Department of social services. She testified that white admitted to leaving her children at home the morning noah went missing. White said the boy was responsible for keeping an eye on his infant sister while his parents left. Well have updates throughout the day on wdbj7. Com as we learn new developments. Live in pulaski, justin ward, wdbj7 detailsyet us we continue to call was weather weve deftly seeing this weekend windchill advisories throughout the weekend but like i mentioned all week long dont overlook the snow showers were seeing right now across year would a continue to see these move through as we head through the afternoon we are one batch making its way through southern Franklin County pattered county henry county maybe clip Pittsylvania County some of what you seeing not reaching the ground but theyll have some burst from one of those bursts of snow visibility comes down and since is been so cold might get a quick coding here and there and some slick spots out on the roadw
The county is maintaining shelters for people this afternoon at the Appomattox Community center and also at the pamplin fire department. As for electricity, a lot of people in appomattox county are still without power and the Central Georgia cooperative says they and dominion virginia pow refer having a lot of trouble getting power restored because at homes still have a lot of Major Appliance on his and lights, and when they do get service restored, that power is getting shut down or its getting shut down again, so theyre asking people to turn off things that are inside their homes so that when the power does come back on, it wont overload the circuits. Just have a light on so that you know that your power is back on. But unplug or turn off everything else. Live in appomattox county, tim saunders, wdbj 7. The Virginia National guard is on active duty. The guard is expected to have more than 50 soldiers on duty today. A guarded spokesperson says the initial plan is to provide manned, an
Gusty winds will continue today with mountain snow showers. A reported funnel cloud in appomattox has killed at least one person, and injured several others. 20 homes have been destroyed, and more than 100 are damaged. Wdbj7s Amanda Kenney is at one of two shelters in appomatox where volunteers are waiting to help victims. Kimberly, the appotmatox Community Shelter has cots, blankets, and pillows to keep victims comfortable. Just like the rest of the town, the shelter does not have electrcity. Theres no heat here, but the lights are staying on thanks to a generator. Wednesdays storm caused Severe Damage throughout the county. Homes are damaged, trees and power lines are down, and the electricity is out. Right now. Dominion is working to repair a damaged metering point that serves appomatox Virginia Governor Terry Mcaullife has also declared a state of emergency. That means Public Safety agencies can devote every storm response and recovery. The Virginia National guard has already soldi
Developing news in campbell countythe abandoned dan river plant caught fire today in brookneal and it continues to burn at this hour. People who work in the area tell wfxr news they noticed the thick smoke around 3 this afternoon. According to the town manager, the plant has been closed for about 10 years and was major employer in the area. The plant has been empty since it closed and was in the process of being demolished. The fire shut down part of route 501 as crews worked to put out those flames. People we spoke with say the smoke changed from light to dark and ashes were falling from the sky. Its been black, black billowing smoke and then it looked like it lightened up. It seems to have picked up and right now it looks like its more black smoke coming. I looked like it blew up, i anything that close. No evacuations have been ordered at this time but city leaders say the heavy smoke is so bad that some who live near the plant have decided to leave their homes for the night. And wer
40s by the afternoon thursday partly cloudy and breezy with highs in the middle 40s friday scattered light snow showers possible with highs in the lower 40s saturday mostly cloudy with highs in the upper 40s time now for your timesaver traffic report. New this morning. A danville man will wake up in jail in connection with a deadly shooting in north carolina. 26yearold Demetrius Lamar farmer faces first degree murder and kidnapping charges. He is being held at the Danville City Jail and is the third his arrest is in connection to the january shooting death of Benjamin Baker in rockingham county. Baker was found dead in his eden home from an apparent gunshot wound after failing to show up for work. 18yearold daquarius martin of martinsville and Zachary Haley of axton are also charged. A lynchburg teen who was critically injured in a high profile drunk driving crash last fall has died. According to her social Media Support page. Ivy adkins died on saturday. A celebration of life will be