It is very cold all throughout the midland. Lexington is starting off at 27 degrees, newberry at 23. The windchill factor feels more like 14 degrees in newberry and in sumter. It feels like 21 degrees in manning. In columbia it is 27 degrees, windchill is 19. The kids will definitely need their jackets. It will be 24 degrees as they head out to school. We are looking at about 36 degrees with increasing cloud coverage. By the afternoon it will be around 48 degrees. We will have cloud coverage and down to 45 x 6 p. M. Get ready for your wednesday morning commute. I 26 westbound will be in between ida grove in the state andrewew no accidents are being reported. All of the roadways are clear. 321 heading both directions is clear. A little bit of a delay on winnsboro road heading down to i 20. Most of the roads are doing pretty good. Lets take a look at the seven day for cast in a few minutes. West Columbia City council decided to put a major redevelopment decision on hold. We have more on why they are waiting before giving the go ahead for a 4 acre property. Reporter this parcel is more than a piece of land. Residents voiced their concerns for a 4 acre property on state street. If we give it up, people will be talking about us forever. Reporter michael spoke out about keeping the history of the Middle Village district. The last thing this Community Needs is another big residential area with its back turned to new brooklyn. A compromise is the investment that all of these folks have already made in the community. Reporter it could be a mixture of retail and residential units. They were some glaring loopholes in some of the things that were being proposed versus the pictures that we saw. Reporter a local investor brought in a rendering of what the property could look like. It is an extreme take on what the developers could do. The councilman says that is why with the rezoning at this time. It is very vague. Down. I think there is a lot of things that could be addressed that will tighten the language. Reporter council was waiting until after they received a traffic study. The developer remains hopeful. We want to make sure the development is filled with parks and core doors. Core doors. The city is giving developers more time. The council is expected to vote on january 20. We told you about a proposed project in acres that would build hundreds of apartments along with shops and restaurants. In order for that development to take place, the property needs to be rezoned. Last night they voted on over 100 people showed up. Most of those spoke against that happening. In the end, the Commission Voted that the city council would approve the rezoning of the property. We all know that. Im opposed to the apartments because 300 more residents thats however many more people. I am not surprised but i am upset that a lot of people came out and it seemed like they did not care. The city council will most likely here that project in february. To midland leaders were charged with not paying taxes. They are brandnew men and Kevin Washington who is currently serving on Richland County council. Both men turned themselves in yesterday. Not decided what to play. The Richland County council men turned himself in for failure to file tax returns 43 state straight years. He is free on bond. His Attorney Says he is expected to appear at the Capital Press desk at the courthouse in february. Washington faces three counts of not filing tax returns for 2012, 2013, in 2014 on over 400,000 in income. If convicted, he faces fines up to 10,000 or one euro per prison per charge. Washington has been on the Richland County council since 2008. Brandnew men was charged with not filing tax returns for two years. He was in court yesterday afternoon and admitted his guilt. Remorseful and there is no excuse for his actions. In a timely fashion he pled guilty to both of them straight up. It is what it was. There was no break in this at all. That is what it is all about. There is not any use conspiracy. You will not see his name, up in any other investigation. In my opinion, this and that for him. New men served in Columbia City council and was sentenced to six months probation. Richland county deputies need your help finding out who shot and killed a motorcyclist. They released this picture of adrian silva who was found shot to death on sunday. Deputies responded to what appeared to be a motorcycle accident on long green parkway in churchland. They found that he had actually been shot. If you have any information that could help, call crimestoppers. You may want to go get a lottery ticket. The jack is now up to 450 million. As a result of the huge ticket sales, this will be the fourth largest powerball in history. Tickets are on sale until 10 00 tonight. You can catch the drawing as it happens just before our 11 00 newscast. Clemson is days away from facing off against alabama in the National Championship game. Reggie anderson is in arizona this morning with a look ahead to the big game. Reporter all is quiet here outside the university of phoenix stadium. We are headlining your coverage here. The Clemson Tigers will take on alabama monday night. The tigers are looking for championship since the magical season. To do that they will have to knock off the alma mater. If you had to driedup, who better to play for the National Championship then the team that set the standard for College Football . They are trying to win their fifth college championship. We will see what happens monday night. It will be interesting. The worst the tigers will do is 141 and finished second in the polls. If youre clemson, you are this fire. Last week you were down against oklahoma. They had been trying to salvage the critics all year. Now they are trying to silence the critic one more time. We will keep you covered on your tiger coverage throughout the whole week. We will have some special interviews with former clemson players who are working here and glendale for the arizona we will have that for you tonight. We will send it back to the studio. Imagine being a clemson fan when you araractually a usc student. Robert kittle has the unusual story. Reporter george is a third year law student at usc. I hated usc since the first game and probably will hate usc for the rest of my life. Reporter why does he hate his own school . He got his undergraduate degree them clemson. He is a clemson fan and usc student. The school is okay. That is about as good as i will get. I cannot stand the athletic program. Im sure there are great people involved with that but i cannot stand it. Reporter he could not be happier that his tigers are playing for the National Championship, even if he has to hunt for fellow clemson dance the timing is good for george. Usc beat clemson five years in a row. He does not wear clemson gear around campus very often. Last year i did wear a hoodie around for a couple of days. I got some nice looks. Reporter he does not know whether he will wear a clemson sweatshirt on campus. Closet start on wednesday. His heart will be with his team. I wish i was there. I wish i was not here. Im going to go all in, all out, however you want to say it. It is nice Walking Around doing fans. That is pain i can understand. I grew up in georgia and graduated from uga. Now i a living in gamecocks territory. He is bold to be Walking Around and talking. If you see that guy on campmp, he is going to get in trouble. I graduated from chapel hill and i will root for chapel hill over anybody would. Lets meet our mom of the day. Her name is michelle washington. She is a mother of two and was nominated by her daughter. When a tells us her mother is an air force veteran who consistently put others before himself. Family loves her and they are thankful for everything she does. Congratulations to michelle. If you want to nominate her, you can had to wltx. Com. It is time for our word of the day. It means to use or consume without sharing. It is so cold outside. I think it is named after an act there. An actor. And actor that would Smoke Cigarettes for a really long time. Im pretty sure but you can tweet me if i a wrong. I am sure that is where that word comes from. Pick up all the personal information that you have on your from. Imagine if anyone could get access to it. The Cool Temperatures are a pain in the neck for everybody. Weekend, welcome back to news19 on this wednesday morning. We are starting off very cold. It is well below freezing. Temperature at newberry is 23 degrees. Some start is at 24 degrees. That is just the air temperature. It feels more like 14 degrees in newberry. Sumter. The air temperature is 27 degrees and the windchill is 19. The humidity is at 56 . The average temperature will be well below average. It will be 45 degrees for a high. The sunset will be at 5 30. The area at that has been allowing cold air to settle down is just off the mid atlantic shoreline. It will continue bringing in northeasterly winds. Stationary front as well all sure that we will have increasing cloud coverage throughout the day. It will be chilly when the kids get out of school. Our highs are 47 in winnsboro, 49 in sumter. In columbia it will be 48 degrees. We will have cloud cover tonight will be mostly is cloudy skies. All of our lows will generally be in the lower to middle 30s. An area of High Pressure will start moving off. We will have a chance for rain by friday. Another cold front will move into the central plains. Tomorrow we will have mostly cloudy skies and a high of 56 degrees. We will have a chance for showers lingering into late sunday evening. We will have a high of 63 degrees on sunday. By monday and tuesday, temperatures will drop the highs into the lower 50s and upper 40s. As you head out this morning, you wont have to worry about scraping any frost off the windshield. Traffic has been keeping picking up. There have been no accidents. This point. On south lake drive, it is good. From i 26 and 77. As you use your mobile phone for task like shopping and banking, it is more important than ever to make sure these cannot access your phone we have ways to keep your phone and data safe. Reporter start by making your iphone lock sooner. On your phone, head to settings and then touch id and passcode. Had to require passcode and choose from the options. Another Security Control is in the control center they can be accessed in the lock screen. To prevent control center from being accessible, head to settings and control setting. Finally, if you havent already, enable wide by iphone. You can track your lost device from another ios device and see it is a place where you can feast your eyes on the Newest Technology from Global Brands and innovative startups. The biggest electronic show kicks off this morning in las vegas. Know brandon has the biggest revealed made. Reporter just hours ago from the doors opening we have an idea of what we will see inside. Tuesday was a day jampacked with press conferences. Ces is a show about tvs. They were new tvs reveals. It is the technology that everyone is saying is the best technology you can get. Reporter it is clear cameras. The cameras and tvs. For kate is here. Reporter the experts that reviewed were also impressed by the fair bit newest products. Call it a half fitness tracker and half smart watch. A cancel music and give you a alerts. Reporter it opens at 10 00 local time. I will be there to take you inside. I wish i was there. I was in vegas over the weekend. I should have stayed. It blew my mind how quickly technology is developing. Will will 10 years from now be like . If you buy something for your iphone five, it is already six months from i am mary sturgill. We are having a cold morning. Lets check in with the meteorologist. You had that blue screen behind you all morning. It is very cold outside. When we came in this morning, the temperatures were in the upper 20s. We are sitting at 27 degrees. The dewpoint is only 19. We have a dry start to the morning. When the kids get out to the bus stop the windchill will be 18. We will warm up our by a. It will be 36 degrees by 10 00. Lunchtime it will be 41 degrees. In the afternoon we will have more cloud coverage. Clouds will stick around for a while. By 6 00 it will be 45 degrees. Lets check on the road conditions. We have no issues. I 20 eastbound traffic is moving. There are no delays at all. Traffic has been moving good. There are no delays as you are coming off of highway 376. From the airport to downtown, a 17 minute commute. Temperatures will stay cold. We will start warming up and i will show you that the seven day forecast. We are on your side this morning. You might want to go check your freezer after some beef has been recalled. This seems choice the deal yet these patties have been recalls. Recalls. They have a use by date inmate 12,016. If you have the ground beef throw it away or return it to the store. The Un Security Council will meet today y to discuss claims that north korea successfully conducted a Hydrogen Bomb tests. They called it a perfect i confirmed it will lead to push for stronger sanctions against north korea by the united nations. The man who bought the bomb used in the San Bernardino massacre will be arraigned in court today. He is used to bind two assault rifles in the attacks. The attack killed 14 people. President obama launched an emotional final year to push titan gun sales. He used executive authority. That plan expand mandatory background checks. The democratic president ial candidate are applauding the effort while republican candidates are bowing to dismantle any steps the president takes. Since the charleston search desk Church Shooting the group has been calling for mandatory background checks. Background checks work and had one completed on dylan roof, he never would have been able to purchase a gun. The gun rights have been around since the 1990s. The president believes background checks will lead to all guns been registered. He says that most Mass Shootings happen with stolen weapons. The solution is to allow people to carry firearms. We have no agendas with clip sizes, assault rifles, et cetera. We just want to make sure that the firearms purchased are done so with an appropriate background check. You can hear more i was on web both groups want tonight at 7 00. Governor haley has been tapped to give them publix of the union address. She was invited to make the address following obama speech next week saying she is not right choice to layout a policy dave to lay out a positive vision. She says she was honored to deliver it. She says the country has great challenges an opportunity. She intends to talk about both. You can see it right here on wltx. Charleston longest serving mayor has said goodbye. Joe riley delivered a message of appreciation to the city last night. Riley is stepping down after completing 17 years in office. He led charleston through some tough times. He also saw the city grow and prosper economically during his as the die day starts off, the president ial candidates are making their way to our state. They will be at the citadel tomorrow to take place in a president ial forum hosted by the secretarygeneral alan wilson. It is free to attend. The gop president ial front runner will be in rock hill on friday. Donald trump is holding a conference on friday. A other gop president ial hopefuls will be in columbia on saturday. They are taking part in that jack kemp president ial forearm. Each candidate will be allowed to share their ideas for fighting poverty and expanding opportunity in america. It will be taking place at there is less than one week before simpson faces off against alabama for the challenge college championship. I am really proud of our team. To be 140 is special. It has been something that i think our guys have earned each and every week. We really have had great leadership. Everybody here knows that we have a young team. We tried to approach each and every week as the biggest game of the year. We put everything we have into winning that game. It has been the mentality. We will look up at the end of the year and see where we are. Our guys have answered every challenge. To be the only Undefeated Team left in the country is special. We will report on the tigers all week long as they prepare for the big game. The jackpot for two nights powerball is now up to 450 million. It else because of huge ticket sales. This will be the fourth largest Powerball Jack taught in history. There is a chance the number could go higher. Tickets are on sale intel 10 00 tonight. That is the deadline. A judge has ruled a philadelphia Publishing Company must pay back almost 2 million to more than 6000 employees. The department of labor says the company did not pay workers during bathroom and other short breaks making them clock out. That violates that there labor acts. There is a new burger it is for the cheapest deal at fast food restaurants. Burger king is the date is debuting their new 54 ford deal. Mcdonalds and pizza hut debuted their own deals earlier this week. Today we tackle security, savings, and lower your insurance costs. Matt granite has the top deals of the season. Reporter the demand for cameras has increased. This is attributed to the increase in breakins. 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It feels like 16 degrees in winnsboro, 15 in newberry, and 14 in sumter. That is thanks to an area of dry pressure. The cold dry air is finally right into ice. We are going to be mild to chilly today. It will be 47 degrees when the kids get out of school. Highs will be in the mid to upper 40s. It will be 47 for newberry and winnsboro. It will be 49 in st. Matthews. Tonight it will be cold but not freezing cold. Our temperatures will generally be in the lower to middle 30s with mostly cloudy skies. It will warm up tomorrow with a high of 56. We will have rain chances on friday. We might have a sprinkle in the afternoon on saturday. Monday will be a better chance temperatures start getting back down into the lower 50s and upper 40s next week. Dont worry about scraping frost of your windshield. The traffic has been picking up quite a bit. This is i 26 down by state andrews. Traffic in both directions has been picking up. No accidents have been reported. Traffic has been picking up but no issues at all. From the villages to downtown, it is a 30 minute commute. You are looking at about 40 minutes here. It is time for a pet of the week. You will love this pretty lady. She will pull on your heartstrings. Monica is looking to come to your permanent home. She is a snuggle bug. She is curious and attentive. She was treated for and is a siv positive cat. She is positive and healthy. She has had her vaccinations and her treatment. She is the only animal in the house. She is affectionate. She is four years old. You can contact the number on your permanent home. Earlier this week we told you about a proposed project over and forest acres that will bring hundreds of apartments, along with shops and restaurants. In order for all of that to take place, the property needs to be resound. Last night at the Forest Acres Planning Commission they voted whether to do that. Over 100 people showed up. Most of them opposed at least some parts of the project. In the end the Commission Voted that the city council would approve the rezoning of the property. Something has to go there. We all know that. I am opposed to the apartments residents. I was not surprised. It is upsetting to hear that so many people came out and it seemed like they did not care. The forest city Security Council will hold a public hearing in february. Developers for a West Columbia property are waiting on that approval again. Council decided not to move forward for a 60 million property. Developers plan to have a mixed use area. Council believes that the current agreement is not strict enough on what the developers could do. It is very vague. We need to go back and sit down. I think there are a lot of things that could be addressed. It will not harm the developer and what they want to build. At the same time it will take building something much greater. The city is giving developers more time to meet with the proposed plans. Coming up, to midland politicians turned themselves into authorities for not filing taxes. What you need to know after the break. Consumer electronics show. Thank you for waking up it is wednesday, january 6. We continue to follow the latest surrounding tough issues and farming involving Kevin Washington a brandnew man. Washington is charged with not filing income tax returns for three years straight. Is free on a 1500 bond. His lawyer says they are planning to take action before washington is set to appear in court next month. If convicted, he could they several years in prison. Brian newman was charged with not filing tax returns for two years. Admitted his guilt in court yesterday. His attorney said he was remorseful and there is no good excuse for his actions. He was sent it to six months probation after paying the Revenue Department over 10,000 in back taxes. Richland deputies need your help in finding out who shot and killed a motorcyclist. Thought was a motorcycle accident. When they checked on him they found that he had been shot. If you have any information, you are asked to call crime stoppers. Lets beat the traffic now. How are the roads looking . It is not too bad right now. We are looking at i 26. Both directions has traffic picking up. We have not had any accidents. The travel conditions are not that bad. Weather is a different story. It is 26 degrees and very dry. The dewpoint is at 13. The windchill feels like 13 degrees. The kids need to bundle up with their winter jackets as they head out to the bus stop. It will be a mild start to the afternoon. 48 degrees with increasing cloud coverage. Tonight will be cold. 36 degrees. We will have increasing cloud coverage. We will have a high at 56 on thursday. A good chance of rain on friday. We could see a sprinkle or two on saturday afternoon. As temperatures start going from the lower 60s down to the lower 50s on monday and tuesday. We will have a lot of sunshine. We could see temperatures for close back down into the 20s or even teams. Enjoyed the 60 degree temperatures we have this weekend. We can kiss it goodbye by next week. I cannot believe it. So as we go out and buy out