Elevations above 3500 feet. Larry snow covered secondary roads. Darcel its led to buncombe county schools updating the calendar. Karen wynne joins us. Larry karen, the last day of school has been pushed back, right . Karen larry, it has. Its been pushed back to june 8th. School leaders say it was a tough call to make this morning because originally it looked good. But after transportation workers found widespread black ice, they decided to close school for the day sending out a second notification an hour later and frustrating a few parents. You know, its just that its closed or its not closed. Kept it one way or another. I went back it sleep and got woke up again by, well, schools out. Karen but bishop says she did the right thing by cancelling today. The updated calendar also a parents survey. For more information on that survey and the updated calendar, log on to wlos. Com. Live in buncombe county, im karen wynne, news 13. Darcel North Carolinas new Drug Testing Program for welfare
Icy spots are widespread. Lauren brigman is live along rayhill road. What do drivers need to be mindful of still at this point . When you drive along a road, it is easy to think everything is clear, especially with temperatures above freezing. You are going to run into trouble because you hit a patch of ice and lose control. You can also see along these roads how the ice is, it has weighed down trees in a lot of areas here in Henderson County. Butler bridge road is an area where icy conditions remain. An accident last night and another accident this morning. One person was taken to the hospital as a result of those incidents. Dispatcher with the Henderson County Sheriffs Office tell me they receive 160 calls related to wrecks in the county since 8 00 yesterday morning. A combination of highway patrol, local Police Responding to all have trickled in. Troopers say the sun can be deceiving. They remind drivers to keep their guard up. People come out of the sun where it is nice and dry, ro
There may not be a clear leader, but trumps confident that hell emerge as the top dog. As the focus shifts to the palmetto state. Carolina. Here in the upstate, hell be holding a rally at the t. Ed garsen arena at 7 00 p. M. And we have a live crew there and well check with them coming up and trump not the only one campaigning in our area today. Talking to one of the candidates who didnt have as much to celebrate after the votes were counted last night. Reporter no, not quite, dianne, marco rubio picked spartanburg as the first stop after the New Hampshire primary, finishing 5th last night. Hes not pretending that was a decent outcome, and shared with me hes disappointed and planning to learn from his mistakes, moving forward. Before this rally, where rubio talked to a full house about his stances on foreign policy, education, and many other key talk with local media, he said he blames his poor performance on New Hampshire why w no one but himself. Governor Chris Christie, along with o
Girl just two days after her familys honea path home burned in a fire. Fire. The coroner says 5yearold Sophia Rhodes died of smoke inhalation at the Augusta Burn Center last night. 3 3 Fox Carolinas Ashley Minelli is live at the church near her home 3 family needs a lot of help right now; lost everything in the fire, and they lost a Member Community describes as a ray of light light3 sophia one of 9 people in the home during firefire chief got stuck between a couch and a wall, family couldnt go back in for her because of smoke and flameskrista overby family friend, devastated over the loss 3 3 sophia was a great kid, full of life full of spunk uh questions, made her way over to the house daily to play with the girls. 3 again, long road to recovery as 3 this family lost everything clothing is a big necessity overby need size 6 and 7 in girls clothing and size 03 in girl baby clothes 3 all donations can be brought here to First Assembly church of god on green streetmore Details Online on
Update you on air 3 and online. 3 only on fox 3 the family of an upsate tow truck drivera killed on i85 is speaking out for the first timetroopers say eddie mills was loading a car onto his truck in november when he was hit and killednow his family is pushing lawmakers to stiffen up the state slow down and move over laws 3 the family is calling the legislation they hope to get passeda eddies law lawFox Carolinas Adrian Acosta joins us now with details 3 3 eddie mills family says they were devastated when he was killed on i85 back in novembera. But theyve now focused their grief on a cause that could save other families from feeling the same pain hes loved towing his whole life, he loved helping people, he was a hard worker, a great husband, a loving father and a great friend to 3 many peopleand stacy mills says the night her husband eddie was killed while loading a car onto this truck on i 85a. All of that came to an end end 3 im not upset with the guy, i dont hate him, i dont wish ill