Discussion theyve had with someone who knew noah thomas or a special way that person honored noah after his death. White is charged with child abuse and neglect of noah and her infant daughter. Noah was the five year old son of white who was found in a septic tank near his home last year. The biggest controversy today has been around the wording of a single question asked by whites attorney. That question is do you think a mother has a bigger responsibility than a father in raising a child just because she is the mother . The judge and lawyers argued whether the question was confusing and agreed to add the word should to that question. Ill have much more on this developing story tonight at 5 and 6. Live in pulaski, justin ward, wdbj7 environmental regulators in North Carolina say theyre fining duke energy over the 2014 coal ash spill. The department of Environmental Quality says the nearly 7 Million Dollar fine is for violations surrounding spill at the companys dan river power plant i
Department of social services. She testified that white admitted to leaving her children at home the morning noah went missing. White said the boy was responsible for keeping an eye on his infant sister while his parents left. Well have updates throughout the day on wdbj7. Com as we learn new developments. Live in pulaski, justin ward, wdbj7 detailsyet us we continue to call was weather weve deftly seeing this weekend windchill advisories throughout the weekend but like i mentioned all week long dont overlook the snow showers were seeing right now across year would a continue to see these move through as we head through the afternoon we are one batch making its way through southern Franklin County pattered county henry county maybe clip Pittsylvania County some of what you seeing not reaching the ground but theyll have some burst from one of those bursts of snow visibility comes down and since is been so cold might get a quick coding here and there and some slick spots out on the roadw
Candidates have scheduled events in our state before the march 1st. Primary. Donald trump will take part in regent universitys president ial candidate series on wednesday. Ben carson will also be at that series next monday. Todays event with john kasich starts at 6 30 p. M. Super tuesday is close and that means several deadlines are coming up for voters who want to participate. Since you can vote absentee in primaries, the deadline to request a mailed absentee ballot is tomorrow at 5pm. The deadline to vote absentee in person is february 27th. You can only vote in one Political Party primary election when multiple Party Primaries are held on the same day. Voting Officials Say make sure your voter details are correct now. Andrew cochran city of roanoke director of elections you can go to electionsdot virginiadot gov and in the upper lefthand corner is a red box that says citizen portal you can go in, put in your information and it will pull up your correct Voter Registration information
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
Be armed in roanoke county. Suspected of being the driver of a car that was chased by night. 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. Four people were stay with wdbj7, and wdbj7dotcom for any updates. Judge will now decide instead of a jury. Opening arguments begin today and lawyers are prepared to call 23 witnesses to testify in the case. A judge agreed to change the trial location because about 60 percent of 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 nature for a jury not familiar with the law to preceive cert