martin was the prosecutor in the randy taylor case you might remember. assistant commonwealth attorney will serve as the interim commonwealth attorney until a special election can be held. >>> another candidate has entered the race for the 5 entered the race for the 5th joseph whited from rappahannock county is vying for the senate seat. he is a 10-year navy veteran and served as advisor to the assistant deck of defense for international security affairs and led efforts to analyze foreign military capabilities. he says he is running because he believes that america is less safe than it ought to be. >>> the head of the jubilee family development center is ready to take a seat on city council. he announced he is running forseeser johnson's ward 2 seat since johnson announced he was not running for reelection. in the facebook campaign page that he wants to facilitate growth and passionate about lynchburg's future. >>> a long-time radio personality that suddenly passed away yesterday will be laid to rest tomorrow. according to his obituary, bob abbott's fami

martin submitted his letter of resignation yesterday he was the prosecutor in the case against randy taylor was serving time for the death of alexis murphy. there will need to be a special election to pine martens permanent replacement. those exploding to cut air bags may be linked to another deadly car crash of two thousand seven hundred civic crashed last year in india us government says the air bag inflated exploded spraying metal fragments. if the if later is to blame. it would be the eleventh person killed worldwide by scott eyre back so far the airbags in two thousand seven hundred civics haven't been recalled in the us but reports are that could change. no word yet on what caused a deadly house explosion in ohio this is all that's left to of columbus. emergency workers pulled a body from the rubble this morning a neighbor says the victim lived alone. the explosion occurred right next to two schools a consumer alert for anyone who's eaten at wendy's recently the fast food chain is investigating a possible credit card data breach the company says cards use legally at some of their loca

the former commonwealth's attorney was the prosecutor in the case against randy taylor, who is serving time for alexis murphy's death. a dollar tree in rocky mount may reopen tomorrow after police say someone drove into the store today. it happened this afternoon on old franklin turnpike. investigators say the woman driving the car went to the hospital, but is expected to be ok. it's not clear what led to the crash yet, but police say it was possibly a medical emergency. the crash caused about 20-thousand tonight danville police are investigating a five car crash on the 13-hundred block of south it happened just before 6 this evening. authorities say a driving westbound crossed a median into the eastbound lane. it hit a 2002 volkswagen, causing a 2004 hyundai. the hyundai was knocked into a chevy s-u-v, which backed into another drivers of the nissan, volvo and 2004 hyundai were taken to the hospital for treatment. the driver of the nissan was charged with failure to drive on the right side of the highway. 30 years ago today the space shuttle challenger exploded over the skies of flori

martin was the prosecutor in the randy taylor case. assistant commonwealth's attorney jerry gress will commonwealth's attorney until a special election can be held. 3 mona tight another candidate has entered the race for the fifth congressional district. joseph whited of rappahannock county is now the congressman robert hurt's seat. ...whited is a 10 year navy veteran. he says he has served as an adviser to the assistant secretary of defense for international security affairs- and led efforts to analyze foreign military capabilities. he says he's running because he believes america isn't as safe as it should be. 3 pattie tight the botetourt county board of supervisors is moving ahead with its controversial plan to relocate two historic log structures to make room for economic development. the roanoke times reports the board approved the decision on tuesday to move two pre-civil war structures. one a slave quarters and the other a kitchen house. in place, they want to construct an industrial shell building. the board chairman said they

martin was the case against randy taylor, who is serving time for the death of nelson county teenager alexis murphy. assistant commonwealth's will serve as the interim commonwealth's attorney until a special election can be held to elect a permanent replacement. a community in moneta is finding out the hard way, just how much they rely on the internet. residents and businesses say they've been without their verizon dsl internet for two weeks now. they weren't getting any answers so they reached out to wdbj7 for help, and verizon responded. check on it and they said the internet was down it back up that going on for two weeks. i call them everyday." o'malley: we've got so many people on the dsl network in that specific location and they're using that service so much that we've just reached capacity in that location" verizon tells us they are now expiditing the process to add new equipment and run new fiber into the area. the company expects everything to be in place and operational in about two weeks. however, residents and businesses will continue to see problems until it's finished.

martin was the prosecutor in the case against randy taylor, who is serving time for the assistant commonwealth's attorney jerry gress interim attorney until a special election can be held to elect a permanent a community in moneta is finding out how much they rely residents and businesses say they've been without their verizon dsl internet for two weeks now. they weren't getting any answers so they reached out to wdbj7 for help, and verizon responded. tom: "we called them on the phone to and they said the internet was down and they would have it back up that evening. that's been going on for two weeks. i call them everyday." o'malley: we've got so many people on the dsl network in that specific location and they're using that service so much that we've just reached capacity in that location" verizon tells us they are now expiditing the process to add new equipment and run new fiber into the area. the company expects everything to be in place and operational in about two weeks. however, residents and businesses will continue to see problems until it's finished. michigan says she's hired a virgini

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seasons - like ruben studdard, clay aiken, taylor hicks-- advising singers at early auditions.the original three judges - paula abdul, simon cowell and randy jackson - are also expected to make an appearance. it all starts 3 now to weather with nicole 3 bitter cold for the morning with early temperatures in the teens and 20s. sunny skies help highs reach the low to mid 40s this afternoon. partly cloudy skies build overnight with lows back in the 20s and 30s. rain arrives by thursday night. 3 ((weather hit)) 3 chris is in the traffic center. 3*********hold****** *********hold******we're 3 you're looking live at: 3 3 it's ______.the road to recovery continues for a greenville county deputy shot on duty.coming up -- the milestone dave dempsey is celebrating. 3 we head to break with a live look at...ab-tech you're watching the morning news on fox carolina. 3 you're watching the morning after trying brookside chocolate, people talk about it online. love at first taste. i would liquefy it and bathe in it. curse you, brookside! your nefarious plans have succeeded. nefarious? are we still talking about chocolate? 3 the morning news at 5:30 starts

randi: colder to start the day and then rain and snow showers this evening. 29 and taylor mills. 27 in loveland. for the morning rush, it will be cloudy, breezy. rain showers on tap for the drive home. we will take a look when those rain showers give way to flurries. mark? mark: ladies and gentlemen, you are looking live -- great american ball park. this is baseball, not football. the reds will hit the road for it is there has to be a way. carry the centimeter, divide by 3.14 something something something... [ beeping, whirring ] great caesar salad! and now the name your price tool shows people policy options to help fit their budget. is that a true story? yeah! people really do save an average of over $500 when they switch. i mean about you inventing it. i invented the story, >> you're watching wlwt news 5 today. leading the way. mark: good morning, everyone. 6:12 your time. put the eight degrees. a delighted to get you started. hopefully things on the morning commute won' t be too bad. we saw things get out of in yesterday with a bad accident in bloom county. oakley and smoother comm

randy forbes to run and would support him. forbes represents virginia's 4th district. we told you last week, forbes was considering a switch to run in virginia's second district because of redistricting. congressman rigell is taylor says he plans to run for rigell's seat. developing this morning, an apology to the people in flint, michigan. governor rick snyder said he was sorry over the lead water crisis. here's how he began his annual state of the state address. (gov. rick snyder/(r) michigan) "government failed you. federal, state and local leaders, by breaking the trust you've placed in us. i'm sorry most of all that i let you down. you deserve better. you deserve accountability. governor snyder promised to clean the water, and to make sure all residents had a filter. in 2014 the state switched the city's water source to the flint river to save money. many people called for the governor to resign, but so far he has refused. researchers from virginia tech said they helped uncover the contaminated water in michigan. a team went to flint to test the water and found high levels of lead. state's department of environmetnal quality but say they ended up getting attacked. (amy pruden/professor in civil and environme