make sure that once power is restored . it stays on. but they say rural areas and secondary neighborhoods might take longer than others. flooding isn t the only concern for drivers following the winter weather. downed power lines are a concern in roanoke. city workers put up warning signs and barricades to keep drivers off of mason mill road after trees toppled over leaving live power lines down. 13-th street and north avenue north-east have also been barricaded. roanoke city workers say . they ve contacted a-e-p about the problem. but as of now. there is no timeline as to when the live wires will be cleared. in your w-s-l-s ten timesaver traffic report. another area to watch out for is i-81 in salem. there s about a 2-and-a-half mile backup near mile marker 1-37. the south left shoulder and left lane are both closed. while safe and salted roads are months. they do come with unintended consequences. the salt used to keep streets safe them as well. says it s typical to see mor
state police say there are now 7 of the scanners state-wide, one for every division. in roanoke county, rob manch wsls 10. hargrave military academy will be closed tomorrow due to a social media threat. wsls 10 s colter anstanett spoke to school leaders and joins us now live from the chatham campus. colter . the school says . this could be linked to isis? the school will only say that earlier this week .. a threat was made to the school through a direct message on one of the school s social media sites. the school would not give any details about the threat or name the site, but did say that the threat could be linked to isis. law enforcement will have an increased presence around the school tomorrow. roanoke county police find no northside high school. according to a roanoke county spokeswoman an anonymous phone call was received at the high school on wednesday afternoon. concerns over the threat spread to social media. the school resource officer investigated and didn t f
the crime scene. when police get that data loaded into the computer, it looks like this: a 3d image of a crime scene, complete with accurate measurements, so police who have never been there can review the evidence as it existed the day it was discovered. kevin zirkle, vsp special agent: 22:47:11 the data is never going to change and it s always available, so 10, 15 years from now we could pull that data back up and recreate the crime scene exactly the way it was. 888vo888 the technology also allows police to better understand how a crime was committed by re-creating the perspective of the suspect or witness when given their physical charicteristics. it can also be used to create a 3d picture of a landscape in complete darkness. tag: the scanners cost 200 thousand dollars a piece, and there are now 7 of them throughout the state, one for every division. the hope is to develop a log of crime data for years to come. in the newsroom, rob manch, w-s-l-s 10. in your exclusive ti
neighborhood for 14-years tells us police came shortly after she called for help. like others, she says this is the last place she would expect to hear gunshots. 57-1:03 i believe there s a couple of officers that live on the road, couple houses up i think there s a roanoke county officer or state trooper. so, it s pretty safe. 1:09-1:16 that neighborhood up there, that s exactly what i would expect when shots fired. a lot of residents hearing it, finding it odd that it s going on and then calling to get us up there and that s exactly what happened. now, police were out here earlier today talking to neighbors and gathering information and that did assist in their investigation. in roanoke, i m christina craig, wsls10. a vinton man is behind bars following a child abuse investigation. 21-year old preston chewning has been charged with aggravated malicious wounding. abuse and neglect of a child. and child endangerment. he s being held without bond. the charges stem from
mother and daughter . who haven t been seen since thursday night . have been found safe in cumberland, pennsylvania. according to police . 33-year- old c ere lewis and her 9- year-old daughter sesha hill were found safe late friday night. their family was worried and said it was highly unusual that lewis took off. family members say lewis would never let sesha miss school. it s not known why lewis and her daughter were in pennsylvania. in other news around virginia . a richmond man and researcher at the college of william and mary is arrested on child pornography charges. police arrested 46-year-old michael wilson friday afternoon. he s charged with four felony counts of possession of child pornography. according to the schools website . wilson is a research biologist at the center for conservation biology. he s being held at the virginia virginia lawmakers fail to ban the specific use of smartphone apps while driving. this . after members of the house of delegates postponed