FIRST ALERT: Extreme Heat Arrives This Week
GREENVILLE, S.C. (FOX Carolina) - Less showers through the weekend. The focus turns towards the dangerous heat arriving midweek. Sunday brings a much drier day as high pressure pushes a cold front out of the area. Dense fog blankets the mountains early Sunday morning, so take it slow if you’re heading up there. Once th
South Carolina police officer shot, killed in the line of duty
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WSPA) – One officer is dead and another injured following a shooting in Columbia. 29-year-old Officer Christopher DeLong died from injuries sustained in an officer-involved shooting that occurred Saturday morning. Officer David Dymock was also injured in the shooting and is currently in stable condition
High heat ahead prompts Weather Warn Days in early Sept.
ASHEVILLE, N.C. (WLOS) — A steamy start to September kicks off a string of Weather Warn Days for the region. An upper-level heat dome building from the west brings warm and humid air to western North Carolina and the Upstate. The warmest days and most dangerous heat will likely...
Greenville Braces for Triple-Digit Heat Index as Sweltering Week Looms
Around daybreak, widespread low stratus is reported across portions of the South Carolina Upstate, with a moist pattern in place. Clouds should thin quickly, setting up a mostly sunny afternoon with a high near 89 and only a small chance of rain. Sunshine Takes Over Sunday. Calm wind is expected...
5 people displaced after house fire in Greenville, crews say
Five people have been unexpectedly uprooted from their home after a house fire occurred in Greenville on Sunday, officials shared.
Man brought lottery tickets to where he worked, SC cops say. He was arrested
A man was recently arrested after he cashed in winning lottery tickets, according to the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division . The scratch-off tickets had been stolen, SLED said in a news release. On Aug. 26, John Franklin Koon Jr., a 47-year-old Piedmont resident, was charged with intent to defraud, counterfeit ga
SLED charges Greenville County man with lottery fraud
A Greenville County man has been charged with lottery fraud following an investigation by the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division (SLED). SLED charged John Franklin Koon Jr., 47, of Piedmont, with intent to defraud involving counterfeit game tickets on Wednesday, Aug. 26. The investigation was requested by the Sout
Crews respond to Sunday morning fire in Greenville
GREENVILLE, S.C. (FOX Carolina) - Greenville City Police dispatch confirmed that crews are at the scene of a fire Sunday morning. Fire crews were called to a home on North Garden Circle, according to the chief of Greenville City Fire. FOX Carolina crews in the area report seeing smoke coming...
Woman reported missing in Greer
GREER, S.C. (WSPA) – The Greer Police Department is asking for help finding a woman after her belongings were found alone. The person belongings of 45-year-old Heidi Lane Winters was found near the Chase Bank on Wade Hampton Boulevard. Officers said her current whereabouts are unknown, and that Winters has known mental
Police: Man accused in Westminster armed robbery awaiting extradition from Greenville County
WESTMINSTER, S.C. (FOX Carolina) - The Westminster Police Department said a man is waiting to be extradited after an armed robbery at a convenience store in Westminster early Saturday morning. Oconee County Communications received a 911 call around 8 a.m. reporting that a white male wearing brown pants and a...

















