The heavy freezing rain added weight to the limbs and power lines last night causing a lot of damage. There are still thousands of people in the dark this evening and appalachian power continues to work hard on restoring it as soon as possible. Rising rivers and creeks are also a concern with the rapid snow melt and the heavy rain from last night. As you can see behind me, tinker creek is moving at a swift pace. Reporting live from roanoke alan auglis wsls10. Crews in roanoke city faced flooding for the morning commute and worked to remove fallen trees and downed power lines throughout the afternoon. Wsls tens Erin Brookshier has a look at some of the cleanup as temperatures warm up and the snow continues to melt, many people are spending today assessing the damage from this mornings ice storm. Throughout the morning, drivers faced dozens of street closures, from fallen trees and downed power lines, like this one on williamson road. Iris kaltenbaugh started her s uv to get it warmed up
Neighborhood for 14years tells us police came shortly after she called for help. Like others, she says this is the last place she would expect to hear gunshots. 571 03 i believe theres a couple of officers that live on the road, couple houses up i think theres a Roanoke County officer or state trooper. So, its pretty safe. 1 091 16 that neighborhood up there, thats exactly what i would expect when shots fired. A lot of residents hearing it, finding it odd that its going on and then calling to get us up there and thats exactly what happened. Now, police were out here earlier today talking to neighbors and gathering information and that did assist in their investigation. In roanoke, im christina craig, wsls10. A vinton man is behind bars following a child abuse investigation. 21year old Preston Chewning has been charged with aggravated malicious wounding. Abuse and neglect of a child. And child endangerment. Hes being held without bond. The charges stem from an incident last week. When e
Make sure that once power is restored. It stays on. But they say rural areas and secondary neighborhoods might take longer than others. Flooding isnt the only concern for drivers following the winter weather. Downed power lines are a concern in roanoke. City workers put up warning signs and barricades to keep drivers off of mason mill road after trees toppled over leaving live power lines down. 13th street and north avenue northeast have also been barricaded. Roanoke city workers say. Theyve contacted aep about the problem. But as of now. There is no timeline as to when the live wires will be cleared. In your wsls ten timesaver traffic report. Another area to watch out for is i81 in salem. Theres about a 2andahalf mile backup near mile marker 137. The south Left Shoulder and left lane are both closed. While safe and salted roads are months. They do come with unintended consequences. The salt used to keep streets safe them as well. Says its typical to see more due to the salt used to tr
Democratic primary. A time line that is ratcheting up the urgency in both races. Weve got both races covered starting tonight with nbcs katy tur in North Charleston for us. Hi, katy reporter lester, donald trump will take the stage here in just a few minutes. Its now less than 24 hours before the state votes, and as you said there are indications that this race could be a lot tighter than many had thought. Donald trump losing his commanding lead as ted cruz tries to replicate his win in iwhat. Donald trump sounding confident to a boisterous crowd in myrtle beach, but the billionaire is still on the defensive, now for a 2002 howard stern radio interview where he said he invasion. Invading iraq . Yeah, i guess so. Reporter trump has the trail and i was against going into iraq and i was against it since a long time. I didnt want to go into iraq. Reporter this morning on today he explained the flipflop. Asked to me, that was long before the war started. By the time the war it. Reporter als
We have to change course. And. President obama pushes once again to close down Guantanamo Bay. Reaction from lawmakers on capital hill. Good evening, and thanks for joining us for wsls 10 at seven. Im lindsey ward. And im dawn jefferies. A jury is now deliberating in the murder trial of Waynesboro Police reserve captain kevin quick after a three week trial. Its being held in roanoke after a judge declared a mistrial when investigators discovered one of the defendants got a list of potential jurors and shared it. Wsls 10s ananda rochita has the latest. Ananda rochita the jury will continue to deliberate tomorrow morning on the case involving six people allegedly members of a gang. Four suspects are charged with the murder of Waynesboro Reserve Police captain kevin quick while the other two are accused of being the gangs ring leaders in a racketeering conspiracy. Pieces of evidence and what was brought up in these past three weeks. There were more than 50 witnesses who took to the stand.