Police are still investigating the cause of the accident. Pittsylvania county deputies will continue to guard the campus of Hargrave Military Academy until further notice. Officials are actively working an investigation after a threatening message, possibly connected to isis, was sent directly to the school through social media. Sheriff taylor, our abilities to educate oursevles in the social media realms and how we vet that message or messages. Investigators are not releasing what the threatening message said, or where it was posted, but they believe actions taken this week have prevented anything from happening over the weekend. The 15yearold who caused this crash last week after a police chase, now faces five charges in roanoke county. The crash sent four teens to the hospital. Weve learned he was arrested tuesday in roanoke and is being held without bond. State police say the 15yearold walked eastern virginia twomonths ago. February is teen dating violence awareness month. Its a pr
Once i headed down partsof louisiana and mississippi now the lowpressure system itself will travel from the Tennessee Valley up for the great lakes were to be on the eastern side of that a lot of moisture pulling in ahead of its of the were get have the potential for hours and hours of heavy rain thats why would got that floodlights its in effect within what a sherry is just how much rain will look annettes widespread wanted to wages the vicinity some spots were get at least two inches of rain along the spine of the blue ridge in some of those downpours it if we get some thunderstorms in here that would also enhance the rainfall tonight the possibility i risk of flooding slight risk of some afternoon storms and gusty winds also possibility with a few though started storms it we cant rule outan isolated tornado with loud outs not i but its not zero either and thursday we can a focus on river flooding in some power outage central some gusty winds and follow the assistance of is all why g
Monday scattered showers possible with highs in the middle 50s tuesday passing rain showers light snow ice possible with highs in the upper 30s and lower 40s wednesday passing rain time now for your timesaver traffic report. A former Bedford Police officer indicted on child porn charges. Returns to court today for an attorney advisement hearing. Brian mcalexander is facing six felonies. And is currently being held without bond. Wsls 10 obtained indictments in the case. The documents say mcalexander is being investigated for six videos. Some of those involve children as young as nine years old. The accused ring leader of the gang said to be at the center of kevin quicks murder is once again on the witness stand Defense Attorneys started calling witnesses for the first time thursday. Testimony centered around alleged gang ringleader halisi uhuru. 4 suspects are charged in connection with quicks death, however the alleged gang leader and another suspect are not charged in the murder. But
Neighborhood for 14years tells us police came shortly after she called for help. Like others, she says this is the last place she would expect to hear gunshots. 571 03 i believe theres a couple of officers that live on the road, couple houses up i think theres a Roanoke County officer or state trooper. So, its pretty safe. 1 091 16 that neighborhood up there, thats exactly what i would expect when shots fired. A lot of residents hearing it, finding it odd that its going on and then calling to get us up there and thats exactly what happened. Now, police were out here earlier today talking to neighbors and gathering information and that did assist in their investigation. In roanoke, im christina craig, wsls10. A vinton man is behind bars following a child abuse investigation. 21year old Preston Chewning has been charged with aggravated malicious wounding. Abuse and neglect of a child. And child endangerment. Hes being held without bond. The charges stem from an incident last week. When e
Cold with snow developing in the evening. Highs in the upper 20s. Tonight light snow with lows voter turnout, the polls are closed and we now know the candidates who won nominations during the firehouse primary. The democratic primary wrapped up at the Berglund Center late saturday night. The mayors seat is up for grabs with sherman lea winning the nomination with about 1600 votes. Several City Council Positions seats are also up for grabs with anita price, Freeda Cathcart and Trish White Boyd gaining the nomination. Wsls tens duke carter shares their reaction. Nats the three winners for city Trish White Boyd and Freeda Cathcart, cheers cheers filled the Berglund Center saturday evening. After about 4 hours of counting ballots the candidates running roanoke city office learned who is one step to being on city council. Nats yes we won woo hoo incumbent councilwoman anita price shares her reaction. Anita price councilwo man this has been an amazing adventure and im so so happy and so app