Backups are about six miles right now. Youre asked to avoid the area. A man is behind bars. Following a car chase in amherst county. Deputies say 53 yearold lawrence crank from lynchburg sped away from deputies after trespassing at Riveredge Park in Madison Heights tuesday. After an 8mile chase. Deputies say crank got out of his car. And ran off. He was arrested a short time after. Crank faces several charges. Including possession of meth with intent to distribute. Felony eluding. And trespassing. Today the defense calls witnesses for the first time in a federal trial. Stemming from the murder of Waynesboro Police reserve captain kevin quick. Prosecutors rested their case. After twelve days of presenting evidence. Against six alleged gang members. Four of which are charged with murder. Wednesday was all about the cell phone evidence the prosecution says first led police to quicks body. The prosecution points to a gang killing. Claiming all of the suspects are members of the the militar
Process is a binder full of environmental. Seismic. And geological tests that must be completed. The land must also have a certain wastewater and electrical capacity. While this process costs money. It catches the eyes of potential tenants. Ken mcfayden, blue ridge crossroads eda that saves companies time in making the decision as to whether the site is ready. It saves them cost, and it reduces risk. The goal is to fill these patches of land with 450 workers. And 250 Million Dollars of investment. C. M. Mitchell, galax mayor the Wildwood Park allows us to raise the economic level for everyone that lives in the area. This project is a partnership between grayson and carroll counties. And the city of galax. Each will get an equal share of tax revenue. Interest has increased fourfold since the land was deemed ready for building. A welcome sign of a coming harvest. Ken mcfayden, blue ridge crossroads eda just the promise of delivering greater Economic Prosperity to our manufacturing and di
On tap for monday with highs in the upper 40s. We ll be back in the mid 50s by tuesday. Rain moves back in by wednesday. In addition to the snow and rain, we will see very strong winds. Winds will start to crank up on today with gusts to near 40 mph. Gusts could reach to 40 mph on saturday and sunday. Winds will start from the ne but shift to the north. This could create some coastal and tidal flooding issues, especially for parts of the southside. Watch out for flooding during times of high tide. For Sewells Point that is 8 30 am and 8 49 pm on saturday and 9 14 am and 9 32 pm on our Team Coverage of the winter storm continues with newschannel three s kurt williams. He joins us live from downtown norfolk where drivers could face now to the richmond area where the winter storm is dumping about 2 feet of snow in that area. Wayne covil joins us live with more on how the snowandsleet is look what the snow did on interstate 64 earlier today. Newschannel three spotted a car against the jers
[captioning made possible by cosgrovemeurer productions, inc. ] 6 00 pm. 18year old leroy drieth has just left his girlfriends house. He is killed instantly. The coroners ruling . Suicide. His sister, vickie, has always been convinced that her brother was murdered. I took a vow that i would do this for my brother. And i dont feel like i can stop until its done, because i would be letting him down. And i already feel l le the authoritieielet him down, and obviously someone took his life and someone has to stand up and talk for him. For vickie mahrling, time has stood still since the day her brother died. Her goal is simple to bring leroys killer to justice, no matter how long it takes. Leroy drieth was the oldest of four children. At the agegef 17, he fell in love with a 16yearold girl named patty. A year later, they were engaged. On the day he died, leroy went to a party at pattys house. How are you . Good. Good. A block and a half away, his car smashed headon into a tree. The first pe
Police say there will be an increased Police Presence in blacksburg because of the search. Search effort yesterday. And more than 12 hundred searchers neighborhood to pass out fliers. A follow up now the Virginia Department of health has lifted a boil water notice in wythe county. The boil water notice was issued after a water main break earlier this week that caused 200 thousand gallons of water to empty from a water tank near route 11. After multiple tests of the water, the Health Department has determined the water is safe. Residents nearby are free to return to with some of these winds look at the wind us twenty nine mylan our wind us hot springs twenty eight bluefield thirty 32 in galax with the roanoke. The last wind us thirty six miles an are you take the temperature take the wind us look what it feels like out there right now would talk about the warm weather this weekend but still been a get through this afternoon feels against only eleven in hot springs at this lunch hour eig