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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. BUT WE START WITH NEW DETAILS. AFTER A SHOOTING AT A GEORGIA ARMY BASE, THE SUSPECT IN WEDNESDAY’S SHOOTING AT FORT STEWART WAS ESCORTED BY MILITARY POLICE INTO THE LIBERTY COUNTY JAIL. YESTERDAY, 28 YEAR OLD SERGEANT CORNELIUS RADFORD IS ACCUSED OF SHOOTING FIVE SOLDIERS WITH A HANDGUN. THE WOUNDED ARE BELIEVED TO BE PEOPLE RADFORD PREVIOUSLY WORKED WITH AT THE MILITARY BASE, AND THEY ARE EXPECTED TO RECOVER. THREE OF THE FIVE HAVE ALREADY BEEN RELEASED FROM THE HOSPITAL. INVESTIGATORS ARE STILL TRYING TO DETERMINE A MOTIVE. STAYING IN GEORGIA, TWO SUSPECTS HAVE BEEN ARRESTED IN CONNECTION WITH THE SHOOTING THAT INVOLVED OFFICERS. THE SHOOTING HAPPENED YESTERDAY AFTERNOON IN LAVONIA. WE’RE TOLD ONE PERSON WAS INJURED AND NO OFFICERS WERE HURT, JUSTICE SPENCER AND CORRINE NORMAN WERE TAKEN INTO CUSTODY. ADDITIONAL CHARGES MAY COME AS THE CASE DEVELOPS. TWO OFFICERS HAVE BEEN PLACED ON ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE. THE GBI IS NOW LEADING THE INVESTIGATION. A MAN IS FACING ATTEMPTED MURDER CHARGES AFTER A SHOOTING IN GREENWOOD COUNTY. DEPUTIES WERE CALLED TO A HOME ON SMITH STREET EXTENSION WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND WHEN THEY ARRIVED, THEY BEGAN SEARCHING FOR A SUSPECT. DEPUTIES SAY THEY HEARD A GUNSHOT AND SAW A MAN FALL TO THE GROUND. THE VICTIM APPEARED TO HAVE BEEN GRAZED BY A BULLET. DEPUTIES SAY THEY WERE ABLE TO MAKE CONTACT WITH THE SUSPECT, DANNY DOOLITTLE, WHO SURRENDERED. ALSO, SOUTH CAROLINA GOVERNOR HENRY MCMASTER HAS ANNOUNCED THAT HE PLANS TO PLACE LIMITS ON PURCHASES MADE USING SNAP BENEFITS. MCMASTER SAYS HE WILL ISSUE AN EXECUTIVE ORDER DIRECTING THE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES TO PLACE COMMON SENSE LIMITS ON PURCHASES MADE USING SNAP BENEFITS, FORMERLY KNOWN AS FOOD STAMPS. IN FEBRUARY, THE HOUSE INTRODUCED A BILL CALLED THE SOUTH CAROLINA SNAP NUTRITION INTEGRITY ACT, WHICH WOULD ALLOW THE STATE TO PROHIBIT THE PURCHASE OF CANDY AND SODA WITH SNAP BENEFITS. THE BILL FAILED TO MAKE IT OUT OF COMMITTEE, AND WE WILL HAVE MORE UPDATES AS WE CONTINUE TO FOLLOW THAT STORY. MEANWHILE, THE CITY OF LANDRUM WILL BEGIN SEARCHING FOR A NEW POLICE CHIEF. JASON COFFIN JUST ANNOUNCED HE’S RESIGNING AFTER MORE THAN A DECADE OF SERVICE. WE’RE TOLD HE’S BEEN WITH THE LANDRUM POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR ALMOST 19 YEARS, AND SERVED AS POLICE CHIEF SINCE OCTOBER 2022. ACCORDING TO THE FACEBOOK POST, SERGEANT LEVI WILL SERVE AS INTERIM POLICE CHIEF. ISABELLE HAS BEEN SO EXCITED ABOUT THIS ASSIGNMENT ALL MORNING LONG. IT’S THE REALLY GOOD, REALLY BUG, REALLY CHEAP BOOK SALE HAPPENING THIS WEEKEND, AND SHE’S JOINING US LIVE NOW BEFORE IT OPENS TO THE PUBLIC. ISABELLE. HEY, DESTINY. THIS HAS BEEN, LIKE YOU MENTIONED, SO MUCH FUN TO SEE EVERYTHING OUT HERE THIS MORNING. OVER 100,000 BOOKS. WE’VE GOT VICTORIA NOVAK HERE. SHE’S FROM THE. SHE’S THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF GLA. LET’S GIVE A RUNDOWN FOR PEOPLE REALLY QUICK ABOUT WHAT THEY CAN EXPECT IF THEY COME OUT THIS WEEKEND FOR THE SALE. ABSOLUTELY. SO SATURDAY FREE ADMISSION. WE ARE HERE FROM 9 A.M. TO 4 P.M., SUNDAY FREE ADMISSION FROM 11 TO 3 SUNDAY IS BAG DAY SALE, $15 A BAG. FILL IT WITH AS MANY BOOKS AS YOU POSSIBLY CAN. ALL THE PROCEEDS GO TOWARD GREENVILLE LITERACY ASSOCIATION AND ADULT BASIC LITERACY. YEAH, AND GIVE US A RUNDOWN OF ALSO LIKE WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT HERE WHILE YOU’RE SHOPPING THE SALE. SURE. SO THE BOOKS, FIRST OF ALL, GET HERE EARLY. THE CROWD IS GOING TO BE MASSIVE. BOOKS START AT $0.50. THEY GO UP TO $7, EXCEPT FOR THE SPECIAL SECTION THAT ARE SPECIALLY PRICED. YOU’RE GOING TO FIND EVERYTHING HERE. ANYTHING THAT IS FEATURED AUTHOR, NONFICTION, CHILDREN’S COOKBOOKS, SPORTS, EDUCATION, HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY, YOU NAME IT, IT’S HERE. WE JUST WANT PEOPLE TO COME OUT. YEAH. SOUNDS GREAT. SO MUCH TO LOOK FORWARD TO. THANK YOU SO MUCH. VICTORIA. REPORTING LIVE HERE IN MCALISTER SQUARE. ISABELLE MARAK WIFE NEWS FOUR. WELL, THANK YOU. GREENVILLE COUNTY SCHOOLS HAS NAMED ITS NEWEST TEACHER OF THE YEAR. THE TOP TEN FINALISTS ATTENDED A BREAKFAST YESTERDAY MORNING, AND THIS YEAR’S HONOR WENT TO MORGAN SMITH, A FIFTH GRADE TEACHER AT ROBERT E CASHION ELEMENTARY. TWO FIRST CLASS TEACHER AWARDS WERE GIVEN OUT