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.
Syndikate. Are charged in quicks death, the other two are accused of being part of a racketeering conspiracy. The prosecution has called more than two dozen witnesses and entered 400 pieces of evidence in the case. Quick was reported missing in february 2014. His body was found a week later in goochland county. The trial begins today for one of the men charged in connection to a shooting that killed two and hurt four others in roanoke. Several charges were filed against demetrius wade. Including first degree murder. The charges stem from a shooting at the former obenchains Garden Center in january of last year. Ronald ramey and leonard suspect. William october. The trial is expected to last all week. A woman faces reckless driving charges following a three vehicle crash in campbell county. It happened around four sunday afternoon on route 696. Struck an acura after failing to brake in time. The acura was then hit by another car. All five people involved in the crash. Including baretts
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
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