Coming up, my full forecast, we will talk more about what you can expect today in the way of accumulations and just how cold we turn through wednesday. But right now, the roads in asheville are looking good, jaclyn . Jaclyn thats right, ingrid. We are accident and delay free in the asheville area. If you are hopping on i26 it is nice clear commute heading into asheville. That drive time timing out to 7 minutes for you. Lets get a look at the smoky park highway now. Everything is moving right on tom time. Speeds at rutherford road clocking in at 45 miles per hour. No problems there. If you are heading out to waynesville from smokey spark highway that is a smooth 19 minute ride all the way over to exit 20. That is a look at your ontime traffic report brought you by the wired mouse. Back over to you. Holly today you can discus the policies and procedures behind the use of body cameras with local Law Enforcement. Jay thats right. Lauren brigman is live in asheville. Lauren, who will be on
Transylvania county man charged with first degree murder continues. Richard oshields is accused of shooting and killing toby mathis in 2011. Holly news 13s Lauren Brigman is live outside the courthouse in brevard. Lauren, several people claim they saw oshields pull the trigger. Lauren yeah, witnesses say that oshields came into the rosman Dollar General store and began firing at mathis. Authorities say oshields shot him five times. Prosecutors are calling this a revenge killing. They say that oshields killed mathis as payback for his sons death. Mathis was charged with Involuntary Manslaughter for the death of oshields son joey months prior to the shooting. On friday, the jury heard from prosecution witnesses including the countys medical examiner at the time of the killing. He detailed a diagram of mathis wounds. A detective with the Transylvania County sheriff Offense Department testified lead fragments were found at the scene and the jury saw Surveillance Video from the with news 13
Down to the valley, seeing flurries this morning, but this winter storm warning is still out for another hour for the counties on your screen shaded in pink. Buncombe county and surrounding counties, this Winter Weather advisory is out until wednesday morning. Coming up in my full forecast, we will talk more about how much more snow is expected to fall, when it will stop, and the incredibly cold conditions that will last for quite a while. Back over to you. Jay Haywood County is one area that saw snow stick overnight and again this morning. Holly Lauren Brigman is live near waynesville middle school, what are dispatchers out there telling you . Lauren i just checked in with them, holly, less than five minutes ago. No accidents to report right now. But, of course, because the schools are ease klod a lot closed a lot of people are staying home, unless you have to get out to go to work. But they remind people to use caution because we are seeing you can see4 accident on i40 eastbound near
On a popular republican talking point, whether or not the president should nominate a new Supreme Court justice. I probably would. I probably would take the opportunity to nominate someone. Reporter now, the twodate town hall is on the road. They are going to be here in columbia tonight and it will feature ohio govern nosh john kasich, jeb bush, and businessman donald trump. Reporting live in columbia, South Carolina, im diane gallagher, back to you. Holly republican president ial candidates continue their push for votes in the upstate. Jay ted cruz, marco rubio and ben carson will be at the conservative reviews conservative convention that starts at 8 00 tonight at the bonn sa occur Wellness Center in greenville. All the candidates also have several events in the upstate prior to that event. Holly donald trump plans to hold a town hall in gaffney tonight. It starts at 5 0 at the Broad River Electric cooperative. Jay and Ohio Governor john kasich is holding a town hall at clemson at th
Most of the primary roads are covered with salt, they are in good shape but the secondary roads and the Higher Elevations are turning white now. We will have crews hitting those once daylight comes, the day shift working. But for right now watch out on the secondary roads. Zack even in the overnight hours your crews were working out there as well because of the wind and downed trees. What are you seeing now . We have had a lot of downed trees overnight. The winds have been very rough, especially in the higher mountains. We have probably had 2030 trees down tonight. The crews are getting out, finishing up some of them right now as they are transitioned over to snow removal. Zack i know we have four county trucks out. We have two contracted trucks as well and they are taking out the salt. But there is other treatment on the roadways . We put down a salt and sand mixture, the sand help with the traction right now especially with some of the areas might be turning a little icy. The sand wi