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646. AND IT’S TIME FOR NEWS TO GO. WE HAVE A LOOK AT TODAY’S TOP NEWS STORIES, TRAFFIC AND WEATHER ALL BEFORE YOU HEAD OUT THE DOOR. WE START WITH OUR TANIQUA PENNIX JOINING US LIVE FOR THE SPECIAL ELECTION RUNOFF FOR SPARTANBURG COUNTY SHERIFF. HEY, GOOD MORNING, DESTINY AND AARON. THAT RUNOFF IS AUGUST 19TH, LESS THAN TWO WEEKS FROM NOW. YOU’LL RECALL NINE CANDIDATES WERE VYING FOR THAT. FORMER TO REPLACE FORMER SHERIFF CHUCK WRIGHT WITH ALMOST ALL PRECINCTS REPORTING. BILL RYAN IS THE LEADING CANDIDATE WITH 28% OF THE VOTES, WHILE RUSTY CLEVENGER HAS 26% OF THE VOTES. BOTH CANDIDATES ARE REPUBLICANS. AGAIN, THE RUNOFF IS TUESDAY, AUGUST 19TH. EARLY VOTING WILL BE HELD FROM AUGUST 13TH TO THE 15TH, AND ELECTION DAY IS TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 4TH. FOR ALL THE DETAILS, BE SURE TO FOLLOW US BOTH ON AIR AND ONLINE FOR NOW. REPORTING LIVE IN SPARTANBURG COUNTY, TANIQUA PHOENIX WIFE NEWS FOR TANIQUA. THANK YOU. WE’RE LEARNING MORE ABOUT A DEADLY CRASH IN ANDERSON COUNTY. THE CORONER’S OFFICE SAYS THEY WERE CALLED ABOUT 5 P.M. YESTERDAY TO A CAR THAT OVERTURNED ON OLD DOBBINS BRIDGE ROAD AT THE INTERSECTION OF ANDERSONVILLE AND MILFORD ROAD. TROOPERS SAY THE DRIVER WAS GOING SOUTH WHEN SHE WENT OFF THE RIGHT SIDE, HIT AN EMBANKMENT AND OVERTURNED. THEY SAY 66 YEAR OLD MELODY SCHUNEMAN DIED AT THE SCENE. THE CORONER’S OFFICE SAYS SHE WAS THROWN OUT OF THE VEHICLE. THE ANDERSON COUNTY FIRE DEPARTMENT IS WORKING TO FIND WHOEVER IS RESPONSIBLE FOR SEVERAL SUSPICIOUS FIRES IN THE HOMELAND PARK AREA. OFFICIALS SAY TWO FIRES WERE REPORTED IN THE AREA OF EAST ROOSEVELT DRIVE ON JULY 11TH AND 12TH AT VACANT STRUCTURES. TWO MORE FIRES HAPPENED IN THE AREA OF GEORGE ALBERT LAKE ROAD ON JULY 26TH, AGAIN AT VACANT STRUCTURES. IF YOU KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THESE CASES, YOU’RE ASKED TO CALL FIRE OFFICIALS. ALL RIGHT. 648 ON THIS LIVE SUPER DOPPLER FOUR IMPACT DAY, LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING STILL POSSIBLE HERE OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS AS THAT STEADY RAINFALL CONTINUES TO LIFT OFF TO THE NORTH AND EAST. STEADY RAIN FROM ALBERT COUNTY OVER TOWARD ABBEVILLE AND ALSO INTO PORTIONS OF GREENWOOD COUNTY, LAURENS COUNTY SOME LIGHTER RAINFALL. THE RAIN IS COMING TO AN END NOW. HERE INTO FAR WESTERN PORTIONS OF GREENVILLE COUNTY. JUST SOME LIGHT MOISTURE IN THE EASTERN PART OF THE COUNTY OVER TOWARDS SPARTANBURG COUNTY. SOME OF THE STEADIEST OF THE RAINFALL OVER TOWARD UNION COUNTY, CHEROKEE COUNTY, RUTHERFORD, AND ALSO TO POLK COUNTIES INTO NORTH CAROLINA. SOME LIGHT TO MODERATE RAINFALL, SO RAIN WILL COME TO AN END HERE FROM WEST TO EAST OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. DRIER WEATHER WILL FILTER ON IN BY ABOUT MIDDAY, AND THEN BY THE AFTERNOON HOURS, WE’RE GOING TO FIRE UP SOME SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS, MAINLY ACROSS WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. SOME OF THOSE COULD PRODUCE SOME GUSTY WINDS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL THIS MORNING. IT’S A COOL START, A LITTLE BIT 60S, AND WE’RE GOING TO WARM UP NICELY WITH SOME PEEKS OF SUNSHINE LATER ON TODAY. HOW ABOUT HIGH TEMPERATURES UPPER 70S TO NEAR 80 ACROSS THE UPSTATE INTO THE MID TO UPPER 70S ACROSS WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. AARON BRADFORD AT 649. WE’RE STARTING TO SEE THOSE SLOWDOWNS. HERE’S A LIVE LOOK AT I-85 NORTH NEAR PELHAM ROAD IN GREENVILLE COUNTY. PREDICTABLE FOR A WORKDAY. THIS IS WEDNESDAY MORNING, AFTER ALL, 85 NORTH. YOU CAN SEE THE SLOWDOWNS THERE. WE’RE NOT SEEING SIGNIFICANT DELAYS, BUT WE’RE JUST SEEING THAT USUAL MONDAY MORNING. MONDAY MORNING. IT’S WEDNESDAY MORNING. IT’S ON MONDAY MORNING. LET’S NOT GO BACK. TRAVEL TIMES. YOU CAN SEE IT REFLECTED THERE. 11 MINUTES I-85 SOUTHBOUND FROM AIRPORT TO WOODRUFF ROAD, USUALLY AT SIX MINUTES. THE OTHER TWO LOOK GOOD THOUGH. 240 TO ASHEVILLE HIGHWAY 11 MINUTES. FAIRVIEW ROAD TO DOWNTOWN IS 13 WELL, GREER COMMUNITY MINISTRIES IS WORKING TO HELP STUDENTS IN NEED BEFORE STUDENTS RETURN FOR A NEW SCHOOL YEAR. OUR ISABELLE MARAK IS JOINING US LIVE RIGHT NOW WITH MORE. HEY, DESTINY. GOOD MORNING. THIS DRIVE WILL RUN THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK, AND IT’S GOING TO HELP HUNDREDS OF STUDENTS HERE IN GREER. JUST TO KIND OF PUT IT INTO PERSPECTIVE, BACK IN 2023, THIS EXACT DRIVE HELPED NEARLY 400 STUDENTS, WHICH IS ALL DONATED FROM LOCAL CHURCHES, BUSINESSES AND FAMILIES. GCM COLLECTS ALL KINDS OF SUPPLIES, FROM BACKPACKS TO CRAYONS AND CALCULATORS AND SOME OF THE MOST IN-DEMAND SUPPLIES ARE DRY ERASE MARKERS. NOW, IF YOU’D LIKE TO HELP CONTRIBUTE, YOU CAN DO SO BY DROPPING OFF THE SUPPLIES RIGHT HERE ON THE FRONT PORCH OF GCM. ANYTIME BETWEEN 8 AND 2. BUT FOR NOW, REPORTING LIVE IN GREER, ISABELLE MARAK WIFE NEWS FOUR. THANKS, ISABELLE. AND IF YOU’RE HEADING OUT TO FLUOR FIELD TONIGHT, IT’S THE DRIVE’S ANNUAL GREEN DAY CELEBRATION. GREEN DAY REPRESENTS GREENVILLE’S UNOFFICIAL BIRTHDAY WHEN THE TEAM IN THE CITY COME TOGETHER. FANS ARE ENCOURAGED TO WEAR GREEN TO CREATE A GREEN OUT EFFECT AT THE BALLPARK. ANOTHER GREEN DAY BIRTHDAY FESTIVITIES INCLUDE COOKIES, FACE PAINTING, BALLOON ARTISTS, AND A FIREWORKS SHOW. WELL, THE PEACE CENTER IS CLOSING OUT ITS BROADWAY SEASON WITH THE 2023 TONY AWARD WINNER FOR BEST MUSICAL, KIMBERLY AKIMBO. THE MUSICAL TAKES PLACE IN 1999, IN SUBURBAN NEW JERSEY AND CENTERS AROUND THE LIFE OF 16 YEAR OLD KIMBERLY AKIMBO. BUT KIMBERLY IS NOT A TYPICAL TEEN. SHE HAS A RARE CONDITION THAT ACCELERATES HER AGING, SO EVEN THOUGH SHE IS A HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT, SHE LOOKS LIKE SHE’S 72 YEARS OLD. THE STORY IS ABOUT HER NAVIGATING HER LIFE AND MAKING THE DECISION TO LIVE EVERY DAY LIKE IT’S HER LAST. IT’S JUST A REALLY GOOD TIME. YOU’RE GOING TO LAUGH YOUR FACE OFF AND YOU’RE GOING TO FEEL JUST HOPEFUL ABOUT LIFE. AND IT’S JUST A REALLY GOOD TIME. WELL, YOU CAN SEE KIMBERLY AT THE PEACE CENTER NOW UNTIL SUNDAY. TICKETS ARE AVAILABLE AT THE PEACE CENTER DOT ORG. THE MUSICAL IS RECOMME