Jail for 90 days initially but government officials are calling for them to serve out their five year sentence. Sot hammondto think that there is this many people cries showing upms of signs sot hammond see you in five years. Verbatim 3 3 an autopsy will be performed today. On the body of a swain county man who was found in fontanta lake new years day. 53yearold doug ballew was last seen november 19th in bryson city. Police believe he floated five miles from the Tuckasegee River into the lake, but they dont know why he ended up in the water. Bryson city police hope todays autopsy in chapel hill will provide more answers about how he died. 3 3 3 new this morning. A Police Officer was shot and a suspect was killed following a shooting in charlotte. These are photos of the scene from police say they were trying to serve and arrest warrant last night. That is when several suspects confronted them and opened fire. One officer was hit in the ankle, but is expected to be ok. Police returned gunfire and killed one of the suspects. So far, no names have been released. 3 3 hundreds fill a North Carolina church to remember a little girl who was shot on christmas day. Oneyearold maleeah williams died three days after the driveby shooting in chapel hill. She was one of many children outside playing when a gunman opened fire, hitting her in the head. Many at her funeral wore tshirts reading gone, but not forgotten. 3 daquan lassiter, maleahs uncle i would not like to wear this shirt like this. She was only one yearold. imani taborn, maleahs cousin nobody deserves to lose their life to some crazy gun violence. It makes it worse, because its a baby. A portion of the proceeds from tshirt sales will help cover funeral expenses. Three men are now charged with her murder. 3 3 3 happening today. Eblen charities is expanding heating assistance to more families the low Income EnergyAssistance Program will be open to households that qualify. It is based on Family Income guidelines. Applications will be taken today at eblens Service Center at Westgate Shopping Center in asheville. For more information on the guidelines, go to wlos. Com and clickon news links. 3 3 today, Henderson County commissioners will hold a public hearing to consider nearly sevenmillionsdollars worth of incentives for gf linamar. The Automotive Manufacturing company is eyeing an expansion project in mills river. That could bring 350 jobs. The hearing is set for 5 30 pm. The package is worth 6point9million dollars. That would be paid over 14 years. 3 3 the mild fall and winter are having a big impact on flu season. No flu deaths have been reported in North Carolina so far. This time last year. Fatalities were in the double digits statewide. Doctors say with the warm weather. More people are not staying inside. Where the virus can spread more easily. They say the most effective way to avoid the flu is to get vaccinated. 3 2 3136if they have not had the flu shot, now is the best worst time of the year is typically january and february. Health experts say one reason there were so many flu deaths last year. Was because the strain of flu mutated. Making the vaccine less effective. 3 3 if you are one of the many people kicking off 2016 by making a resolution. We have some tips this morning, to help you stick to it. News 13s Lauren Brigman joins us live from mission healths Weight Management center. Lauren, one of the first steps is preparing for the challenge, mentally. A resolution is really a lifestyle change, so you need to plan and prepare for what 3 3 3 3 the good and bad sides to winter weather. Coming up. How snow in oregon is impacting travel. And how 3 3 families took advantage of a rare snow day in portland, oregon. By sledding down a hill. Parents say the kids were up earlier. Looking out the window at the falling snow. The snow may have slowed trains downtown, but it did not stop the dismantling of the Christmas Tree at the square. People in the city showed that the snow was not just for families with young children. An impromptu snowball fight took place in the citys square. 3 its fun. You get to have snowball fights, hang out with friends. Its beautiful. Its my birthday so i got snow. Spencer Austin portland resident coming down here in less of that hot weather we had the last two summers and a lot more of this. It certainly looks like they enjoyed the last full day of winter vacation. 3 3 the Powerball Jackpot is expected to hit 400million dollars on wednesday. The cash value is 245 mil. Today in facebook feedback we want to know. What would you do if you won the lottery . Head to the wlos Facebook Page and let us know. Well share some of your comments later this morning. 3 3 3 3 the time is now 5 xx. Coming up. The creator of facebook is making an impressive new years resolution. What he vows to do in 2016. 3 the state of missouri is still dealing with severe flooding. How the federal government is now stepping in 3 Mark Zuckerberg makes a major new years resolution. The founder of Facebook Says his goal for 2016 is to create an Artificial Intelligence system. Zuckerberg posted that he wants to build a simple ai to run my home and help me with my work. Zuckerberg is known for keeping up with his resolutions. In 2010, he vowed to learn mandarin chinese. And he recently gave a 20minute speech in that language. Last year, he said he would read a new book every two weeks. 3 3 3 with a new year comes new resolutions. In this mornings five at five. We are taking a look at the resolutions most commonly broken. Coming in at number five on the list. Get out of debt and save money. Financial planners advise making specific budget friendly rules. Number four on the list. Eat healthier and diet. The problem is that most people take this resolution too far by forcing themselves onto restricting diets. Coming in at number three on the list. Learn something new. People say they set their sights too high and end up not having enough time. Number two. Quit smoking. Only an estimated 15 percent of people who try to quit six months later. Coming in at number one. Lose weight and get fit. This is the most common resolution. But, Research Says that 60 percent of gym memberships go unused. 3 3 3 3 3 here is a look at what you can expect for the next three days. 3 3 3 the panthers finish their almost perfect regular season with another victory. What it means for the playoffs, next in sports. Time for new scratchoff tickets from the North Carolina education lottery first tuesday first tuesday whats up . How ya been i am so sorry. First tuesday. Right through there. Tuesdays kinda my lucky day. And yours. And yours singing getcha scratchoffs on the very first tuesday. Tuesday. Ttuesday. Tututuesday. 3 the Carolina Panthers have checked off just about every goal theyve set, up to this point of the season. One more victory sunday against the buccaneers, and carolina would lock up the number one seed in the nfc playoffs, and have homefield advantage. Pick it up in the second quarter, cam newton keeps the football, and follows his blockers out toward the right sideline. Newton soars across the goal line for the first panthers touchdown of the game. Carolina leads 73. Later in the second quarter, cam newton hands off the ball to cameron artispayne, and the rookie gets his first career nfl rushing touchdown. Panthers increase the lead to 173. And carolina was just getting the offense started. Up the engines. Still in the second quarter, newton fires a perfect pass downfield for Jericho Cotchery who makes the catch for the 31yard touchdown pass. Panthers lead 243 at halftime. Newton ends the day with 303 yards of total offense, two passing touchdowns, and two rushing touchdowns. Carolina improves to 151 this season. The panthers wrap up the number one seed in the nfc, beating tampa bay, 3810. It feels great, man. At the end of the day, we wanted to come out here, reestablish ourselves, get our swag back, and get a win. As you see, the fans and the crowd that we have is amazing, its big. As you can see right now, all the support we have, and just to play at home in the playoffs, its just going to give us the extra momentum and a boost to keep going. The panthers first playoff game will be sunday, january 17th at 1 00 in the afternoon. Have a great start to your day. Im luke 3 here is a look at current conditions. In our next half hour well talk more about what to expect in the next 7 days. 3 3 3 coming up. These two twins seem very similar. We will explain the one big 3 it is 5 xx. Twins share lots of things but these two siblings wont have to share the same birthday party. They were born on different days and different years in san diego. A baby girl was born one minute before midnight on new years eve. Her twin brother was born two minutes after midnight on new years day. Both babies are happy and healthy. Their parents werent expecting them for another month. They had to cancel their new years eve plans for their exciting special delivery. 3 3 here is a look at current conditions. Here are your weather headlines for today. Up next. Well talk about what to expect in the extended forecast. 3 3 3 3 an overnight Apartment Fire sends resdients to a burn center. Coming up. A look at the damge this blaze caused. 3 i told the congregation, its ok, he wants prayer and. A pastor relies on his faith after a gunman enters his church. 3 eres ting yothu see a lot of inte but iinllgs n oevn erth fe orjogeb. T th. Day we tr ied re. Sc. Wuihong w aas m ran. Inhig nga. Kite. 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