Students in fairfield and chester counties will not report to class today. Those districts are closed because of the threat of wintry weather. Darlington county schools are delayed 2 hours this morning. Preparations are well underway in the counties north of columbia. In Newberry County, deputies have been monitoring the roads and power lines for ice through the night. So far, its just been rain, but some who live in whitmire believe its coming. Chad mills has the story. My mama always told us that when we were little, you know. Cereal with milk, and you can make a sandwich with bread and just sit on the couch and, you know, watch the tv or sherri epps as far as my salon, im going to be very careful. Im going to, you know, and see, you know, how the snow is going to accumulate during the bad weather, and contact my clients ahead of time, so they do not come out, because i dont want to put anybodys life in danger trying to travel to get to the salon. Epps expects whitmire, located on th
Interstates in the midlands. Interstate 26 is temporarily closed both ways in orangeburg county. The roadway is closed at the 145 mile marker and 149 mile marker due to ice on bridges, according to the South Carolina highway patrol. I95 southbound over lake marion is also closed because of ice. Drivers are asked to avoid those areas. Sc dot trucks are salting and brining the affected areas. Places that saw snow yesterday in the midlands are continuing to see it t this morning. The town of whitmire got a fresh coating just within thats where we find our mike desumma. He joins us live now with more. Snow has been falling on and off the last few hours this comes after the area saw snow yesterday Newberry County Sheriffs Office says several cars went off the road last night due to slick conditions drivers are urged to take it slow especially on bridges and overpasses county crews are continuing to watch the weather and treat roads accordingly as we continue our winter storm coverage this o
That was the case in whitmire. Snow blanketed the ground, making roads slick. Several residents say they were looking forward to seeing the snow but driving in it was a different story. On my street i live on sim street. Its up the road there. And it is slick. I have a 2 year old son so i was excited to hear about it. Its nice to have for a day. Not for months though. County public works crews are continuing to monitor the roads in Newberry County with the help of scdot. They encourage drivers to remain cautious as black ice can form on wet roads as the temperature drops. Scdot is reporting all interstates are open and passable with conditions rapidly improving. But if you plan to travel to the upstate use extreme caution. Black ice could form overnight due to dropping Officials Say many secondary roads in Northern Counties are impassable due to snow more than 55hundred tons of salt are being moved to the upstate dot county facilities to help treat the roads. If you havent, you should
From several people in the barbershop before the victims fought back and fired shots at the suspects. Now, police say none of the victims were injured, but one of the suspects was injured and taken to a local hospital. His condition is unknown tonight. Now, a second suspect is still on the run tonight. The owner of the nearby pizza said he heard about the shooting from one of his customers. When i stepped out to look and sure enough, guys from the barbershop had the attempted robber on the ground and they were over him. About that time, the first Police Officer pulled up. Thats about all i got to see of the actual altercation. Now, there were a lot of witnesses out there. If you happen to know anything that may help investigators tonight work this case, youre asked to call crimestoppers at 1888crimesc. All kind of happening. A very heavy police presence. It was your tip that led the investigation here. Back to tonights top story. The weather winter system weve all been keep an eye on.
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