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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 making the best of their day without power, sitting by the gas fireplace. And when we left at midaft...

Police officer whos facing child pornography charges will get a chance to leave jail before his case goes to trial. A judge agreed to release Brian Mcalexander on a 20thousand dollar bond. Mcalexander was month when a grand jury indicted him on six felony counts of possessing child pornography. A hearing in his case is scheduled for friday. Big changes for blacksburgs planned parenthood. A representative says its now referring new and current patients to roanoke for medical services because it wont be provided at the center anymore. The blacksburg location is instead, focusing on Community Out...

Roanoke, as about 45hundred are in the dark across the city. It could be until friday before the lights come back on for some. Dominion virginia power says hundreds of people in the alleghany highlands are expected to get power back by midnight. At last check in danville, 150 customers in the piney forest road area still did not have power. Crews hope to have it restored by midnight. Many people are wondering how to stay warm in the wake of all of these outages. Wdbj7s Khiree Stewart is live on the wdbj7 weather deck with the dos and donts of heat melissa, roanoke is on the outage map, so offi...

The warmer weather has been a welcome change, as the deep freeze of the last few days begins to thaw. While we saw more pavement and better driving conditions, thousands of people in central and western virginia are still dealing with Power Outages. The storm moved on, and made way for blue skies, bright sun and a beautiful winter landscape. As the ice began to melt, the Power Outages lingered. Applachian power crews were on the job, assessing the damage and attacking the problems they found but the layer of ice brought down many tree limbs and power lines in neighborhoods throughout the area,...