After that. The defense began its case. Wsls tens Bethany Teague was in court all day. And says white testified. And got emotional during her time on the stand. White said. She previously told noah not to play on the septic tank lid because she was afraid it would crack but said. She never inspected it herself. The defense also called a Health Department representative to the stand. He said a childproof lid is required for the type of septic tank that was in the familys yard. The Health Department representative said. The septic tank was the landlords responsibility. White also admitted to leaving noah and his little sister home alone when taking paul thomas to work. Thats because she said the kids were asleep. And she didnt want to disturb them. White also said she was on a medication at the time. To help her with her drug dependency. She says she voluntarily sought out treatment and counseling for the problem. Wsls tens Bethany Teague is still in court. And will bring us an update on
We will rebuild. This is who we are as a country the community of evergreen stands together the day after a violent ef3 tornado devastated the community. 0816 on over in the community its three or four houses that are totally gone. Theres nothing left on them only the foundation. Scattered throughout the destruction though are signs of hope. A sign that reads pray stands in the second story of susan Harris Family house. Thats our message to everyone that has texted or called and asked what can we do. We dont even know what to tell people to do 2431 the people of evergreen were looking for hope whether it was from above or from strangers that became friends on the ground. 3741 it broke my heart. I do believe that when we see problems in the world we are the solution, these friends walking along 460 they came across an American Flag intertwined in the debris. 5459 notice there was an American Flag tangled up in the power americans were strong. While the storm has passed, the pain remains
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
Were not worried about snow right now. But we are in store for cold temperatures. Storm team ten chief meteorologist Jeff Haniewich joins us now. Jeff. It was pretty chilly today. And its only going to get colder. Well, it was another cold day across the region with temperatures mainly in the 20s and 30s. The winds picked up as expected too. We continued to see some mountain flurries light snow showers, with a little more sun farther east. The pattern does not look to change a whole lot through wednesday. Tonight mostly cloudy with light mountain snow showers still possible, blustery with lows in the lower 20s. Wednesday clouds west, more sun east with mountain snow showers hanging tough. Bluster y still with highs in the lower 30s. Thursday will see a mix of sun and clouds areawide. And it looks to be a dry day for everyone. It will remain cold and blustery though with highs only in the upper 20s. Friday will be partly sunny and not quite as cold with highs actually look to stay eleva
Position fairly and purley based on their qualifications. And he says even with the background check, minor convictions wouldnt bar someone from getting hired. Larry spencer, blacksburg attorney if a 35 year old man that had a Marijuana Possession charge when he was 19, and hes had a steady work history since then, and good references from his employer, then were probably going to hire the person. But to ron rordam, blacksburg mayor so many times if someone has something in their background that normally the town would not really see as a problem, they wouldnt apply, because so often someone who checks that box yes, the application just gets tossed aside. Rordam says the switch only required changing one section of the application and the town used montgomery countys application as a guideline. Rordam says going forward, he hopes other localities will follow in blacksburgs footsteps, including the town of christiansburg. In studio, rob manch wsls 10. A martinsville man pleads guilty Ke