Hold 3 hold hold were watching this in the Pit Crew Traffic Center. Accident i26 east 30 mm between hwy 221 walnut grove 3 we have some 3 School Delays this morning. Greenville county schools are on a two hour delay. As well as all Spartanburg County schools. Schools. In the mountains. Madison and Mcdowell County schools will also be starting two hours late mitchell and Yancey County schools will be on a three hour delay. Remember for the latest updates just head to fox carolina dot com. 3 3 this winter storm proved just how dangerous it can be when ice hits the roads. Roads. Sadly two people were killed in crashes on monday. Monday. The first happened on 385 near villa road around 7 30. Were told an officer arrived to a crash on the interstate when another vehicle struck the cruiser and two people who were outside of their vehicle from the originial accident. Troopers say a 28 year old man from greenville was killed. The other man who was hit was also taken to the hospital with serious injuries. The name of the man killed wasnt released. 3 the coroner was also called to a headon crash on verdae boulevard. Were told a woman collided with a tow truck near Sulphur Springs monday night. Hospital where she later died. The tow truck driver was also taken to the hospital but we dont know the severity of his injuries. 3 the good thing is the roads have gotten better since monday night. But you could still run into some icey patches. Patches. Fox carolinas Ashley Minelli is live in Travelers Rest this morning wth a look. 3 ad lib about conditions on the way out highway 25 is. Overnight different story. 3 more than 200 accidents across greenville colaurens carolina on the scene of first crash, second one happened man had to crawl out of his car to get to safety safety3 another wreck on near haywood and pelham roads 3 more calls than man power 3 3 Spartanburg County also saw a mess. As freezing rain hit the area monday causing dozens of accidents. Accidents. Fox carolinas joe gagnon is live not far from i85joe, hows it looking right now . 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 time for weather and traffic 3 overnight ice melts quickly, with morning 3 temperatures in the upper 30s and 40s. Expect partly cloudy skies throughout the day with highs reaching 57 in the upstate and 48 in the mountains. An isolated shower is possible, with light tn border snow. Tonight, skies clear with lows in the 30s. 3 now to chris 3 now to chris with traffic. 3 hold hold 3 were watching this this 3 and make sure to download our new fox carolina weather app. You can get the latest weather info on the go, as well as get alerts on watches and warnings for your area. Just text carolina weather to 23765 to download 3 3 its. Coming up, only on fox for the First Time Since her husband was killed, were hearing from the wife a firefighter. The sobering reminder she has for drivers. 3 we head to break with a live look at. Spindale in rutherford county. At us74. Rutherford county. Schools on 3hours day. Check the bottom of your screen for more delays and closingsyoure watching the morning news on fox carolina. 3 youre watching the morning news with lauren elise, ben hill, meteorologist nicole crew traffic 3 welcome back to the morning news on fox carolinawere taking a live look at. Usc upstate. Spartanburg campus opening 2hours late. Check the bottom of your screen and foxcarolinadot com for more details. 3 only on fox this morning were hearing from the wife of a firefighter killed while working at the scene of an accident one year ago agosheryl stanton is speaking out for the first time about her husband, ken stanton, who was killed by a drunk driver. He was a volunteer Sandy Springs firefighter. Who police say was hit by Charles Pickens while directing traffic. Sheryl says shell never forget her husband. 3 3 kenny was a great, great person, he smiled all the time. Im not just saying that because hes my husband. Slow down and be aware. These people out there are volunteers, they arent getting paid for this, they are doing it because they love it. Too many people are getting killed because people are driving drunk, or too fast, and just not staying should. Charles pickens is currently out on bond facing a number of charges including felony dui with death. Sheryl says she always thinks about First Responders when the weather turns ugly. 3 time for traffic and weather every ten minutes. 3 overnight ice melts quickly, with morning temperatures in the upper 30s and 40s. Expect partly cloudy skies throughout the day with highs reaching 57 in the upstate and 48 in the mountains. An isolated shower is possible, with light tn border snow. Tonight, skies clear with lows in the 30s. Back sunshine with seasonable temperatures in the upper 50s during the day, and mid30s at night. Friday is the warmest day of the week with sunshine and highs in the low 60s. Mid60s move in for the weekend, with increasing clouds and a chance for rain by late sunday. Overnight ice melts quickly, with morning temperatures in the upper 30s and 40s. Expect partly cloudy skies throughout the day with highs reaching 57 in the upstate and 48 in the mountains. An isolated shower is possible, with light tn border snow. Tonight, skies wednesday and thursday bring back sunshine with seasonable temperatures in the upper 50s during the day, and mid30s at night. Friday is the warmest day of the week with sunshine and highs in the low 60s. Mid60s move in for the weekend, with increasing clouds and a chance for rain by late sunday. 3 weather hit 3 now to chris with traffic. 3 hold hold this 3 youre looking live atyoure looking this this hold hold 3 now to chris 3 now to chris with traffic. 3 hold hold 3 were watching this this traffic 3 sponsored by Kevin Whitaker chevrolet cadillac 3 3 news you need to know. Icy roads are being blamedfor two overturned vehicles on highway 25 in Travelers Rest near foot hills road. Troopers say the three car accident happened on monday when one truck hit another after hitting a patch of ice and caused a car to overturn. No one was hurt. 3 on laurens roadthere were two major crashes near the millenium gas station. One car flipped over after hitting ice. 3 other parts of the country are getting slammed with Winter Weather. Mississippi and parts of florida got hit with rain, sleet, snow, and strong winds. More than a dozen homes were destroyed. 3 several people are recovering this morning after getting hurt during mondays Winter Weather. Weather. Local doctors in the area say they saw several head injuries while others just had bruises on their bodies from falling on stairs and sidewalks. One doctor says the unexpected slips tend to cause more harm than when you brace yourself. 3 3 3 3 a lot of people have been falling while climbing stairs, it was kin d of deceptive today, they didnt think it was wet and frozen and so multiple people walking up stairs didnt realize that it was slippery and ended up falling back and injuring their extremities. I had a person hit their head, they had a concusion as well, multiple laserations and also head injuries. Injuries. 3 doctor advise everyone to put down salt or ice melt around your home and areas where you walk. 3 3 its time . 3 we are down to four days before the South Carolina primary and the candidates are hitting the campaign trail hard. Well tell you whos in our area today. 3 we head to break with a live look at. Travelers rest. Youre watching 3 the morning news on fox carolina. 3 youre watching the morning vo with thousands of quality preowned vehicles. And exceptional customer service, head to your neighborhood enterprise car sales and let the people who buy more vehicles than anyone. 3 welcome back to the morning news on fox carolinawere taking a live look 3 at. Spartanburg eye85. Mm 57 3 3 we are just four 3 days from the republican primary here in South Carolina and it will be another day full of Campaign Stops in the upstate. Upstate. Doctor ben carson will in roebuck at spartan felt inc. At 10 this morning. Then hell head to gaffney for lunch and a town hall meeting Republican Party at daddy joes barbecue. Thats happening at noon. 3 john kasich will host a meet and greet today at the boiling greenville. The event starts at 3 30. Its free but you must register. 3 and ted cruz will be at the Anderson Civic Center tonight for a rally with congressman jeff duncan. It all starts at 7 30. It is free but you must also register. 3 heres a look at all the republican candidates for president. Coming up youll hear from some of the other candidates who made stops in the upstate on monday. Again the South Carolina primary is this saturday. Saturday. And just a week later. On the 27th. Its the democrats turn. Three candidates remain in the 3 now to weather 3 with nicole 3 overnight ice melts quickly, with morning temperatures in the upper 30s and 40s. Expect partly cloudy skies throughout the day with highs reaching 57 in the upstate and 48 in the mountains. An isolated shower is possible, with light tn border snow. Tonight, skies clear with lows in the 30s. 3 weather hit 3 chris is in the traffic center. 3 hold hold were watching 3 this 3 youre looking live at 3 3 its. 3 it can be a tough call for School Districts to determine whether or not to keep schools open when Winter Weather is in the forecast. Coming up, how one superintendent goes about making his decision. 3 we head to break with a live look at. Mile marker 63 in Spartanburg County youre watching the morning news on fox carolina. 3 youre watching the morning news. 3 the morning gilliard you know, theres an old saying about South Carolina, were always first in the things that are last and last in the things that are first. This economy is rigged. We can do better. And thats where bernie comes in. Bernie is not in the pocket of wall street. We dont have to depend on the socalled wall street giants. Everybody knows the problem. Bernie wants to do something about it. He gets it. I mean, he really gets it. 3 news at 6 30 starts now. Now. 3 the warm air is moving in and a nice day is in store. Ill recap yesterdays storm and tell you whats ahead. Ahead. 3 roads are also improving after a dangerous and messy night on im live in Travelers Rest 3 good morning. 3 its tuesday, february 16im lauren elise eliseand im ben hill, with traffic reporter chris scott and meteorologist nicole papay. Thanks for joining us on the morning news. 3 things are improving after a wild day in the weather everything from freezing rain, to thunder to lightning. This 3 overnight ice melts 3 quickly, with morning temperatures in the upper 30s and 40s. Expect partly cloudy skies throughout the day with highs reaching 57 in the upstate and 48 in the mountains. An isolated shower border snow. Tonight, skies clear with lows in the 30s. 3 lets send it over to chris. 3 hold hold were watching this in the Pit Crew Traffic Center center 3 youre looking 3 live at 3 3 roads are 3 clearing up this morning after last nights ice left them very dangerous. Dangerous. This morning were waiting to learn more about two People Killed in two separate wrecks. Wrecks. The first happened on 385 near villa road around 7 30 and involved three vehcukes. Police say an officer was helping out with a crash another vehicle ran into the cruiser, the officer, and two people were standing outside their vehicle. Were told a 28 year old greenville man was killed and another man was taken to the hospital with serious injuries. 3 were also working to learn the name of another person killed in a crash in greenville city. The coroner says a woman was killed on verdae boulevard at old Sulphur Springs road around 9 30. He tells us she ran headon into a tow truck, was taken to the hospital, and died from her injuries. The tow truck driver was taken to the hospital but no word on injuries. Troopers are investigating. 3 thankfully with temperatures warming Law Enforcement is hoping for a much safer morning commute. But you could still run into some icey spots. Spots. Fox carolinas Ashley Minelli is live in tr this morning. Ashley its looking much better than what we saw late last night. 3 ice big problem across our this morning now that temps warmed up 3 last night more than 200 ax across gvl county emergency crews shut down bridges in our area. 385 and academy in gvl co highway 291 bridge sand trucks, closed if conditions remain icy icylaurens road major wrecks fox carolina on the scene of first crash, second one happened man had to crawl out of his car to get to safety 3 talk about what 3 the roads look like this am 3 we can tell you 3 all Spartanburg County schools are on a two hour delay this morning. Morning. Spartanburg County District 4 superintendent rallie liston told us School Leaders take the decision very seriously. Liston says each decision is made with the safety of the children in mind. He says no decision is made without him driving around the district himself to see what the roads are like. Doctor liston says all the districts talk about 3 3 3 3 we talked about it every district checked with their folks and we collaborate with each other we get out ride the roads look at the latest technology and share with each other and try to make the best for all involved 3 again all Spartanburg County districts are on a two hour delay as well as Greenville County and Cherokee County all closings and delays throughout the show by checking the ticker at the bottom of your screen. We also have an entire list on fox carolina dot com. 3 time for weather 3 and traffic every 10 minutes. 3 overnight ice melts quickly, with morning temperatures in the upper 30s and 40s. Expect partly cloudy skies throughout the day with highs reaching 57 in the upstate and 48 in the mountains. An isolated shower is possible, with light tn border snow. Tonight, skies clear with lows in the 30s. 3 weather hit 3 now to chris with traffic. 3 hold 3 were watching 3 this in the Pit Crew Traffic Center center 3 3 you are taking a live look at 3 and make sure to download our new fox carolina weather app. You can get the latest weather info on the go, as well as get alerts on watches and warnings for your area. Just text carolina weather to 23765 to download 3 3 its. Hey you guys, things are looking a lot better after last nights mess. Im live in spartanburg with a 3 we head to break with a live look at. Rutherford county. Spindale. Us74youre watching the morning news on fox 3 youre watching 3 welcome back to the morning news on fox carolinawere taking a live look at. Travelers rest. Highway25 3 3 later today 3 South Carolina frontrunner donald trump will be on the campaign trail near aiken after meeting with voters in greenville. Greenville. He spoke in front of a packed house at the Td Convention center monday. It was one of his final stops after a full day of campaigning through the state. Trump spoke about his competition saying many of the candidates are dirty politicians. He also addressed immigration and stated Political Correctness is hurting the country. Trump took direct aim at ted cruz saying he cant lead. 3 3 3 i was in the debate. Ted cruz was on my left and they asked him about water boarding. He was incapable. Take a look at the way he answered the question. I think hes a very unstable person to start off with. He couldnt answer the question. Hes going well uh. He was afraid to say water okay. Trump also attacked marco rubio saying he cant handle the pressure of the campaign trail. 3 several of trumps opponents will be in the upstate today. Doctor ben carson will make stops in gaffney. Senator ted cruz will be holding a rally with representative jeff duncan at the Anderson Civic Center. And Governor John Kasich will be in greenville for a meet and greet. Greet. Two town halls have been scheduled in the palmetto state ahead of saturdays primary. Ben carson, ted cruz, and marco rubio will gather in greenville wednesday night. Donald trump, jeb bush, and john kasich will appear in columbia on thursday. Cnns Anderson Cooper will moderate both events. 3 and heres a look at the democratic candidates. Former president bill clinton will be in greenville today to campaign for his wife. For more information on all these events head to fox carolinadotcom. 3 3 you are going to want to be careful if you have to head out this morning roads are improving after yesterdays ice storm but that doesnt mean there arent any slick spots. Joe, how are things looking your way . 3 3 3 3 3 3 time for traffic 3 and weather every ten minutes. 3 overnight ice melts quickly, with morning temperatures in the upper 30s and 40s. Expect partly cloudy skies throughout the day with highs reaching 57 mountains. An isolated shower is possible, with light tn border snow. Tonight, skies clear with lows in the 30s. Wednesday and thursday bring back sunshine with seasonable temperatures in the upper 50s during the day, and mid30s at night. Friday is the warmest day of the week with sunshine and highs in the low 60s. Mid60s move in for the weekend, with increasing by late sunday. Overnight ice melts quickly, with morning temperatures in the upper 30s and 40s. Expect partly cloudy skies throughout the day with highs reaching 57 in the upstate and 48 in the mountains. An isolated shower is possible, with light tn border snow. Tonight, skies clear with lows in the 30s. Wednesday and thursday bring back sunshine with seasonable during the day, and mid30s at night. Friday is the warmest day of the week with sunshine and highs in the low 60s. Mid60s move in for the weekend, with increasing clouds and a chance for rain by late sunday. 3 weather hit 3 now to pit crew traffic. 3 hold 3 we are 3watching watching 3 you are taking a 3 live look at pit crew traffic sponsored by 3 Kevin Whitaker chevrolet cadillac 3 3 news you need to know. Dozens of drivers are dealing with wrecked cars because of icy conditions. Traffic was slowed down in polk county monday afternoon along eye26. North carolina and South CarolinaHighway Patrol were busy dealing with crashes all 3 traffic had to be detoured last night for a crash on pelham road and haywood. Police shut down the intersection around 7 00but things are moving again this morning. 3 republican jeb bush is getting support from his brother. Former president George W Bush was on the campaign trail monday down in charleston with jeb. Jeb will start the day in rock hill. 3 temperatures are warming up this morning but were still seeing the effects of the freezing rain. Rain. This is the fountain in front of the Poinsett Hotel on main street in greenville on monday. You can see the icicles hanging down on the entire fountain. Those icicles should melt off today as temperatures get warmer. 3 3 its. Coming up. Taylor swift continues to reign the music world. Her subtle diss aimed at another music superstar up next. 3 we head to break with a live look at. 3 but first lets take a look at last nights winning lottery numbers. Numbers. 3 good morning, im diana watson and im cody alcorn. Today. First at four well have weather and traffic every ten minutes. And tonight at ten. The countdown to the primary. What the gop candidates are doing in the upstate. To get your vote. 3 welcome backwere taking a live look at. Rutherford 3 county. Spindale. Us74 3 for the second 3 time in her career. Taylor swift took the top honor at the 58th annual grammy awards. Awards. Swift is now the first woman to win two album of the year grammys. Her album, 1989, earned her three grammys monday night, including best pop vocal album. Kendrick lamar swept the rap categories taking home five awards. He had the most nominations, with 11. Breakout Country SingerChris Stapleton won best country album. Other big winners included. Best new artist for meghan trainor. Record of the year for bruno mars uptown funk. And song of the year for thinking out loud, by ed sheeran. Took time to thank her fans for making her the queen of pop at the grammys during her acceptance speech. Swift encouraged young women to focus on their dreams. Near the end of the speech she took aim at kanan west. In his new song famous west claimed he pushed her into the lime light. Swift says she worked hard to get where she is and 3 now to weather 3 and traffic every 10 minutes. 3 overnight ice melts quickly, with morning temperatures in the upper 30s and 40s. Expect partly cloudy skies throughout the day with highs reaching 57 in the upstate and 48 in the mountains. An isolated shower is possible, with light tn border snow. Tonight, skies clear with lows in the 30s. 3 3 lets send it over to chris with traffic. 3 hold hold were 85cannons campground rd hwy 110gap creek rd wade hampton blvdgreenville accidents dillard rd bridges harrison bridge rd Jenkins Bridge rd i385 north exit 30 i185 Anderson County accident hwy 8 i85 i85 3 youre looking live at 3 3 its. We are seeing warming temperatures and with that comes improving road conditions. But you are still going to want to be careful out there. We have team covarge following mondays winter storm. 3 Spartanburg County. Eye85. Mile marker 63be sure to stay with fox carolina all morning long. Were bringing you the days top stories until nine oclock. Throughout our four hours of news you can catch live reports from the field, plus weather and minutes. I have asthma. 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Ask your doctor if 24hour breo could be a missing piece for you. See if youre eligible for 3 storm. Temps warm to 57 in the upstate today. Ill let you know when more wet weather could move in. In. 3 warm temps mean the ice is melting off. Were live in northern Greenville County checking things out. Out. 3 and the roads are looking better as well. We have an update from Spartanburg County. Coming up. 3 good morning. Its tuesday, february 16. Im lauren elise. 3 and im ben hill. Here with nicole papay and chris scott. 3 we have some School Delays this morning. Cherokee, greenville and all spartanburg districts are on two hour delay. There are also several delays in the mountains. Mcdowell county is closed. The full list is running at the bottom of your screen and on fox carolina dot com. Com. 3 overnight ice melts 3 quickly, with morning temperatures in the upper 30s and 40s. Expect partly cloudy skies throughout the day with highs reaching 57 in the