Reached out to Asheville Police and determined that the same suspect appeared to be involved in both cases. In the Spartanburg County case. Deputies say the Business Owner never lost the card. But it was somehow cloned and used to make nearly 10thousand dollars worth of purches at local Walmart Stores over a twoday period last month if you have any information youre asked to call Crime Stoppers at 1888crimesc. 3 in a fox carolina investigation at four 3 volunteers needed. That is the call being sounded by Fire Departments across the state. And now small town departments who rely mainly on volunteers are having to get creative to fill the ranks. 3 one upstate department has even taken to social media offering incentives to try and get some help in the door. Door. Fox carolinas Adrian Acosta looked into the issue and adrian what are you hearing is the reason for the lack of volunteers and how is it effecting safety for residents . Firefighters i talked to say they think people are just busier now than they have ever been and dont have the time to do it. And as for safety. Firefighters say they are still getting the job done but its certainly putting a strain on resources. 3 3 3 its usually pretty quiet on beltons main streetnats but when something does happen natslieutenant luke riddle and the rest of the Belton Fire Department are ready to answer the call for help help 3 we have 1 guy that works a 24 hour shift, we have 5 of those and everyone else is volunteersbut riddle says volunteer manpower here is thinwe have about 20 on roster we are down about 10 and belton isnt alone. According to the South Carolina fire chiefs statewide. The Association Says currently there are just over 17 thousand volunteers in the state. But that number is no where near enough. The community is still being served but your served by volunteers sot this is straining and stressing us Fire Fighters s is a National Problem as well. The National Volunteer fire council says volunteerism is down 13 percent across the country guys stay busy and its getting tougher and tougher to find someone who is dedicated to giving that timeriddle says the lack of volunteers means finding creative ways to fight fires effectively relying on mutual aid and automatic aid so when a fire takes place not just the department where you live but also county stations comeand the problem is forcing departments to get creative to attract new volunteers. Belton put this post on their Facebook Page offering incentives for new sign ups our volunteers are actually paid. They get a small amount of money. Compensation for running calls and attending incentive. Riddle says with more volunteers. His station could improve their insurance rating. And that would save everyone moneyif we lower our iso rating it lowers your homeowners and Business Insurance heard from also runs a Firefighting Program in anderson districts 1 and 2 that gets High Schoolers certified to be volunteers. Besides that. We are told there are a number of pieces of legislation in the works. That would give volunteers Tax Exemptions as compensationall of this in hopes of closing this volunteer crisis at handlive in the newsroom Adrian Acosta the four oclock news. 3 now time for weather and traffic together every 10 minutes 3 tonight will be mostly clear with lows falling into the low 30s and md20s. Saturday will be sunny and mild, warming up into the low 60s in the upstate and mid50s in Western North carolina. The weekend only gets better on sunday as temperatures peak in the low to mid60s areawide under mostly sunny skies. 3 now lets send it over to the pit crew traffic center. 3 were watching greenville accident injurieslog shoals rd griffin rdus hwy little texas rdeast stone ave i385 ; laurens rd rd3 heres a live look at the s. C. D. O. T. Cam on 3 back to you guys 3 happening now 3 the panthers keep pounding. And the fans keep cheering this is a look at park earlier this afternoon as thousands of fans came out to send off their super bowl bound team 3 the panthers have had a and taking home the nfc title. And as they get ready to play in the super bowl. Fans are coming out to show off their panthers pride. Pride. Fox carolina Andrew Reeser joins us live in charlotte withi more on how the team and fans are celebrating this afternoon, right andrew . 3 thats righta though fans have cleared out of the park behind me. They say they had to come out today to celebrate the panthers amazing season so far and their Upcoming Trip to the big game. 3 thousands filled Romare Bearden park this afternoona bringing signs and chants for the panthers following their super bowl bid and nfcfc championship win. Several players showed up to celebrate the send off including fans and players alike saying this season has been a memorable one and they cant wait to see how the team does against the broncos. 3 3 3 ive adopted the panthers as my team back when they first started here. And its a happy time and i love going to a to be here. Here. 3 i knew we had it. Once we got passed those first four r games i knew there was nothing else to stop us. Our schedule was too easy after that. That. Now the team will take off for San Francisco on sunday. And full Media Coverage begins monday night. Fox carolinas sports director Aaron Cheslock will be joining them with live reports start monday too. 3 now coming upa we caught up with one of the teams biggest fansa a topcat cheerleader. But we met her off the field. In an upstate classroom. The details coming up at 4 30. Live in charlotte, Andrew Reeser the four oclock 3 still to come3 a lesson some Greenville CountyElementary School students. Wont forget forget congressman trey gowdys personal and patriotic delivery to these kindergarten students and were there for the big surprise surprise plus. A Western North carolina neighborhood on edge. After an attempted Home Invasion were hearing from a neighbor. Who describes how the victim came facetoface with the armed suspects and a deadly night on upstate roads three crashes. In three counties. Claim three lives 3 new at four school is showing its American Pride by flying a brand new flag. Thanks to representative trey gowdy. Who handdelivered the American Flag this morning morning 3 3 3 3 3 paris elementary teacher jennifer snow says her class learned about the American Flag back in september. And asked students to write the congressman and ask him to send a new one to fly outside their school in taylors. They say the current flag was old and faded. Snow says her students were shocked when gowdy responded. Saying he would personally deliever a new flag gowdy stopped by our station today and told us why he wanted to make such a personal and patriotic delivery to the students. 3 3 its just my favorite part of the job man i love it. It. I just thought it was so cool that they wrote and that they cared enough to write, then the least i could do was go deliver the flag. Flag. See kids smile and see that over arguing with one of my colleagues on the other side of the isle any day. Day. The teacher says her class has also reached out to lawmakers at the state house to ask for a new South Carolina state flag 3 now time for weather and traffic together every 10 minutesfirst lets get a check of the weather with chief meteorologist kendra kent 3 mostly clear skies on the way tonight saturday morning will start with chilly temperatures in the low 30s for the upstate and upper 20s in the mountains. Sunny skies will highs warming to above normal levels saturday afternoon will be in the low 60s for the upstate and upper 50s in the mountains. Sunday will bring more mild and pleasant weather highs will reach 65 in the upstate and 61 in the mountains under sunshine. Things will start to change early next week as clouds roll in and rain chances go up there will be a slight chance of showers monday, but the best chance comes late tuesday into wednesday morning. We could see a few strong storms late tuesday night. Temperatures will take a big drop for wednesday and thursday as highs get back 3 3 for weather 24 hours a day, log on to fox carolina dot com and click on the weather tab 3 wrap up 3 now lets send it over to chris scott in the pit crew traffic center. 3 were watching greenville accident injurieslog shoals rd griffin rdus hwy 25 little texas rdeast stone ave i385 rd 3 heres a live look at the s. C. D. O. T. Cam on3 pit crew traffic sponsored the Carolina Law Group 3 back to you guys counties at four 3 it was a deadly night on upstate and mountain roads. With crashes across three counties. Claiming three lives. Lives. In Anderson CountyHighway Patrol says a tow truck driver died after running off the road along eye85 just after midnight. Troopers say the driveridentified as william armstrongran off the road, down an embankment, across a parking lot, and hit a tree. He died at the scene. 3 in Greenville Countythe coroner says 27yearold Joseph Bryant was killed in a crash just after 2 this morning on white horse road and west blue ridge road. Trooper say a tanker truck was turning left onto blue ridge when it was hit by on oncoming pickup truck. Bryant was a passenger in that truck. The driver of the truck was trapped inside. And had to be mechanically removed form the truck. He was taken to the hospital. His condition is unknown this afternoon. 3 then. Around 230 this morning in polk countyone lane of eye26 east was closed deadly crash involving a tractor trailer. The crash happened near exit 59 holbert cover road. The victims identity has not been released. 3 a Pickens County man is locked upcharged with attempted murder. After deputies say another man was found stabbed in the throat throat the Sheriffs Office says the victim got into an argument with this man charles blackleading up to the stabbing. They say the men were in a moving truck and had pulled into the parking lot of the hot spot station on calhoun memorial highway just after midnight. When the stabbing happened. Happened. The victim was rushed to the hospital where he underwent hours of surgery. He is expected to survive. Black is being held without bond this afternoon. 3 to Henderson County nowwhere a neighborhood is on edge after an attempted Armed Robbery and Home Invasion that prompted a lockdown at a nearby school. School. Deputies say they were called to hope creek lane just after 7 this morning. After getting reports that two suspects tried to break into a home. One of them armed. Right it happened. The Mountain Community school was placed on precautionary lockdown while a search got underway. The lockdown was later lifted. But residents are still on alert. One neighbor describes what the victim says happened. 3 3 3 he came downstairs, seen the two guys, actually come into physical contact with one of the gentlemen. At that time, when he was pushing the other gentleman, the other guy raised a gun at him. Tom raised his hand, got a hold of the guy with the gun and shoved both the gentlemen out the door at the same time. At that time, they took off on foot through the woods. 3 at last check. No arrests have been made. If you have any information on the identities of the suspects caught on camera camerayoure asked to call the Henderson CountySheriffs Office or Crime Stoppers at the number on your screen. 3 still to comea North Carolina bank manager is being called a hero after his brave actions thwarted a robbery robbery he jumped into action. Protecting his customers and staff. As an armed burglar tried to bust in camera plus. With the spread of the zika virus on the rise. Concerns are growing. Including here in South Carolina some woman are now being tested for the disease linked to serious birth defects hey, guys, its annie. Now, if youre anything like me, youre always looking for ways to save money, especially when it comes to your weekly grocery trip. Well, with walmart every day low prices, saving money while keeping the pantry full. Thats easier than you think. In headtohead shopping, greenville, the total amountsaved at walmart vs. Bilo was 27. 40 on this weeks groceries thats 19 . So head to walmart and see what you could save with their every day low prices. 3 3 were back with weather and traffic together every 10 minutes 3 tonight will be mostly clear with lows falling into the low 30s and md20s. Saturday will be sunny and mild, warming up into the low 60s in the upstate and mid50s in Western North carolina. The weekend only gets better on sunday as temperatures peak in the low to mid60s areawide under mostly sunny skies. 3 3 wrap up 3 now lets send it 3 over to chris scott in the pit crew traffic center. 3 were watching watching 3 heres a live look at the s. C. D. O. T. Cam on 3 3 3 still to cometeacher by week. Topcat come weekend weekend shes spent this panthers on to victory now this upstate teacher is heading to San Fransisco for super bowl 50 only on foxwe catch up with herand her studentsbefore she heads west west plus. One local family is sharing their story of survival just ahead of heart month. How they hope the diagnosis of their infant son. Will help raise awareness for Heart Disease disease 3 3 the son of a polish immigrant who grew up in a brooklyn tenement. He went to public schools, then college, where the work of his life began fighting injustice and inequality, speaking truth to power. He moved to vermont, won election and p pise as one of americas best mayors. And for principle, opposing the iraq war, supporting veterans. Now hes taking on wall street and a corrupt political system funded by over two and a half million contributions, tackling Climate Change to create cleanenergy jobs, fighting for living wages, equal pay, and tuitionfree public colleges. People are sick and tired of establishment politics, and they want real change [ cheers and applause ] Bernie Sanders husband, father, grandfather, an honest leader building a movement with you to give us a future to believe in. 3 3 new this afternoon. Were getting more information o o cases being tested right here in South Carolina that some fear may be the zika virus. Virus. International Health Officials say the virus is exploding in central and south americaand now three women are being tested for it right here in South Carolina. Carolina. According to dhec, theyre still testing blood samples and no cases of the virus have been confirmed in the state. Leaders are now predicting there will be 4 million cases world wide by december. Zika is transmitted from mosquito bites but health a major area of concern is for pregnant women as the virus is linked to birth defects and brain damage. We caught up with a dhec doctor this afternoon who tells us why theyre stepping in. 3 3 right now weve been contacted by Healthcare Providers who are concerned, they have patients who traveled to coutnries where there is widespread zika virus and patients potentially had symptons and were concerned so they contacted us for testing. Testing. Now again. Dhec says there are no confirmed cases in South Carolina. And the only cases confirmed in the us so far are connected to travel to the affected countries. Well be sure to monitor this developing story and will bring you updates as we learn more about the virus and if more patients are tested here in South Carolina. 3 new at four 3 monday marks the start of heart month. Its an important time where families and doctors come together to share stories of survivial in the hopes of raising awarenes of how common a killer heart be. Earlier today we caught up with the niles family and their 22monthold son. Hampton was diagnosed with a congenital heart defect before birth. His family knew he would one day have to undergo open heart surgery but he was so sick after birth. Emergency surgery was performed at just 8 days old and they did not know if he would survive after another surgery at 6 months old. Hampton is now a healthy, active toddler. And his parents say despite the difficulties he faced. They arargreatful for the support they received along the way. 3 3 3 3 it was an extremely tough process for our family family 3 3 it was a very trying time. Through the support of a lot of great organizations like the American Heart Association and the emerson Rose Foundation we realized we werent on our own. There were peope