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Yahoo
28-05-2025
- General
- Yahoo
Anderson County creates ‘Safe Streets for All' action plan
ANDERSON COUNTY, S.C. (WSPA) – Anderson County leaders say that they are looking for ways to control roadway fatalities over the next 20 years through a survey. Anderson County was given a 'Safe Streets for All' grant to create an action plan. 'Part of that is getting input from the community as far as how they travel, car, bike, pedestrians,' said Brittany McAbee, Anderson County Transportation planner. Traffic engineers said Anderson County had the highest pedestrian fatalities in South Carolina five years ago. 'It stays about the same every year. Unfortunately, every time I open the news, I see a fatal accident occur or a pedestrian was hit and we definitely want to reduce those to zero,' said McAbee. The goal is to eliminate roadway fatalities by 2045. The comprehensive plan is updated every five years because of the change in population and infrastructure. 'I've been in the business for ten years now. The traffic has increased tremendously,' said Kenneth O'Brien, with O'Brien Driving School instructor. O'Brien said he's had his fair share of issues on the roadway. 'The roads have a lot of potholes. Matter of fact, I blew some tires because they slit the outside of the tire, and then also had front ends aligned a couple times because of potholes you know,' said O'Brien. The survey the county wants residents to take asks where people feel the most unsafe when traveling within the county's roads. The interactive map allows users to identify those areas and make recommendations for what needs to be fixed or added. 'Even though we are experiencing growth in Anderson County, which everyone has their own thoughts to, we still have a duty to make sure everyone is safe on the road, and we are doing our best to reduce those fatalities,' said McAbee. O'Brien said he will take the survey if that means it would make the county safer. 'Just the fact I'd love for our roads to be safer would be much smoother,' said O'Brien. The survey asks for the user's name and email, but that information will not be shown to the public. Leaders encourage residents to take the survey by June 1, since data will be reviewed by consultants the second week of June. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
26-01-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Radio Host Calls for Jan 6. Rioter to Receive ‘Medal of Freedom'
A Christian TV host has called on President Donald Trump to handsomely reward a January 6th rioter who brutally attacked cops outside the U.S. Capitol building. Christian radio host, Rick Green, urged the president to award the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Ronald Colton McAbee, a former sheriff's deputy in Tennessee who was wearing brass knuckles when he punched a cop administering aid to a colleague on January 6, 2021. 'I think Colton's case is one of the worst travesties of injustice that's ever happened in our nation,' Green, who is a former Texan representative, said to McAbee, who appeared as a guest on the Flashpoint program. 'But certainly, out of the J6 cases, a lot of travesties of injustice happened that day. But for him, it's just off the charts.' McAbee, who pleaded guilty and was sentenced to nearly six years in prison, became one of the around 1,500 Capitol rioters to be pardoned by President Donald Trump on Monday. Speaking to McAbee, Green went on to demand that Trump offer the 'patriot' the highest of honors. 'Colton, you're a patriot. You're a hero, and I think you deserve the Medal of Freedom. I think Donald Trump should bring you to the White House and put it on your neck himself and show to the American people who you are, and as tough as you are and as amazing as you are,' he said. Seated next to McAbee was his wife Sarah, who has blamed the FBI for creating havoc on January 6th – not thousands of Trump supporters storming the Capitol and putting dozens of congresspeople at serious risk. Green praised the 'J6 advocate' for her defense of her husband over the last four years. 'Sarah has been amazing over the last four years the way that she's gone out all over the country, championing not only Colton, but so many other people that received the injustice from the Department of Justice,' he continued. 'I'm proud of both of you. I'm so glad to see you reunited outside the walls and and I hope that you're you know, basically, your voices are amplified across our country to prevent this from ever, ever happening again.' Several Republicans, including close allies of Trump, have blasted the president for his sweeping pardons. Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham, who has backed Trump, said on Sunday morning that it was a 'mistake' to pardon the January 6th rioters, while also adding that he was keen to 'rein in' the president's powers. Others have defended the president's historic order, including Vice-President JD Vance who has claimed that the rioters were subjected to an unfair process in the courts.
