Of health and Environmental Control approved the company last year. The facility would be a Crushed Stone plant in the area. In the area. You cant afford to have Something Like that in a mace where people are try in a place where people are trying to make a living. Reporter they are concerned their water and air will be polluted and appealed the decision. We get a lot of shouldnt effect you. Maybe wont effect you. From the beginning we said we want to see numbers. Reporter we reached out to the company the case will be heard ginning on the 16th of february. And given that the case still hasnt been heard and they will make a determination on the case, i think we would refrain from comment till after the hearing. Reporter residents have been fighting since 2014 and to save their neighborhood. Too many adverse side effects. The people wont want it. Reporter janae frazier, news 19 wltx. They man to look into the issues february 16. They will hear from the residents and the quarry to determ
Extended forecast. We will talk about that coming up. Thank you so much. We understand there is still Power Outages in the Coverage Area tonight. Specifically batesburg, leesville. That area of lexington county. News 19s joyce koh is live from the community with more. Joyce . Reporter that area that we are standing on was hit very hard. On the property of tracy lodging company. I am joined by the owner. Tracy. You have never seen anything like this . Never before. There was i have heard of some coming through had area before my time but never in my life time. Reporter i know it destroyed a lot of your property back there nat we showed but that we showed but it made its way down here. Exactly. We have two Office Buildings and a shop building. And it came right by and no reporter and all of your employees were okay . They are in the building . All employees were fine. And actually [ talking at the same time ] the buildings that were not hit were the ones the employees were in. That is a
Still tracking rain. That could be a concern. Here is that line of showers and thunderstorms, east of raleigh, northeastern part of the state, east of columbia, all the way down into southern georgia and you can see how the thunderstorms are lined up along here and that is what is producing the heavier rain. Lets focus in on the midland right now. You can see rain. The bigger concern, to the south of columbia, this area, down to orangeburg, it has had a bowing feature and that is associated with strong gusty winds. There is a Severe Thunderstorm Warning for Orangeburg County till 5 30 p. M. This afternoon and Calhoun County. They could reissue this to the east and sumpter and Calhoun County but they havent done that just yet. In the meantime temperatures cooled off. 75 degrees here in columbia today. Right now 65. 65 in augusta. 60 atlanta. 62 raleigh. Warm ahead of the line of thunderstorms. We have rain still falling here in columbia. We have seen an inch of rain now. 65 degrees curr
Why are we putting three complicated bills into one . If the governor vets, what more can we do . You have to have the other components. You have to have significant reform at that teenage ofix the roads agency to fix the roads agency to fix the roads. I shook the hive. I may be stung or get the honey. The senate present urged them to attend had session with d. O. T. Next week. Well, it has been four months now since the october floods. The water exposed just how fragile South Carolinas roads are but the South Carolina department of transportation since then says they have learned several lessons. Here is a closer look. Reporter one of those especially when facing a understood and having to react to it and that is when the transportation of secretary is proud of. Her teams communication was a highlight to the department response. She said she is happy with the speedy recovery of the roads but knows there is still challenges. How do we deal with these privately owned dams and working th
Senators who voted against the bill said it would undo the states course and unity. Others say they are just seeking security. We need to do a better job. We need to pause the program will we could vet the individuals. They are trying to escape terror. Not come over here and cause terror. Johnson asked to file a report which means it wont head straight to the senate floor just yet. Supporters from across South Carolina came together for School Choice week. Teachers, administrators and students took part in a rally. This week is the national School Choice week. Organizers say the goal is to let parents know there are options out there for their kids including Charter Schools, magnet schools or home schooling. We want parents to know they need identify the best place for their child. We shouldnt be forced to send our kids to a school that is one size fits all. This is the 4th year for the big rally. It is just one of the 140 events going on across the state this week. And in South Caroli