once i headed down partsof louisiana and mississippi now the low-pressure system itself will travel from the tennessee valley up for the great lakes were to be on the eastern side of that a lot of moisture pulling in ahead of its of the were get have the potential for hours and hours of heavy rain that s why would got that floodlights it s in effect within what a sherry is just how much rain will look annette s widespread wanted to wages the vicinity some spots were get at least two inches of rain along the spine of the blue ridge in some of those downpours it if we get some thunderstorms in here that would also enhance the rainfall tonight the possibility i risk of flooding slight risk of some afternoon storms and gusty winds also possibility with a few though started storms it we can t rule outan isolated tornado with loud outs not i but it s not zero either and thursday we can a focus on river flooding in some power outage central some gusty winds and follow the assistance
presidential hopeful who has stirred up the race for the white house.then presidential survey.sot: we have a questions sort of relating to how angry people are, how unhappy they are with their own individual political party. local college students taking to the phones to gage who might win the virginia primary. i was wrong when i thought the board would take into consideraton the will of the people. a group sumitted a last minute proposal- to keep two historic slave buildings on thier orginal site. but the question now- is whether botetourt county officials will accept that proposal.thanks for joining us - i m travell eiland.and i m becky freemal.wfxr s kristen eskow was a meeting today where dozens of protestors showed up- she s live in the newsroom with more on that becky and travell - the botetourt county board of supervisors unanimously approved the lease of the botetourt center at greenfield - to the economic development authority. but also at today s meetings - activist
at war. making a historic move.a group trying to keep former slave quarters on their current location make a different kind of offer to botetourt county supervisors.the donald trumps the nevada caucus. will his steamroller push into virginia next week on super tuesday. we re winning, winning, winning the country. and campaigning in the commonwealth, bernie sanders brings his effort to get the democratic nomination to our state. thank you for choosing good day virginia. it s wednesday february 24.i m january keaton. and i m kyle benjamin. we ll get those stories in just a moment, but first a our newsroom. danville police are investigating an early morning homicide. shortly after midnight, officers responded to a home on halifax street.they found a man with gunshot wounds. police say firefighters pronounced the man dead at teh scene.police sent the body to the medical examiner s office to pinpoint the cause of death. we re waiting to find out more details as police investigat
lived and worked in those buildings voiced their outrage tuesday at the supervisors meeting. but the friends of the greenfield preston plantation say they have the answer, and it starts with a check for 40 thousand dollars just raised a day ago. peggy crosson, friends of greenfield plantation: ted at 9:00 in the morning, and by 6:00 p.m., we had almost 33 thousand dollars in committed monies. if supervisors agree, the next step of the plan would put the buildings back where they ve stood for centuries, while also allowing for industrial development. 03:26:12 we think there s opportunities to relocate that she ll building on the site and maybe modify the site just a little bit. it would still allow a standoff distance for the historic buildings to go back on their native site, and that s what we d like. clinton says he and the rest of the organization think they ve presented a strong case to preserve the history of their county. 03:27:59 it s an opportunity to go back and
weather .. we want you to stay move through the region last night into this morning, but by the afternoon, outside of some drizzle, we did dry things out a bit. another round of heavy rain will likely impact the region later tonight into wednesday, as a powerful storm system from the southwest impacts us. tonight: rain again forms, milder with lows around 40. fog is again possible.pleas e be careful driving. wednesday: rain likely, even some storms are possible, with the winds picking up, highs in the mid-to- upper 50s. a flood watch is in effect until 700p on wednesday. 1-2 of rain will fall tonight through wednesday, and you have to keep in mind that the ground is already saturated from all the precipitation we have seen over the last couple weeks. the rain may not have anywhere to go. in addition to that, the storm prediction center has put areas near lynchburg and southside in a slight risk for severe weather. flooding and damaging winds are no doubt the biggest threats