Burn at the dan river mills plant in brookneal. The fire started yesterday around 3 30 and the smoke could be seen for miles. The plant has been closed for a few years, but crews had been working to recycle some of the material from the building. We still do not know what started the fire. But crews say there are a lot of debris piles from demolition that will take a while to burn out. A person had to go the hospital after being hit by a vehicle in roanoke. According to the Roanoke Police Department Facebook page, that person was hit around 8 15 last night while walking along the 500 block of orange avenue. Police say the driver stopped. Stay with wdbj7 for more details Virginia State police says its following a new lead in the search for the 15 yearold who wrecked a car in Roanoke County after a police chase wednesday night. Four passengers were taken to the that lead was discovered after investigators again searched for the teen near the roanoke Franklin County line yesterday. The pu
A retired plumber helped reroute a line to the tank. A department of Health Inspector is supposed to come check those repairs to make sure theyre up to state code meadows says he never called the health department. Whites attorney, kelsey bulger, told him not complying with state regulations is a class one misdemeanor. Meadows said he was unaware. The man who pumped the tank said there were no screws on the lid when he got there. An investigator said one screw was on the lid when the search for noah first began and her team used a metal detector to look for the other screws but none were found. Meadows said he of his own grandchildren. The two used to play basketball together. He says noah liked to climb and explore. About 12 witnesses have you learned anything new about what investigators found when that initial missing child report came in . Investigators from the Pulaski County the fbi said cigarette smoke poured out of the home when they first arrived. Some investigators had to wea
Scene. Important to remember most of these are volunteer firefighters out here tonight. And they will be working through the night. Crews say there are a lot of debris piles from demolition that will take a while to burn out. A big concern here is the tempertures and making sure the water lines are not freezing. Stay with us on wdbj7 mornin and wdbj7 dot com for the latest. Live in brookneal, Danielle Staub wdbj7 a pedestrian was taken to the hospital tonight after being hit by a vehicle in roanoke. According to the Roanoke Police Department Facebook page, the person was hit around 8 15 p. M. In the 500 block of orange avenue. A westbound lane of orange avenue is closed between Williamson Road and plantation road. Police say the driver stopped. An investigation is underway. Upas chris mentioned it is a out there bro hell write it about twenty degrees right now temperatures are falling fast skies are clear the winds of calm down a little bit and that just lets any continuing years just
Evidence he was firing at someone specifically they were quote to whom it may concern bullets. Prosecutors also talked about a video showing wade confessing to what he did that night. In that video it showed wade saying quote cause at the end of the day im not gonna let you ride for something i done. We talked to the victims families. Lenard hamletts uncle said this is a big loss. Jimmy hamlett lenard hamletts uncle i feel like theres never be no justice. We can never get back our family member. Wade pleaded no contest and took a plea deal for two murder charges and two firearms charges. The judge said he could face a maximum of fourty years for each murder charge and an additional mandatory five years for each firearms charge. In roanoke ananda rochita wsls 10. Lynchburg Police Arrest a woman wanted on several gang related charges. Skylar lewis was arrested friday. Shes charged with gang recruitment in a school zone. Participation in a gang that includes a juvenile in a school zone an
Brie how much money are we talking about here . Close to 22 thousand dollars. Thats how much the county could have paid Erica Williams. But tonight they voted 4 to 3 to eliminate that pay. During a work session this evening, board chair chris tuck presented information about Erica Williams attendance and past evaluations of her former employees. There have been a lot of questions surrounding her decision to not rehire 4 people after she was reelected. Since then there have been a lit of back and forth between county leaders. Tonight, they voted to eliminate her supplemental pay from the county. That money would have been in addition to the roughly 120,000 she recieves from the state. Some residents spoke in support of williams saying the county do. But county leaders decided to move forward with eliminate williams supplemental pay. Mary Alison Galloway moco resident 10 08 08 you are not the micromanagers of the constitutional officers and by the voters of the county. Chris tuck moco bo