Marco rubio. Coming to our area. How you can get events before super tuesday. Then drone dilemma1 06 sot to get the maximum amount they can out of this little bitty plot of land. The highs and lows for farmers looking for help from above. Thanks for being us tonight at ten, im bill wadell. This weekend a lot of cleanup and questions about an alert system after the tornado that wrecked dozens of homes in appomattox county. Reveal 1f. E. M. A officials arrived today to survey the damage in evergreen. Reveal 2appomattox county schools are expected to reopen for classes monday morning. One polling place for super tuesday has been moved. Central Baptist Church was damaged by the ef 3 tornado. Anyone who was set to vote there can cast their ballot at Friendship Baptist chuch. Reveal 3and today we learned 3 thousand people who signed up for automated phone calls from alert appomattox never got the call about the Tornado Warning wednesday. The 911 us they are focused on recovery and clean up r
Thanks for being with us. Im bill wadell. This bitter cold weather is affecting a lot of peoples plans this weekend. Heres a live look outside from atop our studios here in Roanoke County. The temps will continue to plummet the winds expected to kick up then some of us will see snow. Taylors here with us. This is one of those weekends where its a good idea to limit how much time youll be spending outside. Layers will be the key this weekend, bill. A wind chill advisory will go into effect in about an hour for most of the viewing area including roanoke. Wind chill values have already dropped near zero in hot springs, and are forecast to reach that mark in the lower elevations later tonight. Winds are howling out there in roanoke, wytheville, have to tonight. Well let you know how long the chill will stick around in just a few minutes. Alright taylor thanks. Well check back with you in about in Pulaski County a judge finds ashley white guilty of abuse and neglect. The Roanoke Times says
A report of a suspicious person in a car. Witnesses say that officer was going very fast when he crashed into this telephone pole you see here. They rushed over to help him. A revere officer lost control of his cruiser slamming into one telephone pole than another. It happened just after 8 00 this morning. We heard a loud roar. Like car racing. Reporter ortiz saw a person in a white car speeding ahead of the officer. The car length behind it chasing right after it didnt make the turn so it spun out. Reporter ortiz ran to help. When we got close enough the cop opened the door. Fell out. Someone help me. He was in shock. He couldnt stop shaking. We threw jackets over him and put one jacket under his head. Reporter how was he doing . Not doing good. He wasnt even talking. He said help me. Help moe and we got hip out. He was bleeding. He was holding his ribs. Hours stabilizing and righting the poles. Revere police say their officer should be okay. Something ortiz is glad to hear. Hope he i
Water, but what better way to help than open your homeshe put her house on the market two years ago and it has yet to sell. Its fully furnished. And she says its the ideal space for a family with small children. 3 its perfect for a 3 small boy, it was me and my son that lived here and this was his room. Pack says she wants to give them everything they could possibly need. Im actually going to bring my old dishes silverware so they family doesnt have to worry about anythingall that, and the house. Free of charge. She just asks that whoever moves in. Pay the electric bill. Neighbor. Helping neighbor. We want to keep them in the community we dont want them having to go to lynchburg or surrounding areas their home is appomattox. Details on how to get in contact with jessica that information will be on our website wset dot com tonight with this story. Live in appomattox, courtney wheaton, abc 13 news. 3 mark one step in the Recovery Process is getting the Insurance Adjusters out. Allstate s
Today he joins us while under house arrest in florida. Then to earth day. After some test we discovered he had high blood lead levels, and that is the first time i decided to confront the issue. Amy we will speak with Phyllis Omido and an antidam campaigner, both winning prestigious 2015 goldman prize for environmental activism, one activism. And then how many more . A new report by Global Witness finds killings of environmental activists on the rise with indigenous communities hardest hit. At least 116 environmentalists were killed last year more than two a week. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Saudi arabia has resumed airstrikes against shiite Houthi Rebels in yemen, hours after announcing an end to its nearly monthlong bombing campaign. The Saudi Defense Ministry Said it would conclude the airstrikes and shift to a new strategy focused on a political solution. But after rebels gained ground in the ce