Police ask: “Please report your local drug dealer”

AND TIME FOR THE NEWS. WE'LL TAKE A LOOK AT TODAY'S TOP NEWS. TRAFFIC AND WEATHER BEFORE YOU GET OUT THE DOOR. BUT FIRST, WE'LL START WITH THE IMPACT OF TROPICAL STORM SYSTEMS IN NORTH CAROLINA. SEVERE STORMS MOVED THROUGH YESTERDAY, CAUSING EXTENSIVE FLOODING IN SOME AREAS. A STAY-ALONE ORDER HAS BEEN IMPOSED FOR AREAS NOT ESTABLISHED AND WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL LATER THIS MORNING. RESIDENTS AND VISITORS IN THIS AREA HAVE BEEN ADVISED TO STAY HOME OR SEEK SHELTER UNTIL THE STAY-IN-A-MIND ORDER IS LIFTED AND ROAD CONDITIONS IMPROVE. THE AREA WAS DECLARED A STATE OF EMERGENCY AFTER RECEIVING A HISTORICAL 18 INCHES OF RAIN. IN 12 HOURS. IN SOME AREAS. A 58-YEAR-OLD MAN IS FEDERALLY CONVICTED IN WHAT THE FBI CALLS AN OBVIOUS SECOND ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION OF FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP. RYAN RUTH MADE HIS FIRST APPEARANCE IN FLORIDA COURT YESTERDAY MORNING. HE WAS ARRESTED ON SUNDAY AFTER AUTHORITIES SEEMED A GUN POINTING OUT OF THE BUSHES AT THE WEST PALM BEACH GOLF COURSE WHERE TRUMP WAS PLAYING. RUTH IS ONLY GIVEN A GUN CHARGE BECAUSE, ACCORDING TO INVESTIGATORS, HE DID NOT FIRED ANY SHOTS AT THE FORMER PRESIDENT. SO, DEMOCRATIC VICE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE TIM WALZ WILL BE IN ASHEVILLE TODAY ON A TOUR OF THE BATTLEGROUND STATES. OUR TANIQUA PENNIX IS HERE TO TELL US MORE ABOUT HIS VISIT. WHO'S JOINING LIVE? TAMIKA. SO, GOOD MORNING, DESTINEE. GOVERNOR TIM WALZ WILL BE HERE IN ASHEVILLE AROUND 4:30. BUT FIRST THE GOVERNOR WILL BE MAKING A FEW STOPS IN GEORGIA. AND ACCORDING TO HARRIS WALZ'S CAMPAIGN WEBSITE THE RALLY HERE IN ASHEVILLE IS SCHEDULED FROM 2-7 PM. FINAL DETAILS SUCH AS TIME AND LOCATION WILL ONLY BE SHARED TO THOSE WHO REGISTER. FOR NOW, LIVE COVERAGE HERE FROM ASHEVILLE, TANIQUA PENNIX WYFF NEWS FOR TANIQUA. THANK YOU. THE MURDER TRIAL OF A FORMER ARMY RECRUITMENT MAN ACCUSED OF KILLING HIS Estranged WIFE RESUMES THIS MORNING. IN 2016, 22-YEAR-OLD KATIE BLAUVELT WAS FOUND STABBED TO DEATH IN AN ABANDONED HOUSE IN SIMPSONVILLE ONE DAY AFTER SHE DISAPPEARED. SHORTLY THEN, HER Estranged HUSBAND JOHN BLAUVELT HIRED WITH A 17-YEAR-OLD GIRLFRIEND. HE WAS ON THE RUN FOR ALMOST SIX YEARS UNTIL HE WAS FOUND AND ARRESTED IN OREGON IN 2022. EIGHT-YEAR-OLD LIONEL CERVANTES WILL BE INTERRED TODAY AFTER GREENVILLE COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT OFFICIALS SAY LIONEL WAS FOUND DEAD IN A POND NEAR THE SCHOOL LAST WEEK. HIS FUNERAL WILL BE HELD AT THE THOMAS MCAFEE FUNERAL HOME ON WHITEHORSE ROAD. VISITATION WILL BE OPEN FROM 4 PM TO 5:45 PM. FUNERAL SERVICE WILL BEGIN AT 6 PM AND CONTINUE AT 8 PM. THE FAMILY HAS REQUESTED THAT NO PHOTOS OR VIDEOS BE TAKEN AT THE FUNERAL HOME. I THINK THE SIMPLE THINGS ARE REALLY SIMPLE TO PREVENT COLDS AND FLU. THINGS LIKE WASHING YOUR HANDS, NOT TOUCHING YOUR NOSE, MOUTH AND EYES. ESPECIALLY WHEN SICK PEOPLE ARE AROUND AND FOR THE BENEFIT OF EVERYONE AROUND YOU IF YOU FEEL SICK. SO STAY AWAY OR REDUCE EXPOSURE TO OTHER PEOPLE BY STAYING HOME ESPECIALLY IF YOU HAVE A FEVER FOR AT LEAST 24 HOURS. TODAY IS GET PREPARED FOR THE FLU DAY. DOCTORS RECOMMEND GETTING VACCINATED FOR THE COMING SEASON. THEY SAY THE SYMPTOMS OF THE VIRUS ARE VARIANT AND CAN INCLUDE FEVER, COUGH, BODY ACHES, RUNNY NOSE AND SORE THROAT. IN MOST CASES THE FLU WILL GO AWAY ON ITSELF IF YOU REST AND DRINK HYDRATION. DOCTORS SAY IF YOU HAVE A CHILD IN PRESCHOOL OR KINDERGARTEN YOU SHOULD NOT BE WORRIED IF THEY SEEM TO BE GETTING ILL. AND OFTEN. THEY SAY YOU CAN GET BETWEEN 10 AND 12 VIRAL INFECTIONS A YEAR. SYDNEY. VERY RELAXING AFTER THE LAST FEW WEEKS WHICH HAVE BEEN SO DRY. IT'S RAINING, BUT IT'S A VERY DIFFERENT PICTURE THAN THE COASTAL AREAS WHERE THERE WAS SIGNIFICANT FLOODING, ESPECIALLY NEAR WILMINGTON. SO YOU'RE FINALLY SEEING A LITTLE RELIEF FROM THE RAIN. BUT THE RAIN IS NOW COMING TO OUR AREA. IF WE LOOK AT IT CLOSER NOW, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A LOT OF DRY TIME, BUT IT'S GOING TO BE ONE OF THOSE DAYS YOU'LL WANT TO HAVE YOUR UMBRELLA READY. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE RAIN AT TIMES FOR A PERMANENT TIME THROUGHOUT THE DAY, ESPECIALLY IN THE FIRST HALF OF THE DAY. BUT EVEN THIS AFTERNOON, OCCASIONAL SHOWERS ARE STILL POSSIBLE. MUCH DRIVER CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY NOW IN TOCCOA, HARTWELL, ELBERTON, AND ABBEVILLE. HOWEVER, YOU CAN SEE THE HUMIDITY STARTING TO MOVE THROUGH CLEMSON AND PUSH SOUTHWEST. So you might get a few showers brushing around. There. But the rest of us are dealing with those showers on and off throughout the day. It's coming with windy conditions, but we'll see the winds die down late in the afternoon. But in a minute I'll take a closer look at when more sunshine returns and how that affects our temperatures. Fate. All right. Well, it's affecting the roads right now. SYDNEY, LET'S TAKE A LIVE LOOK AT I-85 NORTH NEAR PELHAM ROAD IN GREENVILLE COUNTY. IF YOU COME TO US EVERY MORNING, YOU KNOW WE USUALLY SHOW THIS AT THIS TIME OF THE MORNING, AND IT'S BLURRY BECAUSE OF THE FOG AND RAIN OUT THERE, THE ROADS VERY WET. SO TAKE A LITTLE EXTRA TIME TO GET OUT THE DOOR THIS MORNING. LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT YOUR TRAVEL TIMES. THERE ARE NO SLOW DOWNS OR DELAYS RIGHT NOW. BUT AGAIN, JUST BE CAREFUL OUT THERE AND FASTEN YOUR SEAT BELT. THE I 242 ASHEVILLE HIGHWAY SHOULD TAKE 14 MINUTES. FROM THE AIRPORT TO WOODRUFF ROAD WILL TAKE YOU DOWNTOWN VIA FAIRVIEW ROAD. THEY HAVE A 14-MINUTE DRIVE AHEAD. CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS WITH BOEING ARE RESUMBLING, ACCORDING TO A UNION REPRESENTATIVE. THE SOURCE SAYS A FEDERAL MEDIATOR IS CONDUCTING THOSE TALKS TODAY. IT'S THE FIRST TIME BOEING AND UNION LEADERS HAVE MET SINCE A MASSIVE STRIKE BEGAN LAST FRIDAY. BOEING'S MAIN AIRCRAFT PRODUCTION IS VIRTUALLY SHUT DOWN BECAUSE OF THE STRIKE, AND ANALYSTS SAY THE STRIKE COULD COST THE COMPANY MORE THAN $1 BILLION IF IT LASTS FOR MONTHS. JUST DO IT, THE NEED FOR A FINISH RUN IS SO STRONG THAT IT'S JUST IMPOSSIBLE TO RESIST. AN EIGHT-YEAR-OLD IN OHIO WAS REPORTED MISSING IN HER FAMILY'S VEHICLE. DOORBELL CAMERA FOOTAGE SHOWS HER GETTING IN THE CAR AND DRIVING OFF ALONE. POLICE TRACKING HER TO HER LOCAL DESTINATION. THE CHILD WAS FOUND WITH A STARBUCKS FRAPPUCCINO. SHE ADMITTED IT. WHILE DRIVING, SHE HIT A MAILBOX. NO ONE WAS HURT AND THE CHILD WILL NOT BE CHARGED BECAUSE SHE IS TOO YOUNG. GOOGLE MAPS ESTIMATES THE DRIVE TOOK ABOUT A HALF HOUR. THE CAFFEINE IS SOMETIMES. THE GREENVILLE COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT IS LOOKING FOR PROPOSALS FOR A NEW REZODING PLAN AND THERE ARE TWO MORE MEETINGS TO ATTEND. AND HERE'S OUR ISABEL MARICH TELLING US WITH ALL THE DETAILS. ISABEL. ERIN. GOOD MORNING. THE DISTRICT SAYS IN AN ATTEMPT TO AVOID OVERCROWDING IN SCHOOLS AND IMPROVE THE RATIO BETWEEN STUDENTS AND TEACHERS, IT IS SENDING HUNDREDS OF STUDENTS TO NEW SCHOOLS. THIS COMES AFTER THE DISTRICT ANNOUNCED PLANS TO BUILD A NEW SCHOOL THAT WILL OPEN NEXT YEAR THAT WOULD HOUSE NEARLY 600 STUDENTS. DISTRICT LEADERS ARE SHOWING NEW MAPS AND HEARING FROM FAMILIES THIS WEEK. ANOTHER PUBLIC EVENT WILL BE HELD TOMORROW EVENING AT 5:30 AT THE ROPER MOUNTAIN SCIENCE CENTER. THE GRADUATION EVENT WILL BE HELD THURSDAY AT 5:30 AT THE MT ANDERSON SUPPORT CENTER. LIVE I

Marion Police Ask Citizens to “Report Their Local Drug Dealer”

Updated: 7:43 p.m. EDT, September 17, 2024

Authorities in Marion, North Carolina are asking people to “report your local drug dealer.” The request came after a late-night operation found commercial quantities of methamphetamine and marijuana. Police said a drug search warrant was executed at a home on State Street Extension in Marion. Tenants Rebecca Jean Chapman, 42, and Vandon Ray Heath, 51, who were the only residents of the home, were using it as a place to buy and consume illegal drugs, Marion police said. “The message we want to send to the community we serve is simple,” Marion police said in a news release. “Please report your local drug dealer by working with Marion Police and make us aware of similar occurrences that may be occurring in your community. A simple phone call or brief meeting can be the start of resolving problems related to the distribution of illegal drugs in your community.”

MARION, NC —

Authorities in Marion, North Carolina, are asking residents: “Please report your local drug dealer.”

The application was made after a nighttime operation revealed commercial quantities of methamphetamine and marijuana.

According to police, a search warrant was executed on a home on State Street Extension in Marion for drug possession.

Tenants Rebecca Jean Chapman (42) and Vandon Ray Heath (51), who were the only residents of the house, used it to buy and consume illegal drugs, Marion police said.

Marion Police Station

“The message we want to send to the community we serve is simple,” Marion Police said in a news release. “Please report your local drug dealer by working with the Marion Police Department and bring to our attention anything that may be happening in your community. A simple phone call or brief meeting can be the start of resolving issues related to the distribution of illegal narcotics in your community.”