these are the counties right along the tennessee, north cherokee, clay, macononnorthern jackson, and right up to the county line on a winter weather advisory through tomorrow morning. 43 in asheville, greenville at 50. let's check on a few other communities between greenville and spartanburg. 51 in reidsville and lyman. we have been consistently seeing 13-20 mile-per-hour wind gusting to 24 in spartanburg and 10-20 plus mile-per-hour winds continuing into the evening. we will see upper 50's, but today, 54 may be the best we get up to. low 40's are what we are anticipating for highs today. we will see more sunshine tomorrow and that precipitation we are watching in the m mntains of north carolina, tennessee, and virginia, will taper off about 8:00 tomorrow morning. most of the country is blanketed with cold air. it is going to start to turn by the end of the weekend. warmer than normal weather to look forward to buy sunday. the future showing precipitation along the north carolina line changing back to snow late tonight. continuing after midnight until 8:00 tomorrow morning when it fi

from there it will go west on 13 avenue, north on cherokee street ending at the city and county building. a rally will start there at 1:00 and should last until about 2:30. >> tens of thousands of people are expected. 9news reporter nick mcgill is downtown this afternoon. how is the city and police getting ready for all the fans that are expected with this parade? described it to me, mark, as a bit of a marathon and a city representative said the biggest thing for people to expect is to come prepared. come early. be prepared to stay late. be in it for the long haul. let me give you guys a quick breakdown how tomorrow will shape up. the parade will start at 12:00 at 17th and wynkoop eventually making its way back here to civic center park for a team rally with governor hickenlooper, mayor hancock and the players. that's a wrap-up around 2 p.m. now the city of says that this is more of a marathon as i mentioned and not a sprint which is why they stress anyone coming down here to be prepared. right now you're taking a look at the city and county building. you can see them literally setting

then broadway passing center park, and then from there going on west to 13th avenue and then north to cherokee, ending at city county building. a rally will start at 1:00, lasting until 2:30, and you can watch the whole thing live noon to 2:30 and sink center -- civic center park will be celebrating: >>> peyton manning didn't lose out on money this season even though he took a $4 million pay cut. a the beginning of the season he included significant bonuses. $2million for reaching the super bowl, and $2 million for winning the super bowl. he said "first things first." >> i have a couple of priorities in order: i want to kiss my wife and kiss my kids and celebrate with my family and teammates. i'm going to drink a lot of beer tonight. buying! those are my priority the at this point. >> he was spotted celebrating with his family and his teammates. the head of marketing communications tweeted they did not pay him for the mention, but they were surprised and delighted he did. >> of course they were! >> it's so peyton to do something like that. to say something like that. >> it looked like somethin

>>holly: this just in, cherokee county north carolina schools are operating this morning on a two-hour delay. that's because of the potential for high winds. so, a ain, cherokee county north carolina schools are on a two-hour delay. >>> happening today former president bill clinton will travel to columbia to rally support for his wife. the event will be at allan university starting at 6 p.m. doors open at 4:00. you must rsvp to go. clinton is expected to outline why hillary is the best choice for voters in south carolina. he will also join the democratic members of the south carolina general assembly to discus several issues facing communities across the state. the south carolina primary is february 27th. >>jay: rick santorum postponed his event for today at limestone college in gaffney. and greet at voters in spartanburg. his campaign says it's because of low gist acl issues. his campaign is cork working to reschedule the event. >>holly: in this morning's news reel, authorities in massachusetts are investigating death of a 13 year-old boy. >>jay: just outside boston, the boy was struc

cherokee at home against north stanly. freedom at reynolds. cherokee on the road at south davidson. regionals next week. >>> well a big loss for the wnc sports community, van camp is going to be leaving as executive director. he has served since 2010, when the commission started. really helped the group scope helping them bring numerous big sporting events to the area. of course the southern conference basketball tournament, spartan race and championships. he will be missed. he'll stay there through june -- i mean, through the spring. a class act. >>> hornets down two just over two seconds ago. walker drives and scores. that was it. after his brother was disqualified. >> jason: temperatures should go from 40s tomorrow to 60s sunday. you're going to see a noticeable change sunday. outdoors, yeah, should be there enjoying it while you can. yes, the clouds increase, here come the showers. wednesday we get colder again as we trend more toward the wintery side of things. >> darcel: we'll enjoy those 60s. >> larry: we hope you have a check us out on what's all this nonsense about balls? p

then it will pass civic center park, west on 13th, north on cherokee and ending at city & county -- and ending at the city & county building. >> it is deafening here i can't hear much of anything. thanks to everyone who has been sending us photos on 9news.com. that is the easiest way to send us a photo or video clip. they showed her photo your photo on television. you are famous. >> i love it. >> that is exciting. it is cool to see how everyone is celebrating. get away from work today. thank you to everyone who is keeping the city and state the denver police. to all of the first responders, firefighters, paramedics, ambulance folks out working today keeping people safe. anytime a big production like this happens there is some of the folks working behind the scenes to keep everyone safe. >> everybody, light rail, everyone is helping to make this happen. it is tough having to put this thing together. >> so as we watch the highlights from the season, the broncos are starting so strong. someone says, the broncos are starting so strong. someone says, peyton manning will start then brock oswe

north of i-40. madison, mitchell, avery, graham, cherokee county you're stuck in the clouds. that means a chance of flurry action and even light snow. look at this band of snow coming right down i 24 here from paducka in to nashville, all the way to chattanooga. there is potential. most of this isn't reaching the ground. but some of it will reach the ground as flurries. here's the future radar here the next couple of hours. cherokee county, graham. you might get flurries redeveloping as this band works its way southeast. overall, the theme is dryer but still cold. 26 degrees outside at unca. wind chill down to 14.

and then on to broadway, passing civic center park, and from there, west on 13th avenue and north on cherokee street, ending at the city and county building. the rally will start there at 1:00 p.m., going until 2:30. you can batch the whole thing live here on channel 9 from noon to 2:30. >>> thank you, corey. 6:41 right now. the governor of north carolina was involved in a car crash right after the super bowl last night. governor pat mccroy seen here in file video, his car was rear ended by a mercedes less than the car he was in was apparently totaled, but he suffered only minor injuries, adding insult to injury literally after the game. >>> this is something we ask about daily, your safety, people's safety, whether it's being careful on the road or making sure we lock the doors at night. we try to do everything we can to keep our family safe, right? all this week we are talking about safety. we want you to have a plan of action when you go out, and 9 news reporter, colleen ferreira is joining us now. that's to start the conversation. >> that's what we are doing this week. we want to help you

until when chilly advisories for northern georgia, western north carolina and winter weather advisory's for a few counties from raven to cherokee in western north carolina because of slippery spots on roads. anything higher elevations still there permanent has fallen over the last couple of days. boone at 13, franklin, 19. mid 20's, 23 in spartanburg. you take a 15 to 18 mile per hour breeze on top of that entity is like 11 in anderson and zero in hendersonville and -2 in boone. dress warmly outdoors. average this time of the year is 56 and we make it up to 40 today with low 20's this morning. asheville regional airport average is 50, but not today. 25 may be the best we get too. much colder than normal. the big system has impacted a flurries of snow occurring in atlanta and in places like abbeville. cold temperatures abound for most of the country and we start to see this cold air back off to canada and mild air comes in by the middle of next week. today will be cold all day with 30's in the upstate, 20's in the mountains. as you look ahead, chilly mornings for thursday, friday and sunday morning. 11 in the mountains, 18 in th

a fire happening right now in north charleston, cape show you on cherokee street in north charleston, i'll zoom in right here on the intersection, and that is where it is. so we are keeping an eye on this, it is burning now and we develops. i haven't heard anything about injuries, this is a story happening right now i'll keep appear eye on it on twitter and through our friends at our sister station in charleston. >> john: a man has been indicted in the investigation of a killings of a family and washington d.c. 35-year-old darren wendt is charged in a home invasion and murder. his crime spree lasted two days include burglary, kidnapping, extortion, murder and arson after it ended with the mansion in flames. he faces a maximum sentence of life in prison without the possibility of parole. >> christine: consumer news, toyota is recalling three million suvs world wide because of problems with the seat belts. the company says the flaw could cause rear seat belts to fail. most were built between 2005-20 2005-2014. >> john: 13 after 6:00, you're never more than seven minutes away from weathe

north carolina, the cherokees, south carolina. >> that's interesting.i'm from the mountain -- i'm from the great smokey mountains, which is the cherokee country. cherokee territory. >> yeah. we get stuff from all over. >> may i leave you one? >> thank you. 50 years. >> you've been here 50 years? >> the place has been here 53 years. >> how long have you been here? >> 27 years. we're newcomers. >> up here that's probably true. >> yes. >> you have to be here 25 years before you're a veteran. >> yeah. before you're accepted. >> thank you for letting me come by. >> lots of luck. >> good luck to you. >> thank you. bye-bye. have a good day. keep cool. >> all right. >> i was born and bred in springfield, tennessee. but i'm a transplant up here. >> what's your name? >> connie jones. i used to be connie gregg. >> nice to meet you. >> i still have smi shirt like that. >> you have one like it? >> i certainly do. you wore it when you walked across tennessee. >> that's wonderful. >> and my husband and i are both thrilled that you're running. >> thank you. where do yo

roads closed between kahlenberg and cherokee. north carolina with downed trees. watch out for that, but trouble times on the interstate, all of them looking ok as we speak. starting to clear up in some icy spots. let's take a look outside and see how i-385 is looking. no 385. a look later, then. troopers are investigating at least to deadly wrecks. geoff: one of those on north pleasantburg drive and villa road. officials say a police officer was working the scene when his cruiser was hit by another car. the officer and another person were taken to the hospital with injuries. one person died at the scene. head-on collision with the tow truck. a woman was killed in that wreck around 9:30 last night on verdae boulevard in greenville and the woman died in the hospital. allyson: don't forget, you can get everything about the winter weather all in one place, the wyff 4 mobile app. there you will find updated weather forecasts, latest closings and delays and radar. it's free in the app store of your apple or android smart phone. commitment 2016 now. it's the home stretc

a batch of rain, just off to the east of chattanooga, sliding down into the north georgia mountains, also you folks in cherokee and maybe clay counties, you make it some flurries. otherwise, the biggest concern tonight is the dangerous wind an advisory tonight for the western north carolina mountains. as you can see, wind chills low zero. boone had a wind chill of minus seven this morning. the north georgia mountains, this includes you folks with a wind chill advisory from now until 10:00 tomorrow morning. look at this. beautiful, blue skies. sitting on your couch watching, it looks beautiful like spring or something. you walk outside, and the wind hits you, and it really gets to you. i will show you in a second. a beautiful sunset with the sky over lake hartwell. only 35 in anderson in greenville and clemson right now, 26 in asheville, exceed degrees currently in boone, and with the wind across the area, as you can see, it just hits you ready hard. minus two in boone. it feels like 14 in asheville. a wind chill of 24 right now, mainly in the 20's outside of the mountains. a piece of energy coming down the pik

massive search for rudolph believed armed and dangerous has been focused on his hometown in cherokee county, north carolina. >> based on eyewitness accounts on the scene and also found in the trailer, authorities officially charge eric rudolph for the birmingham clinic bombing. though where he's hiding will make finding him no easy task. >> we brought in an army officer who specialized in this type of tracking. he said, look, you could literally have an army out here walking side by side across the entire 500,000 acres of the forest, and eric rudolph could be in the middle of that and you would walk right over him. he said i've seen situations where you could literally hide an army in some of these types of places. we realized that this is like nothing we've ever done before. >> adding to the difficulty of the terrain, some residents of rural north carolina seem unsure about playing host to hundreds of federal agents. >> we had s.w.a.t., srt guys from new york city, from chicago, from detroit. did we stand out? obviously, we stood out. these people lived here all their life and they knew who was f

feel a lot colder. 9:30, 11:00, flurries along the south carolina and north carolina border, northern pickens, greenville, cherokee and ending after lunch. the mountains will continue to see flurries into the evening hours. temperatures. they range from upper 20's to low 30's and they will climb into the 40's for the afternoon. not quite that one today for the upstate. -- yesterday it got up to the 50's and not quite that warm for the upstate today. on sunday, too. another system expected to impact us on monday with a 70% to 80% chance of snow flurries on monday. that will be true for the mountains and upstate. we will be watching that closely. tuesday, a few lingering showers and warmer weather on wednesday and thursday. it will be above normal and feeling more like spring by the end of next week. allyson: several things to tell you about. i-85 south founder on highway 276 involved in, an accident blocking the right hand side near mile marker 48. also, i-85 near highway two 90 was moving slowly but has cleared. big news this morning, i-26 westbound near the highway 296 exit in the westbound lanes, all westbound l

north of i-40. madison, mitchell, avery, graham, cherokee county you're stuck in the clouds. that means a chance of flurry action and even light snow. look at this band of snow coming right down i 24 here from paducka in to nashville, all the way to chattanooga. there is potential. most of this isn't reaching the ground. but some of it will reach the ground as flurries. here's the future radar here the next couple of hours. cherokee county, graham. you might get flurries redeveloping as this band works its way southeast. overall, the theme is dryer but still cold. 26 degrees outside at unca. wind chill down to 14. digits above and below zero tonight. 6 degrees the feels like temperature in asheville. less wind in the valleys. that means your temperatures will feel like they should without the wind. zero in burnsville by day break. five degrees for the wake up. wind chills improve somewhat. lunch time tomorrow. 17 to 23 degrees for wind chill around the region. we'll get a little better in late afternoon. yes, there's still the wind and there will still be a factor. cold blast

north. buncombe county, avery county, southern jackson, macon, clay, cherokee under winter weather advisories. winter storm warnings out for most. six inches in highest elevations before it's said and done. the roadways mainly wet. will get icy later on tonight. we'll see you what lies ahead the rest of your work week. stick around. >> tammy: we continue our team coverage of today's winter weather in yancey county vpt. that's where kimberly king joins us now. >> kim: right now it is dry but it was much different earlier today. we saw a salt truck come by here. taking any chances today, cancelling school in the early morning hours. at 10:30 this morning outside ball creek elementary, parents loaded up their children as the district canceled for the day. >> we were happy. we were very happy. >> kim: fifth grader andy getting in his mom's car. not minding school closing one bit. mom monica cooper was right, by noon, big fat fluffy flakes were falling. >> you could feel the moisture starting. so it's coming. >> we had a lot of areas slick. returned. while we stood by watching dark clouds in searc

and how the cherokee tribe could be the key to making it happen. >>> now from western north carolina's news leader, this is news 13 at 11:00. >> darcel: developing tonight, henderson county deputies are investigating a suspicious death. they're also trying to find the man's son who they're hoping knows something about what happened. >> larry: 66-year-old terry butler was found dead in mountain home this morning. news 13's aaron adelson has been on the scene all day. what do deputies know about the son, aaron? >> aaron: when i checked back just a little while ago, they said they're still chasing down leads but we mayave some new information in this morning. but right now they're still happened to terry butler. this morning, terry butler was found by his sister in this home dead. she called 911 and her other brother. john butler came up from spartanburg after he heard the news. >> he didn't deserve to die. that man would give you his shirt off his back. and him poor as all get out. >> reporter: born on the same day 14 years apart, john is trying to make peace with another side of his old

>>> breaking news tonight, a north carolina couple filed a lawsuit against takata and honda for serious injuries in a car crash. the lawsuit syces the couple from cherokee county got into a low speed crash in andrews north carolina in 2013 and their 2003 hon do odyssey. the couple said the air bag aggressively exploded violently striking the wife. 13 ribs. >>> a possible seat belt failure has forced toyota to recall almost 3 million rav 4 suvs. the recall includes more than a million in the united states. it covers rav 4 models from 05 to 14. and electric vehicles from 12 to 14. row window seats could come in contact with a metal seat cushion frame. if that happens, the belts would be cut. and they would not restrain passengers in a crash. >>> right now take a look at the sunset. this is the view from our charlotte cam. gorgeous out there now. our chief meteorologist steve udelson is here to tell us what temps to expect through the evening. >> we will cool down after reaching the mid 50s this afternoon. we're at 53 uptown. down in 52 university city. 53 is where we check in with mint hill. york along highway 321, 56. notably cooler in the mountains. bet

a few flurries north the bi-85, pickens, greenville, parts of cherokee county and that will come to an end. it continues in the mountains of another one inch to two inches. it will calm down by about midnight. temperatures right now range from upper 20's and asheville, 24 in boone, 30 in spartanburg, greenville 33, fountain inn in the low 30 range. caesars head at 33, but daytime highs today will get into the 40's. and will pick up, especially in the mountains later this afternoon and tonight, making it feel colder. our next chance of wintry weather after today is going to be monday. 70% to 80% chance of the snow and wintry mix weather and then changes to rain later in the day. tuesday is a wintry mix early tuesday. it warms up wednesday, thursday next week and feels like spring again. >> good morning and this morning, we are waking up to another rough and tumble day on the campaign trail here in south carolina, where it is shaping up to be a tale of two battles. cruz going at it, including with a new ad and a series of new ads from ted cruz today hitting trump. you've also got those e

cherokee saw 11". vermillion, sd had 12.5" and north sioux city received 12.1". alcester received 11". road conditions are very bad. orange means don't travel. the blizzard warning remains in effect until 4 am for areas in purple. here's the port neal welding company skycam hd shows low visibility from the ho chunk centre. 34 was the low. here's the skycam hd in storm lake. 30 is the sioux city temperatu. local temperatures are in the 20s and 30s. wind d ills are singleleigits and teens. winds are 20 to 35 mph with gusts as high as 45 mph in sioux falls. visibility is very poor--less than a half mile inmay spots. the satellite and radar shows the system moving east, but bands of snow lingering behind it. those will wind down early tomorrow morning, as shown on our stormcast hd, but blowing snow will morning. in addition to what has already fallen, 1-2" of additional snow may be sen tonight! your tonight is for snow and blowowg snow conditions. the low will be 18 with winds gusting to 40 mph. will be 22 with blowing snow in the winds. the 7-day forecast shows quiet weather after tonight

north 45 to 50 mile-per-hour wind. the areas in yellow, including cherokee county, union county, york, chester and newberry under a tornado watch. that will continue until 7:00 tonight. as we take a look at western north carolina, we have flash flood watches in effect because of all the rain we have had. as we take a look at the latest live super doppler 4 hd and talk about thunderstorms across the area, that is the strong thunderstorm in northern york county, headed toward charlotte, down to parts of chester, fairfield county into newberry and another thunderstorm in northern pickens county, transylvania county, and more action to the west. hopefully, things will start to calm down parried strong wind at 45 to 55 miles per hour will topple more trees this afternoon. getting hit the worst right now with severe thunderstorms in parts of chester county and york county, all headed to the east and quickly paste. -- quickly paced. brevard getting a pretty good storm right now transylvania county. later this week, wendy until late tonight and colder temperatures behind this burn start to come in. it will create snow in mountain

north turkey creek area. turning to swain county... highway 441 is closed between cherokee and gatlinburg, tennessee... due to the weather. no accidents are reported right now in the mountains... but black ice is a concern for your morning drive... especially in higher elevations. i'll update you on the status of that intersection in leicester... coming up at 6. i'm lauren brigman with this on-time traffic report... brought to you by the wired mouse computer solutions. 3 3 3 the severe weather that rolled through the south and northeast left a trail of damage... and death. at least seven people were killed, including four in virginia. the youngest victim was a 2- year-old boy. the storm system unleashed more than a dozen tornadoes across virginia, florida and north carolina. 3 3 3 happening today, closing arguments are schedule to begin in an emotionally charged murder trial in o'shields faces the possibility of life in prison for the 2011 killing of toby mathis. prosecutors say he shot the victim five times to avenge the death of his son, joey. a psychologist testified p-t-s-d and the effects of a str

north and west. very light flurry activity that will not add up to much. many of these locations around cherokee, i have been checking the surface observations, just reporting very light snow. i think it stays to the north of ames this morning. it started out in the dakotas and pushed into northwestern iowa, and will continue to track to the east. for the rest of us, we stay locked in with the clouds but temperatures feeling pretty good. 34 in the metro, 33 in ames. the warmer air today stays down to the south, kansas city back to st. louis will be hanging out in the 50's and 60's but for us, back in the mid 40's for your high temperature today, low 40's tomorrow, but the entire 8 day forecast we are above average. sweeping through iowa. phone calls from a fake irs agent calling and threatening people to pay more money. kcci's rose heaphy spoke with a des moines woman who was targeted. >> they've called me twice just today, so i wish i hadn't answered the phone. rose: marlis wagner received a call similar to this one. a robotic message claiming to be from the irs telling her to call , back and p

north carolina-south carolina border. greenville, spartanburg, oconee, pickens, cherokee, york county all involved. get above 40 in the mountains of north carolina and it becomes a winter storm warning. this is the area that will be impacted the most from yancey, mcdowell, continuing to the east of their boone and hickory area. we could see the worst of this storm. edward produce snow, sleet, freezing rain as potential problems in the mountains of north carolina. the upstate will see sleet changing to rain starting late tonight into tomorrow. temperatures across the region let's check on a few other communities where it is 18 and waynesville, 16 in marshall. marshal at 15. provide a 21. temperatures today in the mountains will maybe get up to 30. it will be a cold day today. our winds aren't real strong. 5-13. even 5-6, eight mile per hour breeze makes it feel like it is in the teens in the upstate and feels like minus one in boone. they will be a cold day today, setting the stage for the storm coming in. i will run the future plus for you and you will be a look to see when it will impact the area.

due to snow and ice, avoid highway 441, that's newfound gap road, between cherokee and imat lynnberg, tennessee. drivers in the north turkey creek area of leicester here in the mountains should continue to avoid an intersection due to falling power lines. this is know land hills drive at eisenhower road, and it is blocked because of t t power lines but i was just told the power crew arrived on scene. turning to the upstate, a crash with injuries is nuclear in anderson county, it was on ballard road near cherokee road and grant road. i'm lauren brigman with this on-time traffic report brought you by the wired mouse computer solution. >> holly: the deaththoll from a powerful storm system for the gulf coast and southeast continues to rise. >> jay: reed banion reports to pennsylvania. >> we're not worried about the damage, our prayers go out to the three people that lost their life. >> reporter: the community of waiverly, virginia, mourning a mobile home, the youngest victim a 2 year-old boy, another man found dead at appomattox county ( ) and another death in essex county. >> we were sitting in the house when it went t

. >>> now from western north carolina's news leader, this is news 13 at 5:30. >> frank: a cherokee family is still seeking answers tonight two years after a loved one's body was found inside a burned car. >> tammy: but so far there's no arrest in the death of marie walking tree pheasant. rex, are investigators any closer to solving this case? >> rex: if there is new information, they're not releasing it just yet. as the investigation is continuing both here and also the the federal level. but since it's been two years, friends, family and neighbors of

. >>> now from western north carolina's news leader, this is news 13 at 5:30. >> frank: a cherokee family is still seeking answers tonight two years after a loved one's body was found inside a burned car. >> tammy: but so far there's no arrest in the death of marie walking tree pheasant. rex, are investigators any closer to solving this case? >> rex: if there is new information, they're not releasing it just yet. as the investigation is continuing both here and also the the federal level. but since it's been two years, friends, family and neighbors of it's a tight knit community in cherokee. so the news got around quickly at the end of december 2013, about the death of 26-year-old marie walking stick pheasant. the circumstances surrounding her death. >> i just heard that they found a young girl burnt in the car. >> rex: state police helicopter hovered over the scene. cherokee police suspect foul play and say her body was found inside that burned car not far from where she lived with his husband and family. neighbors like sweeney want whoever is responsible caught for the sake of closure f

. >>> now from western north carolina's news leader, this is >> larry: powerful winds take down trees in cherokee. leaving a mess to clean up. those storms also left thousands in the dark in the mountains. >> darcel: there could be more damage tonight as the rain is expected to turn to snow. we have live team coverage. >> larry: first, lets get on over with chief meteorologist jason boyer. >> jason: i think when a lot of us woke up this morning a lot on our minds was when is this over. we're getting snow flakes to mix in but nothing accumulated at this time. i really don't expect anything to accumulate until tonight. snow over the smokys, over the nantahala mountains. at times over to macon county. another batch will move in overnight. this is by no means the main that comes overnight and through tomorrow. winds blowing in asheville. winds have been gusting over 35 much of the day. they will begin to relax only a little bit. winter weather advisories from 7 o'clock this evening to 7:00 a.m. friday. you can see the snows expanding on the future cast. i'll tell you who is going to get most of it an

cherokee county. some of 3500. we got windchill advisory kick in. for moment of us western north carolina that means windchill subzero danger grewly cold toe protect yourself protect the pets. protect the pipes you know what? we are talking deans by morning windchill subder so. and our windchills in single digits leer in asheville. so, it is going guest mighty cold. 327s down 20s by 9:00 still in 20s in at 11 bit try. stay tuned later show, i will teaming up our meterologist we will time out that next winter storm and show you all of the wintery scenario n stick around. . >> with all of schools closing from the snow. alone six mountain county school system did not have class. stew z have attend will full day of school all week. that's where news 13 jones us lee too were disblissed early once den today. >> yes. school actually did start. about 8:00 this morning. here in haywood county but snow started falling shortly after that. and this district leaders decide sends kids home at 7930 --. of since students did go to school today, this is not considered a snow day. seven of them ha

all spartanburg county school district, and the cherokee county school district, will be closed tomorrow. in western north carolina, burke, graham, macon, madison, mcdowell, mitchell, and yancey county schools are closed, and so is highlands school. we do have this note. greenville county schools were already set to be closed tomorrow, because of the president's day holiday. remember, you can turn to our website for all the latest weather information. there, you can find live radar, and winter weather closings and delays. just look for the "weather" section on wyff4.com, and the wyff 4 mobile app. in our committment 2016 coverage, we go to pickens county, where republican presidential candidate marco rubio was greeted by his largest south carolina crowd yet. his staff says there was a spike in interest after the big debate last night. wyff news 4's corey davis shows senator's stop in easley. >> senator marco rubio. [applause] corey: more than 2,000 people attended marco rubio's town hall meeting at easley high school. >> there is now way i could've ever gotten 2,000 people in an auditorium on a sunday, on

burke county, jackson, macon, northern cherokee, clay, and central and southern graham county. asheville could see up to an inch. north of town we go up to three possibly. the highest end three inches in the dark blue. that extends in to southern swain, yancey, mitchell. the turquoise, 3 to 5 inches of snow fall. bulls eye could be 5 to 7 inches. no doubt little impact in the snow department south. teens and 20s for lows tonight. it's going to be cold. highs tomorrow not even getting whatever falls is going to stick and ice up those roads. 20s in the northern mountains. 40s in the upstate. low at night wednesday in to thursday morning, 12. closer to 40 by friday. drop again for valentine's weekend. down to 10 at night. saturday night the you're going to see 40s most of your seven day forecast. you too in the upstate will feel the chill. >> darcel: a bad night for cam newton and super bowl 50 got worse after the game. stan has some of the interview that has social media turning on the panthers' quarterback. that's next in sports. >>> i'd like for him to become a therapy dog eventually. i figure this is a good start. >>

. >>> a north carolina couple filed a lawsuit against tackata and honda for serious injuries they received in a car crash. the lawsuit says cherokee county couple got into a low speed crash in andrews north carolina in the honda odyssey. the couple says the air bag exploded and hit the wife. the lawsuit says she fractured 13 ribs. gets the recommended eight hours of sleep every night. the cdc recommends going as far about your sleep. they want you to adjust your work schedule to allow you to day sleep journal. 68% of north carolina adults gets seven or more hours every night. seven hours. not enough sleep is linked to a range of issues including diabetes, heart disease and depression. >>> pleas for leniency did not stop a judge from sentencing a mecklenburg county woman to 10 years after she tried to hire a hit man to kill her husband. >> this is so out of context for her. . >> the way the out pouring of support actually surpriseth judge. -- surprised the judge. >> a major intersection in west charlotte is shut down after a crash brought down power lines i'm angela hong live on tuckaseegee road. what i've learned about how long st

cherokee county. some of 3500. we got windchill advisory kick in. for moment of us western north carolina that means windchill subzero danger grewly cold toe protect yourself protect the pets. protect the pipes you know what? we are talking deans by morning windchill subder so. and our windchills in single digits leer in asheville. so, it is going guest mighty cold. 327s down 20s by 9:00 still in 20s in at 11 bit try. stay tuned later show, i will teaming up our meterologist we will time out that next winter storm and show you all of the wintery scenario n stick around. . >> with all of schools closing from the snow. alone six mountain county school system did not have class.

coming up later tonight on sports fource exa, the north boys go to heelan, and dakota valley faces vermillili. we'll haha a top-ten girls gamam between cherokee and western christian. in nebraska, two eleven-win teams meet when wisner-pilger travels to lyons-decatur. and, we'll have regional wrestling duals from westwood and sgt. bluff, as teams try to qualify for state. all that ad more coming up at ten. the gpac basketball races could be over on wednesday night. the morningside women can clinch the conference with a win over dakota wesleyan. the briar cliff men can clinch at least a tie with a win at dordt. the new naia rankings have just been released. the morningside women are still second at 24-2. briar cliff drops a spot to tenth, at 18-7. mount marty y ts into the rankings for the first time, at number-24. by the way, the naia women's national tourney starts in sioux city on march 9th. on the men's side, briar cliff wesleyan is the only other gpac men's team in the rankings, at number-16. davenport of michigan tonight: mostly cloudy. low: 5 wind: n 5-10 mph tomorrow: chance of light snow. high: 22 wind: e/se 10-15 mph et is up next...

counties.64-hundred in spartanburg and cherokee counties.31-hundred in anderson and greenwood counties.and more than 16- thousand and 500 without power in western north carolina 3 let's check in with chief meteorologist kendra kent---- with what we can expect tonight. 3 winds will be a major issue across our area through this evening. winds could gust over 50 mph in the upstate and nearly 60 mph on the mountains peaks. this will cause numerous trees to go down and power outages. many have been reported already. a high wind warning is in place until 7pm for most of our area.the tornado watch has been cancelled for our area, as the severe storms are heading east of us. the wind behind the system will affect us into tonight.expect quickly falling temperatures as the front moves through. 3 3 now lets send it over to chris scott in the pit crew traffic center. 3 3 we're watching: greenville accidents hwy 291 @ i-85 arlington rd @ wade hampton blvdgap creek rd @ wade hampton blvdroad maintenance right lane closedi-85 south between exit 60-exit 57 57 3 here's a live look at the s.c.d.o.t. cam on-- 3 back to you guys: 3 our weather coverage continues----with

the girls beat north surrey and irwin falls to central davidson by 10. south davidson beats cherokee. that's a look at sports. have a great start to your day. for news 13 sports. >> clinton in the south carolina primary. coming up, how both democratic candidates are preparing for super tuesday. dunkin' donuts' unbelievable selection of breakfast sandwiches freshly made all day -- egg and cheese breakfast sandwiches for $4. the new caramel macchiato from dunkin' donuts. let hand-crafted layers of espresso, milk, and a caramel-flavored swirl uplift your mood. indulge in a hot or iced macchiato today. america runs on dunkin'. >> good morning everybody. it's sunday, february 28th. i've i i've evan donovan. >> and i am'm zack green. rain will be returning, sure, we will hold on to the warmer temperatures for the next day, down and we are back with flakes even in our forecast. we will let you know when those will show up. all coming up in a little bit. >> the 88th academy awards are tonight. there's buzz over bold face names, big stars that could strike oscar gold for the first time. abc l

north carolina-south and here it is. this is the mike's food store in blacksburg, south carolina on east cherokee street off i-85 at exit 106. cheap at 2:00 p.m. and plan on selling it that cheap until at least 7:00 p.m. you have time to get out there and that is the place you are looking for. mike's food store at the south carolina-north carolina line and they have a line of cars backed up. the employee says she would not be surprised if there were 50 people out there. >> i believe it. and a shout-out to jason the viewer that sent that through facebook to us. >> i filled up at $1.77 i thought it was a heck of a deal. >> it is good. i bet there are 50 cars in line. >> imagine going your life without knowing your real father and getting to meet him? >> that is what happened to his woman and one decision changed her life forever. the great story is coming up. >> and chilly temperatures and they are going to get colder. the 30s. (scal): good day, m'lady! i am sir-can-a-lot, here to save you from another breakfast bore. wake up those eggs with glorious spam! back in 2012 we showed you this robbery in salisbury. the opener w

cherokee, greenville county. bessemer city and cherry cherry bowl. from charlotte.s south. 40 from statesville and hickory and salisbury north. in the 30s to 40 in the mountains. it's what you'll wake up to tomorrow morning. cooler than today. unfortunately noticeably more wet. keith will track a fair amount of rain. build that into the morning commute. allow extra minutes. start earlier. we'll see a breakthrough lunch time. before the next wave of rain arrives tomorrow night. tomorrow really not as big a rainmaker. aside from early on. we'll see temperatures hovering in the upper 40s for a good part of the day. well below the average in the mid to upper 50s. your neighborhood forecast in rock hill, wettest will be then it dries out through the afternoon. temperatures in the upper 40s. up toward jefferson. pretty gloomy day. clouds, fog, at least it will be rain. not snow at this point. as this system comes by wednesday night, we may see snow in the high country. there's the future cast, more heavy rain late tomorrow night. but the stage is set for wednesday. we'll talk more about this. christine rap joins me at 6:00 to talk

north of i-85 from travelers rest to taylor's back toward spartanburg, portions of cherokee county and back toward pickens and oconee county, impacts of ice and snow and eventually rain. here is the way the latest models show it's going to pan out. snowfall moves in sunday night into monday morning across the the snow will change to sleet and freezing rain as the morning goes on as temperatures warm up. the sleet and freezing rain will continue until around noon. the transition from sleet and freezing rain to rainfall is critical. right now we think it's going to occur around noon across the upstate. we will see more ice. eventually we will see rainfall takeover across the area and that rain could be heavy at times as the front moves through monday evening and we begin to try things up. about a half inch to maybe an inch across the area in the upstate for snow with a place of ice -- with a glaze of eyes on top. ice will be the troublemaker. for the mountains it looks like two inches to four inches of snowfall with a light glaze of ice on top. more snow in the carolina mountains. rain.

the winner of the north and east matchup.let's swing down to 3a where sioux center, sheldon, moc-floyd valley, sbl, spirit lake and estherville lincoln central meet in region cherokee draws estherville lincoln central.here's a look at 2a. where western christian and lawton bronson are among teams to earn a bye in region 1. not pictured undefeated okoboji gets a bye as well in region 2. also in class 1a kingsley pierson and mmc have only three losses between them so they earn byes as well. 3 and on the boys side the new iowa ap rankings are out. we have movement! no siouxland teams ranked in 4a but east receives votes. in 3a spirit lake stay at 6. moc floyd valley up one to 8th. heelan and sbl receive votes. in 2a western christian still number one. ridge view down from 6 to 7. pocahontas area down from 7 to 10. sioux center receives votes. and in 1a boyden hull down from 2 to 3. ikm manning up from 9 to 8. south obrien, ar-we-va, and mvao all receive votes. 3 3 3 3 finally tonight... we're taking one last look at the results from the 2016 iowa caucuses.starting with the republicans... where it looks like texas senator ted cruz will walk away the winner.the top six

north carolina border. there is a little bit of snow in swing county back over to grab. asheville will see a dusting of snow. cherokee and clay and macon will get a little bit higher elevations could see anywhere from 2-6 inches of snow. it will start this afternoon, we are already seeing a few flurries along the tennessee-north carolina border. let's take our future plus forecasts and put it into motion. we see a little bit of light precipitation this afternoon. the mountains start to get a wintry mix early afternoon. tonight into tomorrow. for the higher elevations all the way through wednesday, so it will be a big event for the county's white along the tennessee-north carolina border. the upstate will just be cold. everyone will stay cold tonight and continuing for the next few days. today may be the warmest day of the week. 30's will climb to upper 40's for the upstate. low 40's for the mountains today. a big blast of cold air rushing down from canada will impact us for the rest of the week. temperatures will be cooler, much cooler than normal all the way through sunday. today, upper 40's. still shy of the averag

north buncombe upset by reynolds as reynolds takes the title. they win the mac 3a. >>> other games tonight. avery beats polk. the big smoky mountain in cherokee. cherokee girls and boys won their title. ncissa girls, state semis. carolina day over christian. play offs for the public schools next week. >>> college baseball starting up today. in the season opener at greenwood field. nice day for baseball in february. let's go to the top of the 3rd. ball to center field. ohio does score. tough game for unca. ohio scored sixth in the ninth. western carolina falls on the road as they lose 15-2. >> larry: good weekend for more baseball games. anything else you want. >> karen: saturday is better than sunday. nice and warm both days. highs in the 60s. a good break from winter. >> larry: thank you for joining us. remember you can always check us out on wlos.com. >> darcel: be sure to find us on facebook and twitter. have a good weekend. captioning company" >> dicky: from hollywood, it's "jimmy kimmel live"! tonight -- bill maher. from "the danish girl," oscar nominee alicia vikander. jake byrd at a donald trump rally. and music from nothing but thieves

josh blatt from north henderson, dalton beaver from mitchell and ryan shepherd from avery county and anthony from cherokee and tony mcgill from mcdowell win state tiles as well. congratulations to all of these outstanding student athletes. that is a look at sports. have a great start to your sunday,, everyone, i'm luke notestine for news 13 sports. >> hope: okay the clock is ticking in the asheville escape room and my next challenge is to them. we will find out next. my tempur-pedic cuddles better than my husband does... ...but that's just between you and me. it's really cool to the touch. at mattress firm,get zero percent apr financing. visit mattress firm, america's number one tempur-pedic retailer today. now, in high definition, from the western north carolina's news leader, this is news 13 this weekend. >> evan: we have a "early bird gets the win" giveaway for you this morning, folks. yesterday, we previewed the asheville lyric opera's upcoming performance of the magic flute, with a live opera singer in the studio. >> zack: today we are giving aby two tickets to that show in early april. from, which y

north of bryson falling to the ground with the darker blue area. so, maybe over the parkway with maybe a lot of folks are not on, but cherokee as well. >>> notice a mix. this is the pink. so this is mainly the tennessee side of the border, if you will. back here in western north carolina, we are beginning to get reports in of snow in haywood county, yancey county, and clyde as well. so, spruce pine has said they have seen a few areas of light snow as well. it is falling and hitting ground in a few areas. it is not widespread and it's not expected to be a huge snow event. as you can see over the next couple hours we see the transition to sleet and the possibility of freezing rain, even a glaze across portions of the region will cause tricky travel so that's something to be mindful of as grow about your morning commute. >>> so, it's teens in the northern zones but 23 back here in asheville. ice cold enough, so the precipitation begins to fall. definitely will be wintry. >>> 27 down into the upstate, so plus, the wind, it's not terrible, but it's at 7 right now so it makes it feel colder. if the kid are regular schedule, make sure they bundle up because

north of bryson city. those moved through earlier. heavy rain in pickens and showers and thunderstorms in the northern part of spartanburg county, now over into western cherokee county. heavier showers around elbert county close to elberton. the front will finally push through, and as it does, the wind will shift to the northeast and that will get us into the stable layer. no more thunderstorms. we will see the rain, drizzle and fog tomorrow. there is a live shot from on top of paris mountain looking south. there is downtown greenville. cloudy skies with showers around the area, 58 degrees. 63 in anderson, 65 in abbeville, mid 50's in asheville and hendersonville.. 64 in columbia, 71 in charleston. a touch of spring south of the front. the system will pull in and it will get stronger texas. it will move our way through the next few days. fairly mild in the southern half of the country. getting us that transition to spring. showers and thunderstorms of the next hour or two, then steady rain and fog later. temperatures in the 40's. tomorrow, breezy and cool with a northeasterly wind in the upstate, rain, drizzle and fog. same in the mountains. overture's in the

north of bryson city and that is moving to the northeast. so as you can see, it's a very busy evening out there, the main pockets in northern spartanburg and cherokee county. greenville county getting heavy rain. now, a lot more is going to be on the way. i've got a cold air wedge that will be building in and and a lot of moisture still coming in from the southwest. and so that's going to help to keep our area covered, with at least some light rain overnight, going into the day tomorrow. drive to work after so many people have a rainy trooif home from work -- drive from home tonight. in addition to that, the temperature will be changing as well into tomorrow, many of us may stay in the 40s for the high. with the umbrella and also the coat for tomorrow, we may get into a break in the measurable precipitation tomorrow afternoon. but we'll keep the drizzle and then here a look at what's going to happen on wednesday, as the main system moves in. the cold air wedge will start to retreat and that could allow for strong to possibly severe thunderstorms during the first half of wednesday, behind that front, some left over shower, but the weather will quiet

cherokee, still on of snow to make for some slippery spots. it will be a higher elevations the jewish and coming in as the next wave of north carolina. i am not talking about south carolina or northeastern georgia. we could see a flurry or two of snow mixed in with rain in the south carolina mountains. our future plus forecast shows this impacting the mountains near the tennessee border the most over the next couple of days. it will trail off but hang around for a couple of days because we have bitter, cold temperatures setting up shop. 28 in asheville will just get into the low 40's. 34-48 in greenville and anderson for today. average this time of the year is 55. we will get there today. 48 and is the expected high. asheville regional airport average is 50. not today, 41, 42 may be the best we see. colder than that the next couple of days. that will be our next weather maker impacting and mountains of north carolina starting this afternoon and continuing the next couple of days, bringing an of snow to cause closings, dela, and we will have all that information each morning right here on wyff news four this morning. 48 for the upstat

cherokee, graham county. a lot of that moisture is not going to reach the ground. 26 degrees. clear skies over asheville. finally took all day to do that. 14 with that wind at north-northwest at 16. the first cold blast is here. we'll get a brief warm up as we go through the next 48 hours with a system diving to our south. this looks like it could bring us something. but looks like it's going to bring cloud cover back to the region. until we get in to late friday. this could be some light snow fall accumulations in the mountains north and west of i-40. then we turn our attention to the next cold blast beyond that. that comes in to the weekend. eventually some moisture meets in with that on monday. for the here and now, though, quiet weather. up until the lunch hour sunny to partly cloudy skies. the wind will still be a factor. 10 to 15 in asheville. they'll turn more southerly ahead of this next system. to get going. especially i-40 north on in to early saturday morning. late friday night in to saturday morning, could be light accumulations going. temperatures in the teens tonight from around 15 in asheville, hendersonville. 14 in franklin. low to mid 40s in the

north of charlotte. the town of dobson posted on facebook investigators think the vehicle might be a jeep grand cherokee. a newspaper reports the student, junior gonzalez is in serious condition. high school faculty says he pushed another student out of the way before he was hit. witnesses say the vehicle swerved before hittin. >>> when i heard the skid marks, you know, i thought, well, then i see him coming through my walls. >> police are looking for the vehicle and the driver. will have damage and a spare tire on the driver's side. doctors performed a successful surgery on him yesterday. >>> the way you do your taxes could be putting your personal information at risk of being stolen. a new study from experian found 7% of people do their taxes on public, unsecured networks. those are notorious for being hacked. do your taxes on a secure network. it can cut your risk of theft. make sure you have updated security software before starting your taxes. >>> mother of this west charlotte high school student murdered nine years ago now crime. >> i just feel like somebody knows something. >> next this morning, r