Julia Keener

4 weeks ago | counton2.com | Julia Keener |Joanna Johnson |Isabel Martin

PICKENS COUNTY, S.C. (WSPA) - Due to the spread of the Table Rock and Persimmon Ridge fires, mandatory evacuations are in effect for parts of Pickens and Greenville counties. The South Carolina Forestry Commission announced the evacuations on Tuesday night. The close proximity of the fires to one another factored into the decision to evacuate the areas, officials said. Families have already began to seek shelter.

1 month ago | wspa.com | Izzy Martin |Dustin George |Hallie Shuler |Julia Keener

PICKENS COUNTY, S.C. (WSPA) — Crews are hard at work as the Table Rock State Park wildfire continued to burn on Monday. The wildfire has burned more than 1,400 acres. So far, 0% of the fire has been contained. Pickens County Sheriff Tommy Blankenship said the fire was started by the “negligent act” of a group of teenage hikers, and has cut short efforts to locate Womacks. The sheriff added that there will be an increased amount of deputies on Highway 11 to help traffic keep moving.

1 month ago | wspa.com | Robert Cox |Julia Keener

1 month ago | counton2.com | Julia Keener |Kelci O'Donnell |Robert Cox

GREENVILLE, S.C. (WSPA) - The man accused in a bomb threat that shut down miles of Interstate 85 in Greenville County earlier this year reappeared in court Thursday afternoon. 28-year-old Ahmad Jamal Khamees Alhendi, of Oak Lawn, Illinois, has been charged with breach of peace of a high and aggravated nature, conveying false information about a bomb threat and operating an unregistered vehicle.

1 month ago | wspa.com | Julia Keener |Kelci O'Donnell |Robert Cox

GREENVILLE, S.C. (WSPA) – The man accused in a bomb threat that shut down miles of Interstate 85 in Greenville County reappeared in court Thursday afternoon. 28-year-old Ahmad Jamal Khamees Alhendi, of Oak Lawn, Illinois, has been charged with breach of peace of a high and aggravated nature, conveying false information about a bomb threat and operating an unregistered vehicle. Law enforcement pulled over Alhendi for an unregistered tractor trailer near mile marker 44 on January 2.