Search warrant executed at Easley, South Carolina, home
AT 644, IN TIME FOR NEWS TO GO, WE HAVE A LOOK AT TODAY’S TOP NEWS STORIES. YOUR TRAFFIC AND WEATHER ALL BEFORE YOU HEAD OUT THE DOOR. WE BEGIN WITH RAISING AWARENESS ABOUT THE NEGATIVE IMPACTS ALCOHOL CAN HAVE ON YOUR LIFE AND THE PEOPLE AROUND YOU. ISABELLE MARAK SPOKE WITH ONE WOMAN WHO WENT THROUGH ADDICTION RECOVERY, AND SHE JOINS US LIVE IN GREENVILLE WITH DAWN’S STORY. ISABELLE. YEAH. HEY, ERIN AND DESTINY CHANCE STORY IS VERY RAW. IT’S VERY MEMORABLE AND IT’S DEFINITELY INSPIRING AS WELL. SO I SAT DOWN WITH HER EARLIER THIS WEEK AND SHE TOLD ME THAT HER JOURNEY ALL STARTED AFTER SHE WENT THROUGH A DIVORCE WITH HER SIX YEAR LONG HUSBAND. AND THAT ALL HAPPENED BECAUSE HER HUSBAND TOLD HER THAT HE WAS IN LOVE WITH ANOTHER WOMAN. SO THAT SENT HER INTO A DOWNWARD SPIRAL, AND THAT’S WHEN SHE TURNED TO ALCOHOL. SHE TOLD ME ABOUT THE FIRST TIME SHE REALIZED THAT SHE HAD A PROBLEM. I WOKE UP IN THE MORNING. THAT’S ALL I WAS THINKING ABOUT. I STARTED DRINKING IN THE MORNING. I WOULD HAVE TO ALWAYS HAVE SOMETHING IN THE CUP HOLDER IN THE CAR WITH ME. I LITERALLY FELT LIKE I COULD NOT DO ANYTHING WITHOUT ALCOHOL. HER SON HELPED HER FIND MIRACLE HILL IN ITS RENEWAL PROGRAM. SHE’S GONE THROUGH RECOVERY, AND SHE SAYS THAT SHE’S DOING A LOT BETTER, AND SHE’S GOT A GREAT RELATIONSHIP WITH HER FAMILY. REPORTING LIVE IN GREENVILLE, ISABELLE MARAK WYFF NEWS FOUR. THANK YOU. ISABELLE AND WYFF NEWS FOUR INVESTIGATES. CROSSING GATES ON THE SWAMP RABBIT TRAIL ARE NOT CLOSING WHILE TRAINS PASS BY, RAISING CONCERNS FROM COMMUNITY MEMBERS. NORMALLY, WHEN A TRAIN GOES BY, THE LIGHTS FLASH AND GATES SHUT. BUT LAST MONDAY AFTERNOON, PHOTOS SHOW A TRAIN GOING BY BUT THE GATE NEVER CLOSED. THIS IS VIDEO FROM AROUND 6:00 LAST NIGHT. WE SAW THE TRAIN GO BY AND THE CROSSING ARMS DIDN’T WORK AS THEY SHOULD. ONE MAN SAYS WHEN HE SAW WHAT WAS HAPPENING, HE TOOK A PHOTO BECAUSE HE WAS CONCERNED ABOUT PUBLIC SAFETY. I REACHED OUT TO THE GREENVILLE COUNTY WHO OPERATES THE TRAIL. THEY POINTED ME TO THE SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION. THE DOT POINTED ME TO GREENVILLE, THE CITY OF GREENVILLE, AND THE GREENVILLE CITY. CITY OF GREENVILLE POINTED ME TO THE RAILROAD, AND NO ONE SEEMED TO WANT TO TAKE ACCOUNTABILITY FOR IT. WYFF NEWS FOUR BROUGHT THOSE CONCERNS TO COUNTY OFFICIALS. RAILROAD COMPANIES IN THE CITY OF GREENVILLE. THE COUNTY SAYS THEY WILL CHECK ON THE FUNCTIONALITY OF THE GATE CROSSING. MADISON COUNTY SCHOOLS IS NAMING A FAMILIAR FACE TO BE ITS NEXT SUPERINTENDENT. THE BOARD OF EDUCATION ELECTED LISA GAHAGEN TO ASSUME THE POSITION IN JULY. AT THE BOARD MEETING THIS WEEK, HAGEN HAS SERVED THE SCHOOL SYSTEM IN MULTIPLE ROLES SINCE 1999. YOU CAN SEE HER PICTURE IN THE MIDDLE IN THIS PICTURE. SHE’S BEEN A CLASSROOM TEACHER, A PRINCIPAL AND CHIEF ACADEMIC OFFICER SINCE 2018. SHE SERVED AS THE ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT. SHE WILL TAKE OVER FOR DOCTOR WILL HOFFMAN, WHO IS RETIRING IN JUNE AFTER SERVING EIGHT YEARS AS SUPERINTENDENT. THE NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY IS EXPECTED TO PASS A PLAN TO PRESERVE HEALTH CARE ACCESS FOR MILLIONS OF PEOPLE LIVING THERE. THE HOUSE AND SENATE ARE DEBATING A $319 MILLION PACKAGE TO FULLY FUND THE STATE’S MEDICAID PROGRAM. LAWMAKERS GAVE INITIAL APPROVAL TO THIS LAST WEEK. DEMOCRATIC GOVERNOR JOSH STEIN HAS PUSHED HARD FOR THIS FUNDING AND IS LIKELY TO SIGN THE BILL INTO LAW. THE BILL DOES CONTAIN PROVISIONS INTENDED TO CUT COSTS AND ADD NEW OVERSIGHT TO MEDICAID. DEMOCRATS HAVE CRITICIZED AS POLITICALLY MOTIVATED. A COMMUNITY IN BUNCOMBE COUNTY IS TAKING A STAND AGAINST CRYPTO MINING AND DATA CENTERS. MONDAY NIGHT, THE WEAVERVILLE TOWN COUNCIL VOTED UNANIMOUSLY TO APPROVE A CODE CHANGE AIMED AT BLOCKING THESE TYPES OF OPERATIONS IN THE AREA. THE RESOLUTION LABELS CRYPTO MINING AND DATA CENTERS AS NOXIOUS USES, AND WHICH ARE DESCRIBED AS SOMETHING HARMFUL TO HEALTH OR FOR THE ENVIRONMENT, IF NOT PROPERLY REGULATED. NORTH CAROLINA IS ALREADY HOME TO SEVERAL MASSIVE DATA CENTERS, AND MORE ARE ATTEMPTING TO SET UP SHOP IN THE STATE. MEANWHILE, NEARLY 100 EMPLOYEES AT A SPARTANBURG COUNTY FACILITY WILL BE LAID OFF THIS SUMMER. UNIVAR SOLUTIONS USA SAYS IN A LETTER THE COMPANY WILL NO LONGER BE PROVIDING ON SITE WASTE MANAGEMENT SERVICES TO THE BMW FACILITY ON HIGHWAY 101. CAREER SAYS, QUOTE. AS A RESULT, THERE WILL BE A PERMANENT MASS LAYOFF AFFECTING ALL OF OUR SOLUTIONS. EMPLOYEES ASSIGNED TO THIS CUSTOMER LOCATION. THE LETTER SAYS THAT INCLUDES 99 EMPLOYEES BEING LAID OFF. LAYOFFS ARE SET TO HAPPEN ON JUNE 28TH. IN JUST A FEW MINUTES, SOUTH CAROLINA FORESTRY LEADERS ARE LIFTING THE BURN BAN IN 12 COUNTIES. THOSE COUNTIES ARE HIGHLIGHTED IN GREEN ON THE MAP ON YOUR SCREEN. THE BAN DOES REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR ALL OTHER SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTIES. THOSE ARE THE ONES HIGHLIGHTED IN RED. THAT BURN BAN WILL LIFT AT 7:00 THIS MORNING. VICTORIA. AND HERE COMES THE RAIN ACROSS THE AREA. RIGHT NOW WE ARE SEEING SOME STEADY RAIN MOVE OVER CLEMSON. PARTS OF ANDERSON ALSO TOWARDS GREENVILLE. AND WE’LL CONTINUE TO SEE RAIN PUSH THROUGH BECOMING MORE WIDESPREAD HERE HEADING IN TOWARDS 7 TO 8 A.M. SO KEEP THAT IN MIND AS WE GO THROUGHOUT THE MORNING COMMUTE. THIS IS WHAT WE’RE WATCHING RIGHT NOW. SO THIS WILL START TO MOVE IN FROM METRO ATLANTA, LIFTING OFF TOWARDS THE NORTHEAST. AND THIS WILL BRING US SOME STEADY RAIN THROUGHOUT THE MORNING. WE’RE NOT EXPECTING ANY SEVERE WEATHER, NOT EXPECTING ANY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS, WHICH IS GOOD NEWS. SO JUST SOME STEADY RAIN FOR THE MORNING COMMUTE. DEFINITELY MAKES IT HARDER THOUGH TO WAKE UP AND GET YOUR DAY GOING. OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS, WE’LL CONTINUE TO SEE THIS PUSH THROUGH AS WE GO TOWARDS ABOUT 10 TO 11:00. SHOULD MAINLY BEGIN TO CLEAR OUT. WE’LL BE LEFT OVER WITH 1 OR 2 LIGHT SHOWERS, BUT THEN NOTICE THE CLOUDS WILL BEGIN TO CLEAR OUT AS WELL. THIS WILL BRING TEMPERATURES BACK TOWARDS THE 80S. NOW AFTER THIS HEADING IN TOWARDS THE EARLY EVENING HOURS, THE ACTUAL COLD FRONT WILL START TO MOVE THROUGH. YOU CAN KIND OF PICK IT UP NEAR FRANKLIN UP TOWARDS ASHEVILLE. ONCE THAT LINE STARTS TO DEVELOP, A FEW DISCRETE CELLS ARE POSSIBLE, AND BECAUSE IT’S 80 DEGREES, SOME OF THEM COULD BE STRONGER. BUT THE SEVERE THREAT IS BEING LIFTED MORE TOWARDS I-77 VERSUS HERE IN THE UPSTATE, WHICH IS GOOD NEWS. SO NO SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED. WE’LL SEE A FEW MORE SHOWERS, MAINLY SOUTH BY 85 BY THURSDAY MORNING. AND THEN WE DRY OUT AT LEAST FRIDAY NIGHT. THEN ANOTHER COLD FRONT STARTS TO CREEP IN HEADING INTO SATURDAY. THIS WILL BRING ANOTHER ROUND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS, BUT THIS WILL BE A VERY CHILLY, RAINY DAY ON SATURDAY AS WE GO TOWARDS 4:00. NOTICE STEADY RAIN IS STILL LIKELY UNTIL THAT CLEARS OUT ON SUNDAY. WE’LL SEE. TEMPERATURES HUG THE 60S. WE’LL HEAD BACK TO THE 80S UNTIL NEXT WEEK, SO I’LL BREAK DOWN THE DETAILS ONE MORE TIME. MY FOUR-DAY PLUS HERE IN A COUPLE MINUTES. WE. VICTORIA WILL. THE GOOD NEWS IS THINGS ARE REALLY LOOKING SMOOTH OUT ON THE ROADS. BESIDES THAT LITTLE BIT OF WEATHER THAT WE’RE ANTICIPATING. NO CRASHES, INCIDENTS, ANYTHING BLOCKING THOSE MAJOR INTERSTATES, TAKING A LIVE LOOK RIGHT NOW AT PELHAM ROAD. THIS IS A GREAT INDICATOR OF WHAT THE REST OF 85 IS DOING. TYPICALLY, JUST BECAUSE WHEN THINGS ARE SMOOTHLY FLOWING ON PELHAM, THAT TENDS TO BE THE TREND EVERYWHERE ELSE. AS YOU CAN SEE, NO RAINFALL QUITE YET. OVER IN GREENVILLE COUNTY, HOWEVER, WE ARE SEEING A LITTLE BIT OF FOG. THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING THAT YOU SEE AS YOU HEAD OUT THE DOOR HERE, BUT WE ARE TAKING A LOOK AND TRACKING THAT THAT GREEN COMING UP FROM THE WEST HERE ALONG I-85. NOW LET’S TAKE A LOOK. BREAKING IT DOWN TIME BY TIME. GREENVILLE COUNTY TRAVELING UP I-85. WE’RE GOING TO SEE THAT AROUND 7 A.M. WHERE SPARTANBURG COUNTY ISN’T GOING TO SEE IT UNTIL 7 OR 8 A.M. NOW, ONE THING THAT WE HAVE BEEN FLAGGING. GAFFNEY AREA, VERY LOW VISIBILITY. WE’VE BEEN TRACKING THAT THROUGH OUR DOT CAMS. SO KEEP THAT IN MIND AS YOU HEAD OUT THE DOOR. JUST GIVE YOURSELF A LITTLE EXTRA TIME, TAKE IT SLOW AND BE SAFE. 85 SOUTHBOUND A LITTLE SLOWER THAN USUAL. REST OF OUR INTERSTATES ARE LOOKING GOOD. AARON. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. TODAY, CLEMSON UNIVERSITY IS HOSTING THE 11TH ANNUAL TIGERS JAMYA EVENT. THE EVENT BRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENTS TO THE FOOTBALL TRAINING FACILITY, WHERE FOOTBALL PLAYERS WILL READ TO THEM, AND THEY GO THERE TO PROMOTE LITERACY AND SUMMER READING. NEARLY 200 GUESTS ARE EXPECTED. THAT EVENT BEGINS AT 10:00 THIS MORNING. THE SATURDAY MARKET RETURNS TO GREENVILLE’S MAIN STREET THIS WEEKEND. SATURDAY FARMERS MARKET IS ONE OF THE REAL SIGNS OF SPRING IN GREENVILLE. WE HAVE SOME 70 VENDORS, WHICH IS A RECORD NUMBER THIS YEAR. IT’S EXTRAORDINARY SINCE WE STARTED WITH JUST A FEW 10 OR 15 IN THE OLD DAYS, BUT IT’S NOW IN THE 24TH YEAR AVAILABLE EACH WEEK. EACH WEEK, THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE FLOCK TO THE SATURDAY MARKET FOR LOCALLY SOURCED PRODUCTS. ORGANIZERS SAY ALL FOODS SOLD MUST BE GROWN OR PRODUCED WITHIN 100 MILES OF GREENVILLE, AND CRAFTERS ARE HIGHLY ENCOURAGED TO USE LOCALLY SOURCED SUPPLIES. IT BEGINS SATURDAY AND RUNS FROM 8 A.M. TO NOON. A ROCK LEGEND, ALICE COOPER IS PERFORMING IN THE UPSTATE TODAY. HE’LL BE HITTING THE STAGE AT TH
Update: Search has concluded. Police said this is part of an ongoing investigation and it is too early in the investigation for more details to be released. A search warrant is being executed at a home in Easley, South Carolina.Police posted a message on Facebook just before 9 a.m. to use an alternate route on Lucille Avenue. The post said, “Roadway may be blocked for a period of time.”Police have not said what led to the search.We will continue to follow this story and bring you updates.
EASLEY, S.C. —
Update:
Search has concluded. Police said this is part of an ongoing investigation and it is too early in the investigation for more details to be released.
A search warrant is being executed at a home in Easley, South Carolina.
Police posted a message on Facebook just before 9 a.m. to use an alternate route on Lucille Avenue.
The post said, “Roadway may be blocked for a period of time.”
Police have not said what led to the search.
We will continue to follow this story and bring you updates.
