The search is on for a missing Jacksonville Beach woman who authorities say was last seen in Allendale, South Carolina.

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Twenty-seven-year-old Jessica Rapsys disappeared when she was on her way to visit her aunt, according to friends. Law enforcement officials told Action News Jax her car was found abandoned with a flat tire and the keys still inside it. It was found near railroad tracks on a private property.

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“Jessica is a beautiful person, she is inside and out the most genuine human being I’ve ever met,” her friend Graysen Gall said.

Rapsys is described as the life of the party, one of her best friends and hairdresser Graysen Gall was just with her Friday night at the beach bars.

“She was completely normal, everything was fine, she mentioned seeing an aunt over the weekend.. and I saw the flyer and I said this doesn’t add up,” she said. “When I found out my stomach flipped, I was sick to my stomach.”

The Allendale County Sheriff’s Office said her car was on a low-lit, very dark, private property called Creek Plantation, primarily used for horse breeding and training.

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A spokesperson for the Sheriff’s Office said search efforts expanded several miles through air units and bloodhounds but they’ve had no luck.

“The saddest part is you never think this would happen to someone you know? I have goosebumps right now thinking about it,” Gall said.

Gall said they’re working to post more online to help find her and get her home safely.

“Jessica is worth it, she is worth the search,” Gall said. “I don’t think I’m going to give up until we find her.”

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Action News Jax was told by law enforcement officials that this is still an active search. As of right now, the sheriff’s office in Allendale said they don’t believe there’s foul play suspected in her disappearance.

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The South Carolina Law Enforcement Division sent Action News Jax the following:

The South Carolina Law Enforcement Division (SLED) was requested to assist the Allendale County Sheriff’s Office on Thursday, August 15, 2024, in an investigation regarding a missing woman. Jessica Rapsys, 27, was last seen on Tuesday evening, August 13, 2024. The search for Rapsys began on Tuesday, August 13, 2024. The investigation is active and ongoing. Anyone with information should contact the Allendale County Sheriff’s Office at (803)584-7067 or SLED at (866)472-8477 or email tips@sled.sc.gov

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COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) – The South Carolina Department of Transportation is giving citizens the opportunity to weigh in on the future of transportation in the state. The department’s multimodal transportation planning survey is open.

The survey which can be taken here will be used in a recurring 5-year plan to assess the transportation needs of the state. If you commute via car, train, bike, or bus the SCDOT is looking to hear what improvements need to be made and how South Carolina can adapt transportation to keep up with the state’s growth.

The multimodal transportation planning survey aims to learn things like:

Your most common mode of transportation.

Safety concerns you have for your daily commute,

Your hope for the future of transportation in the state.

The survey is used in Momentum 2050 a plan to ensure South Carolina Transportation can accommodate economic and environmental growth within the state. “This is a way for South Carolinians to get involved in the way we move people and goods across the state. We want to hear from you on the future of transportation in South Carolina,” said Justin Powell, SCDOT secretary of transportation.

“We are talking different modes of transportation, whether you bike, whether you ride the bus, whether you drive whether you walk, it’s really for everyone. This is our way of asking where you see transportation in the future for South Carolina,” said Hannah Robinson the media relations coordinator with SCDOT

Wis wanted to know what South Carolinians thought about the future of South Carolina transportation. Many say a survey will target the needs of real people and the concerns they face daily.

“I would submit a survey for that to let me know how I feel about it, and I think it’s a good way to get residents’ opinions on things”, said Ty Hagemann

Others tell me a survey won’t give the state the most accurate interpretation of transportation needs because not everyone will take it. Riviera Mew told WIS she plans to take it and hopes others will share her wish for more lanes and pedestrian crossings throughout the state.

“We live on a strip that’s one way, there’s not enough lanes for pedestrians and bikers. So just being able to share the lane and not feeling I need to swerve out of the lane so that I don’t get into a car accident, so just sharing the lanes”, said Mew.

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ESPN and SEC Network’s Ryan McGee has seen a lot of football in his day including a lot of South Carolina football over the years.

McGee, an ESPN senior writer and co-host of the Marty and McGee show, joined the Garnet Trust Hour on 107.5 The Game this week to give some additional perspective on what the outside college football world thinks about the Gamecocks.

Chief among the topics — redshirt freshman quarterback LaNorris Sellers.

“Well, the greatest compliment I can give someone that’s in his position is when coaches talk about him, when I talk to people who saw him in high school and who’ve seen the way that he carries himself, they talk about someone who’s not going to be rattled by any of this,” McGee said. “And not in like a super arrogant, cocky, you know, ‘Y’all should watch me play’ kind of way. It’s just a quiet way of taking care of business, how you do your work. … That’s what I hear about Sellers and I think that’s why he’s going to be good for this job.”

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As most Gamecock fans know by now, Sellers played as a backup and change-of-pace quarterback behind Spencer Rattler last season as a true freshman.

The Florence, S.C. native completed all four of his passes for 86 yards and a touchdown while rushing for 51 yards and a touchdown on five carries.

While South Carolina head coach Shane Beamer has not yet named a Game 1 starter at the position, Sellers exited spring as the starting quarterback and is the heavy favorite to win the job.

“I’m really, really curious to see and anxious to see, but we’re living in an era, guys, where it’s nothing for these young quarterbacks,” McGee continued. “I mean, I grew up at a time where it was kind of like the NFL used to be—you had to bide your time, you had to wait, you got to football when you were a junior and a senior, and then you took over. And in the case of Sellers, in the case of college football now, you’re in the door as a teenager, and you’re running the offense of a premier program.”

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McGee, who maintains a strong relationship with Beamer, also believes the Gamecocks may be at their best as a program when most outsiders are counting them out.

Unlike last year, when South Carolina entered as a darling sleeper pick in the league due to the finish to the 2022 season, few at the national level are talking about the Gamecocks as a team that will do much this year.

“Seabiscuit ran a lot faster when he was mad and when he had someone to chase,” McGee said. “When he was out front by himself, he wasn’t that fast. And Shane Beamer, to me, and this program, South Carolina, just the history of it—they do their best work when they feel like people are shortchanging them and when they have something to chase.

“So now, with something to prove, I feel like this is where Shane Beamer does his best work. And quite honestly, in the hundred and whatever years it is of Gamecock football, I feel like it’s when they’ve done their best work—when they got something to prove.”