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
Hostilities in syrias civil war. Foyer people remain hospitalized this morning after a machete attack in an ohio restaurant. The suspect was fatally shot. Scientists say they found Gravitational Waves or ripples in the fabric of space time. The discovery is being hailed as the greatest signs of a before the accident of the breakthrough of the century. Lets take a listen. Hello the top half of the country in the northern states is affected. Pope begins a seven day visit to latin america. Finish preparations going on in mexico city. All that. That is donald trump signing a baby. Look at these people. I also love going on red carpets and doing very cool poses. Give me your blue steel. And all that matters. Charlie rose received a big honor for excellence in broadcast journalism. Television as long as i have because you can see yourself aging in front of your eyes. On cbs this morning. This sunday is valentines day. I dont always know what to do on valentines day any more. The day women al
Weekend and very cold conditions combined with that window make it feel like zero to almost twenty below in some the Higher Elevations and again that windchill advisories is going to ten a. M. On sunday valentines day look at your our our forecast Early Saturday Morning temperatures drop to rent seventeen and the rona valley but its can feel closer negative winds as we go through the day around eighty degrees by noon again thats the air temperatures it feel lot colder than that warming up only into the 20s and low 20s at that a lot of areas will never get out in the teens tomorrow clear skies and lighter winds will start to pick up as the year this system moves through and him tracking our next wet weather maker that comes align different forms not just snow the first part of the will commence and snow early monday morning and him transition to more of a wintry mix as the day goes on that religious of snow and sleet before transitions to some ice will go over that let you know our and
Just one person is dead after a deadly crash in vinton involving two cars. It happened late last night. Crews arrived at the scene on hardy road near temple drive. A vehicle traveling westbound crossed the center line and struck another vehicle headon traveling east. Rushed to the hospital with serious one of the drivers, 19 year old Kayla Simmons of Roanoke County, died as a result of her injuries. Passengers. Investigators say drugs and alcohol may have played a role in the crash. Well bring you more it both on the air and on our website at wdbj7dotcom. Late yesterday afternoon a Pulaski County judge ruled ashley white abused and neglected her children. Wdbj7s justin ward tells us what white said happened the day her son noah thomas went missing nearly a year ago. Ashley whites lawyers had nothing to say friday afternoon just moments after judge Bradley Finch ruled white is guilty of three counts of child abuse and neglect. Finch said this was a disaster waiting to happen. White admi
The warmer weather has been a welcome change, as the deep freeze of the last few days begins to thaw. While we saw more pavement and better driving conditions, thousands of people in central and western virginia are still dealing with Power Outages. The storm moved on, and made way for blue skies, bright sun and a beautiful winter landscape. As the ice began to melt, the Power Outages lingered. Applachian power crews were on the job, assessing the damage and attacking the problems they found but the layer of ice brought down many tree limbs and power lines in neighborhoods throughout the area, including roanokes raleigh court. Aleta delaplane actually at 3 45 we woke up to a transformer exploding. It was big green arc light in the back. It was amazing. It was kind of cool. And then the power went out. And then it came back on. And then it went out again, so i think weve been without power since 6 45 this morning. 10thousand people without power in southWest Virginia. The hardest hit ar