2 South Carolina deputies attacked by dogs in separate incidents Friday
NEWS FOUR AT SIX STARTS RIGHT NOW. BREAKING NEWS. AN UPSTATE PROPERTY BEING SEARCHED IN CONNECTION WITH THE 1999 COLD CASE. WHAT WE KNOW FROM OFFICIALS TONIGHT. THIS IS A SERIOUS CHARGE. THERE SHOULD BE SERIOUS CONSEQUENCES. A TEEN ACCUSED OF THREATENING TO KILL A SOUTH CAROLINA CONGRESSWOMAN IN COURT TODAY. HOW? REPRESENTATIVE NANCY MACE IS RESPONDING TO THE JUDGE’S DECISION. OVERNIGHT STORMS ARE POSSIBLE. I’LL HAVE BRAND NEW TIMING FOR YOUR TOWN. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US FOR WYFF NEWS FOUR AT SIX. WE CONTINUE OUR COVERAGE TONIGHT FROM DOWNTOWN GREENVILLE, WHERE PEOPLE FROM ACROSS THE AREA ARE ENJOYING THE ANNUAL GREENVILLE GREEK FESTIVAL. YES, IT IS HAPPENING ALL WEEKEND LONG. SO IF YOU CAN’T GET OUT THERE TODAY OR TOMORROW, YOU CAN GET OUT THERE SUNDAY. YOU GOT SOME TIME. TONIGHT WE HAVE LIVE TEAM COVERAGE. SKY4 IS GIVING US AN EXCLUSIVE LIVE LOOK OVER THE FESTIVITIES. METEOROLOGIST VICTORIA KOKKINOS THERE WITH A SMILE ON HER FACE. SHE’S BEEN HAVING A GREAT TIME ALONG WITH NIGEL ROBERTSON AND CAROL CLARKE AS WELL. AT THE GREEK FEST. FIRST, LET’S GO AHEAD AND CHECK IN WITH NIGEL AND CAROL. YOU’VE ALL BEEN THERE FOR A WHILE. WHAT’S GOING ON? HOW ARE THINGS HAPPENING RIGHT NOW? WE HAVE BEEN HERE FOR A WHILE AND IT IS SUCH A PERFECT NIGHT OUT HERE. THE SUN HAS GONE DOWN A LITTLE BIT BEHIND. BEHIND THE CLOUD, I SHOULD SAY, WHICH IS JUST MAKING IT PERFECT OUT HERE. YEAH. IF YOU GET A LITTLE BREEZE, IT’S JUST FINE. YOU KNOW, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE GREEK FESTIVAL THIS YEAR, THEY’VE EVEN PUT OUT A CHECKLIST SO THAT YOU MAKE SURE YOU DON’T MISS ANYTHING HERE. AND ON THIS CHECKLIST THAT WE HAVEN’T REALLY TALKED ABOUT YET IS THE FAITH, THE BEAUTIFUL ORTHODOX FAITH. AND THE FACT THAT YOU CAN TOUR THE CATHEDRAL HERE. WE’RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THAT IN JUST A FEW MINUTES. YEAH. STAY WITH US. ALL RIGHT. WE WILL SEE YOU SOON. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. LET’S GO AHEAD AND TURN NOW TO OUR WEATHER CHIEF. METEOROLOGIST CHRIS JUSTUS IS ABOUT TO TAKE OVER THIS PART SOON BECAUSE I DON’T THINK YOU WANT ME DOING THE RADAR. THAT’S RIGHT. CHIEF METEOROLOGIST CHRIS JUSTUS, YOU’RE HERE. YOU ARE TRACKING RAIN. YEAH, RAIN NORTH OF US. IT’S GOING TO TRY TO MAKE A RUN FOR OUR AREA EARLY TOMORROW MORNING, BUT IT COULD BE A FEW STORMS. LET ME SHOW YOU WHAT’S HAPPENING RIGHT NOW. WE ARE DRY LOCALLY, BUT LIVE SUPER DOPPLER FOUR. ALWAYS WATCHING OUR AREA. BUT JUST NORTH OF US IT’S A DIFFERENT STORY. VERY ACTIVE WEATHER BACK TOWARD THE WEST. IN FACT, A TORNADO OUTBREAK. WE’VE SEEN ALMOST A HALF DOZEN CONFIRMED TORNADOES ON THE GROUND, INCLUDING ONE THAT WENT RIGHT THROUGH DOWNTOWN SAINT LOUIS. THIS SAME STORM SYSTEM IS GOING TO TRY TO ROLL OUR WAY EARLY TOMORROW MORNING. NOTICE HOW THE RISK IS MUCH HIGHER TO OUR WEST, AND IT GETS A LITTLE BIT LOWER, A LITTLE BIT LOWER AS IT APPROACHES THE MOUNTAINS TO WHERE BY THE TIME IT ARRIVES IN THE UPSTATE, MOST OF IT SHOULD FALL APART. THAT SAID, AS IT’S LEAVING TOMORROW, WE COULD HAVE A STRONG STORM OR TWO. MOST OF THE ACTIVITY ON SUNDAY IS BACK TO THE WEST, BUT IT TOO TRIES TO MAKE A RUN FOR THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE AREA. SO NEEDLESS TO SAY, IT’S A VERY ACTIVE PATTERN. BOY, IT’S HOT AND HUMID. WE ARE CURRENTLY AT 81 DEGREES IN GREENVILLE NOW UP TO 84. ACTUALLY JUST JUMPED UP WITH THE SUN SHINING THROUGH. IT FEELS LIKE 92 COMING UP. I’LL SHOW YOU IN DETAIL WHAT THE WEEKEND IS LOOKING LIKE. CHRIS. THANK YOU. WE CONTINUE TO FOLLOW BREAKING NEWS OUT OF GREENVILLE COUNTY, WHERE AUTHORITIES HAVE BEEN SEARCHING A PROPERTY IN TRAVELERS REST THROUGHOUT TODAY. THIS IS IN CONNECTION WITH A COLD CASE. BROOKE HANSON WAS 20 YEARS OLD WHEN SHE WAS LAST SEEN ON JULY 4TH, 1999. NATE STANLEY HAS BEEN FOLLOWING US FOLLOWING THIS THIS WHOLE AFTERNOON. AND NATE, WHAT CAN YOU TELL US? WELL, GOOD AFTERNOON. THE TRAVELERS REST POLICE CHIEF DID TELL US THAT THEY FOUND SOMETHING DURING THEIR SEARCH THIS AFTERNOON. AND WE HAVE LEARNED WITHIN THE LAST HOUR THAT WHAT THEY HAVE DUG UP IS A PET GRAVE. I WANT YOU TO TAKE A LOOK AT SOME VIDEO FROM THE SCENE EARLIER TODAY. YOU CAN SEE A GROUP OF PEOPLE STANDING AROUND ONE OF THOSE DIG SITES WITH ONE OF THE LARGE DIGGING EQUIPMENT VEHICLES STANDING BEHIND THEM. WE’RE TOLD THAT THE DIGGING HAS STOPPED ON THE PROPERTY, AND THE SEARCH DOGS HAVE ALSO LEFT A CAR THAT WAS TAKEN FROM THE SCENE OF TODAY’S SEARCH WAS ALSO DROPPED OFF HERE RECENTLY AT THE TRAVELERS REST POLICE DEPARTMENT. THE POLICE DEPARTMENT SAYS IT’S ON THAT PROPERTY. FOLLOWING A TIP ABOUT THE BROOKE HANSON MISSING PERSONS CASE. SHE WAS 20 YEARS OLD WHEN SHE WENT MISSING IN TRAVELERS REST IN 1999. WE DO HAVE NEWS FOR CREWS OUT THERE ALL AFTERNOON. WE’VE SEEN LARGE EQUIPMENT SEARCH DOGS BROUGHT IN. WE’RE TOLD SOMEBODY AT THAT PROPERTY WAS ALSO ARRESTED BUT CHARGED WITH CHARGES UNRELATED TO THE BROOKE HANSON. CHIEF BROOKE HANSON CASE. THE TRAVELERS REST POLICE DEPARTMENT CHIEF TELLS US THAT NO SOLID PROOF THAT THERE IS ANYTHING THERE, BUT HE DOES SAY THAT THEY DO NEED TO DO THEIR SEARCH AND FIND THOSE ANSWERS, HE EXPLAINS. THIS IS A CASE THAT MANY, INCLUDING HIMSELF, ARE EAGER TO FIND THOSE ANSWERS FOR. WHAT DRIVES ME IS I’M THE POLICE CHIEF IN TRAVELERS REST, MY HOMETOWN. THIS IS OUR ONLY COLD CASE. I CAN’T NOT GIVE IT 100% EFFORT. AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO LOOK FOR ANSWERS AND FIND ANY MORE INFORMATION. WE’LL BRING THAT TO YOU ON AIR AND ONLINE AT WYFF4.COM. REPORTING FROM TRAVELERS REST NATE STANLEY, WYFF NEWS FOUR. NATE, THANK YOU. BOND HAS BEEN DENIED FOR A TEEN ACCUSED OF THREATENING TO ASSASSINATE SOUTH CAROLINA CONGRESSWOMAN NANCY MACE. OUR JANE ROBELOT JOINS US NOW WITH MORE. JANE. WELL, SIDNEY AND RASHAD, SAMUEL CAIN, WHO ALSO GOES BY ROXY WOLF, IS CHARGED WITH THREATENING THE LIFE OF A PUBLIC OFFICIAL. NOW, ACCORDING TO SLED WARRANTS, CAIN POSTED THE THREAT AGAINST REPRESENTATIVE MACE ON X LAST MONTH. THE CONGRESSWOMAN ATTENDED TODAY’S HEARING. SHE SAID SHE MET CAIN’S FAMILY AND SAYS THEY WERE DEEPLY APOLOGETIC. SHE ALSO SPOKE AFTER THE HEARING. I WILL APPEAR BEFORE THE COURT WHENEVER I CAN BECAUSE IT’S IMPORTANT THAT WE STAND UP FOR OURSELVES TO PROTECT OURSELVES BY DOING SO. I HOPE THAT I GIVE WOMEN COURAGE. I HOPE THAT I GIVE WOMEN ACROSS SOUTH CAROLINA THE BRAVERY TO STAND UP AND SAY, NO MORE. AND YOU CAN FIND REPRESENTATIVE MASON’S FULL COMMENT FROM THIS MORNING ON WYFF4.COM AND ON OUR FOR MOBILE APP. SYDNEY JANE. THANK YOU. CONTINUING OUR TEAM COVERAGE FROM DOWNTOWN GREENVILLE NOW WHERE THE GREEK FESTIVAL IS IN FULL SWING. THIS IS HAPPENING ALL WEEKEND LONG AT SAINT GEORGE GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH. OUR NIGEL ROBERTSON AND CAROL CLARKE JOINING US NOW LIVE TONIGHT WITH WHAT WE CAN EXPECT. IT LOOKS LIKE A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE STARTING TO PILE UP BEHIND YOU NOW. WOW. I WAS JUST THINKING THAT, YOU KNOW, EVERY TIME WE TURN AROUND, IT SEEMS THERE ARE MORE PEOPLE HERE. THERE’S DANCING GOING ON IN THE TENT YOU CAN SEE BEHIND US. I’M NOT SURE IF YOU CAN SEE THEM MOVING, BUT THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE HERE RIGHT NOW. A LOT OF PEOPLE. THERE’S SO MUCH FOOD. PEOPLE WALKING AROUND AND EATING AND ENJOYING THE MUSIC IS PLAYING. IT IS REALLY A PERFECT FRIDAY EVENING OUT HERE, AND YOU WANT TO SEE AN EVEN BETTER VIEW RIGHT THERE FROM SKY FOUR, GIVING US A LOOK AT THE CROWD, THE TENTS AND ALL THE FUN THAT IS BEING HAD IN DOWNTOWN GREENVILLE. IT’S THAT BIG FAN IN THE SKY, ISN’T IT? YES IT IS. HELP KEEPING US COOL. JOINING US NOW IS FATHER TOM, WHO IS THE PASTOR HERE AT SAINT GEORGE GREEK ORTHODOX CATHEDRAL, AND FATHER TOM, WE’VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THE FOOD AND THE DANCING AND THE FELLOWSHIP. THE HEART OF THIS CAMPUS IS THE CATHEDRAL. WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND IT IS. THIS IS OUR SPIRITUAL HOME. AND THIS IS THE HOME THAT AROUND WHICH ALL OF OUR LIVES ARE. BUT ALSO WE HAVE TO REMEMBER TO GOD PUT US ON EARTH AND GAVE US THE EARTH TO ENJOY. SO THIS IS WHERE ALL OF THE FOOD AND DRINK ALSO COMES IN TO HELP US. AS CHRIST SAID, YOU KNOW, TO HAVE WINE THAT GLADDENS THE HEART OF MAN. I THINK WHAT’S HAPPENING? I’M NOT GREEK, BUT WHEN I’M HERE, I FEEL LIKE PART OF THE FAMILY IS THAT THE GOAL? THAT IS DEFINITELY THE GOAL. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR DOING THAT. AND ALSO, IF I MAY, JUST ON THE SIDE, I HEARD OVERHEARD NIGEL GIVING A LITTLE ORDER OVER WHAT PLATE HE WANTED TO WORK WITH. OKAY, JUST SO YOU’LL KNOW. LUCKY YOU. YOUR LUCKY DAY. AS OF 6:00 TODAY, ALL CALORIES FROM THAT PARTICULAR PLATE JUST DISAPPEARED. AMEN, AMEN. THAT’S IT. THANKS FOR TELLING US, FATHER TOM. THAT MAKES ME FEEL A LOT BETTER. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. YOU KNOW, VICTORIA IS OUT IN THE CROWD. AND LET’S CHECK IN WITH HER. YEAH. VICTORIA, HOW ARE YOU? I’M DOING GREAT OUT HERE. AND IT’S GOOD THAT THE CALORIES DON’T COUNT, BECAUSE ONCE YOU HIT THE EUROS AT THE TEN, ONCE YOU HIT THE PIZZA, THE SLOVAKIA, YOU HAVE TO COME OVER HERE AND GET A TRADITIONAL GREEK DESSERT. SO I’M JOINED WITH VICKI RIGHT NOW TO TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE TRADITIONAL GREEK DESSERTS. WHAT WE’RE SEEING, WHAT THEY’RE BAKING. I KNOW MY I USED TO MAKE BAKLAVA ALL THE TIME, BUT YOU HAVE NUMEROUS DESSERTS OUT ON THIS PLATE. SO THIS 39TH ANNUAL GREEK FESTIVAL, WE HAVE OUR SAMPLER PLATTER WHICH HAS A VARIETY OF EVERYTHING WE’LL HAVE HERE AT THE PASTRY BOOTH. BAKLAVA, PHOENIX KOULOURAKIA, WHICH ARE THE DELICIOUS SHORTBREAD COOKIES. ALSO ANOTHER FAVORITE IS THE EGG CUSTARD. THE GALAKTOBOUREKO. AND YOU CAN NEVER GO WRONG WITH THE KOURABIEDES, WHICH IS OUR WEDDING COOKIES, TSOUREKI AND THE KOULOURAKIA. LIKE I SAID BEFORE, YOU’LL FIND THAT HERE ALL OF THE PASTRY BOOTH AND IT LOOKS DELICIOUS. IF YOU HAVE IT ALL. AGAIN, ALL THE FOOD IN THE RESTAURANTS OUT HERE GOT INSIDE, GOT YOUR GREEK TRADITIONAL FOOD, RIGHT? EXACTLY. MAKE SURE YOU COME OUT, STOP AND GET A DESSERT. WE’RE HERE TONIGHT UNTIL 9:00. AND ALSO BACK HERE TOMORROW FROM 11 A.M. TO 9 P.M. AND THEN AGAIN ON SUNDAY. SO WE’RE HAVING A GREAT TIME OUT HERE. I HOPE YOU COME OUT AND ENJOY THE GREEK HERITAGE. AND LIKE NIGEL SAID, EVERYONE WELCOMES YOU IN THE GREEK COMMUNITY. MAKES YOU FEEL LIKE YOU’RE A GREEK AS WELL, JUST LIKE ME. SO I’M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND TOSS IT BACK TO NIGEL AND CAROL AT THE DESK FOR MORE FUN ABOUT THE GREEK FESTIVAL. WELL, I AM OFFICIALLY FAMILY. I LOVE IT, AND THERE ARE NO CALORIES IN ANY OF THIS. I MEAN, THIS IS THE BEST DAY EVER. SO GREAT. SO AS WE TALKED ABOUT, THIS IS HAPPENING ALL WEEKEND LONG, VICTORIA MENTIONED. BUT WE WANT TO SHOW YOU MORE DETAILS ABOUT SATURDAY AND SUNDAY, 11 A.M. TO 9 P.M. SUNDAY, 11 A.M. TO 5 P.M. AND IT’S $3 TO GET IN AND ALL THE PROCEEDS FROM ADMISSION GO TO GIRL UP GREENVILLE. YEAH, THE GREEKS HAVE ALWAYS DONE THIS WITH PROCEEDS FROM ADMISSIONS. THEY THEY GIVE BACK TO THE COMMUNITY WITH SOME OF THESE CHARITIES. AND THIS YEAR IT IS GIRL UP GREENVILLE. WELL, WE HAVE BEEN OUT HERE ALL AFTERNOON AND I GOT TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, I’M KIND OF HUNGRY. YEAH. SO WE’LL SEND IT BAC
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2 South Carolina deputies attacked by dogs in separate incidents Friday
Two deputies in Oconee County, South Carolina, were attacked by dogs in separate incidents on Friday.Oconee County Sheriff Mike Crenshaw said on Friday morning, a deputy was serving a civil paper in Mountain Rest. The deputy was bitten from behind on his lower leg by a Rottweiler.Sheriff Crenshaw said the deputy did not require medical attention.On Friday afternoon, another Oconee County deputy was attempting to serve an arrest warrant in the Townville-area when a Pit Bull ran past the property owner and bit the deputy on his upper right arm. The deputy was transported by EMS to a Greenville-area hospital for treatment.Crenshaw said animal control responded and authorities are investigating the incident.”Our deputies face risks every day,” said Sheriff Crenshaw. “I am thankful that both are expected to make a full recovery.”Authorities said due to health safety and privacy reasons, the names of the deputies, as well as their specific medical conditions, will not be released at this time.
Two deputies in Oconee County, South Carolina, were attacked by dogs in separate incidents on Friday.
Oconee County Sheriff Mike Crenshaw said on Friday morning, a deputy was serving a civil paper in Mountain Rest. The deputy was bitten from behind on his lower leg by a Rottweiler.
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Sheriff Crenshaw said the deputy did not require medical attention.
On Friday afternoon, another Oconee County deputy was attempting to serve an arrest warrant in the Townville-area when a Pit Bull ran past the property owner and bit the deputy on his upper right arm. The deputy was transported by EMS to a Greenville-area hospital for treatment.
Crenshaw said animal control responded and authorities are investigating the incident.
“Our deputies face risks every day,” said Sheriff Crenshaw. “I am thankful that both are expected to make a full recovery.”
Authorities said due to health safety and privacy reasons, the names of the deputies, as well as their specific medical conditions, will not be released at this time.
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