Join us for the next in the on the move historic slave buildings in Botetourt County are set to be relocated in a matter of hours, depsite opposition from those in the community. We all want to sincerely apologize to you on this incident despite that apology from Roanoke County officials, a Community Meeting on recent issues at Northside High School gets heated. And remembering a local legend. We take a look back at the life of al holland senior and his influence on roanokes rail history through the years. Good morning, its good morning, its tuesday, february 23rd. Thanks for starting your morning with good day virginia. Im kyle benjamin. And im deputies are still working to sort out a scare in bedford county. This was the scene along jordantown road in the stewartsville area of the county just after 8oclock. Our crew on the scene saw several people being interviewed and officers examining a damaged car. Right now, its still unclear if any shots were fired. Deputies tell wfxr news they
Citizen. Moist southeast winds aloft will run over the top of a cool wedgeof High Pressure at the surface. Resulting in rain across theregion tonight through tuesday. On wednesday. A strong storm system will move through the region from the southwest. Bringingheavy rain showers and gusty winds to the area. Canadian highpressure will then build into the region and bring much colder temperatures to the area into the weekend. On the move historic slave buildings in Botetourt County are set to be relocated in a matter of those in the community. We all want to sincerely apologize to you on this incident despite that apology from Roanoke County officials, a Community Meeting on recent issues at Northside High School gets heated. And remembering a local legend. We take a look back at the life of al holland senior and his influence on roanokes rail history through the years. Good morning, its tuesday, february 23rd. Thanks for starting your morning with good day virginia. Im kyle benjamin. And
Good morning, its wednesday, february 24th. Thanks for starting your morning with good day virginia. Im january keaton. Kyle benjamin. Well get those stories in just a moment, but first a developing story just in to 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 Examiners Office to pinpoint the cause of death. As jason just mentioned, the rain were expected to see later today is coming from the deep south and that extreme toll on the southeast. New this morning at least three people were killed tuesday night across the deep south in mississippi. Around 1hundred trailers were damaged when a tornado slammed through a mobile home park. In the past 12 hours, there have been at least 15 reports of tornadoes in louisiana, mississippi and alabama. Those states
County. 45hundred people are still in the dark in Roanoke County. 37hundred also in franklin county. So what exactly does it take get your power back up and running . Wfxrs Sophia Borrelli tagged along with appalachian power crews to find out 0 08 0 130 14 0 24five stops in five hours. But the list keeps growing for this line crew. Kenney boone line Crew Supervisor if we can fix it with just the three of us real quick, we can, but if it would be something that would tie us up a long time, we will just assessing it. Standup power crews say problems like this one arent a quick fix but they are working 15 to 16 hours a day just to get your power back on as soon as possible. Kenney dread the long hours, but you know, its just part of the job been doing it for 36 years. Crews say the ice storm after the snow was the cause for a lot of the problems. Kenney snow would have been better than the ice, the ice is what caused it. With no end in sight as to how long some will be without power, crew
Showers out there right now. Weve already seen a few thunderstorms move through and more on the way and more m just a couple of more in just a couple of minutes. Good day, virginia returns right now. January making a historic move. The group takes a different kind of offer from the county supervisors to keep slave quarters in place. Kyle and trump taking the nevada caucus will will the steam roller continue through next wednesday . Now were winning, winning, winning the country. January and campaigning in the commonwealth. Bernie sanders brings the effort to get the democratic nomination to our state. January keaton. And im kyle benjamin. Well get those stories in developing story just in to 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 Examiners Office