3 our clemson championship bowl coverage continues in just a moment. But first. It was a cloudy and rainy weekend for most in the midlands. Lets get a check of your forecast for today with meterologist efren afante. Good morning efren. 3 not many people grow up saying theyre living out their dream. One lexington man is putting on his uniform and preparing to do just that in front of thousands at the National Championship game but he wont step foot on the field. News19s Colby Gallagher has his story. 3 ralph mayer he wanted to fly so badly that one day he said dad, can we make some wings . and i said, heck yeah so we went in the garage and we got some cardboard and some rope and we made some wings and he would run across the backyard and flap those wings as hard as he could trying to take off. He said dad, i cant get off the ground i cant get off the ground i said well, son, ybe this wont work, maybe you cant found a way to but two sets of wings as an ralph mayer he got his wings as a w
Man at a columbia gas station last month. Back on december 13th 20 year old jeremy davis was killed during an Armed Robbery gone wrong. The Richland County Sheriffs Department says dna evidence played a huge roll in finding suspects. Wiss mike desumma is live at the department now with the latest details. Mike. Just spoke with Curtis Wilson he says that the rcsd press conference at 10am today will be in regards to the murder at the spinx gas station. Apparently the dna lab played a significant role in the arrests in this murder and the sheriff is going to go into wanted for a deadly assault in in jail on several charges including murder, Armed Robbery and kidnapping. Deputies say they assaulted two other men who were sitting inside their vehicle at the spinx gas station on lee road 10 days a second victim suffered nonlife threatening injuries. This is a what you call a whodoneit. We had no idea who did this case. And this case probably wouldve gone unsolved because these two people wer
The odds of winning the jackpot, are about 1 in 293 million. We are counting on the fact that tomorrow night, when those numbers are drawn, its going to be our jackpot. Wouldnt that be wonderful . It would be wonderful. And we talk about how that affects the economy. Its a trickle down, because the department of rerenue would get a wonderful amount of money. The player would get money, the retailer would get a wonderful commission. And then, of course, as is always the case, education, always wins in South Carolina. Again, 496 Million Dollars that you take home after taxes, at 11 00 oclock tomorroro night, yoyohave a chance to buy a ticket, you can only see that drawing right here on news 19 wltx before our 11 00 oclock newscast. And a holley hill man is behind bars today after being denied bond. 27yearold darren weeks is charged with attempted murder, Violent Crime and grand larceny, these charges stem from a thursday morning shooting where investigators believe weeks shot his 53yearo
Reporter that is right. There was a man found in a home that you see right behind me. The columbia crime scene unit is investigating the case. A case that they call, a peculiar event. The Police Department does tell us that if you have any other information about this, to call crime stoppers. As of now, that is all that we have. We spoke to residents around here who tell us that they stopped buy because they were worried about the woman who lives in the home. We can tell you that the woman is alive. As of now, those are all the details that we have. Live from the city of columbia. Thank you so much. Out of richland county, the sheriff is crediting the Department Crime lab with the salt with welding a december murder. The Sheriffs Department gave details at a press conference this morning. The crime occurred on december 13 at a gas station on lee road. One person shot and killed and another beaten. Witnesses say two men rob them. The police described how the staff cracked the case. This
And respond to the threats in real time there will be a viewing party here in town, to watch the championship game, hosted by the columbia clemson club, it is taking place at the hickory tavern. Kickoff is at 8 30. Before the game, you watch our clemson championship bound special, it hairs monday night at airs monday night at 7 30. The if the tigers win it all, we have the first view of what that shirt will look like. This is the design thats being printed here in columbia, the shirt says simply perfect. Best season in College Football history. Some of you may think its a jinks to print shirts early before the game is played, but Kevin Shumaker says thats not the case. Hear that from time to time, people get nervous when we have designs made, but in order to get approved through the have to do the design before the game happening, and everybody who is selling one o o these is already printing the shirt to make sure it prints correctly on the press so it has no effect on the game, i pro