'Did it just blink?': This poisonous plant will stare you down (2025)

LOCAL BREAKING NEWS. THIS IS WYFF NEWS FOUR AT SIX. AHEAD ON WYFF NEWS FOUR AT SIX. A COMMUNITY COMES TOGETHER AFTER KILLEEN TO HELP A THEATER GET BACK ON ITS FEET AFTER COMING OFF A TOASTY SUNDAY AFTERNOON, WE GOT UP INTO THE 80S TODAY. 79 IN GREENVILLE. THIS IS PROBABLY THE LAST DAY WE’RE GOING TO SEE 80 FOR AT LEAST THE NEXT WEEK. COLDER FROM HERE ON OUT. HOW COLD UP NEXT? BREAKING NEWS JUST INTO OUR NEWSROOM. SPARTANBURG SCHOOL DISTRICT FOUR WILL RETURN TO CLASS TOMORROW BEFORE A POSSIBLE MOLD WAS FOUND IN A SCHOOL, WHICH MADE THEM CLOSE DOWN TO TESTING AND CLEANING. SCHOOL OFFICIALS SAY THE TESTING CAME BACK AND SAYS IT’S SAFE FOR STUDENTS AND STAFF TO RETURN. THEY SAY THEY WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE AIR QUALITY MOVING FORWARD. IN CHEROKEE COUNTY, A GAFFNEY MAN IS DEAD AFTER HE WAS SHOT SEVERAL TIMES. ACCORDING TO THE CORONER, IT HAPPENED IN THE LIMESTONE SQUARE PARKING LOT ON WALL STREET AROUND TWO THIS MORNING. THEY SAY 29 YEAR OLD TYLER O’BRIEN LITTLEJOHN WAS SHOT MULTIPLE TIMES WHILE STANDING OUTSIDE OF A CAR. LITTLEJOHN DIED ON THE SCENE. WITNESSES SAY LITTLEJOHN AND JOHN DEJA MCNEIL WERE IN THE BACK SEAT AND GOT INTO AN ARGUMENT BEFORE THE SHOOTING. MCNEIL IS BEING CHARGED WITH MURDER AND OTHER CHARGES. IN SPARTANBURG COUNTY. AUTHORITIES SAY A COACH FROM SPARTANBURG COUNTY CHARTER SCHOOL WAS ARRESTED AFTER A FOOTBALL GAME FRIDAY NIGHT. POLICE SAY 24 YEAR OLD TAUREAN STEVENSON WAS PART OF THE COACHING STAFF AT MOUNTAIN VIEW PREPARATORY SCHOOL. THEY SAY STEVENSON WAS CHARGED WITH THIRD DEGREE ASSAULT AND BATTERY AFTER AN INCIDENT INVOLVING A POLICE OFFICER. HE WAS BOOKED INTO SPARTANBURG COUNTY DETENTION CENTER AND HAS SINCE BEEN RELEASED. WELL, DID YOU FEEL SOMETHING SHAKE? TODAY, THE SOUTH CAROLINA EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT DIVISION SAYS THERE WERE MULTIPLE EARTHQUAKES IN THE UPSTATE THIS MORNING. OFFICIALS SAY THE TWO EARTHQUAKES HAPPENED IN LAURENS AND GREENWOOD COUNTIES. THE FIRST ONE WAS A 2.4 MAGNITUDE AND THE SECOND ONE WAS 2.1 MAGNITUDE. AND JUST A REMINDER, THIS WEEK IS SOUTH CAROLINA EARTHQUAKE PREPAREDNESS WEEK. WELL, LET’S TAKE A LOOK AT OUR WEATHER NOW. METEOROLOGIST GRIFFIN HARDY IS HERE. GRIFFIN, THIS HAS BEEN A VERY GOOD WEEKEND, ESPECIALLY IF YOU DON’T WANT THE HOT TO GO AWAY. YEAH, THE TOASTY TEMPERATURES THAT WE HAD TODAY WERE WERE NICE, BUT THIS IS THE LAST WE’RE GOING TO SEE ABOUT US FOR FOR A LONG TIME. WE’VE GOT A DRY FRONT THAT’S COMING IN TONIGHT. THAT IS GOING TO DROP TEMPERATURES FOR TOMORROW. OUTSIDE RIGHT NOW IT’S STILL 80 IN CLEMSON. AND ANDERSON, 79 IN GREENVILLE. AND SPARTANBURG. MID AND UPPER 70S IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA PRETTY BREEZY TOO. SOUTHWEST WIND COMING IN BROADLY SPEAKING, AT 10 TO 15MPH. THAT SHOULD RELAX LATER ON TONIGHT. BUT AT LEAST FOR THE MOMENT, IT’S NICE AND QUIET. WE ARE WATCHING THE FRONT, WHICH YOU CAN SORT OF MAKE OUT IN THE CLOUDS THERE. IT’S OFF TOWARDS THE NORTHWEST AND IS GOING TO BRING SOME SHOWERS INTO WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA LATER TONIGHT, MOSTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT. YOU CAN ALSO MAKE OUT THE FRONT, THE WATER VAPOR IMAGERY, A LITTLE BIT OF DRIER AIR RIGHT THERE. UPPER LEVEL TROUGH HELPING TO BRING SOME OF THAT COLDER AND DRIER AIR OUR WAY. SO HERE’S THE NEXT 12 HOURS. CLEAR SKY FOR THE REST OF THE NIGHT. TONIGHT IN THE UPSTATE AND NOT QUITE AS CHILLY AS IT HAS BEEN FOR THE PAST COUPLE OF NIGHTS, 67 IN BY MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AND THEN LOW 60S TO UPPER 50S EARLY TOMORROW MORNING. AGAIN, THERE’S GOING TO BE SOME RAIN IN THE MOUNTAINS TONIGHT, MOSTLY UP TOWARDS THE TENNESSEE STATE LINE. UP IN THE MOUNTAINS THERE, MOSTLY NORTH OF ASHEVILLE, BUT STILL A CHANCE FOR RAIN. MOSTLY AT AROUND MIDNIGHT AND THEN FIZZLING OUT LATER ON INTO TOMORROW MORNING. AGAIN. A COLD START IN THE MOUNTAINS FOR THE MOST PART. 47 IN CULLOWHEE, ASHEVILLE, 54. EARLY TOMORROW MORNING. NOT QUITE SO COLD IN THE UPSTATE DOWN TO AROUND JUST 61 FOR GREENVILLE, 60 IN SPARTANBURG, LOW 60S AND UPPER 50S IN LARGE PART FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND THE UPSTATE. BUT IT WILL GET COLDER FROM HERE. I’LL SHOW YOU WHEN WE HAVE THE BEST CHANCE FOR SEEING PATCHY FROST THIS WEEK. THAT’S COMING UP IN JUST A FEW MINUTES. MIA, BACK TO YOU IN COMMITMENT 2024 NEWS, VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS WAS IN GREENVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA TODAY. SHE IS HAVING A CAMPAIGN RALLY THIS EVENING. EARLIER IN THE DAY, SHE STOPPED BY FOR A CHURCH SERVICE. THIS AS WE DRAW CLOSER TO THE ELECTION AND NORTH CAROLINA IS ONE OF THE KEY BATTLEGROUND STATES. HER OPPONENT, FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP, IS SET TO BE IN ATLANTA ON TUESDAY IN HENDERSONVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA. THE HENDERSONVILLE THEATER HAD A CLEANUP TODAY. WELL, VOLUNTEERS HELPED OUT WITH VARIOUS TASKS THAT INCLUDED CLEANING, ORGANIZING, ALONG WITH MINOR REPAIRS AND SETTING THINGS BACK IN ORDER. AFTER HALLOWEEN. VOLUNTEERS ALSO BROUGHT THEIR OWN SUPPLIES TO HELP IN THE RECOVERY EFFORTS. OFFICIALS SAY THEY ARE THANKFUL THEY DIDN’T LOSE IT ENTIRELY WHEN HELENE HIT VERY CLOSE TO HAVING IT PAID OFF, SO OBVIOUSLY LOSING IT WOULD HAVE BEEN DEVASTATING TO THE THEATER. I DON’T KNOW IF WE WOULD HAVE RECOVERED EVEN WITH INSURANCE MONEY. SO WE WERE REALLY, HONESTLY QUITE RELIEVED TO FIND OUT THAT ANYTHING WAS STILL STANDING. SO IS THIS. OFFICIALS SAY THEY ARE INCREDIBLY GRATEFUL FOR THIS COMMUNITY AND WORKING TOGETHER TO GET THIS THEATER BACK ON ITS FEET. WELL, A REMINDER TICKETS ARE NOW ON SALE FOR A WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA BENEFIT CONCERT FOR CAROLINA IS HAPPENING OCTOBER 26TH AT BANK OF AMERICA STADIUM. LUKE COMBS, ERIC CHURCH, BILLY STRINGS, JAMES TAYLOR AND MORE WILL BE PERFORMING. ALL PROCEE