Much above freezing for a while. ; reporter going to have to wait until next week before we see a significant warm up. Were looking out over wards road in lynchburg. The temperature dropped to 21. That light blue number is the wind chill. Thats how cold it feels. Actual temperatures teens and 20s. Virginia tech youre down to 16. Danville at 26. This map shows how cold it feels now. Single digit wind chills in roanoke. When you wake up tomorrow morning it is going to be cold everywhere with temps in the teens. Coming up later well let you know when we will see warmer weather and when we could see some snow returning to virginia. ; anchor state police are looking for a man who they said fled the scene of an accident. Troopers said they were in they say the car hit another vehicle near web road on route 2 220 flipped and caught fire. 4 people were taken to the hospital. Canine units are searching the area for the man who took off. With temperatures dropping so low overnight. There are imp
Not be decided by a jury. Last night. The judge granted ashley white a change of venue. After a jury couldnt be seated. Whites son. Noah thomas. Was found dead in a septic tank last march. Wsls 10s Bethany Teague breaks down this means for the case. Pulaski county Circuit Court judge Bradley Finch granted the change of venue motion for ashley white. Something that has only happened in Pulaski County twice in 50 years. Out of 66 potential jurors. 41 were disqualified. Finch explained that 20 jurors had fixed opinions already. Or knew they couldnt be impartial. 11 had been active on social media regarding the case. Six personally knew noah. Or had helped search for him last year. Eight felt that white should be charged with murder. Not just child abuse. Or that she should be required to prove her innocence. However. After this decision. The prosecution asked for a rather than a jury trial elsewhere. In a move that surprised some. The defense agreed to this. We spoke to a criminal justice
Citing virginia case law finch noted the quote difficulty in seating the jury. And the fact that a large percentage of jurors had knowledge or connections to the case beforehand weighed heavily in his decision that white receive a fair trial. After the ruling. Prosecutor mike fleenor asked for a bench trial. White and her attorneys agreed. Prosecutors expect to bring in some 20 witnesses to testify at todays trial which begins at 9 this morning. Stick with abc 13 for updates on this case. 3 3 3 mona tight new this morning. Danville police are investigating a robbery that happened at the golden coral on holt garrison parkway. They say they responed to a call last night that the businesss parking lot. There they found two Pittsylvania County residents said that a man pointed a gun at them and demanded money and then ran away. Police are looking for the suspect. 3 3 3 bundle up today as were waking up to morning lows in the teens with wind chill values in the teens and Single Digits to ne
AdvanSix Resins and Chemicals in Hopewell is seeking permission to release 166 million gallons of treated wastewater, stormwater and cooling water into the James River daily.