the frozen rain made roads extremely icydriving around powdersville &; easley tonight, the fox crew saw several cars spinning around, several with hazard lights on and the conditions are not getting much better.as we continue to 3 cover our counties, oconnee, anderson and pickens, the sheriffs and emergency maintenance say if you can, stay inside and do not drive in these conditions. all 3 counties say there are trees down and several hundred people with power.i spoke to the chief king from oconnee county and he says the county saw about 900 outages today. have been working hard to decrease those numbers and it has since decreased to about 300 outages. anderson county says they bring hum vs occasionally from the national guard to help out in these conditions. 3 live in powdersville, shale remien, fox 3 more winter weather coverage to come - 3 thank you for sending us your photos in this snow and ice - make sure you're staying safe out there! there!a live look in travelers rest -we're monitoring the latest road conditions -we'll hear from south carolina highway patrol after the break. br

his wife reported him missing in june and they're trying to figure out how he was found here in powdersville. >> i noticed that there was a human skull there and noticed that first and then there were some bones in clothing. >> russell cooper's neighbor was 4 wheeling when he made the >> i noticed a tennis shoe and saw a sock and noticed there were some bones there. >> the neighbor called deputies ground. >> the worst case scenario is collecting every piece of evidence we can find. >> and they combed the area and then again monday m morning. >> the remains have been there as long as 6 months. >> initially, a lot of things go through your mind, thinking that's somebody's son or daughter and then you think about what happened. >> he has seen people through the years out on his property before where the remains were found. he nnver saw anything unusual. >> there's some debris on the noticed it, or drew to my attention before. >> because of the condition of the remains, the anderson county coroner said it could be a while before they know what happened to him but they hope to find out the exact

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but investigators don't know how he ended up in powdersville .. deputies were called to the wooded area.. off river road .. sunday night.. by a man who was 4-wheeling. that man.. found the bones scattered..with clothing. they spent last night.. and all day today.. trying to figure out how the man's remains got here. they even brought in a forensic anthropologist. today.. i talked to the property owner .. who says he sees people walking in this area a lot.. but has never seen anything too unusual. "you have a lot of sympathy... for when you read about stuff, people missing, different things and what is going ocdi bring closure to someone or could it be another unsolved?" ------- the anderson county coroner says it could be awhile..before he figures burton died. investigators do say.. if you know anything that could help them figure out ... how burton ended up in those woods.. to call the anderson county sheriff's office. dropped on her head... and stepped on by her mother's boyfriend... an abused seneca infant is now out of the hospital and in d-s-

around midnight near mile maker 40 on the northbound side in powdersville. the driver was identified as 67 year old william armstrong.its not clear what lead up to the crash. 3 and right now part of i-26 east is shutdown in polk county near the south carolina state line.we're told one person was killed in a wreck involving a tractor trailer around 2:30 this morning.chris will have more on this coming up in pit crew traffic. 3 good morning.... it's friday, january 29i'm ben hill hilland i'm lauren elise, with traffic reporter chris scott and meteorologist nicole papay. 3 sunshine dominates with highs reaching the mid-50s in the upstate and mid-40s in the mountains. a strong mountain wind could gust to 25 mph. tonight stays clear and cold near freezing and below. saturday warms up to the low 60s with sunshine. 3 ((wrap up)) 3*********hold****** *********hold******3 we're watching this in the pit center.3 you are looking live at: 3 while temperatures in the upstate are looking more mild -- there's still some winter weather cleanup in the mountains.and because o

we're told it happened right around midnight near mile maker 40 on the northbound side in powdersville. the driver was identified as 67 year old william armstrong.its not clear what lead up to the 3 and right now i-26 east is shutdown in polk county near the south carolina state line. we're told one person was killed in a wreck involving a tractor trailer around 2:30 this morning.chris will have crew traffic. 3 good morning.... it's friday, january 29i'm ben hill hilland i'm lauren elise, with traffic reporter chris scott and meteorologist nicole papay. thanks for joining us on the morning news. 3 sunshine dominates with highs reaching the mid-50s in the upstate and mid-40s in the mountains. a strong mountain wind could gust to 25 mph. tonight stays clear and cold near freezing and below. 60s with sunshine. 3 ((wrap up)) 3*********hold****** *********hold******we're watching this in the pit crew traffic center.fatal accident sc/nc linei-26 east @ exit 59 holbert cove rd rdyou are looking live at: upstate are looking more mild weather cleanup in the mountains.and because of that --mitch

powdersville. at mile marker -40-. the truck went up an parking lot... and hit a tree investigators say ... he was -not- wearing aseat belt. these accidents . illustrate a tough but important lesson ... troopers are trying to teach drivers... in the carolinas. "7 news" reporter addie hampton... takes a look. at the sobering numbers: ----- the troopers who investigate these crashes...musnow add them to a growing lisof statistics for 2016 ... since january 1st ...49 peohave died in fatal crashesin south carolina. even worse.... ***94 percent o**ste**cs **not** arst. since 201..higay patrol...haspushed it's target zero campaign....aiming for zero fatalities on south carolina roadways. while it may seem like a lofty goal....troopers say it will be impossible without all drivers buyininto the idea...that sbelts, safe speed, and sensible driving are they keys to keeping drivers alive. they say...49 deaths....just 29 days into tew year... drivers... escily when you learn that many could have prevented with ju a c o a eel in gvie county, aws. more tha950 drivers

3 this is a look in powdersville...where you can see some heavy snow was falling...right around 9:30 tonight. 3 and here's a look in downtown greenville...the streets are blanketed in snow.our photographer summer gagnon shot this video by mounting a 3 but tonight 3 officials continue to urge everyone to stay off the roads.. roads..and joining us live in asheville with a look at conditions there is fox carolina's derek dellinger. derek? 3 -in our area, we've had at least 8 inches of snow here, other parts of asheville getting 10 inches---other parts of the m/untains, less so, the further you are away from the tennessee border -people who made their way out have been doing so at their own risk, from some of the parking lots, it's taken nearly an hour to get shoveled 3 tell us a little business activity there--place open? open?-waffle house, it. 3 and we have team coverage tonight 3 here's a look in downtown spartanburg this afternoon..... parts of the city saw up to five inches of snow.and many hunkered down at home...heeding emergency officials' warningto stay off the roads... roads..

it happened to one woman in powdersville!we've got the story...only on fox!-plus we've talked a lot about the comings and goings of clemson group of tigers who were in miami, and who will be headed talking about clemson life - and we'll have their story - next. next.and chief meteorologist kendra kent is putting together your seven day forecastshe'll tell you what you can expect..in the week to come. come.youre looking live in monitoring a reported bomb threat... threat... 3 the clemson tigers are preparing for the national championship 3 the bags are packed and the countdown continues for so many clemson students, alumni and fans.we've been talking with coach swinney - the players - former players and of course students. 3 tonight - we caught up with a special duo heading to arizona saturday. 3 fox carolina's sharon johnson joins us live from the clemson stadium with their journey. sharon - 3 their journey is a unique one - and not just the road to cheer their team on to the national championship. from the beginning, the banks team making theieisuccesses soo

william armstrong junior..died after a wreck on i-85 in powdersville. trooper say the armstrong was driving a wrecker.. ran off the interstate at mile marker 40.. drove through a church parking autopsy is planned for today. the son of a polish immigrant who grew up in a brooklyn tenement. he went to public schools, then college, where the work of his life began -- fighting injustice and inequality, speaking truth to power. he moved to vermont, won election and praise as one of america's best mayors. in congress, he stood up for working families and for principle, opposing the iraq war, supporting veterans. now he's taking on wall street and a corrupt political system funded by over two and a half million contributions, tackling climate change to create clean-energy jobs, fighting for living wages, equal pay, and tuition-free public colleges. people are sick and tired of establishment politics, and they want real change! [ cheers and applause ] an honest leader building a movement with you to give us a future to believe in. >>> a super slip-up by the gro

people that don't know, and they're trying 3 and back here in the upstate-- this is a look in powdersville we're expecting to see rain turn to snow and sleet slowly overnight...and again road crews and emergency management have been preparing all day 3 we talked with scdot tonight about how roads conditions are in greenville and spartanburg and they say they will pre treat them until the winter weather arrives. 3 fox carolina's rebecca atkins is live for us at the dot maintenance facility in spartanburg and you also spoke with spartanburg emergency management as well right? here are actively preparing their trucks and waiting for that winter weather to arrive, and as far as emergency management they say they're fully prepared. 3 scdot says they will continue to pre-treat the roads until the precipitation starts to accumulate. the trucks have been spraying a salt brine solution, to prevent the snow and ice from bonding to the roads. although the weather is slated to start as rain wants to be ready for snow. with the potential for bad roads and power outages, spartanburg emergency management

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a man found his skeletal remains in a wooded area off river road in powdersville.. sunday night. a greenville county deputy who was shot in the head last month... will be released from the hospital tomorrow. that's according to o his "go fund me" page set up by his wife. dave dempsey was shot while responding to a robbery call at a taylors apartment complex in december. happening today.. governor nikki haley will county...for a new japanese company. "toray carbon fibers american" will be built on the moore-duncan highway ... thivio fthe daitasnnoued around 500 employees for the new carbon fiber manufacturing plant will be hired over the next 10 years according to "toray indust no thanks for joining us. we'll see you back here for seven on your

anderson county investigators will return to the place in powdersville.. where they found skeletal remains. deputies responded to an area near "river road" and "mcneely road"..around five o'clock.. yesterday afternoon. the coroner's office says.. the skeletal remains were we'll be back in 25 minutes with more... have a good good >>> oops. looked like it was going okay and then that. an explosive landing for spacex rocket yesterday after delivering a satellite into orbit. it attempted to land on a platform after the california coast. but a landing leg malfunctioned and causing it to tip over and explode. just last month, spacex landed a rocket on land but the company has not been able to do that at sea. still, they feel pretty good about it because it took off successfully but they still have >> and they clearly will keep trying. >> they will. >>> welcome back to "cbs this morning. coming up in this half hour, a debate begins in the uk today on whether to ban donald trump. petitions supporting the proposal has 500,000 signatures and how some brits compare t