LIST: Upstate cooling center locations to open during First Alert Weather Days
GREENVILLE, S.C. (FOX Carolina) - Several Upstate cooling centers are opening to offer relief from heat and humidity. FOX Carolina’s First Alert weather team said a dangerous and potentially life-threatening heat wave will begin on Friday and continue into the following week. Greenville County. Miracle Hill...
Cooling centers open as Upstate braces for hot temperatures
As temperatures across the Upstate continue to flirt with triple digits, heat-related concerns are rising, prompting emergency volunteers to open local cooling centers.
Police: Man caught after leading law enforcement on multiple chases
FOX Carolina's Tori Carmen has the details. Western NC man found guilty of charges including rape, assault, child abuse. District Attorney Ashley Hornsby Welch for N.C. 43rd Prosecutorial District announced that a Sylva man was found guilty of seven charges. Kimbrell says fraud accusations are 'absolutely false'....
Crime Report for July 24
Note: The following information is compiled from public arrest records from the Fountain Inn Police Department, Laurens County Detention Center and Greenville County Detention Center. This information is presented with no intent of guilt or innocence. Tristen Gross - Fountain Inn. -Assault & Battery 3rd degree....
Prisma Health to Begin Work on $350 Million Hospital Expansion
(Photo rendering courtesy of Prisma Health) Prisma Health will begin site preparation this fall on a $350 million expansion at its Greer Memorial Hospital campus which will more than double the number of patient beds and significantly expand outpatient care with construction of a medical park. The project will...
Rock the Country Music Festival returns with theme days and ‘pure joy’ inside the...
Rock the Country Music Festival, the two-day party that blends country and rock music, is ready to roll. Set for July 25-26, it is the second consecutive year that Anderson is the final stop on the tour. The festival features performances by country and rock artists, including headliners like Kid Rock and Nickelback....
Deputies: Western NC woman arrested in connection to arson investigation
FOX Carolina's Dana Winter has the details. The shelter is asking for people to write emails to lawmakers asking them to not cut the funding. Two people are now facing multiple charges after deputies seized hundreds of grams of drugs and multiple guns.
Man wanted in reported stabbing in Greenville Co.
SIMPSONVILLE, S.C. (WSPA) – The Simpsonville Police Department is actively seeking a man wanted for attempted murder. Officers have identified Isreal Depriest Randall as a suspect in a stabbing reported Thursday at a home on Tamwood Circle. The victim was taken by EMS to a nearby hospital, where they are receiving...
Woods Tells Kelly, LSU to Check their Facts on Real Death Valley
CHARLOTTE — Peter Woods cannot wait to play LSU on Aug. 30 at Memorial Stadium. However, as for the who is the real Death Valley debate, Clemson’s defensive tackle says there is nothing to really discuss. “I cannot talk my…
SC Task Force 1 returns after assiting with Texas flood recovery efforts
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WCBD) – South Carolina Task Force 1 has returned home after two weeks of working in flood-impacted areas of Texas. The team of five, along with their two human remains detection K-9s, returned to the South Carolina State Fire campus on Wednesday. They worked to support search and rescue efforts along...
