Deputies seek information after strong-armed robbery at Greenville County vape shop
IT’S 6.44 AND IT’S TIME FOR NEWS TO GO. WE’VE GOT A LOOK AT TODAY’S TOP NEWS STORIES, TRAFFIC AND WEATHER ALL BEFORE YOU HEAD OUT THE DOOR. WE BEGIN WITH BREAKING NEWS IN GREENVILLE COUNTY ON THIS WEDNESDAY MORNING. A WOMAN IS DEAD A MONTH AFTER A CRASH ON AUGUSTA ROAD THAT HAPPENED ON MAY 17TH IN BELTON. THE CORONER’S OFFICE SAYS ONE VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED. 40 YEAR-OLD. BRANDI JONES WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL FOR HER INJURIES, AND YESTERDAY, OFFICIALS SAY SHE DIED FROM INJURIES RELATED TO THAT CRASH. MEANWHILE, THE ANDERSON COUNTY CORONER’S OFFICE IS INVESTIGATING A DEADLY CRASH ALSO IN BELTON. OFFICIALS SAY IT HAPPENED AROUND NOON YESTERDAY ON TRAIL ROAD AT KRAFT ROAD. WE’RE TOLD 84 YEAR-OLD WOODROW CAMPBELL JUNIOR DIED AFTER HE CRASHED HIS TRUCK INTO A TREE. HIS DEATH HAS BEEN RULED ACCIDENTAL. A MAN WAS SENTENCED FOR LEADING A METH TRAFFICKING RING WHILE IN A SOUTH CAROLINA PRISON. THAT’S ACCORDING TO THE U.S. JUSTICE DEPARTMENT. PROSECUTORS SAY. 38 YEAR-OLD JONATHAN SURRATT WAS SENTENCED TO 25 YEARS IN FEDERAL PRISON AFTER PLEADING GUILTY TO CONSPIRACY TO DISTRIBUTE METH. HE WAS ALREADY SERVING TIME FOR TRAFFICKING METH, BURGLARY AND POSSESSION OF A STOLEN VEHICLE, WE’RE TOLD. SEVEN OTHERS WERE ALSO SENTENCED IN CONNECTION WITH THE CASE. THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS IN GUNS AND DRUGS ARE NOW OFF THE STREETS IN GREENVILLE COUNTY, THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE SAYS. DEPUTIES MADE A LARGE DRUG BUST ON GEER HIGHWAY MONDAY, WHICH HAPPENED AFTER TRAFFIC STOP WHERE A MAN WAS ARRESTED FOR NARCOTICS. OFFICIALS SAY DEPUTIES LATER FOUND 4 POUNDS OF MARIJUANA, ALMOST 12G OF FENTANYL AND SEVERAL OTHER ILLEGAL SUBSTANCES IN THE SUSPECT’S HOME FOLLOWING A SEARCH WARRANT. THEY ALSO FOUND THREE GUNS AND HUNDREDS OF ROUNDS OF AMMUNITION. THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE SAYS THE SUSPECT WAS CHARGED MULTIPLE COUNTS OF TRAFFICKING AND POSSESSION WITH INTENT TO DISTRIBUTE. A GEORGIA JUDGE HAS REJECTED A MOTION FOR A CHANGE OF VENUE FOR THE FATHER OF A SUSPECTED SCHOOL SHOOTER. COLLIN GRAY FACES CHARGES TIED TO THE GUN. HIS SON, COLT GRAY, ALLEGEDLY USED IN THE SHOOTING AT APALACHEE HIGH SCHOOL. TWO TEACHERS AND TWO STUDENTS WERE KILLED. A JUDGE RULED LAST MONTH THAT THE JURY POOL FOR THE FATHER’S TRIAL WOULD COME FROM NEIGHBORING HALL COUNTY, NOT BARROW COUNTY, WHERE THE SHOOTING HAPPENED. ATTORNEYS FOR COLLIN GRAY REQUESTED FOR THE JUDGE TO CHANGE THE TRIAL VENUE TO ANOTHER COUNTY, AND YESTERDAY THE JUDGE DENIED THAT REQUEST. THE TRIAL REMAINS SCHEDULED FOR SEPTEMBER. MALDEN CITY COUNCIL HAS APPROVED ITS $43 MILLION BUDGET. WE’RE TOLD IT MAINTAINS SERVICE DELIVERY WITHOUT INCREASING PROPERTY TAXES AND MAKES STRATEGIC INVESTMENTS IN ESSENTIAL SERVICES, INCLUDING POLICE, FIRE AND SANITATION. IT ALSO PROVIDES FUNDING FOR THE REPLACEMENT OF SOME EQUIPMENT. THE BUDGET GOES INTO EFFECT ON JULY 1ST. CITY LEADERS TELL US MALDEN IS RAPIDLY GROWING, AND IT’S EXPECTED TO REACH 35,000 RESIDENTS BY 2030. MEANWHILE, GREENVILLE COUNTY COUNCIL VOTED ON ITS 2026 BUDGET LAST NIGHT. IT WAS A MONTHS LONG DEBATE THAT ENDED IN A UNANIMOUS APPROVAL. OUR TANIQUA PENNIX IS JOINING US LIVE FROM COUNTY SQUARE WITH THE DETAILS THIS MORNING. TANIQUA. GOOD MORNING, DESTINEE AND AARON. THE NEW BUDGET WILL TAKE EFFECT JULY 1ST, AND LAST NIGHT’S MEETING LASTED FOUR HOURS. ONE COUNCILWOMAN PROPOSED RECONSIDERING THE AMENDMENT ABOUT AFFORDABLE HOUSING, BRINGING THE FUNDS ALLOTMENT FROM $1 MILLION TO 2 MILLION. THE COUNCIL VOTED TO PASS A $500,000 EFFICIENCY AUDIT OF COUNTY DEPARTMENTS. COUNCILMAN STEVE SHAW PROPOSED SLICING MILLIONS IN FUNDING FOR PUBLIC TRANSIT THAT DID NOT PASS EITHER, BUT COUNCIL MEMBERS DID APPROVE A 6% PAY RAISE FOR PUBLIC SAFETY EMPLOYEES AND A 3% BUMP FOR ALL COUNTY EMPLOYEES REPORTING LIVE IN GREENVILLE, TANIQUA PENNIX WYFF NEWS FOUR TANIQUA. THANK YOU. TODAY MARKS TWO YEARS SINCE THE TRAGIC IMPLOSION OF THE TITAN SUBMERSIBLE THAT WAS TRANSPORTING FIVE PEOPLE TO VIEW THE TITANIC SHIPWRECK WHEN IT HAPPENED. STOCKTON RUSH, THE CEO OF OCEANGATE, WHICH OPERATED THE TITAN, WAS ON BOARD THE U.S. COAST GUARD, HELD HEARINGS IN NORTH CHARLESTON LAST SEPTEMBER TO DETERMINE WHY THE VESSEL FAILED, AND THE EXACT CAUSE OF THE IMPLOSION IS STILL UNDETERMINED, BUT BELIEVED TO BE RELATED TO CARBON FIBER BREAKAGE. MANUFACTURING DEFECTS, OR ISSUES WITH THE ACRYLIC WINDOW. UPGRADES ARE UNDERWAY AS DUKE ENERGY PREPARES FOR ANOTHER BUSY HURRICANE SEASON. ISABELLE MARAK JOINS US LIVE THIS MORNING FROM A DUKE ENERGY SUBSTATION WITH WHAT THE COMPANY SAID, ISABELLE. HEY, ERIN AND DESTINY. GOOD MORNING. DUKE ENERGY SAID THAT IT HAS NEVER ENCOUNTERED A TYPE OF STORM LIKE HURRICANE HELENE BEFORE, BUT IT’S ALWAYS LOOKING FOR WAYS TO IMPROVE ITS POWER GRID. NOW HURRICANE HELENE HIT THE CAROLINAS, NEARLY 2 MILLION CUSTOMERS LOST POWER, TOTALING CLOSE TO $600 MILLION IN DAMAGES FOR DUKE ENERGY HERE IN SOUTH CAROLINA ALONE. NOW, AFTER THE RAIN AND THE WIND SETTLED, THE COMPANY BROUGHT IN TEMPORARY SOLUTIONS SUCH AS MOBILE SUBSTATIONS. DUKE SAYS THOSE ARE NOW GONE IN SOUTH CAROLINA AS A RESULT OF UPGRADED INFRASTRUCTURE, WHICH INCLUDES NEW HELICOPTERS AND IMPROVEMENTS TO SELF-HEALING TECHNOLOGY. THE COMPANY SAYS IT’S DOING ALL OF THIS AS AN ONGOING EFFORT TO IMPROVE OPERATIONS, REGARDLESS OF THE TROPICAL STORM, BUT IT LEARNED HOW TO BETTER PREPARE FOR STORMS IN THE FUTURE. AND TALKING ABOUT STORMS. I KNOW WE HEARD SOME LAST NIGHT, BUT IT SEEMS LIKE WE’RE GOING TO SEE MORE HEAT AS WE HEAD INTO THE REST OF THIS WEEK. YEAH. YOU’RE RIGHT. YOU KNOW, SOME OF THOSE THUNDERSTORMS WOKE ME UP LAST NIGHT, AND I KNOW IT DID A LOT OF FOLKS OUT THERE. NOW WE’RE PREPARING FOR THAT EXTREME HEAT COMING OUR WAY. REALLY? NEXT WEEK AS WE TAKE A LIVE LOOK IN DOWNTOWN LAWRENCE. LOOK AT THIS. WE’VE GOT SOME FLAGS NOW BEING ADDED AROUND THAT DOWNTOWN COURT WITH SOME LIGHTS. SO KIND OF JUST CONTINUING TO ADD TO THIS AREA. JUST ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL. HEY, TEMPERATURES ARE IN THE 60S AND IN THE 70S RIGHT NOW. AS WE TAKE A LOOK ACROSS THE AREA, IT’S GOING TO BE A WARM DAY AGAIN. VERY HOT, VERY HUMID. A HANDFUL OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. NOT AS MANY AS LAST NIGHT, BUT THEY WILL BE AROUND NOT SO MUCH DURING THE DAY. I THINK TONIGHT WILL BE SLIGHTLY BETTER, SO THAT’S GOING TO GIVE US CHANCES TO REALLY WARM UP WITH HIGHS NEAR 90. AND THAT FEELS LIKE BACK IN THE MID 90S TODAY, TOMORROW A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT. WE HAVE A COOL FRONT COMING THROUGH THAT’S GOING TO GENERATE A FEW MORE OF THOSE SCATTERED SHOWERS AND STRONG THUNDERSTORMS. BUT IT’S ALSO GOING TO BRING US ONE DAY THIS WEEKEND WITH A LOT LESS HUMIDITY. WE’LL TAKE A LOOK AT THAT IN YOUR SEVEN DAY COMING UP HERE IN JUST A LITTLE WHILE. FIRST THOUGH, LET’S GET YOU OUTSIDE. GET A CHECK ON THE ROADS. HOW’S IT LOOKING, VICTORIA? HEY, THE GOOD NEWS IS TRAFFIC IS MOVING THIS MORNING, BUT IT IS STARTING TO PICK UP. AND THE BETTER NEWS LOOKS LIKE THE PAVEMENT IS NOW DRY FROM YESTERDAY’S STORM. SO HERE’S A LOOK AT I-85. THIS IS HEADING NORTHBOUND NEAR PELHAM ROAD. ALWAYS BUSY, BUT TRAFFIC IS DEFINITELY SLOWING DOWN FOR THE MOMENT. IT IS CRAWLING UP 85 AND IT’S IN BOTH DIRECTIONS RIGHT NOW LOOKING AT OUR MAPS. IF YOU’RE HEADING ON 85, COMING OFF OF 385 HEADING NORTHBOUND, CRAWLING UP TOWARDS HIGHWAY 14. NOW, IF YOU’RE TRYING TO CROSS HIGHWAY 14 ON 85, IT LOOKS LIKE TRAFFIC IS ALMOST AT A COMPLETE STANDSTILL. SIMILAR TOWARDS HIGHWAY 101 THIS MORNING. IF YOU’RE GETTING OFF THE EXIT FOR 101, IT IS BACKED UP ON THE INTERSTATE PAST THE NEXT EXIT. SO THAT’S MAKING OUR TRAVEL TIMES THIS MORNING GO UP 26 EASTBOUND TOWARDS ASHEVILLE HIGHWAY 11 MINUTES. AND IF YOU’RE TAKING THE AIRPORT TOWARDS WOODRUFF ROAD IN THE YELLOW DESTINY. ALL RIGHT, VICTORIA, THANK YOU. NOW TO AN UPDATE ABOUT A BRIDGE REPLACEMENT PROJECT IN AIKEN COUNTY. GOVERNOR HENRY MCMASTER SIGNED AN EXECUTIVE ORDER TO SPEED UP THE REPLACEMENT OF THE INTERSTATE 20 OVERPASS BRIDGE. IT COMES JUST DAYS AFTER THE BRIDGE WAS DESTROYED IN A TANKER TRUCK CRASH AND FIRE. THE ORDER ALSO DIRECTS THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TO APPLY FOR FEDERAL EMERGENCY RELIEF FUNDING TO SUPPORT THE PROJECT. SEVERAL BIG NAMES IN COUNTRY MUSIC ARE COMING TO THE WALHALLA PERFORMING ARTS CENTER LATER THIS YEAR AND NEXT, INCLUDING JOSH TURNER. CALL YOUR FRIENDS AND SAY, WOULD YOU GO WITH ME? SARA EVANS I GET A LITTLE BIT STRONGER EVERY DAY LISTENING TO HER. DEANA CARTER DON’T KNOW IF THERE’S ANY STRAWBERRY WINE THERE. AND HOW ABOUT LONE STAR? WHAT ABOUT NOW? THERE’S ALSO TRIBUTE PERFORMANCES FOR THE EAGLES, THE BEE GEES AND FLEETWOOD MAC. YOU CAN GET TICKETS NOW AT WALHALLA. DOT COM. PRICES DO VARY FOR THE DIFFERENT CONCERTS, BUT MOST START AT 7:30 P.M. ONE OF THE MOST ICONIC BRANDS IN THE CAROLINAS COULD SOON HAVE A NEW OWNER. ACCORDING TO THE WALL STREET JOURNAL, BOJANGLES IS CONSIDERING A POSSIBLE SALE. WE’RE TOLD THE NORTH CAROLINA BASED FRIED CHICKEN CHAIN COULD FETCH MORE THAN $1.5 BILLION. THAT’S MORE THAN THREE TIMES WHAT IT SOLD FOR IN 2019. BUYOUT. HOWEVER, WE’RE TOLD IT’S ALSO POSSIBLE THAT THE COMPANY COULD NOT SELL IT ALL. BOJANGLES WAS FOUNDED IN CHARLOTTE IN 1977. THE PLANS TO EXPAND TO THE LOS ANGELES AREA, OPENING MOR
Deputies seek information after strong-armed robbery at Greenville County vape shop
Investigators are seeking information after an armed robbery happened at a vape shop in Taylors, South Carolina.The Greenville County Sheriff’s Office said the robbery occurred at Unlimited Tobacco in the 3000 block of Wade Hampton Boulevard on June 7.Deputies said surveillance video captured the suspect threatening an employee and stealing an undisclosed amount of merchandise before leaving the store on foot.Authorities request anyone with information to call GCSO at (864) 271-5210 or Crime Stoppers of Greenville at 23-CRIME.
Investigators are seeking information after an armed robbery happened at a vape shop in Taylors, South Carolina.
The Greenville County Sheriff’s Office said the robbery occurred at Unlimited Tobacco in the 3000 block of Wade Hampton Boulevard on June 7.
Deputies said surveillance video captured the suspect threatening an employee and stealing an undisclosed amount of merchandise before leaving the store on foot.
Authorities request anyone with information to call GCSO at (864) 271-5210 or Crime Stoppers of Greenville at 23-CRIME.
