we are still under a slight risk for severe weather in the midlands. and an enhanced risk for the piedmont all the way down to the grand strand and even a central and eastern portions of north carolina. what we are expecting is very heavy rainfall -- the rainfall we are ready have now we are expecting even more hfavy rainfall. winds in excess of 70 -- 55 65 miles per hour associated with storms. even though it is a very low in chance we have to talk about the possibility of an isolated tornado as we go throughout the morning. our weather computer model shows as we go throughout the morning we will continue with the showers and storms, intensification by mid to late morning as we go through the mid-day, some of the storms could act -- intensify two severe levels especially from colombia to the eastern half of the midlands and then by t wo-3 o'clock it's out in piedmont we would be dealing with the shower activity. highs today and the upper 60s down to the lower 70s. and that overnight tonight it will be windy as guys start to clear out, those will be in

right now we had precipitation moving through the midlands midlands, could be a mix from cold rain to possibly sleet pellets but it's very slight at best and scattered throughout all eastern and western -- and central midland. we could see stuff coming through the central and northern midlands as temperatures slowly warm above freezing changing to light rain. but as we get to early morning hours we may be looking at bands of heavy showers, a couple of thunderstorms possible in the northern midlands but tomorrow it will start clearing out. afternoon temperatures not high, upper 30s to lower 40s and believe it or not it will be quite mild heading to tomorrow morning, upper 40s down into the lower 50s. so this is something we will be dealing with. was the rains are through by tomorrow we are looking at a high of 64 degrees, lots of sunshine through the seven-day forecast. as we get to saturday and sunday very warm. upper 60s with a lot more cloud coverage into sunday. lives right now are dry in the columbia area but we are watching i-26 east bound at mile marker 75, pretty much from i-77

be in the midlands t >>> good afternoon. i'm and for darci strickland. a cloudy start to the weekend in the midlands. but in the upstate, snow is falling. we begin with a quick look at the forecast with meteorologist efren afante. >> it has been a cold and chilly start in many parts of the midlands. right now temperatures are only 39 in new very. winnsboro, 36. columbia and lexington, 42. a little warmer in orangeburg at 49. a lot of snow and sleet mixed in. in the upstate into south of charlotte. but for us, a lot of clearing skies. and these clearing skies will make their way to the midlands and the next few hours. a lot of sunshine. clear skies tonight. it will be cold. down to 32 degrees. tomorrow it will be windy out of the northwest. even with sunshine, it will still be chili. a high of 47. we will look at the seven-day forecast in a few minutes. >> thank you. >>> the orangeburg county sheriff's office this afternoon is looking for a person of interest after an suv was stolen from an " -- local auto sales business. investigators say somebody stole

plus--tracking plenty of showers in the midlands. and more weather pictures and video straight ahead. i'm dawndy mercer plank. tracking showers that have been in the midlands throughout the day. let's go to meteorologist ben there have been some reports of sam bleiweis is live from dixiana road at charleston a tree is down. judi talks about storm pictures you can get weather updates in the midlands by downloading the wis tv weather app. you can get weather updates in the midlands by downloading the you can find it in your app you're taking a live look at allen university in columbia where bill clinton will make an appearance. he's going to speak at a rally called "fighting for us" at six. our chad mills and will whitson are there live. texas senator ted cruz predicts a strong showing, and a high priority for his performance in south carolina's republican primary. cruz spoke with wis news 10's charles molineaux and said his victory in the iowa caucus can be repeated in the palmetto state. the latest polls show donald trump with a stro

experts say >>> severe weather can happen at any time of the year in the midlands. as we look towards the potential for severe weather tomorrow, there are things you can do now to prepare yourself. daniel bonds explains. >> reporter: merge cisco happen more often than you think and that's why the prepareedness happens. >> reporter: being ready before an emergency is important. we want families to have the emergency kit ready to go, to informed. >> reporter: even if you don't need the kit it's better to be ahead of the storm. >> we recommend you have food and water and then basic supplyings for as many as three days. medications, copies of important documents and special >> reporter: according to the red cross, flashlights, phones, chargers, extra cash, important numbers and a weather radar. you also need to know a warning is issued for conditions posing immediate threat for life or property and a watch is be ready to act. communication is the key. >> go through process and develop a plan and share all of that information with the family. >> reporter: we know here in

hillary clinton is making two stops in the midlands today. today at one p-m, she'll be in west columbia at an open-to-the-public luneon at the brookland baptist conference center. later in the day, clinton will be in sumter to speak at a morris college event. as we head for south carolina's democratic primary, you still have time to vote absentee. you can vote in person at your county voter registration office until 5 p-m on friday. new overnight... columbia fire officials say a space heater is to blame for a fire that damaged a home on king street near millwood avenue. firefighters were called just after midnight by the woman who lives inside the home. investigators say she tried to put out the fire, but the to other parts of the home. the woman was able to make it out safely, and will be staying with relatives. coming up on news 10 sunrise... we're tracking severe weather state this morning. our tim miller will have the ahead. plus our michal higdon is also helping you prepare. you hear over and over again that if a tornado warning is issue

>>> the midlands returning somewhat to normal after strong wind swept through the midlands today. at his tights point more than were without power because of the winds. that number is now down to 1200 homes and businesses. it all came from the strong storm system which was under a tornado watch. >> the highest wind gusts was 57 miles per hour and that was this afternoon behind the cold front. right now e front to the east but we still have a few light showers moving rapidly eastward across the midlands. they are really not much. we do have partly cloudy skies right now and are temperature 60 degrees. the air masses dry and we have wind sustained from the west at 24 miles per hour. we are still seeing gusts up to 40 miles per hour. for tonight it will be when the and a high -- windy and a high it will be mostly sunny and windy tomorrow. the high temperature of 56 degrees and going forward we will be seeing sunny dry weekend and will be warming up by sunday. >>> nothing like getting to go home. a one -- a midlands woman and her family getting to do that almost 5 months after they we

skies now through early afternoon with a slight chance of a quick shower and or sleet in the northern midlands. highs in the upper 40s. arctic air comes in on sunday with highs 15+ degrees below normal, high sunday in the upper 30s. monday a quick moving storm system could give us a brush of winter precipitation with a chance of a freezing rain mix morning.then all rain by midday. the amount of cold air the system has to work with is what's in question. we'll continue to watch and have updates. temperatures will greatly improve by the end of next has been arrested - he's accused of innapropriately touching one of his coworkers. columbia fire captain jeffrey rish is charged with second degree assault and battery. rish is accused of inappropriately touching a male firefighter on october 5, 2015 while working on blume court. chief aubrey jenkins released a statement - he said that captain rish is on investigatory suspension pending the outcome of these charges. rish turned himself in to cpd in court, a judge set rish's personal recognizance bond at $5,000. today presidential candidates are all ov

.>>> now the midlands' most accurate forecast with chief meteorologist jim gandy >> it was cloudy and cold this morning but then the clouds move down and warms up. 33 was the low at the airport and 35 in the city and 52 degrees at the airport. we have clear skies right now with calm conditions and a dry hermas. tonight we are expecting a low temperature of 31 and tomorrow it will be sunny and breezy but still chilly with the high tomorrow night it will be mostly clear with a low of 22. i want the rest of the weekend forecast coming up.>> thank you. the effects now of the october flood are still visible on certain roads and bridges throughout the midlands. the department of transportation just released their monthly updates seen 25 flood impacted bridges are being fast tracked for a replacement. that includes the bridge on congress road in for richland county which crews will begin working on next week. and the rockbridge in forest acres which is set to open june 1. a resident who lives next to the bridge says it has put a few extra minutes into his daily route. >> is a little bit of a

including campaigning in the midlands. why bill clinton says his wife is ready for the overall -- is ready for the oval office.>>> the first for president obama. commander-in-chief making a visit that some critics are calling controversial tonight. we will explain a little later.>>> lots in the way of severe weather today. received of a tracker -- tractor trailer. it was turned on its side and steadman south carolina. national weather service sending a site survey team to determine if that was also a tornado. more pictures and more on this severe weather threat and if it break. (donkey sound) (elephant sound) (tapping sound) and making sense. (elephant sound) (donkey sound) when it comes to social security, we need more than lip service. our next president needs a real plan to keep social security strong. (elephant noise) hey candidates. enough talk. >>> welcome back everyone. much quieter than it was this afternoon. want to begin by showing some of the pictures that you all shared with us at wach 57 -- wach fox 57. the fa

the midlands today. at his tights point more than 12,000 homes and businesses were without power because of the winds. that number is now down to 1200 homes and businesses. it all came from the strong storm system which was under a tornado watch. >> the highest wind gusts was 57 miles per hour and that was this afternoon behind the cold front. right now the front to the east but we still have a few light showers moving rapidly eastward across the midlands. they are really not much. we do have partly cloudy skies the air masses dry and we have wind sustained from the west at 24 miles per hour. we are still seeing gusts up to 40 miles per hour. for tonight it will be when the and a high -- windy and a high of 42 degrees tomorrow. it will be mostly sunny and windy tomorrow. the high temperature of 56 degrees and going forward we will be seeing sunny dry weekend and will be warming up by sunday. >>> nothing like getting to go home. a one -- a midlands woman and her family getting to do that almost 5 months a

pushing off to the north of the northern midlands. do a lot of activity toward the southeast with light to heavy rainfall on right now the eastern portions of orangeburg county has led scattered rain, t more rain has been moving through a social issue the east and on top of lake marion. all of this has been moving along i-95 at 30 miles-per-hour but we are dealing with quite a bit of fog with visibility to the north a mile or less. 2.5 mile visibility in sumter now developing toward the western portions of the midlands. we are starting off with relatively mild temperatures. it is cooler in newberry and 57 in columbia and lexington avenue 65 degrees in st. matthews. our computer model shows we will be dealing with ght to moderate rainfall throughout the morning with a break by midday. some of the light scattered showers will continue to -- will continue into the afternoon. today, 62 degrees with likely rainfall continuing as highs today will be in the upper 50s to the lower 60s but in our southern communities he could see temperatures

right now you can see it is moving out of the midland. there was a line of showers with the front but even those faded. the front is moving through the midland. a few breaks in the clouds. the rain is along the coast now and we still have some shower activities in georgia. a lot overgladiness there and that -- of cloudiness there and that might spill into the area over night. storm in the great lakes moving to the east. with the front coming through, with the storm system the winds will be up during the day light hours but at night the winds diminish. the temperatures right now. where the rain has been it is myrtle beach 54 degrees. charleston 48. 42 sumter. 46 degrees in columbia. 43 greenwood. our computer model, tonight skies clearing. we will see a few clouds at times. tomorrow we start with sunshine but then we will be seeing clouds building up in the afternoon. only to see those fade tomorrow night and then on wednesday we expect to see mostly sunny skies. it will be cold mid-week. tonight the cold air comes in. 34 for a low in newb

jim gandy. >> rain muning through the midlands right -- moving through the midlands right now. north of orangeburg, lifting north right now. the shower in lexington county moving east, northeast at 35 miles per hour. here in columbia we are likely to see rain coming through the area between 6:00 p.m. right now it is cloudy. 64 degrees. winds from the east at 3 miles per hour. tonight showers. low temperature of 53. tomorrow still cloudy, it will be cool. a high of 61 with a chance of showers during the day. and as we go through tuesday night into wednesday an increasing chance for rain and storms on wednesday. it will be wendy. -- windy. 75 degrees. a cold front comes through late in the day. windy and cold thursday with a high of 55. by saturday a low of 31 and a high of 56. now let's get an update on the traffic around the area this afternoon. we have had some accidents and over the northern part of the cities there are wet roads. we do have one accident on heart scrabble road and clemson this is from where 277 comes in, up to killion road. southwest side of town, everything

. >> by far one of the windiest days we have seen across the midlands in some time. power outages and trees down drooless area. good evening now and thank you for being with us on this wednesday. imagine driving in the high wiwis and having a tree fall on your car, that is what happened to a cab driver. news 19's mary sturgill has his story. . >> nothing but an act of god. i have been so thankful. >> reporter: he is so thankful because he knows a split second could have meant his death when the wind kicked up. >> i didn't see it. i don't know where it came from. all i know is that i am just thankful that i am alive. >> reporter: but he didn't even get a scratch. that tree trapping him inside his taxi. one good thing, the power lines didn't come down with it. >> one of the guys in the neighborhood actually came and, you know, got me out of the car. i had to let my seat back and crawl through the back. >> reporter: he says he had guardian angels over him from above and right here on maple street. >> i wanted to say to all those that helped me thank you very much. if it

here in the midlands. we will get the dresses to girls for their high school prom and the deadline for drop off -- drop-off is february 24th, march 9th in orangeburg, that's a deadline. we have a full list on the website wltx.com. >>> many children around the midlands wrapped up their 100 day of school district. there's celebrate the day bring in 100 items of something. lauren thomas reports on carolina springs student took project to a whole another level by honoring officers who died in the line of duty. >>> six-year-old -- shocked the first great class with a kate, he was assigned by lori barnett to decorate the cape wind -- with one -- tape with 100 items. con balls or serial or safety pins. stickers, of things. i've never had one so special as braxton's. >> he was made up of the name and faces of all in police and canine officers from around the nation. >> they are going out in this fight trying to find a bad guy. >> when he came home with the assignment, has bothered sergeant chad writing at the sher

now more rain and heavy upstate into parts of the midlands. it is a very large band moving into parts of western saluda county into newberry county. now moving toward that area. it is light right now. there is a big line of showers and thunderstorms. none of them are severe. nonetheless, significant, coming in from georgia and heading our way. right now in columbia it is warm. 74 degrees. wind out of the south at 14. gusting up to 28 at times. still on track for tower -- showers and thunderstorms. some could be strong. a high of 76. hour. heavy rainfall expected tonight the rain will taper off by wind shifts out of the northwest. looking at a high of 59 degrees. we will look at the pinpoint forecast of when everything is coming and when it will get out of here in the seven-day in a few minutes. >>> today is national signing day. it is a thursday the high school college football. our sports team is visiting local schools where many seniors are announcing their commitments. here are a few separate today. former news19 player of the week, cole do

here in the midlands. we will get the dresses to girls for their high school prom and the deadline for drop off -- drop-off is february 24th, march 9th in orangeburg, that's a deadline. we have a full list on the website wltx.com. >>> many children around the midlands wrapped up their 100 day of school district. there's celebrate the day teachers often ask students to bring in 100 items of something. lauren thomas reports on carolina springs student took died in the line of duty. >>> six-year-old -- shocked the first great class with a kate, he was assigned by lori barnett to decorate the cape wind -- with one -- tape with 100 items. con balls or serial or safety pins. stickers, of things. i've never had one so special as braxton's. >> he was made up of the name and faces of all in police and canine officers from around the nation. >> they are going out in this fight trying to find a bad guy. >> when he came home with the assignment, has bothered sergeant chad writing at the sheriff's department was glad t

a system will approach late sunday night/early monday and produce a cold rain for most of the midlands and, a brief wintry mix northern portion of the viewing area near the nc/sc border. the opportunity for the wintry mix is from 3am - 10am, afterwards a cold rain will continue on and off until early tuesday afternoon. starting tuesday, daytime highs will climb to the low and middle 60s to end the week. a university of mississippi senior volleyball and track 23-year-old ty laporte was killed in a car crash thursday near holly springs. raycom's rose eiklor has details on the crash that ended ty's life and more on her stand-out career at ole miss. sot "i feel like the game is clicking more everyday. in practice,everyday, i'm learning more" 23 year old ty laporte was killed in a horrible accident on thursday night. mississippi highway patrol says laporte collided with an 18 wheeler driven by a 63 year old from alabama. he was not injured but laporte died on scene. skid marks, car parts and even these shoes were at the scene on friday. sot 8:10:42 "anytime someone in the ole miss community

skies now through early afternoon with a slight chance of a quick shower and or sleet in the northern midlands. some sunshine by afternoon, highs in the upper 40s. arctic air comes in on sunday with highs 15+ degrees below normal, high sunday in the upper 30s. monday a quick moving storm system could give us a brush of winter precipitation with a chance of a freezing rain mix early monday morning.then all rain by midday. the amount of cold air the system has to work with is what's in question. we'll continue to watch and temperatures will greatly improve by the end of next week with highs in the low to the wis weather app will help you stay informed on these colder temperatures and the possibility of wintry weather heading into next week. these colder temperatures and the possibility of wintry weather heading into next week. wintry weather heading into next week. you can find it for free in your app store. you can also text the word "weather" to 80310. messaging and data rates apply. right now, ohio governor john kasich is in columbia addressing the south carolina chamber of commerce- kasich i

in the midlands right now a little bit colder in the northern midlands, 32 winnsboro, 33 bishopville, sumter 30 for degrees but a warmer -- warmer as we get down to orangeburg at 40. average temperature for this and if your average low 36, advertise 60. sunrise this morning at 7:12, sunset at 6:05. a lot of the cloud coverage has been coming in, stationary front in the southern low country and a trough rigging a lot of that moisture, the clouds will stick around this morning. 38degrees by 10 o'clock with a lot of cloud coverage paid by lunch time 41 degrees in the clouds will start breaking up, in fact by the time the kids get out of school today, just a few clouds but it will still be chilly, 45 degrees as we are expecting highs today generally in the lower to middle 40s. a couple of higher 40s looking at 48 columbia and orangeburg, with a lot of sunshine the winds will start shifting out of the northeast to the west about five-10 miles per hour. of the northwest five-10 miles per hour. low tonight freezing mark, upper 20s into the northern midlands, central and southern midlands int

coming up on wis--things are starting to warm up p the midlands. are temperatures going to stay this way for the polls? we'll find out from meteorologist ben tanner. places.so the wedge is gone! a cold front will move through by midday, this front does not have much cold air behind the front, in fact high pressure and a good deal of sunshine over the next few days will see above normal highs. first, we need to get through the rain. showers with a few thunderstorms morning will quickly race to the coast by sunrise we'll start to clear the sky before noon. it will be windy and warmer with highs in the lower to middle 60s. sunny and dry over the next daytime highs in the middle to upper 60s.overnight lows from in today's "50 days to 50 recovered from yesterday's 50 pullups, so i pulled out... my p90x dvds. there's an entire set for several different workouts. i love these for when i can't get to a gym or outside for the workout. today i did the nearly hour-long stretch dvd. it starts you with some deep breathing and stretching of the neck, back, chest

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those strong winds are still an issue around the midlands. you likely heard some of those strong gusts overnight. a wind advisory will be in effect for much of the day. let's get your 6am started with a check on your first alert forecast. here's tim miller. get ready for a nice stretch of late winter days ahead with dry conditions, cool temperatures and mostly sunny skies as high pressure the first of next week. winds will still be an issue today as we'll see some gust up to 30mph. today, mostly sunny, continued breezy, highs middle to upper 50s. winds west 15-20mph with some higher gust. tonight, clear lows lower to middle 30s friday sunday: mostly sunny, near 60 as we mentioned those strong winds are still causing some problems around the midlands this morning. sce&g has been battling power outages in numerous spots, and there could be more today. our michal higdon is live in downtown columbia whehe crews have been working overnight to get power restored -- michal? i'm just down the street from the corner of laurel and marion street where t

starting at 9:00, 10:00, it works through basically all of the midlands. that's 10:00 and then watch it rejuvenate through 11:00. in there that's where the most likely scenario is for the weather, the atmosphere will have had a chance to loosen up, the clouds will be gone by this time tomorrow, that's when we will see the most intense line of storms go through. watch, they move through quickly and gone, by the time we get to the afternoon everything is kicking out, there's plenty of wind and terms of the severe weather threat, it will be done with us through tomorrow afternoon. let's give you specifics on the forecast for tone, not much, few showers, low clouds, what you have out there is what you get, drizzle is it. tomorrow the focus of the action will be the first part of the day and then into afternoon it gets windy. once this whole thinkings look at the rest of the week, dry through the early part of next week. keep it tuned here, jonathan and i will be tracking any storms as they get going in the morning. over to you. >> ben: thanks. tennessee coache

the temperature around the midlands, 56 degrees and columbia. fifty-seven as we get out to lexington and saluda. the wind has been picking up quite a bit out of the north. a lot of sunshine. we have this area of low pressure that has moved off along the coastline. a trough associated with that is offshore. we will be dealing with some warm weather today. pretty much in the lower-60s. with the exception of newberry at 59. here in columbia, a high of 62. light northerly wind. clear skies tonight. it is going to get downright cold. looking at temperatures -- getting down to 35 degrees and columbia with lower-30s throughout the midlands. we're looking at temperatures get to 59 tomorrow. get ready for the weekend with temperatures in the 70s. quite a bit of sunshine before the rain comes back on monday and tuesday. even with the rain coming in monday and tuesday, you want to be prepared. we're here at the walgreens on divine street. they have been so good making sure all the radios are ready. along with flashlights, batteries and everything you need

we are excited for lexington county and the midlands. this is the type of event that we dreamed about when we first started playing in the stadium.>> -- >>> i thought it was going to be mr. shanahan. my mistake. let's talk about the gamecocks. to the highlights ago. nice crowd at the cla for some thursday night basketball. they played tim players. they like to play the high low. we will start right here. there was a night pick of the high low basketball. we will pick it up in the second half. the gamecocks went on a big run the lead. may be, should i? she takes it. khadijah not known for her outside shooting, but it did happen. pick, role, and basket. they thought their way down to eight in this basketball came. gamecocks continued to come right back. asia wilson, elena coats, the size, and the height. you can see right here, elena there she goes. slam. she led up with a lefty off of the glass. the gamecocks extended the lead. this is like nfl, super bowl. the panthers needed some of this. gone yells out a timeout. a bomb. tiffany mitche

the eastern side of the midlands the threat for few snow flakes. temperatures for the next few days, cool down in the middle of the week. 51 the high tomorrow afternoon. that is a look at your be right back after the break. >>> here comes cam. he came, saw and conquered. cam newton is your nfl mvp. he led the panthers to a 15-1 regular season. the best in franchise history and now will look to bring trophy sunday when they face the broncos. head coach ron rivera taking home coach of the year honors. meanwhile on the hardwood, frank martin and the gamecocks with a chance to make a statement saturday to the ncaa tournament committee. no. 25, usc taking on texas a&m aggies. tied at 55 in the second half. thornwell a career-high, 9 assists on the day. later tied at 57. guilder knocking down n the three. frank martin not happy but the guys respond. watch the freshman cut to the basket and elevate. the slam bringing usc to within one. wining down under five the play. gamecocks up two and who else, carrera putting them up by they would not look back and w

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**nats of bell** the harbison campus for midlands technical college is on the site where the harbison institute once stood. it was a school that allowed african americans to further their education during a time when opportunities for minorities were slim... "zaidee morris: here were no opportunities for rural students, to go to school other than for first through third grade. and uh this gave them a chance to attend high school and look forward to something beyond that."3 morris and several of her former classmates were honored at the campus monday morning. *nats of applause* " zaidee morris: enjoyed it. it sort of brought me back home, made me feel at home. midlands institute alumni by showing a documentary depicting the school's legacy *singing* and also had current students honor the rich history of the alumni.... *nats** harbison institute alumna rubie schumpert says it's important for the community to remember their past.... "rubie: " let the young people know what their mothers and grandmothers and grandfathers experienced, and i think they can appreciate their education more..

it's a force of nature tearing through the midlands... we're taking a look at the light jacket today. 33 we want to give you a quick traffic update as you head out and about this morning. and good news at the top of the hour... there are no trouble spots to report in or around the capital city. but as always we will continue to update you if anything changes for your morning commute.. a-b-c columbia wants to help you jump start your day. we have a quick rundown of your top morning headlines. so, let's get started. we're facing a wet and dreary morning... but, of course, nothing compared to the wicked weather we saw yesterday. the national weather service has confirmed an e-f-zero tornado touched down near the intersection of charleston highway and dixiana road. take a look at this amazing video taken of the tornado. this was given to us by a-b-c columbia viewer mark creighton. creighton tells us he wasn't rain headed toward him and thought it looked strange. so, he started recording. 33 creighton told us that he's a weather fanatic, but h

much of the midlands was north orangeburg and columbia. right now, it's 46 in newberry, 50 in columbia here. our computer model indicates that area of thunderstorms. this model has said that it may split overnight. when you wake up tomorrow, find out what the latest is, because if it splits we may not see as much severe weather in the midlands. certainly we'll see a chance of thunderstorms in the morning and midday, the front comes through and it will turn windy and colder. our forecast for tonight, we'll see low temperatures of 45, 57 in orangeburg. through and 67 in newberry and our 7-day forecast is going to be windy and thursday, a high of 56. dry through the weekend and a then as we get basketball - after a rough trip to raleigh - back on the road facing gerogia tech 3 jaron we'll start with the highlights here. and the tigers and their money man, clemson lead by 13 but they lose 75-73 when they missed that last shot in overtime. >>> watch this, block by vander build and josh hen derson slings it and it was that kind of night. they de

richland county sheriff's department has introduced a new cell app to help fight crime here in the midlands. >> abc columbia's jennifer ready joins us live now in the newsroom and she has more on how the app can help make your community safer. jennifer? >> ben and alicia, the richland county sheriff's department app is one of the first to be introduced among law enforcement agencies in the midlands. similar to their website, it provides citizens a quick and easy way to stay up to date on crime in the area and it's as simple as one click on your phone. from news to food to games to fitness, in today's society there's an app for just about everything. >> most people get their information from apps. >> and the richland county sheriff's department is joining the trend launching its own mobile app to help better inform citizens who fight crime in their neighborhoods. >> we wanted to be able to just be in the palm of our citizens' hands at all times. >> the sheriff's department app gives residents access to neighborhood crime apps. safety reminders and sends them crime alerts in real time. of get

that story ahead at 5:30.plus, police say a midlands resteraunt owner killed a man and tried to kill his wife in a twisted valentines day murder....detail (phone ringing) you can't deal with something, by ignoring it. but that's how some presidential candidates seem to be dealing with social security. americans work hard, and pay into it. so our next president needs a real plan to keep it strong. (elephant noise) (donkey noise) 3 the skies are clear right now but heavy rain fell overnight for most in the midlands. good morning and thanks for joining us here on news19 this morninin i'm deon guillory. and i'm savannah levins..the rain has moved on and it 3 seems so have the freezing temperatures...let's get a weather with efren 3 3 3 3 this morning..parents in sumter want answers after it took over six hours for some sumter special needs kids to make it home from school. sumter school district spokesperson shelly galloway says a bus driver called in sick yesterday......which combined two bus routes.that bus left school at 2:30 and broke down on highway 76 and 378 near saint paul church

plenty of grey skies in the midlands with a few scattered showers after a brutally cold weekend. let's check in with meteorologist ben tanner and see when things will clear up! look for periods of very light freezing drizzle and light freezing rain developing this morning and lasting until around noon. freezing rain advisory remains in effect for lancaster and chesterfield counties until 1pm. the air is fairly dry and needs to moisten up for us to have any action with this system from a winter perspective this morning, look for light amounts of freezing rain and/or drizzle with up to a trace through the central midlands to a touch more in the advisory areas. this becomes a rain event by afternoon with scattered showers. temperatures will rise to the lower 50s by late this evening the overnight as a warm front passes through, look for showers and scattered thunderstorms ahead of the cold front tomorrow morning, then clearing skies by late afternoon. much warmer by late week with highs in the upper 60s to near 70 stay on top of the latest weather headed your way by downloading the

and good morning midlands. we still do have rain that is moving through the midland. really late in the parts of central and central calhoun, and some sprinkles and far southeastern sumter county. outside of that, so more rain is coming out of georgia. not out of the woods yet, and we are dealing with milder temperatures. and 56 degrees in the head off to school, and hour by hour, we will be dealing with the showers and temperatures that will actually start to drop. 56degrees by 10:00, 55 by lunchtime and as we get into the lunchtime, 53 degrees. start to taper by 6:00. temperatures down to 50 degrees. >>> as we get ready set out for the thursday morning commute, give yourself extra time. the roads are wet but traffic is light. interstate 26 by pine grove road, traffic in both directions is looking pretty well. the accidents on the thoroughfares. there is a slow down as you come off of dekker boulevard, about 11 miles per hour is soon as you get past that. we have an accident on leesburg road that will be right by fairmont. parcel lane road is blocked. if you continue

another cold day here in the midlands. it looks like we could be seeing warmer weather as we get closer to the weekend. >> we started off cold once again this morning but a lot of sunshine and far less windy conditions. in the 30s and 40s right now. 49 in saluda. 42 in lexington. camden at 39. here in columbia, a lot of sunshine. 46degrees. winds are calm. so no wind chill to talk about. we do have a slight change in the forecast. for today, we'll see a lot of sunshine. 51 for a high with increasing cloud coverage for tonight a low of 32. then we could have a chance for some sprinkles tomorrow with variable winds of five to 10 miles per hour. we'll have a high of 49 degrees. >>> there is a meeting tonight to discuss the future developments in one of the hardest hit areas during the october floods. the public is invited to listen to plans and share their own input on the proposed greenway. the watershed association wants katherine to the congery river. that meeting is tonight at brennan elementary school. >>> you may see sm

these midland radios are at a special discount. we are not that far from spring, and we all remember how bad the october floods were, and we actually had a tornado in february in lexington. the radios are loud and much needed, and if the power goes out, they are battery operated. we have our wltx weather, and even though these can be plugged in, they are battery you. a lot of times we have bad weather at night, and the phone may not go off loudly enough, but these well. >> and they are very easy to program. >> i showed these to a school, and it was very easy to program. it took two minutes to program it. i will be at the walgreens on divine street tomorrow at noon, and they will have the radios. we will not need it this week. >> we will need sunglasses. >> we will need sunglasses, and we had a lot of wind and rain that came through overnight, and this has moved away. we only have l lht rain falling , and it has moved out of lee county and into the piedmont region, and this cold front pushing through, 43 in newberry, and getting dow

covering parts of the midlands. give yourself extra time as you need the low beams throughout the commute this morning. one accident is reported on highway 76, 370 at garners road east of falls hill on blue johnson road. we haven't had report there is are injury, but be aware of that if you are commuting from shaw airforce base. outside of that no accidents are reported into parts of columbia, but still a slowdown on sunset boulevard heading west of lexington. 19 miles per hour speed limit on augusta road, 22 miles per hour in columbia and 28 miles per hour on charleston highway toward i-26. right now it is 51 degrees, winds are couple and a little fog is in place in columbia. when the kids head out to the bus stop they will need a light jacket. it will be 50 degrees on the way to school this morning. by this afternoon warm with partly cloudy whys and 73 skies and 73 degrees is what they will expect as they head out of class. winds will be out of the southeast at 10 miles per hour. tonight 60 degrees. we could see a

heavy rain fell last night throughout the midlands. tim miller says we might see a few thunderstorms early this morning. tim miller's tracking the weather this morning as you're waking up. he has your first alert forecast. low pressure will cross the south through tuesday morning and deliver 1" rain totals in some areas. expect much warmer temperatures for the rest of the week with highs in the 60s and lower 70s. 2016 presidential hopefuls are pulling all the punches in an ahead of south carolina's all important primaries. with just 4 days of campaigning left -- the gop candidates continue multiple stops across the state. and the battle between donald trump and his republican rivals, ted cruz and jeb bush, continues to heat up. trump called cruz a liar multiple times on the campaign trail here in south carolina. trump says that some of cruz's campaign ads are misleading, and unless he apologizes, he's going to launch a lawsuit over his eligibility to run for presidential candidate:30-:38 "he doesn't even have the right to serve as pres

the only candidates with scheduled stops in the midlands are kasich and marco rubio. rubio is scheduled to stop by the marriott hotel in downtown columbia at 9 this morning. kasich is expected to be at a town hall at senate's end at 10. the other four candidates will have events focused on the upstate and the coast. you can stay up to date on all the campaign stops in the midlands by visiting our website at wis tv dot com. there you'll find the latest on where the candidates will be visiting. here's how the numbers are stacking up for the republican candidates nationwide. among likely republican voters -- ted cruz and donald trump lead the pack with only 2-points separating them in the latest nbc news, wall street journal poll. marco rubio trails in 3rd with john kasich, ben carson, and jeb bush following behnd. here in south carolina we're now in the final hours of absentee voting in the republican primary our michal higdon is live in the newsroom with new election commission on how voting numbers are looking so far. the biggest thing to remember -- today is it's the

in the midlands, it has been dry. we've seen mostly cloudy conditions and we expect that we will see mostly cloudy skies throughout this afternoon and this evening. even into saturday night, mostly cloudy skies. we start off the second half of the weekend with mostly cloudy skies and there may be a small chance for an isolated shower tomorrow afternoon or evening, but not much for rainfall over the weekend. the first day of the work week, better chances for showers. monday, the showers move in and more rain chances for tuesday. for the high temperature, highs are mid-to upper 60s and may touch 70 in orangeburg and manning and the lowe's tonight, dropping into the upper 40s and lower 50s. for the next seven days, 73 tomorrow with rain chances increases on monday and showers likely on tuesday. temperatures are decreasing by tuesday and wednesday with partly cloudy skies and 57. 58 by the end of the workweek with more sunshine. today, high temperatures and some may touch 70 degrees under andrea? >>> a good day to go to t

it certainly was a wild afternoon in the midlands. whenever you have thunderstorms, there's a chance, albeii small, but there's a chance you can get tornadoes spin up.s that's exactly what happened outust sa there today. up >> what started off as a quiet rain day, it ended upbringing a- damage and destruction after the tornado touched down in west columbia. thh >> take you out live to jennifer ray, and she's been out on the farmers market. >> we are about a half mile away where you just mentioned that tornado touched down earlier today, and if you look behind me, evidence of that massive tree is one of many, and now crews were out here earlier removing this tree from the up about a half hour ago for safety reasons and tried to clear that as quickly as possible. also across the street, 321, they were not able to go through the gate but they also did experience damage, and several cars did have window damage, and also crucifixing cars that seem to have appeared turned offer or off to the side pushed into a fence. we will have video of t

none of them are severe in the midlands. we had a tornado watch in effect until 7:00 for all of our counties within the viewing area. the heavy concentration of nonsevere thunderstorms right now -- moving from the south -- and heading toward south congaree, red bank, all the way over to lake murray and into parts of prosperity over to winnsboro. very carefully. down into parts of aiken and then entering into surrounding areas. when the storms are e t of and a lot cooler weather. >>> orangeburg five and lexington one have canceled afterschool activities because of the weather. will if you have students in students in either of those activities. called the district if you need more information. >>> that (woo) when you love seafood this much... back again? i hope it's just a clumsy phase. ...it's gotta be d's. anything's worth it for our new home-style flounder meal or double dozen shrimp. also, try our grilled menu featuring new tuscan tilapia. for full meals starting at just $4.99, >> chelsea: oh, come on. thunder, are you? >

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moving out of the midlands for the first time. the south eastern part of the midlands got a lot of rain. temperatures kept down by the clouds today. in the 50s. right now 50 degrees up in raleigh. 59 augusta. 50 degrees over in atlanta. it is cloudy here in columbia. temperatures 58 degrees. winds from the southwest at 5 miles per hour. tonight those clouds will stick chanan for a shower, low temperature of 38 degrees. but the clouds will be moving out before day break. expecting sunshine tomorrow. 52 degrees. it will be colder tomorrow. and tomorrow night we will be dropping down to 28 degrees. now a look at the traffic around the area for this afternoon. we will start with an over view of the traffic right now. really around the cici not too many problems except in the northwestern part of columbia. leaving columbia, through malfunction junction, first of all, there is an accident here on the westbound lane of i-20 and just bout the broad river, extending all the way over to highway 378. it is slow in the westbound lanes and als

you can get weather updates in the midlands by downloading the wis tv weather app. you can find it in your app weather app. you can find it in your app store. and it's free! several schools and churches have cancelled the national weather service weather spotter chris jackson. interview with chesterfield storm chaser. chris jackson storm damage pictures you can get weather updates in downloading the wis tv weather app. you can find it in your app store. and it's free! several schools and churches gun violence. we have a crew at the forum at we have a crew at the forum at morris college in sumter. democratic presidential candidate bernie sanders is no longer in the palmetto state. he is now taking his campaign to missouri and oklahoma. he held a news conference earlier this morning in columbia. he said that he is not writing off the state.. saying he will win some states and lose others, but that he is in the race to win. the democratic candidates are making their final pushes this week to win over voters. at last night's cnn town hall in columbia, voters had a chanc

some areas of the midland.20 inches of rain. you're in columbia we broke the one, two, and three day records for rainfall. >> many people refer to that as the thousand year flood. jim gandy determined it would be more accurate to say one in a 9000 year flood. >> for some of us it is far too early to discuss the flood. >> whether your home was flooded or not, mold is one of the thing experts say will creep up on us. we got a chance to talk with a midlands woman who is dealing >> reporter: the mold invaded her home. because mothers everywhere, we know that she is not the only one who will deal with landlord issues, health risks, and proper cleaning. >> there is mold everywhere all of the time. >> reporter: in the workplace and at home. >> i see it in the windows and under the beds. >> reporter: it was all over her bedroom, bathroom, and kitchen. >> i can see it along the edge, especially red by the window. >> reporter: she first notified management in november. they cleaned it up and painted. in january, the mold creeped up again.

folks in the midlands could wake up to some snow flakes.right now... no impact or accumulation is expected in the midlands. 3 good evening... thanks for choosing news 19. i'm mary sturgillllet's go ahead and send things over to meteorologist daniel bonds. 3 it has been a chilly day across the midands and we have some precipitation too. some reports of a little sleet falling across the area and that could be the case right now 3 too.temperatures at the surface are well above freezing here are the current temperatures across the maybe mixed with a some sleet and a few snowflakes especially from columbia and south and east, this is something we'll watch tonight. early tomorrow there will be a shower maybe mixed then mostly sunny sunday afternoon and mostly clear tomorrow 3 night. we'll take a closer look at the forecast coming up in just a few minutes. mary. early tomorrow a 3 two sumter parents are in jail because investigators believe they injured their 9-week-old baby.22-year-old... justin little... and 20-year-old... alicia anderson... are charged wit

several high schools in the midlands have a super bowl connection. a number of local guys have played in the big game. in honor of super bowl 50...every high school in the nation that or head coach is being awarded a golden football by the n-f-l. last week when we were at spring valley high school for signing day...we checked out their four golden footballs. that's right the vikings have four graduates who've played in the super bowl. willie williams and lethon flowers were defensive backs for the pittsburgh steelers in super bowl 30. yes...it's amazing...being honored by the super bowl..saying that we have four former spring valley students to go on to play not in the nfl but in the super bowl that's simply amazing for our community. i found out too that there are only 16 schools in the entire nation that have had four or more young people that have gone on from high school to play in the pros..it's really huge for our community. and the number two ranked university of south carolina and number one u-conn are battling it out inside colonial life are