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
Cleanup continues tonight after a powerful tornado tore through Central Virginia with winds up to when hundred 65 mi. h. Homes were destroyed leaving families without any place ago. Today the National Guard came in to assist those in needs. Rachel lucas has been in appomattox all day and joins us now. There is still a lot of damage and a lot of down trees and debris scattered across the field. Ive been here since early yesterday morning and i can tell you in that amount of time there is a noticeable difference. A lot of work has been done and a lot of progress is being made even if theres still is a long way to go. That could never been done without the National Guard. We have a lot of great volunteer groups that a been for the storm victims but there is been a lot of heavy lifting that still needed to be done. Says the governor declared a state of emergency that has allowed the National Guard to be activated and send here to help with the cleanup. I spoke with soldiers as they help ar
State police say there are now 7 of the scanners statewide, one for every division. In Roanoke County, rob manch wsls 10. Hargrave military academy will be closed tomorrow due to a social media threat. Wsls 10s colter anstanett spoke to School Leaders and joins us now live from the chatham campus. Colter. The school says. This could be linked to isis . The school will only say that earlier this week. A threat was made to the school through a direct message on one of the schools social media sites. The school would not give any details about the threat or name the site, but did say that the threat could be linked to isis. Law enforcement will have an increased presence around the school tomorrow. Roanoke county police find no northside high school. According to a Roanoke County spokeswoman an anonymous phone call was received at the high school on wednesday afternoon. Concerns over the threat spread to social media. The School Resource officer investigated and didnt find a credible thre
The shootings happened over a five hour time period at various locations around kalamazoo county. Seven people. Including a 14 yearold girl. Were shot killed and police say another person is in serious condition. Shortly after Midnight Police said they arrested 45 yearold jason dalton. Who they have strong suspicions of being the shooter. The kalamazoo county undersheriff gave a chilling description of what happened. Undersheriff paul matyas kalamaz oo county Sheriffs Office weve had several shootings here in the county and the city of kalamazoo. They all appear to be related. We have multiple people dead. In summary, what it looks like is we have somebody driving finding people and shooting them dead in their tracks. Police have not yet released the names of the the victims. French authorities publish video instructions on how to react in the event of a terrorist attack. This comes after 130 people were killed during an attack in paris the video is a simple stepby step guide that give
Gigantic trees just snapped in half. It goes for 12 to 15 miles which i was just amazed at the length and the width of this tornado that struck here. The governor handed his personal number to victims in case they need assistance. He says hes asking the federal government for money to help with cleanup costs. Wsls 10s rachel lucas was there during his walking tour and spoke with several families who are left with nothing. She joins us now live from evergreen. Rachel . It wasnt until daylight after the storm the people of evergreen could really grasp the devastation. The governor said in his fly over today that the path of the storm is 12 to 15 miles long. He walked across these fields where homes used to stand talking to homeowners looking for anything they have left that wasnt destroyed. One of those was Tracie Morgan the day after families here in evergreen search the rubble of their homes looking to salvage anything they can. Many houses were leveled. Its now hard to imagine that an