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Family robbed after home destroyed during Hurricane Helene [Video]
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Family robbed after home destroyed during Hurricane Helene [Video]

AND TOTALS FOR YOUR TOWN. CHRIS. THANK YOU. A SPARTANBURG COUNTY FAMILY IS CONTINUING TO DEAL WITH DAMAGE FROM HURRICANE HELENE AFTER THREE TREES FELL THROUGH THEIR HOME. NOW THEY ARE DEALING WITH A NEW NIGHTMARE AFTER THEY SAY BURGLARS BROKE IN AND SWIPED SOME FAMILY HEIRLOOMS AND ANTIQUES. NATE STANLEY SPOKE WITH FAMILY TONIGHT. ITS A STORY YOULL SEE ONLY ON WYFF NEWS. FOUR. THIS IS WHATS LEFT OF THAT FAMILYS GARAGE. AS YOU CAN SEE, A TREE COMING THROUGH, SMACKING THE ROOF AND LEAVING IT IN PIECES. NOW THIS ISNT EVEN THE WORST OF THEIR HEADACHES, AS THE HOME WAS RANSACKED ON MONDAY. NOW THE HOMEOWNER IS HOPING THE BURGLARS WILL BRING BACK THEIR TREASURED KEEPSAKES. THEY ENDED UP COMING IN THROUGH THAT ROOM. SIGNS OF A HOME BURGLARY STILL EVIDENT IN MICHAEL KUHNS HOUSE. DAYS AFTER THIEVES BROKE INTO HIS FAMILYS HOME AND ROBBED THEM. THE HOUSE WAS VACANT AT THE TIME, HIS FAMILY STILL DISPLACED AFTER HURRICANE HELENE. A GENERATOR WAS RECENTLY STOLEN FROM THEM TOO. WE HAD KEPT THE GENERATOR HERE EVEN THOUGH WE WERENT LIVING HERE, BECAUSE WE WERE RUNNING A LIGHT INSIDE JUST TO MAKE IT LOOK LIKE THERES SOMEBODY IN THE HOUSE. SO GENERATOR GOT STOLEN. I DONT REMEMBER THE EXACT DATE, BUT TO 2 OR 3 WEEKS AGO, YOU CAN STILL SEE WHERE THE THIEVES TRIED TO BREAK INTO THE FRONT DOOR. YOU CAN SEE WHERE THEY WORKED USING A WINDOW TO GAIN ACCESS INSTEAD. THERES THE BRICK. MOSTLY FAMILY HEIRLOOMS, A CARTIER ROSE. AND THEN THEY TOOK A RIFLE. I HAD A COLLECTION OF ANTIQUE INKWELLS. THOSE ITEMS, GIFTS FROM HIS RECENTLY DECEASED FATHER. IT TRULY, TRULY SUCKS THAT PEOPLE FEEL ENTITLED TO DO THINGS LIKE THAT. YOU KNOW, IF THEY WOULD HAVE TAKEN A TV, WHATEVER. I CAN REPLACE A TV. THESE THINGS ARE IRREPLACEABLE. EVEN WITH UNLIMITED AMOUNT OF MONEY. NOT BECAUSE THEYRE SO UNIQUE, BUT BECAUSE THEY WERE HIS OKUN HAS A MESSAGE FOR THE PEOPLE WHO DID THIS. BRING IT BACK. ALL WILL BE FORGIVEN IF YOU DONT BRING IT BACK. IM GOING TO FIND YOU ONE WAY OR ANOTHER. AND HE ALSO TELLS US THAT HE WENT AROUND TO LOCAL PAWNSHOPS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEYRE ALSO ON ALERT, IF ANY, OF THESE ITEMS WERE TO TRY TO BE SOLD. RE

Leaders break ground on new pet resource center [Video]
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Leaders break ground on new pet resource center [Video]

Spartanburg County officials have broken ground on the county’s new multimillion-dollar pet resource center, which, they say, could help owners keep their pets.Members of Spartanburg County Council and other local leaders were on hand for the event on Thursday. “Spartanburg County has a lot of animal resources. There’s just no one to bring us together, and I think that this resource center is going to be the place,” County Council Member Jessica Coker said. The $24.6 million facility is located along Southport Road near the Spartanburg Downtown Memorial Airport. Officials said it is paid for via American Rescue Plan Act funds and interest earned through county investments.Since 2011, Spartanburg County has been transporting its stray animals to Greenville County as part of a temporary agreement.In 2022 and 2023 combined, Greenville County took in more than 3,100 stray animals from Spartanburg County. “In the past, we’ve really gotten a deal with contracting with Greenville County Animal Care, but it’s time we take care of our own, and so I’m very excited that we are able to do so debt-free,” Coker said. Officials said the pet resource center will have a variety of medical services as well as an adoption center. “For so many years, we taught the public, ‘Bring us all your animals. Bring us all your animals,’ and that was a really terrible idea,” said Kim Sanders, the director of animal welfare services. “There’s no way that one team of 30 to 50 staff members can handle the animals for one county’s population.”Coker hopes the resource center can be another tool to help both humans and animals in the county.”We want to have all kinds of programs in place and ordinances to keep animals with their owners,” she said. “We want to make it hard for people to have animal cruelty.”Coker said the county continues to hire staff who will operate the facility. The center is scheduled to open by the end of next year.

Gov. Mills prepares for final legislative session as chief executive [Video]
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Gov. Mills prepares for final legislative session as chief executive [Video]

GUNS AWAY FROM A DANGEROUS PERSON. “AFTER OCTOBER 25 OF LAST YEAR LAW ENFORCEMENT ACROSS THE STATE BECAME MUCH MORE AWARE OF THE LAW AND WHAT IT ENTAILS. WE ALSO AMENDED IT THIS YEAR TO SIMPLIFY IT, STREAMLINE IT, MAKE IT EASIER TO USE FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT AND DISTRICT ATTORNEYS SO IT’S BEING USED MORE EFFECTIVELY.” 02;37;12;15 MILLS CRITICIZED SAGADHOC COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPUTY AARON SKOFIELD FOR NOT DOING MORE TO USE THE LAW TO PREVENT THE LEWISTON MASS SHOOTING LAST OCTOBER. SOT FROM PRESSER? – NOW — A GROUP OF MAINERS LED BY THE MAINE GUN SAFETY COALITION IS WORKING TO PUT A CITIZENS REFERENDUM ON THE BALLOT TO CREATE A RED FLAG LAW IN MAINE. “WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THE CITIZENS REFERENDUM TRYING TO PUT THE RED FLAG ON THE BALLOT? I KNOW YOU SAID THE WORD INCONSISTENT, WOULD THAT BE INCONSISTENT WITH THE LAW WE HAVE NOW? WELL AGAIN I HAVEN’T STUDIED IT IN DETAIL BUT MY EDUCATED GUESS IS THAT IT IS INCONSISTENT WITH WHAT WE HAVE AND IT WOULD BE VERY VERY CONFUSING TO TRY TO HAVE BOTH ON THE BOOKS.” 02;37;35;14 IN RECENT YEARS — THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES HAS BEEN SCRUTINIZED FOR ITS HANDLING OF CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES – – PARTICULARLY THE NUMBER OF CHILDREN WHO HAVE BEEN KILLED — AND OF NURSING HOMES — FORCING MANY OF THEM TO CLOSE. “I KNOW THERE HAS BEEN A PUSH IN RECENT YEARS AS WELL IN THE LEGISLATURE TO MAYBE SEPARATE THE OFFICE OF FAMILY AND CHILD SERVICES FROM DHHS… WHAT IS YOUR STANCE ON THAT? I THINK PEOPLE HAVE LOOKED AT THAT OVER TIME AND IT DOESN’T NECESSARILY STREAMLINE ANYTHING… INEVITABLY THERE WOULD BE ADDITIONAL COSTS TO DOING THAT AND THE MORE MONEY YOU PUT INTO THE THE BUREAUCRACY OR ADMINISTRATION.. THE LESS MONEY YOU’RE PUTTING INTO SERVICES.” 02;40;05;22 GOVERNOR MILLS HAS TOUTED HER ADMINISTRATION’S ABILITY TO MAX OUT THE STATE’S RAINY DAY FUND. IN THE NEXT TWO YEARS — SHE’LL BE FOCUSING MORE ON FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY. “IN A RECENT POLITICO ARTICLE YOU WERE QUOTED SAYING “WE’VE GOTTA TALK ABOUT ABOUT POCKETBOOK ISSUES AND GET OVER IDENTITY POLITICS.” WHAT DID YOU MEAN BY THAT AND ARE YOU PLANNING TO FOCUS ON MORE FISCAL ISSUES THI