Angry parents take a local school to task over its reaction to threats of violence. Moving on. Actions this morning could end the controversy over former slave homes in Botetourt County. A matter of choice. After a headed meeting, one city allow transgender thank you for choosing good day virginia. Its tuesday february 23 im kyle benjamin. And im january keaton. A Community Meeting between parents and School Officials got heated at Northside High School. That meeting comes after a threat last week at the school, that parents say wasnt handled properly. Wfxrs solina lewis has reaction from parents and a response from School Officials. This is how we handled it . Thats what the policy was . Nats clappingparents and Community Members at Northside High School were furious after finding out a day after the fact about an alleged gun threat at the school last wednesday. He said it was one of his classmates was going to bring a gun insome parents said they heard through social media about the
Right now. The controversy over former slave thank you for choosing good day virginia. Its tuesday february 23 im kyle benjamin. And im january keaton. A Community Meeting between parents and School Officials got heated at northside high school. That meeting comes after a threat last week at the school, that parents say wasnt handled properly. Wfxrs solina lewis has reaction from parents and a response from School Officials. Mother nature is once again causing problems for us here in central and southwest virginia. After last weeks snow and rain, we could see some problems in the wfxr news area. Meteorologist taylor monitoring the possiblity for flooding. Ill start with the good news this is just rain. Thankfully temperatures are staying above freezing this morning so we dont have to deal with any freezing rain or snow. Now the bad news is we moist southeast winds aloft will run over the top of a cool wedgeof High Pressure at the surface. Resulting in rain across theregion tonight wedn
Some of the video you will see has graphic images. No foul play is expect indeed the womans death. They are not releasing information. We visited the property yesterday and found a dead alpaca a dead pony and self other dead animals. Man who discovered the body is paxton he is feuding with the animal warden the county is not protecting animals and they have not done enough in this case to save the surviving animals. We called the ward 18 for a comment but did not hear back. The sheriff says the states that marions office will be called. Patti paxton has a familiar ring charged with stalking and trespassing by the two ordinance of dogs who are not treated properly. Wit with the the owners are not backing down they are bringing paxton to court. Demands for changes in animal laws. Reporter photos of the two dogs and the man trying to care for them against owners wishes set off a fire storm. Terry says he has proof of the dogs frozen water during a snow storm a concern we took to the anima
43 with occasional showers this evening. S most of the rain is done by lunchtime, bull mt moderate rai moving back in tomorrow morning. People are hitting the brakes this morning. 95 north bound as you head into quantico, a little slow. No reason for that one. But southbound through woodbridge,bound as you head in quantico, a little slow. No reason for that one. But southbound through woodbridge, a crash near route 1. Not seeing it on camera, but you can see the rain falling. 295 forget this, no more worries there. 5 northbound at herbert, left lane getting by the crash cause something delays. Travel tyimes in ten minutes. A daycare employee will be in court today. Keara sprigs pleaded not guilty she faces 57 charges after accusations that she and another daycare worker it things like step on childrens toes and spray them in the face with water hoses. And a disturbing assault on a school bus has two middle schoolers facing Sexual Battery charges. Wtop reports that the 11 and 12yearold
3 Pattie Lynchburg held its annual state of the city at city hall. And this one was a bit different. Whit both lynchburg mayor Michael Gillette and vice mayor Caesor Johnson announced they would not be seeking reelection. Marissa parra reports. 3 Caesor Johnson, vice mayor of lynchburg 17 32 04 now my time is coming to a close. 17 32 06 2 secs lynchburgs state of the city was an emotional one. Michael gillette, mayor of lynchburg 00 17 56 im sure you can appreciate what a bittersweet moment this is for me. To deliver my final state of the city address. 8 seconds the citys mayor seemed to look back on the citys progress fondly. Michael gillette, mayor of lynchburg our economy has grown, many of our city departments have received accolades. 5 seconds but of course, the city isnt without its problems the mayor addressed the 24 percent poverty rate in lynchburg. Michael gillette, mayor of lynchburg 17 38 05 some of these challenges, like the poverty rate are emorphose and do not readily ad