allyson: flags in anderson county are at half staff in memfory of state senator william billy o'dell. the senator died in his sleep thursday morning. he became a state senator in 1989, serving district four. that's abbeville, anderson and greenwood counties. he was 77-years-old. geoff: commitment 2016, the greenville tea party has put the holiday season behind and is now gearing up for the political season. about 60 members of the group met in downtown greenville last night talking about politics and politicians. the south carolina, first in the south, primary is about six weeks away. the tea party doesn't endorse candidates but tells its members what to evaluate for before voting. donald trump and ted cruz are republicans in the latest polls. many at this gathering are still trying to decide. presidential candidates are campaigning hard in early voting states with caucuses and primaries on the way. allyson: that includes donald trump. nikole killion joins us. nikole: donald trump comes to the palmetto step -- state after drawing a crowd in vermont. they handed out 20 thousand free ti

william billy o'dell died thursday morning. he became a state senator in 1989 and served district four. that's abbeville, anderson, and greenwood counties. his funeral will be held this afternoon at the first presbyterian church in greenwood. the service is scheduled for 2:30 and will be followed by a private burial. o'dell was 77 years old. patrick: the powerball jackpot has hit a world record. no one took home the record breaking jackpot saturday. that means it continues to grow before this wednesday's drawing. billion for now. it is going to grow. ongoing ticket sales will no doubt make that total rise. officials say it's the biggest jackpot ever, growing since november fourth from its starting point of $40 million. they say the u.s. saw ticket sales of $277 million on friday alone and more than $400 million in sales on saturday. allyson: we have some two hour delays in the mountains. dale: yes we do. avery, madison, yancey. some delays in some of the northern counties of north carolina because of slippery spots from weekend

senator william "billy" o'dell... has died. the longtime lawmaker from ware shoals... was a republican...representing district 4... which includes anderson, abbeville and greenwood counties. the greenwood county coroner says...o'dell likely died from natural causes...believed to be heart related. "billy" o'dell... was 77-years old. the "south carolina domestic violence task force" says... it's working on plans... to reduce the crimes... across the state. governor nikki haley says the task force has come up with - 50- recommendations ... to address the problem of criminal domestic violence. including making resources easily available to survivors and domestic violence training...for doctors and therapists: ----- gov: nikki haley: "this is a chance for everybody in south carolina to change our ranking on domestic violence. this is a chance for everybody in south carolina to say, 'we all can do something about this.'" ----- "governor haley" also signed an executive order... to extend the work... of the c-d-v task force. she said... the task force is "too good... to stop n

william "billy o'dell died thursday morning. he became a state senator in 19-89... and served district four.. his funeral will be held at 2-30 this afternoon at the first presbyterian chruch in greenville, spartanburg, anderson will be clear and cold today, high of 45. southwest winds of 5-7. the mountains will be clear, cold and breezy, a high of 37. northwest winds 7-10+. partly cloudy and cold overnight, lows of 24 to 30. mostly sunny tuesday, highs of 44 to 49. asheville, hendersonville will drop to 19 on tuesday night, the upstate greenville, spartanburg, anderson will be clear and cold today, high of 45. southwest winds of 5-7. the mountains will be clear, cold and breezy, a high of 37. northwest winds 7-10+. partly cloudy and cold overnight, lows of 24 to 30. mostly sunny tuesday, highs of 44 to 49. asheville, hendersonville will drop to 19 greenville, spartanburg, anderson will be clear and cold today, high of 45. southwest winds of 5-7. the mountains will be clear, cold and breezy, a hershey's miniatures. we pour 'em! we pass 'em! we pick 'em! delicious fun

william billy o'dell died thursday morning. he became a state senator in 1989, serving district four, . that's abbeville, anderson, and greenwood counties. his funeral will be held this afternoon at the first presbyterian church in greenwood. the service is scheduled for 2:30 and will be followed by a private burial. o'dell was 77 years old. allyson: if you are just joining us, it is cold outside. dale: it will be cold for the next several days. wednesday may be the coldest day and go in the other direction. with the breeze this morning, whatever the thermometer says, we will count on it feeling much colder. 28 in greenville. we are seeing 10 to 20 mile-per-hour gusts across the mountains. because of patches of ice, we have three counties operating on a two hour delay in north carolina to get a chance to melt some of those patches of ice. 15 in franklin in boone. asheville at 19. it feels colder. 12-18 mile-per-hour winds in the mountains make it feel like single digits of six and seven from hendersonville to asheville. spartan

the blacks on top of the state house are flying at half staff in honor of former senator william billy o'dell. he died thursday morning. he became a state senator in 1989 and served district four. his funeral will be held at 2:30 this afternoon at the first presbyterian church in still to come, we have the remarkable pictures from a lava explosion in hawaii. hear what volcano watchers believe caused it. dale: colder than normal temperatures to start the week. we will talk about when the temperatures start to come back to normal in just a few minutes. "but i am going to miss votes, i'm running for president." but he's been missing votes for a long time. "one third of all of his missed votes in 2015 were missed before he announced he was running for president." over the last three years, marco rubio has missed more votes... than any other senator. washington politician marco rubio. doesn't show up for work, but wants a promotion? right to rise usa is responsible for the content of this message. and even though their dentures look clean, in reality they're not. if a denture were to be put under

it is senator william billy o'dell. the long-time lawmaker was the republican representative from district four that is anderson, abbeville, and the core then natural causes, probably heart related. he was 77 years old. >>> new numbers show nine people in our state have now died from the flu. the state's latest flu report says that is much improved over this time last year. there have been 38 deaths reported by this point. you remember last year the thing we were talkingn 't with the flu virus is it had mutated making last year's flu vaccine a lot less effective. this year it does appear to be a little more effective so fewer people have died. >>> and the big talk is still the cold out there. are we looking at many more days of this? >> we're actually going to be cooler than today. today was our rebound day with all of the sunshine. >> it was? >>> we started out cool. overall with all of the sunshine it kind of makes it feel better. the clouds are going to continue to increase overnight and light rain is going to be for

william billy o'dell died thursday morning. he became a state senator in 1989. serving district four, that's abbeville, anderson and greenwood counties. his funeral will be held this afternoon at the first presbyterian chruch in greenwood. the service is scheduled for 2:30 and will be followed by a private burial. o'dell was 77-years-old. clemson will face alabama tonight in the college football our sports team is out there. more headlines live from arizona throughout the show. today. we will tell you how it feels in dale: good morning, it is 4:48 as we look out from our skycam. this is the hilton greenville client -- skycam. nothing showing on live super doppler four hd. nothing expected as far as new precipitation. anything that fell over the weekend is left on the roads and will be ice. watch out for patches of black ice, especially around tennessee -north carolina border. temperatures are chilly and will be for the next several mornings. 15 in boone, 17 in franklin and anrs. our 20's over a good bit of the upstate. low 20's and easily right now. if you facto

william billy o'dell died thursday morning. he became a state senator in 1989. serving district four, that's abbeville, anderson and greenwood counties. his funeral will be held this afternoon at the first presbyterian chruch in greenwood. the service is scheduled for 2:30 and will be followed by a o'dell was 77-years-old. allyson: taking a live look from glendale, arizona. clemson will face alabama tonight in the college football playoff national championship. more headlines live from arizona throughout the show. dale: it is a call to start to our week. everyone needs a bff. even your smile. colgate optic white toothpaste goes beyond surface stains to whiten over 3 shades. in fact, it whitens more than the leading express whitening strip. it's your smile bff. whiten more just by brushing. welcome. how you doin'? good how are you? so today you're gonna choose a mobile office. you can choose this chevy silverado which offers built in 4g lte wi-fi. or you can choose this ford f-150, which doesn't offer wi-fi. but to make up for it, we added a trailer, a satellite

william "billy" o'dell died thursday morning. he became a state senator in 1989, serving district four. that's abbeville, anderson, and greenwood counties. his funeral will be held tomorrow afternoon, at the first presbyterian chruch in greenwood. the service is scheduled for 2:30, and will be followed by a private burial. o'dell was 77 years old. in greenville county, an say they're forced to live in dangerous conditions. tonight, they shared their concerns with wyff news 4's corey davis. corey: here's a look from our window, as we drove through dixie estates off of white horse road. >> it's in bad shape. it's in desperate need of repair. corey: this man didn't want to show his face. he says he is afraid his daughter might -- get kicked out if he was identified. but he says, many people need help. >> floor damage. the floors are caving in, people are falling through the floors. corey: we saw the damage for ourselves. i took these pictures of the home. the holes are several inches deep. >> it's really a mess out here. but the dra

death in iva.the coroner says casey waddell and justin williams were found saturday morning.there is no word on morning. 3 state senator billy o'dell will be laid to rest in o'dell represented abbeville, anderson, and greenwood counties for more than 25 years.governor haley has ordered flags across the state to fly at half staff today. 3 mexico has begun the process of extraditing joaquin "el chapo" guzman to the united states.the drug lord was recaptured after his second escape from prison last year. 3 and here's a live look over clemson--you're watching the welcome. how you doin'? good how are you? so today you're gonna choose a mobile office. you can choose this chevy silverado which offers built in 4g lte wi-fi. or you can choose this ford f-150, which doesn't offer wi-fi. but to make up for it, we added a trailer, a satellite antenna, and dolores. (group laughter) what? so, which one do you want? i pick the chevy. definitely. or, get this dependable silverado all star edition with a total value of seven thousand two hundred and fifty dollars. find new roadsdst your local chevy dealer. 3 welcome back to the morning news on fox

iva.the coroner says casey waddell and justin williams were found saturday morning.there is no word on any suspects or arrests this morning. 3 state senator billy o'dell will be laid to rest in greenwood this afternoon. o'dell represented abbeville, anderson, and greenwood counties for more than 25 years.governor haley has ordered flags across the state to fly at half staff today. 3 mexico has begun the process of extraditing joaquin "el chapo" guzman to the united states.the drug lord was recaptured after his second escape from prison last year. 3 this morning you can cheer on your tigers simply by eating breakfast. breakfast.the chick-fil-a in clemson is serving tiger paw shaped biscuits this morning until 10:30.according to the manager, tyler herbert, the unique biscuits have been on the menu at the clemson location since the fall.but -- he says tonight's title game has caused the biscuit to get attention all across the nation.herbert warns there are impostors trying to serve tiger paw biscuit can only be found at chick-fil-a. in minutes. 3 welcome back to at longhorn steak like this doesn't need anything else. which is why we don't just add, anyth

state senator billy o'dell died today will whitson spoke to his fellow senators "silence... amen" senators and representatives took a brief moment to stand and remember their colleague- william o'dell during their annual legislative workshop. moments before, word spread through the crowd of the senator's passing- a normally festive workshop between legislators and reporters took on a quiet, somber feel. o'dell served in the senate for 25 years- sitting on powerful committees like finance, and chairing the senate's general committee. her condolences, saying o'dell made south carolina a better place. after the workshop- senators remembered their fellow lawmaker. cherokee "this was a great loss to the state of south carolina and the state senate. it was a great loss." beaufort "he was an old school, what i would call a, in latter years what would have been called a southern democrat. back then, but the defining characteristics were courtesy and collegiality." will whitson, wis news 10 break 1 right now twenty horses being orangeburg home. liza lucas with our raycom sister station in charleston has their story of recovery. "there was an individual with 22 horses on her property,