Hold 3 there is debris in the road in Greenville County. Woodruff road d east georgia road. No new crashes or delays. Delays. You are looking live in Anderson County at i85 and clemson boulevard. Wet roads but traffic is moving. 3 as we said it has been a very busy overnight in asheville where heavy rain caused flooded roadways to be clclsed and several water rescues. Rescues. Fox carolinas ashley and ashley emergency crews said they had a hard time keeping up. 3 3 3 up or not if you see standing water dont drive through it, emergency crews, police, fire are all over the city of asheville trying to keep up with calls and we dont even have enough time to put the barricades out righ t now. Now. 3 3 3 asheville wasnt the only area tosee flooding overnight. Counties are dealing with the aftermath of heavy rain. Rain. In Transylvania County the city of rosman has evacuated main street. Cemetary road the train trussel is shut down. The rest of those road closures are right there on your screen. Were also told there were some road closures in polk and henderson counties. 3 we will continue to keep an eye on the weather situation butfor news and Weather Information 24 7 anywhere you go download our app. Just text fox carolina to 23765. 3 3 only on fox a grieving spartanburg family wants to know who hit their loved one with a car and left them to die in the street 3 it happened sunday morning on cemetery street in cowpens. By a local fast food restaurant. Investigators say someone hit and killed Brent Tessnear with a vehicle. Right now, the coroner is calling the hitandrun suspicious. Tessnears family met back at the scene monday night. 3 they think the hit and run may have been intentional because he walked that road frequently. Tessnears family says six children are now without a father. 3 3 it was an innocent mans life a hit and run or whether someone heard him, answer still need to be served. Its not a speeding ticketthat were dealing with is somebodys life. Life. Tessnears family wants anyone with information to come forward. Cowpens police are offering a cash reward for any information that leads to an arrest. 3 3 covering our counties Greenville County deputies now believe a fight led up to a deadly shooting. Shooting. The coroner says Nathan Crouch died from a gunshot wound to the chest. Deputies found him dead inside a home on perry road sunday night. His death is ruled a homicide but no arrests have been made. Made. If you know anything about this incident youre asked to call Crime Stoppers at 23crime. 3 also in Greenville County deputies say they need your help finding a man who held a gun to a womans head threatening to kill her. Her. The Sheriffs Office says Ernest Dennis junior is wanted for several charges including attempted murder, is accused of attacking a woman last month. If you have any information on his whereaboutscall Crime Stoppers at 23crime. 3 in Mcdowell County dss is trying to find a runaway teenager. 3 deputies say David Whittington was last on saturday in nebo. They say he has family and friends throughout the county and is also from the area. Dss says whittington is in their custody. If you any information on where he may be your asked to call dss or the Sheriffs Office. 3 3 the tigers are now two days away from facing off against oklahoma in the orange bowl. The team is already in south florida practicing. Sports director Aaron Cheslock is standing by with a look at heisman finalist Deshaun Watson and the impact he will have on this game. 3 3 3 3 3 3 the tigers giving up 30plus points in each of their last two matchups. The question is simple. Can clemson stop the sooners . The number seven offense in the nation. 3rd in scoring at more than 45 points per game. Game. 3 3 oklahoma can sling 3 the ball short, medium and deep. But tigers defensive coordinator Brent Venables says what really makes the sooners though to stop is the emergence of their rushing attack. With backs Samaje Perrine leading the way out of the backfield, ous totaled 50 points in five of their last seven games. The tigers giving up several big plays in their last couple games against South Carolina and north carolina. A lot of it gets attributed to the tigers simply getting gassed. They played ten games straight to wrap up the regular season. But they say their rested and revitalized now. Not a concern for arguably the best qb in the big12. Oklahomas baker mayfield. Mayfield. 3 3 3 it could be a shoutout but when it comes down to a shoutout its about keeping the ball in your hands and not turning it over. I mean you can control the clock even if youre not going and scoring a touchdown every time. You can control the clock and keep it in your tempo and thats what we want to do. Do. 3 3 3 we just havent been coming out and playing the way weve been playing the last couple had a great bowl practice and got back to the defense we were, with what youve seen against norte dame and stuff like that. That. 3 3 3 linebacker ben boulware sums it up by saying in their mind its not about who lines up across the line of scrimmage. Its simply about the tigers defense playing to their own standard. More coverage coming to you from Fort Lauderdale at 4, 10, 11. Till then. Tag out out 3 3 aaron will be in 3 miami all week long. Coming up tomorrow join us for thee orange bowl preview. the special kicks off here on fox carolina at 7 30pm. Aaron cheslock will have indepth analysis. And oneonone interviews. We also have an entire section dedicated to clemsons quest for a National Title on fox carolinadotcom. 3 time for weather and traffic every 10 minutes with nicole. 3 showers clear out this morning cloudy sky and highs in the low 70s. River flood concerns remain all day as drainage continues from the overnight. Tonight, clouds increase with lows in the 50s ahead of more rain wednesday. 3 3 now to lauren with traffic. 3 hold hold dot crews are 3 on their way to clean up debris in the road in Greenville County. Thats at woodruff road and east georgia road. No new crashes or delays. 3 youre taking a live look in Anderson County. This is i85 near highway 153. Traffic is light and moving. 3 3 its. A texas teen on probation for killing four people is no longer on the run. Where authorities finally caught up with him and his mother next. 3 3 my name is spc. 3 angerlica pena im located at camp humphrey in south korea. I would like to Merry Christmas and happy new year to my mother, my sister, ad my son david located in 3 youre watching 3 the morning news on fox carolinawere taking a live look at. Asheville. Ave. Water is going down a little bit 3 a texas teen on 3 probation for killing four people in a drunken driving crash has been captured in mexico. 3 Authorities Say ethan couch known as the affluenza teen and his mother were found in Puerto Vallarta mexico on monday. They believe couch and his mother fled the states in late november after a video surfaced showing what appeared to be couch at a party involving alcohol. He avoided prison time for the crash after a psychologist diagnosed him with affluenza. Couch could however, go to prison for up to 10years if hes found to have violated his probation by drinking. 3 in ohio city leaders are bracing for protests after a grand jury voted not to indict the Police Officer who shot and killed 12year old tamir rice. 3 this is Surveillance Video from november 2014. Rice was killed while playing at a park near his cleveland home. Was shot. Two of the officers involved in the shooting said the gun looked real. A witness who reported rice to 911 said the weapon the sixth grader was holding was probably fake. But police say the officers involved were never told that. Rices family has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the city of cleveland. 3 in missouri a federal judge is blocking the state from revoking an abortion license clinic. 3 the us district judge granted a preliminary injunction on monday to planned parenthood of kansas and midmissouri. Planned parenthood sued after the States Department of health moved to revoke their abortion license on december first. The ruling doesnt allow the clinic to immediately resume abortions because it needs to find a physician who meets state requirements. 3 if youre traveling this morning you may want to check your flight. 3 more than 2thousand flights into, or across the us have been canceled and about 48 hundered have been delayed. Its all because of the large storm system moving through flight tracking service says no more than 150 cancelations and 4thousand flights are seen on a typical day. Believe it or not experts say heavy rain and strong winds like what we saw on monday are often more troubling for airlines than snowfall. We checked gsps website and a few flights to and from chicago are already cancelled. 3 time for traffic 3 and weather every ten minutes. 3 showers clear out this morning leaving a partly to mostly cloudy sky and highs in the low 70s. River flood concerns remain all day as drainage continues from the overnight. Tonight, clouds increase with lows in the 50s, ahead of more rain wednesday with highs in the 60s. Skies begin to clear on new years eve with temperatures in the mid60s. Sunshine and seasonably cold air in the 50s during the day and freezing at night move back in for friday and the weekend. Showers clear out this morning leaving a partly to mostly cloudy sky and highs concerns remain all day as drainage continues from the overnight. Tonight, clouds increase with lows in the 50s, ahead of more rain wednesday with highs in the 60s. Skies begin to clear on new years eve with temperatures in the mid60s. Sunshine and seasonably cold air in the 50s during the day and freezing at night move back in for friday and the weekend. 3 weather hit 3 now to lauren with traffic. 3 hold watching 3 new crash in Laurens County. Its at friendship road at highway 308. No injuries. Injuries. 3 youre looking live on our sc dot cam in gaffney. Thats at i85 near highway 11. Pit crew traffic sponsored by Kevin Whitaker chevrolet cadillac 3 3 time for news you need to motorhead frontman has passed away on monday. His agent says he died la after a brief battle with aggressive cancer. He was 70 years old. 3 three people accused of kidnapping two little boys in asheville are waiting to be brought back to north carolina. Natasha cantrell, Christopher Carter and chadwick agan were arrested in georgia on sunday. The boys were found safe at a Fire Department after an amber alert was issued. 3 Jason Van Dyke the chicago Police Officer charged with killing 17year Laquan Mcdonald is expected to enter a plea at a hearing this morning. Van dyke says the teen was armed with a knife when he shot him 16times. 3 if youre hoping for a new job hiring 3 mau will be recruiting today at scworks in gaffney on wilmac road. The event will run from 8 30 to 12 30 and then from two to four. Bmw is looking for Production Associates for the plant in greer pay starts at fifteen diploma or ged, plus a year of Work Experience is required. 3 3 its time . The surprises keep coming for kobe bryant as his final season continues. What he was welcomed in charlotte withcoming up. 3 we head to break with a live look at. Clemson youre watching the morning 3 news on fox carolina. 3 youre watching the morning news. It comes to your weekly grocery trip. Well, with walmart every day low prices, saving money while keeping the pantry full. Thats easier than you think. Moms in the greenville area, doing your Grocery Shopping every week with walmart every day low prices could help you stretch your budget. Your family and your wallet will be glad you did. So head to walmart and see what you could save with their 3 the morning news on fox carolinawere taking a live look at. Uscupstate 3 when it comes to 3 basketball there really is no other than michael jordanso you can imagine how kobe bryant felt when he was publicly honored by the nba. Great. Ba. Great. 3 i want to congratulate you on an unbelievable career when i look like. Competeive drive i saw in your eye eye were drafted by the charoltte hornets. Ive always been a big brother, little brother to me. Me. Michael jordan took the time to record that specal message that aired during player introductions before mondays game between the lakers and the hornets. Jordan ofcourse owns the hornets. Kobe actually played mj eight times early in his career. As many know he is retiring at the end of the season. 3 now to weather with nicole 3 showers clear out this morning cloudy sky and highs in the low 70s. River flood concerns remain all day as drainage continues from the overnight. Tonight, clouds increase with lows in the 50s ahead of more rain wednesday. 3 weather hit 3 now to traffic with lauren. 3 hold hold weve picked up a 3 new crash in chesnee. Its at turkey farm road and pruitt road near little buck creek. No injuries there3 and were watching a crash in Laurens County. Its at friendship road at highway 308. No injuries. Injuries. Dot cam in greenville. I385 at highway 417. 3 3 its. One of the suspects accused in a kidnapping that sparked an amber alert goes before a judge. Coming up whats next for three other suspects. 3 we head to break with a live look at. Transylvania county. Broad st and main in rosman folks have been told to evacuate water is receding a lilile in some areas. Youre watching the morning news on fox carolina. 3 youre watching the morning 3 the morning 3 rain showers early this morning. With sunshine by the afternoon. Temperature in the 70s. With occasional showers overnight. 3 3 and in buncombe 3 county a flood watch is in effect after heavy rain fall causing road closures. 3 good morning. Its tuesday, december 29im lauren elise, with meteorologist nicole papay. Thanks for joining us on the morning news. 3 showers clear out this 3 morning leaving a partly to the low 70s. River flood concerns remain all day as drainage continues from the overnight. Tonight, clouds increase with lows in the 50s ahead of more rain wednesday. 3 lets send it over to lauren. 3 hold watching a 3 crash in chesnee. Its at turkey farm road and pruitt road near little buck creek. No injuries thereand a crash in Laurens County should be clearing soon. Its at friendship road at highway 308. No injuries. Injuries. 3 youre looking live at our sc dot cam in greenville. 385 at haywood d road. Roads are wet but traffic is moving. 3 overnight flooding in asheville caused quite the mess in and around the downtown area. This morning several roads are closed after Rushing Water filled the streets. Streets. Fox carolinas Ashley Minelli is live there this morningand ashley a scary night for some drivers who had to be rescued. 3 several 3 reports of rescues still rivers will continue to flood talk about Swannanoa River right now now3 Biltmore Village flooded van stuck on lodge street friend of driver says water was knee high deep several rescues across the area boats deployed again concern not over yet 3 3 and flood through the morning, some areas have receeded but that desnt mean it cant again exceed its banks. Banks. Buncombe french broad Flood Warning in effect until 9 tonight 3 swannanoa feeds right into french broad portions of it flooding lyman st near Riverside Road 3 3 asheville wasnt 3 the only area to 3 see flooding overnight. Several counties are dealing with the aftermath of heavy rain. Rain. In Transylvania County the city of rosman has evacuated main street. Cemetary road the train trussel is shut down. The rest of those road closures are right there on your screen. Were also told there were somomroad closures in polk and henderson counties. 3 3 three suspect accused in an asheville kidnapping are still waiting to be brought back to north carolina. Carolina. These two boys are safe after police say they were abducted on sunday. 3 now, four people are locked upincluding a woman whos accused of being paid to go along with the kidnapping trena weaver was in court in buncombe county yesterday. Arrest warrants show one of the suspects paid trena weaver 20 dollars to drive the two kids. And police say she was under the influence at that time. Police say three year old harlee and one year old Elijah Joyner were abducted from a home sunday. And were later found safe in swannanoa. The other three suspects were arrested in jackson county, georgia. Its not clear when theyll be 3 3 covering our counties a Mcdowell County father and son are facing charges after getting into a fight last week. Week. Deputies say 64 year old Thomas Stafford and 30 year old Daniel Stafford were in their marion home on the 21st when they started arguing. Reports show the two men started attacking each other and thats when the son grabbed a hatchet. Deputies say the father grabbed a gun and opened fire in self defense. He mi