Ashley white is in the court room again today crying on several occasions when potential jurors brought up their interactions with noah. She was in tears when one man said his child played basketball with noah and talked to white during those games. He was put in the jury pool even though other potential jurors with similar stories of meeting the five year old were sent home. Justin, are lawyers asking the same questions from yesterday, or have they changed . At least two questions that were confusing to the judge or the lawyers were changed today. One about a mother and fathers roll in a childs upbringing was reworded after a lengthy debate. Prosecutors also blamed her lawyer for asking too detailed follow up questions. The judge reminded them all to stick to the approved questions. Next at six ill witnesses are expected to take the stand. Jean. Wellwould you get a suppressing pictures of these wave clouds of informing today some really interesting is it illustrates of clouds of form
Good morning, its monday, february 15th. Just after 7oclock, thanks for joining us here on good day virginia. Im kyle benjamin. And im january keaton. Wfxrs paris holmes has been keeping us informed all morning long on Road Conditions. She joins us live in roanoke this morning. Paris, youve been out since 5am this morning, how are things right now . Kyle, the roads are are completely covered with snow. Snow plows on the interstates and those primary roads like things are slow going this morning on interstate 81 in pulaski county. A tractor trailer accident near mile marker 92 has the northbound left and right live look at 81 in pulaski county. You can see snow covered roads. Traffic is backed up near mile 92 for about a mile. Traffic is being diverted off at exit 92 while crews work to clean up that accident. New this morning Virginia State police say they arent dealing with any major incidents this morning in our area. Troopers responded to 16 crashes between midnight and 2 a. M in di
Developing news in campbell countythe abandoned dan river plant caught fire today in brookneal and it continues to burn at this hour. People who work in the area tell wfxr news they noticed the thick smoke around 3 this afternoon. According to the town manager, the plant has been closed for about 10 years and was major employer in the area. The plant has been empty since it closed and was in the process of being demolished. The fire shut down part of route 501 as crews worked to put out those flames. People we spoke with say the smoke changed from light to dark and ashes were falling from the sky. Its been black, black billowing smoke and then it looked like it lightened up. It seems to have picked up and right now it looks like its more black smoke coming. I looked like it blew up, i anything that close. No evacuations have been ordered at this time but city leaders say the heavy smoke is so bad that some who live near the plant have decided to leave their homes for the night. And wer
Thank you for choosing good day virginia. Its and im kyle benjamin. Wfxrs paris holmes is monitoring Road Conditions for as paris as paris just mentioned, vdot crews are urging drivers to stay off the roads crews and contractors are working 12hour shifts on the roads right now. This is a live look along interstate 81 in montgomery county. Crews have pretreated some major roads and interstates with a mixture of brine and liquid calcium chloride in advance of those flakes falling. Crews will not plow or treat lowvolume secondary roads or neighborhood streets until the snow stops and the interstates and main roads are plowed and treated. For the latest Road Conditions, you can follow vdots 511 app. Weve got a link to that on our website, just head to new this morning Virginia State police say they arent dealing with any major incidents this morning in our area. Troopers responded to 16 crashes between midnight and 2 a. M in division 6they are still working on 3 of those crashes. 13 are cl
Which roads is thank you for choosing good day virginia. Its tuesday february 16. Im january keaton. And im kyle benjamin. Virginias roads are very slick this morning and police say they responsed to three fatal crashes across the state since the storm started. If you dont have to be out on the roads, stay home those three deadly accidents happened in the Richmond Metro area. One in henrico county, the others in chesterfield and fauquier county. State police handled four crashes here locally. The roads in the valley are not in good shape. The rain right now is making things much much worse. Paris holmes is out on Williamson Road roanoke. Paris, what do you see there . The roads are icy. The snow in combination with that freezing rain has made slushy mess on the roads, sideways, and in driveways. The roads and sidewalks are very slick, so drive cautiously. Vdot has done a great job of clearing the snow off the interstates and primary roads, but with the rain the roads continue to be dan