greenville county and western north carolina. right now, you will find many vacant buildings along this st county leaders call the announcement huge. >> it's a validation of the area as a potential location for potential commercial, and even industrial kinds of activities. michael: the new facility is expected to be open by the fall. no word yet on how many jobs the expansion will bring. carol: two upstate students hope they can help victims of domestic violence. they've come up with a new app, and it's in a national contest. greenville high school students

dale: we have had rain all night an front that is working its way to the carolinas. alrey impacting western north carolina and parts of western georgia with heavier downpours. the system has the potential to create flash floodd bring

michael: tonight, the carolina panthers are back home, following a hard-fought battle in san francisco. sky 4 was quickly over the stadium tonight. there is playing got in it -- they're playing got in at the 6:30. team came up short last night, and left california without a super bowl victory. fans consoling themselves with

super bowl 50 kickoff under the 72 hour mark, as carolina aim -- aims for its first super bowl

what is going on right here in south carolina. >>reporter:we are going to be talking politics between now and the end of the month, of course we've got our big republican debate coming up this saturday night in the upstate right here on wltx. you've got the republican primary on february 20, and the democratic primary -- primary on february 27. or on the local aspects of politics in a moment, let's find out what is happening as the new hampshire primary takes place tomorrow. candidates stopping for some

and an area of low pressure is up in north carolina, a front slowly making its way through. we expect a little bit of shower activity in the up- state, but not for us. 73 degrees and partly cloudy when the kids get out of school and highs today in the lower to middle 70s. we will have sun and clouds,

the developments and who is heading home and not here to south carolina. >> what last night's win means from new hampshire and what

. >> stan: another rough road game for western carolina. started poorly and really never got better. mike brown scored 20 but western

surry county north carolina. 3 3 world health organization leaders are holding an emergency meeting today to work on ways of stopping the zika virus outbreak. outbreak.according to health leaders, the disease has been spreading at an alarming rate through south and central america.the w-h-o warns there could be as many as four million new infections this year but so far there's no treatment for it.the deputy director-general says they may have a trial vaccine around july.he says a full treatment may be available next year. 3 3 have you ever wanted to go behind the scenes of a police

great news for us here in south carolina. this week, gasbuddy.com reports the midlands average is 1.62 a gallon. that's 28 cents less than it was last year. if you're looking for a bargain, we found a few places