not be decided by a jury. last night . the judge granted ashley white a change of venue . after a jury couldn t be seated. white s son .. noah thomas .. was found dead in a septic tank last march. wsls 10 s bethany teague breaks down this means for the case. pulaski county circuit court judge bradley finch granted the change of venue motion for ashley white.. something that has only happened in pulaski county twice in 50 years. out of 66 potential jurors.. 41 were disqualified. finch explained that 20 jurors had fixed opinions already.. or knew they couldn t be impartial. 11 had been active on social media regarding the case. six personally knew noah.. or had helped search for him last year. eight felt that white should be charged with murder.. not just child abuse.. or that she should be required to prove her innocence. however.. after this decision.. the prosecution asked for a rather than a jury trial elsewhere. in a move that surprised some.. the defense agreed to this. w
places but with the wind . it feel even colder. for that reason . we want to head over to storm team ten chief meteorologist . jeff haniewich. jeff . is there any relief in sight? the flurries and snow showers have finally ended.for a brief time. thursday was pretty chilly but at least we another clipper will impact the region on friday, bringing more snow showers, especially into the mountains. tonight: clouds thicken, cold with less wind.lows in the mid-to-upper teens. friday: mostly cloudy with mountain snow showers.highs in the middle 30s. while most of the snow showers will occur in the mountains on friday, we will see flurries, maybe even a few snow showers farther east. we are looking at a coating-1 maybe above 2500 ft., up to 2 in the nrv and highlands, with a possible dusting in spots farther east. this will start southwest virginia families face. law enforcement and mental health professionals work to combat the issue in adults. now . a new river valley public sch
highs in the mid 20s with wind chills in the single digits. saturday night: partly cloudy and cold with lows around 10. sunday: partly cloudy and cold. not as windy with highs in the mid to upper 20s. light snow develops later sunday evening. snow becomes moderate at times overnight sunday and into monday morning. snow looks to be the dominate precipitation type initially from sunday through monday morning. expect the monday morning commute to be impacted. late monday morning top story this morning . one woman is dead after a head on collision in roanoke county. it happened around nine p-m in the 22-hundred block of hardy road. police say 19- year-old nicole simmons was killed after her vehicle crossed the center line and hit another vehicle head on. the other driver, 33-year old cristopher hash was taken to the hospital to be treated. authorities believe drugs and alcohol could have been a factor in the crash. a lynchburg man remains behind bars after being connected to a jo
snow, sleet and freezing rain. tonight: clear and blustery with lows in the single digits to low teens. wind chills in the single digits to below 0. sunday: clouds thicken and cold with highs in the upper 20s to low 30s. sunday night: snow develops with lows in the low 20s. monday: snow transitions over to a wintry mix of sleet then freezing rain by monday afternoon and evening. highs in the low to mid 30s. tuesday: morning freezing rain or rain ends by midday. highs in the mid 40s. wednesday: partly sunny and milder with mountain snow showers. the high 47. thursday: mostly sunny braving the cold weather to cast the democratic primary is underway at the berglund center. the mayor s seat is up for grabs along with several city council positions. wsls ten s duke carter is live in ronaoke. duke polls close in less than an hour. how is voter turnout so far? i spoke with the chair of the democratic committee and he says they were not expecting a huge turnout mainly because of the
cold with snow developing in the evening. highs in the upper 20s. tonight: light snow with lows voter turnout, the polls are closed and we now know the candidates who won nominations during the firehouse primary. the democratic primary wrapped up at the berglund center late saturday night. the mayor s seat is up for grabs with sherman lea winning the nomination with about 1600 votes. several city council positions seats are also up for grabs with anita price, freeda cathcart and trish white boyd gaining the nomination. wsls ten s duke carter shares their reaction. nats the three winners for city trish white boyd and freeda cathcart, cheers cheers filled the berglund center saturday evening. after about 4 hours of counting ballots - the candidates running roanoke city office - learned who is one step to being on city council. nats yes we won woo hoo incumbent councilwoman anita price shares her reaction. anita price/councilwo man this has been an amazing adventure and i m