Newman will not get jail time for tax charges. Charges against newman and Richland County councilman kelvin washington came up after a state investigation into the use of penny sales tax money. Jack kuenzie is at the Richland County Judicial Center with the latest. Dawndy and charlesthe former City Council Member wasted no time resolving problems. A bond hearing this morningand a guilty plea this afternoon. Newman pleaded guilty to failing to file state tax returns for the years 2012 and 2013. He toto a judge he thought t d filed for those years. His admission involved back taxes totalling a little more than 98 hundred dollars which he has agreed to pay along with prosecution costs of an additional thousand dollars. These charges came about as the state department of revenue was looking into the backgrounds of people connected to the penny tax effortbut in to make it clear his issues were personal and have nothing to do with tax revenues. Hes not involved in the sales tax investigation
Studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And good morning, everybody. Welcome to today on a chilly Tuesday Morning. I saw the bank thermometer, had to do a double take this morning, 11 degrees here. 11 degrees and yet you have the feeling people waking up in st. Louis, oakland and oakland. Lets get right to our top story. Tens of millions waking up to the chilliest morning of the season, below freezing temps from the deep south all the way to maine, and al is feeling the chill out on our plaza. Hey, good morning. I got caught off guard. I didnt have my coat. Matt actually lent me this coat. The weather man didnt realize it was going to get cold this morning. Wow, the headline is i can wear your coat i never thought that would happen. Anyway, hey, lets look at some video. Winter snuck in a little earlier i mean, this is duxbury. They had thats route 3 and they got some oceaneffect snow came in. Cars off the roads. Big problems yesterday and the snow is gone but now the cold is here. Why . Well,
And a lot of scrutiny. Now, a county Council Member is proposing a solution he hopes will restore the Publics Trust in the program. News 10s chad mills has the story. It was a shocking letter to Richland County councilman seth rose. I was deeply concerned when i first saw the letter, and i immediately started looking at ways to take the bull by the horns. Hes talking about this letter that was sent from the department of revenue to Richland County early last month. In it, the dor says it discovered discrepancies and possible illegal activity related to the countys penny tax for transportation projects. An audit that rose says shakes Public Confidence in the county. Theres no question. My trust in the programs been shaken after reading the letter. So rose has emailed three motions to the county clerk. One would change the way Council Approves purchase orders related to the penny tax. Another would payback funds spent from the penny tax account on an Small Businesses in the process. Penn
Thats something theyre considering now, raising fares . They call that the transit death spiral, an actual term. They dont want to get that. Good morning to you. Im eun yang. Im aardam tuss in for Aaron Gilchrist on a chilly morning. Need the heater in your car. Chilly start to our tuesday, tom. Almost need the heated Steering Wheel too. It is quite chilly this morning. In fact, we have dense fog along with the chill in the shenandoah valley. Only 41, martinsburg, winchester, front royal, luray. East of the blue ridge. Mid40s. A little wispy fog. Temperatures near 50 in washington. Under the clear sky, in the mid to upper 50s around the bay. Look at the visibility. We have our cameras zoomed in on the washington monument. Were about six, seven miles away from it. In haze in the sky. Chilly morning, your headlines, mild afternoon, a warmer pattern will continue throughout the week ahead. Coming up next weather and traffic on the 1s, look at the bus stop what to wear forecast for this tu
Lets get your Early Morning started with a look at your forecast. Tim miller is in the First Alert Storm Center with your wake up weather. A cold front will move through the area during the day, ahead of the front look for cloudy skies with scattered showers during the day. Rain n ance 50 . Highs will max out right about where they are this morning in the lower 50s. Tonight, a few scattered showers, colder, low in the middle to upper 30s. Thursday, partly to mostly cloudy, a few scattered showers, highs near 50 clearing and warmer by friday gop frontrunner donald trump is once again bringing his campaign to the hes holding a rally tonight at harmon tree farm in gilbert. Its free and open to the public. But you do have to register online beforehand. It begins tonight at 7. With doors opening at 5. With just days before the Iowa Caucuses, trump and his closest challenger, ted cruz back. Reporter pkgas follows ted cruzs final pitch framed as dire warning, sounding the alarm among conserva