Water main break prompts boil water advisory for part of Fair Play
Water main break prompts boil water advisory for part of Fair Play
IN TIME FOR NEWS TO GO. WE HAVE A LOOK AT TODAY’S TOP NEWS STORIES. YOUR TRAFFIC AND YOUR WEATHER ALL BEFORE YOU HEAD OUT THE DOOR. WE START WITH OUR TANIQUA PENNIX JOINING US LIVE FROM GREENVILLE COUNTY WITH BREAKING NEWS. TIA. HEY, GOOD MORNING AARON. WELL, THE SCENE HAS CLEARED OUT A LITTLE BIT, BUT YOU CAN STILL SEE THE DAMAGE LEFT BEHIND. THERE’S SOME BULLET HOLES ON THE OUTSIDE OF THIS HOME WHERE A WOMAN WAS FATALLY SHOT SHORTLY AFTER 1 A.M. DEPUTIES SAY THEY RECEIVED MULTIPLE 911 CALLS REPORTING GUNSHOTS. WHEN THEY ARRIVED, THEY FOUND THE ADULT WOMAN INSIDE THE HOME WITH AT LEAST ONE GUNSHOT WOUND, AND SHE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE SCENE. NOW, INVESTIGATORS ARE STILL WORKING TO DETERMINE THE CIRCUMSTANCES SURROUNDING THIS INCIDENT, BUT FROM WHAT THEY KNOW, AT THIS POINT, GUNSHOTS WERE FIRED INSIDE THE HOME FROM AT LEAST ONE SUSPECT FROM THE OUTSIDE. INVESTIGATORS SAY OTHER PEOPLE WERE INSIDE AT THE TIME, BUT NO ONE ELSE WAS INJURED. AT THIS TIME. WE DON’T HAVE A NAME OR AGE OF THE FEMALE KILLED. WE ALSO HAVE NOT BEEN TOLD OF ANY ARRESTS. IT IS STILL AN ACTIVE INVESTIGATION AND ANYONE WITH INFORMATION IS ASKED TO CALL CRIME STOPPERS. THE NUMBER ON YOUR SCREEN FOR NOW. REPORTING LIVE IN GREENVILLE, TANIQUA PENNIX WYFF NEWS FOUR. TIA. THANK YOU. A MOTORCYCLIST IS RECOVERING THIS MORNING AFTER GREENVILLE POLICE SAY A CHASE LED TO A CRASH. POLICE SAY THIS HAPPENED MONDAY NIGHT IN THE LAURENS ROAD AREA. THEY SAY THE MOTORCYCLE DROVE OFF AND CRASHED WHILE TRYING TO GET AWAY FROM OFFICERS. OFFICERS SAY THE CRASH HAPPENED ON EAST PARKINS MILL ROAD. STILL NO UPDATE ON THE DRIVER’S CONDITION RIGHT NOW. SEARCH IS UNDERWAY FOR A WANTED MAN IN SPARTANBURG COUNTY, AND DEPUTIES SAY IT’S IN CONNECTION TO A STRING OF CAR BREAK INS. THEY SAY IT ALL STARTED JUST BEFORE 6:00 YESTERDAY MORNING ON ASHEVILLE HIGHWAY. THEN WITHIN THE HOUR, DEPUTIES SAY ANOTHER CALL CAME IN FOR A CAR BREAK IN ON HIGHWAY 357. THEN YET ANOTHER CALL HAPPENED A FEW HOURS LATER, ABOUT 1030 YESTERDAY MORNING. DEPUTIES SAY MICHAEL WADDELL IS WANTED IN CONNECTION WITH THE CRIMES AND ALSO HAS OTHER WARRANTS OUT FOR HIS ARREST. SO IF YOU SEE HIM, YOU’RE ASKED TO CALL 911. WELL, TEACHERS AIDE AND COACH IS NO LONGER EMPLOYED FOLLOWING HIS ARREST. THAT’S ACCORDING TO GREENVILLE COUNTY SCHOOLS. THE DISTRICT SAYS KEOWEE KEY ROBINSON WORKED AT FOUNTAIN INN HIGH SCHOOL EARLIER THIS MONTH. POLICE SAY THEY WERE INFORMED ROBINSON MAY BE INVOLVED IN AN INAPPROPRIATE RELATIONSHIP WITH A FEMALE STUDENT. AFTER THE INVESTIGATION, ROBINSON WAS CHARGED WITH CONTRIBUTING TO THE DELINQUENCY OF A MINOR. A WOMAN IS BEING ACCUSED OF STEALING MORE THAN $67,000 FROM A NURSING HOME RESIDENT IN GREER. THE ATTORNEY GENERAL’S OFFICE SAYS. JANICE STOKOWSKI IS FACING SEVERAL CHARGES, INCLUDING BREACH OF TRUST. LAW ENFORCEMENT SAY BETWEEN AUGUST OF 2024 AND FEBRUARY OF 2025, STOKOWSKI ALLEGEDLY EXPLOITED HER POSITION AS POWER OF ATTORNEY. THE VICTIM WAS A RESIDENT AT A NURSING CARE FACILITY IN LYMAN. A SOUTH CAROLINA WOMAN IS NOW CHARGED WITH ATTEMPTED MURDER AFTER ROCKHILL POLICE SAY SHE KNOWINGLY TRIED TO TERMINATE HER PREGNANCY DURING THE THIRD TRIMESTER. POLICE SAY THEY WERE CALLED TO A HOME LAST WEEK, WHERE THE WOMAN TOLD THEM SHE TOOK MEDICATION TO INDUCE LABOR WITH THE INTENTION TO TERMINATE HER PREGNANCY. WE’RE TOLD 20 YEAR OLD JOCELYN BYRUM WAS 27 WEEKS PREGNANT. POLICE SAY SHE WAS CHARGED ON MONDAY. THE BABY IS IN CRITICAL CONDITION. A RESTRICTIVE ABORTION BILL HAS STALLED AFTER FAILING TO GET OUT OF A SOUTH CAROLINA LEGISLATIVE SUBCOMMITTEE. FOUR OF THE SIX REPUBLICANS ON THE COMMITTEE REFUSED TO VOTE ON SENATE BILL 323 YESTERDAY, ALSO KNOWN AS THE UNBORN CHILD PROTECTION ACT. THE THREE DEMOCRATS WERE ABLE TO VOTE AGAINST IT. THE BILL LOOKS TO IMPOSE STRICTER LIMITATIONS ON ABORTIONS AND HARSHER PENALTIES ON DOCTORS, WOMEN AND THEIR FAMILIES, WITHOUT EXCEPTIONS, FOR CASES OF RAPE OR INCEST. THE BILL DOES NOT RESTRICT ABORTION DURING A MEDICAL EMERGENCY. LAWMAKERS ARE CURRENTLY OUT OF SESSION, AND IT’S UNCLEAR IF OR WHEN THERE WILL BE ANOTHER HEARING. PROTESTERS RALLIED IN THE STREETS OF DOWNTOWN RALEIGH TO DEMONSTRATE AGAINST THE BORDER PATROL AGENTS IN THEIR AREA. HERE’S SOME VIDEO SHOWING HUNDREDS OF PROTESTERS WAVING SIGNS AND CHANTING IN MOORE SQUARE BEFORE MARCHING THROUGH THE STREETS IN FRONT OF THE STATE CAPITOL. ALL THIS AFTER BORDER PATROL AGENTS WERE SPOTTED ENCOUNTERING SEVERAL INDIVIDUALS IN DURHAM YESTERDAY AFTERNOON. THE IMMIGRATION CRACKDOWN CONTINUES IN CHARLOTTE, WITH TUESDAY MARKING DAY FOUR OF WHAT HOMELAND SECURITY OFFICIALS ARE CALLING OPERATION CHARLOTTE’S WEB. 6.39 IS YOUR TIME, AND FIVE NEW CASES OF MEASLES ARE BEING REPORTED IN SOUTH CAROLINA, BRINGING THE TOTAL NUMBER OF CASES IN THE UPSTATE OUTBREAK TO 49. THERE HAVE BEEN 52 CASES REPORTED TO STATE HEALTH LEADERS THIS YEAR. THE PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT SAYS TWO OF THE FIVE CASES ARE HOUSEHOLD MEMBERS OF KNOWN MEASLES CASES WHO WERE IN QUARANTINE. IT’S NOT CLEAR WHEN THE OTHER THREE WERE INFECTED. RIGHT NOW, THERE ARE 84 PEOPLE IN QUARANTINE. THE INSTALLATION OF A HISTORIC WARNING SIREN IS UNDERWAY IN THE CITY OF PICKENS YESTERDAY, THE INSTALLATION OF THE SIREN STARTED ON TOP OF THE WATER TOWER BEHIND THE SHOPS ON EAST MAIN STREET. THE SIREN WILL SOUND TO ALERT THE COMMUNITY TO POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS. IT WAS ORIGINALLY USED DECADES AGO TO ALERT FIREFIGHTERS TO EMERGENCIES. THAT SIREN WILL BE TESTED EVERY SATURDAY AT NOON. GRACE. GOOD MORNING. LET’S GO AHEAD TO GET YOU OUTSIDE. RIGHT NOW WE’RE IN THE MID 50S THERE FOR GREENVILLE. SPARTANBURG A GORGEOUS SUNRISE 52 IN ANDERSON, ASHEVILLE A LITTLE BIT COOLER OUT THERE, 46 DEGREES. HERE WE GO. TEMPERATURES AS OF RIGHT NOW GETTING YOU READY OUT THE DOOR, GRABBING THAT CUP OF COFFEE. GOOD NEWS IS, IS THAT WE’RE A LITTLE BIT WARMER THAN WE WERE YESTERDAY. ABOUT 18 DEGREES WARMER IN A FEW SPOTS OUT THERE, CERTAINLY IN THE UPSTATE, AS WE’RE EXPECTING TO SEE 78 DEGREES OUTSIDE BY THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SO YES, A VERY WARM WEDNESDAY AHEAD OF US. AS FOR TEMPERATURES INTO THE MOUNTAINS, SAME THING RIGHT NOW. WE HAD SOME SHOWERS A BIT CLOSER TO THE NORTH AND WEST, A FEW OF THOSE MAKING A RUN TOWARDS THE AREAS INTO THE MOUNTAINS, BUT FOR THE MOST PART REALLY MAINLY STAYING DRY MID TO UPPER 60S BY NOON 2:00. CLOSE TO 70 DEGREES OUTSIDE. OVERALL NOT TOO BAD OF A WEEK AHEAD OF US AS WE’RE STICKING WITH THE 70S. NEXT HIGHEST RISK OF RAIN FOR MOST OF US, THAT WILL POTENTIALLY BE ON SATURDAY. ERIN GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING GRACE AT 650 THIS MORNING WE’RE FOLLOWING SOME BREAKING TRAFFIC NEWS. WE ARE LOOKING AT THIS NOW. THIS IS NEAR HIGHWAY 129. ALL LANES ARE MOVING THERE. THAT’S AGAIN A CRASH NEAR HIGHWAY 129. THAT’S ON 85 SOUTHBOUND. JUST FOR CONTEXT, THIS IS IN BETWEEN INTERSTATE 26. THAT INTERCHANGE BETWEEN 85 AND THEN AGAIN ALL THE WAY DOWN TO HIGHWAY 29. BUT IT’S CAUSING BACKUPS ON INTERSTATE 85 SOUTHBOUND. SO IF YOU’RE HEADED IN FROM SPARTANBURG, PERHAPS FURTHER UP, MAYBE EVEN COMING IN FROM CHEROKEE COUNTY SOMEWHERE LIKE THAT, COMING SOUTHBOUND ON INTERSTATE 85, YOU WILL ENCOUNTER A DELAY HERE. GIVE YOURSELF A FEW EXTRA MINUTES. AS OF RIGHT NOW. SKY4 OVER THAT SCENE RIGHT NOW. WE’LL LET YOU KNOW AS WE LEARN MORE. 85 SOUTHBOUND FROM AVIATION PARKWAY TO WOODRUFF ROAD, FIVE MINUTES UP IN THE RED RIGHT NOW AT 11 MINUTES TO TWO. LOOK GOOD, THOUGH AT 11 MINUTES AND 13 MINUTES, IT’S TIME TO LACE UP YOUR SKATES AND HEAD ON DOWN TO ICE ON MAIN BECAUSE IT OPENS TODAY AS WELL. MARK JOINS US LIVE IN FRONT OF THE ICE AND ISABELLE WHAT CAN WE EXPECT AS THE SEASON KICKS OFF? WELL, HEY ERIN AND DESTINY, YOU CAN EXPECT A LOT OF FUN. THERE’S A BIG KIND OF KICKOFF PARTY HAPPENING AT 4:00, AND SKATERS CAN TAKE TO THE ICE SHORTLY AFTER THAT, WE GOT MICHELLE SEAVER FROM UNITED COMMUNITY BANK. AND MICHELLE, YOU KNOW, LET’S TALK ABOUT SOME OF THIS EXCITEMENT FOR THIS YEAR. SO TODAY IS THE MOST EXCITING DAY OF THE YEAR. WE KICK OFF UNITED COMMUNITY ICE ON MAIN AND IT’S JUST SO MUCH FUN. IT’S LIKE OUR OWN LITTLE ROCKEFELLER CENTER RIGHT HERE IN DOWNTOWN GREENVILLE I LOVE IT. WE ALREADY GOT THE TREE UP, SO OBVIOUSLY WE CAN START THINKING ABOUT CHRISTMAS. LET’S TALK ABOUT TICKETS THOUGH AS WELL. WHERE SHOULD PEOPLE GO FOR THOSE? YES. SO PEOPLE SHOULD GO TO THE CITY ICE ON MAIN WEBSITE TO GET THEIR TICKETS, OR THEY CAN WALK BY AND SCAN THE QR CODE ON SOME OF THE MATERIALS HERE. OR THEY CAN JUST WALK UP TO THE SHACK AND GET ONE THEMSELVES. THEY’VE GOT A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT OPTIONS. WHAT DO PEOPLE NEED TO BRING? DO THEY NEED TO BRING THEIR OWN SKATES OR DO THEY HAVE THEM HERE? YOU KNOW, HOW DOES THAT ALL WORK? GREAT QUESTION. SO ALL THE SKATES ARE HERE. YOU CAN BRING YOUR OWN IF YOU HAVE THEM. AND REST ASSURED, IF YOU ARE DOWNTOWN AND JUST DECIDE LAST MINUTE YOU WANT TO SKATE. WE DO HAVE SOCKS AND GLOVES FOR SALE TO BENEFIT THE RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF THE CAROLINAS. AWESOME. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MICHEL. THANKS FOR BEING OUT HERE THIS MORNING. TICKETS ARE ALREADY AVAILABLE IF YOU’RE INTERESTED, BUT FOR NOW, REPORTING LIVE ON MAI
Water main break prompts boil water advisory for part of Fair Play
A water main break has prompted officials to issue a boil water advisory for an area in Fair Play, South Carolina.Pioneer Rural Water District said the following areas are affected:Herring RoadShore DriveDurham RoadFair Play HeightsTugaloo Heights CircleGates Cove DriveWatersedge DriveOverlook DriveEast Watersedge DriveTugaloo DriveHeights DriveRiverlake RoadAffected customers should boil their water vigorously for at least one full minute before drinking or cooking. Any ice made from water that has not been boiled should not be used for drinking purposes.Crews have isolated the water main break and are making repairs.Pioneer will lift the advisory once the laboratory has confirmed safe water through a bacteriological analysis report.Pioneer will post on its website once bacteriological sample results are collected and analyzed.
A water main break has prompted officials to issue a boil water advisory for an area in Fair Play, South Carolina.
Pioneer Rural Water District said the following areas are affected:
- Herring Road
- Shore Drive
- Durham Road
- Fair Play Heights
- Tugaloo Heights Circle
- Gates Cove Drive
- Watersedge Drive
- Overlook Drive
- East Watersedge Drive
- Tugaloo Drive
- Heights Drive
- Riverlake Road
Affected customers should boil their water vigorously for at least one full minute before drinking or cooking. Any ice made from water that has not been boiled should not be used for drinking purposes.
Crews have isolated the water main break and are making repairs.
Pioneer will lift the advisory once the laboratory has confirmed safe water through a bacteriological analysis report.
Pioneer will post on its website once bacteriological sample results are collected and analyzed.