Speech was slurred. Washington was given the gase test as part of a field sobriety test and showed multiple signs of impairment. Washington refused to give a blood test. They were able to get the symbols they knew that after obtaining a search warrant. It was more than five hours after the accident. Washington is out of jail on a 25,000 bond. After another chilly start to the morning, we have warmed up significantly. It is 70 degrees in newberry, 70 in winnsboro. A little bit cooler if you want to call it then orangeburg at 72 degrees. The winds have been picking up a little bit. Right now and the capital city we have a lot of sunshine. It is 74 degrees. We should be but a low gap by winds are out of the southwest at 10 miles per hour. We are on track for high as 76 degrees. We will have a low of 54. Tomorrow we will have a high of 65 degrees. We will take a look at the forecast up in a few minutes. It is the most important day so far the 2016 president ial election. Voters in a dozen
The search and rescue efforts in after georg afghanistan and pakistan and focusing on remote areas where the impact of the mondays 7. 5 magnitude earthquake are unclear. 340 have been killed, most of those who died were in northern pakistan, india, iran and forces in afghanistan all of them offering to help but so far local authorities have not requested any assistance. Good morning, welcome to your world this morning im del walters. And im stephanie sy and rushing to deliver aid to quake victims and thousands spent the night outdoors in near freezing temperatures afraid to sleep inside because of the potential for aftershocks. Al jazeeras Jennifer Glasse is in kabul. Jennifer talk to us about some of the challenges in this search and rescue effort there. Reporter stephanie really one of the Biggest Challenges is the scope of the operation here, the earthquake effected people in 11 of afghanistans 34 provinces, nearly a third of the country and terribly remote and villages you can get
25yearold sabrina hustads body sunday afternoon in a driveway. That was in the 32hundred block of 59th street trail, near shellsburg. Authorities say thats the home of 31yearold david miller. Thats who police say they are investigating in connection with the homicide. Right now, he faces vehicle theft and parole violation charges. Authorities believe miller stole a truck from a neighbor early sunday morning and wrecked it a couple of miles away. They say miller then stole another truck and crashed that one, too. The owner of the first stolen truck says he couldnt stop miller. He says, in hindsight, that was probably a good thing. Now that i know what hes capable of he probably wouldnt have gotten out and ran he probably would have fought for that ride out of here. Later in the day, the Linn County Sheriffs Office received reports of a man with a head injury walking along a road. The man who was identified as miller went to the hospital, where authorities interviewed him and later arres
Showers, mainly pm high 5258 winds e 1020 alo 56 dbq 55 iow 56 tonight showers low 4551 winds e 515 alo tomorrow showers drizz le, windy 50 dbq 51 iow 52 tomorrow night cloudy, drizzle low 3339 winds w 1525 alo 35 dbq 36 iow 37 thursday mostly cloudy, cool high 49 low 36 friday partly cloudy high 51 low 33 saturday showers likely high 54 low 43 sunday slight chance of showers high 59 low 42 monday partly cloudy high 62 low 44 low 45 some are calling it a witch hunt. Defended his decision to stay home and care Dennis Freitag fielded questions from the county supervisors yesterday. Freitag has worked from his home for months while he cares for his ailing wife, pam. Shes been under hospice care while going through the final stages of lupus. But the supervisors say freitag is so far behind on his work, its affecting the county governments ability to function. The board asked about freitag being behind in getting the countys fiscal year 2015 books uptodate. They also asked whether freitag h
Stay on top of the weather near you by downloading the wisweather app. Its free; just search wis in your app store. Todays flash flooding has already left its mark in newberry county. Heavy rains caused several roads to be closed. Amelia street was cut off by the creek bed topped its banks. In many spots where water flows through the county you could see water levels getting higher. Dot and city crews have been working together to keep the roads safe. Officials hope the water runs off before the next batch of rain moves in. Just into the newsroom sce g will open one spill gate overnight at the saluda hydro facility. Thatll happen at 4 this morningan additional 18,000 cubic feet per second could flow into the lower saluda river. Officials are going to continue to montor lake levels over the next 48 hours to see if anything else needs to be donewell continue to monitor that situation. In missouri flooding continues to rock towns outside of st louis tonight bridges and highway overpasses