Liked or commented on anything about noah. Shes also asking if theyve joined any facebook groups related to his death. White spoke in court today, telling the judge she was not guilty after all the charges were read to her. Shes remained emotionless as her lawyers have asked potential jurors questions about her children. Have lawyers given you any clue how long this jury Selection Process will take . Theyre hoping to get it done as soon as possible. Theyll start again at 9 tomorrow morning and select seven more potential jurors for the pool. They will then be whittled down to 12 jurors and two alternates. Prosectors are prepared to bring in witnesses tomorrow. The defense asked its witnesses to come on wednesday, chris. Standing out there in the snow inside parts of southWest Virginia have seen an inch maybe even before its all done to witches but it is not really snowing here ron look at the moment although it has been raining off and on through much of the day that it was a different
News on the future of catawba hospital. Jean, the new budget proposals confirm what we heard last week, that keep the Mental Health facility open, at least for now. Proposals strip the funding that governor mcauliffe had proposed, to begin the process of closing the hospital in roanoke county. Lawmakers did call for a study of Psychiatric Services for geriatric patients, to be completed year. Roanoke county supervisor Martha Hooker says she is pleased catawba hospital will remain open for now, but doesnt view it as a permanent victory. Martha hooker r catawba supervisor i think that Mental Health care is changing. And were going to have to adapt to that, but this does give us a reprieve and we can gather our resources together and study, and most of all just take care of our Mental Health patients. Thats what we need. Passenger rail is another issue that received attention in the two budget proposals. Both plans include language designed to protect funding for the extension of Passenge
As an investigation continues, students at Hargrave Military Academy are back to their normal schedule. After an threatening message was recieved over social media last week with possible ties to isis, the campus shut down for the weekend. Law enforcement spent the weekend patroling the area and students were allowed to go home. School leaders say to normal and there are no updates on the investigation. Pittsylvania county Sheriffs Officers say they are aggressively following up on many different leads. The man accused of abducting and killing teenager Nicole Lovell now has a new attorney. David eisenhauer hired Tony Anderson from roanoke to represent him in court. The Montgomery County juvenile and domestric Relations Court confirmed the change yesterday morning. Eisenhauer was first appointed christiansburg attorney chris tuck by the court. Natalie keepers is also charged in lovells death. Both eisenhauer and keepers are in the western virginia regional jail. The Supreme Court of vir
And our respects. College avenue was lit up in blue nicoles favorite color. Her middle School Principal talked about the kind hearted, softspoken 13 year old. One ella had class with, but wishes she knew better. Ella moeltner whether you were close to nicole or barely knew her, you just feel like youre a part of this and you need to be here. Nicoles mother addressed the crowd briefly, saying her family is still broken. Blacksburgs police chief helped her finish her message of thanks to the crowd. Adana mcwhinney, Virginia Tech student i feel like its a duty and a responsibility to be here. For everyone. Growing from remembering nicole, to remembering their strength. Ella moeltner if youre knocked up and show the people who youre still going to be great and youre going to rise above them. Leave it to a seventh grader to understand what being a community is all about. The event was organized by a group of Virginia Tech as for those blue lights, were told own. Christian heilman, wdbj7. Ne
Threat is different, that there are no set of instructions. But they are learning quickly how to defuse and track social media threats. Sheriff we take all the threats seriously. First of all we look to see if its met the threshold of a criminal violation. Of which we have the authority to act. Sheriff taylor says threats over social media are becoming all too common. Sot sheriff sheriff i think Law Enforcement is doing a much better job at keeping that level, at a level playing field. He is thanking the community for their continued support as officers have increased security around the school and the surrounding area. Sheriff they do know it was some type of threat and then to see the cooperation between all of these agencies. Chatham hall, located across the way did change their Class Schedule today because of this threat. Officers have picked them leaving anytime soon. Danielle staub wdbj7 is set to discuss whether to take more than 21thousand dollars from Circuit Court clerk Erica