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About over 10 inches of course the Higher Elevation has seen more snowfall and outside recorded eight and a half inches of snow and were just about 8 inches of snow and then lesser amounts towards in other county counties and be sure youre safe as you drive out and about the accumulated snow as come to an end you need has more coming up. Sometimes that makes for more dangerous driving conditions. All right thank you lindsey anderson. A team of reporters covering the winter storm. Lets start with...

Pair lowpressure system belowits way up here across a great lakes with happening is it is little pinwheels of energy. Theres one right there theres another one back here another one back here anything. So just keep moving through over the next couple days does bring some of though snow showers throughout the law most areas does can have some on and off snow showers in the Higher Elevations especially the greenbrier valley allegheny highlands you know along interstate seventy seven koror get a be...

Brought down many tree limbs, and power lines in neighborhoods throughout the region, including roanokes raleigh court. Aleta delaplane actually at 3 45 we woke up to a transformer exploding. It was big green arc light in the back it was amazing. It was kind of cool. And then the power went out. And then it came back on. And then it went out again, so i think weve been without power since 6 45 this morning. When the electricity went out, so did aleta delaplanes heat. But she and a neighbor were ...

Consider borrowing 40Million Dollars to build a middle school and gymnasium for students in the northwestern part of the county. Wdbj7s tim saunders is live in bedford with a preview of tonights meeting. Jean, School Leaders have been talking about this project for a long time and tonight theyre hoping they need to move forward. Supervisors will consider a resolution on construction of a school and a competition gym for 40million of that amount would be borrowed. The board cast a similar vote la...

Residents who showed up this morning to collect his belongings and salvage what was left of his house. Some of the rescue squad workers had children at child care. It looked kind of bad. Finally they told us our house wasnt here anymore. We came and here it is here. A county spokesperson says damage assessments are still under way and she couldnt provide a dollar amount for what was destroyed. County Officials Say that this area is still very dangerous with a lot of downed power lines and loose ...

What is the latest on the major roads and interstate. All right with the prolonged cold spell is that making the job tougher for rode crews . And jason i know you tell people all the time, dont get out there if you dont have to but for people who do have to go to work today what is the best advice for them . Jason thank you for joining us. A busy day for sure. Snow piled up on the road so stay indoors if you can. Wdbj7 Garrett Turner is out on the roads for us this morning. Garrett how is it loo...

Driving by there and probably not adviseed a lot of down trees in that area. Power outages are reported. But this shows the amount of this is a very unusual homes flying. Amanda taylor will spend the rest of her life in prison. Montgomery county judge marcus long certified the sentence a jury recommended following taylors murder trial in november. She asked the judge to reduce her sentence in court this morning and said her fatherinlaw, Charles Taylor didnt deserve to be here anymore. She killed...

A steeple that was perched atop the roof now sets in ruin about a quarter mile away. The churchs brick facade was peeled away. Stained glass windows are mangled and twisted. Just part of your life is gone. All kind of memories here. Theyre gone. Central baptist is an example of both the devastation in appomattox county and the communitys determination to persevere. Members of the Appomattox County High School Football Team showed up at the church early thursday morning to help clean up. All of t...

The heavy rain is causing First Responders to gear up in case someone gets stuck in the rising water. Bobby haynes is one of 26 members of salems swift water rescue team, and says he has had to gear up and save someone from rough waters several times. He says crews have flood gauges throughout the area to keep track of the amount rising water. They also train every month on different swift water rescue techniques. Were told it only takes a few inches to a feet of water for your car to get stuck....

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 dam...