it will produce some patchy sleet, some snowflakes and oconee and pickens county. chris: and this is moving through huntsville, alabama, and it may give them some snowfall in rush hour. john: yes, perfect time for them, and that will likely hit us around 9:00 or 10:00 tonight. chris: in our area, in pickens county and oconee, some impressive snow and sleet showing up. john: and also around clayton and dillard, and all of that precipitation is racing off very quickly. this is all moisture coming off of the gulf of mexico, moisture it will not stop, and then there is that northeasterly wind that is driving inlook at the high temperatures aftete midnight last night, and then it has been dropping all through the day. look at this, chris. most of us in the 20's right now. likely accumulate on the ground as the grounds has had time to cool, and we are continuing to see the temperatures drop. in north carolina, one area picking up 6.5 inches. john: half a foot. at the airport, about an inch and a half, but at the asheville airport, 10.6 inches, a record amount of snow on

have been tracking it all morning across especially pickens county, greenville county. down towards greenwood, broken up a little bit more. snow still coming down in lawrence. you are getting a nice dose. greenville, down over towards easley -- this is a fresh dose. maybe a nice quick inch came through in some areas. this is the last big batch of moisture coming in. now, what we will feel is the winds pick up. today. the temperature slowly getting above freezing by lunchtime, and passed 10:00-11:00, most of the snow will be done as well. it is beautiful this morning. here is a white view into spartanburg. winds are called. snow has been light. in asheville, the snow has been more often on this morning, but it will remain throughout the afternoon, a little later into the day. with temperatures only in the 20's and winds quite gusty, windchills are in the single digits. we do have reduced visibility across the area. that is more going to be an issue later today because of blowing snow. after the record snowfall yesterday, there is a lot to blow ground. many reasons to sta

of thousands of students in pickens county now has a better outlook. corey davis tells us how the district is making progress, after a risk of losing its accreditation. corey: i spent a lot of time going through this report about the pickens county school district. it's nearly 5o pages long, but it basically says that the school board is getting their act together, and that's good news for students and parents. the threat of losing accreditation become very real last year, when pickens county was given its second strike by a monitoring agency called advance ed. just the idea of possibly losing the status was scary for parents and students. one major downfall is that a child's diploma wouldn't mean anything after they graduated. advance ed said the leadership of school board members was a major problem. but now, all of that appears to be getting better. advance ed's latest report reveals that district leaders are taking steps to update policies, and attend training sessions. >> it's great for the students, anything, we should have positive reports comin

pretty strong over pickens county, what has he any, anderson county, wars, here comes. some areas thinking of a quick inch -- picking up a quick inch. this is the last hurrah, as far as snow goes. more often on through the day, where we will see a very much lighter by late morning and into lunchtime across the upstate. our woodruff road skycam, we have a few cars out there this morning. things will be staying very cold . as the winds pick up, we will keep the windchill very low as snowy in spartanbubu. conditions, with some -- c conditions calm with some light snow. windchills, single digits. getting new snow totals in, i will share those coming up in a bit. geoff: talking about windchills, you can see the traffic light there. allyson: they are shoveling. geoff: while we talk about the icy roads, the snow continues to come down as well. allyson: troopers responded to more than 70 accidents. they said that the most happened over 24 hour span. troopers say a fatal wreck did happen on interstate 95 in johnston county near kenly that crash involved three passenger vehicles.

3 from western north carolina stretching south all the way to pickens county...this is a live look in pickens right now. where you can see snow on the ground.we've got all your winter weather coverage...now at four! 3 flurries are falling in northern greenville county! this is a live look along highway 25! 3 with bitter cold temperatures...and accumulation expected!a live look in asheville...where they've seen snow earlier in the day and are now bracing for black ice tonight. 3 we're seeing snow, sleet and light rain now, plus we're 3 good afternoon. i'm cody alcorn.diana has the day off.. winter weather is sweeping across our area this afternoon...and has prompted early dismissals from schools in western north carolina. evening classes at mcdowell technical community colleged...as well as church services at brevard community church...and renfew baptist church in travelers rest.also in greenville county-the school district says all evening activities are cancelled.all after-school programs and activities must end by six this evening! 3 from the upstate to the mountains...we're seeing

pickens county here, the state number there. i do not know if we have those mixed, but i do know that spartanburg county and pickens county is very close.allyson: the blizzard is turning out to be just what was promised for the mid-atlantic states. this is the national mall in washington, d.c.. the snow is expected to continue into tonight. leaving two feet or more in some spots. allyson: 8:22 now. welcome back. we have a shot here from vanderbilt campus. a state of emergency was declared there. the winter storm is expected to continue into this morning.geoff: came down hard there. here is what it looked like in north georgia. they were out clearing roads in henderson county. workers had to get off the route that the roads, more than 20 counties are in a state of emergency becaallyson: back in our area. we will have more of that in just a minute. geoff: check out this video here. if you can recognize stadium. like it's of snow there, but if you are a panthers fan, you recognize the stadium. the practice field is right next to the

near highway 93 pickens county. and tonight - county council is holding a to be a hoc we toylast week... several lawmakers sent a letter to the state department of health and environmen control. ymg coa ash... dangerous to the environment. the county did sign an agreement with the agreement with the county nearla decade ago .. to dump construction debris in this field but lawmakers "mrr picken llc" ... *never* told the county it wanted to dump coal ash... that's the part that has everyone so upset. "i don'tit d to awtd ti aiooawdfthpl aalneyiaeiru a certain.livi nrwi tni" we readout to the landfill developer... but the only number 7 news could find... was disconnected. the meetinis underway...rig ht now. we'll let you know what happens..coming up at 10 and 11 tonighg. happen tomorrow .. inspectorswill be atu energy's oconee nuclear power plant ..evalunhwear and tearoopower cables .. it was spotted last month .. onstarp transformer. that's a problem because o transformer help provid power to plant safety equipment. a

corey: district officials say act and sat scores in pickens county are among the top five of all counties in south carolina. >> it's great for the students, it's great for the teachers. if anything, we should have positive reports coming out of our school district, and no negative reports. corey: advance ed will no longer send out, they will know out -- no longer send out people to monitor the district. the school district will have to send in a progress report at the end of the year. corey davis, wyff news 4, in pickens county. gabrielle: now to some at least two people and five attackers were killed and many wounded today in a gun and bomb assault in indonesia today. isis has claimed responsibility. the first bombing happened at a starbucks, causing customers to run out. the video is here. at the same time, two other suicide bombers attacked a nearby traffic police booth, killing themselves and a local man. a spokesman for president obama says the u.s. will stand by indonesia's government as it works to boot -- bring those responsible to justice. michael: more questions than answers ton

the best chance of accumulation will be in the mountains of south carolina through pickens county and oconee county, where you can see a trace too maybe a not a strong system, not expecting much of a travel problem in the upstate. it is the mountains i'm concerned about. 16 degrees this morning at the greenville airport, 38 the high this afternoon. started off at 11 degrees at the asheville airport, but the winds made it feel below zero. 28 a live shot from downtown greenville, clear and cold. 36 in greenville, 32 in spartanburg and gaffney, 33 in union, 34 in laurens and newberry and greenwood. 36 in anderson, 38 in walhalla, 35 in pickens, 35 into collect. winds very light except for the northern and central mountains of north carolina. northwest winds at 10-15 miles per hour. cold in the deep south, 38 in columbia. all the way down into orlando, they are bundled up right now, 49 degrees in orlando. in tomw morning. tomorrow afternoon, the snow through western north carolina, north georgia, kind of falls apart as it moves through the mountains. this is 7:00 tomorrow evening. the low

pickens county, you're certainly going to see ice mix in as well. it's going to try to scoot down right here. also, northern akoni county, sleet, snow, freezing rain. french broad river valley, scooting down into south carolina, right now seeing some warm air infiltrating that. that's changing to snow, to in with all that. a mess along 26 and up through i-40 right in here. some areas along i-40 going to see a foot of snow later on today. jackson seeing very heavy snow back towards wayne county. we're watching the temperatures. we're at 32 degrees in spartanburg. it's 30 in charlotte. we've got two forces happening. one, cold air moving in from the northeast. two, warm, moist air moving in from the south. the two collide right over our area, and we're creating an icy mess across the carolinas. look at the future plus forecast. very latest computer models showing, as we move in to 9:00 or 10:00, this is going to be the heaviest of the freezing rain from spartanburg to greenville. that freezing rain, due to the cold air moving in from charlotte, will sc

now...a man accused of killing a pickens county high school football coach and his neighbor suddenly dies. the details, straight ahead. 3 the powerball jackpot grows to more than **600 million dollars after no one hits big in wednesday's drawing. when you'll have your next chance-- coming up. 3 3 today will be partly cloudy with highs back in the low 50s-- but some showers are possible by friday morning. 3 good morning.... it's thursday, january 7i'm ben hill hilland i'm lauren elise, with traffic reporter chris scott and meteorologist nicole papay. thanks for joining us on the 3 partly cloudy skies with highs in the low 50s area-wide. clouds increase tonight with lows in the 30s and 40s. light, spotty showers arrive on friday and will remain on &; off all day, highs in the low 50s. friday night dries out, with more rain by saturday afternoon. 3 ((wrap up)) 3*********hold****** *********hold******we're watching this in the pit crew traffic center.no accidents or delays 3 later today a man accused of seriously injuring a newborn baby is expected to go before a judge in oconee county.

we want to send you to pickens county now. ni that is what aly myles is. -- that is where aly myles is. aly: four degrees and wind makes a difference. if you have been watching since the morning, it had been raining clemson and now we are getting hit with ice pellets for point. very cold out here and very dangerous. now that it is at 32 degrees, we there he liked accumulation, -- very light accumulation and it is starting to stack up a areas. not so much on the roads, but with all of that rain that we saw this morning, if the temperatures stay at 32 degrees or continue to drop, we are going to see a lot of black ice in the clemson area. try to stay inside if you can. if you do go out in your car, keep yourself safe and give yourself extra room. aly myles wyff news 4 live in clemson. gabby: thank you. we have shown you what all of our reporters on staff have been bringing back to the station, but a lot of you are the ulocal reporters and we count on you to show us what is going on. nigel: here's a look at snow in travelers rest

downed trees and pickens county and anderson county. also, want to take you through some stranded cars on i-26. that is near highway 64. roadway conditions in asheville are not good. hendersonville, to stranded cars on i-26 in the flat rock exit and when you're the biltmore if you do not have to get on the roadways, stay at home. if you do, drive safe and give yourself extra time. geoff: thank you. in the weather center with chris, and we have seen this storm change are magically. chris: -- storms change dramatically. chris: it has been, and it will pile up. as you move from rutherfordton, three .2 inches, blackrock at three .8 inches. for them greenville at about .5 of one inch and travelers rest at three inches. that is more than greenville city. live super doppler 4 hd showing us that rain and snow line going back-and-forth. cold air brushing up from the northe in as it moves from the northeast and transition as the snow for longer. it will eventually go to freezing rain. that line is moving north and getting rid of the snow in spart

and oconee county schools in the oconee county county and you pickens county and oconee county schools in the upstate are on a two hour delay this morning.several others in western north carolina..and this is just the beginning--as we prepare for what could be a major winter storm--bringing a lot of ice and snow.you're 3 welcome back to the morning news on fox carolina--we're taking a live look at...clemson 3 milkshakes are usually a staple of the summer months -- but one restaurant has people in the big apple rushing to get them now. 3 the store is called "black tap" and their milkshakes are being called "over the top". the creative sweet treats are 15 dollars and are all over social media like facebook and instagram.workers fill the them out with frosting, candy, cookies, and cake on top.black tap also offers themed shakes depending on the time of year. 3 now to weather 3 with nicole 3 partly cloudy with highs in the mid-40s. showers push in tonight, then change to freezing rain and sleet for the mountains and far northern a winter storm watch is in effect for many upstate an

carol: anderson county, more than two hundred, pickens county, more than 860. michael: and here is a look at the latest numbers from blue ridge electric, greenville county a little more than 500, akoni nearly 300 and 50 still without power. and troopers have so far responded to 395 accidents today alone. carol: in north carolina, they say there were more than 70 this morning. it was a fatal wreck that occurred this morning, and six people have died since wednesday on the road. troopers advise you to take it easy, especially in this weather. we have put a link to these closures in the main weather story on wyff4.com. michael: and there is the brunt of this storm, western north carolina taking it. carol: let's check in with my arenas -- with myra ruiz. myra: the snow was falling so fast, and it was very heavy, things were very difficult for drivers today. it is bad, and it is going to be worse. myra: it made it hard for people to appreciate a day like this. >> mostly, i hated it. i made it up to the top of the hill and then 360ed back down. myra: this held up traf

wednesday, i contacted the pickens county school district. they released this statement, saying, quote: graphic "the "pickens wrestling raffle fundraiser" referenced on the attached ticket is a fundraiser being conducted by the booster club associated with the pickens county high school )s wrestling team. the pickens county school district is not conducting this fundraiser, and the district has no supervisory role, control, or authority with regards to the booster club." i reached out to the booster club, but i got no response. i also checked the pickens wrestling twitter account and by wednesday afternoon, after i made several phone calls about the raffle, the tweet had been deleted. some folks in the area say they don t think the gun raffle is a problem because hunting in the area is so popular. coming up next at 4: it was a confrontation between students and a missouri professor that sparked outrage. now the professor could lose of the challenger tragedy. nasa will pay will tribute to the crews of apollo 1 and space shuttles challenger and

. >> reporter: in his 37 years in law enforcement, 22 as pickens' county assistant sheriff, morgan lost sleep tossing and turning over a better way to prevent death over chases. >> we have warning systems for tornadoes, hurricanes floods and lightning but more people are killed in high-speed pursuits than all four combined. >> so he and his wife got to work teaming up with the pickens innovation center last year. there are many aspects of this project that are still under wraps. they're planning for a march unveiling, but the bottom line is this is life-saving technology that will alert people close to police pursuits and stop them in their tracks. >> it will be a simple notification. >> says the director mark reid >> it arrives to the community members within a radius of the pursuit and changes their thinking. >> reporter: the statistics show there is a death every day stemming from the 35,000 police pursuits each year. it hit lose to home in september when a north greenville fire lieutenant died in a wrong way crash, hit and killed by a suspect in a police pursuit. >> it is not going

this man is also being held at the pickens county detention center. yesterday...a judgeend bond for jermaine fields. deputies arrd e. 36 year old ...at his job. fields is charged with criminal sexual conduct....accu sed of molesting a teen ... multiple times ...between 2013 and 2015 ...at home in lov and fgi. we know you edhelp.hiis cryfor help.-- an upstate pastor ... some thies churches... in union county... have been hit by burglars. -2- churches on the same road... were hit the same night. a third... was bn into... earer this wee "fairview baptist church"... on neal shoals road... was one of e churches targeted. authoritie tell us..thieves cut the power to the building ... got inside. and went room to room...looking for money. pastor ross wilson... showed us the damage... where a door was pryed open. he says... it could've been. twe: --- 2:13:02-08wee thulhanoinwatan,otng ge t russtl d t this happened.--- pastor wilson says... now... his congregation look into adding more serat thhuh. union county deputies filed more charges against this man .anup

we would check in in pickens county. allyson: we were seeing a lot of rain, i think you has turned to snow. aly? some issues there. i don't think she knew we were coming to her. we have team coverage all over. geoff: mike showing us the conditions on the road. a good bit of ice right now. mike: you can take a look behind me. the intersection is pretty much a mess, a solid sheet of white. there has been a good bit of trafc here in this intersection. there has also been scraping by cplows. the roads definitely are slick. what is interesting is this part of spartanburg is really a ghost town. of course, it is early in the morning, but more than likely, more traffic on a saturday than we are seeing now. we are in a parking lot of a gas station. it is open. we have seen a couple of cars get gas and go in the story. there are couple of stores, fast food restaurants, and a gas station appears to be the only that is good because hopefully it will keep people from getting on the roads. it is hard to tell what lane you are in if y

spartanburg and cherokee county and then down through pickens and through northeast georgia to raven county. collapses right here. couple more hours of this sleet between 7:00 a.m. and 10:00 a.m. this snow and sleet will change to freezing rain. for some of us, that will not happen. the northern part of the upstate will see this. these areas will eventually change back over to freezing rain. you will get an oreo of snow and then ice, and then snow later on this evening. pickens county has a summit snow. the snow line collapses in the last frame. seneca will see some snow soon. clayton is looking at snowowight now. we have torrential downpours of heavy snow in the asheville-hendersonville area. back to were jackson and haywood county we see very heavy snowfall right now. it is a wintry wonderland. it is right around freezing in the upstate. temperatures are interesting. you can have snow above freezing will cool to 32 degrees but higher up in the atmosphere warmer air moves in. that will transition many of us to ice and that is the concern because roads can be treacherous. you can see

anyone with information should contact the pickens county sheriff's office. 3 3 governor pat mccrory declares january as stalking awareness month in north carolina. this comes as a new anti-stalking law took effect january first. allison's law makes g-p-s tracking illegal under a cyber-stalking misdemeanor. the asheville-area domestic violence agency "helpmate" says stalking is the most common form of domestic 3 31:33 we need legislative action in this area and more than anything else we need awareness. the technology that we have that makes our lives simpler now can really often be turned against us and used in ways that we don't think about." 'helpmate' says there are likely more than two- thousand than two-likely more there are 'helpmate' says there are likely more than two- thousand people in buncombe county who have experienced stalking. 3 3 3 henderson county commissioners... unamiously approve a nearly 7 million dollar incentive package that could bring hundreds of jobs to the area. linamar and swiss company georg fisher are discussing creating a car parts plant in mills river

it would be off highway 93 in pickens county. we've been following this story since last week. we e to in pickens couy where the council is meeting to talk about this issue. mike. >> reporte and people already start to go gather here for that meeting that gets underway in less than 30 minutes. now, some people hav already signed up to speak dur ui comment sectio i got a copy of the agenda. it says that the council will make -- go -- vote on a resolution on this issue and then go into executive session to get legal advice. >> sue burgess lives around the corner from this proposed dumping gu i wouldn' want it dumped next to where i live. >> we told you last week in a republican state senator larry martin and several other laurels wrote thist to the state departmen of health and environmel control mi and others say dumping he coal ash is dangerous to the environmet ask they say the landfill develr mrr pickens llc never to the county it wanted to dump coal ash when it signed an agreement with the county nearly a decade ago to dump construction debris in this field. ty certainly were

michael: mandy gaither has more from pickens county. magic: it is offering -- operating at 48 percent capacity, and if the proposal goes through, the 300 students would go to other pickens area elementary schools which are also under capacity, but rebecca newman says her two children >> than being dispersed to area schools is only going to increase classroom sizes and make them larger, m.d. students are not going to get the help from the teachers that they are getting right now. >> we hire on a teacher to student ratio of 22.5 to one. mandy: they want to voice their concerns at the meeting. >> it will work out great. i just have to remember to take my time. michael: going home after a gunshot to the head put him in the hospital. john: precipitation moving quickly off to the east, with some light snow in raleigh, carol: a greenville county deputy is back at them after a gunshot to the head set tim to the hospital. michael: this is all new at 6:00. my were: -- myra: their brother in blue joked in the. >> the food was not all that bad, fol

allyson: pickens county is refusing to have coal ash dumped at its landfills. a company called mmr pickens entered into an agreement with the county in 2007. it would allow construction debris to go into a landfill near liberty, but officials learned the company now wants to dump coal ash. county council voted no to it last night. geoff: the oconee nuclear power plant will go under inspection today after the discovery of degraded power cables. the nuclear regulatory commission will inspect the power cables for two of the plant's three units. the inspection will take several about thirty miles west of greenville. allyson: an update in anderson county, remember the police k-9 killed in the line of duty? they are working on a law in his name. he was killed october 21. three people have been charged. his handler deputy brandon surratt had been with hyco for six years. hyco was not only his partner but a member of his family. surratt says he is in full support of a bill in the works called hyco's and fargo's law. richland county in 2011. the law would increase priso

pickens county says it will seek legal help to keep coal ash out of its landfills. the county and company mmr pickens agreed in 2007 to allow construction debris to go into a landfill near liberty, but officials learned the company now wants to dump coal ash. the county council voted no to ititast night, saying it's not part of the agreement. also in pickens county, a woman argument about his drinking. police say 55-year-old mary ann hopkins argument with her argued with her husband stemmed , and it stemmed from the victim's consumptioof alcohol. near by hospital with non-life threatening injuries. hopkins has been charged with aggravated domestic violence and possession of a weapon during a violent crime. right now, a hostage situation in atlanta is over. 36-year-old korrie thomas is the man who held 11 children and a his girlfriend hostage at knifepoint this morning during a domestic dispute. the standoff was at a motel in dekalb county. the children and the woman were rescued. authorities say the suspect stabbed himself in the neck. he is now in critical condition

and you get into greenville county, travelers rest has a when you go back toward pickens county, we have snow creeping down to easily. -- to easley. raven county has s snificant snow as well. in the asheville-hendersonville area there has been heavy snow over the past couple hours and it will continue. back towards waynesville, jackson county, and graham county we have seen heavy snow as well. greenwood county and abbeville are not under warnings. currently, 29 in asheville and 30 degrees in hendersonville. we will continue to cool to frfrzing. after that, it will be an icy mess and i will continue to keep you posted. geoff: thank you, chris. allyson: tens of thousands of students across the carolinas will miss school today, including those in greenville county. you'll find all closings and delays at the bottom of your screen and of course on the wyff 4 app. on that list of cancellations as well. it's the largest school district in western north car allyson: right now, north carolina is under a state of emergency. geoff: wyff news 4's corey davis is live and local in asheville with the l

pickens county deputies say it was stolen from a storage unit on december 29th after the thieves cut the locks off the door. investigators say the hood of the car was left behind. anyone with information should contact the pickens county sheriff's office. 3 3 3 the obama administration will announce a series of executive actions today to combat gun violence in the u.s. but as reid binion reports... the move is getting a strong reaction from republican presidential candidates. 3 (senator ted cruz) "president obama is once again going to abuse his power to try seize our guns."senator ted cruz, issuing a pre-buttal to the actions on gun control.obama will outline the measures to the nation today......but republicans on the campaign trail are already slamming the plan....ben carson, comparing this push by the white house to obamacare....(ben carson/(r) presidential candidate) "this is coming from a president who said, if you like your doctor, you can keep them. if you like your insurance company, you can keep them. now this like saying if you like your gun, you can keep it. i don't know

a pickens county deputy has been fired, accused of illegally firing a gun. warrants say henry campbell threatened someone, and fired his weapon in a parking lot earlier this week. campbell was arrested wednesday and charged with first-degree domestic violence. the pickens county sheriff's office said campbell had been employed since 1998. anderson county deputies tell us a 19-year-old is a suspect on hawthorne drive. the bomb squad responded to the home last night. he barricaded himself inside and claimed that he had a bomb. he is charged with reckless endangerment-- michael: shooting in laurens county. clinton public safety officials tell us that a number of people were injured. it happened last night near north broad street. officials do not believed anyone has life-threatening injuries. no arrests in this case so far. tonight some people are in trouble with the law after a police chase along i-85. the chase ended in a crash near mile marker 27. police tell us it started in the city of anderson. officers say they spotted a stolen vehicle. soon, the chase w

to pickens county. the coroner there has been called to a house fire near the blue line auto tire store. wyff news 4's john lyon is near the scene of the fire right now, and john, what's the latest you can tell us? john: we are at -- a few blocks off main street in downtown pickens, where pickens did -- fire department says there has been a fatal house fire. let's go to some video that sky4 shot a short time ago. it shows the scene shortly after the fire started at 1:00 this afternoon. a witness driving by says she saw a small fire, then she heard a boom, then the fire totally engulfed this woodframe house. she said that flames were shooting out all of the windows. pickens fire department says an hour to bring the fire under control. family members i spoke to a short time ago tell me that this house belongs to an woman. they say she did not make it out of the house. the coroner is here. the red cross is here. pickens fire investigators are here, and they are trying to find outt caused the fire. we are w

but yesterday afternoon was pretty exciting for people in the upstate.this is a look at pickens county...schools there are on a two hour delay this morning as well as oconee county. county. 3 partly cloudy with highs in the mid-40s. showers push in tonight, then change to freezing rain and sleet for the mountains and far northern upstate before friday morning. a winter storm watch is in effect for many upstate and mountain towns, with ice and snow likely from friday those north of i-85. trees down, power outages, and road concerns will linger through saturday night. 3 ((wrap up)) 3 let's send it over to chris. 3 to chris.let's send it over 3 let's send it over to chris. 3 we're watching: traffic lights on flashacademy st/hwy 123 @ buncombe sti-385 nb @ i- 185/exit 30i-26 west @ sc hwy 11/exit 5 5 3 here's a live look at the s.c.d.o.t. cam on-- 3 3 3 people in the upstate and mountains will be preparing for what could be a serious winter storm as we head into the weekend. weekend.fox carolina's ashley minelli is live in asheville-- and ashley this storm could be a whole lot more serious

. >> reporter: live in pickens county where the council will meet in this auditorium behind me in just about a half hour or so to discuss a proposal to dump tons of toxic coal ash at a nearby landfill here. this all dated back to about ten years ago back in '08, not quite ten years when the county signed an agreement with an out of state company in north carolina to build a landfill for construction b. well that company now says it wants to dump coal ash here and a lot of people up t. before that it will vote on a ressution o the issue. we'll be here and let you know what happens. now, let's send it over to christine. >> reporter: i'm in clemson where students faculty and all tigers fan ag up for the football gayle on monday. a lot clemson ler calling a keep heart to hire education culture that's why they're calling on faculty to be more flexible with absences and assignnents for those traveling to cheer on the tigers in arizona. >>> so a lot of us very excite about the v to the champions an that is the thing we have been asking folks about online today. >> yeah, 7 news anchor keeping

winter weather advisory's have been issued for the afternoon for parts of oconee county, pickens county, now to miss areas and all of western north carolina under a winter weather roads, one inch to two inches of snow and anything that falls today will freeze tonight and the black ice overnight and early tomorrow morning in western north carolina. the mountains of georgia under a winter storm warning with ice and snow expected. geoff: thank you. the wintry weather is a welcome sight for many in asheville. wyff news 4's aly myles talked with some folks making the most of the early morning snow. she joins us live from downtown asheville with a look at the latest conditions. aly? aly: behind me, a lot of that snow has cleared, but if you take a look at my feet, you can see the residual stuff. this is about as much accumulation earlier today. slick. anyone in the area will come across this. we talked with an ncdot manager this morning, who told us this snow was a bit too light for them to do too much for right now. , they're expecting this friday, they do have trucks out treating roads, foc

campbell was a lieutenant with the pickens county sheriff's office. authorities say he was on leave since august of 2015. he was fired on thursday. he's selected to represent the usa on the national stage. but this seventh grader still needs a little help making it to the game. that's where you come in. gabrielle: plus, the dangerous mexican drug lord known as el chapo has finally been captured after a daring prison escape. >> we've now reached a point in the campaign where the chair of the county party needs to lead. nigel: another top gop official is speaking out against a donald trump nomination. why and who he says he is going to get his endorsement coming up at 5:30. john: a live shot in asheville. mostly cloudy skies, and the 40's. here is a look at your winning midday numbers from the south rolina education lottery. caring for someone with alzheimer's means i am a lot of things. i am his sunshine. i am his advocate. so i asked about adding once-daily namenda xr to his current treatment for moderate to severe alzheimer's. it works differently. w

3 of course we 3 have lots of school closings for tomorrow.starting in the upstate:greenville county pickens countyoconee county spartanburg county - all countyanderson county - dist. 1.anderson districts two through five will decide tomorrow. tomorrow.and in the mountains buncombe countyasheville city transylvania county haywood countyhenderson countypolk countyrutherford county countyalong with ...mcdowell countymadison countymitchell countyyancey county jackson countymacon countyswain county 3 schools in hart county and franklin county georgia will also be closed. closed.many colleges are also closed, so keep checking the ticker at the bottom of your screen. 3 and for all of the business and government closings...make sure you have the fox carolina weather app. we've got radar, live cams, weather alerts .. event flight information on the app.just text carolina weather to 23765 to download! the closings at the bottom of your screen. our ticker will be running all night and all day tomorrow. 3 and this winter weather... is expected to cause some dangerous conditions on our roads.s-c-d-o-t s

cam on-- 3 3 3 happening right now..fire crews in pickens county are back on the scene of a fire where one person was killed on tuesday. tuesday.here's a live look-- we're told the house fire on ann street re-ignited early this morning.the pickens city fire department is out there now. 3 this house also 3 caught fire just before 1:00 yesterday afternoon. was found dead in the home.the coroner has not released their name.several agencies, including the police department and sled are investigating.it's not clear how the fire started. 3 3 it's a big day for family and friends of a greenville county deputy.. and the sheriff's department. department.deputy dave dempsey is set to be released from the hospital today - after being shot the line of duty. 3 fox carolina's ashley minelli is live at g-h-s this morning- and ashley, do we know where his recovery will go from here? 3 3 expected to be a long road ahead: ahead: underwent a few surgeriesdempsey's wife:- physical capabilities up back 60 percentnext up:- physical therapy- occupational therapy- speech therapy- outpatient care at least twel

energy is reporting over 9000 power outages in greenville county, less than 150 more than 1000 in pickens county and nearly 500 in anderson county. michael: more than 1000 outages in greenville county. 520 in oconee county. and in anderson county, nearly 30 people are without power. let's get you up the mountain to western carolina. wyff news 4's myra ruiz. carol: she's been all over buncombe and henderson county. she's live and local there now. myra: we're along interstate 26 near brevard road. we did see drivers facing major challenges earlier today. for a while this afternoon, drivers encountered white out conditions. this made traveling especially where snow plow action wasn't as frequent as in other areas. quite a few people left their vehicles behind and opted to walk. and those who were out and about had warnings for anyone with possible plans to get out and zack: honestly, i hate it. i hate it. >> it is awesome. no viking ever said that. >> it willllet worse, there are a few more hours of snow coming, more than what it is. exit 33 was challenging for some motorists today. a semi truck an

liz lohuis, wyff news 4, in pickens county. carol: governor haley also spoke tonight about the confederate flag removal from state house grounds. eight people showed up to say they did not like it. >> hey hey, ho ho, governor haley's got to go. carol: it came on the heels of the charleston church shooting. it was removed july 10. this group has been protesting the removal since then. michael: in 2015, more than 1700 people were injured or killed by mass shootings in the u.s. that's according to the gun violence archive. carol: during his speech today, president obama recounted some of the high-profile mass shootings in recent years. killed in a mass shooting in san bernardino. it happened december 2, inside a social services center. both suspects were also killed in a shootout with police. michael: turning to charleston , last june, 21-year-old dylann roof stands accused of killing nine people at emanuel ame church. he is set to go on trial july 11. prosecutors are seeking the death penalty. carol: to newtown, connecticut. in 2

hurt.authorities think he could be driving a silver dodge charger.if you see him, call 9-1-1. 3 leaders in pickens county are asking d-hec to stop a proposed plan to dump coal ash in the area. area.last night, county council sided with concerned neighbors. they passed a resolution that opposes plans to bring thousands of tons of coal ash to a dump site near liberty.council says the proposal by "mmr pickens llc" does not meet the county's solid waste disposal plan.they are also concerned about the potential impact on the environment and people's health. 3 3 "this resolution states, very clearly, that we reject this, it defies of our laws, the state does not have the right to change the classification and they certainly don't have the right to do that with giving our citizens the right for public comment." comment."councilmembers tell us they are exploring their plan. 3 an upstate sheriff is supporting legislation that would make tougher penalties for people who kill k-9 officers. officers.two state representatives from our area have pre-filed bill that would double the maximum punishment.. from five to 10

cam on-- 3 back to you guys: 3 still to come--a pickens county sheriff's deputy...on the wrong side of the law! law!police say he fired a gun in the parking lot of an apartment complex...with four kids nearby! nearby!plus...preying on the praying!two men are behind bars after duncan police say they broke into cars while the owners were in church!the story...only on fox!and a live look at g-s-p...where the tigers took-off a short time ago!it's expected to be a busy travel weekend as fans head west to arizona to cheer on clemson in the national championship! 3 continuing to cover our counties at four---- 3 a pickens county sheriff's deputy is on the wrong side of the law this afternoon...after police say he fired a gun in the parking lot of an easley apartment building with children nearby! nearby!"henry campbell" is charged with domestic violence and discharging a firearm in the city.warrants state that campbell fired a single shot in a parking lot on d street on tuesday.reports say he also made statements about harming himself while a female victim and four children were present -- cau

high.3 these schools will also be on a two hour delay: pickens county, spartanburg districts 2 and 5, as well as cherokee, macon and swain counties countiesand these districts remain closed ....spartanburg district. 1, buncombe, asheville city, haywood, henderson, jackson, mcdowell, mitchell, polk, rutherford, transylvania, yancey and madison counties won't have school today. 3 clouds increase today with showers by late afternoon. and 48 in the mountains. widespread rain becomes likely by wednesday morning, with a chance for tn border wintry mix. dry conditions move back in by wednesday evening. 3 ((wrap up)) *********hold******3 we're watching this in the pit crew traffic center. center.you are looking live at: 3 it's been one year since the death of a greenville county teen... and questions still remain in the case -- the biggest of which is -- **who killed him? him?someone shot and killed 16- year-old cobey smith on a trail close to his home in the nicholtown community on january 25th, 2015. 2015.fox carolina's ashley minelli is live in greenville- and ashley-- the community is mak

cam on-- 3 3 3 happening right now..fire crews in pickens county are back on the scene of a fire where one person was killed on tuesday. tuesday.here's a live look-- we're told the house fire on ann street re-ignited early this morning.the pickens city fire department is out there now. 3 this house also caught fire just before 1:00 yesterday afternoon.firefighters say one person was found dead in the home.the coroner has not agencies, including the police department and sled are investigating.it's not clear how the fire started. 3 3 it's a big day for family and friends of a greenville county deputy.. and the sheriff's department. department.deputy dave dempsey is set to be released from the hospital today - after being shot the line of duty. 3 fox carolina's ashley minelli is live at g-h-s this morning- and ashley, do we know where his recovery will go from here? 3 expected to be a 3 long road ahead: ahead: underwent a few surgeriesdempsey's wife:- physical capabilities up back to 70 percent- mental at about 60 percentnext up:- physical therapy- occupational therapy- speech therapy- o

will continue for areas around i-85 n nthbound, especially for cherokee, northern union county, spartanburg, pickens, extreme north are in anderson and back toward oconee county. that will had -- that will be all day long. we will see a lull before snow develops friday night and into saturday. snow will continue until around 7:00 a.m. saturday and it begins to move out. we will see snow for the mountains and a cold day late for us. the latest ice model showing around 1/10 of an inch of the greenville-spartanburg area. either way, we could see a damaging eyes storm. for the north carolina mountains, nine inches to 12 inches of snow and it will primarily be snow in the half an inch of ice is the concern on i-85 northbound and back toward the northeast georgia mountains. for the asheville and hendersonville area, four inches to six inches plus of snow but nearly one foot for the high country. as we had throughout the overnight, some ice will mix in, but it will be the midmorning hours of friday that will see ice mixed with rain and just turning over to regular eyes about the rest of the day and snow tr

the the national title championship between the tigers and 3 an investigation is underway in pickens county after tillman hall is vandalized yet again. 3 president barack obama taking center stage at a town hall meeting.what he had to say about his efforts to reduce gun violence. 3 good morning.... it's friday, january 8i'm lauren elise eliseand i'm ben hill, with traffic reporter chris scott. scott.meteorlogist nicole papay is tracking our weather all the way from phoenix has she helps with our national championship coverage.nicole -- its raining here again! 3 mostly cloudy today with scattered showers sticking around throughout the morning. this afternoon rain will taper degrees area-wide. overnight lows will fall into the low 40s and upper 30s under mostly cloudy skies. wet weather will likely return on saturday. 3 ((wrap up)) 3*3*******hold****** *********hold******we're watching this in the pit crew traffic center.deer accident anderson flat rock rd @ hayes rd rdyou are looking live at: 3 3 clemson fans -- we are now three days away we are now clemson fans -- 3 3 live at: 3 clemson fan

i'm live in arizona with more. 3 an investigation is underway in pickens county after tillman hall is vandalized next. 3 president barack obama is continue to move forward with his efforts to reduce gun violenceafter speaking at a cnn town hall meeting. what he has to say straight ahead 3 good morning.... it's friday, january 8i'm lauren elise eliseand i'm ben hill, with traffic reporter chris scott. scott.meteorlogist nicole papay is tracking our weather all the way from arizona--as she helps with our national championship coverage.nicole 3 mostly cloudy today with scattered showers sticking around throughout the morning. this afternoon rain will taper off as highs peak near 50 degrees area-wide. overnight lows will fall into the low 40s and upper 30s under mostly cloudy skies. wet weather will likely return on saturday. 3 ((wrap up)) *********hold******we're watching this in the pit crew traffic center. center.you are looking live at: 3 3 clemson fans -- we are now three days away from the three days away we are now clemson fans -- 3 clemson fans -- we are now three days away from t

carol: pickens county, more than 860. michael: and from blue ridge electric, nearly 350 without power. carol: pickens county, more than 2000. michael: and it is a pretty unusual night tonight. live. john: the first snow of the season has turned greenville into whiteville. this though has accumulated, -- the snow has accumulated. this is in the last hour and a half, and it is soft and fluffy and makes e eellent snowballs. you can see it has covered everywhere. couples have been walking. groups have been out here walking, just looking around. is clearing. people have been walking around. it has been people out here looking at the snowfall, at thehe two inches that has fallen in the last hour and a half, and it really shows that greenville, michael: getting a hat award. western north carolina has certainly gotten the worst of the sncarol: let's chececin with myra in buncombe county. myra: we have a good look at what is happening on interstate 26. i'm a any traffic at all, edit makes 7:00 seem like mardi gras. he only vehicle

county. blue electric is reporting 617 outages, most of those in pickens as crews worked to restore power, others are working to keep the roadways clear. this image from greenville county. there was a lot of snow on the roadways that turned to slush. as it stands now, dot says the interstates are clear, but you need to be prepared for any areas that may have free frozen -- re-frozen overnight. roads to prevent that. we are told there was some black ice this morning. the roads are 75% cleared at this time. the ice and snow brought down an entire carport, damaging two cars underneath. diane hagan says it happened saturday, and the white camaro around 1:00 is a total loss. >> it has been my need to get away car. i loved that car. myra: she tells us that she wishes the jeep would've been damaged instead of the camaro, saying that is the car that brings her the most peace while driving with the top down. now to the roads in western north carolina, where getting around has not been easy. we saw vehicles like this one, trapped in the snow. off i-40. these drivers opted to park on the frontage road, inst

killing a legendary pickens county football coach and his neighbor --has died. 3 the pickens county sheriff's office says albert bowen died from health complications on wednesday -- while in the custody of u.s. marshals. marshals.bowen was charged inthe murder of coach bill isaacs and his neighbor dickie stewart back in september. 3 the shooting happened not far from issacs home.deputies say issac's neighbor **dickie stewart** saw issacs on the ground -- and rushed to help. while he was on the phone with 9-1-1 -- deputies say stewart shot and killed him. 3 we're told bowen suffered a health issue while in the process of returning to south carolina --after he was flown out of state in october for psychological evaluations. 3 clemson police are asking for your help finding a stolen tiger statue - just days before the big game! game!take a good look-police say this statue was stolen from the corner of college avenue and wall street - sometime between six monday evening and nine tuesday morning.if you you see the statue or have any information on the who took it-call clemson police. 3 we're just

nearly 2000 in pickens county, nearly 500 in anderson county. carol: more than 1000 outages in greenville county, 520 in oconee, and in anderson county, power. certainly has received the brunt of t snowfall today. carol: let's check in with myra myra: this rant, a very popular place to be, because we have the outlet mall, multiple businesses, and even totoy, this take a look at the exit ramp. you can see what was happening earlier today. an orange semi was stuck. other vehicles attempted to take the exit, not knowing what was d.cars were able to drive around the trucks or safely back up onto the interstate. however, it did take a while for the orange some i to get enough traction and eventually make its way up the rest of the exit ramp. meantime, we got mixed reaction from drivers and pedestrians about today's conditions. >> i could not get out of my neighborhood. greg i love it. -- >> i love it. >> it is going to pile up more than it is. myra: definitely some difficulty, trucks trying to drive straight but having a tough time doing so. we did a

there are about 470 homes without power in pickens county, around 780 homes in anderson county without power. gabrielle: we were showing you the blue ridge electric, and they also have some outages. we want to give you this reminder. we do have the radar, closings stood on the website and on our app. just check the bottom of your screen for the latest, and you can also check our livewire. you will find it at the top of nigel: taking a look at our asheville sky cam, you can see they have a lot of snow today. gabrielle: we went to take you to where patrick is. -- we want to take you to where patrick is. patrick: i cheated out that it was more like a rainy day down here he sensually. there was a lot of slush, but there were people out for lunch, but now, it is as slick as can be. there are people driving through, unfortunately, a little too fast it we have seen some red light. collision, no injuries. mostly on the interstate. fortunately, no injuries. we will have more in a little bit, but there were some injuries in east spartanburg from a head-on collision, minor injuries though, so as

over towards pickens county and greenville county, visibility down to three miles. not too bad. in greenville, we will start off with 46 by 9:00. 57 by 3:00 with sunshine. in asheville, 57 degrees by 9:00. we are watching the slight chance for winter weather later on tonight. we are watching a gulf flow coming our way. as we head into midnight most of the moisture going south of uwhat we do get will be in the form of light drizzle and a few flurries across the upstate. not a lot. we will see the snow start at 6:00, continue for a few hours. by lunchtime, it moves east. what is on the ground will burn off because temperatures will be in the 40's by sunday. it will be cold and windy. myra: thank you. new this morning. police say a driver was killed last night, after driving into a tree. investigators say the driver of a 2003 honda pilot suv, and was traveling east when they went off the left side of the road, crossed over the median and two westbound lanes of traffic and then hit a tree. we will continue to bring you more information of what happened, perhaps the identity of the p