From the south of the next couple days highs in the sixties by saturday and sunday alayna how long that will stick around and will southside received a threatening message this week, supposedly from isis. Wdbj7s Christian Heilman is here with more on the threat and whos on alert. Hargrave military academy in chatham is under increased security tonight. That threatening message on tuesday. It could be linked to the islamic state. Hargrave touts itself premier military boarding school primarily for seventh through 12th graders. Its located in chatham. The schools president says they immediately got in touch with local Law Enforcement after receiving the message. Now, that investigation includes other state and federal agencies. Today, the school held assemblies with cadets and employees. They also sent a message to parents. Internal security is up at the school tonight. Other Law Enforcement have increased patrols on campus, too. There was an open house planned for this weekend but be al
As an investigation continues, students at Hargrave Military Academy are back to their normal schedule. After an threatening message was recieved over social media last week with possible ties to isis, the campus shut down for the weekend. Law enforcement spent the weekend patroling the area and students were allowed to go home. School leaders say to normal and there are no updates on the investigation. Pittsylvania county Sheriffs Officers say they are aggressively following up on many different leads. The man accused of abducting and killing teenager Nicole Lovell now has a new attorney. David eisenhauer hired Tony Anderson from roanoke to represent him in court. The Montgomery County juvenile and domestric Relations Court confirmed the change yesterday morning. Eisenhauer was first appointed christiansburg attorney chris tuck by the court. Natalie keepers is also charged in lovells death. Both eisenhauer and keepers are in the western virginia regional jail. The Supreme Court of vir
Through social media. Why werent we updated sooner. Why did they wait until the next day . Parent Cliff Jennings says like many, he thinks more should have been done. Thank goodness it wasnt a threat, but had it been and something happen the next day and they didnt a alert parents, it couldve been a bad situation. School leaders admitted that more shouldve been done to alert parents. We should have sent you a message. Social media can be good, but in these situations, its really causing this the school. School board mccracken says the students safety is the boards top priority, i want them to be able to feel their kids are safe. Theyre secure, they can get refocused and this is a great need to have confidence in the our kids back on track off of social media and focus on upcoming testing. Either way, parents said they want re assurance that the most is being done to protect their children if another confidence that if it happens again, were going to be involved sooner. They will look i
There were additional officers on campus yesterday as well. Classes were not canceled because authorities couldnt verify the threats. A school in southside received a threatening message this week, supposedly from isis. Hargrave military academy in chatham got the message on tuesday. Hargrave touts itself as americas premier military boarding school primarily for seventh through 12th graders. The schools president says they immediately got in touch with local Law Enforcement after receiving the message. Now, that investigation includes other state and federal agencies. Yesterday, the school held assemblies with cadets and employees. They also sent a message to parents. Other Law Enforcement have increased patrols on campus, too. There was an open house planned for this weekend but its been cancelled. All 247 cadets will be allowed to go home through the weekend if theyd like. The president says theyve never faced a situtation like this before. Interstate 81 is back county this morning
Developing news in campbell countythe abandoned dan river plant caught fire today in brookneal and it continues to burn at this hour. People who work in the area tell wfxr news they noticed the thick smoke around 3 this afternoon. According to the town manager, the plant has been closed for about 10 years and was major employer in the area. The plant has been empty since it closed and was in the process of being demolished. The fire shut down part of route 501 as crews worked to put out those flames. People we spoke with say the smoke changed from light to dark and ashes were falling from the sky. Its been black, black billowing smoke and then it looked like it lightened up. It seems to have picked up and right now it looks like its more black smoke coming. I looked like it blew up, i anything that close. No evacuations have been ordered at this time but city leaders say the heavy smoke is so bad that some who live near the plant have decided to leave their homes for the night. And wer