3 and with this dangerous cold were looking at some School Closings and delays in the mountains. Haywood county schools will open 2 hours late Madison Mitchell and Yancey County schools will all be closed. We have more running at the bottom of your screen. As well as online at fox carolina dot com. 3 developing tonight 3 firefighters rushed to a blaze at mary Black Hospital in spartanburg tonight. It forced the er to be evacuated. This is a look at pictures the Spartanburg Fire Department posted on their Facebook Page. You can see the heavy smoke billowing. And how far away it could be seen. 3 the fire broke out at the skylin drive facility around 6 this evening. We know spartanburg city, cowpens, drayton, converse and converse Fire Departments all responded along with 3 heres a look at the scene earlier tonight again you can see some heavy smokefire Officials Say the fire started in a dumpster right outside the hospital hospitalthere were some traffic concerns while roads were blocked off to secure the area but things are getting back to normal. Thankfully no was hurt in the fire. No word on exactly what started the fire, but a fire lietenant on scene said if youre going to discard cigars in a trash can. Make sure its been fully extinguished. 3 across Spartanburg County in una. Another fire sparked earlier todaydestroying a family home. Home. And tonight firefighters are reminding residents to be safe when using space heaters. Heaters. Take a look at these pictures. You can see this home on lowell court was completely engulfed in flames arouou five this morning. The Fire Department says the homeowners woke up to the smoke alarms going off. And realized an electric heater caught his comforter on fire. Tonight the fire chief says its so vital to be safe when using an extra heater. 3 3 3 just when its cold be extremely careful. Make sure that if you do use an read the directions and you follow all the directions to be safe safethe Fire Department says one person was taken to Spartanburg Medical Center for minor burns to his feet. Meantime the red cross is offering the family temporary housing and belongings. 3 as you decide 2016 3 today marks the official start of the push for the South Carolina primary. In the next ten daysyoure going to be seeing and hearing a lot from president ial candidatesthat want your vote. Vote. 3 and this afternoontwo of them made big stops here in the upstate. Upstate. 3 Fox CarolinasDerek Dellinger is live in pendletonwhere donald trump had his first big rally after the primary win in New Hampshire. And derekhe had quite the crowd, didnt he . 3 yes he did. Several thousand eveningthe crowd has since leftthings here, still being disassembled tonightbut this was a big day for candidates in the upstate. 3 both trump and marco rubio were here in the area today. Trump here in pendletonand rubio in spartanburg. The upstate is a big part of the evangelical and conservative votes in South Carolinaand a big part of the voting block in the state. Both candidates appealed to both todayrubio, making the case that hes the one to beat in the president al electionand trump, staying on his sloganand saying how hes going to trounce everyone else. 3 3 3 3 3 if they win, our military keeps getting gutted. If they win, dodd frank stays here forever. If they win, all the things that have happenedthe second amendment, the judges they appoint 3 3 3 all of these characters are going to give it up, were going to run the table, and we will make America Great again, i can tell you, okay . 3 marco rubio is making a round trip across the state. Hes got in hilton head and myrtle beachbefore he makes a stop back up here in the upstate in simpsonville. 3 3 as for trumphes going to louisiana and floridabut he will be back up here for this weekends debate, which is taking place in greenville. Diana . 3 were there any interesting moments from today for either candidates . Candidates . Rubio trying to get his son to talk, on stage with himthe cold arena for trump 3 and the republican president ial ticket is getting smallercarly fiorina announced earlier today shes suspending her campaign seventh place finish in New Hampshire last night. 3 and new jeresey governor Chris Christie is also suspending his president ial bid. The move comes after christies disappointing sixth place finish in New Hampshire last night. With just seven percent of the vote. 3 again the republican candidates will be at the peace center in greenville this saturday. For a debate ahead of the primary elections here on february 20th. Th. Then on february 27th the Democratic Candidates will face each other in the South Carolina primary. Remember for information on all the candidateshead to fox carolina dot com. 3 new at 11 three people are dead. Including two deputies and a gunman. Following a shootout at a crowded restaurant. Restaurant. The Sheriffs Office says one of their deputies was called to a panera restaurant in abington marylandjust before noonby the suspect himself. Witnesses say the deputy sat down and tried to talk to the man and thats when he was shot in the head. Deputies say the suspect identified as 67 yearold david evans fled the quickly tracked down by Law Enforcement and exchanged gunfire. Another deputy was killed in the shootout along with the gunman. The sheriff says the deaths of two his deputies is a great loss for the community. 3 3 3 one of our deputies was a 30 year veteran of this agency, served in the Court Services of this division, the other deputy had served this agency for the last 16 years and was assigned to the Community Services division. I would ask at this time to please respect the families privacy as they go through the period of grieving. Grieving. The sheriff says they are witholding the deputies names until all of their relatives are notified. Now witnesses say the suspcet was sitting in the back of the restaurant. And frequented the location. They say it appeared he was trying to live out of the restaurant. Investigators believe evans acted alone and there is no threat to the community. So far no motive has been released but the sheriff does believe the first responding deputy wearing a uniform. 3 as we continue to cover our counties 3 police are investigating after someone stole from a local girl scouts camp in Spartanburg County. County. It happened at the camp on scout drive in spartanburg. 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 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 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 victimsmust have felt. Not just in the days following the crash. But the ones they still carry with them months later and will never forget. 3 3 i feel like music is deffinitly a healer and i hope that that this song for the people that are leasoning can maybe use the song to greave and realize how they feel and start to move forward but not forgetthe past. Past. 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 next. A crazy prank at a wendys drivethru landed one man in jail alligator into the drivethru window and tonight hes trying to explain himself 3 plusthe same Technology Used to make hollywood magic. Is also lending a hand to doctors at Shriners Hospital in greenville. And is making a big difference for patients. See how next. 3 and the gamecockshosting lsu tonighttaking on a team with the likely 1 pick in the nba draftweve got all the action from the hardwood coming up 3 coming up well take a look at your sevenday forecast. And what you can expect as you head out the door tomorrow morning. Stay with us. 3 3 now to an update from a story we first brought you on thee four oclock news yesterday tonight a florida man is apologizingafter he was charged for throwing a live alligator into a drivethrough window. See the threefoot alligator on the floor of the wendys restaurant in jupiter florida. Officials say once the man was handed his drink. He hurled the reptile through the window. The 23yearold is facing a slew of charges including aggravated assault. He says he was trying to prank his friend who works at the restaurant and admits it was a bad decision. 3 3 3 we thought wed pull a prank on our buddy who worked at wendys and like just throw it at him through the drivethru window. Window. Im sorry for what i did, i mean, you know, just being stupid, not thinking and obviously i found out what the consequences were. Were. During his Court Appearance yesterdayhe was ordered to stay out of all wendys restaurants. Among other terms. He was granted a 6thousanddollar bond. Meantime the alligator was unharmed and released in a nearby canal. 3 trending tonight 3 filmmakers have used computer screen for years. But what many people may not know is where it started out. Out. Greenville Shriners Hospital for children has been using this technology to diagnose orthopedic problems in children for over thirty years. By using motion capture cameras and sensors placed on the patients skin. Their movement is replicated in threed images. Its the same technology that was used in movies like avatar, the force awakens and maleficent. Shriners Motion Analysis Lab says this technology has changed the way doctors can diagnose and treat orthopedic patients. 3 3 3 computers can do an analysis and help us understand how theyre walking and what challenges they face when theyre walking, so motion capture cameras used here in greenville, this same technology is used in hollywood to capture the motion of the actors. Actors. If you would like to get in on the movie making magic with greenville Shriners Hospitaltheyre giving away a trip to their Facebook Page and tell them your favorite moviethat uses Computer Generated imagery. Head over to foxcarolina dot comthe link is on our as seen on section 3 chief meteorologist kendra kent joins us now with a look at your forecast 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 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 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, 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, w wh 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 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. Ll adjust as log on to fox carolina dot com and click on the weather tab 3 and download the new fox carolina weather app. You can get weather info on the go, along with alerts on watches and warnings in your area. Just text carolina weather to 23765 to download 3 plenty to get to in sports. We take a closer look at the panthers offseason. And what they need to do in order to get back to the super bowl. 3 which includes trying to lock up their top cornerback josh norman. The greenwood product likely about to make a lot of money. So how can carolina pay him . Him . Plus a huge test for the gamecocks at home against lsu and this man. Ben simmons. Can carolili slow down the probable number one pick . That answer and more, straight ahead in sports. 3 and one College Athlete is going viralnot just for her gymnastic moves. But also for her dance moves. Were getting a look at her 3 nothing bigger than norman. Hey there, im ac. Thats almost certainly the attitude for the panthers front office going into next year. Locking up star cornerback josh norman. Norman. The greenwood native will likely need a lucrative contract if hes not franchise tagged. Which means carolina will need to clear up some cap space. The could cut veterans like pass rusher charles johnson, who only had one sack this year and the aging jared allen. No one knows exactly what Dave Gettlemans plan is, but he says its already in the works. 3 roster building is a 12month process. And you cant sit here and rest in your laurels now youre going to go back again. Weve been working the whole time. Are we a little behind . Yeah, of course we are. But weve hit the ground running. Youre never just one player away. Away. Another panthers note. Former linebacker jon beason announces his retirement. A first rounder back in 07. A 3time pro bowler. Beason says his biggest regret. Is not being on the first Panthers Team to win a championship. 3 a gamecocks note. Wide receiver shaq davidsons left the team and is expected to transfer. Davidson starred at gaffney high. 20combined touchdowns. More than 15 hundred through the air, and over 750 on the ground. He redshirted his freshman year and tore a knee ligament before last season. He never played for sc. Well keep an eye out for where he heads next. 3 all the excitement for the gamecocks recentlys been on the basketball court. Carolina knocking off topten texas a ;m over the weekend. Now theyve got a date with lsu. And probable number one simmons. To Colonial Life arena we go. Michael carrera honored before the game after reaching 1,000 pt mark in careertough assignment guarding potential no. 1 pick ben simmonssimmons and carrera both playing short minutes in first half afafr early foul trouble. Simmons with 20 on the night, but held in check. Gamecocks meanwhile heat up from long range. Mindaugas kacinas buries the triple and then next possession after an lsu turnover. Duane notice buries one from the corner to set the cla on fire. One of four carolina players in double figures. Lsu battling back. Simmons. Kicks it out to antonio blakeney. Treys true. He had 22. Usc gets some momentum back. Jamal gregory. The strip. Gets it ahead to sindaruis thornwell. Gamehigh 24 for sin city. City. The gamecocks pull away at the end. 9483 the sits in first place in the entire sec. 3 once again, unbelievable atmosphere. Our kids just battled, battled, battled. And when the game gets hard, we find a way to win. And were lucky, we got some stops coming down the stretch. Stretch. Not a lot of time to regroup for sc. As perrenial powerhouse kentucky heads to the midlands on saturday. 3 some nba action to get to. The hornets have lost 12 straight in indy. Jeremy lin leading the transition game. First. Nicolas batum steals. Finds lin for the fastbreak dunk. Then. Lin with the steal. Passes back to Frank Kaminsky for a big dunk. Hornets up 17 at the half. Half. Walker finished with a gamehigh 25 points. 11795. Charlotte back over. 500. 3 ca kobe bryant lal facing lebron james cle for the last time in cleveland time 413item 1st quarter, 20 clevelandkobe bryant lal lebro james cle score 22 time 1 041 15item 2nd quarter, 4940 clevelandkobe bryant lal misses 3. Kevin love cle great outlet pass to lebron james cle for layupscore 5140 cavskobe gets 17. La. 120111. 3 and one gymnast is going viral. Not just for her spot on tumbling. But for the moments in between. Check out her incredible floor routine up next in the nightcap nightcap 3 3 the nightcap 3 a gymnast with ucla is breaking the internet. After crushing her floor routine with some pretty cool moves. Check it out out 3 music and clapping clappingthis is senior sophina dejesus. You can see shes incorporating some well known dance moves. Everything from the naenae to the dab. The quan along with her flawless gymnastic routine. And you can see the student section and her team going crazy she was c