Newberry County install overnight curfew due to portions of county without power
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FILE - Shown is a Philadelphia police car with flashing lights in Philadelphia, Monday, Jan. 17, 2022. The Philadelphia Lodge of the Fraternal Order of Police has filed a lawsuit Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2022 seeking to stop a city law banning officers from pulling over drivers for low-level offenses from going into effect saying the law illegally pre-empts existing state laws on traffic violations. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)
NEWBERRY COUNTY, S.C. (WOLO)– Newberry County Sheriff Lee Foster, and Public Safety Director Tommy Long is establishing a curfew starting on Wednesday, say officials.
The Oct. 2, curfew will begin at 10 p.m. and last until 6 a.m. on Thursday, Oct. 3, in Newberry County.
Officials say the curfew is due to a large portion of the county still being without power after Hurricane Helene moves across the southeast last Friday, Sept. 27.
Essential workers for all local businesses as well as first responders are exempted from the curfew, it will remain in effect unless or until amended or lifted.
