is close to several homes that were already damaged by october's floods. some of the homes on carinbrook drive are no longer inhabitable. 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

few spots of rain in newberry county, orangeburg county. rain is dissipating. the front came through the area. it ijust off shore right now. some of the rain is occurring behind it front. the cloudy ness extends to the mountains, georgia and colorado. this is -- and alabama. this is a storm system that moveup into canada. another storm system into the great lakes. high pressure dominating the country. this is good news for us. while it will be chilly for the end of the week we will warm up over the weekend. too bad. 59 augusta. 56 orangeburg. 55 sumpter and 57 in columbia. tonight we will continue to see the clouds in place. we might see a few sprinkles. most of the rain will hold off till closer to day break and then we expect arth surge of mistture -- another surge of moisture. by tomorrow afternoon that rain will be tapering off, moving out. we will start to clear out tomorrow night. by the time we get to friday, nothing but sunshine. here is our forecast tonight. low temperatures drop to 38 newberry. 41 columbia. 45 orangeburg. highs tomorrow kept down by t

parts of newberry county and western north carolina, as well as northeastern georgia. all of this is part of a cool front that will sweep through this morning until 1:00. and another low is developing in the gulf and will hit us tomorrow morning and continue through the day saturday. temperatures range from greenville and a aerson both at 46. let's check on communities in the western part of the upstate. 46 and pickens. 45 in piedmont. temperatures for this time of the year are fairly mild for overnight lows. daytime highs will be held back because of the clouds and just reached the upper 40's. d we have a light breeze out of the north at 6-10. here is a quick look ahead. we've another round of rain. a 70%-80% chance of showers on saturday. monday, tuesday, and wednesday with daytime highs for the mountains just 38. degrees. >> there are days i tell them not to sit down because they have so much energy. geoff: this week's golden apple winner teaches an all-boys third grade class. how he says he's getting great results. allyson: and a look outside from our anderson coun

friday, newberry county. you are under a freezing rain advisory. probably about your .1 inches. -- probably about 0.1 inches. look at how that forms toward the north carolina line. that expands, to abbeville and greenwood. lawrence, you will see be freezing rain mixed with sleet. that changes what frozen stuff we have to snow. snow showers tomorrow night, continuing until 4:30 in the morning. things shift to a northwest flow. this is what i am forecasting. mainly ice and through the upstate. as much as half an inch of ice. it we get that, that is paralyzing. it is going to close everything down. we will see limbs coming down on top of power lines. even a quarter inch of ice on branches, knocking some of them down. we are going to have to watch this closely. dangerous situation. mainly snow in the mountains. a live shot, downtown greenville, high pressure to the north. the main system comg in from the west, this will be the big here we go saturday morning. wraparound snow showers especially in the mountains. one-to-three inches of snow in certain ar

that includes those in newberry county --- who say months after the historic floods, they're still seeing impacts from recent wet weather. wis's mike desumma has more on that story. "highway 76 was closed out here 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 business going. but he says he's never seen a year.. "there's been no place for the water to go...the ound is saturated." "nothings been as bad as this year." where the weather was this uncooperative. not only bringing historic levels of rainfall --- but drought like conditions before. ones that sliced more than 300 pounds per acre -- out of his cotton crop yield. "but the quality is what's killing us." then he says humidity and dampness caused his soybeans -- to break down in their pods. reducing their market value. "these should be nice and round and bright and yella." "that's where we gonna take a big hit." "and for farmers like long the long battle with mother nature is far from over. counting on going into next year is hi

lancaster, chesterfield counties freezing rain advisory in effect until noon today newberry, fairfield, kershaw, lee counties periods of rain, some rain heavy at times. northern midlands have the best chance of seeing possible heavy icing due to freezing rain falling through early today, then again tonight. rain will be mixed with light northern/central midlands tonight and saturday morning not expecting much if any accumulation of snow. however, some icing is likely around columbia metro, high amounts chester north. sunshine by saturday afternoon storm, update will following during the day. the storm is continuing to cause the most concern in saturday afternoon this is still a developing storm, update will following during the day. the storm is continuing to cause the most concern in we've got our wis team stationed around the cause the most concern in counties north of columbia. we've got our wis team stationed midlands. let's head out to mike desumma, who's live in camden with more on conditions out there. and mike, new information about some schools there in kershaw county. well le

in newberry county. three men are behind bars--- after a year long drug trafficking investigation. 3 the sheriff's office - with help from newberry police and sled have charged raheem jackson, telly jones, and jermetres kirkland.officers say the three men took off when they were searching a caught nearby. 3 authorities say they found crack-- cocaine, marijuana, guns and cash inside the home. they also say-- undercover officers bought drugs from the home several times. more arrests and charges are expected. 3 the henderson county sheriff's office says they're looking for a man who forced three schools to go on lockdown. lockdown.investigators say the suspect fired shots at a home during a fight on lamplighter lane thursday.they say no one was hurt but the suspect got away before deputies arrived. school leaders say they put east henderson high, flat rock middle, and hillandale elementary all on lockdown just to be safe.the sheriff's office says the suspect got away in an older model, dark to call them if

winter storm warning in effect through lancaster, chesterfield counties freezing rain advisory in effect until 2pm today newberry, fairfield, kershaw, lee counties periods of rain, some rain heavy times. northern midlands have the best chance of heavy icing due to freezing rain falling through early today, then again tonight. rain will be mixed with light snow northern/central midlandsds tonight and saturday morning not expecting much if any accumulation of snow. however, some icing is likely around columbia metro, high amounts chester north. sunshine by saturday afternoon this is still a developing storm, update will following this sunday the panthers will take the field in charlotte for the nfc championship game. right now, bank of america stadium is covered in a blanket of snow. stadium officials are protecting the turf. last night they put a tarp over the field. and despite the snow--the team was out for their normal workout today. a snow plow had to be brought in to clear off the turf at the panther's practice facility. coming up on wis--the iowa primary is days away and the polls are all over the place. we

in newberry county. three men are behind bars--- after a year long drug trafficking investigation. 3 the sheriff's office - with help from newberry police and jackson, telly jones, and jermetres kirkland.officers say the three men took off when they were searching a home on wednesday. they were caught nearby. 3 authorities say they found crack-- cocaine, marijuana, guns and cash inside the home. they also say-- undercover officers bought drugs from the home several times. more arrests and charges are expected. 3 the henderson county sheriff's office says they're looking for a man who forced three schools to go on lockdown. lockdown.investigators say the suspect fired shots at a home during a fight on lamplighter lane thursday.they say no one was hurt but the suspect got away before deputies arrived. school leaders say they put east henderson high, flat rock middle, and hillandale elementary all on lockdown just to be safe.the sheriff's office says the suspect got away in an older model, dark colored linc

roads in newberry county are open again after some of them were closed because of flooding. kings creek road off of highway 121 was one place where the barricades stayed up yesterday. sheriff lee foster says some roads will have to be examined for permanent damage. meanwhile, in lexington county, flooding has led to several roads being closed. the s sriff's department is reporting closures in the one thousand block of hope ferry road to saluda river. the 200 block of crosby road and the 300 block of laura brodie road. officials are reminding everyone out traveling to be cautious while driving and to turn around when coming upon a road that's >>> good morning, taking a look at the headlines people in part of the midwest are starting off dealing with record flooding and rivers are expected to crest today, especially south of st. louis. the flooding already damaged or destroyed hundreds of homes and businesses a a is blamed for more than 20 deaths. president obama says his new year's resolution is to move forward on unfinished business which includes reducing our epidemic of gu

around daybreak or so you can see some freezing rain of those northern counties including fairfield newberry kershaw and lead counties and we will watch it closely as this line gets further south. right now it looks like it's going to be confined to northern counties. the rain continues potentially heavy rains that time, even up to an inch and a half, so that's another aspect. as the rain winds down, cold air spills and on the backside moisture moves in and late friday into early portion saturday. a wintry mix something we will watch saturday morning as it winds down saturday afternoon, we are left with clouds. as far as i said is concerned, i think it's less than a quarter of an inch in these northern midland counties where a freezing rain advisory is and that's until noon tomorrow. a lot of people are talking this is the thinking may be trace amounts for the midlands and we will say maybe a dusting at best and the extreme north western portions. the main priority right now is the freezing rain potential of something we will be watching closely. lows dropping down into the 30s and for tomor

that we have north in lexington county and then as you continue to work your way up to parts of newberry county along with the 26th core door. i want to expand the view out and you can see the front that was stalling the range off to the east and while just brought some rainfall to us we can see a lot more in the way of heavy showers and severe weather throughout florida . in fact if you're with his earlier we showed you some video of a truck driver catching a tornado we have video of not only the tornado coming outside caught here by helicopter but unfortunately some of the damage done as it turned over coors -- cars numerous vehicles flipped over on this busy intersection as well the national weather service has rated as an ef at 122 as you can see this tractor-trailer has flipped over . things are quieting down as we look at sky watch doppler radar showers pushing out to sea for the night and here at home just a few light showers but again it will be the story as we head into the day tomorrow. weather bug network some of you have seen rainfall it's 51 in columbia 49 in irmo. overnight we see