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Second bomb threat in 10 days at Waynesville Walmart, police seek information

Second bomb threat in 10 days at Waynesville Walmart, police seek information
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    GO. WE HAVE A LOOK AT TODAY’S TOP NEWS STORIES, TRAFFIC AND WEATHER ALL BEFORE YOU HEAD OUT THE DOOR. WE START WITH BREAKING NEWS IN SPARTANBURG. POLICE CONTINUE TO INVESTIGATE A SHOOTING AT A NIGHTCLUB. WE’RE TOLD IT HAPPENED AROUND 115 THIS MORNING IN THE PARKING LOT OF CLUB REHAB, LOCATED ON KENSINGTON DRIVE. POLICE SAY A WOMAN WAS SHOT IN THE LEG. THEY SAY HER FRIENDS WERE TAKING HER TO THE HOSPITAL WHEN AN OFFICER SPOTTED THEIR CAR AND PULLED IT OVER. OFFICIALS SAY THE OFFICER APPLIED A TOURNIQUET TO STOP THE BLEEDING, AND SHE WAS THEN TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL BY EMS. NOW TO A DEADLY HELICOPTER CRASH ON THE HUDSON RIVER. THE NTSB AND FAA ARE NOW WORKING TO LEARN THE CAUSE. SIX PEOPLE, INCLUDING THREE CHILDREN, ARE DEAD AFTER THE INCIDENT YESTERDAY. WITNESSES SAY THEY SAW THE CHOPPER SPLIT IN HALF BEFORE IT WENT DOWN AROUND 3 P.M. OFFICIALS SAY A FAMILY FROM SPAIN WAS ON THE HELICOPTER TOURING NEW YORK CITY LANDMARKS. THE PILOT WAS THE SIXTH PERSON KILLED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS OPERATED BY NEW YORK HELICOPTER, A LOCAL TOUR COMPANY. SOUTH CAROLINA IS SET TO HOLD ITS SECOND EXECUTION BY FIRING SQUAD TONIGHT. MICHAEL MARTY WAS SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING AN OFF DUTY POLICE OFFICER IN ORANGEBURG BACK IN JULY OF 2004. THE DAY BEFORE, HE SHOT AND KILLED A CONVENIENCE STORE WORKER IN NORTH CAROLINA. MARTY WAS SENTENCED TO LIFE IN PRISON FOR THAT MURDER. HIS LAWYER IS ASKING GOVERNOR HENRY MCMASTER TO COMMUTE THE SENTENCE. THE EXECUTION IS SET TO TAKE PLACE TONIGHT AT 6:00, AND THIS WILL BE THE THIRD EXECUTION IN SOUTH CAROLINA IN 2025. HOUSE REPUBLICANS HAVE ADOPTED THE BUDGET PLAN NEEDED TO JUMPSTART WORK ON PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP’S LEGISLATIVE AGENDA. THE VOTE WAS 216 TO 214. TWO REPUBLICANS JOINED WITH ALL DEMOCRATS IN OPPOSITION. PRESIDENT TRUMP ENDORSED THE BUDGET PLAN. THE VOTE IS JUST THE FIRST STEP IN A LENGTHY RECONCILIATION PROCESS TO FULFILL SOME OF TRUMP’S KEY AGENDA ITEMS, INCLUDING EXTENDING HIS 2017 TAX CUTS AND BOOSTING IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT AND DEFENSE SPENDING. GOVERNOR JOSH STEIN WILL MARK HIS 100TH DAY IN OFFICE WITH A STOP IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. HE PLANS TO SHARE UPDATES ON THE ONGOING RECOVERY EFFORTS FROM HURRICANE HELENE WITH THE N.C. ASSOCIATION OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS. LAST MONTH, HE SIGNED OFF ON A BILL THAT PROVIDES ANOTHER $500 MILLION IN AID. THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY IS ALSO WORKING ON ADDITIONAL RELIEF PACKAGES. FISHER-PRICE HAS RECALLED 250,000 STROLLER TOYS DUE TO A CHOKING RISK. THE RECALL IS FOR THE BRUNCH AND GO STROLLER TOY, WHICH FEATURES A PLUSH AVOCADO TOAST WITH THREE SMALLER TOYS HANGING OFF. THE ISSUE IS SPECIFICALLY WITH THE EGG TEETHER ATTACHMENT. FISHER-PRICE HAS RECEIVED FIVE REPORTS OF THE YOLK OF THE EGG CRACKING AND BREAKING OFF. IN TWO OF THE REPORTS, AN INFANT HAD PIECES OF THE EGG TOY IN THEIR MOUTH. NO INJURIES HAVE BEEN REPORTED. YOU CAN CONTACT FISHER FOR A FREE REPLACEMENT. EASTER SPENDING IS EXPECTED TO SOAR THIS YEAR. DESPITE A LOT OF ECONOMIC UNCERTAINTY. THE NATIONAL RETAIL FEDERATION ESTIMATES CONSUMERS WILL SHELL OUT MORE THAN $23 BILLION THIS YEAR, WITH AN AVERAGE PERSON SPENDING ABOUT $189. EXPERTS SAY THE GOOD NEWS IS EGG PRICES HAVE COME DOWN IN THE LAST FEW WEEKS, BUT THEY’RE STILL MUCH HIGHER THAN THIS TIME LAST YEAR. CERTAINLY THINK ABOUT WHICH DECORATIONS YOU CAN REUSE FROM LAST YEAR, WHETHER OR NOT YOU CAN ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO PARTICIPATE IN A POTLUCK. CULLEN SAYS CONSIDER PAINTING WOODEN EGGS INSTEAD OF REAL ONES SO THEY CAN BE REUSED. CLEMSON UNIVERSITY’S CAMPUS WILL BECOME A CONCERT STAGE THIS WEEKEND FOR THE SECOND CLEMSON MUSIC FEST. ISABELLE MARK IS JOINING US LIVE FROM THE INTRAMURAL FIELDS WITH TICKET AND PARKING INFORMATION. ISABELLE. WHO’S PERFORMING TONIGHT? HEY, ERIN AND DESTINY. GOOD MORNING. SINGER SONGWRITER JESSE MURPH, RAPPER DABABY, AS WELL AS LOCAL BAND CONGRESS ARE JUST SOME OF THE NAMES THAT ARE IN THE LINEUP FOR TONIGHT. AND THEN LATER THIS WEEKEND, TAKING ON THE MAIN STAGE, WE’LL HAVE MAIN ACTS AND ALL-AMERICAN REJECTS, AS WELL AS BRYCE VINE. THOSE ARE JUST TWO OF TOMORROW’S HEADLINERS. CLEMSON MUSIC FEST WILL TAKE PLACE ON THE UPPER INTRAMURAL FIELD HERE, WHICH IS CLOSE TO MEMORIAL STADIUM. WE’RE TOLD ABOUT 11,000 PEOPLE ATTENDED LAST YEAR. NOW, TICKETS ARE STILL AVAILABLE WITH A ONE DAY GENERAL ADMISSION TICKET STARTING AT $57. YOU CAN PARK FOR FREE IN THE ORANGE LOTS RIGHT UP THERE ON YOUR SCREEN RIGHT HERE. DROP OFF IS AT PINE STREET IN NORTH CLEMSON AVENUE. NOW SHOWTIMES WILL BE FROM 4 TO 11 TONIGHT AND THEN 3 TO 11 TOMORROW. WE GOT ALL THE INFORMATION YOU NEED ABOUT THIS MUSIC FEST AS WELL AS TICKETS. THE LINK, THE LINK TO THE TICKETS IS UP THERE ON OUR WEBSITE, WYFF4.COM DOT COM. BUT FOR NOW, REPORTING LIVE IN CLEMSON. ISABELLE MARAK WIFE NEWS FOUR. GREAT JOB AS ALWAYS, ISABEL. THANK YOU. HEY GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. IT IS A LIVE SUPER DOPPLER FOUR IMPACT DAY. WE’VE HAD A FEW PASSING SHOWERS AND A NICE DOUSING OF RAIN AT THE MOMENT, PUSHING ACROSS GAFFNEY INTO SHELBY. BASICALLY RIGHT ALONG I-85. IT’S HEADING EAST AND THAT’S GOING TO BE THE LAST OF IT FOR A COUPLE OF HOURS. EVEN A PARTIAL CLEARING. SOME OF US MIGHT EVEN GET A LITTLE BIT OF SUNSHINE. BUT DON’T LET YOUR GUARD DOWN. DON’T PUT THOSE UMBRELLAS AWAY, BECAUSE THIS AFTERNOON, ON THE BACK SIDE OF THIS SYSTEM, WE’RE GOING TO QUICKLY SEE A FEW MORE OF THOSE SPOTTY SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOP ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS. AND THE UPSTATE SHOULD BE IN THE ALL CLEAR BY TONIGHT. AND THAT SETS THE STAGE FOR MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES. TOMORROW WE’LL TAKE A LOOK AT YOUR ENTIRE WEEKEND AND MORE COMING UP WITH YOUR FOUR DAY PLUS IN ABOUT 7 OR 8 MINUTES FROM RIGHT NOW. BUT FIRST, LET’S GET A LOOK AT OUR ROADS, SEE HOW TRAFFIC IS FLOWING. VICTORIA, HOW’S IT LOOKING OUT THERE RIGHT NOW? IT IS DEFINITELY BUSY OUT THE DOOR THIS MORNING AND WE’VE SEEN PLENTY OF SLICK SPOTS. LUCKILY, MOST OF THE AREA IS DRY. PARELLA JUST SHOWED YOU THAT. SO AS WE HEAD OUT THE DOOR RIGHT NOW, WE’RE GOING TO HOP ON THE INTERSTATE. LET’S HOP OFF TOWARDS 85 NORTHBOUND. THIS IS NEAR. I’M SURE YOU CAN GUESS IT. PELHAM ROAD ALWAYS BUSY, BUT TRAFFIC IS MOVING, SO THAT IS GREAT NEWS. LET’S GO AHEAD AND TURN TOWARDS OUR MAPS RIGHT NOW. WE DID HAVE A FEW INCIDENTS THIS MORNING DUE TO THE RAIN, BUT THOSE HAVE NOW CLEARED UP, WHICH IS GREAT NEWS WITH FRIDAY CONSTRUCTION AND RAIN WE’RE NOT SEEING ANY MAJOR ISSUES. SO THAT IS ALSO SOME GREAT NEWS, BUT WE ARE SEEING BACK UP ON 153. GOOD MORNING POWDERSVILLE. IF YOU ARE HEADING OFF OF 153 TRAVELING TOWARDS EITHER 81 OR 143, THIS IS NEAR THE KWIK TRIP. TRAFFIC IS STARTING TO SLOW JUST A BIT NOW. IT WAS AT A COMPLETE STANDSTILL IN THE RED. IT’S NOW ORANGE AND YELLOW, WHICH MEANS IT IS PICKING UP PACE. SO THAT IS GREAT NEWS THIS MORNING AS WE HEAD OUT OF POWDERSVILLE AND OUR TRAVEL TIMES ARE EVEN BETTER ON THE INTERSTATES RIGHT NOW. EVEN AGAIN WITH THE RAIN AND IT BEING A FRIDAY, WE’RE IN THE GREEN THIS MORNING. NO MAJOR ISSUES FOR THE MOMENT. I HAVE ONE MORE CHECK OF YOUR TRAFFIC COMING UP HERE IN JUST A COUPLE MINUTES. DESTINY. AARON. ALL RIGHT. VICTORIA. THANK YOU. WALT DISNEY WORLD’S ANIMAL KINGDOM PARK IS CELEBRATING A NEW ADDITION TO THE SAVANNAH. TUCKER, A SIX FOOT MALE MASAI GIRAFFE, MADE HIS GRAND ENTRANCE THIS WEEK. HE’S THE FIRST GIRAFFE BORN ON THE PROPERTY SINCE 2021. MASAI GIRAFFES ARE ONE OF FOUR DIFFERENT SPECIES OF GIRAFFES, AND THEY ARE ALL CONSIDERED VULNERABLE. THE GREENVILLE ZOO IS HOME TO THREE MASAI GIRAFFES. AUTUMN BLOSSOM AND MILES. MEANWHILE, UNIVERSAL STUDIOS IS BUILDING ITS FIRST EUROPEAN THEME PARK. THE YET TO BE NAMED PARK WILL BE BUILT IN BEDFORDSHIRE, ENGLAND, OUTSIDE OF LONDON AND WILL COMBINE AMERICAN ICONS LIKE JURASSIC PARK WITH CLASSIC BRITISH CHARACTERS LIKE PADDINGTON BEAR AND HARRY POTTER. BRITISH PRIME MINISTER KEIR STARMER SAYS IT SHOULD CREATE 28,000 JOBS AND GENERATE TENS OF BILLIONS IN REVENUE. IF YOU’RE LOOKING TO SCHEDULE SOME TIME AS OUR FRIENDS ACROSS THE POND MIGHT SAY, YOU’VE GOT SOME TIME, THE NEW PARK IS SET TO OPEN IN 2031. THE NEW PLAYSCAPE IS OPENING AT CONESTEE NATURE PRESERVE IN GREENVILLE TOMORROW. MOST OF THE WOOD USED TO CREATE THE AREA WAS TAKEN FROM FALLEN TREES. AFTER HURRICANE HELENE. WE’RE TOLD PETS ARE NOT ALLOWED AND VISITORS SHOULD PARK IN THE LOT NEXT TO THE COMMUNITY GARDEN. NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION SPRING LITTER SWEEP STARTS TOMORROW. THE EVENT INVITES COMMUNITIES ALL ACROSS THE STATE TO BAG LITTER AND CLEAN UP ALONGSIDE D-O-T CREWS. AND WE’RE TOLD PEOPLE CAN REQUEST FREE CLEANUP SUPPLIES, INCLUDING GLOVES, SAFETY VESTS AND TRASH BAGS FROM THEIR LOCAL D-O-T MAINTENANCE OFFICE THIS SPRING. CLEANUP RUNS UNTIL APRIL 26TH. THIS WEEK’S NEW FOR YOU HAS GOT YOU COVERED ON EVERYTHING FROM BREAKFAST TO DINNER AND SOME SPECIAL TREATS THROWN ON THE SIDE. HERE’S OUR STEPHANIE TROTTER. OWNERS OF A NEW RESTAURANT IN EASLEY SAY IT’S DESTINED TO BE A DATE NIGHT FAVORITE. WEST END SUPPER CLUB IS NOW OPEN ON WEST MAIN STREET. OWNERS MIKE AND LYNN MILLER SAY IT OFFERS A CASUALLY CREATIVE MENU, FRYING WITH 100% BEEF TALLOW. RIGHT NOW IT’S OPEN FOR SUNDAY BRUNCH AND DINNER THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. DUCK DONUTS IS CELEBRATING THE GRAND OPENING OF A NEW SHOP, THIS ONE IN BOILING SPRINGS. YOU’LL FIND IT ON OLD FURNACE ROAD. THE SATURDAY CELEBRATION INCLUDES FREE DONUTS FOR THE FIRST 50 GUESTS. DOORS WILL OPEN AT SEVEN IN THE MORNING. DUCK DONUTS IS KNOWN FOR SERVING WARM, MADE TO ORDER DONUTS, AND IF YOU’RE ENJOYING GREENVILLE THIS WEEKEND, BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR EASTER EGGS THAT ARE PART OF THE NEW SMALL BUSINESS EASTER EGG HUNT. 350 EGGS WILL BE HIDDEN AT CLEVELAND PARK, UNITY PARK, MCPHERSON PARK, AS WELL AS THE SWAMP RABBIT TRAIL AND GREENVILLE’S MAIN STREET. EGGS WILL HOLD CERTIFICATES FROM FOR FREE. ITEMS FROM PLACES LIKE CLAIRE’S CREAMERY, PARLOR DONUTS, BRIDGE CITY COFFEE, SCOUTS DONUTS, AS WELL AS GREENVILLE DRIVE TICKETS. HAPPY HUNTING! WE HOPE YOU AND YOUR FRIENDS AND FAMI
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    Second bomb threat in 10 days at Waynesville Walmart, police seek information
    Authorities are investigating another bomb threat at a North Carolina Walmart, 10 days after the last one was made.At 1:12 p.m. Friday, the Waynesville Police Department said officers are actively investigating a bomb threat at the Walmart at 135 Town Center Loop.As a precaution, evacuations were implemented.At 2:56 p.m. Friday, Law enforcement and emergency services cleared the Walmart and no threat was found. The threat comes only 10 days after another bomb threat was made toward the Waynesville Walmart. Officers never reported any arrests made following this incident.If anyone has any information, please contact the Waynesville Police Department at (828) 456-5363 or you can submit an anonymous tip on the WPD app.More News: Middle school student abducted, assaulted; Suspect faces deportationIn Boiling Springs, South Carolina, a bomb threat was made toward the Walmart Supercenter off Highway 9 on April 5. It is unknown if any arrests were made after this incident as well.Authorities have not released any information suggesting these two incidents are related.

    Authorities are investigating another bomb threat at a North Carolina Walmart, 10 days after the last one was made.

    At 1:12 p.m. Friday, the Waynesville Police Department said officers are actively investigating a bomb threat at the Walmart at 135 Town Center Loop.

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    As a precaution, evacuations were implemented.

    At 2:56 p.m. Friday, Law enforcement and emergency services cleared the Walmart and no threat was found.

    The threat comes only 10 days after another bomb threat was made toward the Waynesville Walmart. Officers never reported any arrests made following this incident.

    If anyone has any information, please contact the Waynesville Police Department at (828) 456-5363 or you can submit an anonymous tip on the WPD app.

    More News: Middle school student abducted, assaulted; Suspect faces deportation

    In Boiling Springs, South Carolina, a bomb threat was made toward the Walmart Supercenter off Highway 9 on April 5. It is unknown if any arrests were made after this incident as well.

    Authorities have not released any information suggesting these two incidents are related.