From the south of the next couple days highs in the sixties by saturday and sunday alayna how long that will stick around and will southside received a threatening message this week, supposedly from isis. Wdbj7s Christian Heilman is here with more on the threat and whos on alert. Hargrave military academy in chatham is under increased security tonight. That threatening message on tuesday. It could be linked to the islamic state. Hargrave touts itself premier military boarding school primarily for seventh through 12th graders. Its located in chatham. The schools president says they immediately got in touch with local Law Enforcement after receiving the message. Now, that investigation includes other state and federal agencies. Today, the school held assemblies with cadets and employees. They also sent a message to parents. Internal security is up at the school tonight. Other Law Enforcement have increased patrols on campus, too. There was an open house planned for this weekend but be al
From his house, a wooden outline marks the spot where harris was found. Ricky harris took us there. Harris police told us to mark the area, so we did. Off camera harris grandson said his grandfather died in a spot that he loved the farm where he had spent so much of his life. He grew up in evergreen, the son of a sharecropper. When his father died, he took up the farming himself as a way to support the remaining family. Juanita milstead sister he stayed there and worked the farm so my mother would have a place to live until the siblings were all grown. Evergreen is where he spent the rest of his life. When he wasnt on the farm, he was serving at a nearby church thats damaged but Still Standing following the tornado. Milstead he was a good christian man. That was the main thing. He loved his lord. And he loved evergreen, a community that mourns him with a makeshift cross in the spot where his home once stood. Milstead this was home and no other place would be home on this earth. Harris
And im dawn jefferies. This is the strongest tornado to ever hit appomattox county. According to the National Weather service. The ef3 tornado. Covered 13 miles. Killing one person in its path. State police say 78yearold Edward Harris was thrown from his home. He was found last night in an area nearby. 7 others were hurt. Now the community is pitching in. To help those impacted. Wsls tens duke joins us now live from appomattox county. Duke. You spoke to the coach of the Appomattox County High School football team. What is he saying about his players supporting the community . Football coach doug smith is very proud of his players on the team giving back and helping the community aww work work he says there are about 25 members helping to clean the debris left behind from the storm. Some have been out removing of the churches impacted by the storm. The coach is glad to see his players volunteering. Doug smith appomatto x County High School football coach it makes me feel great last nigh
At the scene. What can you tell us right now . Reporter its still a very active scene here. There are police and fire crews still down there where the explosion happened. Other crews blocking the road and the entryways into the park. Now, according to witnesses this fire started around 11 oclock and then blue up into an explosion right now now, witnesses here at gemini towers told me that flames were reaching the top of the building. Now, down here where we are i just talked to people who were on the 5th floor and said they could feel the heat from this explosion. I had my hand on the window and i was watching everything happen and right like a few seconds after the window got hot. It was huge. I mean, it was imagine big. Reporter witnesses telling me that based on what they saw they do expect injuries here. We do hope everyone was safe. I called Westlake Police and fire. Were not able to confirm any of those injuries yet but well be back with multiple reports and updates. Many thanks
This subway platform . Clearly she sees one person that she recognizes. Reporter does it live in what was argued in this courtroom . You made that up, didnt you . No. Reporter or is the truth locked up in this prison . This is my cry for justice. Reporter tonight, youll hear a judge decide where the truth will prevail. Times square bustling with tourists vibrant and safe, except it wasnt always like this. Twentyfive years ago, new york was in turmoil. Crime was out of control. And then came the moment new yorkers said enough is enough. A murder of a young tourist on a manhattan subway platform, just a few blocks from where im standing. Its a murder that would have consequences for this city, and one man, for the next quarter century. It was labor day weekend, 1990. A sunday. The u. S. Open tennis tournament was in full swing and thousands of tourists had come to new york to see it. Among them, Brian Watkins, a College Student and tennis player from utah. He was there along with his fam