Temperatures will fall to the upper 50s and low 60s by the afternoon. Around noon today, the utility opened one spill gate at the saluda hydro facility. Officials say the amount of water flowing into lake murray from the upstate is not going down as quickly as they had expected. In october, we had three and a half spill gates open, so comparatively this is less water that will be coming down stream, but it is still obviously a good amount of water flowing out of the gate. People who live near the saluda river are urged to use caution because of strong currents. Ntact local Law Enforcement if you have any safety concerns. The rising water is threatening parts of Newberry County too. Flooding has become a constant problem at the saluda river resort. Our mike desumma is in silverstreet this evening. Charles, samantha this is just another area where location has become the issue since the historic october floods. The neighborhood here sits right on this creek by the saluda river. Typically
Will top at near 50 with clear skies the bottom will fall out of the thermometer, look for overnight lows in the middle 20s. Tuesday and wednesday under sunny skies well only see the investigators in Orangeburg County are investigating a house fire where one person died. Authorities were called around 3 30 this morning to old number 6 highway in elloree. The Coroners Office is working to make an identification on the body found inside. And sled is looking into the case. An autopsy on the body will be done tomorrow morning. Investigators are working to solve a mystery in whats now being called a murder. 46 year old adrian silva crashed on his motorcycle yesterday in the Early Morning hours. Deputies got to the scene at and churchland drive in columbia just before 3am sunday and discovered silva who was dead had a bullet wound to his upper body. Now Richland County sheriffs deputies are looking for the murder suspect. If you have any information that can help investigators call crimestop
And a lot of scrutiny. Now, a county Council Member is proposing a solution he hopes will restore the Publics Trust in the program. News 10s chad mills has the story. It was a shocking letter to Richland County councilman seth rose. I was deeply concerned when i first saw the letter, and i immediately started looking at ways to take the bull by the horns. Hes talking about this letter that was sent from the department of revenue to Richland County early last month. In it, the dor says it discovered discrepancies and possible illegal activity related to the countys penny tax for transportation projects. An audit that rose says shakes Public Confidence in the county. Theres no question. My trust in the programs been shaken after reading the letter. So rose has emailed three motions to the county clerk. One would change the way Council Approves purchase orders related to the penny tax. Another would payback funds spent from the penny tax account on an Small Businesses in the process. Penn
The year. The new year will start with cooler and drier lines this morning at 9 am for a relocation project near leaphart and Mineral Springs road. It impacts more than two dozen blocks in and around the leaphart road area until 7 tonight. Once water is restored people in the area will then be under a boil water advisory and will need to boil water for at least one full minute before using it. Troopers are investigating after a police car crashed early this morning. Officials say the 2009 Crown Victoria lost control and crashed getting onto i26 from lake murray boulevard at about 5 45 this morning. The police car is registered to the city of irmo. Troopers says the driver was thomas speers. They say there are no charges pending at this a missing texas teenager who managed to stay out of prison for murder because he was too rich has been found in mexico. Ethan couch fled after authorities determined he violated the terms of his probation. Couch was 16 and driving under the influence whe
Conditions. Looking at the radars and, hopefufuy, with the rain diminishing after today, we will start to see the river and the lake start to recede in the next several days maybe into next week. Thatll be a big help if we can get some sunshine, and itll dry some of this out. Take a look at some of these pictures by bryan sulzer. Some of them show the floodwaters spilling over the dam into the river. Others show submerged docks many of them snapping as the water rises. He and others are hoping all of the flooding will taper off soon. Officials say theyll be monitoring the situation overnight. Live in camden, chad mills, wis news 10. Most of the roads in Newberry County are open closed by flooding. Kings creek road off of highway 121 was one place where the barricades stayed up today. Sheriff lee foster says some roads will have to be closely looked at for permanent damage, even sinkholes. The case is much the same in lexington county. Several neighborhoods downstream from lake murray a