Stand here tonight and without hesitation or qualification declare that the state of our city is strong. It is strong. In his annual state of the city address, mayor Steve Benjamin had high praise for the First Responders who worked tirelessly after octobers historic, deadly flood a disaster he compared to the burning of columbia a centuryandahalf ago by general William Tecumseh sherman. Over 11 trillion gallons of water fall from the sky. The mayor called for rebuilding but in an innovative and imaginative way repaired bridges and roads that are friendly to bikes and pedestrians, a natural buffer along gills creek thatll prevent future catasthrophic flooding, and abandoned homes turned into greenspace. Then, he revealed recovery measures already in the works. Im proud to announce that were launching this week the Small Business Disaster Relief fund, providing critical assistance to Small Businesses struggling to recover from the october flood not covered by fema or private insurance.
No . Bill yes. Spero yes. Bill they were pressing. Simmons. How about that . Good reaction. Talk about finneysmith, what he can do in so many areas of the floor. That time around the rim what a factor for this team. Theyre going to turn it into an ncaa season. Spero 14 of his 24 points have come in second half. The fifth year senior matches his season high. Such a daunting set of shoes to fill for mike white. Really for any coach to follow billy donovan, what he built in gainesville, let alone that had experience. Bill a team that bounces aspects of the floor. Kid. This is a road lesson. Just come in, be prepared. Spero only took jeremy foley about a week to win that decision. Bill all a. D. S have a short list in case somebody wants to go to play by play. Spero new career high for the freshmen, jamal murray. His proud parents looking on. Sylvia and roger. Murray ties eric bledsoe as the last wildcat to hit eight threes in a game. Led so doing it back in 2010 in the ncaa tournament. Wh
Carolina is ranked the worst state in the nation for women killed by men. It is real. It is very real with those relationships. Deputies arrested 22yearold. Andre heatley jr. And charged him with roachs murder as well as armed robbery. Heatley is beleived to be the ex boyfriend of roach. Officers say surveillance cameras captured him. Using her debit card at 3 separate locations. Just moments after the crime. So we asked the Richland County Sheriffs Department why they believe Crimes Involving people in relationships are such a problem in our community. It could be from growning up. A learned beheavior. It could be because of alcoholism. It could be financial issues. It could also be because of insecurities. Theres so many Different Things that we could look into that says this is what causes cdv, but its something that when we find this cause; how to treat it. And also work with it, so we dont have this issue here in South Carolina. Its a thing where you need to seek help. A lot of pe
3 to wake up with thee morning meteorologist have a check of you head out the and traffic reporter chris scott will have the latest Road Conditions on your way to work. Thats from 5 00 to 9 00 on thee 3 back to you. 3 weve still got delays and closings to talk about henderson and Transylvania County schools are closed for tomorrow mitchell and yancey counties will be on a three hour delay delaywhile asheville city schools, along with jackson, madison, and mcdowell, buncombend rutherford counties will be on a two hour delay. We should mention Greenville County schools will be on a regular schedule but buses will not drive on icy roads. Again Greenville County is on a regular schedule tomorrow. 3 were following two developing stories at this hour 3 in oregon one person was killed while authorities ararested a group of people involved with the armed occupation of a federal wildlife site. But before we get to that we turn to the election. Republican frontrunner donald trump announced tonig