Bao bao left the national zoo where cheesilied for lived for almost four jeers this morning. Years this morning. The unite panda was placed into a heavy metal crate this morning and then leaded into loaded into a customized fedex truck. The zoo was shut down to the public all morning long for preparations but just opened minutes ago. Before the gates opened and she was sent off, mikea turner had the chance to get a final glimpse. Reporter she has had a pretty busy morning, shes had time to play, shes had time to sleep. And as you can see shes filling her belly now whether this bamboo with this bamboo. All before hours before taking off for her home in china that will be permanent. No shortage of love, attention and bamboo a plot of it during the final hours at the national zoo. After a fun filled day of ice cake and honey monday, the giant panda laid back in the hammock this morning and joined more of her favorite foods. Since the zoo was closed to th outside could do was think about h
Affect the road conditions, were talking about that momentarily. About 5 and a half inches right now outside. Were seeing the transition from snow to icy mix that we will see the rest of the afternoon. Noreen Mona Kosar Abdi is driving around. What you finding out there . Reporter we are driving down word road, which is an example of a primary roads that lynchburg public works has been working all morning. It is in need of a good plow. The road is barely visible. It is hard to tell which lane youre driving in. Right now, were going about 22 Miles Per Hour on a road that is typically a 35 mile an hour road. The crews have been coming down and plowing roads. Snowfall, they have not been able to make a dent. In the last hour, we caught up with the lynchburg public works director who told us the plow Truck Drivers are working on a twopart system. First, they clear the roads and then they add salt for traction. She also tells us that right now we are getting a selfsleet mix and that is maki
You see this moving out of the richmond area. We are going to see sunshine and quiet weather through the rest of the week and even into the weekend. A quick check of your weather. Temperatures warming up. A mix of sun and clouds across the area. 46 in lynchburg. 48 in danville. 45 in roanoke. 46 in brookneal. 40 in blacksburg. 84 in hot springs. High temperatures today in the upper 40s and lower 50s to the south side. 48 in lynchburg. We are calling for 52 in danville. 46 for the high in roanoke. 43 in blacksburg. A nice warming trend on the way and a nice weekend forecast. Lets take a full look coming up. Freezing rain created challenges for crews in lynchburg. The secondary roads are the biggest concern. Mona kosar abdi is live outside the studio. What is it looking like outside right now . Reporter it feels completely different than it did this morning. Beautiful and a lot warmer than it was this morning. This is good news for lynchburg public works who have been working to clear th
Probation violation. A woman named Jamie Elliott lives at the address on 2023 lakeside drive. I spoke with women who identified as jamies friends and they said Steve Elliott is her ex husband. He has quite a history including child porn. Abdi. Police investigating after man was shot and killed overnight. Officers were called to the 200 block of Halifax Street just after 12 15 this morning where he was pronounced dead at the scene. His body has been taken to the medical Examiners Office for identification. Anyone with information is asked to call Crimestoppers Crimestoppers Crimestoppers Crimestoppers at 4347930000. Grown up Police Investigating a homicide, the citys first of the year. Officials were called to a house on westwood boulevard yesterday afternoon. When they got there, investigators say they found a man dead inside the home. No one has been arrested. This happened in the same neighborhood as the first two homicide in 2015. We are watching Severe Weather across our area. Heav
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