Joining now is deputy fire chief, john donnelly. Chief, tell me what the situation is. So about 30 minutes ago, fire and ems arrived on the scene of a house under construction. In the foundation work, there was a collapse sort of accident. We dont know the cause. And right now were working to make the scene safe so that we can go in there and try and get the injured person all the way out safely. Reporter there is a man trapped down there, right . Sure. Reporter and hes up to his chest in dirt . Up to his waist and shoulder in one side. Reporter and so what do you have to do to get to him . So we have to shore the walls with lumber and metal framework so that they dont collapse any more and nobody else gets hurt. Reporter and how long do you think this could take . The rule of thumb is that its an hour for each foot youre digging out and its going to be a little while before we can get to diggi digging. So this could go on for the rest of the day. Reporter thank you very much, chief. G
Caucuses. It was his Third Straight commanding victory in the race for the gop president ial nomination. Trump now has 81 delegates. Rubio and ted cruz have 17 apiece. John kasich has six four. It takes 1,237 delegates to win cool us down again and provide an additional chance of a rain snow mix before temperatures return back to normal next week. See graphics. South dakota Governor Dennis Daugaard says his meeting with a group of transgender people yesterday put a human face on a bill that would require students to use bathrooms and locker rooms that match their sex at birth. Lawmakers approved the bill, but daugaard says he will still have to weigh th sides of the issue before deciding whether hell sign it into law. Opponents of the bill say theyve delivered more than 80thousand signatures to governor daugaard pushing him to veto it. One student behind the online petition says e bill alienates transgender singling them out. But the lawmaker who wrote the legislation says he simply wa
At war. Making a historic move. A group trying to keep former slave quarters on their Current Location make a different kind of offer to Botetourt County supervisors. The Donald Trumps the nevada caucus. Will his steamroller push into virginia next week on super tuesday. Were winning, winning, winning the country. And campaigning in the commonwealth, Bernie Sanders brings his effort to get the democratic nomination to our state. Thank you for choosing good day virginia. Its wednesday february 24. Im january keaton. And im kyle benjamin. Well get those stories in just a moment, but first a our newsroom. Danville police are investigating an Early Morning homicide. Shortly after midnight, officers responded to a home on halifax street. They found a man with gunshot wounds. Police say firefighters pronounced the man dead at teh scene. Police sent the body to the medical Examiners Office to pinpoint the cause of death. Were waiting to find out more details as Police Investigation a death in
Its frightening and bizarre in several ways. But heres what happened, the victim early this morning told police he was in this parking lot on baldwin avenue in the cherry neighborhood when two suspects, a man and a woman came up, threatened him with a gun, and forced him to get into another car and drove him a long way to get cash. The investigation began early this morning with a call from the papa johns on Fourth Street saying they hadnt heard from one of their delivery drivers. A 61yearold man. Fearing the worst, Police Called in homicide detectives and they found his car a little while later abandoned here on baldwin street just several blocks from the papa johns store. The driver was missing. Two hours later, about 4 30 this morning, police in arch dale, 80 miles up 85, called to say a driver walked into their department off the interstate and told him hed been kidnapped from charlotte over night. The Victim Told Police he didnt know exactly where he man and a woman had kidnapped
Reporter this is one of many areas across town where heavy winds knocked down massive trees. Check out the root of that tree. Road. This is edge hill drive. We watched as crews wrapped up trying to clear this tree. Minutes. But they had been here for about four hours. We talked to homeowners and neighbors across charlotte. A tree fell on a condo in the will more area. It caused so much damage inside, that structure has been deemed unsafe. We saw crews working to clear a tree that fell on a vintage seen Power Outages, two gas leeks, and trees down within a three block radius. A nearby homeowner told us the impact knocked down one of the trees in her yard and damaged her fence and she described the moment it happened. He started barking. We heard a loud rustling. It wasnt even a boom. It was a big rustling. This. Reporter you can see that area right there where that tape is still blocked off. Damage occurred. She told us that a woman was driving and got right in front of that area before