Where is the provision for of this piece . Because if we cant get these middle schoolers who are now ramping up, if we cant find them, stop them when theyre in middle school, all this is for not. Thats what we need to be going is middle school, maybe even Elementary School but at least middle school. Where is this going with juveniles . Weve looked at the version of youth and out of home please months, 90,000 a year bad for use in georgia. Recidivism rate is between 5065 . We came up with a fiscal Incentive Grant Program and we have 29 counties in georgia who represented 70 of georgias atrisk youth to build evidencebased programs. We gave them the money that have been proven to reduce recidivism and we asked them to reduce out of home placement by 15 completion report. They reduced by 62 . 1666 a year are now being triggered an evidencebased programs. Thats one way to get the most important thing and the point youre making, my wife is an Elementary School teacher, when we have conversa
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
Today i know it is icy and snowy. Check a look at that fountain just covered in ice and cold this morning. Luckily, the roads are not to icy and pretty dry, but always be careful. Something you do need to keep in mind before you leave the house, take a look at your pipes. According to the Insurance Institute for home safety, were just a couple of degrees from the temperature alert threshold. They say at 20 degrees or below, pipes are vulnerable to freeze but it can still happen at these temperatures. The best way to tell if you have a frozen pipe is if you turn on a faucet, and only a trickle comes out. Pipes running against exterior walls or where your water enters the home through the foundation are most likely to freeze. Keeping your faucet open, applying a heated pad or hair dryer to a frozen pipe and applying heat until full water pressure is restored can help. That will keep your home safe do not use a torch to try to unfreeze. And if you can not thaw the pipe, call a plumber. Al
America hostage. We do not have to accept this carnage as the price of freedom. Patrick advocates for increased gun control stood in applause multiple times today at the white house. But gun lobbyists, and some republicans on the hill and on the campaign trail, say the president wants to make buying guns nearly impossible. Part of the plan, to expand background checks. If they wanna add some more questions to it, parameters that we have to go through, i cant see that would hinder anything, other than just slow down the process. Patrick president obama also wants to spend more than 500 million to expand treatment for the mentally ill, add more atf agents, and criminally prosecute unlicensed sellers. The South Carolina chapter of moms demand action for gun sense in america reacted to the speech. We respect the 2nd amendment. Were not antigun, were antigun violence. And we believe there are common sense gun laws that will respect patrick a big part of the president s plan is to close the
Currently, 25 in anderson. Lets check on a few other counties. Pickens at 24. Salem at 27 degrees. 25 degrees in anderson and belton. 18 degrees in asheville. That will climb today into the low 40s. That is basically what we see for the upstate as well, lowtomid 40s. A little breeze makes it feel like 16th in greenville and 17 degrees in greenwood. The winds will be from the east at 510 miles per hour. The mountains will reach the low 40s today. The temperatures will be more mild tomorrow. We will talk about the chance for rain in the latter part of the week in our next report. Allyson these temperatures can create a messy situation. Aly if you take a look behind me, you can see the fountain. You can just see the amount of bicycles currently hanging off of the fountain. You can see the amount of icicles currently hanging off the fountain. The fountain is still running. Keep in mind, your pipes are likely to freeze at this temperature. We are a couple degrees away threshold. They say, a