This fire. Live in brookneal, katie brook, abc 13 news. We have just learned prosecutors have rested their case in the trial for ashley white. White is charged with felony child abuse and neglect. Her fiveyearold son noah thomas was found dead in a septic tank four days after he went missing. In opening statements, prosecutor told the court white admitted she lied about leaving her children at home. There was a lot of discussion during testimony about the septic tank and the lid. Investigators testified the lid was on the tank when they look for noah. The defense has motioned lack of evidence. The judge is considering that motion. Lets take a quick break and check in with melissa le fevere. It is valentines weekend. What should we know . Melissa everyone is going to want to bundle up. Valentines day weekend. Theres a live you. Clouds over Liberty University right now as everybody is heading toward the lunch time hour. A quick check of your weather. Were seeing overcast skies with tempe
Forecast. Melissa we have quiet weather the rest of the week. A live view of our lynchburg tower cam. Everyone out and about at the lunch time hour. Snow continuing to melt. As we check out satellite and radar, lots of sunshine and temperatures warming up to the 40s and 50s right now. Were seeing 48 in lynchburg. If they in danville. 43 in roanoke. 89 in brookneal. 39 in blacksburg. A few flurries. Temperatures in the upper 40s and even low 50s. Get out there and enjoy it. A beautiful weekend in store. The full forecast coming up. While snow may be on its way out, many people in our area have been experiencing more power outages. It is stemming from the night. Right now, power crews say they are working hard to restore power to everyone. Here is a look at the latest numbers on the aep outage map. Aep reported more than 12,000 outages. That is way down from 16,000 you can see most of the outages are in and around the roanoke area with almost 4000 out in roanoke city and another 3800 in
Affect the road conditions, were talking about that momentarily. About 5 and a half inches right now outside. Were seeing the transition from snow to icy mix that we will see the rest of the afternoon. Noreen Mona Kosar Abdi is driving around. What you finding out there . Reporter we are driving down word road, which is an example of a primary roads that lynchburg public works has been working all morning. It is in need of a good plow. The road is barely visible. It is hard to tell which lane youre driving in. Right now, were going about 22 Miles Per Hour on a road that is typically a 35 mile an hour road. The crews have been coming down and plowing roads. Snowfall, they have not been able to make a dent. In the last hour, we caught up with the lynchburg public works director who told us the plow Truck Drivers are working on a twopart system. First, they clear the roads and then they add salt for traction. She also tells us that right now we are getting a selfsleet mix and that is maki
In turn, the prosecutor asked her a bench trial, which white and her attorneys agreed on for the prosecution is expected to bring in some 20 witnesses to testify. Stick with abc 13 for the latest on this case. Were going to take a break from the headlines and check in with melissa le fevere over the weather center. It is super cold and only going to get colder from here. Melissa if youre heading out to get some lunch, you will be the heavy coat. It is beautiful out there. A live view of our lynchburg tower can with blue skies and sunshine. A live view of liberty university. Everyone is out and about. We will see clear skies throughout the day, but temperatures in the 20s and 30s. 32 in danville. 26 in roanoke. 31 in brookneal. Lower 20s in blacksburg. Still seeing the teens in hot springs. It is a bit windy. Check out what it feels like right now. That cold air is not going anywhere anytime soon. We will take a look at the full forecast coming up. Danville Police Investigating a robber
The mafia. You know what they say about men with small hands. [laughter]. You cant trust them. Reporter after losing iowa, donald trump has seen his numbers in the polls keep growing as he appears unbeatable. A day before super tuesday, trump went on nbc rushing to clear up his views about the kkk and the former grand wizard david duke who recently endorsed him. Ideas about david duke and i disavowed him a day before at a major news conference. Reporter trump poll number still unfazed. In a new poll out today, trump banks a new high with his widest lead yet, 49 percent of Republican Voters thing they back him up. The candidates relentless rallying in as many states as they can. Three of the top candidates making stops in virginia. Clinton. Reporter right here in virginia, donald trump and Hillary Clinton lead in the polls. That seems to be the case in many states voting tomorrow. Stephanie ramos, abc news, alexandria, virginia. Yesterday, marco rubio spoke in front of a packed house at