The country. We have much more coverage on decision 2016, but first lets get a quick check on your weather with his thursday starts clear and cold with temperatures in the upper 20s as the day moves forward simply wonderful, mostly sunny and warmer, highs in the lower 60s. Things begin to change quickly as low pressure forms in the gulf of mexico and moves into the southeast. Clouds increase developing by early friday morning. Tomorrow looks cool and wet with periods of showers and rain, in the middle 50s. Rain chance at 90 . Rainfall amount near. 50 to 1. With highs near 60 watching the development of yet another gulf low developing sunday. The position and timing of this storm will alter the forecast however, as of this morning, my this will be watched and tweaked accordingly. The system moves out and skies will clear late sunday turning much colder early next week. Inside the state house, a moraleand pay boostmay be on the way for thousands of South Carolina state employees. Midlands senators are pushing a plan to give those workers one of their biggest pay raises in more than a decade. Jack kuenzie has more from todays announcement at the state house. Dawndystate employees got a modest 800 dollar bonus last year. But theyve only been given small raises two out of the last seven years. In fact you might have to go since State Government granted workers a raise of as much as five per cent. But that is what a Bipartisan Group of senators thinks is possible this year because the state has a large surplus. Their proposal would provide raises at state agencies and collegesand cost about 75 Million Dollars. Richland republican john courson is one of the measures leading sponsors. I do think theres some sentiment that state employees have not been rewarded but have not whined about it, have not complained about it because of the Great Recession of 2008. We have the revenue stream now to do it. We can do it without any tax increase, so lets reward them and thank them for their service. The state employees Association Says about three quarters of state workers are making less than 40 thousand dollars a year. Members say many employees are on public assistance or forced to work second jobs to make ends meet. Senator courson says getting the pay raise through the General Assembly will meet its toughest challenge in the house. If it is approved, the raises would become effective july 1st. South carolina residents may not have won the giant 1. 6 billion Powerball Jackpot, but at least one of them is walking away with a cool 100,000. Sioban smith of columbia checked her ticket around 3 a. M. Today and discovered she matched four of the numbers drawn. Smith bought the ticket at the pitt stop on dutch fork road in ballentine. 11 other players pocketed 50,000 and more than 200,000 tickets won 4. In other decision 2016 news, more than 5,000 people attended the annual palmetto senior show today. One hundred vendors sold their goods and services at the state fairgrounds in columbia. President ial candidate governor Mike Huckabee and lt. Governor Henry Mcmaster were there as guests. Wis will have a special decision 2016 show at 7 saturday night. We will have oneonone candidates and an overall look at the race for president leading up the South Carolina primaries. And on sunday, Democratic Candidates will be in the lowcountry for a debate in downtown charleston. Lexington leaders hope fema can lend a hand to fix a historical spot in the town. The pond that sits near the old mill in lexington has been empty since the october floods. Heavy rains caused the dam that sits around it to breach leaving a massive hole behind. The owner of the dam says it could cost up to five Million Dollars to fix. Town leaders have reached out to fema for financial help. A walking trail for the town was supposed to go over the dam so theyre hoping the feds will view it as public space. A meeting on the dam is scheduled for next month. Lexington is also kicking off the new year by launching projects designed to cut down on traffic. The town installed new in sync Traffic Signals at five intersections close to downtown. That includes where east main street as well as lake drive. Town Officials Say the new signals dont change based on a timer but rather how many cars are building up at the light. If the number of cars is over the average for a given time, the light will change automatically to reduce the congestion. Lexington is aiming to have 35 intersections equipped with these lights by the end of next year. We have crews out at night installing the cameras. As soon as they get a complete intersection installed theyll plug it up. Itll start working with the five that we have current online and then go from there right on down the line. The town is also looking to create one way traffic patterns on lake drive and Church Street close to downtown lexington. Officials say studies show that should also cut down on the traffic. Coming up on wisjackpot fever is officially over a french schoolteacher is facing Involuntary Manslaughter charges after a manslaughter charges after a deadly alps avalanche incident. Three people were killed, two of they were among a group of ten experienced young skiers on a high school outing with their teacher. Witnesses said the students were skiing on a ski slope that had been closed since the beginning of the season because of lack of snow. Officials claim the group stepped over the net. A ukrainian skier, who was not linked to the group, was also found dead. The hangover after a historic powerball drawing continues for many of you, but at least three tickets matched the winning numbers overnight. Jay gray reports from melbourne beach, florida. 1012 1921 541 00 nats cheering an impromptu, pep rally. Nats more cheering just minutes after last nights drawing. And word that a Winning Ticket was sold at this 711 in california. I am very happy it is a chino hills win. Overnight, lottery officials confirmed two more Winning Tickets. And melbourne beach, florida. This is historic, its never been this large before. Almost 1point6 billion dollars. Split at least three ways. There are rumors. Its probably one of their friends that they know at the store that probably is a winner. But to this point no one has claimed the record prize we dont know if the tickets are in the hands of individuals or office pools. Each worth more than 528Million Dollars before taxes. How are you feeling, nervous. A nervous laugh for linda payout. I spent most of the night waking up everyone in the house, double checking the numbers. Now shell have to figure out how to spend. Those winnings. Eight players also won 2million dollar jackpots. The next powerball drawing is saturday. The jackpot drops to a measly 40million. Im jay gray in melbourne, florida now back to you. This thursday starts clear and cold with temperatures in the upper 20s before sunrise. Day moves forward simply marco rubio. He ran for senate saying he opposed amnesty. Then he flipped, and worked with liberal Chuck Schumer to coauthor the path to citizenship bill. He threatened to vote against it. And then voted for it. He supported his own dream act and then he abandoned it. Marco rubio. Just another washington politician you cant trust. Jeb bush. Hes a leader, so you always know where hehetands. Right to rise usa this thursday starts clear and cold with temperatures in the upper 20s before sunrise. As the day moves forward simply wonderful, mostly sunny and warmer, highs in the lower things begin to change quickly as low pressure forms in the gulf of mexico and moves into the southeast. Clouds increase tonight with rain developing by early friday morning. Tomorrow looks cool and wet with periods of showers and rain, highs in the middle 50s. Rain chance at 90 . Rainfall amount near. 50 to 1. The system will be off to the northeast by friday night. Saturday, partly cloudy, breezy with highs near 60 watching the development of yet another gulf low developing sunday. The position and timing of this storm will alter the forecast this morning, my thinking is it will remain a rain event for us and stay far enough south to give us a few scattered showers. This will be watched and tweaked accordingly. The system moves out and skies will clear late sunday turning much a zoo in ukraine was showing off its latest additions yesterday, following the birth of a rare litter of white lion cubs. The newborns were in good health and were cared for by their mother. However, one cub was too shy and hid in his enclosure all the time. The cubs birth is an important event, especially as white lions are so rare. Do you know every year there are more new cases of skin cancer than breast, prostate, lung and colon combined . Next on wis, why one skin cancer survivor is pleading for you to not be a statistic of the sun. Break have you ever had a health you really should have it checked, but you put it off . A woman in conway did and she lost part of her face because of it. Her desire to tan in the sun and tanning beds lead to a powerful lesson she wants to share with you and some pics are tough to see. 06 15 16 26 2 25 2 39 pictures from yesteryear show jenny faulk as she has spent most every day since she was a little girl. Barefoot, bathing suits, tank tops, shorts. And i never wore sunscreen. Jenny learned a super tough lesson about overexposure to sun. And the lack of wearing any sun protection. That awareness started in 2014 when a bump developed on her nose. It would be itchy, dry, and i would scratch and scratch. And id put moisturizers on it. And it would just never go away. She thought she was allergic to her moisturizer so she changed to a new product. And then it got to where it was just getting bigger like wider and i thought well somethings not right here. Its just not going away. Jenny finally went to a dermatologist. The minute she saw me she said, how long has that been on your nose . and i said a year, maybe a little more. And i knew by the look on her face that it was more than dry skin. Jenny had basal cell carcinoma. These pictures are difficult to see, but theyre the reality jenny faced. Her delay in getting treatment allowed the skin cancer to spread so viciously, doctors had to chunk of her cheek. Dr. Todd lefkowitz with lexington Plastic Surgery at Lexington Medical Center then redesigned and repaired her face in a threestage reconstruction. We actually took her forehead here, raised it up and then turned it down to make her nose. At the same time, because a large part of her cheek was missing, we had to take cheek skin and cheek tissue that was beside it, raise it up and move it over to try and create a more junction. Lefkowitz then took cartilage from jennys ear and put it in her nose to give it more support. We took a little bit of skin and we put it as a skin graft on the undersurface to line the internal part of the nose so when she breathes some of that air can flow easier and be humidified as it goes through. After the extra flap of skin on the nose from the supply, dr. Lefkowitz was able to detach it from the forehead giving it a smoother appearance. The hope is that no one gets into her position. Obviously, the earlier you catch skin cancer, whether its melanoma or nonmelanoma, basal cell or squamous cell, its very treatable and often times, its treatable without surgery. Susie has her face back, but only after a very invasive treatment plan that could have been avoided. If its something there that doesnt go away within a couple weeks, get it looked at. Get it looked at. Dont wait. Dr. Lefkowitz emphasizes the need to bring up to your doctor anything questionable on your body. The worst thing you can do is have a concern and wish it away cause often times, it doesnt go away and a lot of times it just gets worse. The risk of basal cell had increases 73 if you tan six times per year in high school or college. Also worth noting more people develop skin cancer because of tanning than develop lung cancer because of smoking. Coming up on wis, gop president ial candidates are taking the main stage tonight in North Charleston. And wis is there. Break welcome to the news at five, im several gop president ial candidates are taking the main stage at 9 tonight in North Charleston for a debate. It will be in the North Charleston coliseum. And Charles Molineaux is there. Hey charles. He was invited to a debate, but people at the North Charleston coliseum. The chairman of the South CarolinaRepublican Party says they had more than 25thousand individual requests for just 200 public tickets. The remaining 4,000 tickets were distributed to Republican Party activists, leaders and elected officials. The debate starts at 9 tonight on fox business network. He was invited to a debate, but candidates dont have to participate on either statethe first stage or the 2nd stage, hes a great candidate, hes a varsity candidate, but he decided not to come tonight. This saturday, wis will have a special decision 2016 show. We will have oneonone interviews with several gop candidates and an overall look at the race for president ahead of the South Carolina primary. Then sunday, Democratic Candidates hillary clinton, Bernie Sanders and Martin Lowcountry for a debate in downtown charleston. It will air here on nbc at 9 sunday night. This thursday starts clear and cold with temperatures in the upper 20s before sunrise. As the day moves forward simply wonderful, mostly sunny and warmer, highs in the lower 60s. Things begin to change quickly as low pressure forms in the gulf of mexico and moves into the southeast. Clouds increase tonight with rain developing by early friday morning. Tomorrow looks cool and wet with periods of showers and rain, highs in the middle 50s. Rain chance at 90 . Rainfall amount near. 50 to 1. The system will be off to the northeast by friday night. Saturday, partly cloudy, breezy with highs near 60 watching the development of yet another gulf low developing sunday. The position and timing of this storm will alter the forecast however, as of this morning, my thinking is it event for us and stay far enough south to give us a few scattered showers. This will be watched and tweaked accordingly. The system moves out and skies will clear late sunday turning much colder early next week. Tonight, students at South CarolinaState University and Benedict College will feel the bern as the Bernie SandersCampaign Kicks off its tour of Carolina State University and Benedict College will feel the bern as the Bernie SandersCampaign Kicks off its tour of historically black colleges and universities. Billie jean spoke to tonights speaker. She joins us from sc state. Tonight dr. Cornell west will speak on behalf of senator Bernie Sanders. To talk to students about what sanders stands for and why he should become the next president. The prominent civil rights activist says he will discuss several topics such as tuition free universities and colleges as well as criminal justice reform. Just a short time ago, he toured scsus campus and spoke to students about what qualities they believe the next president should possess. West says it is an honor to speak to the students tonight on behalf of senator sanders. When black america gets a chance to find out who brother Bernie Sanders really is and know hes for real about fighting poverty, about fighting police murder, about fighting low quality education Free Education when it comes to college, theyll say how is it we didnt know about him, well now you know. Jesse jackson will also join dr. West on the stage the event is at 7 p. M. Here at scsu at the barbara a. Vaughan fine arts center. It is free and open to the public. Live in orangeburg, billie jean shaw, wis news 10. Bigger paychecks could be ahead for South Carolinas state employees. Lawmakers said today theyre trying to give them a five percent raise. The plan has bipartisan support and is being led by republican senator john courson and democratic senator darrell jackson. The proposal covers employees at state agencies and collegesand if approved would take effect july 1st. The pay raise would cost the state 75 Million Dollars. Senator courson says the state has such a large budget surplus, the raise can be provided without a tax increase. The 33 thousand state employees have had pay seven years. Three people won the enormous Powerball Jackpot last night. Theyre from florida, california and tennessee. Raycoms brix fowler reports from munford, tennessee as people try to figure out who the lucky winner is. Excitement is building in munford as people are still are trying to find out who won the Winning Ticket. Lottery officials arrived in munford just a few hours ago and went to all three stores to echk adn see which one sold the golden ticket. The largest home in jackpot history more than one points five billion dollars. Each winner taking home. They would split983 million. The winning numbers are 48192734 and powerball number 10. Mayor rea