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OR SO FROM RIGHT NOW, WERE FOLLOWING BREAKING NEWS THIS MORNING. LAWMAKERS HAVE UNVEILED A $1.2 TRILLION GOVERNMENT FUNDING PACKAGE OVERNIGHT. THE LEGISLATIVE TEXT IS MORE THAN 1000 PAGES, AND LAWMAKERS IN BOTH THE HOUSE AND THE SENATE ARE FACING A TIME CRUNCH TO PASS THE BILL. SEVERAL GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS NEED TO BE FUNDED BY THE END OF TOMORROW, OR THERE COULD BE A PARTIAL GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN OVER THE WEEKEND, WYFF NEWS FOUR IS INVESTIGATING HUNDREDS OF DOCUMENTS BEING THROWN OUT IMPROPERLY, DOCUMENTS THAT CONTAIN PERSONAL INFORMATION AND OLD GOVERNMENT RECORDS. ALL OF THE DOCUMENTS WERE FOUND BEHIND THE FORMER GREENVILLE COUNTY COMPLEX. TAKE A LOOK AT THIS VIDEO FROM SKY4. YOU CAN SEE HERE A MOUNTAIN OF LOOSE PAPERS, BALLOT BOXES AND EVEN FURNITURE. THE OLD GREENVILLE COUNTY COMPLEX IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION. THATS WHAT LED TO HUNDREDS OF DOCUMENTS BEING THROWN OUT THERE. WERE TOLD WERE OLD PROPERTY TAX RECEIPTS, OLD BALLOT BOXES, AND EVEN COPIES OF LICENSE AND SECURITY CARDS WERE IN THAT PILE. A VIEWER SENT US A FEW PICTURES OF THOSE DOCUMENTS, ONE BEING AN OLD PROPERTY TAX RECEIPT. OFFICIALS WITH THE COUNTY SENT US THE FOLLOWING STATEMENT SAYING, QUOTE, A CONTRACTOR MOVED REAL PROPERTY DOCUMENTS THAT WERE INSIDE AND PLACED THEM WHERE THEY WERE VISIBLE, BUT STILL IN A SECURE AREA. THEY ARE IN THE PROCESS OF BEING DESTROYED AND TO ANDERSON COUNTY, WHERE DEPUTIES SAY A COLLECTION OF COLORFUL PILLS AND CHAOTIC DRIVING LED TO A MANS ARREST. DEPUTIES SAY DONNIE FOWLER WAS PULLED OVER NEAR EXIT 27 AFTER THEY SAY HE WAS SWERVING AND NEARLY HIT SEVERAL CARS IN A CONCRETE BARRIER. A SEARCH OF THE VEHICLE UNCOVERED THE PILLS AND A GUN. FOWLER IS FACING SEVERAL CHARGES, INCLUDING TRAFFICKING MDMA TO ASHEVILLE NOW, WHERE POLICE SAY A MAN WITH A TATTOO THAT READS SEE NO EVIL ON HIS ARM IS AMONG THREE PEOPLE CHARGED IN A CITYWIDE VEHICLE BREAK AND SURGE. POLICE SAY SINCE DECEMBER OF LAST YEAR, THERE HAVE BEEN 61 REPORTED VEHICLE BREAK INS. THEY SAY 19 YEAR OLD TYSHAWN GREEN IS FACING 65 CHARGES. THE DEPARTMENT OF JUVENILE JUSTICE SAYS TWO JUVENILES ARE FACING MORE THAN 200 CHARGES RELATED TO THE BREAK INS IN UNION COUNTY. A MAN ACCUSED OF MURDER AND HAS BEEN ARRESTED IN MYRTLE BEACH. DEPUTIES SAY THE SHOOTING HAPPENED SATURDAY AFTERNOON ON WHITMIRE HIGHWAY WHEN DEPUTIES GOT THERE, THEY FOUND JAMIE BRANNON, WHO HAD BEEN SHOT. WERE TOLD BRANNON DIED AT THE HOSPITAL. DEPUTIES ANNOUNCED GERALD HUGHES JR HAS BEEN ARRESTED. HES CHARGED WITH MURDER IN GREER. A MAN IS ACCUSED OF POINTING A GUN AT PEOPLE AND FIRING SHOTS OUTSIDE A BUSINESS. THEY WERE CALLED TO BLUE RIDGE BREWING ON TRADE STREET TUESDAY NIGHT. THEY SAY TIMOTHY MCCOMBS WENT IN AND CONFRONTED SOMEONE ABOUT A FIGHT. MCCOMBS IS ACCUSED OF POINTING A GUN AT SEVERAL PEOPLE INSIDE AND THEN GOING OUTSIDE AND FIRING INTO THE AIR BEFORE DRIVING AWAY. NO ONE WAS HURT. MCCOMBS WAS ARRESTED A SHORT TIME LATER DURING A TRAFFIC STOP. THE ATLANTIC COAST CONFERENCE HAS FILED A LAWSUIT AGAINST CLEMSON UNIVERSITY IN MECKLENBURG COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA. THAT LAWSUIT ARGUES CLEMSON CANNOT GET OUT OF ACC MEDIA RIGHTS OR THE LEAGUES EXIT FEES. AND IT COMES ONE DAY AFTER CLEMSON SUED THE ACC IN PICKENS COUNTY OVER THE $140 MILLION EXIT FEE AND THE GRANT OF RIGHTS, WHICH BINDS MEMBERS MEDIA RIGHTS UNTIL 2036. CLEMSON SAYS THE ACC RULES STAND IN THE SCHOOLS WAY OF EXPLORING OPTIONS REGARDING CONFERENCE MEMBERSHIP. THE ACC LAWSUIT STARTED WITH A STATEMENT MADE BY CLEMSON UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT JAMES CLEMENTS IN 2016, WHEN HE WAS THE CHAIR OF THE ACCS COUNCIL OF PRESIDENTS. IT READ IN PART, QUOTE, THE ACC IS A GREAT CONFERENCE AND THIS INCREASES THE NATIONAL EXPOSURE, BRINGS IN ADDITIONAL REVENUE, AND OFFERS GREATER OPPORTUNITY FOR STUDENT ATHLETES FOR US AND THE FLORIDA STATES AND OTHERS, IT STABILIZES THE CONFERENCE LONG TERME. THE NORTH CAROLINA HIGHWAY PATROL IS IN THE MIDST OF A TROOPER SHORTAGE, AND OFFICIALS SAY ITS AFFECTING THE ENTIRE STATE RIGHT NOW. TROOPERS SAY THERE ARE ABOUT 270 POSITIONS OPEN IN NORTH CAROLINA, ACCORDING TO THE AGENCY. ONE OF THE BIG REASONS FOR THAT SHORTAGE IS THAT MORE TROOPERS ARE RETIRING AT THE SAME TIME. SO TO FILL THOSE VACANCIES, THE STATE HIGHWAY PATROL IS WORKING WITH 66 COMMUNITY COLLEGES ACROSS NORTH CAROLINA. OFFICIALS SAY WHILE IT IS IMPORTANT TO GET NEW TROOPERS ON THE ROAD IN NORTH CAROLINA, IT IS JUST AS IMPORTANT THAT THE AGENCY DOESNT SACRIFICE THE STANDARDS OF PROFESSIONALISM AND QUALITY THAT THEYRE KNOWN FOR. THE GREENVILLE DRIVE IS UNVEILING NEW UPGRADES AT FLUOR FIELD AHEAD OF BASEBALL SEASON. FANS CAN EXPECT NEW LED LIGHTING AND CONTROL SYSTEMS AT THE BALLPARK. THE 500 CLUBS ARE ALSO BEING UPDATED TO INCLUDE TAILGATE GAMES, NEW FURNITURE AND ADDITIONAL FOOD SELECTIONS. THE DRIVE SAYS THERE ARE ALSO NEW FOOD ITEMS BEYOND THE 500 CLUB, AND FANS WILL BE ABLE TO USE TAP TO PAY, APPLE PAY OR GOOGLE PAY WHILE AT CONCESSION STANDS OR WHEN BUYING MERCHANDISE. OPENING NIGHT FOR THE GREENVILLE DRIVE IS ON TUESDAY. APRIL 9TH, AND ART EXHIBIT FEATURING CHIHULY IS COMING TO BILTMORE ESTATE. THE NEW EXHIBIT OF THE WORLD RENOWNED ARTIST DALE CHIHULYS CREATIONS FEATURES PEDESTAL WORKS, DRAWINGS AS WELL AS LARGE SCALE INSTALLATIONS. STARTING MONDAY, AMHERST AT DEER PARK WILL BE FILLED WITH THESE ICONIC PIECES. CHIHULYS BEEN WORKING FOR OVER FIVE DECADES, SO IMAGINE THE AMOUNT OF OF OF WORK AND EXPERIMENTATION THAT YOU HAVE IN THAT TIME FRAME. SO IT STARTS WITH THE EARLIER SERIES WORK, SUCH AS THE BASKETS AND THE CYLINDERS, AND THEN YOU SEE THAT EVOLUTION INTO THE LARGE SCALE INSTALLATIONS SUCH AS THE TOWERS AND CHANDELIERS THAT WILL BE FEATURED HERE. THE EXHIBIT WILL RUN UNTIL NEXT JANUARY. TURNING NOW TO FALLS PARK IN DOWNTOWN GREENVILLE, THE CITY POSTED. THE PARK HAS BEEN NOMINATED FOR BEST CITY PARK BY USA TODAY, TEN BEST. YOU CAN ALSO VOTE FOR THE SWAMP RABBIT TRAILL FOR BEST RECREATIONAL TRAIL. VOTING IS OPEN RIGHT NOW ON USA TODAY