The county is maintaining shelters for people this afternoon at the Appomattox Community center and also at the pamplin fire department. As for electricity, a lot of people in appomattox county are still without power and the Central Georgia cooperative says they and dominion virginia pow refer having a lot of trouble getting power restored because at homes still have a lot of Major Appliance on his and lights, and when they do get service restored, that power is getting shut down or its getting shut down again, so theyre asking people to turn off things that are inside their homes so that when the power does come back on, it wont overload the circuits. Just have a light on so that you know that your power is back on. But unplug or turn off everything else. Live in appomattox county, tim saunders, wdbj 7. The Virginia National guard is on active duty. The guard is expected to have more than 50 soldiers on duty today. A guarded spokesperson says the initial plan is to provide manned, an
Open two hours late. Gusty winds days snow showers continue in those areas but as we head through today mopes to that will slowly come to an and but southwestern virginia the mountains a West Virginia it have to watch upper a few slick spots is you heading out this morning heres you weather headlines a chilly start you deftly one a bundle up temperature say twenties and thirties probably on your home tomorrow but at the wind benefiel colder than that strong gusty winds will have increasing sunshine county. But the shelters are open. Wdbj7s Amanda Kenney is at one of the shelters this morning. Good morning, amanda good morning, kimberly. Im at the appomatox Community Center, and the other shelter is at the pamplin Fire Department. Theyre staying open as local leaders continue to encourage victims to water, and food. But there is some good news this morning, ive checked the outage maps for the area and it looks like 100 of the power has been restored. Local leaders have warned that could
From his house, a wooden outline marks the spot where harris was found. Ricky harris took us there. Harris police told us to mark the area, so we did. Off camera harris grandson said his grandfather died in a spot that he loved the farm where he had spent so much of his life. He grew up in evergreen, the son of a sharecropper. When his father died, he took up the farming himself as a way to support the remaining family. Juanita milstead sister he stayed there and worked the farm so my mother would have a place to live until the siblings were all grown. Evergreen is where he spent the rest of his life. When he wasnt on the farm, he was serving at a nearby church thats damaged but Still Standing following the tornado. Milstead he was a good christian man. That was the main thing. He loved his lord. And he loved evergreen, a community that mourns him with a makeshift cross in the spot where his home once stood. Milstead this was home and no other place would be home on this earth. Harris
County police chief and we also spoke with a the teens brother about the incident. This is a picture of what police say they saw friday night. 18 year old Kionte Deshaun Spencer walking along the area of electric and brambleton road. That red circle shows what appears to be a gun in his right hand. But chief howard hall revealed it was actually a bb pistol. Chief hall so you can see in this picture the weapon that our officers saw in the subjects hand and how it compares to the 9mm pistol chief hall says officers told spencer to put down the gun, but he did not. So an officer tried and failed to tase him, twice. Thats when spencer turned around, with the gun still in his hand. Chief hall this was a deadly force encounter, despite the fact that we know now that this handgun was an air gun then, two of the officers shot at spencer. Chief hall the preliminary that he was hit once in the hip area and once in the collarbone or shoulder. I cant, what, what can happen . My brothers dead, you
General District Court today on charges related to the death of officer guindon. Right now republican president ial candidate donald trump is making a Campaign Appearance at radford university. The event was set to start at noon and is just getting underway were Live Streaming on our website, wdbj7. Saunders also has an interview with catch tonight on 6. Several other president ial candidates have come to virginia ahead of tomorrows super tuesday primary. Senator marco rubio made an appearance at Roanoke College yesterday. Continuing coverage now of campaign 2016. President ial hopefuls are criss crossing the country ahead of tomorrows super tuesday elections. Eleven states, including virginia, will vote tomorrow for both democratic and republican tickets. Craig boswell has our update from washington. Donald trump finds himself at the center of controversy after former ku klux klan leader david duke support for the businessman. On sunday, trump didnt immediately condemn the white supre