Reporter call it a sign of powerball fever sweeping nation. Tickets ahead of the drawing selling at a frenetic pace of 1. 3 million tickets a minute during rush hour. The winner . This is the winner. Drawing long lines, inspiring people to cross state borders california. We are all going to buy round trip tickets to the moon. Crossing National Borders for canadians. More than 300,000,000 tickets sold wednesday. Thats almost one for every person in the country for a prize that got too big to even fit on billboards. But the cash value does come close, lottery officials reporting it comes out to 983. 5 million. The california winner who bought his or her ticket will split the jackpot with any winners in other states. A California Lottery spokesperson saying there are two others that we know of, in florida and tennessee. Holly its not us this morning, but maybe our friends in florida, tennessee, and california will share . Jay right. Holly at least they will share with charities that will
3 and right now i26 east is shutdown in polk county near the South Carolina state line. Were told one person was killed in a wreck involving a tractor trailer around 2 30 this morning. Chris will have crew traffic. 3 good morning. Its friday, january 29im ben hill hilland im lauren elise, with traffic reporter chris scott and meteorologist nicole papay. Thanks for joining us on the morning news. 3 sunshine dominates with highs reaching the mid50s in the upstate and mid40s in the mountains. A Strong Mountain wind could gust to 25 mph. Tonight stays clear and cold near freezing and below. 60s with sunshine. 3 wrap up 3 hold hold were watching this in the Pit Crew Traffic Center. Fatal accident sc nc linei26 east exit 59 holbert cove rd rdyou are looking live at upstate are looking more mild weather cleanup in the mountains. And because of that mitchell, transylvania and Yancey County schools will all remember for the latest updates on delays and closings. Head to fox carolinadotcom. 3 3
With 3 lets send it over 3 lets send it over to chris with traffic. 3 were watching accident in inman on park rd hwy 292 fatal accident investigation i26 east left lane closed exit 59holbert cove rd sc nc line line s. C. D. O. T. Cam on 3 3 3 new from overnighttroopers wrecks in the upstate and Western North carolina. Happened around midnight in powdersville. Troopers say a tow truck driver ran off of i85 near mile marker 40. Went down an embankment and hit a tree. The coroner identified the driver as William Armstrong from piedmont. He was not wearing a seatbelt. Its not clear what led up to the crash. 3 a second deadly crash happened in Greenville County ararnd 2 00 this morning. This was the scene on white horse road and west blue ridge drive. Troopers say a pickup truck tried to turn left in front of a tractor trailer, when they collided. The driver of the pickup had to be cut from the vehicle and was taken to the hospital. Hissassenger was killed. That persons name has not been re
It was the Saturday before Christmas in 1981. My mother and I had shopped at the Asheville Mall, and before we left Buncombe County, we dropped by the campus of Warren Wilson College for dessert with my English professor and his wife. After homemade baklava and a cup of tea, my mother and I started home to Marion. Snow had begun to fall. We headed to Old Fort Mountain, a