Snow routes. And craig county schools wil open two hours late today. Right now hundreds of officers in blacksburg are still searching for a missing 13 year old girl. Nichole Madison Lovell was last seen around midnight, wednesday morning. Investigators say she is in urgent need of medication for a liver transplant she had when she was younger. A thousand cadets, a drone, state and local police were out in full force to find Nicole Lovell yesterday. Theyre investigating all possible leads. The organization, help save the next girl has joined the search and is consoling the parents. I spoke with tammy this morning shes strong but this is her baby and right now we dont have a clue where shes at, she wants her home investigators have set up an anonymous tip line. If you know is on your screen now. You can contact Blacksburg Police by can also find this Contact Information on our website dot com. Wfxr news is your local election headquarters. The republican president ial voters last night a
Possession and trafficking. Those arrested face multiple charges related to marijuana, cocaine, heroin, methamphetamine. Anyone with any information on illegal drug activity in the area are asked to call police. Drug abuse also a hot button issue on capitol hill. The Senate Judiciary Committee Held a hearing on heroin and Prescription Drug addiction. Senators say two things are key to successfully combat this national epidemic. If we dont get the support and treatment for those who are struggling with addiction and deal with the underlying issues, we are not going to solve this problem. According to the National Institute on drug abuse, Drug Overdose deaths involving prescription opioid pain relievers have more than quadrupled since 1999. Heroin deaths five times higher since 2002. Police in lynchburg are continuing to try and solve a string of burglaries they believe are connected. Police say people reported nine burglaries on pulaski, york, payne streets since january 2nd. Most have
You about. Craig county is opening two hours late. Buses in Bedford County will operate on snow routes, but school will open at regular time. 67 people are facing nearly 2 hundred drug charges as part of a widespread drug roundup effort throughout southwest virginia by the Alleghany Highlands Drug Task force. Operation deep freeze happens quarterly throughout the region, and targets illegal narcotic manufacturing, possession and trafficking. Those arrested face multiple charges related to marijuana, cocaine, heroin, methamphetamine. Anyone with any information on illegal drug activity in the area are asked to call police. Drug abuse also a hot button issue on capitol hill. The Senate Judiciary Committee Held a hearing on heroin and Prescription Drug addiction. Senators say two things are key to successfully combat this national epidemic. If we dont get the support and treatment for those who are struggling with addiction and deal with the underlying issues, we are not going to institut
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A new look at the toll that this pandemic is taking on our economy. In addition to the more than 30 million unemployed americans, retail sales dropped 16. 4 , the biggest drop on record. About n hour from now, President Trump expected to talk about Vaccine Development in the rose garden. When it happens, well take you there live. As always, we have our doctor on duty with us, dr. Jennifer pena, a former white house physician. We also have our reporters spread out across the country as states and businesses figure out what it looks like to open back up. We start in wisconsin this morning because many bars, restaurants and shops there in wisconsin are all back open for business today. But instead of that phased reopening, many businesses quickly opened back up after the Supreme Court struck down the governors stayathome restrictions. Already some places have been packed with folks, bars specifically. Many folks not wearing masks, really testing the limits of social distancing as well. Nb