Upstate business closes after 20 years in business

YOUR TIME NOW IS 643 AND IT’S TIME FOR NEWS TO GO. WE’VE GOT A LOOK AT TODAY’S TOP NEWS STORIES, TRAFFIC AND WEATHER ALL BEFORE YOU HEAD OUT THE DOOR, STARTING WITH BREAKING NEWS OUT OF ANDERSON, WHERE THREE PEOPLE WERE SHOT ON NEW YEAR’S EVE. OUR TANIQUA PENNIX IS JOINING US LIVE FROM THE SCENE WHERE OFFICERS HAVE BEEN OUT THERE FOR HOURS. TIA. THAT’S RIGHT. DESTINY POLICE BEEN HERE FOR HOURS. SOME HAVE ALREADY LEFT THE SCENE, BUT WE STILL HAVE SOME BEHIND. YOU CAN SEE EARLIER IN VIDEO WE SAW INVESTIGATORS STILL SEARCHING THE PARKING LOT, LOOKING FOR CLUES. AS FAR AS WHAT HAPPENED. POLICE SAY WHEN THEY ARRIVED AT THIS EVENT CENTER ON WHITEHALL AVENUE, THEY FOUND A FEMALE VICTIM WITH A GUNSHOT WOUND. THEY SAY HER INJURIES WERE NOT LIFE THREATENING, BUT THEY RECEIVED A CALL FROM DISPATCH THAT TWO OTHER VICTIMS WERE IN THE HOSPITAL, ONE IN CRITICAL CONDITION, THE OTHER NON-LIFE-THREATENING INJURIES AS WELL. POLICE SAY THERE WERE A LOT OF PEOPLE HERE AT THIS CENTER WHEN THE SHOOTING TOOK PLACE. THEY WITNESSED AND INTERVIEWED WITNESSES. THEY’RE ASKING THE PUBLIC FOR MORE HELP. ANYTHING YOU CAN GIVE THEM, THEY’RE ASKING YOU TO CALL ANDERSON. POLICE FOR NOW, REPORTING LIVE IN ANDERSON, TANIQUA PENNIX WYFF NEWS FOUR. THANK YOU. TIA. IN LAWRENCE COUNTY, A MAN ACCUSED OF SHOOTING AT CHILDREN AFTER A HOME INVASION IS NOW BEHIND BARS. DEPUTIES SAY IT HAPPENED ON DECEMBER 26TH IN THE AREA OF ERWIN ROAD. WE’RE TOLD THAT DURING THE HOME INVASION, THE SUSPECT STARTED SHOOTING INSIDE A HOME. DEPUTIES SAY WHEN THE VICTIMS WITH SMALL CHILDREN RAN INTO NEARBY WOODS, THE SUSPECT CONTINUED TO SHOOT AT THEM. DEPUTIES SAY THEY WERE ABLE TO FIND THE VICTIMS AND GET THEM TO SAFETY. THE SUSPECT WAS IDENTIFIED AS GERALD LEWIS. HE FACES SEVERAL CHARGES, INCLUDING FIRST DEGREE ASSAULT AND BATTERY. LEWIS REMAINS IN JAIL WITH NO BOND. DEPUTIES ANDERSON COUNTY SAY THEY’RE LOOKING FOR A MISSING MAN WHOSE CAR WAS INVOLVED IN A CRASH ON SUNDAY. DEPUTIES SAY HIS CAR WAS FOUND ALONG I-85. TAKE A LOOK AT YOUR SCREEN, THEY SAY THE FAMILY BELIEVES HE WAS DRIVING AT THE TIME, BUT THE DRIVER LEFT THE CRASH SITE SO THEY CAN’T BE SURE WHO WAS BEHIND THE WHEEL. DEPUTIES SAY THE 55 YEAR OLD MAN HAS NOT BEEN SEEN SINCE. IF YOU SEE OR KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THIS CASE, YOU’RE ASKED TO CALL THE ANDERSON COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE. AN UPSTATE WOMAN IS UNDER ARREST AND FACING CHARGES OUT OF FAIRFIELD COUNTY. ACCORDING TO THE FAIRFIELD COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE, AN ARREST WARRANT WAS ISSUED FOR PAMELA CROSS, THE OWNER OF THE THOMAS AND TURNER BOUTIQUE. THE BOUTIQUE IS LOCATED IN BELTON. INVESTIGATORS SAY. LAST WEEK, A REPORT WAS MADE ABOUT AN ALLEGED SCAM. AUTHORITIES SAY SHE’S CHARGED WITH OBTAINING GOODS UNDER FALSE PRETENSES. SHE WAS ARRESTED IN ANDERSON COUNTY AND IS BEING EXTRADITED TO FAIRFIELD COUNTY, 29 STATE ATTORNEYS GENERAL, INCLUDING THOSE FROM SOUTH CAROLINA AND GEORGIA, ARE DEFENDING VIRGINIA’S NEW LAW LIMITING SOCIAL MEDIA. FOR SOME TEENAGERS. STARTING TODAY, TEENS UNDER THE AGE OF 16 WILL BE LIMITED TO ONE HOUR PER DAY WITHOUT PARENTAL APPROVAL. BUT THE POLICY FACES A LEGAL CHALLENGE IN A U.S. DISTRICT COURT. THE LAW RECEIVED BIPARTISAN SUPPORT AMONG VIRGINIA LAWMAKERS. A JUDGE COULD DETERMINE WHETHER SOCIAL MEDIA LIMITS FOR CHILDREN VIOLATE THEIR RIGHTS. THE COALITION OF ATTORNEYS GENERAL ARGUED THE LAW PROVIDES A SOLUTION TO THE HARM SOCIAL MEDIA CAUSES. IN A STATEMENT, ATTORNEY GENERAL ALAN WILSON SAYS IN PART, QUOTE, WE HAVE LAWS IN PLACE TO PREVENT CHILDREN FROM ACCESSING DANGEROUS ONLINE CONTENT. IT IS IMPERATIVE THAT WE CONTINUE TO PROTECT CHILDREN IN A FAST MOVING DIGITAL AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE ERA. END QUOTE. HEALTH LEADERS IN NORTH CAROLINA SAY THEY IDENTIFIED A MEASLES CASE IN POLK COUNTY. THE NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES SAYS THIS CASE WAS AN UNVACCINATED CHILD. HEALTH LEADERS SAY THE CHILD HAD VISITED LOCATIONS IN SPARTANBURG COUNTY WHERE MEASLES OUTBREAK IS ONGOING, AND THEY SAY THE CHILD DEVELOPED SYMPTOMS BEFORE CHRISTMAS. THE CHILD HAS SINCE RECOVERED. HEALTH LEADERS SAY THIS WAS THE SECOND MEASLES CASE IN NORTH CAROLINA IN 2025, AND THE FIRST RELATED TO THE SOUTH CAROLINA OUTBREAK. ACCORDING TO HEALTH LEADERS IN SOUTH CAROLINA, 179 CASES OF MEASLES HAVE BEEN REPORTED IN THE STATE, 176 OF THOSE MEASLES CASES IN SPARTANBURG COUNTY. AND ON TUESDAY, DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH SAID 280 PEOPLE ARE IN QUARANTINE. HEALTH LEADERS IN SOUTH CAROLINA ARE ALSO REPORTING WIDESPREAD FLU ACTIVITY, ACCORDING TO THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH. THERE WERE MORE THAN 5700 LAB CONFIRMED TESTS REPORTED FROM THE 21ST TO THE 27TH OF DECEMBER, 735 HOSPITALIZATIONS WERE RELATED TO THE FLU AND NINE DEATHS WERE REPORTED. NORTH CAROLINA IS REPORTING MORE THAN 7000 NEW CASES. FOR MORE ABOUT THE FLU CASES ACROSS OUR AREA AND THE NUMBERS ON THE MEASLES OUTBREAK IN THE UPSTATE, TURN TO WYFF 4 DOT COM AND OUR MOBILE APP. GRACE. GOOD THURSDAY MORNING AND HAPPY NEW YEAR. HERE COMES THE SUNRISE ON A BRAND NEW YEAR. IF YOU’RE RESTARTING TODAY, HERE’S THE GOOD NEWS YOU GOT GREAT WEATHER ALONG WITH IT. MOST OF US IN THE MID 30S ACROSS GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG FREEZING 37 THERE INTO ASHEVILLE, 36 LAURENS AND IN UNION. HERE’S WHAT’S GOING ON OUTSIDE AS YOU GO TOWARDS THE REST OF YOUR DAY TODAY. NEXT 12 HOURS, WE’RE SLOWLY GOING TO WARM UP INTO THE MID TO UPPER 50S OUT THERE, 57 BY ONE, 59 BY 3:00. BIT OF A BREEZY COLD START ACROSS THE AREA. CLEAR SKIES BY FIVE AND 7:00. OVERNIGHT TONIGHT IN THE MOUNTAINS. SAME THING. JUST A BIT BREEZY AT TIMES AS WE DO HAVE THAT BACKDOOR COLD FRONT MOVING ON THROUGH MID TO UPPER 40S BY ONE AND THREE AND THEN INTO TOMORROW. BIG CHANGE ON THE WAY FOR US FOR THE WEEKEND. WE GOT RAIN ON THE WAY FOR US SATURDAY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THEN WARMING UP IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS AS WE GET A BIT CLOSER INTO LATE NEXT WEEK. SO OVERALL A BIT OF A MIXED BAG. I KNOW FOR THE FIRST WEEK OF THE NEW YEAR. HERE’S THE GOOD NEWS. IT’S GOING TO BE NICE OUTSIDE TODAY. GET OUT THERE AND ENJOY THE FIRST DAY OF 2026. AS WE’RE TAKING A LIVE LOOK RIGHT NOW FROM ANDERSON COUNTY, CLEMSON BOULEVARD IS LOOKING REALLY GOOD. IF YOU’RE PLANNING ON TRAVELING I-85 SOUTH HERE. NORTHBOUND LANES ALSO IN THE GREEN AND SO ARE THE TRAVEL TIMES. TAKE A LOOK AT YOUR SCREEN. 85 SOUTHBOUND AIRPORT TO WOODRUFF ROAD, SIX MINUTES, 35 NORTHBOUND FERRY ROAD TO DOWNTOWN GREENVILLE, A 14 MINUTE DRIVE AND I-26 EASTBOUND I-240 TO ASHEVILLE HIGHWAY, AN 11 MINUTE DRIVE. TIPSY TACO IS CLOSING ITS GREER LOCATION ON WADE HAMPTON BOULEVARD. YESTERDAY WAS THEIR LAST DAY OPEN. THE LOCATION HAS BEEN THERE SINCE OCTOBER 2019. THE RESTAURANT GROUP HAS PARTNERED WITH CAPRI ITALIAN RESTAURANT TO RETROFIT THE GREER LOCATION, TRANSFORMING IT INTO A CAPRI ITALIAN RESTAURANT. THE PELHAM ROAD AND DUNCAN LOCATIONS OF TIPSY TACO WILL REMAIN OPEN. A NEW YEAR IS HERE, AND AS WE USHER IN 2026, TAKE A FINAL LOOK BACK AT SOME OF THE MAJOR NEWS STORIES THAT IMPACTED OUR NATION AND OUR COMMUNITY. OUR AARON BAKER REPORTS. 2025 BEGAN WITH TRAGEDY IN NEW ORLEANS, WHAT WAS ORIGINALLY PLANNED AS A DAY OF CELEBRATION HERE IN NEW ORLEANS FOR THE NEW YEAR’S HOLIDAY, AS WELL AS THE ANNUAL SUGAR BOWL, TURNED DEADLY EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE NEXT DAY, A BOMB THREAT SHUT DOWN INTERSTATE 85 IN GREENVILLE. IN JANUARY, THE NATION ALSO SAID GOODBYE TO ITS 39TH PRESIDENT, JIMMY CARTER. THERE HAS BEEN A STEADY FLOW OF PEOPLE COMING HERE TO PAY THEIR RESPECTS. WHILE NEW LEADERSHIP WAS SWORN IN LATER IN THE MONTH ACROSS THE CAROLINAS, GEORGIA AND THE COUNTRY. DONALD TRUMP BEGAN HIS SECOND TERM AS PRESIDENT. JOSH STEIN BEGAN HIS TERM AS GOVERNOR OF NORTH CAROLINA, AND SHERRY BIGGS WAS SWORN IN AS CONGRESSWOMAN FOR SOUTH CAROLINA’S THIRD DISTRICT. WE’RE HERE, WE’RE READY TO WORK, AND I HAVE A FULL STAFF, AND WE WANT TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THE THIRD DISTRICT. WE WELCOME THE FIRST SNOWFALL IN THREE YEARS. THE SNOW IS COMING DOWN IN BIG, FLUFFY SNOWFLAKES HERE IN SPARTANBURG, SPARTANBURG COUNTY. AS RECOVERY FROM HURRICANE HELENE REMAIN TOP OF MIND THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, IN MARCH, INTERSTATE 40 REOPENED AND IN CITIES AND TOWNS LIKE SWANNANOA, SLOW BUT STEADY PROGRESS CONTINUED. ANYTHING WE CAN DO TO GIVE PEOPLE LIKE JUST A MARK OF PROGRESS, EVERY MARK OF PROGRESS GIVES THEIR SPIRIT A LITTLE BIT OF A LIFT, AND THAT’S WHAT WE NEED IN SPARTANBURG COUNTY, SHERIFF CHUCK WRIGHT TOOK A LEAVE OF ABSENCE, THEN RESIGNED IN MAY. MONTHS LATER, THE FORMER SHERIFF PLEADED GUILTY TO PARTICIPATING IN A PUBLIC CORRUPTION SCHEME. I DON’T WANT TO CALL IT A PLEA DEAL BECAUSE IT’S NOT A PLEA DEAL. BUT THEY THEY NEGOTIATED OUT WHAT FORMER SHERIFF WRIGHT AND THE OTHER DEFENDANTS WOULD PLEAD GUILTY TO. THIS DIDN’T JUST HAPPEN OVERNIGHT. IN MAY, LIMESTONE UNIVERSITY IN GAFFNEY CLOSED. WE NEED TO BE EDUCATING YOUNG PEOPLE, NOT CLOSING DOWN THESE INSTITUTIONS THAT ARE PERFORMING VERY WELL. SEPTEMBER BROUGHT CLOSURE FOR AN UPSTATE FAMILY AS A 14 YEAR INVESTIGATION CAME TO AN END. IT’S SOMETHING THAT, AS COLD CASE PEOPLE, WE LOOK FOR THAT FINAL DAY, A BODY RECOVERED IN STARTEX IN 2011 WAS FINALLY IDENTIFIED AS JOLENE LYNN WHITE. IN NOVEMBER. THE THOMAS AND VIVIAN AWONG HONOR TOWER OPENED AT UNITY PARK, DEDICATED TO VETERANS, FIRST RESPONDERS AND PUBLIC SERVANTS. SHORTLY AFTER, MARY DUCKETT, ONE OF THE LEADING VOICES BEHIND UNITY PARK, PASSED AWAY. EVERYONE SHOULD HAVE A VOICE THAT EVERYONE COUNTS, AND NOBODY BELIEVED THAT. MORE TO HER CORE THAN MARY IN SOUTH CAROLINA POLITICS, MULTIPLE CANDIDATES ENTERED THE RACE FOR GOVERNOR AHEAD OF NEXT YEAR’S ELECTION. AND IN DECEMBER, THE ANNUAL POINSETTIA CHRISTMAS PARADE BROUGHT CHRISTMAS CHEER TO THE UPSTATE. IN. A YEAR MARKED BY LOSS, GROWTH, STRENGTH AND HOP