3 partly cloudy skies with highs reaching 50 in the upstate and 46 in the mountains. Showers remain possible in far southern counties. Tonight clears out, with a slight chance for tn border snow. Lows drop to freezing or below. Friday brings sunny skies and seasonable temperatures back to the mid50s. 3 wrap up 3 hold hold were watching this in the pit crew center. You are looking live at 3 3 theres a smell 3 lingering in southern Greenville County and People Living in the area say its so bad. At times. Its nauseating. Nauseating. They say a local landfill is to blame. And theyre hoping county leaders will take action to fix the smelly situation. 3 fox carolina Ashley Minelli is live at Columbia Baptist Church. Can you smell anything now . 3 ad lib about smell. 3 dhec confirmed odor comnig from twin chimneys landfill operators told People Living here some fixes have been made pastor of columbia baptist smell has gotten so bad, affecting the community 3 3 3 3 you can smell it in the church, all around. The Property Values have gone down, no one is moving into this community, and the Property Values are to where you cant sell to move out outmeeting tonight at Columbia Baptist Church 7 oclock. County leaders state lawmakers dhec think it will close, want a solutioncoming up hear from organizer of Citizens Group working to get a Resolution Resolution 3 3 covering our 3 Counties Police in Greenville County say they need your help tracking down an attempted murder suspect. 3 police say they were called to the hospital after two men showed up with gunshot wounds on sunday. They say it happened on anderson street. Officers tell us when they got there they found several shell casings. Say a home and several cars were also damaged in the shooting. Anyone with information should call Crime Stoppers at 23crime. 3 a husband charged in the violent shooting of his wife in Spartanburg County is expected to go before a judge today. Today. Its a story weve been following for three weeks Johnathan Batchelor is charged this week stephanie was finally well enough to talk with investigators to tell them what happened. Sheriff chuck wright told us stephanie was coming home to her two small children back on january 7th when she was shot multiple times and left for dead. It happened on reidville road. 3 investigators say that Johnathan Batchelor acted as if he was the one who found his wife. But deputies executed a search warrant and say they found evidence incriminating johnathan. Since the attack weve learned batchelor was arrested on a weapons charge after deputies responded to a suspicious person call days after the shooting. 3 he remains behind bars this morning. 3 local leaders and people whose lives have been changed by Domestic Violence are now working to help others in the upstate. Upstate. Theyve created their own Domestic Violence task force. Working with safe harbor and the Sheriffs Office. Anderson councilman tom allen and representative anne thayer from Anderson County are members on the task force. They say they wanted to make a difference locally to help make a model system to Vickie Fleming is the third member, she lost her sister rhonda in 2003 after she says she was shot and kikiled by her estranged husband and says she wants to help others. 3 3 3 3 if i can reach one victim, save one life, then its all worth it, because just to save one life would be enough, but the ultimate goal is to change this culture in our state. State. 3 we can already go ahead and take care of some of this, like getting the Domestic Violence, getting the program that safe harbor already has, into every single one of our middle schools and high schools. Schools. The task force is also very focused on education and implementing change in schools. They will have their next meeting on february 8th at 2 oclock at the old county courthouse in anderson. 3 time for weather and traffic 3 partly cloudy skies with highs reaching 50 in the upstate and 46 in the mountains. Showers remain possible in far southern counties. Tonight clears out, with a slight chance for tn border snow. Lows drop to freezing or below. Friday brings sunny skies and seasonable temperatures back to the mid50s. 3 3 now to chris with traffic. 3 hold hold 3 were watching this this 3 3 football season may be over but clemson is still recognizing the incredible year the tigers had. Had. Deshaun watson was named the South Carolina football hall of fames player of the year. He was given the award at last nights basketball game at the well. Watson is the third tiger to receive the honor. Watson was asked about his future in the nfl. Heres what he had to say. 3 its a thought. Its a dream but i have multiple goals. And one of my goals before ieven came to this school was have my degree in three year. And im gonna try to do that. M graduating in december. And so if i have the opportunity to go to the nfl. Then im gonna take it but well just have to see how everything plays out. But i still have the extra year and the opportunity to come back so who knows whats going ot happen. I let god what i can control. Control. As for next season watson says he and the team will just have to grind even harder to win the National Title 3 3 its. Coming up more jobs and more money are coming to the upstate. Well tell you what Governor Haley is saying about news of the big expansion next. 3 wewehead to break with a live look at. Usc upstateyoure watching the morning news on fox carolina. 3 youre watching the morning news with lauren elise, ben hill, meteorologist nicole papay, chris scott with pit crew traffic 3 welcome back to the morning news on fox carolinawere taking a live look at. Greenville county. Pelhamd rd. 3 were learning new information about the jury trial against accused Charleston Church shooter dylann roof 3 a state court will draw from a pool of 600potential jurors for roofs trial this summer. He faces nine counts of murder and prosecutors say they will seek the death penalty. Roof also faces 33federal offenses. Including hate crime and firearms charges. Roof confessed to killing nine people and wounding three others last june at Emanuel Ame Church in charleston. 3 in North Carolina a man is expected to go before a judge today after deputies say a neighborhood dispute went bad. 3 deputies say a couple was found shot outside their Kings Mountain house. With their child sitting in the car. Were told myla oaks passed away and her husband jeffrey oaks is at Carolinas Medical Center in charlotte with very serious injuries. According to reports in Cleveland County. A school bus arrived moments after the incident and the driver to what happened and immediately called 911. 3 the Cleveland CountySheriffs Office says their neighbor. Robert bridges was arrested. They believe the shooting was a result of an ongoing argument. 3 more than a hundred new jobs are coming to Spartanburg County its all thanks to the expansion of a major manufacturing plant. Plant. Trelleborg wheel systems held a Ribbon Cutting ceremony on wednesday for the 50 Million Dollar expansion. The company manufactures offroad tires. Governor haley was there and says the move is big for South Carolinas economy. 3 3 3 the number one thing that continues to bring companies to this state is the work force. We have a workforce that not only builds a tire, builds a plane, builds a car. But they 3 build it well. Theyre made with pride in South Carolina and that goes a long way. Way. The expanded facility will produce radial tires for agricultural machinery. The company says the expansion will create 150 jobs by 2018. 3 time for traffic and weather 3 partly cloudy skies 3 with highs reaching 50 in the upstate and 46 in the mountains. Showers remain possible in far southern counties. Tonight clears out, with a slight chance for tn border snow. Lows drop to freezing or below. Friday brings sunny skies and seasonable temperatures back to the mid50s. The weekend will be sunny and springlike, with highs in the low to mid 60s. The next round of rain holds off until wednesday next week. Partly cloudy skies with highs reaching 50 in the upstate and 46 in the mountains. Showers remain counties. Tonight clears out, with a slight chance for tn border snow. Lows drop to freezing or below. Friday brings sunny skies and seasonable temperatures back to the mid50s. The weekend will be sunny and springlike, with highs in the low to mid 60s. The next round of rain holds off until wednesday next week. 3 weather hit to chris 3 now to chris with traffic. 3 hold hold 3 were watching this accident okelley rd cobb bridge rd in westminster, Oconee County stalled vehicle wade hampton blvd gap creek rd rd 3 youre looking live atpit crew traffic sponsored by pit crew traffic 3 sponsored by Kevin Whitaker chevrolet cadillac 3 3 news you need to know. The upstate South Carolina boat show kicks off today and runs through sunday at the Td Convention center. Admission is 7dollars for adults, 6dollars for seniors and kids. Children under six are free. 3 the final Republican Debate before the Iowa Caucuses is tonight. Fox news will be hosting the debate. Remember not expected to be there. Well be streaming the debate online at foxcarolinadot com. 3 the university of missouris governor board has suspended assistant professor melissa click. Click is accused of assault stemming from a campus runin with student journalists during a protest in november. She has pleaded not guilty to a misdemeanor assault charge. 3 in North Carolinaten soririties at Duke University are suspended after a student was hospitalized. 3 the University Says the student is in Critical Condition following an event that involved alcohol tuesday night. The school decided to suspend all sorority activity while they investigateduke has a total of 18sororities on campusbut the suspension only applies to its ten phanhellenic chapters. The student who is in the hospital is expected to recover. 3 its time . Coming up Technology Just continues to advance. Coming up why using your card at the atm may be a thing of the past. 3 we head to break with a live north pleasantburg driveyoure watching the morning news on fox carolina. 3 youre watching the morning ive been blind since birth. I go through periods where its hard to sleep at night, and stay awake during the day. Learn about non24 by calling 8448442424. 3 welcome back to the morning news on fox carolinawere taking a live look at. Clemson 3 bank of america is looking to end the use of your debit card for atm transactions. The company says theyve created automated teller machines that allowl you to withdraw cash by using your smartphones instead of your card. Bank of america says the new atms may also accept payments from credit card customers and cash checks. A test of the cardless atms will kick off next month 3 now to weather with nicole 3 partly cloudy skies with highs reaching 50 in the upstate and 46 in the mountains. Showers remain possible in far southern counties. Tonight clears out, with a slight chance for tn border snow. Lows drop to freezing or below. Friday brings sunny temperatures back to the mid50s. 3 weather hit 3 chris is in the Traffic Center. 3 hold hold were watching this 3 3 youre looking live at 3 3 its. Coming up, a two county chase across the upstate. How deputies say they were able to track down the suspect. Next. 3 we head to break with a live look at. Greenville county news on fox carolina. 3 the morning news at 5 30 starts now. Now. 3 a smelly odor in southern Greenville County has the Community Concerned about there health. County leaders are expected to be at a meeting tonight to discuss the issues around a landfill thats causing all the im live with a report. 3 3 mostly cloudy with scattered showers for the morning commute. Best chance of rain will be in southern upstate. Some freezing fog is possible in the mountains. Skies clear for the afternoon with highs near 50. 3 good morning. Its thursday, january 28im lauren elise eliseand im ben hill, with traffic reporter chris scott and meteorologist nicole papay. Thanks for joining us on the morning news. 3 there are some School Delays to tell you about in the mountains schools in Henderson Countymitchell county and Yancey County as well as Brevard Academy will open two hours late. 3 Transylvania County will be on a three hour delay. For updates, download our app and sign up for alerts. You can also check closings on 3 partly cloudy skies with highs reaching 50 in the upstate and 46 in the mountains. Showers remain possible in far southern counties. Tonight clears out, with a slight chance for tn border snow. Lows drop to freezing or below. Friday brings sunny skies and seasonable temperatures back to the mid50s. 3 lets send it over to chris. Crew Traffic Center 3 youre looking live at 3 3 theres a stinky 3 situation going on in southern Greenville County. And People Living in the area are asking county leaders to do something about it. It. Dhec says theres an odor problem at twin chimneys landfill. And people who live around it says its so foul, its making them feel sick. Sick. Ashley minelli is live at Columbia Baptist Church with more on this issue. Ashley . This meeting tonight. 3 7 o clock here at Columbia Baptist Church county leaders state lawmakers dhec dhecPeople Living in the area you can smell landfill inside church when wind blows a certain way. Nauseating smell its gotten worse over the years heres how one person living here described odor 3 3 3 3 it smells like vomit, raw sewage e d raw pig guts. I mean, its horrendous 3 3 we were told that we would not even know it was there. And actually for the first few years, it was not a problem. Been told some fixes have been made. Operators say drilling more wells to capture burn off more gas 3 problem affecting Property Values no one is moving in to the neighborhood neighborhood3 does it smell now . 3 3 covering our counties neighbors in Henderson County are helping out a firefighter who lost his home in a fire. Fire. Valley hill fire and rescue crews say they were called out to stanwood lane in around 11 00. While on their way they realized it was the home of fellow firefighter dwight hill. Hill has been a firefighter for more than 30 years. His father and brothers also served as firefighters. A bank account has been setup for donations. You can find the information on foxcarolinadotcom. 3 a Greenville County deputy is recovering after a two county chase that started with a purse snatching. Snatching. Investigators say the chase started wednesday afternoon outside the Academy Sports in easley. Officers say they spotted a suspicious car in the parking lot. But they didnt know the driver was connected to a theft. They say the driver took off when they tried to pull the car over. Greenville county deputies joined in on the chase after it crossed the county line. 3 3 3 that individual got out of his car and proceeded on foot to continue to illude deputies. Later on, a perimeter was set up 3 based on a tip from some people in the public telling us where that individual was. After that perimeter was set support was used to locate the subject. Subject. Puties say the suspect slammed on his brakes causing a deputy to crash into him. Were working on learning the suspects name and the deputys condition this morning. 3 were also working to learn the name of a man arrested after a chase in Anderson County. Deputies tell us the man was breaking into a car at Mount Zion Church on highway 81 wednesday night. Deputies say he took off when they got there forcing them to drive after him. After about two minutes, they say the suspect crashed on keyes street and ran off on foot. K9 officers were able to catch up with him. 3 a Henderson County couple is facing charges for robbing a woman of her prescription medicine at knife point. Point. This is james allen and marlene allen. They were arrested after an Armed Robbery on asheville highway on tuesday. 3 the victim told deputies the couple threatened her with a knife and stole her medicine for the month. Deputies later found the couple at their home. 3 republican front runner donald trump will be in iowa today. But it wont be for the 3 instead, hes scheduled to be at Drake University for a special event to benefit veteran organizations. Trump was in lexington last night. He was introduced by Lieutenant Governor henry mcmaster, who announced he is now endorsing trump. Mcmaster is the highestranking state official to endorse trump. But trump says voters hold the power. 3 3 3 3 were going to do things and the key is we have to mobilize, we have to get out and vote and every poll shows us so good and every poll says its going to happen. Happen. While trump is out of tonights debate, the other 11 canididates will take the stage in des moines. The South Carolina republican primaries take place next month on saturday february 20th. 20th. These four democratic canidates will appear on the South Carolina primary ballot. That will be held saturday february 27th. Be sure to check out foxcarolinadotcom for all the political headlines. 3 time for weather and traffic 3 partly cloudy skies with highs reaching 50 in the upstate and 46 in the mountains. Showers remain possible in far southern counties. Tonight clears out, with a slight chance for tn border snow. Lows drop to freezing or below. Friday brings sunny skies and seasonable temperatures back to the mid50s. 3 weather hit 3 now to chris with traffic. 3 hold hold 3 were watching this in the pit crew Traffic Center center 3 3 the Carolina Panthers are super bowl bound and we are taking a look back at how theyve made it this far. Far. Coming up on february 6th, sports director Aaron Cheslock and anchor Shannon Sommerville will take a look back at the panthers pursuit of a title. Remember, thats saturday, february 6th at 7 00. 3 and starting on monday. Well have live coverage of super bowl 50 fromomhe west coast. Aaron cheslock will be joining us live in San Francisco on thee ten oclock news. Hell be recapping the season and looking ahead at what carolina needs to do to win their first title in franchise history. It all starts monday on thee ten oclock news. 3 3 its. South carolina lawmakers are working on a new bill to track refugees in the state. Hear what governor nikki haley had to say. 3 we head to break with a live look at. Clemson youre fox carolina. 3 youre watching the morning news with lauren elise, ben hill, meteorologist nicole papay, chris scott with pit crew traffic 3 welcome back to the morning news on fox carolinawere taking a live look at. Greenville county. Eye85 3 the lawyer for the leader of an armed demonstration in oregon says his client is asking the rest of the group to go home. Home. Ammon bundy and seven others were arrested tuesday. Theyve been involved in a standoff at a federal wildlife building since earlier this month. Bundy appeared in court on wednesday. He asked federal agents to let the rest of the protesters leave the wildlife refuge without being prosecuted. 3 the wife of a former Illinois Police officer is behind bars. After turning herself in. Melodie gliniewicz was indicted by a grand jury wednesday. And charged with say her husband lieutenant Joseph Gliniewicz died september first of last year. They say he was embezzling money from a charity for decades. Police say gliniewicz staged his own suicide to look like a homicide to cover up his crime. 3 if a new bill that was approved by a Senate Committee is signed into law, Syrian Refugees in South Carolina will be closely watched. Watched. The Senate Committee passed a bill wednesday that would require refugees to register with the state. The bill also allows sled to track them. Refugee sponsors will be held liable for damages if the refugees commit an act of terrorism. Republican leaders say the federal government doesnt do enough to check the background of refugees. Governor Nikki Haley Says its important for the refugees to be identified once they arrive in the state. 3 the pres is sending them anyway our one factor is because they do have to go into the dss system we are able to identify them as soon as they get here identify where they live and just have our baerings. Baerings. 3 one senator asked to file a minority report which means go to the senate floor. 3 time for traffic and weather every ten minutes. 3 partly cloudy skies with highs reaching 50 in the upstate and 46 in the mountains. Showers remain possible in far southern counties. Tonight clears out, with a slight chance for tn border snow. Lows drop to freezing or below. Friday brings sunny skies and seasonable temperatures back to the mid50s. The weekend will be sunny and springlike, with the next round of rain holds off until wednesday next week. Partly cloudy skies with highs reaching 50 in the upstate and 46 in the mountains. Showers remain possible in far southern counties. Tonight clears out, with a slight chance for tn border snow. Lows drop to freezing or below. Friday brings sunny skies and seasonable temperatures back to the mid50s. The weekend will be sunny and springlike, with highs in the low to mid60s. The next round of rain holds off until wednesday next week. 3 now to pit crew traffic. 3 hold hold 33 traffic. Now to pit crew 3 now to pit crew traffic. 3 hold hold 3 we are watching watching pit crew traffic 3 sponsored by Kevin Whitaker chevrolet cadillac 3 3 news you need to know. The federal government is asking Police Departments to review their taser policies. New resrtictions are being put in place after several taser related deaths in the southeast. Greenvilles police chief believes the new policy may do more harm than good. 3 Georgia State trooper jacob fields is recovering aftft being shot twice wednesday. Investigators say israel rodriguez led troopers on a chase crashed his car then opened fire on fields. Troopers say they were forced to return fire hitting rodriguez who died in the hospital. 3 owners of an Animal Shelter in North Carolina are charged with animal abuserescuers say they had to seize nearly 600 animals from the haven shelter in raeford. 3 coffee bean prices in brazil are now at a two year low. Low. According to Business Leaders in brazil prices have dropped 33 percent since last huge bean harvest is creating an oversupply. But dont expect prices to go down. Business analysts say rising minimum wage and property costs are being blamed for menu prices not dropping. 3 3 its. Coming up. Hollywood week on American Idol is finally here. Well highlight the song one girl used to move on to the next round. 3 we head to break with a live look at. Greenville county 3 but first lets take a look at last nights winning lottery 3 3 and im cody alcorn. Tonight at ten. Not in my backyard. A community is up in arms over the smell coming from this Greenville County landfill. And the county and dhec will talk about it tonight. Well have the story at ten. And join us first at four for weather and traffic every ten minutes. Plus a look inside the boat show see whats new this year. 3 youre watching the morning 3 welcome backwere taking a 3 the Spartanburg Community is celebrating the life and legacy of Martin Luther king by giving back to others. Others. Dozens gathered at Wofford College wednesday night for the mlk community dinner. It was organized by woffords office of diversity and inclusion. Instead of paying, attendees were encouraged to donate new or gently used coats, scarves and gloves. 3 American Idol contestants are finally competing on the big stage. One young lady really impressed the judges. Judges. 3 3 you got one night life only, one night only, the time you have to spend spendthat was 15year old Gianna Isabella she was one of the contestants who kicked off hollywood week wednesday night. Isabellas mother was there and was popular in the 80s. Her name is brendak starr and she had a hit pop gianna. And dozens of others made it through the first round of hollywood week. You can catch another edition of American Idol tonight at 8 00 right here on fox. 3 now to weather and traffic every 10 minutes. 3 partly cloudy skies with highs reaching 50 in the upstate and remain possible in far southern counties. Tonight clears out, with a slight chance for tn border snow. Lows drop to freezing or below. Friday brings sunny skies and seasonable temperatures back to the mid50s. 3 3 lets send it over to chris with traffic. 3 hold hold were keeping an eye on stalled vehiclewade hampton blvd gap creek rd rd 3 youre looking live at 3 its. One Greenville Community says something needs to be done about a local landfilland tonight they are taking action. Ashley minelli is live to explain coming up. 3 usc upstatebe sure to stay with fox carolina all morning long. Were bringing nine oclock. Throughout our are company should treat you like family. 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Morning. 3 a smelly odor in southern Greenville County has the Community Concerned about there health. County leaders are expected to be at a meeting tonight to discuss the issues around a landfill thats causing all the problems. Im live with a report. 3 3 mostly cloudy with scattered showers for the morning commute. Best chance of rain will be in southern upstate. Some freezing fog is possible in the mountains. Skies clear for the afternoon with highs near 50. 3 good morning. Its thursday, january 28im ben hill hilland im lauren elise, with traffic reporter chris scott and meteorologist nicole papay. Thanks for joining us on the morning news. 3 there are some School Delays to tell you about in the mountains schools in Henderson Countymitchell county and Yancey County as well as Brevard Academy will open two hours late. 3 Transylvania County will be on a three hour delay. For updates, download our app and sign up for alerts. You can also check closings on