Too many rumors on social media. 00 00 00 0500 20 00 25tom mccracken i as well have heard embezzlement and fraud and all these other things and the rumors get juicy. Tom mccracken is on damage control. He and other Roanoke County School Board Members are getting an earful online. The first complaint parents werent notified fast enough about a threat of violence at northside high last week. Billy spence id rather play it safe than sorry, you know. If they could have got it out quicker, that had been nice. Billy spence kept his kids home friday. Police determined the threat was not credible. Mccracken says an alert was posted on facebook but there were no phone calls or Text Messages to parents. Tom mccracken why werent we notified sooner. So thats a valid question. The other concern, rumors swirling about northside principal frank dent unexpectedly stepping down. As his assistant principal amy puckett asks to be reassigned only days later. While some accuse there was misconduct says its
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
Double digit win in New Hampshire. The question now, can he be stopped in the republican primary . Not surprisingly, the president ial race is our top story. Donald trump and Hillary Clinton making their cases as the clear leaders in their races. As we said, trump picking up his second straight victory saturday. A decisive win in South Carolina. Marco rubio edged out ted cruz for second place. Clinton bouncing back from her defeat in New Hampshire to senator Bernie Sanders in nevada. The democratic primary in South Carolina is on saturday. Were just eight days from super tuesday contest in 12 states. That could cement the race on both sides. We have complete coverage at this key moment in the campaign. Beginning with nbcs Hallie Jackson in las vegas. Good morning. Good morning. This morning, the center of attention in this race has shifted here to nevada, where donald trump will hold a couple history on his side right now. No republican has won New Hampshire and South Carolina and lost
The biggest threats we will have on wednesday, dont forget. You can still get wsls ten weather updates even when were not on the air. For the latest weather information. Including radar and future forecasts. Download our storm team ten weather app. Just search for wsls in your i phone or android app store. Now to a wsls 10 follow up. A new deal could halt the move of the historic slave quarters on the greenfield plantation. This comes after county leaders started moving one of the buildings this morning. Wsls tens rob manch has the latest on this developing story. Rob. What can you tell us about this deal . The Group Friends of the eenfield preston plantation, with the help of former supervisor steve clinton, say theyve raised 40 thousand dollars in one its all to help pay for a cancellation of the move of those buildings. Earlier today, those contractors moved one of the buildings to its new home in a field about a quarter of a mile away. At the meeting, descendants of the slaves that
Reopen his law office and continue to be involved in the city of roanoke as well as spending time with family. The man charged with first degree murder in the death of 13year old Nicole Lovell hires his own attorney. According to the Montgomery County juvenile and domestic relations court, 18year old David Eisenhauer is now represented by Anthony Anderson of anderson and friedman in roanoke. Attorney christopher tuck was previously appointed to represent him. Lovell was killed after going several days. 19year old natalie keepers also faces charges related to lovells death. Both suspects are scheduled for preliminary hearings on march 28th. Eisenhauer and keepers are being held without bond. The trial is underway for one of the men charged in connection to a shooting that killed two and hurt four others in roanoke. Against demetrius wade. Including charges stem from a shooting at the former last january. Ronald ramey and leonard october. The trial is expected to last all week. Jurors ar