A missing 16yearold girl has been rescued and returned home after Authorities Say she was sold into Human Trafficking. Allie spillyards is in our newsroom with details. At a News Conference just a short time ago sheriff leon lott was joined by Richland Countys Human Trafficking task force. They told us that Human Trafficking isnt just something you see in the movies. Its a real problem all over our country, and Richland County is no exception. 22yearold Daytron Hoefer is now behind bars charged with Human Trafficking and kidnapping among other charges. They say this was a very typical Human Trafficking case. The victims mother reported her missing, and they soon learned hoefer had formed a relationship with the 16yearold before selling her for sex online. Human traffickings been on the rise in large cities nearby columbia over the last few years, including atlanta and charlotte. Sheriff lott says some of whats seen in Richland County travels in from those like this case, originate here with local young women. The county says its using the task for to tackle Human Trafficking two ways education and enforcement. 15 16 09 weve got to get out to our young girls. Weve got to get out to our schools through our School Resource officers and let them talk to them. This is a problem weve all got to address together. Sheriff lott said he hopes that at some point that includes a formal education program, but for now richland 1 schools trains some of its School Resource officers and teachers on the signs of Human Trafficking and how to have a conversation with students they feel may fall vicitm. Clear and cold this morning as we start out in the upper 20s look for another day with lots a cold front will be moving through the state by tonight, winds will start to pick and even though the temperature will reach the middle 50s, with a stiff northwest wind, it will feel chilly much of the day. Tonight, clear , breezy and cold, lows in the upper 20s wednesday, sunny and cold. Highs middle to upper 40s. Forecast gets tricky by friday as low pressure is expected to develop in the gulf and track off our coast. Position of the low and its track will determine how much rain we receive, thinking bulk of the rain remains to our south showers. Highs in the middle to upper 50s. Things looking much colder again by next week. Wednesdays Powerball Jackpot has grown to a world record 1. 5 billion. The jackpot for two days in a row because of strong ticket sales. The winner could choose to take the 1. 5 billion dollar prize in installments over 29 years or in one lump sum of 930 million. No matter how the prize is collected, uncle sam will take his cut of nearly 40 percent. Six churches in orangeburg county. All burglarized between sunday and monday. Now, investigators with the Sheriffs Office are on a mission to find the culprits. Our wis Billie Jean Shaw spoke to several of the victims. The churches are located in cope which is about 15 minutes outside of orangeburg. Investigators say in a 24 hour span, thieves hit the churches which are all located in isolated areas. Starting sunday morning it was somewhat like a domino effect for deputies. To a call at emanuel ame church. Upon arrival, they discovered a cinder block had been thrown through the office window. However, nothing was missing. Parishioners say this is the second time the church has been broken into in the last month. It concerns us very much before i go to bed each night, ima come down and drive through. We are also in the process of upgrading our lightning system around the church and talking to the Security System about getting some cameras. Two hours later deputies responded to calls at Cannan Baptist church and cannan United Methodist church, which are about 10minutes apart. At both locations members noticed broken doors and glasses but yet again nothing appeared to have been stolen. It wasnt until monday morning, a robbery was reported. Church member neil parker says someone broke into st. George church and stole two guitars ananan amplifier worth thousands of dollars. I think that they got some issues that they need help way they need to come talk to our preacher or somebody please do so. Mt. Zion and mt. Olive Baptist Churches were also brbre into yesterday morning. However members say it does not appear anything was stolen. Each person i spoke with from the churches say they are now facing hundreds of dollars in damage and are planning on purchasing security cameras. If you have any information about these cases call Crime Stoppers at 1triple8crime sc. Dawndy. President barack obama delivers his final state of the Union Address tonight. And South Carolina governor nikki haley will deliver a first for the state and for her republican party. It will be the first time a south carolinian has provided the response to the state of the union speech. Haley will issue her remarks from the Governors Mansion tonight immediately following the president. She said last week her comments would be an addressnot a rebuttal of what mr. Obama says. Haley was chosen by House Speaker paul ryan mcconnell. The kentucky senator says Governor Haley knows the American Dream and wants to see every american share in it. The South Carolina General Assembly is back in session for the year with both the house and senate kicking off earlier today at noon. The senate spent their afternoon holding a Memorial Service for their colleague, the late senator William Odell. Lawmakers in the house also sorted through the prefiled bills introduced before the beginning of session. Lawmakers have some big issues to tackle this year like the Abbeville School funding lawsuit and South Carolina road repair. Last nights National Championship game was an emotional roller coaster. But in the end, the tide pulled out the victory with some key Fourth Quarter plays. As sports director rick henry reports, clemson showcased plenty of star players despite the loss. Clemson comes up short on the scoreboard losing the National Championship game alabama 4540. But some of the tigers delivered some prime time performances. Deshaun watson. He passes for 4o5 yards and four touchdowns. Watson also has some dazzling runs to pick up 73 yards on the ground. He makes fbs history by becoming the first player with over four thousand passing yards and one thousand yards rushing in the same season. Deshaun Watson Clemson quarterback defensive end shaq lawson plays despite being hampered with a knee injury. He has two sacks to finish with 12 and a half for the season. This was his final game. Hes giving up his senior season to turn pro. Being hampered with a knee injury. He has two sacks to finish with 12 and a half for the season. This was his final game. Hes giving up his senior season to turn pro. Shaq Lawson Clemson defensive end freshman Hunter Renfrow grabs two touchdown passes giving him five for the season. The individual accomplishments for the National Championship trophy. Hunter Renfrow Clemson receiver Dabo Swinney Clemson head. On the road with the tigers in glendale, arizona. Rick henry. Wis news ten sports. Coming up on wisone state representative is stepping up his fight against donald trump. Why he says trumps not welcome in the palmetto state. Plusthe president president ial candidates are reacting to what could be said in tonights state of the Union Address. Welcome. How you doin . Good how are you . So today youre gonna choose a mobile office. You can choose this Chevy Silverado which offers built in 4g lte wifi. Or you can choose this ford f150, which doesnt offer wifi. But to make e for it, we added a trailer, a satellite antenna, and dolores. Hey fellas 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 roads at your local chevy dealer. Reserved her sharpest attacks for the republican president ial candidates. But as the polls have shifted, brian mooar reportrs from washington. 09 26 50 nat less than three weeks before the iowa caucuses. Hillary clinton is amping up her attacks on Bernie Sanders and his social agenda. President ial candidate 09 14 11 39 37 hes proposing plans that would cost somewhere between 18 and 20 trillion dollars, that is a 40 percent increase in the federal budget. And with the latest polls showing sanders virtually tying clinton in iowa and beating her in new hampshire. Sanders says he knows why hes suddenly in clintons crosshairs. President ial candidate 26 31 you have a Clinton Campaign that is now in trouble and now understands that they can lose. Clinton still enjoys a comfortable National Lead 52 the same poll is showing donald trump leading all republicans nationally at 38 percent. 50 1 00 he knows how to touch certain chords with a segment of our american citizentry that lot of emotion in them. Ted cruz 18 points behind at 20 meanwhile. Ben carson is stirring up state of the union. Calling for an investigation of two members of a muslim group the council on americanislamic relations invited to the president s speech at the capitol. Brian mooar, nbc news, washington. Debate is in North Charleston thursday. It will feature seven candidates on the primetime stage. Two candidates will be noticeably absent. Carly fiorina and senator rand paul did not qualify for the main debate. Senator paul has now vowed to boycott the event. And Rick Santorum in the socalled undercard debate earlier in the evening. Donald trump, ted cruz, marco rubio, ben carson, chris christie, jeb bush and john an upstate representative has filed a bill to tell donald trump he is not welcome in South Carolina. Democratic state representative john king of york county filed a House Resolution to keep trump out of the state. The resolution is a response to trumps visit to rock hill where a muslim woman was kicked out of a campaign rally. He said, democrats and republicans dont agree on much in South Carolina, but most of us agree that donald trump is an embarrassment to our countrys political process and stands contrary to the beliefs of our Founding Fathers and the values of the United States constitution. Look for another day with lots of sunshine however, a cold front will be moving through the state by tonight, winds will start to pick and even though the temperature will reach the northwest wind, it will feel chilly much of the day. Clear and cold this morning as we start out in the upper 20s look for another day with lots of sunshine however, a cold front will be moving through the state by tonight, winds will start to pick and even though the temperature will reach the middle 50s, with a stiff chilly much of the day. Tonight, clear , breezy and cold, lows in the upper 20s wednesday, sunny and cold. Highs middle to upper 40s. Forecect gets tricky by fririy as low pressure is expected to develop in the gulf and track off our coast. Position of the low and its track will determine how much rain we receive, thinking bulk of the rain remains to our south mostly cloudy friday and saturday with a 30 40 chance of highs in the middle to upper 50s. Things looking much colder again by next week. President barack k ama will president barack obama will deliver his final state of the Union Address tonight. Coming up on wisthe topics that will be his focus. Break its the Little Things in life that make me smile. Spending the day with my niece. I dont use super poligrip for hold, because my dentures fit well. Before those little pieces would get in between my dentures and my gum and it was uncomfortable. Even well fitting dentures let in food particles. Is clinically proven to seal out more food particles so youre more comfortable and confident while you eat. So its not about keeping my dentures in, itit about keeping the food particles out. Traditional. Not looking ahead so much at specific new proposals, but looking at where we need to be as a people. Steve handelsman reports. 2026 4247 keeping loose before a speech that president obama says will actually sum up the state of the nation. Its pointless, he told staffers to push any new initiatives. Mr obama admitted to nbcs matt lauer. Congress and the nation are too divided. Near the end of his presidency. Sot matt lauer and president 20 26 you wanted to unite people and theyre not united. Is it a failure . Its a regret. I could not be prouder of what weve accomplished by his first state of the union, in 2010, partisanship had already struck. Ststl, mr obama will say tonight his moves for economic recover and obamacare. Are helping the whole nation obama 42 49 and part of what i wanna do in this last address is to remind people, you know what . We got a lotta good things goin for us. 14 but after the isis inspired attack in San Bernardino on the cop in philadelphia after paris, americans are afraid say republicans. Sot House Speaker paul ryan 571 01 the world is on fire, that away from us, that they are less safe today for a preliminary hearing. Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl walked into a military courtroom this morning to face an army judge. Six years ago, he disappeared from his base in afghanistan and was captured by the taliban. Bergdahl has been charged with desertion and misbehavior before the enemy. He could get a life sentence if convicted. The mother of affluenza teen ethan couch has been released from prison. She has gps monitor and must check in with the judge every week. Tonya couch was able to post bond after a judge granted a petition to have it lowered from 1million to 75thousand dollars. She was charged after she and her son fled to mexico. That violated ethan couchs probation for a 2013 dui crash. Coming up on wisplenty of us are getting lottery fever snake thief who smuggled a two foot long python in oregon by using an unusual tactic. Im Dawndy Mercer plank. President barack obama delivers his final state of the Union Address tonight. And South Carolina governor nikki haley will deliver a first for the state and for the gop. The first time a south carolinian has provided the response to the state of the union speech. Haley will issue her remarks from the Governors Mansion tonight. She said last week her comments would be an addressnot a rebuttataof what the president says. She has indicated her address would have an optimistic tonesaying it is a time of great challenges in the us but also great opportunities. Tomorrow will be the next chance for someone to win the largest Powerball Jackpot in history an amount that once again has increased. The jackpot now tops 1. 5 billion dollars and the rush on Powerball Tickets is still going strong. We found several people out second or third ticket since the madness began last week. Several groups are pulling out serious cash for group pools either from their office or a group of friends. Even those who usually steer clear of the lottery are coming out of the woodwork to play. I bought one last week and bought one this week. Buy a scratch off every now and then if im feeling lucky, but honestly i probably spend no more than 20 a year on lottery tickets. It was there idea that i come by the tickets because i seem to have the lucky streak. Ive played a couple times before, but ive played more now then i have in a long time. Coming up at 7 the South Carolina Lottery Commission talks on what the record jackpot means for ticket sales and just how much it benefits the States Education fund. Even if you dont score the big prize you could still win money from the lotto and not even know it. Mary moloney explains. 35 42 nats have a Powerball Ticket . Youd better check it carefully. There may be a milliondollar winner in this weeks Powerball Lottery who will never know they won. Every year about 2 billion dollars in lottery prizes go unclaimed. Many of those tickets are worth between one dollar and 5 dollars. But some people never realize that they may have a lifechanging prize in their pocket. Roughly 114 prizes worth 1 Million Dollars or more went unclaimed in 2015 according to the developers of lotto lotto. Its an app that tells you if you have a Winning Ticket big or small. Another app to download lottery hub. Its the official app for the Mega Millions and powerball games. Are you in an office pool . Theres an app for that too. Lottery pool boss helps people keep track of whos in which pool and whos paid what. The free android app also displays winning numbers. So the next time you get that quick pick remember to check your apps. For consumer watch im mary moloney. Clear and cold this morning as we start out in look for another day with lots of sunshine however, a cold front will be moving through the state by tonight, winds will start to pick and even though the temperature will reach the middle 50s, with a stifff northwest wind, it will feel chilly much of the day. Tonight, clear , breezy and cold, lows in the upper 20s wednesday, sunny and cold. Highs middle to upper 40s. Forecast gets tricky by friday as low pressure is expected to develop in the gulf and track off our coast. Position of the low and its track will determine how much rain we receive, thinking bulk of the rain remains to our south angeles. Nfl commissioner Roger Goodell and all 32 nfl team owners are meeting in houston. The st louis rams, San Diego Chargers and the Oakland Raiders all want to move to la. And the owners could vote on those plans sometime today or tomorrow. The Los Angeles Opportunities Committee will give its recommendations at the owners meeting. Out of the 32 teams or 75 percent of the owners have to agree on a relocation plan. If the owners do decide to let a or maybe two of them, move the franchise or franchises would likely play at a temporary venue in Southern California beginning in this falls season. The state legislature is back in session and before debate over this years bills could begin. Leaders paused to remember colleagues who died last year. Will whitson reports. South carolina senators began session, not with a look at whats ahead, but instead looking at one of the members they lost. Senator William Odell passed away last week. Today, his fellow senators remembered him. A black cloth over a senate desk it was an image too familiar to the state senate. Lexington this South Carolina senate has had a year. The loss of our colleagues senator pinckney, with the flood, and the news this week of senator odell. Legislators spent their first day back in 2016, remembering their colleague of 27 years including the sudden grief that came with the news of his death cherokee the senator from beaufort leaned over and said senator odell has just passed. i became numb to the lighter moments of working together. Richland president pro tems office over here, you know how yancy can get a little animated, hes like you gotta get out, bo, you gotta, bo, youre gonna embarass yourself, hes like tell em billy odell, tell em billy odell. And billy just sat there like this the whole time. Senator odell says you need to get out. laughter but the mourning comes with a ww, wis news 10 this week, democratic president ial candidate Bernie Sanders will be back in the midlands launching a tour of historically black colleges and universities. Thursday, sanders will be at the vaughan Fine Arts Center at sc state. Its one of eight stops on sanders itinerary. The 7 oclock event is open to the public. The republican president ial debate on in North Charleston thursday will feature seven candidates on the prime time stage. Two candidates will be noticeably absent. Carly fiorina and senator rand paul did not qualify for the main debate. Senator paul has now vowed to event. Fiorina will join Mike Huckabee and Rick Santorum in the socalled undercard debate earlier in the evening. Donald trump, ted cruz, marco rubio, ben carson, chris christie, jeb bush and john kasich will take the main stage. Our Charles Molineaux will be there. The Clemson Tigers are heading back to the palmetto state after a tough loss last night to alabama. They are scheduled to return to greenville at 8 p. M. They score was 45 to 40. Coach dabo swinney says it may not have been the tigers time to win, but that time is coming. It takes a certain kind of thief to steal a twofoot t python by shoving it down his pants. Thats just what happened at this Portland Oregon pet store. Security cameras caught the whole act. Which could have ended very differently. Hes s cky it wasnt feeding day, feeding days are on mondays. Police are still looking for the 200dollar python, and the thief. Also caught on camera a man on the lam sends a selfie to police because. He did not like his mug shot. Donald chip pugh is a wanted man in ohio for failing to appear in court for a drunk driving case. He snapped a selfie and sent it in to the police with the message, here is a better photo. That one is terrible. Hes drawing more attention to himself, which, is going to make it easier for us to locate him. Because the more attention that this post garners, the, the more people are going to see it, the more tips are going to come in about this case. The police hope pugh will turn himself in. Two window washers have been rescued after getting stuck in scaffolding on the side of the tallest building in houston. The washers got stuck near the 71st floor when experienced a motor malfunction. Firefighters were able to establish contact with the two men. A rope was placed around them and they were guided to safety through the 71st floor window. No one was injured. Coming up on wis, another coldsnap in the midlands. Well check in with meteorologist ben tanner. Plusapple is adding a new break marco rubio. He ran for senate saying he opposed amnesty. Then he flipped, and worked with liberal Chuck Schumer he threatened to vote against it. And then voted for it. He supported his own dream act and then he abandoned it. Marco rubio. Just another washington politician you cant trust. Jeb bush. Hes a leader, so you always know where he stands. Right to rise usa clear and coldldhis morning as we start out in the upper 20s look for another day with lots of sunshine however, a cold front will be moving through the state by tonight, winds will start to pick and even though the temperature will reach the middle 50s, with a stiff northwest wind, it will feel chilly much of the day. Cold, lows in the upper 20s wednesday, sunny and cold. Highs middle to upper 40s. Forecast gets tricky by friday as low pressure is expected to develop in the gulf and track off our coast. Position of the low and its track will determine how much rain we receive, thinking bulk of the rain remains to our south mostly cloudy friday and saturday with a 30 40 chance of showers. Highs in the middle to upper 50s. Things looking much colder again by next week. Look for another day with lots of sunshine however, a cold front will be moving through the state by tonight, winds will start to pick and even though the temperature will reach the middle 50s, with a stiff northwest wind, it will feel the Perrigo Company is recalling five combined batches of its cherry and grape cough and Cold Medicine because some packages contain a dosing cup with incorrect markings. The medicine is sold at riteaid, kroger and cvs in 4 oz bottles. You can find the exact lot numbers and expiration dates impacted by the recall on wistvdotcom. A warning today about mandarin oranges sold at walgreens. According to the fda, eight ounce jars of nice brand mandarin oranges have been recalled by the manufacturer after complaints of glass shards being found inside some containers. The jars of mandarin oranges have been pulled from walgreens shelves apple is adding a night shift mode to help you sleep better. The company added the option based on a study that says exposure to blue light from screens in the evening can make it harder for you to fall asleep. Night shift mode automatically shifts the colors on your iphone or ipad display to warmer colors, making things easier on your eyes at night. In the morning it will return to its regular settings. It will be available its next mobile operating system ios 9. 3 anyone whos ever lost a dog knows how heart wrenching it can be. Owners will try almost anything to recover their lost pet, including flyers and rewards. Misha dibono reports on a new app that helps family fins their four legged friends. 25 29 1 17 1 21 an Animal Shelter is the last place you want to see your pet. But if he or she does get lost, thanks to a families have a new tool right on their smartphones to quickly find them. Finding rover is facial heres how it works. Once you download the app to your smart phone or tablet, you take a picture of your pet and its scanned into the system. The public can use to register their dog, and if the dog ever runs away, they can post that their dog has been lost. Using facial recognition technology, the app searches through thousands of images of old and recently added pictures to try and locate your this is jane. Shes been in the shelter for over a week and is helping us with our demonstration. It looks at 8 different points on the dogs face. If the dog comes into us, we take the same kind of photograph and if that dog has been reported as lost, it makes that connection. And another feature the app will send alerts to be on the lookout for your dog to anyone in your neighborhood who also uses finding rover. And it also works in reverse. If you just see a dog running loose down the street, you can take picture of it and it will still post it in fact, in the last 10 days these families have all been reunited with their pets here in san diego via the finding rover app. So heres the best part the app is absolutely free and it takes just minutes. The guy that developed it did it because he wanted to make sure that all these dogs would be reunited with their families. Its amazing to see anybody get reunited with their pet. Its a member of their family. We see people break down in tears just because they have been missing this Family Member for a day. South carolina shelters have not partnered with the app yet. Coming up on wisthe movie on druglord el chapo is getting a big boost. Plus a connecticut artist takes a salty approach to honor one of his favorite actors. I need to collect your phones so you cant post pictures. [screams] how does it feel to not be connected . My chest hurts. Let me show you a better way to keep connected. The 2016 chevy cruze offers built in 4g lte wifi that connects up to 7 devices. Current qualified gm lessees can get a sign and drive lease on this wellequipped Cruze Limited for around 179 per month. Unexpected publicity boost after the arrest of the worlds most wanted man last friday the movie el capo the escape of the century is scheduled to open on friday in mexico. It presents an alternative hypothesis of the reason behind guzmans arrests. Chapo the escape of the century but the h was dropped for unspecified reasons. Prosecutors say no charges will be filed against former nba star lamar odom. Following his near fatal Drug Overdose in a nevada brothel. In october, the former n ba star was rushed to the hospital after he was found unconscious at the love ranch. Authorities say a blood sample shows odom had cocaine in his system. But prosecutors say they couldnt prove possession or that odom took the drug while he was in their jurisdiction. The back and forth between president ial candidates is showing no signs of letting up especially between donald trump and hillary clinton. Both were scheduled this week for appearances on the tonight show starring jimmy fallon. Trump was on last night and spoke about a possible headtohead against clinton for the i think its going to be one of the most interesting races, they actually said if i win, a poll came out, if i win, and she wins, its going to be one of the highest voter turnouts in the history of the country. Late singer david bowie has an unusual namesake to honor his legacy. The cincinnati zoo named this baby penguin bowie days before the singers death. The fairy penguin was born on david bowies birthday january eighth. It weighs less than two ounces. Really cool to actually honor david bowies legacy and his musical influence by naming the little penguin after him. Bowie died sunday of cancer. No word yet if the little bird is a boy or girl. The penguin will make its public debut at a zoo exhibit this spring. Fans have been flocking to bowies new york apartment where they have been leaving music, flowers and records for his memorial. Last night hundreds of fans turned out in london to honor the singer. They sang and danced to his songs, which they called groundbreaking and inspiring. This portrait of actor morgan freeman. In salt. Brian owens reportedly looked at a photo of freeman while using a playing card to draw the outline of the portrait. It took 14hours to complete it. And in this you can see it took a few toestroy it thanks for joining us for the news at 5. Well be right back. And midlands churches want the crooks behind a rash of burglaries to change their ways and turn themselves in. And Governor Haley is warming up to go national in a big appearance for South Carolina. And for her. Good evening and welcome to the news at six. Im judi gatson. Thanks for joining us this evening. Im Charles Molineaux. One man is locked up and a teenage girl is safely back home after Richland County sheriffs deputies rescued her from what investigators say was sex slavery
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