Mel Orlins
@Mel_Orlins
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Emmy Award Winning @ABCNews4 Anchor🌙🌴 / VA wine country native 🍇 / @floridastate alum / #BringThemHome 🏠/ #MelsMutts🐶 / Storyteller & Southerner at ❤️
Charleston, SC
Joined December 2010
This morning, we're focusing on the victims. This is Ruth Whitfield. She was 86 and was the mother of former Buffalo Fire Commissioner Garnell Whitfield.
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Edisto Beach, SC- Three people were transported from the Town of Edisto to a local area hospital as a result of a fire on Saturday, a spokesperson with Colleton County Fire-Rescue confirmed. The South Carolina Supreme Court released a statement regarding a fire at a residence
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Charleston, SC- This pump is up and running at the Battery. It’s ready to pump water over the seawall, if needed. Charleston City Councilman Mike Seekings tell me, “Prepared for the worst but certainly hoping for the best. If we do get rain, please pay attention to barricades
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Wes is all bundled up for his morning walk! His sweatsuit is the very first thing I bought for him when I was pregnant 🥰 if there’s one thing I’ve learned about boys - they sure LOVE their mamas!
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We are asking for the public's help identifying this person of interest in connection with the fatal shooting of Charlie Kirk at Utah Valley University. 1-800-CALL-FBI Digital media tips: https://t.co/K7maX81TjJ
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To the man who sent me a message last night (before the game was over) saying “it sucks to suck”… Yes, why yes it does 😅 HAPPY VICTORY MONDAY!!!! 💙❤️ I simply sent him this message of Wes in his Bills blue and red and said “Go Bills 😇”
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HAPPENING NOW/Charleston: Here’s a look at the street around the Medical University of South Carolina. @ABCNews4 @NWSCharlestonSC @charclarkwx 📸: Zach Johnson
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TRAVEL ALERT: A crash on the westbound ramp from North Rhett to I-526 westbound has traffic backed up on North Rhett Ave to Tanner Ford Blvd. That’s almost a 3-mile backup on North Rhett Ave. @ABCNews4
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Ancient dinosaur footprints dating back 115 million years were discovered in Northwest Travis County, Texas, after recent flooding swept away layers of sediment and brush that had long hidden them, according to officials. https://t.co/ce5pY8kZJ0
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RT @TrooperBob_SC: TRAVEL ALERT/N. Charleston: An official tells me there is a fatal crash on Ashley Phosphate Road. It’s a vehicle vs a pe…
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@ABCNews4 is at The Citadel right now waiting for Representative Nancy Mace to take the stage
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Congresswoman Nancy Mace is set to make a “special announcement” this morning at The Citadel, her alma mater. The announcement comes after she made a post on X and launched a video on her website announcing her bid for Governor. @ABCNews4 will have the latest
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#WATCHTHIS A North Charleston family’s Ring camera captured their loved one being detained by ICE. The family says officers showed no proof of warrant & refused to give names, badge numbers. ICE hasn’t responded to @ABCNews4 #chsnews #scnews (Video provided)
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RT @TrooperBob_SC: TRAVEL ALERT/Ridgeville: ALL LANES BLOCKED on I-26 westbound near mile marker 191. There is a vehicle fire. @ABCNews4 ht…
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LATEST: Tsunami waves caused by an earthquake off Russia's Pacific coast on Tuesday have reached California. The National Weather Service said in a post to X that tsunami waves were recorded in Monterey and San Francisco, California. Read more:
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Tsunami alerts were issued for Alaska and Hawaii on Tuesday after a major, 8.8 magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Russia, according to officials.
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Update/6:00am: The roadway is still blocked. I spoke to an official and he didn’t have a timetable on when it will reopen.
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TRAVEL ALERT: Police units are on scene of a crash on Sam Rittenburg Blvd @ DuPont Road. The intersection is closed to traffic. The crash with injuries was listed just after 2:00am this morning. @ABCNews4
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TRAVEL ALERT/N.Charleston: According to NCPD, they are investigating a fatal crash on Cross County Road @ Design Street. Please avoid the area. Update/7:45am: Police are directing all traffic to go around the scene through one lane. Two tow trucks are on scene. @ABCNews4
TRAVEL ALERT/N.Charleston: According to NCPD, they are investigating a fatal crash on Cross County Road @ Design Street. Please avoid the area. @ABCNews4
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Who else saw the rainbow earlier this morning? It was beautiful 🌈 All flood advisories have expired, but light to moderate rainfall continues across parts of the Lowcountry. Keep the rain gear handy today!
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