For a man who may be armed in roanoke county. The man is suspected of being the driver of a car that was chased by state police last night. The car crashed, flipped and caught on fire. The county says the vehicle was coming from Franklin County on route 220 when it hit another vehicle near webb road. Taken to the hospital. Stay with wdbj7, and wdbj7dotcom for any updates. A Pulaski County the outcome in ashley whites trial opening arguments lawyers are prepared to call 23 witnesses to testify in the case. A judge agreed to change the trial location because the potential jurors interviewed monday and tuesday knew about the case. But late tuesday night the judge and lawyers agreed to have a bench trial instead of a jury trial. A lawyer not asssociated with this case says that decision may now benefit ashley white. Richard chidester giles county attorney you may certainly get the same outcome but the judge is certainly more likely to be not caught up in the emotion and the passion of the
Shooting in roanoke county. Police say the suspect is dead in the incident that happened friday night near route 419. Officers responded was waving a gun in the parking lot of a walgreens near brambleton avenue. Shot, and he died at the hospital. The officers involved are on administrative leave as Police Continue to investigate. Officer was killed her first day on the job domestic call. County Police Department identified the fallen officer as ashley guindon. She had just been swornin to the department friday. Two other officers were injured in the shooting. One was in Critical Condition with multiple gunshot wounds and another officer was stable. Authorities say when officers arrived at the scene, they found a woman killed in connection to the incident. The suspect was taken into custody. The execution of a virginia man has been put on hold. Ricky gray was convicted of killing a family of four back in 2006. Scheduled for march 16th. A federal Appeals Court ruled to hold it off on fri
This home and theyre getting her to safety tonight. You talked to Law Enforcement and you talked to some other people out in the area, for, and you told me that there was some damage out on route 630. I am going to go check that out as soon as im no longer live on Television Just to see if i can find out exactly whats going on. But jean, definitely the scene out here right now is just a lot of damage. A lot of homes out here on route 460. This is just one of the areas that is seeing a lot of damage. We understand that it goes all the way down to the Promised Land area in appomattox county as well. Were glad to hear that person is okay. When you look at that damage, that is certainly a very strong storm there, tim saunders. Thank you very much. Well, jean, i do want to say that the house behind me, we dont know for sure that that person or if anybody was in that house. The home that i was talking about that had an elderly woman in it is a brick home off to my left. Its out of view. I do
Cold air that was in place to the north now has an opportunity to slide down in our region we have no boundaries relate on our doorstep we have this combined flow that is dropping that strong west northwesterly wind into our region and its lights can be cold for so long soak as you look up tomorrow or finding sunshine, thats great over also finding that were not getting much out of the twenties in many locations may be a High Temperature thi attracting attention in virginia this week, but its not touting a candidate for public office. The message on radio and television warns of dire consequences if the approves a controversial piece of wdbj7s joe dashiell is here with more on the Details Behind the debate. Chris, were talking about efforts to certificate of need law. Its the permitting process that requires hospitals and other Health Care Providers to receive approval from the state Health Commissioner before medical services, or build certain facilities. Republican lawmakers say they
Police are still investigating the cause of the accident. Pittsylvania county deputies will continue to guard the campus of Hargrave Military Academy until further notice. Officials are actively working an investigation after a threatening message, possibly connected to isis, was sent directly to the school through social media. Sheriff taylor, our abilities to educate oursevles in the social media realms and how we vet that message or messages. Investigators are not releasing what the threatening message said, or where it was posted, but they believe actions taken this week have prevented anything from happening over the weekend. The 15yearold who caused this crash last week after a police chase, now faces five charges in roanoke county. The crash sent four teens to the hospital. Weve learned he was arrested tuesday in roanoke and is being held without bond. State police say the 15yearold walked eastern virginia twomonths ago. February is teen dating violence awareness month. Its a pr