A device that could prevent someone from dying from a heroin overdose. 13 20 if we can save one life than it s worth it. Virginia beach police are hoping to save more lives by using these devices. Inside them theres medicine called naloxone. Nalockszone it can counteract the effect of a heroin overdose. Right now the department has 50 but say they plan on getting 150 over the next few weeks. 2 53 we wanted to be among the first to roll out the program. The number of people overdosing is alarming. In Virginia Beach alone police say in 2015 they had 135 heroin overdoses of those 35 people died. And so far in 2016 36 people have overdosed and 6 of them were fatal. And those are just the cases that police have responded to. Mdash;tons 494483i never ever thought in one million years that my children would die from drugs. It s just horrible Carolyn Weems daughter overdosed at the age of 21. She is happy to hear that police are taking action in an effort to prevent people from dying. 13 36 th
Today in Virginia Beach families said they ll never forget where they were when they heard the news. Were tracking snow on the way in your First Warning Storm Team forecast. Parts of our area under a Winter Weather advisory as more cold weather moves through Hampton Roads in the next 24 hours. Welcome to newschannel three at 5 i m les smith. And i m Kurt Williams in forp barbara ciara. P we also have more warm temperatures moving in for your weekend. Chief meteorologist Patrick Rockey is covering it all in your First Warning Storm Team forecast. Tracking rain, snow and gusty winds. We re keeping an eye on an area of low pressure that will move in from the west tonight. As the low approaches the area, scattered rain will begin moving in. Now, most of Hampton Roads and northeastern North Carolina will have above freezing temperatures at the onset of this event. Some of our temperatures will be marginal for a few of our inland and northern communities, which could support snow to mix in t
Northnortheast between 20 and 30 mph friday, with gusts up to 40 mph. Watch out for some tidal flooding. High tide at Sewells Point friday will be at 4 47 a. M. And 5 05 p. M. The rain will push out through the day friday, with gradual clearing expected. By saturday, we ll see some sunshine between the clouds. However, a couple of isolated showers will remain possible late saturday into early sunday. High temperatures on friday will be in the mid 40s. We ll be in the upper 40s saturday and sunday, and by next week, temperatures will a chanello s driver robbed early wednesday while delivering pizza. Someone robbed the driver on picadilly street in norfolk. That s right off interstate 64. One am. We re told the person who robbed the driver was armed but no one was hurt. Police say the robber got away with cash and personal property. A texas trooper has been fired after the arrest and death of sandra bland. Brian ensineeah encinia was indicted for lying about his arrest of sandra bland, a