Winter storm warnings continue for the counting strip county stretching from graham, swing, northern jackson, haywood, nancy, mitchell, avery, all under a winter storm warning. Anytime there is an accumulation of 3, 4, 5 inches of snow, it makes were tricky driving. If you have tennessee plans, be careful heading across the tennesseeNorth Carolina border, and watch out for those secondary roads. It is very cold. Anything that falls will be icy for the next couple of days with temperatures in the 20s in the mountains, low 30s in the upstate which would drop a little bit more. Those winds and 15 plus, obviously makes it feel like teens in the mountains, 20s in the upstate. Make sure everyone is dressed warmly. Highs today from 3040 across the region. The upstate, 4041 is the best we will see. The mountains struggle to get up to 31 today. We will talk more about the rest of the week. I can tell you right now it will be cold in a few minutes. Patrick we believe you. Thank you. Those areas already covered in snow. Allyson we have video that shows waynesville yesterday and overnight. You can see some accumulation on the ground, and all along the Higher Elevations of North Carolina, it was cold, and snowy. This is king street in boone. Up to four inches of snow expected, in this part of the mountains. And this is video of blowing rock. In wautauga and caldwell counties. You can see the American Flag whipping around in that winter wind. That area already got about an inch of snow. Dont forget. When bad weather hits, you can turn to the wyff 4 mobile app , keep an eye on the weather, ack the storm, get the latest on all of the School Closings and alerts. A Pickens CountySchool District wants to close 3 Elementary Schools at the end of this school year. Patrick the districts Facilities Committee approved the plan and sent it to the board of trustees for consideration. The plan would close a. R. Lewis, Holly Springs, and amble Elementary Schools. That would mean 600 students would be sent to dacusville elementary and middle, and also schools. It seems like a rush job, perhaps theyve been discussing it but it think that one of my biggest concerns is giving a fair airing in public. Patrick the School District says closing the 3 schools will save almost 12 million over 5 years. They have scheduled public input meetings for 4 30 this afternoon at ambler, a r lewis and Holly SpringsElementary Schools. Allyson turning to commitment 2016 news. Hew hampshire voters in a handful of towns are the first to cast votes in this years election season. Patrick dixville notch, harts location, millsfield and a handful of others all hold midnight voting events in the first in the nation primary state. After the votes were cast and counted it was john kasich and Bernie Sanders who came out on top for dixville notchs total of nine voters. A lot of likely voters in new as many as one in five. Say they will decide who to vote for today i dont give a damn, youve got to get out to vote. Hillary clinton this state takes the responsibility of vetting candidates trying to make a decision about where people stand, what they are promising, what they can get done. As seriously more seriously than many others. New hampshire traditionally have a high turnout a president ial primary day. With the interest that has surrounded the race so far, they expect the same for the 2016 race. Right now, front runners continue to hold big leads in the polls. New numbers from cnn and our sister station show Bernie Sanders remains a heavy favorite. Sanders with 61 to Hillary Clintons 35 . On the republican side, donald trump out in front of the gop field by 14 points. Patrick several of coming and donald trump will visit the upstate this week. He has scheduled a rally at the tea at garrison arena and pendleton tomorrow. Doors open at 5 00, it is free to attend, but you need to reserve a ticket online. Trump will also hold a rally in greenville that is taking place next monday at the t tconvention center. Allyson marco rubio will also be in the state tomorrow. The his heading to spartanburg and then ending the day in charleston. Patrick rubio will be in the palmetto state until saturday. The day of the latest gop debate. Its taking place at the peace center in downtown greenville. That debate starts at 9 00 p. M. This will be the final showdown before the republican South Carolina primary election on february 20. Again. Of North Carolina. Elevations that will get the most out of this event. 34 degrees currently in laurens, but everyone is going to get cold air. That cold air blown down from the great lakes of canada, reaching deep into the south. Chilling everybody down. It is not in a hurry to get out of here. It will be cold all the way through the weekend. Over the past several hours, we have seen flurries of snow continue. Patches of snow working their way across tennessee and a corrupting as they hit the North Carolina border. The areas in pink, that is the winter storm warning that continues through today and into tomorrow. There will even be a few more flurries of snow tomorrow. Lets take our computer model of the future plus and run it this morning. You can see snow right along the border, a couple of spots and georgia may affect parts of i85 court order with a brief bit of snow. That snow continues through wednesday in the mountains of North Carolina and whatever falls will hang around for a couple of days with the bitter cold temperatures. Great news for those going to the ski resorts. It will be cold, bitter cold each morning. 20s across North Carolina early in the upstate and piedmont, low 30s. Greenwood currently at 32. Lets check on a few other communities in the piedmont. Do west at 33, laurens at 34. 32 at 96. Everyone needs a one car. These temperatures are mild compared to some of the mornings we will have this week are at it is a 1015 plus mileperhour wind that makes it feel colder. Tomorrow morning, 23 in the upstate, 17 in the mountains. Teens continue thursday. Look at sunday morning. 10 in western North Carolina. 18 in the upstate as folks get up and get ready to go to church. It is only going to get up to 29 in the mountains on sunday. 36 for the upstate. Cold temperatures continue all the way into the start of next week. Allyson chipotle serving up safety following an ecoli outbreak. The changes theyre making straight ahead. Up in a texas pool. Everything you need to know about life, you can learn from granola. Keep it simple. Make every piece count. Let other people know what youre made of. Always be real. Dont be fake, dont be artificial, but always be sweet. And of course, wear sunscreen. Nature valley granola bars. Patrick 5 11 this morning a , deputy fired from the Greenville CountySheriffs Office is set to appear in court today. Bribes. The sheriff asked the fbi to investigate rumors, that some of taking cash in exchange for information about upcoming this was back in 2014. The fbi investigation led back to major shea smith and sergeant both of them were fired. Smith made his Court Appearance back in december. Hes on probation and not be able to return to law enforcement. Allyson were learning more about two teens from Cherokee County who died in a crash. That crash happened friday on South Carolina highway 11 in york county. 17yearold Dominick Galosi and 18yearold shemar byers died. Troopers say the teens were passengers in an suv that left the road and hit a tree. He loved everybody. He loved basketball. That was his number one thing. Allyson to help students and ministers from the community were at gaffney high yesterday. Patrick an update now to a fire in Greenville County that displaced several people over the weekend. Investigators say the fire started outside and spread indoors. Firefighters fought flames at the huntington down apartments early saturday morning. The fire marshal tells us the fire started on a patio set flame to the roof and spread through the attic. The apartment manager says in the end 14 people were forced to move out. American red cross volunteers helped victims at the scene. One of the nice things about this situation if there is a nice thing to say is that theyre required to have renters insurance and that is so important. Most people dont realize that you can get renters insurance and its pretty inexpensive. Patrick the red cross says this is a busy time of year for residential fires and most of them start with heating devices. Allyson the Carolina Panthers are back home this morning. Allyson sky 4 was there as the team arrived at bank of america stadium. Super bowl. An excellent season for the home team. Royals fans very proud as they welcome home the panthers team. Patrick it is fats tuesday. Here is a look at new orleans were people from around the world have flocked to celebrate mardi gras. Dale i feel that way this morning. Thanks. I appreciate that. We are going to talk about the your heart loves omega3s. But theres a difference between the omega3s in fish oil unlike fish oil, megared is easily absorbed by your body. Which makes your heart, well, megahappy. Happier still, megared is proven to increase omega3 levels in 30 days. Megared. The difference is easy to absorb. Aha oof weee slurp. Mmmmmm. Cinnamon. Milk. Cinnamilk. Cinnamon toast crunch. Crunch crave those crazy squares. Dale good morning, youll want to check the bottom of your screen as we continue to update you on school counties in North Carolina that are closing because of slippery driving conditions. Several new ones have been added. Watch the bottom of the screen for that information. 32 degrees in greenville, a west breeze at nine. We are seeing cold temperatures not only in, but all over the region. Several hours, patches of snow areas hitting the mountains of North Carolina, adding new snow, especially in the Higher Elevations. It is leading to closings of quite a few counties around the tennesseeNorth Carolina border. Graham, swing, northern jackson, haywood county, medicine, mitchell, yancey, all under a winter storm. Cold temperatures felt all across the area. Most of the snow will be in the Higher Elevations of North Carolina. That will continue today and even into tomorrow before this finally comes this event comes to an end. Because of cold temperatures were going to have, yesterday was the warmest day of the week. A got up to 46 in the mountains, low 50s in the upstate. Forget about that today. It will be more like 3044 afternoon highs. At 15 plus mileperhour wind and it feels like 14 in asheville, 12 in boone. 20s from greenville to greenwood. Here is this big low that is grabbing that cold canadian air and shoving it all the way down into the deep south, even atlanta is in the 30s this morning. Atlanta at 34. Look at new orleans at 44. Cold air is the story for a good bit of the country and we will be under this blanket of frigid air all the way through this week. 44 the upstate, for the afternoon high today. The mountains will see a few flurries in the Asheville Hendersonville area. Again, accumulated and snow will be north of the mountains of North Carolina. 31 is the asheville high today. Tomorrow, temperatures reaching 24 in the mountains. 38 in the upstate. Cold temperatures, especially overnight with teens on thursday morning. Upper 20s, 41 the expected highs thursday. Some precipitation on friday. Rain in the upstate, flurries of snow in the mountains. Dry for the weekend. Patrick a small earthquake registered in the lowcountry early yesterday morning. The u. S. Geological survey says a magnitude quake hit just 1. 9 southwest of ladson, in berkeley county. The usgs says you typically cant feel quakes of magnitude or less but seismographs still 2. 5 record them. Allyson usc upstate will open a new space in downtown greenville. Officials from the university and the city of greenville made the announcement. The new facility is located on river street close to the Westin Poinsett hotel and the peace center. Officials say the school will still keep its Current Location at Mcalister Square in greenville. They hope to offer a Degree Program in urban and regional studies at the new facility, so they say its important to be downtown. Its a living laboratory, where our students and faculty can engage in Community Based research and projects that really impact the life in greenville. Allyson the new facility downtown is expected to be ready for fall classes in august. Schools have won grants to support environmental initiatives. And one is in the upstate. Chesnee High School Won a grant from the department of health and Environmental Control dhec says chesnee students will work to reduce plastic water bottle use at school and in the community. They plan to promote Sustainable Living choices like using reusable water bottles. Also in the just one week remains to cash and in a Powerball Ticket worth 20,000 if you purcashed a ticket from lil cricket on south duncan bypass in union back in august. Check your ticket. The ticket purchased on the 19th have the winning numbers of 68434850 and powerball 7. You have until monday to claim your prize. Two connecticut now, a charter bus heading to a casino flipped onto its side on the interstate. At least six people are in more than two dozen people injured. The rollover happened on an madison. The interstate was covered in snow. Through the windshield to reach the victims. In florida a paratrooper was a power pole. Check out these pictures. Carlos esparza is a paratrooper at fort bragg in North Carolina. He was training at skydive deland. Esparza was following behind his squad when he drifted towards this power pole. The power was shut down. So firefighters could safely rescue esparza. Allyson a michigan family has filed a lawsuit over the toxic levels of lead in the Drinking Water in flint. Sophia waids parents say the twoyearold has high levels of lead in her bloodstream. That lead flowed through the faucets in her home. The tap water was contaminated after the source switched from detroit to the flint river. That was a costcutting move made while the city was under the familys lawyers are now suing the city and state, in the first individual lawsuit stemming from the contamination. Patrick chipotle, serving up safety following an ecoli outbreak in a number of its restaurants. The chain hosted a companywide meeting about food safety yesterday, shutting its doors during lunchtime for training. Chipotle is making several changes to the way it prepares and stores some foods. Its also offering employees paid sick leave so they dont lose money for staying home when theyre ill. Allyson to the latest in the zika outbreak. The Obama Administration is asking congress for nearly 2 billion, the money will go towards fighting and prevent the mosquitoborne virus from being transmitted to humans. Federal Health Officials say in most cases the virus causes mild illness the main concern is women who are pregnant. Researchers suspect theres a link between zika and birth defects. There is no vaccine. So far, there have been no a new study finds four in 10 middle aged americans dont own a home. According to the report by bankrate. Com. Of that 40 , 31 cite not being able to afford a down payment as the main reason. 20 claim bad credit is preventing them from getting a mortgage. Many nonhomeowners are unaware that there are several down payment assistance programs available. Patrick turning to our wyff 4 timeline, today is february 9. On this date in 1964, much of america spent the evening glued to the Ed Sullivan Show on tv. Allyson an estimated 73 Million People watched the beatles perform five songs all my loving, till there was you, she loves you, i saw her standing there, and i want to hold your hand. Dunkin donuts unbelievable selection of breakfast sandwiches freshly made all day and now you can enjoy two english muffin egg and cheese breakfast sandwiches for 4. The new caramel macchiato from dunkin donuts. Let handcrafted layers of espresso, milk, and a caramelflavored swirl uplift your mood. Indulge in a hot or iced macchiato today. Now, your live super doppler 4 hd forecast. Dale 5 27. Looking out from Paris Mountain toward greenville, 32 and it will probably drop a few degrees and getting up to 40 today. Overnight, or snow along the tennesseeNorth Carolina border. Check the bottom of the screen North Carolina. 28 at the bus stop this morning will reach 41 for greenvillespartanburganderson and asheville and hendersonville may see a few flurries. Though 20s will reach 30s. Time for dales school salute. We have brushy creek elementary teacher. We have couple of photos to show you. This photo s