State police say there are now 7 of the scanners statewide, one for every division. In Roanoke County, rob manch wsls 10. Hargrave military academy will be closed tomorrow due to a social media threat. Wsls 10s colter anstanett spoke to School Leaders and joins us now live from the chatham campus. Colter. The school says. This could be linked to isis . The school will only say that earlier this week. A threat was made to the school through a direct message on one of the schools social media sites. The school would not give any details about the threat or name the site, but did say that the threat could be linked to isis. Law enforcement will have an increased presence around the school tomorrow. Roanoke county police find no northside high school. According to a Roanoke County spokeswoman an anonymous phone call was received at the high school on wednesday afternoon. Concerns over the threat spread to social media. The School Resource officer investigated and didnt find a credible thre
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Degrees. Right on track for this time of year what we would expect for the average high. 8 00 with dry air. Quickly. Well be around 71 degrees at 8 00 this evening so if youre heading out for dinner, you probably want to grab a lighter jacket. Car wash forecast looking good. Tracking dry weather for days. Ill have more on what you can expect over the weekend coming up at 11 25. Developing right now, theyre searching for survivors from the quake in japan. Its led to one amazing rescue. This 8monthold safely pulled out of a house that collapsed. Nine people have died in collapses like this one. Hundreds of people were also heard. You can see this is just a fraction of the damage. The countrys still dealing with afterschocks right now and lots of people dont have water or power either. Zoo. Im Melissa Mollet. The attacks were foiled by a police raid last year. 13 others are beinged most of them will be fighting in civil war. One of the men being accused of being the leader is accused of m
Station in des moines brings us more the no child left behind act is being left behind. The new law is the every Student Succeeds act, or essa. The president s signature on this new law mean the federal government will give control back to the states and individual School Districts to make sure their Education System is working. 16 28 the problems came from emphasis on testing and accountability. Roark horn is the director of the School Administrators of iowa. He says School Districts around the state will be excited to break away from the cycle of too muchtesting. 20 09 theyre not releasing total control of what needs to be done but they are releasing control of how its done and thats where iowa is well prepared to take on horn says the biggest change classrooms will new law is that tests will be used how theyre meant to be childs progress and potential. Overall its a better measure of accountability and student achievment. 20 34 i think were going to take the tenants of every child i
Was returning from a call when it hit the car on the side. Rescuers had to force the door to open the door, to get the captain out. He was taken to the hospital. A second firefighter complaining of back pain, also went to the hospital. Durham police are investigating. You can watch for the latest on all of these breaking stories, tomorrow morning on Eyewitness News. Developing right now in fayette, police identifying a man accused of walking into a hair saloon, shooting salon, shooting his own mother in the face. Nicole carr first on the scene with Eyewitness News photos and reaction. Kevin powell is charged with attempted murder and assault with a deadly weapon. Were live at the Shopping Center off ireland drive with the details. Reporter good evening. Earlier this evening, Fayetteville Police removed crime scene tape behind me and also wrapped up their investigation into the thursday afternoon shooting. The spas owner, identified as 44yearold derema burch, is recovering at u. N. C. H