Captain Murray says Debra Richards Constance is a second grade teacher at Tryon Elementary

Former Polk County Sheriff Chris Abril is now charged with larceny.  He is accused of stealing booze from Elmos Pub.  Tuesday night
Abril was charged with driving while impaired.

Green River drowning victim is identified.

The Mill Spring Fire Chief said they found one man’s body in the Green River,  but they were not sure how he got there.

Westbound Interstate 26 is back open again in Polk county, North Carolina after a tractor-trailer flipped Friday morning.

Allison Howard claims Derrick Lavon Twitty and Joshua David Denton used a taser on her more than a dozen times while she was handcuffed.

Storm Team 7 expects more showers and thunderstorms in the Carolinas Wednesday. Some of those storms could be severe before wet weather is replaced by the hottest temperatures of the year.

Authorities said David Taylor was on the run for nine days before they found him having a beer with a friend on March 20th.

A woman claimed the deputies used a taser on her more than a dozen times while she was handcuffed in the fall of 2008.

The Columbus Fire Department is working the fire, which broke out Monday next to Polk County High School.

Viewers called in to WSPA and left comments about Former Polk County Sheriff Chris Abril’s felony case and sentence. Listen to them here.

Columbus Fire Chief Geoffrey Tennant confirmed the leak was carbon monoxide on Tuesday.

Officials said that students and faculty at the Polk County Virtual Early College were transported to St. Luke’s to be treated for possible carbon monoxide poisoning on Monday.

The N.C. Forest Service has requested that flags be lowered in honor of Curtis Jessen. He died after a fall Thursday while fighting a fire in Polk County.

Polk County Sheriff Chris Abril is accused of assaulting girls who were 10- and 12-years-old at the time of the incident.