This week, Grovetown residents will have a new shopping option…a new Wal-Mart is opening.

We have some ramp closings and openings to tell you about on I-20.

According to Aiken County Coroner Tim Carlton, a Greenwood, SC man died Sunday evening after a crash on I-20. Justin Ryan Heinz, 28, of Greenwood, was pronounced dead at Medical College of Georgia Sunday night around 9:27 p.m.

According to the Georgia Department of Transportation (GADOT), the I-20 west ramp to Bobby Jones Expressway east and west will be closed on Thursday, October 8th and/or Friday, October 9th (weather permitting) from 9:00 p.m. until 6:00 a.m. and/or 10:00 p.m. until 6:00 a.m.

Days of heavy rain have turned the weather deadly from Alabama through Georgia into eastern Tennessee and western North Carolina. Eight people have died in the rising tides, including one child. The hardest hit state may be Georgia, where Governor Sony Perdue has delared emergencies in 17 counties. ABC News’ T.J. Winick is in Austell, Georgia with more on the wicked weather.

Team United, the contractor constructing phase 2 of the Palmetto Parkway (I-520) in North Augusta, will be paving on I-20 in the vicinity of exit 5 during the next few weeks.

According to the Georgia Department of Transportation, the I-20 west exit ramp to Belair Road will be temporarily closed to facilitate the forming and pouring of concrete walls on this ramp. We have the dates and times of the temporary closure.

The new on-ramp from I-20 westbound to the Bobby Jones Expressway southbound is now open.

You’re driving away from the city, on Washington Road, and you want to go I-20 west…problem is, that ramp’s been closed for a couple of years, and the detour takes you five miles out of your way. WJBF News Channel 6’s Barclay Bishop found out that extra time…will save you some cash.

Columbia County, in cooperation with the Georgia Department of Transportation, wishes to inform the driving public of an update concerning the unscheduled road closure for all thru traffic on Baker Place Road. The road closure will prevent any thru traffic from heading any further north or south along Baker Place Road, at the bridge over Interstate 20. Local traffic may still access Baker Place Road, from either end, but will not be able to continue past the overpass.

The state of South Carolina has put up new highway signs and is running public service announcements on television to make sure everyone knows about a law that’s been on the book for years. It’s called the “Move Over” law, which requires drivers to move over if possible, or at least slow down, when they come upon an emergency vehicle that’s stopped on the side of the road. WJBF News Channel 6’s SC Capitol reporter, Robert Kittle, has more.

In an e-mail to WJBF News Channel 6, Team United, the contractor constructing phase 2 of the Palmetto Parkway (I-520) in North Augusta, is proceeding with the replacement of U.S. Highway 25 bridge over I-20 at exit 5. The contractor will be setting the new beams across westbound I-20 the week of June 8th. This work will be done at night and will require closing a section of I-20.

Traffic is tied up at Interstate 20 at Exit 183, following a vehicle accident. There is no word on injuries, however ambulances and law enforcement are there. If possible, try to avoid the area for the time being.

A two-vehicle accident ties up traffic for a while on I-20, Wednesday afternoon. According to a Richmond County Sheriff’s Office deputy on scene, a small passenger car collided with an SUV, in the eastbound lane, just before the Washington Road exit.

We have a few of road closures and detours to tell you about…