Front of us. It could have been you. It could have been you. It could have been you or you or you. It could have been any of us. This happened two weeks before castiles birthday. There has been an independent investigation ordered. Meantime, in baton rouge, there will be a prayer vigil with community and faith leaders. Two officers involved in the death of alton sterling had a handful of complaints against them but they had been cleared in all but one. One of those involved a shooting two years ago when a man refused to drop his gun and pointed a revolver at them. Federal investigators have taken the lead in the louisiana shooting but the officers in both of these incidents have all been placed on administrative leave. This story has generated so much serious discussion, weve been reading your Facebook Page and from here im heading right over to a Facebook Live discussion. We hope to see you live and wed love to hear what you have to say. At the live desk, chris lawrence, news4. Chris,
Seeming to express her annoyance with how long its taking to seat a jury. She also cried on several occasions when potential jurors talked about times they met noah and white. A neighbor of noahs grandparents said he talked with the five year old when the boy visited his grandparents house. Sheriff jim davis was in the courtroom also throughout the day observing the questioning. Mike fleenor, the commonwealths attorney had no comment on the jury Selection Process when he left for lunch. He is concerned about how her lawyers are handling the questions. He says kelsey bulger, whites attorney, is asking too many follow up questions that may be inappropriate to the case. Both sides disagreed about wording of a question about the parents role in a childs life. The judge finally decided they could both ask it to jurors with their own changes. The prosecutors witnesses are now rescheduled to come tomorrow. Her lawyers asked their witnesses to come thursday. Forecastwhen you cold outside no ma
Burn at the dan 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. A person had to go the hospital after being hit by a vehicle in roanoke. According to the Roanoke Police Department Facebook page, that person was hit around 8 15 last night while walking along the 500 block of orange avenue. Police say the driver stopped. Stay with wdbj7 for more details 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 that lead was discovered after investigators again searched for the teen near the roanoke Franklin County line yesterday. The pu
Scene. Important to remember most of these are volunteer firefighters out here tonight. And they will be working through the night. Crews say there are a lot of debris piles from demolition that will take a while to burn out. A big concern here is the tempertures and making sure the water lines are not freezing. Stay with us on wdbj7 mornin and wdbj7 dot com for the latest. Live in brookneal, Danielle Staub wdbj7 a pedestrian was taken to the hospital tonight after being hit by a vehicle in roanoke. According to the Roanoke Police Department Facebook page, the person was hit around 8 15 p. M. In the 500 block of orange avenue. A westbound lane of orange avenue is closed between Williamson Road and plantation road. Police say the driver stopped. An investigation is underway. Upas chris mentioned it is a out there bro hell write it about twenty degrees right now temperatures are falling fast skies are clear the winds of calm down a little bit and that just lets any continuing years just
Westbound crossed center line and struck vehicle head on traveling eastbound two drivers were rushed to the hospital with serious injuries. Weve just learned in the last 5 minutes that one of the drivers, 19 year old Kayla Simmons of Roanoke County, has died. Neither car had any passengers. Investigators say drugs and alcohol possibly may have been a factor. People can bypass on temple drive. Well bring you more information on this crash as we get it. Live in vinton, Christian Heilman wdbj7 a reminder now of how cold it will be tomorrow. Startedwatching sunday morning if we get down the record right now are projecting somewhere between seven and nine degrees and the wind is also an issue windchill advisory is up through a sunday morning because the winds kick him in this cold air gets involved. It really is very uncomfortable with the windchill right now around the region you can see that it is quite cold in the mountains they were from zero to six most of the eye eighty one quarters r