to strengthen our community. 3 danner our team coverage picks up tonight with valerie bragg and suri crowe. valerie -- an appomattox mother lost her son seven years ago and now the tornado swept away his urn. valerie -- just a heartbreaking story. 3 valerie liveu danner, it's the sentimental things that a lot of these tornado victims are trying to find because those are the things you cannot replace. for ashes are somewhere out there -- and she hopes somebody finds them. 3 an all day search turned up bits and pieces of her son's urn. (:04) "it was an old pooh bear cookie jar that i chose for him."3 sully mccune louis died from sids seven years ago. samantha already lost him oncea& now this timea& (:08) "it's 10 times worse because it makes me feel like i lost him again." the scattered pieces of the urn doesn't mean all is 3 lost. the funeral home says the remains could still be out there. (:08) "they confirmed to me that it's in a bag. it will have his name on the bag and a little disk with numbers on it."(:11) standup- "she's hoping to find the they could be anywhere. so she's asking the

suri crowe is just now out country court house and tell us more about the judge's decisionmore about the judge's decision. >> reporter: noreen, a long day in court but pulaski circuit court judge bradley cinch found white guilty on all three felony counts including the most serious class 4 count which prosecutors argued was the knowledge that harm or serious injury and in this case the death of little noah thomas can come to ashley white's son. in his decision, judge finch said the own testimony at times was not credible and found the conditions in the mobile home the children were being raised in were deplorable and filthy, full of cigarette butts and smoke. says the prosecution's evidence that the 6-month-old with a respiratory illness was being raised in that trailer demonstrated neglect. probably the most damaging white knew the back yard where noah loved to play was, quote, a disaster waiting to happen to any reasonable person would have considered are likely to result in injury or worse in his case death. and this was really the heart of the prosecution's case that the septic t

suri crowe has that story. suri sat live this tornado hit home in the literal sense for the football players of appomatox high. not only is this their community but two of their own players homes were damaged or destroyed. coach doug smith gathered his team to lend a helping hand and they were out in force clearing debris-chopping wood and in the midst of all this their coach says they are glad to give back sots coach doug smith, appomatox high school "this was an back to a great community that has shown them during the football season. and reach they wouldn't want to be anywhere else"sophomore appomattox high still being here and helping the community and everything." suri sat live the whole team is ready to help through out this process and the two teammates whose homes were damaged-as soon as insurance companies give the clear. coach smith says they'll be over to help out. live in appomattox, suri crowe, abc 13 news. 3 much quieter 3 week -- but windy. 3 tonight will be 3 windy and cold, quieter weather is mo

suri crowe is live with the latest.suri satlive you can see the heavy police presence behind me here - residents have expressed security concerns about their property and exposed homes in evergreen. and because of that they have now tightened up police access to the neighborhood. starting tomorrow unless you have a placard displayed in your vehicle windshield 3 you will not be allowed access to the evergreen neighborhood. if you don't live there but you would like to help out and are a friend of then you need to reach out to those familes and ask them for one of those placards. only families will be able to provide them. everyone else will be turned away unless they're an emergency or county officials. lt. david cooper, virginia state police "the volunteer organizations are working now and primarily with traffic what we're gonna do is we're going to close this road right here this is old evergreen road route 630 everybody that has any intent of coming in here will be redirected to route 633 which is spruce drive"suri satlive they're just trying to prevent this from becoming a "looky

live in lynchburg, suri crowe, abc 13 abc 13. >> mark: suri, good information. coverage of the weather and including any closings or delayincluding any closings or delays we get for tomorrow. >>> turning now to other news, the man prosecutors who say admitted to lying under oath in connection with the lyon sisters murders entered a plea in court. richard welch's brother-in-law leslie ingle king's hearing as he stood before a bedford county judge, priscilla? priscilla kaiser noreen, -- >>reporter: noreen, ingle king set to appear in court in june although a judge did not officially convict him today. he was charged with perjury last year after the bedford county commonwealth attorney said he willfully falsely testified in front of a grand jury in the 1975 abduction and murders of sheila and katherine lyons. prosecutors said he lied to protect his sister patricia welch. the wife. a person of interest in the kate. patriciapatricia was indicted for perjury. her trial set for april. they believe the lyon sisters were kidnapped from a maryland shopping center and take

suri crowe is live and has moresuri crowe is live and has more. suri. >> reporter: well, mark, prosecutors say they say it is an unsafe environment for 5-year-old noah and. the dhurt white admitted she had lied about leaving her children at home this sunday morning and reported noah missing. there was much discussion about testimony about the septic tank and the lid with several witnesses who were investigators say was over the tank when they went to look for noah that day. probably some of the most compelling testimony of the day came from white's neighbor, and owner of the property and a trailer where ashleywhite and her family lived in. that man's name is gary meadows. says noah looked like a grandsays noah looked like a grandson to him. recall placerecall placing a chain on noahrecall placing a chain on noah's beloved bicycle00 times and he began to sob and visibly break down on the witness standbreak down on the witness stand. his depiction of a rambunctious little boy learning to play basketball was difficult to hear and during his tham ashle

suri crowe. and priscilla kaiser has more on what happened when a driver in bedford ended up going into a gas pump. let's go first to you, katie. >> reporter: all right, well, noreen, i want to show you where i am at the intersection of lakeside drive and 501. as you can see traffic is moving at a norm at speed. roads are clear and they are wet and slushy. plow trucks have been going up and down the road dropping abrasives and salt to prevent prefreezing. i am told there are ice patchesi am told there are ice patches. i talked to frederick rusher and traveling concord. he didn't have any trouble on the main roads but the secondary roads were pretty spruv if you take your time, you will be just fine. if you take your time, you will be just fine. just the secondary roads you really need to be careful with. taking more time. some tips for you tonight. paula jones at v dot say slowing down is the best thing you can do in these icy conditions. don't break too quickly or make any sudden sharp or fast t

suri crowe has been on this story for months. suri? >> reporter: our facebook page has blown up with comments about the story mostly in support of paxton. to be clear, the dogs' owners have not been charged with any wrongdoing, but people say maybe it is time for animal lawmaybe it is time for animal laws to change. >> reporter: the photos of these two dogs and the man who said he is trying to care for them against their owners' wishes have set off a social media firestorm. terry paxton says he has proof of the dog's frozen water during a snowstorm. a concern we took to the county's only animal warden nikki martin. >> sure. >> reporter: acceptable for dog to eat snow. >> my dog did it. >> reporter: according to virginia state code, it is not. dogs are to have access to fresh potable water of a drinkable temperature. the dogs' owners have not broken any laws and chaining dogs in appomattox county isn't against the law. and animal advocates say that is archaic. >> but for an animal to live at the end of the chain 24-7 is no longer accept

suri crowe has covered this case since the very beginning and joins us live from outside the courthouse with an update. >> reporter: the snow is really coming down out here, and jury selection has wrapped up for the evening here in the pulaski courthouse. it has been a long day indeed for these jurors. this morning, 31-year-old ashley white entered a plea of not guilty in three felony charges of child abuse and neglect. then began the long process of jury selection. the defense attorneys and prosecutors question the potential jury pool over the media exposure of the case over whether potential jurors have formed an opinion on guilt or innocence and tipped their hat what kind of testimony we will the presence of marijuana, and folks from social services will be testifying in the case. white sat expressionless you next to her attorneys. her aunts and family members were also in attendance. 15 of 22 potential jurors have been selected. once 22 are chosen, both sides will get what are called discretionary strikes, and a total number of 14 jurors will be seated. that will include the 12-pers

suri crowe talked to mona white a counselor for couples and kidsa counselor for couples and kids. >> reporter: she said it is time for parents to wake up. parents are trying so hard to be their children's friends that her shrinking their friend. i spent time looking over her not any of other social media pages led to her death is for investigators to figure out. nicole's mother said her daughter didn't want to go to school because she was being bullied and it does appear this child was in pain from several of her posts, some of them talking about suicide even. now white admits it was just about every kid out there having a cell phone, it can be very easy to lose track what they are doing online, but she said parents have to stop being nice and start having rules, even if you think your child knows better. >> cell phones have to be given up at night so parents can check the cell phones for inappropriate contact because sometimes our children cannot monitor themselves. they just get caught up in social media and things happen that they are not even aware that this is happening, and it

for now live in pulaski county, suri crowe, abc 13 news. >>> abc 13 is on the scene of an accident on hooper road in forest today. witnesses tell us that that car veered off the road and on to the road before crossing a lane of traffic and hitting a tree here. paramedics said the woman was alert and awake when they arrived on the scene. a witness tells us that the driver's legs were pinned against a steering wheel. crews got her out and took her to the hospital. >>> tonight we are getting our first in-person look at the pit bull recuperating at the danville humane society after being stabbed in dog is playful and not letting her wounds bring her down. as you can see the vet had to shave some of her fur and stitch her back up. the director of the humane society paula dean said the dog loves people and full of energy. someone stabbed the dog on friday and right now no tips on who may have done it. >> we see horrifying scenes and we are not shocked by this, we are horrified but not shocked. >> danner: there is a $1,000 reward for information on this case. the dog will be up for adoption

danner. >> all right, suri crowe live in appomattox county. let's go to the south side now. tola adamson is live in danville with the latest. >> reporter: well, danner, no now. it was raining a little earlierit was raining a little earlier, but that stopped just moments ago. what the city is really dealing with right now is the freezing rain from earlier. it is in a thin layer of ice all over the city. walk over to snow that haven't been plowed yet in our parking lot, and as you can hear, it is very crunchy. now that is the ice that is sitting on top of that snow. it has made the job for crews even harder. i caught up with the crews today clearing snow out of several parking lots in the city and this he told me how they are dealing with this icy weather. this is when the shovel really comes into n handy. >> because once put the ice on top of it and it starts freezing, the tractor kind of slides on top of it. one of these. >> reporter: how do you guys do it. shovel it? >> shovel it. and he come behind us and pushes it away. >> reporter: now the public through the main roads,

suri crowe caught up with them. suri -- this is really about helping the community heal.suri satlive mark, when their coach put out the call to help many of these young men were already asking what could they do. they aren't just teammates on the field - as you're about to see. 3 this church."this may have been on his marker and i'm gonna try to go and find it." now he's picking up the pieces of devastation for other generations whose lives are intertwined with his. "sighs-disheartening. i never expected this to be here. you expected in other places." and right alongside him is his grandson drew mann- drew mann- sophomore appomatox high, "what did you think when you saw all this? it was really devastating. my parents got married in this church and i grew up here-it hit me hard" drew and his football teammates at appomatox high are here to help. nats in any way they can. "josh ellis- appomatox high school, we sorta came out here to rebuild the community to just rebuild the community they helped us out in the football

suri crowe sat down with barry letterman. suri. >> reporter: increase in drug overdose and death is weighing heavily on sheriff letterman so much so that they are asking for a dedicated drug officer to deal with the influx of drug cases in appomattox county. letterman said his current deputy forces can't keep up with the number of drug cases, so he is now asking the appomattox town council for money to hire an officer who would be solely dedicated to investigating the county drug cases. he says many of those involved in the drug game are also connected to other crimes like larceny and theft and he wants this officer to help stop that. letterman says not his intent to lock up everyone who uses is more the big-time drug distributors who he blames for the addictions of so many. >> i personally have seen where at least families with productive people just -- they are just making bad choices, and in doing that, you know, they will steal from their family. they are just lost. >> reporter: he asked the town counsel to allow $40,000 t

so we sent suri crowe to investigate what's behind the photos. suri what is going on? suri nsrm well this is not attention the dogs' owners want at all. and it's created such a firestorm that the man who took those photos is now facing criminal charges. he says the dogs deserve better-but that's not the way the owners or the law sees it. 3 3 terry paxton, "she can't even reach her water. i'm sorry but is really upsetting you. paxton: yes! don't that upset you? " terry paxton is passionate about the dogs he calls girl and daisy-they live next door to his storage business and for years paxton cared for them without issue from the dogs' owners john and glenda venable: until january-when the weather grew bitterly cold.terry paxton,"and you can see there for yourself. and the waters were still froze. no food. and so on." and i called micky back. and i said, 'look you really need to do something about this.' he wouldn't return my calls." micky-as in appomattox animal warden- micky martin. micky martin, appomattox animal warden,"they haven't been mistreated and they have not

suri crowe has the information suri? >> reporter: danner, it is a free app on your home, fur alert and if all goes according to the developer's plans reunite pet owners and their furry family members through a touch of the screen. think of it as an amber alert for your animals. if you download your app today android, and create a profile, upload a photo and new your information whether you will be offering a reward. through one push, you can have an instant fur alert and anyone with n a two-plus-mile radius will be notified with the pet info and if they see you or her they will contact you immediately. cory donovan got the idea after his own dogs disappeared from his blacksburg back yard. >> as an owner imagine that feeling, right, when your puppy has run out. you are by yourself. you are on an island breakyou are on an island freaking out. emotionally, mentally, anxiety, enlist the help of the people that happen to be nearby to help them help you find your puppy, how good would that be. >> reporter: well, i do know that

suri crowe is inside the courtroom and will evening. 3 3 mona tight packed schedules and sharp attacks on the campaign trail in new hampshire. less than 24 hours before the polls open in the nation's first primary in the presidential race... and candidates are pushing hard to get voters out tomorrow. kenneth moton reports. 3 the fight for new hampshire voters?nats - "...rally..." it's a non-stop day of rallies to energize supporters and town halls to lure those undecided voters. donald trump is looking for his first win.sot - donald trump / (r) presidential candidate"...." in the republican race, trump has a double digit lead. the battle for second is between iowa caucus winner ted cruz and marco rubio.sot marco rubio / (r) presidential candidate"people keep- well, the press anyway- why do you keep saying the same thing about obama trying to change america? i'm gonna keep saying that a million times, because it's true." the junior florida senator is combatting rivals like chris christie who is hammering away at rubio's experience.sot - gov. chris christie / (r) presidential candidate"t

suri crowe has been looking into that part of the story for us. suri. >> reporter: danner, i got back from meeting with the internet crimes against children task force and these investigators have seen it all. sergeant steve anders said the from parents whose children become victims of cyber crime isbecome victims of cyber crime is, quote, not my child. it couldn't happen to me, and yet it can. it is a portal to reach and the gateway is given to them young. >> a couple of months ago i did a presentation in one of the counties here in virginia. we presented to every student in the entire school system, went to every school, and asked the kindergarten class at one of the schools we were talking to, how many of them had access to the internet through a portable device. and over 85% of the kids raised their hands with their smarttheir hands with their smartphones in their hand in the classroom. >>reporter: there is pretty amazing. what do you do to make the digital world a little less scary for children. apps that will let you view your khooi child's p

our suri crowe spoke with a psychologist what could you do with your teen, suri. >> reporter: bedford county sheriff mike brown said when it comes to bullying the numbers are staggering. only 4% of parents intervene. 11% of their peers and 85% of people do nothing at all to intervene. i looked at nicole lovell's social media and troubling messages on her instagram and facebook accounts. now we don't know if any of these social media connections contributed to her alleged abduction and murder. that is for investigators to piece together, but we do know she was bullied according to her mom, and several of the messages on her social media accounts would seem to confirm that. norma white is a licensed clinical therapist and says it is time for tough love on you parents to get involved. >> well, one is, i think the will offend their child or their children. and the reality is that these are your children and your job is to keep them safe. no matter what. >> reporter: it seems we report on bullying stories over and over again, and yet the numbers are telling us there is still so much more t

suri crowe has been looking into this angle of the story and how this protect your child. suri. >> reporter: nicole had two facebook profiles. she was on instagram and probably several other social media sites as well. very typical of a 13-year-old. her mother told the "washington post" she met eisenhauer on a social media app she never heard of, but social crimes experts want parents to know what their kids are up to in their digital world. >> reporter: selfies, panda bear>> reporter: selfies, panda bears, i am taken, all part of her social media story. 13-year-olds, trying to find her place, trying fit in. for kids like nicole whose moms were relentlessly bullied. the internet can be a vivshtious community says internet crimes investigator steve anders. >> years ago when we were kids in school, when we were bullyin school, when we were bullied it happened in school and kids go home and a safe haven there, now with the online cyber bullying it follows kids everywhere they go 24 hours a day. >> reporter: anders says as kids like nicole seek the approval of others, they may

suri crowe is in the courtroom evening. two lynchburg men accused of being a man to death has pleaded guilty. darrell simmons and demarcus ware arrested in august 2015. they assaulted kevin irvine in july. two weeks later, irvine died due to traumatic head injuries. simons sentencing date has been set for april.according to court records, his murder charge was dropped.>>> a big development on the story abc 13 has been following closely. north carolina environmental regulators have slapped duke energy with a hefty fine for 2014. duke energy pled guilty to months ago. duke energy said it is reviewing whether to challenge the fine. the company says water quality in the dan river return to normal quickly after the spill. >>> we now know the cause of a killed an elderly woman. it happened two weeks ago on henry street. officials say the fire started in the kitchen in the area of the overhead microwave. the fire then spread to the attic. 73-year-old katie yates lived alone and was not able to make it out. >>> the new hampshire pr

suri crowe in court right now and we will bring that you verdict as soon as it is announced. >>> new booking video released of 18-year-old david eisenhauerof 18-year-old david eisenhauer. the virginia tech student has been charged in the death of 13-year-old nicole lovell. here it is. 19-year-old natalie keepers has also been charged in the death. police say that keepers helped body in north carolina. eisenhauer lured nicole from her home the night she went missing. >>> developing in the last few hours, roanoke county police are investigating the murderare investigating the murder-suicide of an elderly couple. they say 79-year-old henry ross rock called in saying he had killed his wife, 81-year-old nora and was going to commit suicide on monday. police say by the time they got to pinewood drive it was too late. they found both dead. >>> lynchburg police seized more than 58 pounds of highmore than 58 pounds of high-grade marijuana and arrested two men in that drug bust. 58-year-old randall simpson of forest and david johnson much go uld face charges. during the last several months ope

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george flickinger has an update on the forecast, and suri crowe saw just how much damage this storm did to your cars. >> reporter: well, noreen, if you were coming downwards road any time soon, you will notice some mud on the road. this dirt berm behind me collapsed melting quickly in the son and warm temperatures. we drove around the city checking out road conditions and public works have done a great job of getting the roads clean. crews finished up their shift this afternoon and tell me every road is clear at this time. the sun has even dried up some roads and still some possibility that some roads could refreeze. they treated rose with salt and have crews just in case. the city had $150,000 left in their snow removal reserve fundtheir snow removal reserve fund. she haven't got numbers back from this snowstorm but she thinks they will be within the budget and hopes this will be the last storm of the season. >> in this particular snow, it warmed up right after the snow, so that has been very helpful in helping us get cleaned up -- the streets clean up soon sore really depends on the w

suri crowe is at the lynchburg city school administration building to break it down for usbuilding to break it down for us. >> reporter: well, danner, the results are troubleresults are troubling to the woman in charge of student engagement that presented the results of this survey to the school board last night. ethel reed is the director of engagement and activity for lcs and says there is clearly -- there is clearly a communication gap going on. 2800 students took the online survey and 495 parent did and asked to respond to statements regarding school climate including statements on respect toward teachers, and here is where perceptions are wildly liferdifferent. 91% of parents agree that the statements that my child respects his or her teacher but 33 bernanke33% of elementary school students and just 20% of high school students agreed with statements like students treat teachers with respect at my school. telling -- is a tilling piece. we now have to figure out how to have the conversation. one of the things came up in the school board meeting is really who is talking to the stude

suri crowe stepped out of the court room in pulaski where they are working to pick the jury noware working to pick the jury now. >> reporter: that's right, danner. this is ongoing -- [inaudible] -- >> danner: obviously having some audio difficulties. jury selection started this morning and has been going slow ever since then. prosecutors and defense attorneys have been going back and forth in the jury selection trying to see the a 12 jury panel with two alternates. media exposure which we have been covering. defense attorney kelsey bu lger says questioning potential jurors about their ability to be impartial with what they have read and heard about noah thomas and his family. most of the potential jurors admitted that they had heard something about the case, but several of them said they would be able to put their biases aside. still at this hour, the defense has more jurors struck than seated which is visibly frustratefrustrating with prosecutors. the word is that the judge may keep everyone there until the jury is selected. we will let you know more on that tonight at 6:00. >>> tonight,

suri crowe was breaking down the laws when it comes to your kids and cars. she is live outside of our lung cancer studio tonight. >> reporter: well, danner, they have run into situation all the twrim children are not safely strapped in, and it is so frustrating. and in the back of their car, yes it takes a couple of extra minutes to strap safety seats in, but bottom line is that car save lives. yesterday's crash at route 46 was just such an example ems and police officers say as kids not being restrained safely. state law says any child under the age of 8 has to be in a child safety seat. under the age of one in a rear facing child seat and the officer i spoke with recommends rear facing car seats up to the age of 2. here is what he is looking for when he makes a traffic stop involving children. >> first if i see a child that may not be any properly restrained or in any type of child seat, the first i ask the child's age. depending on what seat they may be in. say off 2-year-old and a parent booster seat with no back to itbooster seat with no back to it, a c

our suri crowe has just stepped out of the court room and has the latest development. >> reporter: danner, so far today prosecutors have called 12 witnesses to the stand, including the assistant medical examiner who testified that noah died of drowning with hypothermia as a contributing dues his death. prosecutors painted a picture of an unkempt home littered cigarette butts. several investigators were called to the stand including two fbi agents that testified that the cigarette smoke was so thick inside the trail we are little noah thomas lived, when they atrivd search for the little boy, two of the agents on the them a to wear filtration masks. put a of the investigator's testimony included white explaining to them that white's baby sister wore a nebulizer for breathing issues. a lead fbi agent admitted that white said her official story she took noah and baby abigail to take her father paul thomas to work was not true. pros cueers introduced evidence of what they say that marijuana was growing in baby abigail's room as well. the defense objected vehemently throughout the day, but pres

suri crowe reports. 3 the senate voted 25 to 15 monday to keep the names of all law enforcement officers secret from the public. in other words the freedom of information act-regularly used by journalists and others to obtain information about officers would no longer be in valid in virginia- should the bill become law. that alarms some-who think government employees should not be shielded from accountability. meghan rhyne, executive director of the virginia coalition for open government, "there are a variety of reasons why you would want to know the names of government employees ranging from most of them having to do with accountability-should anything go wrong-there needs to be a bill see it differently.dana schrad virginia association of chiefs of police we owe it to our police officers to protect them from any kind of, whether it's credit fraud, or identity theft, or even a threat of retaliation from someone despite several high profile police murders-policing has actually been getting safer over the decades-according to the washington post. dwayne martin says he gets the safety conc