Smiths wife, shana witt, was convicted in august of suffocating the boy with a stuffed animal. When she returned to her bedroom to tell smith what she had done, the two had sex and smith later fixed lunch. During that time smith says he never checked on his son. Smith i thought she was lying to me that morning. Randy krantz you didnt believe her . Smith no. When smith finally realized his son was dead, he still didnt call for help. Instead he says his wife insisted he clean up her meth lab. He then called 911 and told dispatchers that his son had just stopped breathing when in fact the child had been dead for hours. After being arrested prosecutors say smith fully cooperated in building a case against his wife, who received 52 years in prison for murdering her son. While smith wasnt involved in the murder, he received a fouryear sentence tuesday on drug and child abuse charges. Randy krantz we did feel very strongly that mr. Smith should be held accountable for his level of wrongdoing.
Church in south carolina. We need to tell the whole story. The whole ugly story of our history tonight, the fate of two slave quarters in Botetourt County is still in question. We are wdbj7. Good evening, im melissa gaona. And im chris hurst. New at 11 people in some neighborhoods across our area are concerned after they went several days without getting their mail following last weeks snow storm. Wdbj7s Khiree Stewart spoke with those neighbors and tells us whats causing the problem. Chris, melissa, its been days since it snowed, but its still causing problems for some people in roanoke. Those who havent gotten their mail say they want answers. 10 36 25 10 36 30 just concerned about what could be coming in that i need to take care of. Roy forbes sorts through several letters for the first time in days. He and others on ridgecrest drive said they havent received mail since thursday. The day before last weeks snow storm. 10 34 44 10 34 50 we have bills and regular stuff that comes in th
High School Seniors who came up with the idea for thursdays program. Lidya tadesse, 12th grade we can really make a difference and the best way to do that is educating and having an open dialogue. About two dozen people attended. Hans wants thursdays discussion to serve as a start to more meaningful talks. Nancy hans, executive director, Prevention Council i look at that as heres an opportunity there are new faces in there. So we want to continue to build on all of this. If youre interested in hosting an event, you can get in touch with the roanoke alliance. We have a link to their website on ours, wdbj 7 dotcom. Christian heilman, wdbj7. New tonight, 67 people have been indicted on 188 drug charges in our area. This morning the Alleghany Highlands Drug Task force made the arrests with help from several local agencies and state police. Those arrested face charges related to marijuana, cocaine and heroin. Lynchburg police need your help solving several breaking and entering incidents ar
Police say there will be an increased Police Presence in blacksburg because of the search. Search effort yesterday. And more than 12 hundred searchers neighborhood to pass out fliers. A follow up now the Virginia Department of health has lifted a boil water notice in wythe county. The boil water notice was issued after a water main break earlier this week that caused 200 thousand gallons of water to empty from a water tank near route 11. After multiple tests of the water, the Health Department has determined the water is safe. Residents nearby are free to return to with some of these winds look at the wind us twenty nine mylan our wind us hot springs twenty eight bluefield thirty 32 in galax with the roanoke. The last wind us thirty six miles an are you take the temperature take the wind us look what it feels like out there right now would talk about the warm weather this weekend but still been a get through this afternoon feels against only eleven in hot springs at this lunch hour eig
Especially in the northern part of the city. Clifton stewart i wonder why whats wrong with the rest of the city . What about the dmv . I might want to go out there one day and get my license. Ozell jones, rides bus the dmv is terrible, man because you have about a mile and a half walk either direction. Theyre not alone. Cristina finch with the Roanoke Alleghany Regional Commission says people want bus service to reach places like the dmv. Cristina finch, roanokealleghany Regional Commission folks all over the region have been saying they need service to a variatey of different places. Ozell jones, rides bus id like to see a sunday route because im pretty much stuck on sunday. I cant go anywhere. No distance. For the past two years, the commission has been collecting data and information from riders. They created a six year vision plan to expand transportation in the roanoke valley. Now, theyre asking for everyones help. Cristina finch, roanokealleghany Regional Commission so at this po