Editor rain nats around 27 a possible twister showered louisiana and mississippi in sheets of rain and driving wind. You can see the damaged homes and buildings left behind for residents to pick up tonight. Follow the forecast anytime, anywhere with wavydotcom. Access updated radar views and the hour by hour predictions. And dont miss an update overnight. Meteorologist Jeremy Wheeler will have a fresh forecast starting tomorrow on wavy news 10 today at 4 30. Retired workers in portsmouth say the city has betrayed them. They say leaders promised reimbursement for Health Insurance a promise theyve allegedly broken. 10 on your sides liz palka went to tonights council meeting. Liz, how did city leaders they say theyre working on a plan to help with the situation. But, what these retirees are upset about is they were told they would have 14hundred dollars each year as part of an hra. According to these retirees no one ever said the program would end after a year. Robert turner retired firef
Nats fire chief a 911 call was received around 330 this afternoon that there was a fire at the old dan river plant, Randall Johnson is the fire marshall for campbell county. He says there are about 7590 firefighters on scene battling the flames. Johnson says this fire is unusual because of how massive it is, its engulfing the 355 thousand square foot facility. The biggest challenge to fight the fire getting resources like water to put it out. Randall johnson campbe ll county fire chief because we are limited to hydrants there are none in the factory in a proper it itself and also in the beginning we had several small spot fires that started in the grass surrounding the plant that we had to deal with, johnson says right now he feels there arent any toxic chemicals in the former site. The property was a textile plant. But was shutdown. For the past six months a recycling plant has been in the process of tearing it apart. Piece by piece. Cross after today i dont think they are going to ha
Mostly sunny with highs in the upper 20s and lower 30s monday wintry mix possible with highs in the middle 30s tuesday early wintry mix then gradual clearing. Highs in the lower 40s in the upper 20s. Staying breezy friday increasing time now for your timesaver traffic report. A judge will start hearing evidence in the trial against ashley white this morning. Judge Bradley Finch made the unusual decision to grant a change of venue request. After many jurors were ruled out. The trial to another jurisdiction. The prosecution asked for a bench trial in pulaski county. Instead of a jury trial. The defense agreed. Which means judge finch will now decide whites fate. Legal experts say both sides could view this as a victory. But the lack of a jury most likely benefits the defense. Jack call Radford University if, under the law, the parents are not legally responsible, then obviously the right outcome should be that they would be acquitted, and that might be an easier judgement for a judge to
Sunday valentines day starting mainly sunny. Ending mostly cloudy with highs in the upper 20s monday snow, ice rain likely with highs in the lower 30s tuesday early wintry mix then gradual clearing. Highs in the lower 40s wednesday increasing sunshine with highs in the middle 40s increasing clouds with highs in the middle 30s. Light snow showers possible mainly nrv highlands saturday morning flurries possible. Increasing time now for your timesaver traffic report. Were continuing to follow a developing story out of Campbell County. Where firefighters are still battling a massive fire this it started around three thirty thursday afternoon at the dan river plant in brookneal. And has now burned for more than twelve hours. Wsls 10s Erin Brookshier continues our coverage with details on what crews are dealing with on the scene right now. Erin. We spoke with crews on the scene just a little bit ago. They say the fire is under control right now, but still burning. Between 75to90 Fire Fighter
Week. Rubios stop tonight is just two days away from super tuesday and days after a rowdy cnn republican debate. Veering off the track of his Campaign Style thus far rubio was relentless in going after frontrunner donald trump. Including insulting his tweets. 07;08 i thought it was great i to do that according to a recent cnu poll rubio has the highest Approval Rating among all virginia voters at fortyfour percent. Hes the only candidate whos favorable rating among all voters is higher than his unfavorable rating. Still Donald Trump Holds a solid lead in the republican primary with rubio polling in second. 01;45 i can t really trust any of the other candidates at this point it s been a strange election 58;01 i really hope that rubio can win some States Ben Carson is scheduled to appear at Regent University on monday. And after winning the South Carolina democratic primary by a Wide Campaign office says she will be visiting Hampton Roads the same day. In Virginia Beach, kelly rule, news