Liked or commented on anything about noah. Shes also asking if theyve joined any facebook groups related to his death. White spoke in court today, telling the judge she was not guilty after all the charges were read to her. Shes remained emotionless as her lawyers have asked potential jurors questions about her children. Have lawyers given you any clue how long this jury Selection Process will take . Theyre hoping to get it done as soon as possible. Theyll start again at 9 tomorrow morning and select seven more potential jurors for the pool. They will then be whittled down to 12 jurors and two alternates. Prosectors are prepared to bring in witnesses tomorrow. The defense asked its witnesses to come on wednesday, chris. Standing out there in the snow inside parts of southWest Virginia have seen an inch maybe even before its all done to witches but it is not really snowing here ron look at the moment although it has been raining off and on through much of the day that it was a different
Making driving difficult. Lets check in now with wdbj 7s joe duh seal in roanoke. Joe . All right. Joe dashiell, we are having some issues with you, but well check back with him in a little bit. The road is still slick where he was at the intersection of orange avenue and williamson road. Now we are going to head out to wdbj 7s Amanda Kenney in the allegheny highlands. Amanda, what are the Road Conditions like there . High. I will tell you ive seen a lot of clouds coming through here. Consistently, two at a time. And that didnt stop one driver. Didnt help him actually. Check out this camaro that he was in. He made it at least here to covington all the way from ohio. Now, justin is driving his her in camp leguine. And he didnt check the forecast, unfortunately. He says he, driving all this way, has not been easy so far. I know how you grab the Steering Wheel . The sleet is getting light. So yeah, those big old trucks, they dont slow down. Geez. Theyre going sideways and stuff. I said, t
Brought down many tree limbs, and power lines in neighborhoods throughout the region, including roanokes raleigh court. Aleta delaplane actually at 3 45 we woke up to a transformer exploding. It was big green arc light in the back it was amazing. It was kind of cool. And then the power went out. And then it came back on. And then it went out again, so i think weve been without power since 6 45 this morning. When the electricity went out, so did aleta delaplanes heat. But she and a neighbor were making the best of their day without power, sitting by the gas fireplace. And when we left at midafternoon, they were waiting patiently for an appalachian power crew to arrive. Live in roanoke joe dashiell wdbj7. When will power be back on. Thats the question many of you want to know. Joining us now is teresa hall appalachian power spokesperson. First of all how many customers are without power right most of the outages . Teresa more than 29 thousand are without electric service. The most severe
Driving by there and probably not adviseed a lot of down trees in that area. Power outages are reported. But this shows the amount of this is a very unusual homes flying. Amanda taylor will spend the rest of her life in prison. Montgomery county judge marcus long certified the sentence a jury recommended following taylors murder trial in november. She asked the judge to reduce her sentence in court this morning and said her fatherinlaw, Charles Taylor didnt deserve to be here anymore. She killed Charles Taylor in april after stabbing him 29 times. Taylor is accused of later shooting her friend, sean ball. Former state senator Madison Marye has died at the age of 90. The shawsville democrat represented western virginia for almost three decades in the general assembly. Wdbj7s joe dashiell covered marye for many years, and hes in the studio tonight with colorful career. Jean, Madison Marye was one of a kind, known for his length of service, his determination to represent his rural constit
News on the future of catawba hospital. Jean, the new budget proposals confirm what we heard last week, that keep the Mental Health facility open, at least for now. Proposals strip the funding that governor mcauliffe had proposed, to begin the process of closing the hospital in roanoke county. Lawmakers did call for a study of Psychiatric Services for geriatric patients, to be completed year. Roanoke county supervisor Martha Hooker says she is pleased catawba hospital will remain open for now, but doesnt view it as a permanent victory. Martha hooker r catawba supervisor i think that Mental Health care is changing. And were going to have to adapt to that, but this does give us a reprieve and we can gather our resources together and study, and most of all just take care of our Mental Health patients. Thats what we need. Passenger rail is another issue that received attention in the two budget proposals. Both plans include language designed to protect funding for the extension of Passenge