River mills plant in brookneal. The fire started yesterday around 3 30 and the smoke could be seen for miles. The plant has been closed for a few years, but crews had been working to recycle some of the material from the building. We still do not know what started the fire. But crews say there are a lot of debris piles from demolition that will take a while to burn out. Virginia state police says its following a new lead in the search for the 15 yearold who wrecked a car in Roanoke County after a police chase wednesday night. Four passengers were taken to the hospital. That lead was discovered after investigators again searched for the teen near the roanoke Franklin County line yesterday. The pursit reached speeds of nearly 100 miles per hour. A state trooper originally tried to pull him over for speeding through boones mill. The teen is believed to be a runaway and armed, but not conisdered a threat to the public. Kimberly good morning everyone Winter Weather advisories are up for taz
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
Department of social services. She testified that white admitted to leaving her children at home the morning noah went missing. White said the boy was responsible for keeping an eye on his infant sister while his parents left. Well have updates throughout the day on wdbj7. Com as we learn new developments. Live in pulaski, justin ward, wdbj7 detailsyet us we continue to call was weather weve deftly seeing this weekend windchill advisories throughout the weekend but like i mentioned all week long dont overlook the snow showers were seeing right now across year would a continue to see these move through as we head through the afternoon we are one batch making its way through southern Franklin County pattered county henry county maybe clip Pittsylvania County some of what you seeing not reaching the ground but theyll have some burst from one of those bursts of snow visibility comes down and since is been so cold might get a quick coding here and there and some slick spots out on the roadw
Kelsey bulger, objected six times to pictures submitted of home. They showed the bedrooms, and messy. The judge overruled that objection. White is back in shackles today and is wearing a black and white jail uniform. She has cried during many of the details described in court. The case is continuing inside and well have updates throughout the afternoon on wdbj7. Com. Live in pulaski, justin ward, wdbj7 lynchburgs mayor is leaving the elected office hes held for 12 years. Mike gillette has announced he will not run for reelection to city council in may. Gillette is an independant and represents ward one on city council. He was first elected in 2004 and foster as mayor in 2012. Gillette says hes putting a term limit doesnt want to be a career politician on advance auto is out with its Fourth Quarter earnings report. The auto parts giant reported sales of just over two billion months of 2015. Thats a twopoint six percent decrease from the same time period in 2014. President and interim ce
Be restored here, because its not just a one transformer job here. And as crews take care of the larger outages, a repair might restore 12 customers instead of 12hundred. So theres plenty of work ahead before everyone has power again. Live in roanoke joe dashiell wdbj7 thousands of people in our area are on day two of no power, and they want to know when its coming back. Appalachian powers teresa hall joins us now by phone, with some answers. Good afternoon, teresa. Kimberly mcbroom wdbj7 first, lets get the updated number of power outages, and which areas are still the most affected Kimberly Mcbroom wdbj7 it seems that the Roanoke Valley metro area has had the biggest chunk of outages since the beginning. Why do you think that is . Kimberly mcbroom wdbj7 as people are waiting for their power to come back on, are there any things that Kimberly Mcbroom wdbj7 if you do have an outage, do you just need to notify apco once, or checking in with the company . Its now been nearly 24 hours sin