today, orangeburg county deputies arrested harold pratt. the sheriff's department believes pratt shot and killed 38-year-old loretta bunch last week. yesterday, family members reported that she had not been seen since friday. her car was later found at a home on old state road--where witnesses say she had been picked up by a truck driver. she was discoverd dead today in a waterway in holly hill the orangeburg county sheriff's department is investigating the case. a national car company is lending a helping hand after police say someone stole a quadriplegic man's specialty van on christmas eve. now-- our billie jean shaw reports he's getting back some of his mobility for the past four days, robert mccurdy says he's been stuck in his home. on christmas morning he discovered someone stole his only means of transportation but today he received a late gift. after learning about the robbery, achieve mobility, a wheelchair accessible van company donated a van to robert and debbie mccurdy. the company is lending the couple the van until thursday. a

we're sitting at 71 in orangeburg. columbia at 70. the cold front that was trying to move through yesterday has stalled out so the stationary front has been allowing a lot of moisture to be pulled in because of it. the computer model shows a very big depiction of moderate rainfall throughout the morning. but to the north, a lot of heavy rainfall is expected and that will continue into the upstate as well as into the central portions of the midlands by tonight, a little bit of clearing. all over again. at midnight tonight, south of i 20 and upwards of about three quarters of an inch of rain. in the upstate, 1.75 inches of rainfall by midnight. highs today will be in the lower to middle 70s. 70 and wadesboro. 74 in sumter. a high of 75 in orangeburg. during columbia, 100% chance of rain. a couple of thunderstorms could develop. overnight tonight, we will continue with more rainfall and a low of 64. our lows will generally be in the low to mid 60s. 63 in saint matthews. a little bit cooler in salida. 60 in newberry. as we get ready for a

orangeburg at 73. couple spots in the 60s but those spots 30 degrees above normal based on what we should winds from the south 10 to 15 miles a hour, wind shifting to the west pushing the rain on through. i notice the rain is more diminished state than earlier, we were seeing good showers off to the west but those are waning at the moment. i think we will see the rain out soon. if you don't encounter the rain you will encounter wet roadways, please be careful as you head out for the morning commute. we will see rain in and out. i think the rain will be mainly in the next hour and then we see it slow down much like yesterday, cloudy, maybe a little sun at times but not expecting a lot of sunshine today but a very warm forecast and we will stick with highs around 80 today. 76 tomorrow. good chance of rain in the forecast wednesday into thursday but i think by the time we get to the new year's eve festivities thursday night the rain should be moving out, nice and mild for us, that is good news if w we can

orangeburg 72. cooler in newberry at 68 degrees. the whole setup now is we have a stationary front sagging over the northern part of the state and an approaching cold front. but as this makes it's way to the palmetto state it will stall out from the upstate to the lowcountry. so our rain chances will continue especially for today. highs from the middle to upper 70s. we could be breaking a record of 79 here in columbia. overnight tonight we'll still have rain showers and opportunities for light to moderate rain, lows in the lower to middle 60s. as we get ready for our famously hot new year, rain chances are going down. now a slight chance for rain by midnight 52 degrees. we're on track for a nice new year's eve. but we have to get through the rain. good chance of rain tomorrow, starting of a little bit of fog in the morning. high of 74. 70 new year's day. chances of rain will slowly diminish into the evening. and winter-type weather, we're looking at sunshine for the weekend and temperatures start dropping rapidly. and by monday morn

down in orangeburg and raining over in sumter. and the trajectory of this rain keeps it to the south of columbia. so we might see a few sprinkles, but for the most part it's been great outside. so it has been mild. now here is the front. it is very slow to move through and it may be after midnight before it comes to the area. then once you get behind the front there's not much run. i think we'll be fine. but right now it seems like all the south. now. across a good part of the country with the high pressure that is angered back, but extending in to the southeast. all the way in to the northeast kind of the island of the warm weather. it is 61 at greenwood and augusta, but 68 degrees here in columbia. 69 degrees with rain down in orangeburg. notice them keeping that rain just to the south to move it out. all likely to see the cloudiness around midnight and it will stay that way through the morning and midnight tonighgharound 60 degrees. in contrast to last year where it was brutally cold. this year it will not be. skies will start

tonight temperatures haven't 73 here in columbia, 71 in sumter, 74 degrees in orangeburg. notice to our north up at rock hill they are 61 degrees. we have been watching this. you can see the rain that was moving through the coastal region. we have been watching this area of rain that has been moving through georgia has now movedo the upstate region and moving to saluda and newberry counties. the front has cut through the northern part of our state. it's just south of rock hill. the cool air has been backing into the mountain region. the front hasn't made much progress south this evening. right now i think we will stay south of the front in the warm air. you can see the rain off to our west. the major storm system is in central illinois. you can see the snow over parts behind that system temperatures are in the teens. oklahoma city 27 degrees. in chicago there it is 35. we are one of the warm areas of the country. it is warm. you will probably wake up to showers in the morning. then tomorrow night mostly cloudy, slight change of any rain. once we get into wednesday we see a

today, orangeburg county deputies arrested harold pratt. the sheriff's department believes pratt shot and killed 38-year-old loretta bunch last week. yesterday, her family reported that she had not been seen since friday. her car was later found at a home on old state road--where witnesses say she had been picked up by a truck driver. the orangeburg county sheriff's department is investigating the case. a football legend could be taking his next big showdown into a courtroom. the denver broncos are hosting the cincinnati bengals tonight on monday night football. and the attention will be on quarterback peyton manning, but not because he is still recovering from a foot injury. in the wake of accusations of using performance enhancing drugs, manning is now considering suing a documentary called "the dark side" aired sunday night on al jazzeera america and alleged that an indianapolis drug ring supplied manning with h-g-h during his recovery from neck surgery in 2011. the former pharmacist who made the "clown prince" of the harlem globetrotter

monday, orangeburg county deputies arrested harold pratt. the sheriff's department believes pratt shot and killed 38-year-old loretta bunch last week. she was found in a holly hill waterway yesterday. her car was later found at a home on old state road--where witnesses say she had been picked up by a truck driver. the orangeburg county sheriff's department is investigating the case. a quadriplegic man in columbia is getting help after he says someone stole his handicapped accessible van from his home on christmas eve. robert mccurdy says the stolen van was tailored specifically to transport someone in a wheelchair. since last week -- he says he's been stuck in his home. sunday, a wheelchair accessible van company donated a vehicle for him to use for the next few days "i mean who would do that, a handicap van, that's but now to know that their are good people, we had offers from several people offering their personal vehicles to try and help us and now we have one that we can use." the mccurdys will be able to use the donated van until thursd

. >>> orangeburg county depututs continue to investigate after finding the body of a holly hill woman. 38-year-old laretta bunch was found off of a highway. they believe she was shot to death. harold pratt has been charged of murder. bunch and pratt was involved in some of argument before. bunch disappeared. he is expected to be in court tomorrow. >>> we now know the name of the man who was killed yesterday. 62 keith pruett junior. mark has been arrested and charged with his murder now. it happened just before 5:00 in the 1100 block of antioch in east over that's over highway. before the shooting investigators say his wife was taking pictures when the victim an akwans stopped and exchanged words. deputies say he shot him in the upper body. have a gun and did not then anyone. >>> protest took to a closed cleveland street after a grand jury decided it would not indict two police officers in the death of 12-year-old tamir rice. last year police were called to a rec center of a male waving a gun around. they did not know that pistol was a toy and did not realize rice was just 12 years old

today, orangeburg county deputies arrested harold pratt. the sheriff's department believes pratt shot and killed 38-year-old loretta bunch last week. she was found in a holly hill waterway today. yesterday, family members reported that she had not been seen since friday. her car was later found at a home on old state road--where witnesses say she had been picked up by a truck driver. the orangeburg county sheriff's department is investigating the case. an eastover man is charged with murder after investigators say he shot and killed his neighbor after an argument over a fence. authorities say 49-year old mark volstromer shot and killed keith pruitt junior at his home on antioch amez church road yesterday. officials say pruitt got into an argument with volstromer's wife about the fence line dividing their properties. when pruitt got out of his truck, investigators say volstromer shot him. richland county deputies are continuing to investigate. for the week ahead--we're looking at on and off showers. ben tanner gives us an update tonight... s

them the two in newberry but it might be 77 in bishopville and orangeburg. it is going to be another very warm day. even on wednesday a little bit better chance for rain with a high of 74. there will be a friend coming into the area on thursday. we will see some showers around with a high temperature of 70. the good news is it does look like the rain will be ending year's eve. as we get into new year's day it will be turning colder. it will be 58 degrees and dry over the weekend. we will continue to see cold air coming in. 55 on saturday and 52 on sunday. by next monday we are expecting a high temperature of 48 degrees. don't pack your coats away just yet. >>> the faa estimates about 1 million drought ended up under christmas trees. estero members take to their new toys, there are questions about safety. >> this is not just a toy. it is something that could endanger peoples lives if you use it irresponsibly. >> people using the drones as a hobby do not have to be certified or trained. expert say they could put a lot of people at risk. >>> the hoverboard is o

thats all in 3 in orangeburg county... the suspect in the murder of a holly hill woman... is expected in court today. he's 45-year old... harold pratt. deputies say pratt and the victim... 38-year old... loretta bunch... were involved in an argument before bunch disappeared around christmas. bunch's body was found yesterday... a waterway off of highway 453. they believe she was shot to death...pratt has been charged with murder. 3 in eastover...deputies have arrested a man they say shot a man after an argument. he's 48-year old... mark volstromer. the shooting happened just before 5 sunday... on the 11-hundred block of antioch amez church road... in eastover... that's off of highway 378. investigators say volstromer's wife was outside the home when the victim... 62-year old... keith pruitt junior... and an acquaintance drove by. that's when the victim stopped the truck... and started to exchange words with the woman. deputies say when the victim got out of his truc the volstromer shot him. he has been charged wtih murder. 3 3 3 us are just getting back from our christmas v

and 73 in orangeburg. and in anderson they're behind the front at 62 degrees. the computer model showing tonight we'll see cloudy skies, rain towards daybreak. and we'll continue to see showers off and on tomorrow and tomorrow night. and then it tapers off and the computer model wants to get the chance in for a few showers for late thursday afternoon. when we take a look at the rainfall -- and this has just been updated -- still in the range of a half inch to an inch and a half of rain, more of the rain may be occurring in the northwestern part of the state. and that's something we'll be rivers, for tonight lows 61 in newberry. 65 in columbia and camden. and tomorrow we're expecting a high of 71 in newberry. and 75 in columbia and sumter. and maybe up to 77 in st. matthews. here's the 7-day forecast. and that chance for rain pretty likely tomorrow. and then on thursday we see a few showers around. they'll be scattered. and the rain will come to an end. and on new year's day it's going to be cloudy and turning cooler. 58degrees. and dry over the weekend with dec

tomorrow we will see high temperatures of 72 in newberry, 76 for camden, 77 in columbia in orangeburg. our seven-day forecast will be wet. tomorrow a chance of showers but a better chance of rain on wednesday and thursday. the front will be in the area and we will cool off by thursday. we are expecting a high temperature of 70 degrees. right now it looks like the rain will end before the festivities begin on new year's eve. it will be dry for new year's day. we are expecting cloudy skies and cooler temperatures. we will continue to cool off over the weekend. it will be dry and 55 on saturday. it will be 52 on sunday. we have not seen that in a while. >> for everybody make in the new year's eve plans, looks like it will be dry. >> i think the rain will and thursday afternoon. >>> it is time to get a check of what we are working on for sports tonight. >> we are talking clemson football. preparing for an orange >>> when talking about the matchup between clemson in oklahoma, most eyes are focused on the quarterback battle. as the saying goes, offense wins games but defense went championsh

at the orangeburg county sheriff's office, billie jean shaw, wis news 10. the columbia city council officially has two new members. they were sworn in just a couple the newly elected members along with mayor steve benjamin all said they're ready for a new era of leadership where working together will be a priority. there were about 200 plus people there as councilmen howard duvall and ed mcdowell took their oaths. councilman moe baddourah, who ran unapposed also was reelected and took his oath today. mayor benjamin did not endorse either duvall or mcdowell; he endorsed their opponents. the mayor and councilman baddourah have also butted heads in the past on various issues. duvall says there's a new dynamic on council now, but he says what happened today is not a changing of the guard. "no. we're going to make our case to council. we're going to dialogue over it. we're going to make our case to the people, and if in fact, you know, that becomes a reality, you know, it's democracy at work, but we're not going to stop pushing to move this city forward." the el

in orangeburg, billie jean shaw, wis news 10. authorities are still on the scene of a shooting that happened this afternoon in sumter. it happened around 2 pm along with a gunshot wound to his arm. his identity has not been released and investigators are saying little else at this hour as police activity continues. we'll keep you updated as soon as we get more information. troopers are investigating after a police car crashed early this morning. officials say the 2009 crown victoria lost control and crashed getting onto i-26 from lake murray boulevard at about 5:45 this morning. the police car is registered to the city of irmo. troopers says the driver was thomas speers. they say there are no charges pending at this point. coming up on wis: he claimed he was too rich to go to jail for killing four people. now he's locked up again, accused of skipping the country break the texas teenager who avoided mexico. and authorities aren't sure when he'll be brought back. ethan couch and his mother are now accused of fleeing the country. nb

mid-60s, 65 for a low here in tomorrow high temperatures maybe about saluda. 75 in columbia and orangeburg, and 74 in sumpter. and looking ahead over the next still expecting that rain but at this time it still looks like out. 70 for a high with the it will be cooler for new year's day. we'll see he a high temperature of 59 degrees. dry over the saturday. 57 on sunday and cooler air to start next week. it will be sunny but we're expecting low temperatures near freezing, 53 on monday, 54 for a high on tuesday. and that's significantly cooler than what we've seen lately. >> everybody is looking at new year's eve going wait a minute, we're going to be outside. >> well, you know the 50 percent chance of rain but most of that is going to be during the day. we're hoping everything ends by afternoon. >> if you need a coat it might be a raincoat. >> you'll neat a jacket. >> all right. thank you so much. >>> time to turn our attention to sports. a little clemson >> coming up next we're going to hear from mike williams. >>> the dead storm system that slammed the country this week leaves hundreds str

orangeburg deputies arrested harold pratt, yesterday. the sheriff's department believes pratt shot and killed 38-year-old loretta bunch last week. she was found in a holly hill waterway sunday. family members say she had not been seen since her car was later found at a home on old state road -- where witnesses say she had been picked up by a truck driver. an eastover man is charged with murder after investigators say he shot and killed his neighbor after an argument over a fence. authorities say 49-year old mark volstromer shot and killed keith pruitt junior at his home on antioch amez church road, sunday. officials say pruitt got into an argument with volstromer's wife about the fence line dividing their properties. when pruitt got out of his truck, investigators say volstromer shot him. deputies continue to investigate the case. a quadriplegic man in columbia has some help getting around again after he says someone stole his handicapped accessible van from his home on christmas eve. robert mccurdy says the stolen van was tailored speci

the orangeburg county sheriff's department is investigating the case. this afternoon troopers are investigating the crash of a police car. officials say a 2009 crown victoria ran out of control and crashed while getting onto i-26 from lake murray boulevard at about 5:45 this morning. the police car is registered to the city of irmo. troopers says the driver was thomas speers. they say there are no charges pending at this point. coming up on the news at 4: we saw deadly terrorist attacks halfway around the world, and right around the corner in the american south. catastrophic flooding came up. and a controversial flag came we'll take a look, next. your first alert traffic starts announcer: one candidate tough enough to take on the bully... jeb bush: donald, you're not going to be able to insult your way to the presidency. that's not going to happen. (applause) announcer: one candidate tough enough to take on isis. jeb will destroy isis... and keep america safe. jeb bush: the united states should not delay in leading a global coalition to take out isis wi

sumter, orangeburg already at 77. 74 downtown. 75 at the airport. wind maintained out of the south bringing more warm and moist air. humid atmosphere coming our way this afternoon. the rain mainly back to our west, that's where the strong line of storms going through birmingham at the moment but i plan to see a slightly diminished form of the system. i'll have details coming up in a few minutes. >>> eric: if you're hitting the roadways, get ready to pump your brakes. take a look, this was the scene on i-26 in columbia yesterday and aaa says this traffic is only going to pick up. from now until january 3rd more than 100 million people are expected to travel more than 50 miles from home because of lower gas prices and higher incomes. those roads seeing their share of accidents this weekend including this rollover at north main and sunset drive. it happened yesterday afternoon near the family dollar. >> rochelle: according to columbia police, one person was hurt. cpd says the nissan flipped and hit a telephone pole after colliding with another vehicle.

orangeburg, 77. here in columbia, sitting at 74 degrees. we will be getting to temperatures very likely breaking records. seventy-nine, for the high today. rain likely this afternoon and into the evening. a low of 65. other than fog tomorrow morning, a good chance of rain throughout the day tomorrow, with a high of 74 degrees. we will look at the seven-day forecast and the famously hot new year's eve forecast in a few minutes. mary. >>> continuing coverage. fema assistance, you now have an extra day to do so. the deadline has been pushed back to january 4. if you have already registered, you don't have to do anything. but if you need to register, you can. just go to our website at wltx.com. you can find a link under the flood recovery tab. >>> the man suspected of killing a holly hill woman and dumping her body in a slump is expected in court today in orangeburg county. deputies say 45-year-old harold pratt and the victim, 38-year-old loretta bunch, were involved in an argument before loretta bunch disappeared around christmas. investigator

warmer spot is orangeburg and manning up to 77 already. we are certainly on track for another warm day, record 78, that's well in reach based on the warmth we are seeing and likely to see the temperatures climb through the afternoon. radar and satellite have been mostly quiet since early this morning. we saw pretty good rain. all in all rain fall totals including yesterday's rain including the rain we saw overnight have been modest, only a tenth of an inch downtown. less than a quarter inch for us at the airport, a couple spots seeing decent output from the rain but all in all compared to essentially see a minimal impact from that last night and yesterday. winds are up out of the south and southwest 15 to 20 miles per hour, consistently wind gusts upward 25 miles a hour. even some instances get up to 30, very breezy afternoon coming our way as we check out what is happening on the national scale. we are looking at -- the scrag he'll front left over from what -- the straggly front left over from what we saw will pull that in, notice the voi

the man charged in the christmas day murder of an orangeburg county woman made his first appearance in court today. harold pratt was arraigned on charges he shot and killed loretta bunch whose body was recovered in a waterway under an overpass five miles south of holly hill. bunch was reported missing christmas day. richland county deputies are looking for a burglary suspect who certainly isn't camera shy. this is surveillance video of a man deputies say broke into a-m-pm food mart on parklane road back on december cigarettes, and lottery tickets. if you recognize this man you're asked to call "the richland county sheriff's department".the "affluenza" teen and his mother who fled the u-sand evaded authorities nearly two weeks ago are in custody tonight. ethan couch was convincted in a 2013 drunk driving incident and was given ten years of probation. if prosecutors get their way...he and his mother...tonya...will now face (nans) has the details. 3 two recently elected council members and one re- elected took the oath of office this afternoon. at-large councilman howard duvall and distri

truck ran into the back of the lawnmower when both were traveling west on windsor creek road in orangeburg. the victim's identity has not yet been released. deputies in kershaw county say a poorly secured go-cartanded two suspected burglars in custody. investigators say early sunday morning, drivers reported seeing the go-cart fall off a trailer behind a white pick up truck. when deputies caught up with jonathan byrd and annie phaneuf in the truck, they found several stolen a-t-v's and drugs.an ohio grand jury will not charge any officers in the 20-14 police shooting death of 12-year-old tamir rice in cleveland. rice was shot while playing at a recreation center near his home. the 12-year-old was holding a pellet gun when he was shot. the two officers involved in the shooting said it looked real. the lead prosecutor says it was reasonable to believe the officer who fired the fatal shot felt threatened. many of you in west columbia will be without water service tomorrow. town officials say a relocation project means customers on more than 20 streets near leapheart road and mineral springs r

sonia moghe reports from people lost their lives. 3 an arrest in a christmas day murder out of orangeburg county. deputies say the body of 38-year-old loretta brunch was found in some water about five miles south of holly hill, off highway 4-53. brunch, a manager at a holly hill fast food restaurant, was last seen christmas day.investigators believe she was shot to death. 45-year-old harold pratt is charged in her murder. investigators say pratt and brunch got into some sort of argument, shortly before her disappearance.and the holiday weekend violence stretches to richland county...where there were three shootings, one of them deadly.abc columbia's latest tonight. 3 3 investigators are still looking for information on two of these shootings...the incident on bridgecreek road, and the shooting on hard scrabble road.if you have any information... call crimestoppers...at 1-888- crime-sc. deputies in kershaw county say a poorly secured go-cart landed two suspected burglars in custody. investigators say early sunday morning, drivers reported seeing the go-cart fall off a trailer behind a whit

. >> an orangeburg county man in court facing a judge and the family of a woman investigators say he shot and killed. >> anded with just over 48 hour left in 2015, will the rain be out of here for the new year's eve and day celebrations i'll let you know. >> and a christmas day tragedy has become a christmas miracle at columbia police make an important find. the news at 10 starts right now. at 10. >>> first on fox tonight, you are looking at video at a crime scene. but this particular case has a happy ending. earlier this week we told you ant columbia man whose handicap accessible van was stolen on christmas morning. just hours ago police founded it abandon. police were able to search the vehicle for evidence and give it back to its owner robert mckurry sever hours after they made the find tonight. monday a midlands rental company donate and customized van to him so he could get to work this week. it there are no suspects. we'll bring you the test when it'svailable. >>> new at 1 1now, a midlands mamaaccused of killing a woman and dumping her body in a creek informs court this afterno

orangeburg county deputies say they found lauretta's bunches body. she was last seen on christmas day. shot to death. pra it, -- pratt is due in court soon. >>> and the coroner says 52- year-old keith pruiet died sunday. mark volstrumer is facing murder charges. investigate hers say there have been an on going dispute between the victim's wife and is suspect. >>> also tonigig a columbia man robbed on chchstmas mornrng is still hopipi to find his stolen van tonight. but things are getting a little easier for him while police look for the robbers. >> it wasn't your typical vehicle. the victim is handicap. and the van is custom it put his needs. a miracle of sorts is. cooing out of a tragedy. he took something. >> reporter: he woke up christmas morning like so many others. excited to spend the day with his family. but the excitement quickly faded. when he realized what had been stolen. >> my attendant came in and said where's your van? and it was gone. >> reporter: he says it took several monthst to customize and cost him over $60,000. now she has no wa

lows of 16 newberry,64 for columbia, 67 orangeburg in sumter, tomorrow we expect clouds of showers to keep across 68 in lexington, 70 in sumter and 74 and manning. 7 day forecast, drive for the most part, cloudy new year's day and 59, driver the weekend, increasing clouds, 54 saturday, by monday another surge of cold weather, low temperature of 35, 555 getting down to 38 by tuesday morning with a high 52 and warm-up wednesday with a high 57. >>> standing here with my friend sarah simmons,, decio. i'll be honest with you, we need to rise for the occasion for the holiday in new year's eve parties tomorrow. everything you have looks amazing, and we're going -- people to stop by your shop and put in a different container. >> we really wanted to have a place where people could swing and get things to put it on the table and pretend they made it. >> i love the way you start from scratch talk about it. >> everything we make us from scratch, the maker on proteins, breads. troester on meats, everything is in the house. we would make the cheese if we could. we believe in buying the best ingredi

orangeburg county deputies say the body of 38- year-old loretta bunch was recovered monday.... from a waterway five miles south of holly hill. bunch had been missing since christmas day. and there's more charges for a north carolina mother of a 6-month-old baby found dead on christmas eve. the lincoln county sheriff's office charged stephanie manslaughter. preliminary autopsy results could not determine how the baby boy died. tillman's husband came home from work and found the baby unresponsive and naked lying on a couch inside the family's home. deputies say tillman was in a back bedroom with the family's two other children... and appeared to be intoxicated from prescription medicine. the search for a burglary suspect in richland county continues this morning. take a look at this is surveillance video. deputies say a man broke into "a-m/p-m food mart" on parklane road back on december 14-th and took cash, cigarettes, and lottery tickets. if you recognize this man call the richland county sheriff's department or crimestoppers at one-triple- eight-crime-sc. in sumter... three me

it was raining up state. 65 degrees in greenwood. 78 in sumter. 67 in colombia and orangeburg. it is sagging a little in georgia. it will not come through until later tomorrow. much of the rain has ended. we have another batch of rain in the florida pan handle. behind it we have a lot of cloudiness. it is chilly. we are the lone hold out for warm temperatures. right now it is cold in the nation's mid-section. rapid city, south dakota is 6 degrees. we will see showers around day break coming through the area. it will continue off and on into the afternoon. by late afternoon most showers will be south. a slight chance of rain during evening hours. it will be cloudy new year's. 64 in colombia. highs tomorrow generally in the 60s. 65 in newberry. it may get up to 74 in manning. it will be cooler new year's day. decreasing clouds. another surge of cold air monday with a high of 55. with a high 3 starting with college football and this time tomorrow night, clemson hopes to be headed i >>> we are starting with college football. clemson hopes to hopes to ring in the new year with a win

the orangeburg county sheriff's departmemt is investigating why one of its deputies shot a dog. early this morning, deputies were responding to a call of shots fired shots fired on stilton road when they say a pit bull charged one of them in a quote "extremely aggressive manner." one deputy shot the dog in the leg, then realized the dog was on a chain. animal control took the dog to a local veterinarian to be the orange bowl has started and clemson fans are on the edge of their seats. the game is on espn. joe gorchow reports from florida. a sea of orange invades south beach to ring in the new year. clemson fans turning sun life stadium in miami... into their own death valley... take sot "when you're 13-0 and have a team like clemson and a coach like dabo you can't help but follow them." oklahoma's played in more orange bowls than any program in the nation... so there fans feel like the sooners run this city. take sot "we're the miami sooners. we own this place. we're the miami sooners we're not intimidated by these people. we own this place. we live here. they're the intruders."

once you are south of orangeburg little rain there. here's the front, stationary across northern georgia and the upstate of south carolina. the rain is shifting east into north carolina. the front is going to move our way, pushed by the area of high pressure in the central plains. as it comes through tomorrow, we'll see more of that rain shifts more to the east, tomorrow night we'll see the cooler air coming in. right now, this is what it looked like today. high temperature of 65 in anderson, but 76 in columbia, charleston 82 degrees, it's 72 in charleston. 66 in sumter, 68 in columbia and 64 in greenville, our computer model showing everything is shifting offered to the east, we'll see showers coming through tomorrow morning, by tomorrow afternoon everything begins to shift to the south through the lowcountry of south carolina. we'll be cloudy tomorrow night, only a slight chance of a light rain, we'll be cloudy for the first day of the new year. for tonight, we're expecting low temperature in the low to mid-60's. 64 in columbia, tomo

and 77 in orangeburg. sumpter, 76. newberry, a little more cloud coverage and cooler at 66. here in columbia, we're at 74 degrees. a little bit of sunshine out. very humid. and 82%. wind out of the east, , southeast at 9 miles per hour. this storm complex has not given way at all. this is an aerial flood warning. little rock, springfield, missouri and into peoria, illinois. all of them are expecting record flooding. a lot of showers and storms. it has to do with this very concentrated area of low pressure. it has been moving from the deep south, into parts of the upper mississippi valley. as it makes its way through, you will have increasing rain chances. but at least the rains we're expecting today will not be as extensive. highs will be very warm. lower to middle 70s. here in columbia, a high of 76 degrees. a chance for afternoon showers. a better chance for showers, light to moderate, overnight tonight. a low of 67. all the lows are in the lower to middle 60s. as we make -- as it makes its way through, the storm will come through and the cold front -- which is well behind

a little heavier band moving into parts of western orangeburg county. here in columbia light rain in 71 degrees. light winds out of the south high for today. light rainfall throughout the afternoon and evening. overnight totoght still a chchce or two. low of 54 degrees. tomorrow as the skies begin to clear we are looking at a high of 58 degrees. 74 -- seven-day forecast and new year's eve forecasts coming up in a few minutes. merry. >>> continuing coverage. an attorney for bill cosby says the entertainer will be cleared of the sexual assault charge for which he was arrested yesterday cosby is accused of drugging and assaulting a woman at his home almost 12 years ago. cbs's kenneth greg is at the montgomery county courthouse with the latest. reporter: bill cosby remains free on the -- free on bail after his arrest and arraignment after sexual assault charge. he was booked wednesday for drugging and sexually assaulting former temple university employee andrea according to the 23 page complaint, cosby gave can't stand three blue pills he claimed were herba

temptress 6464in greenville, 69 columbia, 76 and orangeburg. across the country the cold weather to the west and midwest, 9 degrees in rapid city. computer model shows the rain will continue to diminish and see out -- additional showers move through, and the case again tomorrow, but as we get into tomorrow night it should be cloudy, and stay cloudy through friday. are forecast for tonight expecting low temperatures in the 60s, 64 in columbia, tomorrow highs of 65 in newberry, 69 in columbia, 74 in a look ahead, rain tomorrow comes to an end and new year's day, expecting cooler weather. 59 degrees high temperature over the weekend, 54 saturday, 57 sunday, colder next week by tuesday a low of 28, high temperature 52. >> a hard freeze next week? >> preparing yourself cut you thought you are done. >> without we had kicks winter. >> postponed until next year. >> still ahead, 3 coming up in the evening news, fall from grace, comedian bill clause be -- cosby faces assault charges. >> a flood emergency missouri where the rivers continued to rise. >>> c

it is still 71 degrees in columbia and orangeburg 68 but notice upstate a little bit cooler 58 in anderson. take a look at of the amount of moisture. you know how humid it is in mildlands. our dew point in the upper 60s. here is that front there. the dew point temperatures are lower as low as 52 in greenville. the last six hours. they quickly kind of dissipated. now we are watching a new batch of rain that is moving southwestern georgia. this is moving to the northeast around daybreak. that area of rain in georgia is on the warm side of the front. behind it we do have cooler drier air that is moving into the eastern part of the country. we are one of the hold outs for it is still warm here. look at the cold weather over the rest of the country. in fact, at this hour it is two degrees in rapid city. in denver it is nine degrees. dallas they are 42 degrees. our comeerld showing that for tonight we will be cloudy, we will be seeing rain coming in at daybreak. we will see showers into tomorrow night. look at thursday. most of the rain stays to our as much rain as it was earlier. this is good n

the orangeburg county sheriff's departmemt is investigating why one of its deputies shot a dog. deputies were responding to a shots fired call in the 700 block stilton road around 1:30 this morning when they say a pit bull dog charged at the responding officer in a quote "extremely aggressive manner." the officer fired twice -- striking the dog once in the front leg. deputies then realized the dog was on a chain. animal control took the dog to a local veterinarian to be treated, and it's expected to make a full recovery. we're expecting an update from sce&g soon water level at lake murray. the spill gate from the lake murray dam was open around 4 this morning because lake murray can't exceed it's licensed operating level of 360 feet -- which it was about two feet shy of before the spill gate was opened. we're told the gate will be releasing up to 18- thousand cubic feet per second into the lower saluda river. officials say there is no need to panic as they are simply releasing water to make way for expected rain and inflow over the next few days. sumter police are looking for le

a man on a riding lawnmower has died after a crash with a pickup truck in orangeburg county over the weekend. the highway patrol says it happened just after 11 on saturday night. authorities say the lawnmower driver and the ford pickup were both traveling west on winter creek road when the truck hit the mower in the back. troopers say the man driving the mower was killed. his name has not been released. the truck driver wasn't hurt. highway patrol troopers are looking to track down a driver who fled from an accident over the weekend. it happened near the percival road exit on i-77 north -- just after 8-30 saturday night. troopers say a pickup truck made an improper lane change and hit a car... sending the car off the road and into some trees. this afternoon we found out the driver was released from the hospital. the pickup truck took off. if you have any information about this hit and run, call crimestoppers at 1- 888-crimes-sc. up next at four: the new federal budget ..means some big checks will keep coming to the palmetto state, but critics say the country can't afford it. plus, th

a man on a riding lawnmower has died after a crash with a pickup truck in orangeburg county over the weekend. the highway patrol says it happened just after 11 on saturday night. authorities say the lawnmower driver and the ford pickup were both traveling west on winter creek road when the truck hit the mower in the back. troopers say the man driving the mower was killed. his name has not been released. the truck driver wasn't hurt. family, friends and loved ones gathered this weekend to remember an outgoing high school student who was killed last week in a car crash. 17-year old glenn rabon, junior, also known as "tripp" was a baseball and football player at summerville high school. students gathered at summerville high school for a vigil on saturday. the stands soon became empty as everyone shifted to surround his family in prayer. "everybody knew him. he smiled all the time" "always had a smile on his face" "literally could put a smile on anyone's face" "he was always smiling always happy" the rabon family has set-up a memorial scholarship in "tripp's" honor. richland county deput

it's 70 up in rockhill, 72 for columbia y and summer it, 73 degrees in orangeburg. our computer models showing tonight. you can see that rain coming in during the morning hours. we'll continue to see showers into the afternoon. that moves on out. tomorrow night it will be cloudy. any showers will be along the coast. it's not until we wednesday to see more showers in our area. the low temperatures in the 6 0s. tomorrow we'll see high temperatures in the mid-70s. 72 in newbury, 77 for columbia and orangebu are,g, 78 in summer it. our 7-day forecast looks like this. we'll be seeing better chances for some rain on the rain should end before the festivities begin move. on new year's day, we're expecting mostly cloudy skies and cooler temperatures, high of 58 degrees. it will be dry for the weekend, turning cold each day. by the time we get to next monday, we're expecting sunny skies, but a high >>> we'l >>> making sure your christmas gadgets are not a tomorrow cutting the cord on all those usb ports and chargers. the smart way to plug in your tech that saves you >> plus

almost 80 in orangeburg. winnsboro, it's cooler, that's where the rain will continue to fall the heaviest through this afternoon and evening. be very, very careful. in terms of the rest of us, it's going to be showery. in terms of the major flooding or threatening flooding, that will be north and west of columbia. rochelle, more on this coming up in a bit. >> john, thank you for keeping us up to date on that. once again, the sheriff out of newberry county asking residents that are impacted not to go out the house if they do not have to. john, we'll have more on that story coming up later. >>> happening at this hour, amidst dozens much accusations, comedian bill cosby has been charged with first degree prosecutors say they found in evidence on an alleged assault in 2004 back in philadelphia. this is the first charge for the 78-year-old who has continuously denied allegations of assaults from more than 40 women. cosby will be arraigned in court later this afternoon. if found guilty, cosby could face up to ten y

for assistance is this sunday, january 3rd.you can go online to wltx.com for all the info 3 3 in orangeburg county...the man accused in the murder of a holly hill woman is expected in court today. deputies say... 45-year old... harold pratt... and the victim... 38-year old... loretta bunch... were involved in an argument before bunch disappeared around christmas. investigators found bunch's body yesterday in a waterway off of highway 453. they believe she was shot to death. pratt has been charged with murder. 3 meanwhile in eastover... richland county deputies have man after an argument. he's 48-year old... mark volstomeme the e ooting happened just before 5 sunday... on the 11-hundred block of antioch amez church road... in eastover.. that's off of highway 378. investigators say volstromer's wife was outside the home... when the victim... 62-year old... keith pruitt junior... and an acquaintance drove by.... stopped the truck... and started to exchange words with the woman. deputies say... when the victim got out of his truck... volstromer shot him. he has been charged wtih murder. 3 a mid

monday, orangeburg county deputies arrested harold pratt. the sheriff's department believes pratt shot and killed 38-year-old loretta bunch last week. she was found in a holly hill waterway yesterday. her car was later found at a home on old state road--where witnesses say she had been picked up by a truck driver. the orangeburg county sheriff's department is investigating the case. keep it tuned right here to w-i-s news 10 for more of the "today show". and get breaking news first at >>> it's 8:00 on "today." coming up, oprah gets candid. >> inside every overweight woman is a woman she knows she can be. >> the media mogul opens up in a revealing new campaign for weight watchers, but will her personal message about keeping off the weight pay off for the company? >>> then you winterize your homes and cars but what about your body? tips on how to stay healthy as the weather gets colder. >>> and a rare treat. meet the grateful young boy who is overjoyed by a delicious gift. >> and i'm not going to share this. >> today, tuesday, december 29th, 20

we'll start with the latest out of orangeburg county where a man is charged with murder, after a woman missing since christmas day was found dead. today, deputies arrested harold pratt. the sheriff's department says pratt shot and killed 38-year-old loretta bunch last week. yesterday, family members reported that she had not been seen since friday. her car was later found at a home on old state road--where witnesses say she had been picked up by a truck driver and she was found dead today in a holly hill meteorologist ben tanner joins me now as we take a look at the deadly storms moving east - keeping

orangeburg, some light showers. north as well. so, we have the light rainfall out there. a little bit heavier in parts of claireton county. sumter, manning, keep that in mind for any driving you may be doing along 95 tonight. and as you take a look, towards, even just getting outside of claireton county. but lynch burg, parts of lee county, sumter county as well. not dealing with the rainfall at this time. off and on tonight and into the first half of tomorrow before we finally get this pest pesky front to move out. we'll pause this. for new year's eve. likely cloud we. a few light showers. 8:00 many of you getting ready to go to dinner before you new year's eve celebrations. or maybe heading to wherever your celebration may be, we'll have some showers. the -- the latest model runs have that front now east of 95. and the shower threat mainly along 95 and east of that. i should say thas what i am mainly seeing. some of the newer runs trying to inch some of these into lexington county. given this is one of the first trends, precome innocently east -- redominantly. then movi

.>>> in july a quadruple murder roroed the small orangeburg county town of holly hill. four people were found dead inside a home on old state road and an 8-year-old boy who was also shot survived the attack. 36-year-old christopher dean wright is the father of three victims. investigators say he is not the killer they say put the victims in harms way because of the lifestyle that he leads. they say he sold jugs from the home where the shooting took place and no arrests have been made for the murders but investigators believe at least two people are responsible. >>> in february a murder suicide took place on the campus of usc. the richland county coroner fayed died after he was shot several times by his ex-wife who then turned the gun on himself. the shooting happened at the new school of public health where he worked. >>> in 2015 two midlands police officers were killed in the line of duty. forest acres police officer greg alia was shot and killed while responding to a call at the richland mall on september 30. the 32-year-old left behind a wife and young son. he was th

authorities are investigating why an orangeburg county deputy shot a dog. deputies were responding to a shots fired call in the 700 block stilton road around 1:30 this morning when they say a pit bull dog charged at them in a quote "extremely aggressive manner." one deputy shot the dog in the leg then realized it was on a chain. animal control took the dog to a local veterinarian. and it's exexcted to make a full recovery. following a fire at a luxury hotel in dubai multiple explosions rocked the address hotel this afternoon--early reports indicate about fourteen people are injured. new year's celebrations continued as scheduled in downtown dubai--a fireworks display still took place across the plaza at the burj khalifa--whihc is the tallest skyscraper in the world. hundreds are gathered there for the fireworks show. at this point officials say they have contained the fire at the 63 story building for the most part. officials say they believe the fire started on the 20th floor of the building. the cause has not yet been determined year for both the state of

assault and battery.the victim word on her condition. 3 covering the carolinas today--- - 3 the orangeburg county sheriff's office says the body of a 38-year-old woman missing since christmas has been found...and a man is now locked up-- charged with her murder. murder.harold pratt is accused of killing loretta bunch...and dumping her body in a local waterway.the sheriff's office says she and pratt were involved in some sort of relationship...and argument...leading up to her disappearance. 3 we're learning more about one of the men charged in the death of a pastor's wife -- who has ties to the upstate. officials say one of the suspects...is now charged in another killing. killing.prosecutors say "larry taylor" is accused of robbing and shooting "rolando gonzelez- hernandez" in the head on november 4th. 4th.he's one of three men also charged in the murder of amanda blackburn.she was once involved with the ministry at newspring church in anderson with her husband davey.the two moved to indiana--where they began their own church.amanda was shot and killed inside her home on november 10th.she