Fox Carolina The Morning News Part 3

NEWS.. A LOT OF SCHOOLS IN 3 THE AREA ARE DELAYED THIS MORNING... THEY'RE ALL RUNNING AT THE BOTTOM OF YOUR SCREEN AND FOX-CAROLINA-DOT-COM. ((ADLIBS WEATHER HIT)) ((WRAP UP)) 3áááááááááHOLDáááááá áááááááááHOLDáááááá 3 TOWERCAM 3 3 WE START WITH BREAKING NEWS... THE SEARCH FOR A SUSPECTED RESTAURANT ROBBER OUT OF GREENVILLE COUNTY APPEARS TO BE OVER...AFTER A PERSON OF INTEREST SHOWED UP AT A SPARTANBURG HOSPITAL WITH GUNSHOT WOUNDS.. WOUNDS..DEPUTIES SAY A MAN WITH A GUN CAME IN TO "WINGS ON THE RUN" ALONG "EAST NORTH STREET" LAST NIGHT .THAT'S WHEN AN EMPLOYEE AT THE RESTAURANT PULLED OUT HIS OWN GUN AND SHOT AT THE SUSPECT. AND THE GUY RAN AWAY. THE GREENVILLE COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE THINKS IT'S THE SAME GUY THAT SHOWED UP AT SPARTANBURG REGIONAL OVERNIGHT WITH GUNSHOT WOUNDS TO THE SHOULDER AND BACK SIDE.THE MAN IS IN CUSTODY, BUT NO WORD ON HIS CONDITION. 3 THIS MORNING --"GREENVILLE" POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING AN ARMED ROBBERY --THAT SENT A CAB CRASHING INTO A HOME --AND THE DRIVER TO THE HOSPITAL. HOSPITAL.FOX CAROLINA'S ASHLEY DALEY JOINS US LIVE FROM THE "GREENVILLE COUNTY" LAW ENFORCEMENT CENTER. AND ASHLEY...THIS SUSPECT IS STILL ON THE LOOSE. 3 BEN-- HE IS. GREENVILLE POLICE SAY AFTER THE CRASH THE SUSPECT FLED THE SCENE.POLICE SAY THEY CONDUCTED A MAN-HUNT FOR HIM LAST NIGHT, EVEN BRINGING IN K-9S. BUT HE WAS ABLE TO GET AWAY. AND TAKE A LOOK AT SOME OF THESE IMAGES. THIS HOME IS OFF OF BIRNIE STREET IN WEST GREENVILLE. YOU CAN SEE THE FRONT OF THAT CAB... PRETTY SMASHED UP...WITH THE HOOD STRIGHT UP IN THE AIR. POLICE SAY THIS ALL HAPPENED JUST BEFORE 9 O'CLOCK THURSDAY NIGHT. THEY SAY A PASSENGER IN THAT CAB, PULLED A KNIFE ON THE DRIVER DEMANDING MONEY... AND THATS WHEN THE CAB CRASHED INTO THE FRONT PORCH OF THIS HOME.POLICE TELL US THE DRIVER SUFFERED A NON-LIFE THREATENING HEAD INJURY AND WAS BEING TREATED AT THE HOSPITAL. 3 NOW WE ALSO TRIED SPEAKING WITH THE HOMEOWNERS, BUT THEY DID NOT WANT TO BE ON CAMERA.... CAMERA.... POLICE ARE ASKING ANYONE WHO MAY HAVE SEEN A MAN FLEEING THE SCENE OR KNOWS ANYTHING ABOUT THIS...TO CALL THE POLICE DEPARTMENT OR CRIME STOPPERS AT 23-CRIME. 3 3 3 3 A HIGH SPEED CHASE -- AND A CLOSE CALL FOR AN UPSTATE SHERIFF -- AND HE SPOKE EXCLUSIVELY TO FOX CAROLINA ABOUT IT. IT.SHERIFF "CHUCK WRIGHT" IS GIVING ALL THE CREDIT TO HIS DEPUTIES -- ONE OF WHOM HE SAYS SAVED HIM FROM BEING HIT BY A SUSPECTS CAR.IT HAPPENED WEDNESDAY IN SPARTANBURG COUNTY, WHEN TWO PEOPLE WANTED FOR ARMED ROBBERY ESCAPED A HOTEL WHERE COPS HAD CORNERED THEM.THEY LED THE SHERIFF AND HIS DEPUTIES ON A 100 MILE PER HOUR CHASE. "He comes driving back down the road at 100 miles an hour and he actually it's one of my investigators cars and was trying to hit me too." too.""CHRISTOPHER WEBB" AND HIS ACCOMPLICE ARE NOW IN THE SPARTANBURG COUNTY JAIL. THEY'RE CHARGED WITH ARMED ROBBERY IN CONNECTION TO MULTIPLE GAS STATIONS HOLD- UPS. FLU SEASON ISN'T QUITE OVER YET...IN FACT...8 MORE PEOPLE IN SOUTH CAROLINA DIED FROM THE FLU LAST WEEK...BRINGING THIS SEASON'S DEATH TOLL TO 49 . PEOPLE.EVERYONE WHO DIED LAST WEEK WAS AN ADULT.MOST OF THE DEATHS HAVE BEEN PEOPLE AGES 18 TO 64.SINCE FLU SEASON STARTED IN SEPTEMBER...NEARLY 25-THOUSAND CASES WERE REPORTED IN SOUTH CAROLINA. ADLIB TOSS TO NICOLE. 3 ((ADLIBS)) ((ADLIBS)) ((TRAFFIC CENTER)) 3áááááááááHOLDáááááá áááááááááHOLDáááááá 3 3 DOT CAM 3 ADLIB 2BOX TOSS FROM CHRIS. IT'S óóóóóó. óóóóóó. áááJOE LIVEááá WE HEAD TO BREAK WITH A LIVE LOOK AT.. SUPER BOWL NEW YORK CITY 3 3 3 WELCOME BACK-- WE'RE TAKING A LIVE LOOK AT...CLEMSON WEATHER CAM 3 WEATHER CAM AT...CLEMSON LIVE LOOK WE'RE TAKING A WELCOME BACK-- WE'RE TAKING A LIVE LOOK AT...CLEMSON WEATHER CAM 3 POLICE IS MISSOURI ARE SEARCHING FOR WHOMEVER SENT DRUG LACED TREATS -- TO A 4- YEAR-OLD GIRL. GIRL.SHE HAD JUST CELEBRATED HER BIRTHDAY --SO, IT WASN'T STRANGE SHE WAS GETTING MAIL. IN FACT, HER PARENTS THOUGHT THE TREATS WERE FROM HER AUNT --BUT, THEY WEREN'T.THEY WERE LACED WITH HIGH LEVELS OF "T-H-C" -- FOUND IN MARIJUANA. THE LITTLE GIRL ENDED UP IN THE HOSPITAL --NOW POLICE ARE WORKING TO TRACK DOWN WHOMEVER SENT THEM. 3 NEW INFORMATION... ON THE "GAFFNEY" MAN WHO FELL INTO A WELL EARLIER THIS WEEK.. TRYING TO SAVE HIS CAT.THIS MORNING.. HIS FAMILY IS EXPLANING HOW IT ALL UNFOLDED. UNFOLDED.JOEY DOVER'S FAMILY SAYS HE LOWERED HIMSELF DOWN THIS THIRTY FIVE FOOT WELL TO RESCUE HIS CAT...BUTTONS WEDNESDAY NIGHT... AFTER THE CAT FELL INTO IT. WE'RE TOLD JOEY WENT DOWN THE WELL WITH A ROPE TIED TO A PICKUP.. BUT WHEN HIS MOM TRIED TO PULL HIM OUT.. SOMETHING WENT WRONG.. AND HE ALSO FELL IN. 3 3 "my son is a cat lover, we all are and he decided he was just going to get the cat so he went down in the well" well"IT TOOK RESCUERS TWO HOURS TO RESCUE DOVER AND BUTTONS.BOTH OF THEM ARE EXPECTED TO BE OK. 3 THE "GREENVILLE HEALTH SYSTEM" NOT ONLY CONTAINS DOCTOR'S OFFICES AND TREATMENT CENTERS...BUT NOW A WHOLE FACILITY DEDICATED TO BEING HEALTHY EVERY DAY. DAY.FOX CAROLINA'S JOE GAGNON IS LIVE FROM THE LIFE CENTER WITH MORE.. 3 THIS IS QUITE A REVOLUTIONARY PLACE..IT'S A WHOLE HEALTH AND 3 BACK TO YOU.. YOU.. TIME FOR TRAFFIC AND WEATHER EVERY TEN MINUTES. 3 ((WEATHER HIT)) ((TOSS TO TRAFFIC CENTER)) 3áááááááááHOLDáááááá áááááááááHOLDáááááá 3 PIT CREW TRAFFIC 3 SPONSORED BYNET! 3 IN NEWS YOU NEED TO KNOW...A "PELZER" MAN ACCUSED OF KILLING HIS WIFE WILL áááNOT BE GETTING OUT OF JAIL. "GREENVILLE COUNTY" DEPUTIES SAY... "JOHN SLEDGE" SHOT AND KILLED HIS WIFE "KIMBERLY" DURING AN ARGUMENT WEDNESDAY NIGHT.A JUDGE DENIED HIS BOND YESTERDAY. "LAURENS COUNTY" DEPUTIES ARE STILL SEARCHING FOR A MISSING 81-YEAR-OLD MAN. HE WAS LAST SEEN WEDNESDAY IN THE "HONEA PATH" AREA. DEPUTIES SAY "BILLY JOE GARRETT" SUFFERS FROM DEMENTIA AND WAS LAST SEEN LEAVING HIS HOUSE OFF "HIGHWAY 25." INCOME TAX FILING SEASON STARTS TODAY IN SOUTH CAROLINA. THE "SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE" WILL ACCEPT ELECTRONIC OR PAPER TAX RETURNS... BUT ELECTRONIC FILERS MAY GET THEIR REFUNDS SOONER. YOU HAVE UNTIL APRIL 15TH TO FILE. A WARNING FOR TOYOTA OWNERS... THE COMPANY IS RECALLING 36- THOUSAND VEHICLES WITH HEATED SEATS. TOYOTA HAS TOLD DEALERS TO STOP SELLING SIX POPULAR MODELS WITH HEATED SEATS BECAUSE THE FABRIC DOESN'T COMPLY WITH U.S. SAFETY CODES.. AND COULD CATCH FIRE. AFFECTED TOYOTA MODELS ARE THE CAMRY, CAMRY HYBRID, AVALON SEDAN, AVALON HYBRID, COROLLA SUBCOMPACT, SIENNA MINIVAN, TUNDRA AND TACOMA TRUCKS SOLD SINCE AUGUST 2012. WE HEAD TO BREAK WITH A LIVE LOOK AT...U-S-C UPSTATE WEATHER CAM 3 3 WELCOME BACK--WE'RE TAKING A LIVE LOOK AT...DENVER TRAFFIC.. WINTER STORM WARNINGS IN EFFECT THERE - COULD CAUSE SOME TRAFFIC PROBLEMS THERE A GAFFNEY HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL PLAYER TURNED SEATTLE SEAHAWK... GAVE HIS FORMER COACH... ONE SUPER INVIT. INVITATION.THE GAFFNEY LEDGER REPORTS... SIDNEY RICE INVITED GAFFNEY HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL COACH... MARK HUFF.. TO THE SUPER BOWL! RICE WON'T BE PLAYING... DUE TO A TORN A-C-L.. BUT PLANS TO WATCH THE GAME WITH HUFFF. RICE JOINED THE SEATTLE SEAHAWKS IN 2011 AFTER PLAYING FOR THE MINNESOTA VIKINGS. VIKINGS.AND YOU CAN WATCH THE SEAHAWKS TAKE ON THE BRONCOS THIS SUNDAY.. RIGHT HERE ON FOX CAROLINA... OUR COVERAGE STARTS AT 11 A-M WITH A SPECIAL GAME DAY EDITION OF THE MORNING NEWS.. AND CONTINUES UNTIL THE 6:30 P-M KICK OFF. 3 3 3 ((WEATHER HIT)) ((WEATHER HIT)) ((TOSSES TO TRAFFIC CENTER)) 3áááááááááHOLDáááááá áááááááááHOLDáááááá 3 DOT CAM WE HEAD TO BREAK WITH A LIVE LOOK AT.. SUPER BOWL BOULEVARD IN TIMES SQUARE, NEW YORK CITY 3 3 3 ASHLEY TALKS TALKSNICOLE TALKS 3 3 GOOD MORNING.... IT'S FRIDAY, JANUARY 31ST.I'M BEN HILL -- HERE WITH METEOROLOGIST NICOLE PAPAY AND TRAFFIC REPORTER CHRIS SCOTT.THANKS FOR JOINING US ON THE MORNING NEWS. ((WEATHER HIT)) ((WRAP UP)) 3áááááááááHOLDáááááá áááááááááHOLDáááááá