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
We do have that Winter Weather advisory that includes most of the midlands with the exception of orangeburg, calhoun county. If you can avoid being on the roads tonight that is the best thing to do. Tonight we expect a wintry mix to occur. Looking for low temperatures of 32 degrees. Tomorrow everything begins to move out then we are left with some clouds. We will take this forecast and break it down further in and tell you exactly what you can expect coming up in a few minutes. That advisory means we could see some freezing rain or snow making for some slippery Road Conditions on bridges and overpasses. Several hundred tons of salt are ready to be spread if needed. Sonia gutierrez spend time with the cruise tonight with more on being done. Reporter good evening, crews were expected to get out earlier today but as you can see they are still hard at work. Right now there are 40 trucks out in the city of columbia ready to respond to any freezing conditions. They do have salt but they dont
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.
A Winter Weather advisory is now in effect in Newberry County. Chad mills is there. Chad, how are conditions there . My car thermometer is reading a pretty constant 30degrees here in whitmire for now. It appears spots are melting a bit, but theres still a good dusting of snow on the ground along with some sleet and ice on the roadways. Lets get right to some video from earlier. So, but people here in whitmire tell me the snow started a few hours before that. They tell me theyre enjoying the change in scenery, but of course, theyre trying to be careful too. Roads around whitmire and in other spots of northern Newberry County roads are pretty slick. Sheriff lee foster says, so far, there have been no major incidents. He tells me theyve had to respond to a couple accident, but thats about it, and they werent anything major. Scdot workers are hard at work. Theyve been treating i26 with a salt brine most recently. Theyve also treated some state roads with salt sand, including sc121, sc34, a
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