Roanoke valley. We found plenty of people the warm weather while we can and also found a few potholes forming on the roads. 09 13 25 30 37 41 49 54 its a busy day at the salem dog park where Furry Friends and their Owners Advantage of the warm weather while they still have the chance. Derek trull i didnt expect this today. I thought it was going to get up in the 50s, but the 60s is even better. Mark childress i hate cold weather. Others like Mark Childress and his dog paws brace the cold and visit a bit more regularly but on this warm day paws has had more playmates than other times recently. Childress its been extremely busy today. Theres been 20, 30, 40 dogs today, and its not usually that many here. But with the drastic change in temperatures also comes some problems on the road with potholes opening up. Alan parsons over to roanoke, theyre just, you cant miss them. Theyre everywhere. If you come in the road aaa recommends drivers slow down and avoid hitting the pothole if they can
Who came to pick up their children from Hargrave Military Academy. They say the moment they received an email from the school they dropped everything to make sure their children were safe. Olga kearns billups, mother of student we drove up here from charlotte as soon as possible we knew we needed to get here to pick up mark. 6 they hope the threat was only a hoax. Breanna caviness, local resident it could be kids just playing pranks unfortunately but i mean that is one of the top military schools in the nation if im not mistaken, 7 but Law Enforcement isnt taking any chances. Even k9 officers were on hand. Everyone is hoping for the best, while preparing for the worstolga kearns billups, mother of student were just praying, theyll just continue to monitor the situation and it will all turn out well for the school and the whole community. 73 3 mona plasma classes there are cancelled for the right now Law Enforcement officials are assessing the situation. 3 mona tight the schools preside
The upper 30s to near 40. Well be dry for saturday with a mix of sun and clouds. Mostly cloudy for sunday, with the chance for a few showers later in the day. 3 mona plasma a possible threat linked to isis has a community on edge. The threat is edge. Community on isis has a threat linked to a possible mona plasma 3 3 mona plasma a possible threat linked to isis has a community on 3 3 mona plasma a possible threat linked to isis has a community on edge. The threat is directed towards the Hargrave Military Academy in chatham. The schools president. General don broome spoke with abc 13 yesterday. General broome says the threat came in at noon on tuesday via facebook and it mentioned isis as well as activities on campus this weekend. And now the on campus. I spent a large part of my life dealing with safety and security, but this is something that you never grow accustomed to and you want to take it calmly, rationally, and you cooperate fully with those agencies who are able to handle it.
Inside the state house right now among the mass. I understand it is jammed pretty good. What do you expect to hear from the governor . Well this is his first state of the commonwealth. First i want to start with who is here. We are inside the house chambers and this is both houses of the legislature. You have the Governor Cabinet secretary. You have members of congress, yes. We understand congressman neil and congresswoman Katherine Clark are among those here. We can tell you that the Senate President is now asking for the room to kind of come to order. We are expecting to hear a lot about the accomplishments when it comes to the mbta, for instance and some of the experiences he had last winter and some of the challenges he had last winter. He is going to talk about how he could create that and and get a grip on the finances. He will log some of the successes of last year, and this is also about some of the big initiatives he wants to push forward including Charter Schools. The Charter
Voted unanimously tonight to repeal a vote made last year that would change School Start Times. Wdbj7s noell live with more details. Months parents have been asking the school board to rethink the decision to adjust school start time. Tonight this long fight came to an end. A packed room with a lot of voices to be heard dozens of Montgomery County parents go before the school board to ask them to keep School Start Times as they are. nats under the new time change, Elementary Students would start an hour earlier at 8 a. M. And middle and High School Students would start at hour School Leaders have been doing research to prove that secondary students would be more productive if they had extra time to sleep. I believe that you are pushing one generational problem to one generation to a Younger Generation that doesnt know any Better Safety and the well being of their children was the main concerns at the meeting. Just the idea of having three, four, five year olds in the dark, its pretty d