Woodland to the north of winnsboro. This is nonsevere. A lot of this has been a lot of us are waking up to the sound of the number thunder. 70 degrees in sumter. Lexington at 70. Newberry at 64. Here in columbia, the rain has stopped for now. 70 degrees and muggy. We are on track for 100 chance of rain all throughout the day with a couple bundles a couple of rumbles of thunder. For new years eve day, 70 degrees with light to moderate showers, primarily, during the afternoon and early evening. As you are getting ready to head out the door, you need to get yourself a lot of extra time this morning. Roadways are saturated. This will be in between [ indiscernible ] and saint andrews. No accidents are being reported on that side of the on that side of town. A little bit of slow go as you head out of town on sunset boulevard. No issues. Coming from i 26 in harvesting, a 13 minute commute. Again, give yourself a lot of extra time. Dont be surprised if you see a lot of pounding on the roadways. We will take a look at your forecast in just a few minutes. The deadline to apply for individual assistance has been in extended. Is you now have until monday. They will be accepting registration through monday. The president has declared midland counties a disaster. The money would cover losses not taken care of by insurance. If you have already registered, you dont need to reapply but you can go to our website. The extension was requested by the governor of the state. We honor that request and that took the extension to january the extension to january 3. Since that falls on a sunday, that extension is to midnight on january 4 monday just to accommodate those who want to register. And have other plans. If you still need to register, we come to the Flood Recovery on wltx. Com. A dozen families will be getting some much needed help your credits of volunteers have back on their feet. One of the organizers for the event says many people did not know how to did not know the extent of the damage. There are a lot of homeowners who realize who didnt realize they were going to end up with a mold problem. Home works and the st. Bernard project raised more than 300,000. If youre interested in being a volunteer, check out the story on wltx. Com. The boil water advisory that was scheduled in West Columbia has been postponed due to the weather. The work will start this saturday. Waterlines for some residents will be turned off from 9 oclock in the morning until 8 pm at night. Project near the parke road and Mineral Springs road. To find out if your address is on the list, head over to wltx. Com and click on the story. Some great news to follow up on. The story we first brought you over the weekend. The columbia couple that has been searching for their stolen handicap and says they now have it back. They say police have found it around 5 oclock last night. Robert mccurdy is a quadriplegic and uses the especially tailored van to get to work every day. He and his wife say they are happy it is back in their hands and indecent condition with only a few parts missing. And a torn wire from the van led them to believe that the buzzer was going off which made the thieves abandon the van altogether. Police say they have found it in an apartment neighborhood off of broad river road. Sumter police are looking for three suspects in connection to an attempted murder. They are 21yearold Henry Williams fan. Police say they responded to shots fired call on frazier street. Once there, they found two vehicles that had been in a collision but no one at the scene. They think that was done deliberately. Investigators think the three of them are belong are involved in this. They are believed to be armed and dangerous. Crawl call crimestoppers at one888[ indiscernible ]. A womans body into in the swamp. Harold pratt appeared in an Orangeburg County courthouse yesterday. Deputies say he and the victim were involved in an argument after she disappeared around christmas. Investigators found her body in a waterway off of highway 453. Craft has been charged with murder. We are on your side this morning with the recall. If you have some Martha Stewart cookware, macys is recalling to frying pans after customers say metal bits popped off and caused ruses, burns and welts. 10 piece stainless steel cookware set. Customers should stop using the pans and return them to macys for a store credit. The Better Business bureau 2015. Scans the scams vary in name but are similar. Tiffany craig explains. Reporter hundreds of thousands of americans have received a call like this one. It is from the irs. Con artists demand immediate payment. If i didnt clear it up, they were going to prosecute me. She did not want to give her prepaid debit cards. I parents. The Better Business bureau say tax conns were by far the better tops came in 2015. Others posed as debt collectors or tech support. Others claim you have one a grant or sweepstakes. The scams have Something Else in common. The criminal wants money up front. Father ortiz thought he was a millionaire when he received this phone sweepstakes letter. All he had to do was pay a 40,000 tax to receive his prize. And scam artists one want an untraceable form of payment. If someone is requesting that you pay by prepaid debit card, Wire Transfer or gift card, you should be wary. If the offer sounds too good to be true, it is likely a scam. Kenneth craig, cbs news, new to learn about scams in your area, use scam chapter bbb. Org scam chapter. Of the day. Jackie cisco. She is a mother of six and was nominated by her granddaughter, taylor. Taylor tells us that her grandmother is one of the strongest people that she knows and says we are thankful to have her in our lives and we love her for all that she does to keep our family together. Congratulations, jackie. If you would like to nominate a mom for mom of the day, click on the better to send your nominations. Todays word of the day is still the for us. It is an adjective and means having or abounding with stars. Efrain, we might say that the milky way is still a for us. Were going to help you luck and good food. Hopefully, by the time we get rain will be gone you may no lizard stick has 15 restaurants and plan to Collard Greens, blackeyed peas. Bobby, thank you for joining us. We were just talking about what this means. What the smell means because there is a meeting behind the mail. Its not just because somebody wants to go and have some Collard Greens. Is a southern tradition. So pork chop is for wealth. The Collard Greens are for folding money. And the black eyed peas are either points are wishes. Cornbread is the color of gold so it is to get your new years off right. I guess the idea is that if you have this mail on new years day, 2016 will be full of prosperity and wealth and all good things. So, you guys are serving thousands of meals. This has turned into the biggest day for us. And every restaurant would be packed. And if people want to, they can it is worth the chance for good luck. We need all of the help we can get. So i think it is a great way to start the year off right. We were just talking about cooking Collard Greens. How do you guys do it . We have Industrial Fans to get the smell out. It is not a pleasant smell when you get fresh Collard Greens. They grow them for us and we try to use everything we can, locally. That is probably another good thing. You are buying local. You are serving to local people. You are eating local when you go to visits thicket lizards thicket. We often we open for but its really not that busy. But we start serving lunch at 11 oclock and we will serve continuously until 9 oclock at night. Do take reservations . Know, just kind of first come, firstserved. Okay. We wont run out. How much do you cook . It is incredible. Last year we sold over 10,000 orders of blackeyed peas. And if you cook them, they start big. Probably 6 to 8000 porkchops. So you really have to stock up. If you dont like colors, you can need a cabbage. In the leafy vegetable means money. So you dont have to give effect good luck. All right. Thank you so much. We appreciate the explanation of the good mail of the first day of the year. We will toss it over to a from of the day. After bobby brings that great food here, i am thinking forget about breakfast. Right now, we are dealing with a lot of storms this morning. We had a lot of thunderstorms, nonsevere, moving through. All of that is moving out to the east. Or development to the southern portions of the state moving into the southwest part of the low country. Most of the central midlands are clear. The far eastern portions with light to moderate rainfall but we are still under a flood watch. Discovers pretty much all of our communities. All the way to the upside to this is in effect all the way until tomorrow morning at 7 pm 7 am. Were sitting at 71 in orangeburg. Columbia at 70. The cold front that was trying to move through yesterday has stalled out so the stationary front has been allowing a lot of moisture to be pulled in because of it. The computer model shows a very big depiction of moderate rainfall throughout the morning. But to the north, a lot of heavy rainfall is expected and that will continue into the upstate as well as into the central portions of the midlands by tonight, a little bit of clearing. All over again. At midnight tonight, south of i 20 and upwards of about three quarters of an inch of rain. In the upstate, 1. 75 inches of rainfall by midnight. Highs today will be in the lower to middle 70s. 70 and wadesboro. 74 in sumter. A high of 75 in orangeburg. During columbia, 100 chance of rain. A couple of thunderstorms could develop. Overnight tonight, we will continue with more rainfall and a low of 64. Our lows will generally be in the low to mid 60s. 63 in saint matthews. A little bit cooler in salida. 60 in newberry. As we get ready for a hot new years eve in downtown, a very slight chance for rain but it will be monkey and it will be mild. 52 degrees by midnight and the rain, the clouds, its always gonzo. If you six new years day. It will be mostly cloudy but a lot of sunshine will return to the weekends temperatures getting to the lower to mid 50s but the lows are back down into the 30s and by tuesday morning, 31 degrees, very cold and lots of sunshine with a high of 54 make sure you get back here right after the break as we are going to be looking let me look at the traffickers. Getting ahead of myself. I 26 and between piney grove are wet. In case of a little bit of a delay, basically from airport, give yourself some extra time because you could be seeing 54 minutes is hard to believe, we are just a day away from the famously Lawrence Hill is headlining it is free. But of course, like last year, if you dont want to go, and you can watch it from the comfort of your own home. They will be broadcasting the event live from 11 to 30 until eight until 8 pm from 11 30 until 8 pm. The university will have volunteers at all of the entrances collecting nonperishable donations that will go to harvest hope and monetary donations for the flood relief fund. There is still time for people to sign up to be volunteers. The details are on our website, wltx. Com. We here at news 19 are sponsoring a new year,blood drive from 10 am until 3 pm at salsa ritas on lexington. To encourage wants to encourage you to think but for before getting behind the wheel if you have been drinking. It is important to line up a designated driver before the big night as alcohol related crashes are the cause of most of the fatalities in South Carolina. We will have trippers and place. If you plan to go out and have a few drinks, be prepared to go to jail. And drive, be prepared to go to jail. Fisher, there have been 942 fatalities on South Carolina roads. Thousands are gearing up for a new year celebration in times square in new york city. Check out how the organizers are preparing to bring in 2016. Several people through confetti from the Hard Rock Cafe as part of the annual confetti test. On the day of the big ball drop, there will be one kind of of new york city, if you want to celebrate the new year at the olive garden in times square, you will have to shell out 400 per person. It is all about location. But that is a lot of dough and it does not include the bed sticks. The new Years Eve Party does include a dj, open bar and a buffet meal. If youre hoping to watch the coming up on his 19, from the station that is on your side, you are watching news 19 this morning. For waking up with news 19 this morning. I am mary sturgill. Your time is 6 30. Any of you are waking up and getting ready to head out the door to another rainy day. A look at what we can expect for today. We have already had a first wave of rain that came through this morning through parts of central and northern midlands. Pushing off to the east. More development is starting to build up. A lot of that rain will be continuing. Theres a very heavy concentration. The western portions of orange county. Temperatures are very warm right now. 71 in columbia. A little cooler in newberry. During columbia, it is very muggy out there. Calm. 100 chance of rain later this morning. A high of 74 degrees. Down to 60 tonight with continuing showers. We are likely to have more rain coming through with a high of 70 degrees. Lets check on the traffic conditions. A lot of us are heading out the door and we will be dealing with some very wet roadways. Take a look at i 20 e. Traffic has been picking up but it has been moving rather slowly and cautiously because of the wet roadways. Down to the southeast, no issues. I 77 to defined street. To bind straight. Find we will take a look at your 7day forecast coming up in just a few minutes. Looking at your usa today are bracing for historic floods. The rare winter deluge hit hard. Forecasters say the mississippi and major rivers will crest beginning tomorrow. The socalled affluenza teen and his mother are expected to be deported to the us from mexico today. They were arrested on monday, two weeks after the 18yearold missed a meeting with his probation officer. He was sentenced to just 10 years probation. Following a drunk driving crash that killed four people. Tensions remain high in ohio after a grand jury failed to indict two officers in the Fatal Shooting of tamir rice. Protesters marched in downtown cleveland yesterday for several hours calling for justice. Timothy lohman and his partner both could possibly face civil rights charges. A fugitive from North Carolina has been arrested. 71yearold james edward cold. He has been on the run for almost 30 years. Records show he had escaped a North Carolina prison on june 23, 1986. He was convicted in april 1984 on two counts of receiving stolen goods. He would have been released on november 1989. He was arrested sunday for stealing jewelry from a flea market. He was denied bond and will be extradited back to North Carolina. A new bill at the statehouse would give harsher penalties for harming or killing a dog or a horse. Used by law enforcement. The dog the bill is called the bill would raise the fined up to 20,000 and require the violator to repay the cost of replacing the expensive animals. It would also come with a mandatory sentence of two years. Under the current law, the offense is a misdemeanor. New details this morning. In the case where more than 100 animals had to be taken from a North Charleston home. The smell of the urine inside that house was so strong that a deputy found it almost impossible to breathe. That sam reporters said there was species scattered around the house. No charges have been filed so far but the ceo of the Charleston Animal Society once the owner of the animals to be prosecuted so that she can be forced to undergo treatment and be banned from owning animals. Unfortunately, besides the deplorable conditions, this is a known repeat offender. Dont have that many animals because it is a state it is against a state law. With more than 100 animals removed, it is one of the largest animal rescues and Charleston County the shelter says the animals will be ready for adoption in about a week. They will be posted on the groups website. You may also donate to help them out. Turning to politics. George pataki is dropping out of the president ial race. He made National Headlines while governor during the september 11 attacks. The originally announced his run in may of last year. The former governor has never made it onto a main debate funds. A couple of candidates still in the race. Donald trump will be back in the palmetto state today. He will be at hilton head hosting a meet and greet at the westin starting at 11 am and is free to the public. The former Florida Governor is hosting a meet and greet of his own tonight in the midland. That will be held at hudson smokehouse barbecue on sunset boulevard at 6 30 this evening. We are on your side this morning with the recall you need to know about. Take your cabinets because if you have Martha Stewart cookware, macys is recalling to frying pans after metal discs popped off causing bruises, burns and whelps. Welts. The 10 piece stainless still cookware set. You should return them to macys for credit. Even though christmas just past, there is already talk about possible hot gifts for next year. Can fly . The 19,000 board is designed to glide 1 foot off the surface at 12 miles an hour for up to six minutes and it begins shipping in april. If you got the gift cards for christmas, target is buying ones that you dont want. 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