Covering South Carolina

Covering South Carolina

>> jon: covering south carolina this morning.

Officials ready to carry out execution in more than a decade.

Just one problem here.

They don't have the proper drugs to do so.

Officials say the claim of pandemic making things worse and dangerous as corrections department withholding information and inmate on death row for 19 years on a murder conviction.

>>> dhec also confirming the first flu-related death in the state for well.

That victim for the pd region died from flu complications.

Dhec and cdc reminding everyone to get a flu shot six months or older here.

Preventing the flu this year more important than ever due to the ongoing pandemic.

>> leah: american city leaders s law enforcement inactive due to alleged misconduct.

He was hired as marion police chief on september 28th.

This is news they didn't expect to hear about the former chief now.

>> it wasn't the city's fault.

The state needs to update the system so they have a better system and stuff like that won't happen.

>> mayor of marion tells us that they did their homework before they hired parks.

He says that they thoroughly checked his background.

File came up clean.

>> jon: kershaw deputy out of a job after he knocked a man out while unconscious while on duty.

Official say the man resisted arrest last month and deputy forced the man to the ground knocking him out.

Sheriff lee bones says the deputy waited too long to call for medical assistance and continued to use force on that injured man.

>> no force should be used.

Under arrest at that point.

He is handcuffed and on the ground and lay there until the ambulance gets there.

What i saw on the video, that's not what we expect out of kershaw deputy.

>> jon: investigating the incident and body camera and surveillance video footage from the scene.

>> leah: inmate at lee county correctional facility dead after assaulted.

Travis lee who was 28 years old died at local hospital after several inmates assaulted him.

He was serving eight-year sentence for attempted murder, kidnapping and criminal conspiracy.

>> jon: $2,000 sign on bonus to work as bus driver because of the pandemic.

Bus driver capacity adjusted to 50% and district now needs more drivers.

More employees not currently bus drivers have the necessary licensing.

>> leah: lexington school district one experiencing similar issue also struggling to find drivers.

Some parents think something needs to be done.

>> there's a lot of people that just don't have that option to be able to pick up their kids.

>> needs to have a backup plan to pick up the children because a lot of parents are working and they rely on the bus.

>> leah: coronavirus is added strain for drivers covering 22 bus routes in this area and at one time as many as eight bus drivers were absent for various reasons.

That's according to the district.

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>>> now your fox 24 weather authority forecast.

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>> emily: still chilly at 45°.

We are sunny and dry at least.

We are going to see the temperatures come up a little bit today from where were they yesterday.

It feels like 40 though thanks to that wind out there.

Some wind chill temperatures have been in the 30s for this