What is the latest on the major roads and interstate. All right with the prolonged cold spell is that making the job tougher for rode crews . And jason i know you tell people all the time, dont get out there if you dont have to but for people who do have to go to work today what is the best advice for them . Jason thank you for joining us. A busy day for sure. Snow piled up on the road so stay indoors if you can. Wdbj7 Garrett Turner is out on the roads for us this morning. Garrett how is it looking at this point . Center well, good morning, kim. Were onion south and the road are like jason said very slick. There is some ice and the roads are covered even though there have been multiple passes by plows. Now, we do we did see a line of semi truck trailers onion north so be very careful on that. We also did see a car spun out on 581 south near best buy. So people are having trouble getting around. It is not safe to be out on the the roads. The other thing is make sure that you leave a lo
Police officer whos facing child pornography charges will get a chance to leave jail before his case goes to trial. A judge agreed to release Brian Mcalexander on a 20thousand dollar bond. Mcalexander was month when a grand jury indicted him on six felony counts of possessing child pornography. A hearing in his case is scheduled for friday. Big changes for blacksburgs planned parenthood. A representative says its now referring new and current patients to roanoke for medical services because it wont be provided at the center anymore. The blacksburg location is instead, focusing on Community Outreach and educational programs. Read more about the decision on prosecutors charged a Northern Virginia man with perjury in connection with a Bedford County murdercase. Contest plea to perjury yesterday. Prosecutors say at two separate times, he knowingly gave false testimony when asked about the disappearance of lyon, two girls who maryland Shopping Mall in 1975. Trying to protect his welch, who
A steeple that was perched atop the roof now sets in ruin about a quarter mile away. The churchs brick facade was peeled away. Stained glass windows are mangled and twisted. Just part of your life is gone. All kind of memories here. Theyre gone. Central baptist is an example of both the devastation in appomattox county and the communitys determination to persevere. Members of the Appomattox County High School Football Team showed up at the church early thursday morning to help clean up. All of the kids volunteered and said, coach, come pick us up. Come get us. Where can we meet and help . The team rallied around one of their own. Drew mann, a football player. My mom and dad got married in the church and i grew up here when i was younger. Its devastate to go see what happened to this place. So i need to help out. When they werent cleaning, Football Players held up signs asking for donations to help the community. One corner of the county where wednesdays tornado left a trail of damage.
For a man who may be armed in roanoke county. The man is suspected of being the driver of a car that was chased by state police last night. The car crashed, flipped and caught on fire. The county says the vehicle was coming from Franklin County on route 220 when it hit another vehicle near webb road. Taken to the hospital. Stay with wdbj7, and wdbj7dotcom for any updates. A Pulaski County the outcome in ashley whites trial opening arguments lawyers are prepared to call 23 witnesses to testify in the case. A judge agreed to change the trial location because the potential jurors interviewed monday and tuesday knew about the case. But late tuesday night the judge and lawyers agreed to have a bench trial instead of a jury trial. A lawyer not asssociated with this case says that decision may now benefit ashley white. Richard chidester giles county attorney you may certainly get the same outcome but the judge is certainly more likely to be not caught up in the emotion and the passion of the
For areas where the damage is severe and the access is tough to get to. Judgmentand we sure appreciate their efforts in the weather has been a little bit cooperative in that way you will be warmer each day and some sunshine but was windy today that didnt help out skies partly cloudy at the moment traffic is moving well on five eighty one its thirty five degrees or the Digital Broadcast Center but factor in a little bit of wind and feels more like its in the upper 20s so dont be fooled by going with the lighter coats until maybe saturday or sunday. It still a chilly out there temperature thirty four in lexington thirty three and blacksburg and galax thirty two with the jostle us reaching checks and thirty four degrees in a few snow flurries the men running to the mountains here recently but that too is starting to dry out just a little bit of a few lingering clouds back to the last but tomorrow will be trending toward something little but more sunny with a winced a lot of the northwest