Hundredths here downtown. Similar story by the airport. Rain is moving on. Dont expect to see any rain for the rest of the afternoon. Maybe a light mist here and there. Winds out of the north will lock in the cloud cover for us. Highs in the low to mid 50s. Dry for the rest of the afternoon and tonight. That may not be the case for the weekend. All the details coming up very soon. Shots fired that was the scene in philadelphia where Authorities Say a Police Officer was ambushed. The 33yearold officer was sitting inside his patrol car when police say a man flagged down the officer before unloading 13 shots hitting the officer three times. The officer returned fire hitting the suspect later arrested. The officer is expected to make meanwhile, here at home, Richland County sheriffs have announced the arrest of a suspect wanted in a december 13th shooting. Sheriff leon lott says their crime lab was able to solve the deadly shooting at a gas station that otherwise may have gone cold. Abc co
Than a decade, the state Supreme Court has a new leader. Judge cosa plaqueonas was sworn in this afternoon. We learn more on this story. Its been more than 15 years since South Carolina has sworn in a new chief justice. But just a little over an hour ago, they officially became the leader of the states high court. Prior to taking the chief justice, he served as the high courts associate justice since 2000. He succeeds long consider time chief jess gene toll who filled the position for 16 years. At 72, toll took mandatory retirement due to her able. Interestingly enough. Placonas will turn 72 next month which means hell only be able to fill the position for a year. That wont stop him from continuing the work from his predecessor. Well continue the rollout for efiling which has already begun in clair cleared county. The more we can make records available in a format that lets people actually see what is filed, read what is filed, the more open the courts become and more transparent they
Deputies work to unravel the mystery surrounding the murder, searching for signs of a breakin or anyone targeting the owner. I contacted a close friend who lives out of town like the rest of campbells family. This is mind blowing that Something Like this happened to such a great guy. Hes a huge part of the community in charlotte. Hes been in charlotte forever. Hes touched countless lives. Campbells greenhouse has been in dilworth for at least 30 years. Deputies say the 64yearold was supposed to meet a friend here wednesday but never showed. Im really still in shock. George works next door, saw him three days ago. He just stopped by to say heheo and just joked around a little bit like normal and said, okay, jesse, see you on monday. When campbell didnt show up to work wednesday, a friend called deputies to check his home. They found him shot inside. Its just a sad day. Deputies say they havent been called to this home before, and Police Reports show only one flower theft at his greenhou
Saying a Hydrogen Bomb should have registered at least 50 kilitons of power. It looks like this was more around six or seven kilitons, far too small to be even a failed hbomb. Heres why. A Hydrogen Bomb is 1,000 times more powerful than the atomic bombs dropped on hiroshima and nagasaki. It has never beensed in war. Still, north korea was celebratory on the eve of the leaders birthday. The International Condemnation has been swift. United Nations Security Council holding an emergency meeting and even their closest ally china rebuked north korea. The u. S. Immediately launched Nuclear Sniffer and surveillance planes to help determine what was tested and how the u. S. Should respond. We will continue to work, believe it or not, with the chinese and the international so that it becomes paying an increasingly high price to be the one nation in the world out of the world. To be clear, even if this was a lesser bomb, it is still the fourth time since 2006 that north korea has tested a nuclea
Can see that the roads are wet. They have this layer of water on them. As john mentioned, thats not going to be a problem here in Richland County but in other parts of the state that it could cause major problems because as temperatures drop, officials are concerned that that water could turn to ice creating very seriously hazard road conditions. The potential of worsening weather heading into the weekend as the states emergency opations center at work. Dangeroususonditions are going to be prevalent throughout the upstate and people need to take precautions. The South Carolina department of transportation has been out pretreating roads since yesterday. The d. O. T. Says road treatments will continue for as long as Winter Weather persists. Additionally, theyll have scouts out looking for unsafe areas. They could be very hazardous for people to be on the roadways. But its not just motorists experiencing issues due to ice. Theres that potential for Power Outages statewide as long as this