Day to native americans should have happened years ago. In october, when columbus day came around, i heard from a huge breadth of the community. John councilman gordonon says weve come a long way. Calling for Asheville City Council to declare the second monday in october Indigenous Peoples day. It recognizeshe heritage and contribution of our native american citizens and does away with the fiction that somehow there was no one here before columbus. Long overdue. John smith is currently running for buncombe county commissioner. The many contributions made to our community in areas ranging from philosophy to the arts. Ive been working on it since october. John following the lead of cities like berkeley, minnesota that have designated the day. Recognition of minority peoples, including native americans americans. John the tide has been turning as to whether Christopher Columbus should be celebrated. Columbus didnt really discover bleep . He kind of just came over here and said, this is mi
Larry news 13s rex hodge is live for us in franklin, where officers just started using body cameras. Whats their reaction, rex . Rex both residents and police like the accountability that body cameras can bring from different points of view. Basically just looking straight ahead. Rex there will be new procedures to learn. The police chief says thereyre a useful new tool. Its nice to have that documentation. Officer involved shootings, possibly, if he gets away from the area. Rex chief says the cameras the police the police. The cost is picked up by the local abc store. By state law, a certain percentage of the profits have to go to Law Enforcement. Twice the staff but doesnt have the funding but wants to get them. The media or the general public being able to obtain that information. But the legalities of that individual employee or officer. I feel like that would be a perfect safe guard for people that overstep their bounds. How much are you going to be using with cameras and just how
Darcel now that the jackpot is up to 1. 4 billion and could climb even more before the drawing. Jerrika, the stores are loving this record jackpot. Jerrika yes, dozens and dozens of people have been in and out of the store. Lots of tickets were sold right up until they closed an hour ago. The Holiday Season is over, to roger brights red suit has been put away. But his focus is still on giving out presents. Just now, they could be worth billions. Well sell 1,000 to 1200. Saturday night we sold between 6,000 and 7,000. Jerrika winning is on the mind of each person. Lots of people want at least one of these and usually will buy a i think our business is up about 10 saturday. It was, yeah, its up. Jerrika now that this assistant managers Part Time Job is out of season, hes urging people to buy a ticket or two with a promise that he could benefit, too. I got you on camera promising to split that with me when you win. Jerrika whats luckier than buying a Lottery Ticket from santa claus. 1. 4
3 good morning. Its tuesday, january 12th. Im holly headrick. And im jay siltzer good morning. Here is a look at Current Conditions across the region. Your day planner shows temperatures warming by noon. Coming up, ill show you our 7day forecast for both the mountains and upstate. 3 3 3 3 3 breaking news out of istanbul. An explosion kills at least 10 people and injures 15 others. This is video just into the newsroom from the scene. It happened at the is a major tourist attraction in the heart of east istanbul. So far there is no word on who was behind the attack. We will continue to provide updates on this breaking news as they become available. 3 3 3 they set out to finish the season 15 and oh. But last night, it was a devastating loss for the Clemson Tigers in the National Championship game against alabama. All new this morning. We have reaction from the team. News 13s Lauren Brigman joins us. Clemson lost 45 to 40. It was definitely a feeling of disappointment after the game. But a
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