Large police presence at Upstate Belk

Large police presence reported at Belk in Easley

WYFF NEWS FOUR AT SIX STARTS RIGHT NOW. RIGHT NOW, SEXUAL ASSAULT INVESTIGATION UNDERWAY AT AN UPSTATE UNIVERSITY. WHAT WE’RE LEARNING FROM POLICE TONIGHT. THE MEASLES VIRUS IS ONE OF THE MOST HIGHLY CONTAGIOUS VIRUSES KNOWN. HEALTH EXPERTS ARE REPORTING AN OUTBREAK IN CASES ACROSS THE UPSTATE. WHAT SYMPTOMS TO WATCH OUT FOR AND WHAT YOU CAN DO TO PREVENT THE SPREAD. CORE TEMPERATURES TOMORROW MORNING. BUT HOW LONG DOES THIS LAST? I’LL MAP IT UP FOR YOUR TOWN TONIGHT. CARSON STADIUM IS THE PLACE TO BE ON THIS BEAUTIFUL FRIDAY NIGHT. AS THE CHRIST CHURCH CAVALIERS HUNT FOR THEIR EIGHTH STRAIGHT WIN OVER THEIR RIVAL, THE SAINT JOSEPH’S CATHOLIC KNIGHTS. I HAVE A LIVE REPORT COMING UP IN JUST A FEW MINUTES. WE CONTINUE TO FOLLOW BREAKING NEWS AT 6:00. HAMAS SAYS IT HAS ACCEPTED SOME ELEMENTS OF PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP’S PLAN TO END THE WAR IN GAZA. THAT INCLUDES GIVING UP POWER AND RELEASING ALL REMAINING HOSTAGES. THE STATEMENT CAME HOURS AFTER PRESIDENT TRUMP SAID THAT HAMAS MUST AGREE TO THE DEAL BY SUNDAY EVENING. NBC NIGHTLY NEWS WITH TOM LLAMAS WILL HAVE MORE NEXT. AT 630. RIGHT NOW, SPARTANBURG POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING A REPORT OF A SEXUAL ASSAULT ON A UNIVERSITY CAMPUS. POLICE SAY IT HAPPENED IN A PARKING LOT AT CONVERSE UNIVERSITY. POLICE SAY THIS WAS NOT A STRANGER ON STRANGER ATTACK. OFFICERS WERE CALLED TO SPARTANBURG MEDICAL CENTER IN REFERENCE TO A SEXUAL ASSAULT CALL THAT OCCURRED AT EAST MAIN STREET. THEY SAY THE VICTIM TOLD THEM THAT SHE MET THE SUSPECT THROUGH A DATING APP, AND THAT THEY HAD BEEN COMMUNICATING FOR A PERIOD OF TIME PRIOR TO THE MEETING IN PERSON. WE ARE TOLD THE ASSAULT HAPPENED INSIDE A VEHICLE WHILE PARKED IN THE SCHOOL’S PARKING LOT. TODAY WE SPOKE WITH THE SPARTANBURG NONPROFIT PROJECT REST ABOUT THE INCIDENTS LIKE THIS ONE. SPARTANBURG COUNTY IS A COLLEGE TOWN, AND WHEN SCHOOL STARTS ALL THE WAY THROUGH THANKSGIVING, THAT IS WHAT WE CALL THE RED ZONE. OVER 50% OF SEXUAL ASSAULTS ON COLLEGE CAMPUSES HAPPENS DURING THAT TIME FRAME. ANYONE WITH INFORMATION REGARDING THIS INCIDENT IS ASKED TO CALL POLICE. AND STAYING IN SPARTANBURG, POLICE SAY A 66 YEAR OLD WOMAN IS FACING CRUELTY TO CHILDREN CHARGES. THEY SAY CEDRIC HENDERSON TURNED HERSELF INTO AUTHORITIES TODAY. POLICE SAY ON AUGUST 15TH, THEY RESPONDED TO REPORTS OF A CHILD ABUSE INCIDENT AT A DAYCARE AT MARANATHA FREE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST. WE’RE TOLD AN INVESTIGATION REVEALED HENDERSON INFLICTED ILL TREATMENT AND UNNECESSARY PAIN AND SUFFERING TO A CHILD. POLICE SAY SHE WAS AN EMPLOYEE WITH THE CHURCH’S CHILD CARE PROGRAM. SHE REMAINS IN CUSTODY THIS EVENING. TWO GREENVILLE NOW, WHERE DEPUTIES SAY A FIGHT TURNED INTO A DEADLY SHOOTING. THEY SAY ONE PERSON IS FACING MURDER CHARGES. OFFICIALS WERE CALLED TO BEATTY STREET LAST NIGHT FOR A REPORTED CARDIAC ARREST. WHEN THEY ARRIVED, THEY FOUND SHAWNA WHEELER WITH A GUNSHOT WOUND. SHE LATER DIED AT THE SCENE. 33 YEAR OLD DEANDRE JAMES HAS BEEN ARRESTED AND CHARGED WITH MURDER IN CONNECTION WITH THIS CASE. WE’RE TOLD AN INVESTIGATION REVEALED JAMES AND HER PARTNER WHEELER GOT INTO AN ARGUMENT BEFORE THE SHOOTING. JAMES REMAINS IN JAIL ON NO BOND RIGHT NOW. THE ACLU OF SOUTH CAROLINA IS SUING CLEMSON UNIVERSITY ON BEHALF OF A FACULTY MEMBER WHO WAS FIRED AFTER A SOCIAL MEDIA POST ABOUT CHARLIE KIRK. CLEMSON IS BEING ACCUSED OF VIOLATING THE FIRST AMENDMENT. THE LAWSUIT SEEKS DOCTOR JOSHUA BRADY’S REINSTATEMENT, A CORRECTION OF HIS PERSONNEL RECORDS AND MONETARY DAMAGES, ACCORDING TO THE ACLU, HE WORKED AS AN ASSISTANT PROFESSOR IN CLEMSON’S DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING AND EARTH SCIENCES FOR MORE THAN TWO YEARS. CLEMSON UNIVERSITY SAYS IT CANNOT COMMENT ON PERSONNEL MATTERS AND PENDING LITIGATION. LET’S TURN TO OUR WEATHER NOW AS WE TAKE A LIVE LOOK FROM OUR PARIS MOUNTAIN SKYCAM. LOOK AT THAT. ON THIS BEAUTIFUL FRIDAY AFTERNOON EVENING. IT IS A GREAT DAY. METEOROLOGIST GRACE LOWE JOINS US WITH THE AREA’S CERTIFIED MOST ACCURATE FORECAST. GRACE, EVERYONE IS WONDERING, HOW’S THE WEEKEND LOOKING? WELL, IF YOU LIKE TODAY YOU’RE GOING TO LIKE SATURDAY AND SUNDAY, RIGHT? WE’RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO STAY DRY AND YES, HAVE THAT COOLER START WITH A WARMER AFTERNOON. IT’S GORGEOUS OUTSIDE CHECKING IN WITH LIVE SUPER DOPPLER FOUR RADAR. WE’RE LOOKING GOOD STAYING DRY FOR A FRIDAY NIGHT. IF YOU GOT ANY PLANS. WE’RE IN THE LOW 70S INTO GREENVILLE AND PICKENS 70 THERE INTO SPARTANBURG, 70 IN ASHEVILLE. ANDERSON, YOU GUYS, 73 ALL THE WAY INTO ABBEVILLE AND GREENWOOD. SAME IDEA THERE. SO AS WE’RE GEARING UP FOR THE REST OF YOUR EVENING, HERE’S A LOOK AT THE NEXT 12 HOURS FOR YOU AS WE’RE GOING TO BE IN THE LOW 70S AS YOU MOVE THROUGH THE REST OF YOUR EVENING AS WELL. MOST OF US IN THE MID TO UPPER 50S WAKING UP TOMORROW MORNING. RIGHT. GOING TO BE A LITTLE BIT ON THE COOLER SIDE OF THINGS. CERTAINLY IN OUR MOUNTAIN TOWNS, RIGHT? MOST OF US ARE GOING TO BE IN THE MID TO UPPER 40S TO START OFF TOMORROW MORNING, AND WE’LL DO IT ALL OVER AGAIN WITH SOME SUNSHINE ON THE WAY FOR SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. HOWEVER, WE’RE GOING TO INTRODUCE THAT RISK OF RAIN FOR US INTO NEXT WEEK AND I’LL SHOW YOU WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE COMING UP, THE UPSTATE IS SEEING AN OUTBREAK OF MEASLES CASES, AN UPTICK, AN ALARMING UPTICK IN THE CASES THAT IS A HIGHLY CONTAGIOUS DISEASE, MEASLES. AND THOSE WHO ARE IMMUNOCOMPROMISED, PREGNANT OR AROUND YOUNG CHILDREN ARE URGED TO TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS. OUR CAITLIN ASHBAUGH EXPLAINS. THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH HAS TRACKED EIGHT CASES REPORTED SINCE THE BEGINNING OF JULY, AND THEY SAY THAT THEY CANNOT TELL US AT THIS TIME WHERE THOSE ARE BEING SOURCED FROM. BUT THEY DO TELL US THAT EVERY ONE OF THOSE CASES THAT THEY’RE TRACKING INCLUDES A PERSON WHO WAS UNVACCINATED. TWO HAVE AN UNIDENTIFIED COMMUNITY SOURCE, FIVE ARE BEING INVESTIGATED AT A LOCAL SCHOOL UNDISCLOSED AS TO WHERE. BUT WE ARE TOLD THAT SCHOOL IS STILL OPEN. THOSE WERE IN THE SPAN OF A WEEK. THE DEPARTMENT TELLS US CHILDREN ARE REQUIRED TO QUARANTINE IF THEY ARE BELIEVED TO HAVE MEASLES OR WERE EXPOSED. DOCTOR LINDA BELL TELLS US GETTING A VACCINE NOW CAN STILL PROTECT YOU, EVEN IF YOU HAVE BEEN EXPOSED. PEOPLE CAN BE VACCINATED BETWEEN 72 HOURS AFTER CLOSE CONTACT AND TWO DOSES OF THE MEASLES VACCINE CAN PROVIDE LIFELONG PROTECTION RATE OF 97%. 95% OF THOSE EXPOSED WITHOUT IMMUNITY WILL DEVELOP AN INFECTION, WE’RE TOLD. VACCINATION RATES IN SOUTH CAROLINA HAVE GONE DOWN TO AROUND 90% OVER THE COURSE OF SEVERAL YEARS, INCLUDING AN INCREASED EXEMPTION RATE FOR CHILDREN IN SCHOOLS. THERE MAY BE CASES POPPING UP, AND IF WE GET MORE AND MORE CASES, IT CAN BE DIFFICULT TO IDENTIFY THOSE CASES QUICKLY ENOUGH TO REACH PEOPLE TO GET THEM VACCINATED IN TIME. IT’S IMPORTANT TO WATCH OUT FOR COMMON COLD SYMPTOMS A HIGH FEVER, COUGH, RUNNY NOSE AND RED EYES. WITHIN FOUR DAYS, YOU’LL START TO SEE A RED RASH SPREADING FROM THE FACE TO THE REST OF THE BODY. LOCAL DOCTORS OFFICES ALSO ASK YOU TO BE EXTRA AWARE, AND IF YOU THINK YOU MIGHT HAVE THE MEASLES, TO LET THEM KNOW IN ADVANCE SO THAT THEY’RE ABLE TO CARE FOR YOU WHILE YOU’RE IN QUARANTINE. REPORTING IN GREENVILLE, CAITLIN ASHBAUGH, WYFF NEWS FOUR. THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT REMAINS SHUT DOWN AS A DEADLOCKED CONGRESS STILL HAS NOT REACHED A FUNDING DEAL WITH THE SENATE NOT EXPECTED TO BE IN SESSION THIS WEEK, THE SHUTDOWN WILL EXTEND INTO NEXT WEEK. THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION HAS SIGNALED THOUSANDS OF GOVERNMENT LAYOFFS COULD BEGIN AS SOON AS TODAY. THREE INDIVIDUALS HAVE HAVE CROSSED LINES AND VOTED WITH REPUBLICANS, AND SO WHETHER SCHUMER CAN PREVENT THE REST OF HIS CAUCUS FROM FRACTURING, THAT’S THE REAL QUESTION. ON THE DEMOCRATIC SIDE, HE SAYS ON THE REPUBLICAN SIDE, IF THE MEASURE GOES BACK TO THE HOUSE, THERE’S NO GUARANTEE THAT SPEAKER MIKE JOHNSON WOULD BE ABLE TO GET THE COALITION HE NEEDS WITHOUT SOME DEMOCRATIC VOTES. MEANWHILE, THE TSA AND FAA SAY AN EXTENDED SHUTDOWN COULD LEAD TO LOWER WAIT TIMES AT AIRPORTS FOR BOTH AGENCIES, EMPLOYEES ARE CONSIDERED ESSENTIAL DURING THE SHUTDOWN. THAT MEANS THEY HAVE TO WORK EVEN THOUGH THEIR PAYCHECKS MAY BE DELAYED. IN PREVIOUS SHUTDOWNS, THAT HAS CREATED SOME DELAYS AT MAJOR AIRPORTS. WE REACHED OUT TO BOTH GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG INTERNATIONAL AND ASHEVILLE REGIONAL. THEY BOTH S

Authorities responded to the Belk in Easley, South Carolina, on Friday evening.According to Easley police, officers responded to the Belk on Calhoun Memorial Highway after receiving a 911 call from employees inside the store.Police said that officers are still early on in the investigation.When asked if there is any danger to the public, Lt. Alex Greer said, “No, everything is contained.”Stay tuned with WYFF News 4 as we learn more.

EASLEY, S.C. —

Authorities responded to the Belk in Easley, South Carolina, on Friday evening.

According to Easley police, officers responded to the Belk on Calhoun Memorial Highway after receiving a 911 call from employees inside the store.

Police said that officers are still early on in the investigation.

When asked if there is any danger to the public, Lt. Alex Greer said, “No, everything is contained.”

Stay tuned with WYFF News 4 as we learn more.