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WLTX News 19 6am January 25, 2016

No foul play is expected. School Officials Say scott was a juniors art studio major. Students are participating and planning a mark a Memorial Service for scott. Millions of people along the east coast headed back to work, but efran afante, right here, we are pretty good with the weather . Yes, there are many people trying to travel those emergency travel bans have been lifted. Were going to take a look now at a story talking about how roads are already proving pretty tricky for drivers. Reporter federal offices in the Nations Capital remain close this morning as people in the area continue to dig out from under 2 feet of snow fall. Krystal lucas and got a hand uncovering her buried car from a good samaritan. Even on a sunny day they would not have said hello. But in a time of need people are here to help. Maryland, residents did their best to chip away at the mounds of snow ahead of the start of the work week. 7yearold stephen spent hours shoveling out his entire driveway only to have passing plow trucks undo all of his work. I am so outraged by the state i am liable to have a stroke now thinking about it. Reporter while much of new york city came back to life after record snowfall totals. Residence here in queens are still dealing with unplowed roads. We are wondering what happened to the Sanitation Department . Why did they care about these blocks . Reporter the impact is being felt at many of the nations busiest airports. This is not what i thought my 30th birthday was going to be like. Reporter airports along the east coast are slowly getting back to normal. At hundreds of flights have brian webb, cbs news, new york. Considering the fact they are starting off with blizzard conditions, we had a few snowflakes ourselves on sunday morning. Very, very little but it was pretty. It was cold, and it is cold right now, still. 28 camden, 28 sumter, down in orangeburg 29 degrees, saluda 29. Here in columbia 30 degrees, clear skies the winds are calm. It is still very cold out there. When the kids had out to the bus stop 26 degrees, they will need their winter gear. They will not need it by later on this afternoon. A lot of sunshine and a very nice warm up. 61degrees with winds out of the southsouthwest five10 miles per hour. Mostly clear skies, down to 36 degrees. As the winds continue to warm us up we will have increased increasing cloud coverage tomorrow with a high of 60 for degrees. Is you get as you get ready to head out this morning you may want to bit of ice off your windshield. I 26 between suite saint anders and piney grove road. Traffic is slow right now. Commute from casey knox avenue all the way down to i 26 both directions are moving pretty good at this time. Lake murray lake murray boulevard from my 26 a 23 minute commute. From the airport heading downtown a 16 minute commute. You will need your sunglasses this morning because it is going to be a very sunny start to our morning. We will take a look at the seven day forecast coming up in just a few minutes. Columbia police are still looking this morning for one of the robbers to who entered a barbershop, not knowing its employees, and customers were ready and willing to defend it. I spoke to one of the barbers about the moments that led up to when they decided to take a stand. If you have people out there like that that is willing to do anything and to harm kids, then they show no regard for anyone reporter not even 24 hours into nick nicked up a barbershop on for jackson boulevard, the business packed with customers both young and old. Barber brand injury or said the shop was a similar scene on friday night went to mass then entered two men came in, one with a handgun, one with a rifle and came in ordering everyone to put their hands up. And force all of the customers, and kids to put their hands up, and they started to go into everyones pocketbook reporter they did with the robbers asked, but with the masked men did not know is both he and his clients have concealed weapons permit. When he came to him for his money he said that his money was over there in the chair. When the guy walked over to the chair, that is when he came out and shot. When he started shooting, i came out and started shooting. The guy who got shot try to go through the back door, and it was jammed up, he ended up getting shot again. The door was stuck. Reporter Columbia Police say his partner was able to get out the front door and is still on the run. The barbers say they are concerned with how the children who witnessed it all are recovering and what the person responsible for their fear caught. If you know them, turn him in. If you dont, hes going to do somebody else like that. Next time it could be an innocent victim getting killed. If you have any information on who that man is you are asked to call crimestoppers 888crimesc. We are taking a look at her money, we will see if the markets can continue to climb after a rough start to the year. On friday, Rising Oil Prices gave a boost to Energy Companies and help lift the overall m arket. The dow jumps 210 points, nasdaq climbed one 19th. 2015 was the best of her home sells in nearly a decade. The National Association of realtors said the purchase of previously owned homes jumped 14 , 7 in december warmer weather. As for 2016 the group predicts that sales will slow down because Interest Rates are likely to go up. Barclay says 51 of his workers are no female, 49 are male, but men still make up the majority of top positions. Target fan, listen up, they are making house calls now. Company executives have been making home visits to better understand Consumer Choices on their shopping habits. Target ceo says customers are getting more digitally savvy and harder to pin down. He hopes by looking through the closets and cupboards of target shoppers that will bring new insight to the store. I thought you were going to say they were delivering. Not so much. Well, its almost better if they were to not deliver, because i mean, it is better if you deliver, excuse me. Early brain. Early brain. Going in the stories he so much around you that you want to s hop. Whatever is on your list, 2 do not deliver, target. We are a little more than two weeks away from the super bowl right here on wltx. Chipotle is hoping to cater your super bowl party. The chain says it will be taking 50 off orders for the big game on february 7. 20 burritos or more. The offer will be extended to the first 1500 catering orders received by february 1. It is part of the Company Strategy to try to win back customers after an e. Coli outbreak last year. It is now time for our mom of the day. Sure b hughes, if you would like to nominate a mom for mom of the day you can head over to wltx. Com and click on the banner to send in your nominations. Time now for our word of the day, todays word is it is a skiing term that. Reporter refers to the sunken area in the snow that it means to sit. Lets talk sports now, the Carolina Panthers headed to the second super bowl in franchise history. So many people are excited about this. Quarterback cam newton threw for 335 yards and scored for touchdowns. Carson palmer and the cardinals cannot get their offense going. With palmer having the worst performance of his season. Carolinas highpowered offense will square off with the Denver Broncos topnotch defense to determine the super bowl 50 champions. And the panthers players are ready to go. We are ready to go to the biggest game in the world. [inaudible] is going to be a fun ride. We have two weeks left. We can do it. Its not by chance or reason we have fought all year long. Through the weather, through everything they doubted us on. I have so much to say right now. [inaudible] we are about to be up there. We are about to be living. I am sure fans feel that way, too. And now fans can also get their hands on a new shirt because of the panthers when last night it means you can add the shirt to your collection. We go now live to richard from our sister station w cnc who watched the shirts come in. Reporter good monday morning, basically a lot of fans are excited, we just have a crew actually looking as they are making some more tshirts, getting them hot off the presses. Fans left the stadium last night excited about the second trip the first win. We can tell you, from the moment this game started, there were fans outside of the stadium, around the stadium excited about the possibility of a super bowl. Now that it is here, we can tell you a little bit about the p rice. We looked online, so far the tickets for super bowl 50 relisting a 3100, they are now up to 3400. We expect them to go even higher. Hotel rooms in that area anywhere from 200 a night for a two star hotel, all the way up to 1400 a night for one of those luxury suites or Something Like that. Hey, if you have a little bit of money and you want to enjoy yourself, for 500,000 you can get a vip package which includes tickets, airfare to the game, and a luxury suite at the game, as well as great hotel accommodations. Only 550,000 to enjoy the panthers. If you notice, cam newton, coach rivera coach rivera and representing the carolinas. They are not just a Charlotte Team anymore, they are not just a state team, they represent the carolinas in this region and the hashtag one carolinas is one of the more popular hashtags on twitter. The panthers are becoming a regional phenomenon. They are representing the region excellently. We are excited. I know everyone in columbia is excited about them as well. Those tshirts. Welcome back to news 19 on this monday morning. 6 16, a lot of our communities are stop starting out below freezing. 27 bishopville, 30 camden as we get up to dewberry 32 degrees, soluna 29, lexington at 31 and with clear skies overhead right now in columbia, 30 degrees the winds are called, wind chills 30, humidity at 82 . You could be scraping off a little bit of frost on your windows this morning. Average high 57, average low 34, a beautiful sunrise at 7 26. Sunset this afternoon at 5 48. Warming trend today. A lot of tropical moisture and a lot of warm air coming out of the gulf and we will be warming up very nicely today. After school, kids will be dealing with mild conditions, 59 degrees as our highs today will range from the high 50s down into the low 60s from central and southern midlands. Here in columbia expecting a high of 61 degrees, a little bit of call coverage, mostly clear tonight as all of our lows tonight will range from the lower to the middle 30s. As we go through our Community Computer model. A lot of sunshine and clear skies. A little bit of call coverage as we begin the overnight. We will have a little bit of cloud coverage, that increasing call coverage all throughout the day. As we get into tuesday night into wednesday we will introduce a chance of rain starting to move into the palmetto state. Tomorrow, 60 for degrees, as the cold front comes through, a chance of rain on wednesday with a high of 52 and as the thursday it will be considerably cooler 48 degrees for a high. As we get into t t weekend a lot of sunshine we will start the warming trend once again with highs in the lower to middle 60s. Affirms the Road Conditions right now is you take a look at your commute for your monday morning. I 26 westbound over mile marker 105 and 105 in between piney grove and st. Andrews. Traffic has been picking up slowly but no accidents reported. No issues on lexington. Straight up to i 26 looks pretty good at this point. From Shaw Air Force base to the fort jackson gate 39 minutes from my 26 and i 77 772 for jackson and 11 minute commute. Its like it will be a great day today, at least we are going to be continuing the nice weather over the next few days. The tax man is coming. Are you ready . The volunteer income tax here to tell us a little bit about that is kera simmons. Good morning. Okay, free tax service. Yes, youve got it. I always say if its free, its for me. Tell us how people can qualify for this. Reporter the cooperative ministry in cooperation with the united way of the midlands has a program called the vita program. Which stands for the volunteer income tax assistance program. If you make under 54,000 we would be happy to prepare your taxes for free. That is the key word there, free. In order to take advantage of this, less than 54,000 a year, what do people need to have when they come and get their taxes prepared. Please, please, please, have your Social Security card and a valid picture id. That is all you need as well as your tax documents. Your w2s if you are receiving Social Security, that document they mailed out to you. All of your official documents. We all know that it is tax time , and its getting to be tax time and everybodys getting there w2s. Some people kinda forget about that april 15 deadline. Explain to our viewers why this is so important . It is extremely important because uncle sam is coming to get you. The first day that you could start preparing your taxes with january 19. We started today, our kickoff is today at 13 different locations throughout the midlands. You can dial 211 which is uniteds united way helpline. The last day we will be preparing taxes is april 15 which is a friday. This year it has been extended to the 18th we will be completing our services on the 15th. Tell us why you got you guys are providing the service . This is a free service offered through the irs. It is a Grant Funded Program that the irs offers and we have it is exciting for us. Its extremely important because it allows us to prepare taxes for free. The average person pays 250 to have their tax returns prepared and we are offering the service for free putting it back into the midlands residence pockets. We are trying to stimulate the economy throughout the midlands. You get to keep it and put it back into the community. Last year we put over 2. 5 million back into the richland resident community. Im gog to have mike on commercial and say we put millions of dollars back in the community pockets. Tara simmons, thank you so free service. You like being picture perfect. You should want your banking to be too. Stop into td bank and well help set you up with picture perfect banking. New customers, open a checking and savings account and you can get a polaroid cube video camera on the spot. Youre always looking for ways to save money, especially when it comes to your weekly grocery trip. Well, with walmart every day low prices, saving money while keeping the pantry full. Thats easier than you think. In headtohead shopping, the total at walmart beat that of bilo. Columbia, the total amount saved at walmart vs. Bilo was 25. 61 on this weeks groceries thats 19 . So head to walmart and see what you the centers for Disease Control added eight more countries to its travel alert for the zika virus including barbados, ecuador and saint maarten. The mosquito Borne Disease has been linked to a birth defect which causes an abnormally small head and undeveloped the brain. A brain. The cdc is advising pregnant women to postpone travel and it dashed to two areas of latin america and the caribbean that are affected americans should start screening for Colorectal Cancer at age 50. But researchers at the university of michigan found nearly 15 of patients are diagnosed younger than that. Their study calls for increased awareness about the warning signs of Colorectal Cancer. Still to come, the emmanuel ame Church Welcomes new leadership this weekend. After the devastation the why this welcome is something new for the town. Vehicle handsfree rons firstyear, here we are five years later with good guys who play hard. They did it the right way. Took us a couple of years to build it. We are on her way to the super bowl. Arizona cardinals last night, the panthers are headed to their second super bowl in franchise history. They are feeling good about it. Cam newton had a good night with four tantra for touchdowns and the panthers. They have what it takes to win. Good monday morning, i am deon hillary. And i am colby gallagher. Many of you planning to head out to school to work, lets head over to efran afante for a look at your forecast. It is going to be a cold start for the kids when they head out. It is downright cold out there right now. We are under the freezing mark here in columbia, 30 degrees, clear skies and calm winds. Humidity 82 . Do not be surprised if you have to scrape frost off your windshield this morning. The kids will need their winter gear, 26 degrees under a full moon heading to the bus stop or on today. Our by our a lot of sunshine 39 degrees by 10 oclock, 52 by lunch time as the sunshine continues we will be warming up into the lower 60s. By this afternoon with a cloud or two, by 6 oclock later on this afternoon. 53degrees under a very pretty full moon. As far as our Road Conditions as we get ready to head out the door, i 26 and between piney grove and Saint Andrews road. Traffic has been picking up a very slowly. No accidents are being reported on the interstate. A little bit further down in the southern part of our communities. Gaston from 321 no delays past pineridge all the way up to i 26. South of 321 a merge delays you get off Fish Hatchery road. In the village of sandhills to downtown a 21 minute commute. We will take a look at that warming conditions for the next couple of days and your seven minutes. Mother Emanuel Ame Church welcome thats new its newest pastor this morning. Reverend doctor betty diaz pulpit. This is the first time in thth churches histoto that a woman will be pastor. If you have a suspended drivers license, listen up, the South Carolina dmv says driver suspension eligibility week will be march 1418. Drivers with a certain suspensions, you could be eligible, if you lost your license for having no insurance, or driving under a suspended license not including alcohol or drugs. You must pay all of your fines, first, before you can get back your license. We are on your side this morning, the cdc is investigating a listeria outbreak linked to dole packages. And 12 people were hospitalized linked to this after getting sick with my stereo. The solid

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