Interstate 85 reopens in Spartanburg County
SPARTANBURG COUNTY, S.C. (WSPA) – A section of Interstate 85 was closed Saturday morning while emergency crews responded to a wreck. Emergency crews were called Saturday morning to a wreck on the southbound side on Interstate 85 near mile marker 81 for a wreck involving a tractor trailer. SCDOT cameras showed a...
‘Stay off the streets’: Police close 2 roads as winter weather makes roads hard...
SPARTANBURG, S.C. (FOX Carolina) - The Spartanburg Police Department is advising residents to stay home as a winter storm system passes through the area. According to the police department’s Facebook page, there have been two road closures:. Wofford Street from Baltimore to Textile. W. St. John Street at Daniel...
South Carolina man dies after slipping on ice following storm
SENECA, S.C. (WSPA) – The Oconee County Coroner’s Office said a man died Wednesday evening after slipping on an ice patch outside of his home. A 79-year-old man slipped on ice from the recent winter storm while walking down his driveway to his mailbox Wednesday afternoon, the coroner’s office said. He was found...
2 additional weather-related deaths reported in South Carolina
SOUTH CAROLINA (FOX Carolina) - The South Carolina Department of Public Health reported two additional weather-related deaths in the state. On Wednesday, an 85-year-old man from Laurens County died from hypothermia. On Friday, a 91-year-old woman from Laurens County also died from hypothermia, the department said....
Police no longer responding to single-vehicle crashes without injuries during winter storm
GREENVILLE, S.C. (FOX Carolina) - Greenville Police will not be dispatching officers to single-vehicle accidents that do not involve injuries. The police department said anyone involved in a single-vehicle crash with no injuries needs to complete a form and submit it directly to their insurance company. “We strongly...
Photos show bomb cyclone snow storm in Carolinas
Snow fell on the East Coast and parts of the South ( including Florida! ) on Saturday, Jan. 31, amid what storm meteorologists have described as a bomb cyclone , nor'easter and a blizzard. Photos show a family sledding in Greenville, South Carolina ; a fog of snow in Columbus County, North Carolina ; and palm trees...
3 hospitalized after late Friday night fire, officials say
GREER, S.C. (FOX Carolina) - Three people were pulled from a house fire in Greer. According to the city of Greer, the fire was at a home on Mason Street on Friday night. The Greer Fire Department said crews were dispatched to the home after receiving a call around 11:08 p.m.
Jan. 30 Upstate SC measles update: 58 new cases, additional school and public exposures
There have been 58 new measles cases plus an additional school and public exposure identified since Tuesday, the state Department of Public Health reported Jan. 30. The new school exposure happened at Lyman Elementary, and the number of students to be quarantined is still being determined. The new public exposure...
Arrest Report for January 30
Editor's Note: The following information is compiled from public arrests records from the Laurens County Detention Center. This information is presented with no intent of guilt or innocence. The date on this arrest report does not reflect the actual date of each listed arrest. It indicates the date the report was...
Deputies charge woman already in jail on $1 million bond with death by distribution
The Rutherford County Sheriff’s Office said a woman already in jail on a $1 million bond has now charged with death by distribution.
