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WHNS FOX Carolina 4 OClock News February 10, 2016

Mountains. Bitter wind chills will continue in the mountains. Sunny skies will warm temperatures into the upper 30s to mid 40s areawide on thursday, and friday will be a repeat, with slight warmer conditions. Another blast of cold air arrives saturday night, bringing overnight lows back to the teens areawide into valentines day. A storm system will approach sunday night into monday. 3 wrap up 3 now lets send it over to the pit crew traffic center. 3 were watching accident j. Verne smith pkwy hwy 101 101 s. C. D. O. T. Cam on 3 back to you guys 3 as you decide 2016 3 breaking news this afternoon as Carly Fiorina announces shes suspending her campaign. Her announcement comes as many of the republican candidaets arrive in South Carolina ahead of the first in the south primaries. Primaries. Fox carolinas Adrian Acosta joins us live now at clemson universitys t ed garrison arena where the gop front runner will speak at a rally later tonight. Adrian, whats it looking like as the focus shifts to South Carolina . 3 diana and cody first it was iowa, then New Hampshire, and now South Carolina is at the center of the political worlda. And in just a short while here at the t. Ed garrison arena in pendleton last nights g. O. P winner donald trump begins his quest to repeat what he did in the Granite State 3 but according to furman Political Science professor brent nelsena. Winning in South Carolina is whole different ball gamenelsen says trumps massive win in new transfer into a big win here in the palmetto statewhy because nelson says South Carolina is the first state to have a primary with a significant minority populationa nelsen also says candidates have to attack South Carolina in a much different way than they did in the first two primary states take a listen 3 3 3 South Carolina is a big little state. We are not the biggest state in the union but we have lots of little parts. The upstate looks a lot different than the lowcountry. And the midlands has its own character. So the candidates are going to choose parts of the state where they think they are going to be strongest strongestnelson says all of the g. O. P candidates remaining in this race want deserperately to win the first in the south primarythats because nelson says typically only 3 to 4 candidates move on after the South Carolina primary resultsas for the big issue in South Carolinaa. Nelson believes voters will be looking for who can win in the general electiona and may not focus on one issue in particular 3 and as adrdrn mentioned. One republican candidates the upstate today is marco rubio. A rally of rubio supporters gathered at the Mariott Hotel in spartanburg this afternoon. Joined by congressman trey gowdy and senator tim scott. Who have thrown their support behind the florida senator. Despite coming in fifth in New Hampshire. Rubio says South Carolina is critical to his campaign. 3 3 3 this is the chance before us. We cannot let it pass us by. South carolina will be definitive and determinative. And i need your vote. Come out and help us. I need your support. Support. Despite the large turnout at rubios spartanburg rally. A few College Students gathered outside dressed in robot costumes in protest of the president ial hopeful. 3 now that fiorina has dropped out there are eight candidates seeking the republican partys nomination. But that number sources say new Jersey Governor Chris Christie is considering suspending his campaign. Campaign. There are three candidates running on the democratic ticket. Remember you can find the latest political headlines and information on all the candidates at foxcarolina. Com. 3 continuing to cover our counties at four 3 an Anderson County teen is locked up this afternoon. Deputies say he tried to kill his grandfather with a baseball bat. Serious charges charges this is 18yearold joshua driver. Investigators say they were called to a home on fant road in belton tuesday afternoon for an assault deputies say they found drivers grandfather who had been hit in the head with a metal baseball bat. They say driver fled the scene before deputies arrived and was later taken into custody by west pelzer police. Hes being held on an attempted murder charge awaiting a bond hearing. 3 crews are actively looking for carolina man in the upstate this afternoon after his Oconee County. County. Haywood county deputies say the family of scott turner reported him missing after he was last seen at work monday morning. Morning. And deputies say turners pickup truck was found by his family along highway 107 in Oconee County on tuesday. Crews have spent much of today searching the area of cherry hill and big bend for him. Combing the woods with dozens of searchers and caninesplus a search plane is flying overhead. Anyone with information on his whereabouts is asked to call the oconee or Haywood County sheriffs offices. 3 within the next few weeksan Oconee County judge will rule whether to allow a subpoena to be upheld in the case of a seneca teen who was shot and killed by a Police Officer. Officer. 19yearold Zachary Hammond was gunned down in the parking lot of the hardees restuarant during an undercover drug operation in july. July. This morning. Lawyers representing hammonds family and the Seneca Police department went before a judge. Subpoena for communications between the Police Department and a Public Relations firm the agency hired after the deadly shooting. Its now up to the judge whether those documents wll be released. 3 this is dash cam videoeorom that night. The Police Officer lieutenant mark tillersays hammond used his car as a weapon. And that he shot in self defense. But hammonds family claims the officer used excessive force. And violated the teens civil rights. 3 union police need your help tracking down a bank robber. Robber. Heres a look at glen roth. Police say he robbed the Founders Federal Credit Union on north duncan bypass around 9 40 this morning. Officers tell us roth told Bank Employees he had a gun and made off with an undisclosed amount of cash. Luckily, no one was injured. Roth was last seen driving a silver Pontiac Sunfire with South Carolina tag lqw139. He is considered armed and dangerous. If you see him call 911. 3 an investigation is underway say burglars targeted a local girl scouts camp camp it happened at the camp on scout drive. Sometime between six oclock monday night and seven tuesday morning. Police say the thieves made off with several items including a microwave, ten twoway radios, a tv, a computer, and three mountain bikes. Police tell us they found several partial fingerprints at the scenebut so far, no suspects have been identified. 3 still to comein the wake of tragedy. A local singer finds the inspiration for her new song. Song. After a deadly crash claimed the lives of four usc upstate students. How shes turning to music in hopes of helping the victims families heal. Heal. And drivethru ashes on this Ash Wednesday the upstate location. That allows those short on time. A Quick Service option plus. Upstate students get access t t some of the brightest minds around well tell you what stem fest is all about 3 were back with weather and traffic every 10 minutes 3 first lets get a check of the weather with chief meteorologist kendra kent and kendra were dealing with dangerously cold temperatures tonight. Parts of Western North carolina are still reeling from snow and icy conditions earlier this week. Prompting Madison County schools to be closed tomorrow. Were also watching a potential winter storm thats approaching on monday. Could we be seeing some snow in the upstate . 3 another night of dangerous cold is on the way. Lows will drop to near 20 for the upstate and mid teens in the mountains. Bitter wind chills will continue in the mountains. Temperatures into the upper 30s to mid 40s areawide on thursday, and friday will be a repeat, with slight warmer conditions. Ananher blast of cold air arrives saturday night, bringing overnight lows back to the teens areawide into valentines day. A storm system will approach sunday night into monday. We continue to follow the latest developments in regards to mondays snow sleet rain threat. Right now the models are not in very good agreement on an outcome, so my forecast confidence is pretty low at this point. Ill need to see some consistency and agreement before making an official forecast. Heres what we know right now from our two main, american model this one is biggest on the snow outcome. It has very cold air settling in sunday, then a developing low riding over our are bringing light to moderate snow midday monday, then transitioning to sleet and freezing rain monday night as the storm exits. Right now ice accumulations look light and snow accumulations would be around 2 inches for the upstate, with more in the mountains. European model this one delays the storm a bit to our west, then brings in very heavy precipitation into our area monday night. I think wed see light snow sleet during the middle part of monday, then heavy rain by late monday evening by looking at temperature profiles. That heavy rain could become heavy freezing rain and sleet if the wedge can hold and temperatures stay at freezing at the surface. Right now though. Essentially euro is a wetter solutiona with a bit of Winter Weather mixed in. Right now i think theres an 80 chance of seeing some kind of Winter Weather in the upstate on monday, and about a 40 chance of it being a significant winter storm. Ill adjust as we get closer 3 for weather 24 hours a day, log on to fox carolina dot com and click on the weather tab 3 3 wrap up 3 weather taband click on the carolina dot com on to fox for weather 24 for weather 24 hours a day, log on to fox carolina dot com and click on the weather tab 3 wrap up 3 now lets send it over to chris scott in the pit crew traffic center. 3 were watching arlen ave old pendleton rd in powdersvillej. Verne smith pkwy hwy 101isom st pine st sc hwy 9 double bridge rd injuries s. C. D. O. T. Cam on3 pit crew traffic sponsored the Carolina Law Group 3 back to you guys 3 new at four 3 a local singersongwriter pulled from grief and tragedy. With her new song. Kylie odettas song, cant erase it was written in memory of the four usc upstate studentathletes who were killed in a fiery crash last october. She was a family friend of one of the victims james campbell. 3 3 i dont want to lose you memory memorythis afternoon. We caught up with kylie about her new single. She wrote it shortly after learning about the crash. And tells us the tragedy hit close to home for hernot just because the victims were her age. But also because of her personal connection. Kylie says when she wrote the song. She was thinking of james campbells girlfriend. And what sheand the famlies of all the just in the days following the crash. But the ones they still carry with them months later and will never forget. 3 3 i personally feel like music has ways to reach people that words cant or maybe even the person whos leasoning didnt even realize that this is how they felt or that they needed to here the music music 3 cant erase it will be released this friday on kylies new album high dreamer. Weve got more info up in the as seen on section of our website. 3 happening this weekend 3 some of the most brilliant adults in the upstate. Are going to be meeting some of the most brilliant kids in the area this weekend. Weekend. The Roper Mountain Science Center is hosting a festival for science. Technology. Engineering. And math. Called stem fest. Fox more. 3 3 3 saturday it will be a huge vent at the roper mountai Science Center for stem fest engineering and math kids and yourself are invited we ar with brad putman with clemson emagine what are these kids doing. Doing. 3 the are buildlng boats. Not just a boat that will float. But the process we havea need for science and engineering for advanced manufacturing we need these kids to get excited to pursue these career. Little activities like this that parents can even do at home. Just take regular household materials build a boat or anything. We will have that and welding and plasma cutting and makea valentine for and makea valentine for mom while our baja team and art displays as well. Brad thank you so much make sure you check out stem fest 93 at roper mt. Science center 8 dollars for adults 7 for kids and free for kids 4 and under back to you. 3 be sure to wake up bright and early with joe and the morning news crew from five to nine am theyll have weather and traffic every 10 minutes. Plus all the news you need to know before you head out the door 3 on the fox carolina money watch 3 a mixed day on wall ststetthe dow falls nearly 100 points to 15,915. 15,915. And the nasdaq up nearly 15 points to 4,284. 3 and a little bit of Hollywood Magic in the upstate upstate the technology. That could mean a big difference for patients at Shriners Hospital. Hospital. Plus. With the kids all bundled up. Do you know the best way to buckle them into their car seats . Well give you a step by step up good afternoon. Well be following the good afternoon. Well in the battle of the burgers, one made a declaration of delicious. Jack. He set forth, armed with artillery no one saw coming. So that everyone could taste historymaking burgers. And america ate it up. True story. Were making every burger better, like the new double jack. History never tasted so good. If youre doing everything right but find it harder and harder to get by, youre not alone. While our people work longer hours for lower wages, goes to the top 1 . My plan make wall street banks and the ultrarich pay their fair share of taxes, provide living wages for working people, ensure equal pay for women. Im Bernie Sanders. I approve this message because together, we can make a Political Revolution and create an economy and democracy that works for all 3 were back with weather and traffic together every 10 minutes 3 another night of dangerous cold is on the way. Lows will drop to near 20 for the upstate and mid teens in the mountains. Bitter wind chills will continue in the mountains. Sunny skies will warm temperatures into the upper 30s to mid 40s areawide on thursday, and friday will be a repeat, with slight warmer conditions. Another blast of cold air arrives saturday night, bringing overnight lows back to the teens areawide into valentines day. A storm system will approach sunday night into monday. 3 3 wrap up 3 3 now lets send it over to chris scott in the pit crew traffic center. Old pendleton rd powdersville j. Verne smith pkwy hwy 101 isom st pine stsc hwy 9 double bridge rd injuries injuries 3 3 3 3 as millions of christians observe the beginning of lent. Theres a new trend. To mark Ash Wednesday wednesday why one upstate church is offering a unique kind of drive thru. To make sure all who want to can quickly connect on this holy day. Day. Plus. The president ial race is heating up. Next stop. South carolina coming up. Why the palmetto state could mean make or break. For several 2016 candidates candidates vo shop all makes, models and colors in your neighborhood. All with worryfree ownership. Head to your neighborhood enterprise car sales and let the people who buy more vehicles than anyone. Shift your thinking about buying your next one. 3 3 were back with weather and traffic together every 10 minutesbitter cold temperatures are here to stay two more School Closings for tomorrow. Mitchell and yancey counties. 3 and as we look ahead to early next week. Were even talking the possibility. Of snow lets check in with chief meteorologist kendra kent. 3 another night of dangerous cold is on the way. Lows will drop to near 20 for the upstate and mid teens in the mountains. Bitter wind chills will continue in the mountains. Sunny skies will warm temperatures into the upper 30s to mid 40s areawide on thursday, and friday will be a repeat, with slight warmer conditions. Another blast of cold air arrives saturday night, bringing overnight lows back to the teens areawide into valentines day. A storm system will approach sunday night into monday. 3 3 now lets send it over to chris scott in the pit crew traffic center. 3 3 were watching s buncombe rd sc hwy 14arlen ave old pendleton rd powdersvillej. Verne smith pkwy hwy 101 cornelius rd john b. White sr. Blvdisom st pine stsc hwy 9 double bridge rd injuries rd injuries3 heres a live look at the s. C. D. O. T. Cam on 3 back to you guys 3 as you decide 2016 3 breaking news this afternoon as Carly Fiorina announces shes suspending her campaign. Shrinking the number of 3 her announcement comes as many of the republican candidates arrive in South Carolina ahead of the first in the south primaries. Primaries. Fox carolinas Adrian Acosta joins us live now at clemson universitys t ed garrison arena where the gop front runner will speak at a rally later tonight. Adrian, whats it looking like as the focus shifts to Carly Fiorina<\/a> announces shes suspending her campaign. Her announcement comes as many of the republican candidaets arrive in South Carolina<\/a> ahead of the first in the south primaries. Primaries. Fox carolinas Adrian Acosta<\/a> joins us live now at clemson universitys t ed garrison arena where the gop front runner will speak at a rally later tonight. Adrian, whats it looking like as the focus shifts to South Carolina<\/a> . 3 diana and cody first it was iowa, then New Hampshire<\/a>, and now South Carolina<\/a> is at the center of the political worlda. And in just a short while here at the t. Ed garrison arena in pendleton last nights g. O. P winner donald trump begins his quest to repeat what he did in the Granite State<\/a> 3 but according to furman Political Science<\/a> professor brent nelsena. Winning in South Carolina<\/a> is whole different ball gamenelsen says trumps massive win in new transfer into a big win here in the palmetto statewhy because nelson says South Carolina<\/a> is the first state to have a primary with a significant minority populationa nelsen also says candidates have to attack South Carolina<\/a> in a much different way than they did in the first two primary states take a listen 3 3 3 South Carolina<\/a> is a big little state. We are not the biggest state in the union but we have lots of little parts. The upstate looks a lot different than the lowcountry. And the midlands has its own character. So the candidates are going to choose parts of the state where they think they are going to be strongest strongestnelson says all of the g. O. P candidates remaining in this race want deserperately to win the first in the south primarythats because nelson says typically only 3 to 4 candidates move on after the South Carolina<\/a> primary resultsas for the big issue in South Carolina<\/a>a. Nelson believes voters will be looking for who can win in the general electiona and may not focus on one issue in particular 3 and as adrdrn mentioned. One republican candidates the upstate today is marco rubio. A rally of rubio supporters gathered at the Mariott Hotel<\/a> in spartanburg this afternoon. Joined by congressman trey gowdy and senator tim scott. Who have thrown their support behind the florida senator. Despite coming in fifth in New Hampshire<\/a>. Rubio says South Carolina<\/a> is critical to his campaign. 3 3 3 this is the chance before us. We cannot let it pass us by. South carolina will be definitive and determinative. And i need your vote. Come out and help us. I need your support. Support. Despite the large turnout at rubios spartanburg rally. A few College Students<\/a> gathered outside dressed in robot costumes in protest of the president ial hopeful. 3 now that fiorina has dropped out there are eight candidates seeking the republican partys nomination. But that number sources say new Jersey Governor Chris Christie<\/a> is considering suspending his campaign. Campaign. There are three candidates running on the democratic ticket. Remember you can find the latest political headlines and information on all the candidates at foxcarolina. Com. 3 continuing to cover our counties at four 3 an Anderson County<\/a> teen is locked up this afternoon. Deputies say he tried to kill his grandfather with a baseball bat. Serious charges charges this is 18yearold joshua driver. Investigators say they were called to a home on fant road in belton tuesday afternoon for an assault deputies say they found drivers grandfather who had been hit in the head with a metal baseball bat. They say driver fled the scene before deputies arrived and was later taken into custody by west pelzer police. Hes being held on an attempted murder charge awaiting a bond hearing. 3 crews are actively looking for carolina man in the upstate this afternoon after his Oconee County<\/a>. County. Haywood county deputies say the family of scott turner reported him missing after he was last seen at work monday morning. Morning. And deputies say turners pickup truck was found by his family along highway 107 in Oconee County<\/a> on tuesday. Crews have spent much of today searching the area of cherry hill and big bend for him. Combing the woods with dozens of searchers and caninesplus a search plane is flying overhead. Anyone with information on his whereabouts is asked to call the oconee or Haywood County<\/a> sheriffs offices. 3 within the next few weeksan Oconee County<\/a> judge will rule whether to allow a subpoena to be upheld in the case of a seneca teen who was shot and killed by a Police Officer<\/a>. Officer. 19yearold Zachary Hammond<\/a> was gunned down in the parking lot of the hardees restuarant during an undercover drug operation in july. July. This morning. Lawyers representing hammonds family and the Seneca Police<\/a> department went before a judge. Subpoena for communications between the Police Department<\/a> and a Public Relations<\/a> firm the agency hired after the deadly shooting. Its now up to the judge whether those documents wll be released. 3 this is dash cam videoeorom that night. The Police Officer<\/a> lieutenant mark tillersays hammond used his car as a weapon. And that he shot in self defense. But hammonds family claims the officer used excessive force. And violated the teens civil rights. 3 union police need your help tracking down a bank robber. Robber. Heres a look at glen roth. Police say he robbed the Founders Federal Credit Union<\/a> on north duncan bypass around 9 40 this morning. Officers tell us roth told Bank Employees<\/a> he had a gun and made off with an undisclosed amount of cash. Luckily, no one was injured. Roth was last seen driving a silver Pontiac Sunfire<\/a> with South Carolina<\/a> tag lqw139. He is considered armed and dangerous. If you see him call 911. 3 an investigation is underway say burglars targeted a local girl scouts camp camp it happened at the camp on scout drive. Sometime between six oclock monday night and seven tuesday morning. Police say the thieves made off with several items including a microwave, ten twoway radios, a tv, a computer, and three mountain bikes. Police tell us they found several partial fingerprints at the scenebut so far, no suspects have been identified. 3 still to comein the wake of tragedy. A local singer finds the inspiration for her new song. Song. After a deadly crash claimed the lives of four usc upstate students. How shes turning to music in hopes of helping the victims families heal. Heal. And drivethru ashes on this Ash Wednesday<\/a> the upstate location. That allows those short on time. A Quick Service<\/a> option plus. Upstate students get access t t some of the brightest minds around well tell you what stem fest is all about 3 were back with weather and traffic every 10 minutes 3 first lets get a check of the weather with chief meteorologist kendra kent and kendra were dealing with dangerously cold temperatures tonight. Parts of Western North<\/a> carolina are still reeling from snow and icy conditions earlier this week. Prompting Madison County<\/a> schools to be closed tomorrow. Were also watching a potential winter storm thats approaching on monday. Could we be seeing some snow in the upstate . 3 another night of dangerous cold is on the way. Lows will drop to near 20 for the upstate and mid teens in the mountains. Bitter wind chills will continue in the mountains. Temperatures into the upper 30s to mid 40s areawide on thursday, and friday will be a repeat, with slight warmer conditions. Ananher blast of cold air arrives saturday night, bringing overnight lows back to the teens areawide into valentines day. A storm system will approach sunday night into monday. We continue to follow the latest developments in regards to mondays snow sleet rain threat. Right now the models are not in very good agreement on an outcome, so my forecast confidence is pretty low at this point. Ill need to see some consistency and agreement before making an official forecast. Heres what we know right now from our two main, american model this one is biggest on the snow outcome. It has very cold air settling in sunday, then a developing low riding over our are bringing light to moderate snow midday monday, then transitioning to sleet and freezing rain monday night as the storm exits. Right now ice accumulations look light and snow accumulations would be around 2 inches for the upstate, with more in the mountains. European model this one delays the storm a bit to our west, then brings in very heavy precipitation into our area monday night. I think wed see light snow sleet during the middle part of monday, then heavy rain by late monday evening by looking at temperature profiles. That heavy rain could become heavy freezing rain and sleet if the wedge can hold and temperatures stay at freezing at the surface. Right now though. Essentially euro is a wetter solutiona with a bit of Winter Weather<\/a> mixed in. Right now i think theres an 80 chance of seeing some kind of Winter Weather<\/a> in the upstate on monday, and about a 40 chance of it being a significant winter storm. Ill adjust as we get closer 3 for weather 24 hours a day, log on to fox carolina dot com and click on the weather tab 3 3 wrap up 3 weather taband click on the carolina dot com on to fox for weather 24 for weather 24 hours a day, log on to fox carolina dot com and click on the weather tab 3 wrap up 3 now lets send it over to chris scott in the pit crew traffic center. 3 were watching arlen ave old pendleton rd in powdersvillej. Verne smith pkwy hwy 101isom st pine st sc hwy 9 double bridge rd injuries s. C. D. O. T. Cam on3 pit crew traffic sponsored the Carolina Law Group<\/a> 3 back to you guys 3 new at four 3 a local singersongwriter pulled from grief and tragedy. With her new song. Kylie odettas song, cant erase it was written in memory of the four usc upstate studentathletes who were killed in a fiery crash last october. She was a family friend of one of the victims james campbell. 3 3 i dont want to lose you memory memorythis afternoon. We caught up with kylie about her new single. She wrote it shortly after learning about the crash. And tells us the tragedy hit close to home for hernot just because the victims were her age. But also because of her personal connection. Kylie says when she wrote the song. She was thinking of james campbells girlfriend. And what sheand the famlies of all the just in the days following the crash. But the ones they still carry with them months later and will never forget. 3 3 i personally feel like music has ways to reach people that words cant or maybe even the person whos leasoning didnt even realize that this is how they felt or that they needed to here the music music 3 cant erase it will be released this friday on kylies new album high dreamer. Weve got more info up in the as seen on section of our website. 3 happening this weekend 3 some of the most brilliant adults in the upstate. Are going to be meeting some of the most brilliant kids in the area this weekend. Weekend. The Roper Mountain<\/a> Science Center<\/a> is hosting a festival for science. Technology. Engineering. And math. Called stem fest. Fox more. 3 3 3 saturday it will be a huge vent at the roper mountai Science Center<\/a> for stem fest engineering and math kids and yourself are invited we ar with brad putman with clemson emagine what are these kids doing. Doing. 3 the are buildlng boats. Not just a boat that will float. But the process we havea need for science and engineering for advanced manufacturing we need these kids to get excited to pursue these career. Little activities like this that parents can even do at home. Just take regular household materials build a boat or anything. We will have that and welding and plasma cutting and makea valentine for and makea valentine for mom while our baja team and art displays as well. Brad thank you so much make sure you check out stem fest 93 at roper mt. Science center 8 dollars for adults 7 for kids and free for kids 4 and under back to you. 3 be sure to wake up bright and early with joe and the morning news crew from five to nine am theyll have weather and traffic every 10 minutes. Plus all the news you need to know before you head out the door 3 on the fox carolina money watch 3 a mixed day on wall ststetthe dow falls nearly 100 points to 15,915. 15,915. And the nasdaq up nearly 15 points to 4,284. 3 and a little bit of Hollywood Magic<\/a> in the upstate upstate the technology. That could mean a big difference for patients at Shriners Hospital<\/a>. Hospital. Plus. With the kids all bundled up. Do you know the best way to buckle them into their car seats . Well give you a step by step up good afternoon. Well be following the good afternoon. Well in the battle of the burgers, one made a declaration of delicious. Jack. He set forth, armed with artillery no one saw coming. So that everyone could taste historymaking burgers. And america ate it up. True story. Were making every burger better, like the new double jack. History never tasted so good. If youre doing everything right but find it harder and harder to get by, youre not alone. While our people work longer hours for lower wages, goes to the top 1 . My plan make wall street banks and the ultrarich pay their fair share of taxes, provide living wages for working people, ensure equal pay for women. Im Bernie Sanders<\/a>. I approve this message because together, we can make a Political Revolution<\/a> and create an economy and democracy that works for all 3 were back with weather and traffic together every 10 minutes 3 another night of dangerous cold is on the way. Lows will drop to near 20 for the upstate and mid teens in the mountains. Bitter wind chills will continue in the mountains. Sunny skies will warm temperatures into the upper 30s to mid 40s areawide on thursday, and friday will be a repeat, with slight warmer conditions. Another blast of cold air arrives saturday night, bringing overnight lows back to the teens areawide into valentines day. A storm system will approach sunday night into monday. 3 3 wrap up 3 3 now lets send it over to chris scott in the pit crew traffic center. Old pendleton rd powdersville j. Verne smith pkwy hwy 101 isom st pine stsc hwy 9 double bridge rd injuries injuries 3 3 3 3 as millions of christians observe the beginning of lent. Theres a new trend. To mark Ash Wednesday<\/a> wednesday why one upstate church is offering a unique kind of drive thru. To make sure all who want to can quickly connect on this holy day. Day. Plus. The president ial race is heating up. Next stop. South carolina coming up. Why the palmetto state could mean make or break. For several 2016 candidates candidates vo shop all makes, models and colors in your neighborhood. All with worryfree ownership. Head to your neighborhood enterprise car sales and let the people who buy more vehicles than anyone. Shift your thinking about buying your next one. 3 3 were back with weather and traffic together every 10 minutesbitter cold temperatures are here to stay two more School Closings<\/a> for tomorrow. Mitchell and yancey counties. 3 and as we look ahead to early next week. Were even talking the possibility. Of snow lets check in with chief meteorologist kendra kent. 3 another night of dangerous cold is on the way. Lows will drop to near 20 for the upstate and mid teens in the mountains. Bitter wind chills will continue in the mountains. Sunny skies will warm temperatures into the upper 30s to mid 40s areawide on thursday, and friday will be a repeat, with slight warmer conditions. Another blast of cold air arrives saturday night, bringing overnight lows back to the teens areawide into valentines day. A storm system will approach sunday night into monday. 3 3 now lets send it over to chris scott in the pit crew traffic center. 3 3 were watching s buncombe rd sc hwy 14arlen ave old pendleton rd powdersvillej. Verne smith pkwy hwy 101 cornelius rd john b. White sr. Blvdisom st pine stsc hwy 9 double bridge rd injuries rd injuries3 heres a live look at the s. C. D. O. T. Cam on 3 back to you guys 3 as you decide 2016 3 breaking news this afternoon as Carly Fiorina<\/a> announces shes suspending her campaign. Shrinking the number of 3 her announcement comes as many of the republican candidates arrive in South Carolina<\/a> ahead of the first in the south primaries. Primaries. Fox carolinas Adrian Acosta<\/a> joins us live now at clemson universitys t ed garrison arena where the gop front runner will speak at a rally later tonight. Adrian, whats it looking like as the focus shifts to South Carolina<\/a> on the democratic sides of things . 3 diana and cody its just a short while until Donald Trumps<\/a> event kicks off here in pendletona he is one of 7 still in the hunt for the g. O. P noda but on the democrat side things are a little more simple with the race being primarily between Hilary Clinton<\/a> and Bernie Sanders<\/a> 3 vermont senator Bernie Sanders<\/a> won easily in New Hampshire<\/a>s primary last nightand furman Political Science<\/a> professor brent nelsen says social media played a big role in that sanders who is proud of the superpac pushing his messagea relied heavily on small donations and lots of tweets and facebook posts according to nelsenbut nelsen says South Carolina<\/a> will be a much tougher test for the sanders Grass Roots Campaign<\/a> nelsen says polls are showing clinton with a sizeable lead in the palmetto state and he says that is because this is the first state that has held a primary that has a significant minority population 3 3 3 if hillary can regain her momentum and beat sanders big herea she is probably the nominee for the democratic partya if sanders wins or cruz winsa all bets are off and weve got a really tough race all through the south on to super tuesday and on to florida and ohio so its going to be a very exciting time timenelsen says one of the challenges that candidates on both sides of aisle face in South Carolina<\/a> is that we have very distinct politicial beliefs in different parts of the statenelsen says the conservative, the low country more liberal and the midlands also has its own characterthat why he says we may see some candidates focus only on parts of the state they feel that can win in 3 regardless of that thought nelsen says we can all expect to be bombarded with political ads, phone calls, even knocks at the doora. From those hoping to win your voteand he says its something we should all relish. Because this is the time to get to know all the candidates intimately and pick the best one for you. Live in pendleton Adrian Acosta<\/a> the four oclock news. 3 and as adrian mentioned. One of the republican candidates making a stop in the upstate today is marco rubio. A rally of rubio supporters gathered at the Mariott Hotel<\/a> in spartanburg this afternoon. Joined by congressman trey gowdy and senator tim scott. Who have thrown their support behind the florida senator. And though rubio has battled back and forth with fellow floridian candidate jeb bush. He says if we focus on Free Enterprise<\/a> and national defense. The future looks promising. 3 3 3 it will be freer and more been. Our children will be the freest and most prosperous americans whoever lived. The American Dream<\/a> wont just survive. It will reach more people and change more lives than ever before. 3 now that fiorina has dropped out there are eight candidates seeking the republican partys nomination. But that number could soon drop again as sources say new Jersey Governor Chris Christie<\/a> is considering suspending his campaign. Campaign. There are three candidates running on the democratic ticket. Remember you can find the latest political headlines and information on all the candidates at foxcarolina. Com. 3 happening now 3 some Church Members<\/a> are leaving the comforts of their pews and hitting the street on this Ash Wednesday<\/a>. 3 and they say theyre doing it in an effort to save souls. Souls. Fox carolinas Jennifer Phillips<\/a> is live in Travelers Rest<\/a>and has more on a different kind of drive through you maynot have seen 3 for the past three years. Christians. Or those looking to be savedhave pulled up in this parking lot for a special blessing on Ash Wednesday<\/a>. 3 rest 3 next to him is a pitched and cider ciderthis isnt a bake sale thoughbut Jonathan Tompkins<\/a> says he is serving up Something Special<\/a> special 3 thank you. On the go go 3 from dust you came and from dust you shall return. Hes the Senior Pastor<\/a> at Travelers Rest<\/a> United Methodist<\/a> Church Church<\/a> 3 repent, let god change your heart and your life. Where drivethru deliveranceis on menu 3 3 i think for too long we in the church have gotten comfortable behind our doors in our stained glass and steeple. This is ashes on the go. Where christians. Drive thru. And order up an ash forehead 3 Ash Wednesday<\/a> is the beginning of the 40 days of the season of lent which leads easter. The ashes are a work to again remind us that we are mortal from dust you came to dust you shall return. Pastor tompkins says saving souls cant just be confined to church walls walls 3 weve got to open the doors to let the church out. So ashes on the go. Is an option for those who are busy or cant make it to a serviceor a mass mass 3 3 so, its much more convenient for everybody. Ned burgess drove up for his blessing blessing 3 the more things can be made available christianity wise, i think he better off we are. There are other drive throughs. For food. And coffee. So he says why not a induldge in christianity christianity 3 3 another church in tr has a drivethru prayer service. And as they line up uptompkins wants them to rememberthe reason behind ashes to go go 3 using it as a time to really examine ourselves and examine our walks with god. 3 pastor tompkins also hands out these prayer cards. It has a and explains the meaningbehind Ash Wednesday<\/a>. Ash service will begin tonight at 6. Live in Travelers Rest<\/a> Jennifer Phillips<\/a> fox caroina the four oclock news. 3 new at four 3 filmmakers have used Computer Generated<\/a> Imagery Technology<\/a> on the big screen for years. But what many people may not know is where it started out. 3 hospitals throughout the nation have used the technoloy to help orthopedic patients recover and diagnose illness. 3 the technology is used for entertainment and its helping change lives. Fox carolinas Brookley Cromer<\/a> went Shriners Hospital<\/a> to learn more. 3 3 3 3 3 you may be used to seeing this type of technology on the big screenComputer Generated<\/a> imagery thats transforming me into a werewolf. But its been used right here in the upstate long before it hit hollywood. Its been used in films like avatar, the force awakens and jurassic world. But it was the medical field where this 3 as the actors move, the cameras will capture that data and that data is used to drive animations to help us believe unbelievable things. Roy davis is the director of the Motion Analysis Lab<\/a> at Shriners Hospital<\/a> for children greenville. And says the hospital has been using cgi to help diagnose their patientsfor over thirty years. Years. 3 these are special motion capture cameras that measure the reflective markers that we place on our kids, the computers then do an analysis and help us understand how theyre walking and what challenges that face when theyre walking. Doctor westberry is a Orthopedic Surgeon<\/a> at shriners and says after they analyze the patients walking patterns they can then look at Treatment Options<\/a> options 3 we use this as a tool to make treatment decisions whether that involves therapy, bracing or orthopedic surgery. Codey gibbs says doctors never believed he would be able to nothing but a vegetable when i was born. Thats before he became a shriners motion lab patient patient 3 that was a big portion of why im able to walk a lot better than i was before i had my surgery done. And after seeing 3 his improvements grateful for technology be able to walki saw the video of or 9, thats the first one cried. Brookley cromer four oclock news. 3 if you would like to get in on the movie making magic with greenville Shriners Hospital<\/a> theyre giving away a trip to universial orlando. Simply visit their Facebook Page<\/a> and tell them your Favorite Movie<\/a> that uses Computer Generated<\/a> imagery. Head over to foxcarolina dot comthe link is on our as seen on section 3 colder temperatures. Have many of us bundling up but that could be dangerous. When it comes to kids and car seats. Seats. Why experts say bulky coats. Could be putting your childs life at risk. And what you need to know. Before buckling them in in plus. A full wrap up live from New Hampshire<\/a>. Trump and in the primary. But what does that mean for voters. In the ahead . 3 3 3 as you decide 2016 3 in many ways the race for president is back where it started. The New Hampshire<\/a> primary failed to weed out a bulk of the field and that means the process to pick the nominee could take a long time time 3 ryan nobles is live in manchester with more on the state of the race. 3 prior to the vote in iowa we knew the race between Hillary Clinton<\/a> and Bernie Sanders<\/a> was tight. We knew that the republicans had yet to determine a clear alternative to donald trump. Now one day after the New Hampshire<\/a> primary. Things are exactly the same. 3 donald trump is back on top. After being knocked from his perch in iowa. The billionaire businessman cruised to a huge win in a New Hampshire<\/a>. And while winning was important. The 2nd place finisher may be good for trump as well. Ohio governor john kasichs late surge and florida senator marco rubios sudden fall left the alternative lane to trump a muddled mess. That opens the door for iowa caucus winner ted cruz to make the case to South Carolina<\/a> voters that he is the only candidate that can beat him. Him. 3 the only way to beat donald trump is to highlight the simple truth of his record. It is not conservative. On the democratic side Bernie Sanders<\/a> exceeded the very High Expectations<\/a> he had in New Hampshire<\/a>. Setting the stage for the insurgent candidate to make the case that he can beat Hillary Clinton<\/a> with skeptical voters in the south. South. 3 what happened here in New Hampshire<\/a> in terms of an electorate, people who came out in large numbers. That is what will happen all over this country. Sanders raised so much money online tuesday night into wednesday morning that the web site collecting the cash crashed. It is money he will need. Because despite being down, the Clinton Campaign<\/a> is vowing to redouble their efforts going forward. Forward. 3 now we take this campaign to the entire country. Were going to fight for every vote in every state. A signal that both sides are prepared for a long fight for the nomination. 3 the calendar gets a little complicated going forward. Republicans will vote a week from saturday in South Carolina<\/a>. Democrats wont vote there until the end of the month. Live in Manchester Ryan<\/a> nobles fox carolina. 3 as ryan just mentioned. Weve just learned Chris Christie<\/a> republican race for the white house. Along with Carly Fiorina<\/a>s announcement earlier this afternoon. That brings the total number of gop candidates to 7. 3 meanwhile three candidates remain on the democratic ticket. Remember for all the latest political headlines and information on all the candidates. Head to foxcarolina. Com. 3 kendras here with a look at your forecast. Forecast. 3 and while were 3 3 yoururorecast. Forecast. With a look at your forecast. Forecast. 3 and while were dealing with these bitterly cold temperatures. A bigger storm is on the horizon with the threat of snow coming monday, right kendra . 3 3 another night of dangerous cold is on the way. Lows will drop to near 20 for the upstate and mid teens in the will continue in the mountains. Sunny skies will warm temperatures into the upper 30s to mid 40s areawide on thursday, and friday will be a repeat, with slight warmer conditions. Another blast of cold air arrives saturday night, bringing overnight lows back to the teens areawide into valentines day. A storm system will approach sunday night into monday. We continue to follow the latest mondays snow sleet rain threat. Right now the models are not in very good agreement on an outcome, so my forecast confidence is pretty low at this point. Ill need to see some consistency and agreement before making an official forecast. Heres what we know right now from our two main, long range computer models gfs american model this one is biggest on the snow outcome. In sunday, then a developing low riding over our are bringing light to moderate snow midday monday, then transitioning to sleet and freezing rain monday night as the storm exits. Right now ice accumulations look light and snow accumulations would be around 2 inches for the upstate, with more in the mountains. European model this one delays the storm a bit to our west, then brings in very heavy precipitation into our area monday night. I think wed see light snow sleet during the middle part of monday, then heavy rain by late monday evening by looking at temperature profiles. That heavy rain could become heavy freezing rain and sleet if the wedge can hold and temperatures stay at freezing at the surface. There is no indication of that right now though. Essentially euro is a wetter solutiona with a bit of Winter Weather<\/a> mixed in. Right now i think theres an 80 chance of seeing some kind of Winter Weather<\/a> in the upstate on monday, and about a 40 chance of it being a significant winter storm. Ill adjust as we get closer be sure to check out www. Foxcarolina. Com weather for more on the forecast and interactive radar radar 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 test download 3 now lets send it over to chris scott in the pit crew traffic center. 3 3 were watching hendersonville accident chimney rock rd us 64 sugarloaf roadhwy 292 asheville hwyplainview dr phillips rdcornelius rd john b. White sr. Blvdtigerville rd us hwy 25arlen ave old pendleton rd clearing powdersville 3 3 3 groupcarolina law sponsored by the pit crew traffic pit crew Carolina Law Group<\/a> 3 back to you guys 3 new information at four 3 as temperatures fall. Parents are bundling up this kids to brave this frigid weather weather but Consumer Reports<\/a> and safe kids upstate are warning. Bulky coats can be dangerous in a car seat seat offficials say when a child wears a bulky coat. It may affect how the child restraints work in the car seat. They say if involved in a crash. The coat will deflate restraints to loosen and possibly throw the child from the car seat. Safe kids upstate. Which is a part of ghs childrens hospital. Says to buckle your child in without the coat. Then put the coat on them backwards over the restraintslike a blanketto keep them warm 3 3 3 if the carseat is not used properly then it cant do its joto protect your child and the most important part is having that harness strap sucrlly fasened and you not being able to able to pinch any of the straps that is lose loseto check if your childs coat is too bulky for the car seat. Safe kids says to buckle the child in with the coat on. Then take them out of the seat, take the coat off, and rebuckle them in. If there is too much room between the child and the restraints. The coat is too thick 3 stick around for news you need to knowthe search is on. After a man disappears in Western North<\/a> carolina. Carolina. His pickup truck was found abandoned in Oconee County<\/a>. Coming up. Why deputies need your help. 3 were back with news you need to know 3 crews are actively looking for carolina man in the upstate this afternoon after his pickup truck was found in Oconee County<\/a>. County. Haywood county deputies say the family of scott turner reported him missing after he was last seen at work monday morning. Morning. And deputies say turners pickup truck was found by his family along highway 107 in Oconee County<\/a> on tuesday. Crews have spent much of today searching the arar of cherry hill and big bend for him. Combing the woods with dozens of searchers and caninesplus a search plane is flying overhead. Anyone with information on his whereabouts is asked to call the oconee or Haywood County<\/a> sheriffs offices. 3 union police need your help tracking down a bank robber. Robber. Heres a look at glen roth. Police say he robbed the Founders Federal Credit Union<\/a> on north duncan bypass around 9 40 this morning. Officers tell us roth told Bank Employees<\/a> he had a gun and made off with an undisclosed amount of cash. Luckily, no one was injured. Roth was last seen driving a silver Pontiac Sunfire<\/a> with South Carolina<\/a> tag lqw139. He is considered armed and dangerous. Call 911. 3 the New Hampshire<\/a> primarieie are overand 2016 president ial race is now carolina several republican candidates are making their way to the upstate ahead of this months first in the south primaries. After a decisive victory in New Hampshire<\/a>. Republican frontrunner donald trump will be holding an event at clemson unveristy at 7 tonight. Well have crews there and will stream it live on foxcarolina. Com and plus will bring you coverage tonight at 10. Tomorrow. Doctor ben carson will be speaking at the Gaffney Visitors Center<\/a> at 3 pm. And marko rubio will hold a town hall at 4 pm at Southside Christian<\/a> school in simpsonville at 4. The republican primary is set for saturday, february 20th. 20th. The democratic primary will be held the following saturday, february 27th. Three candidates are seeking the partys nomination. We have information on all the candidates and all the latest political headlines on foxcarolina. Com. 3 and we want to remind you of the School Closings<\/a> we know about so far for tomorrow. Madison county schools will be closed. And so will mitchell county. We always have the latest closings and delays up on our website, on our facebok page fox carolola news and on our fox carolina news app. 3 now time for weather and traffic together every 10 minutes 3 and were bracing for dangerously cold temperatures tonight and the threat of Winter Weather<\/a> come monday, right kendra . 3 another night of dangerous cold is on the way. Lows will drop to near 20 for the upstate and mid teens in the mountains. Bitter wind chills will continue in the mountains. Sunny skies will warm temperatures into the upper 30s to mid 40s areawide on thursday, and friday will be a repeat, with slight warmer conditions. Another blast of cold air arrives saturday night, bringing overnight lows back to the teens areawide into valentines day. A storm night into monday. 3 3 now lets send it over to chris scott in the pit crew traffic center. 3 3 were watching hendersonville accident chimney rock rd us 64 sugarloaf roadhwy 292 asheville hwyplainview dr phillips rdcornelius rd john b. White sr. Blvdtigerville rd us hwy 25 25 3 3 heres a live look at the s. C. D. O. T. Cam on 3 back to you guys 3 more controversy in simpsonville. And it was caught on tape last night. Night. Only on fox. Weve got the video of a Heated Exchange<\/a> between the mayor and a councilwoman. From last nights meeting. And another Council Member<\/a> says he was treated badly by the mayor too what caused all the bad 3 and many parents are fired up over talk of closing three schools in pickens county. Theyre meeting tonight and trying to save their schools. The full story tonight at ten. 3 dawn of the brain dead. Front page. Trump gets in the last word now on extra. Just call him the teflon don. 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