ashley white and paul thomas.. both face class six felonies of child abuse and neglect-- after they left noah and another child at home while white drove thomas to work. white originally faced a felony homicide charge-- but that was dropped in august. stephen spence/ pulaski county resident :35-:40 8:18:28 my heart went out to the developing. inside my heart i didn't know whether or not the parents are guilty and i don't have it in my heart to blame someone until the facts are proven. paul thomas is also charged with felony child abuse and neglect. his one-day bench trial is set for next month. ashley white's trial is expected to take up to five days. class six felonies are punishable by a minimum of one year.. and up to five years for each charge. eb, wsls 10. tonight... virginia tech... and the blacksburg community will remember 13-year old nicole lovell. tonight's vigil includes guest speakers... hymns... and a candlelight vigil. the middle schooler went missing from her family home late last month. her body was

noah thomas ... white's son ... was found dead in a septic tank back in march. wsls 10's bethany teague was in the courtroom all day and has the latest. court is in recess until tomorrow morning. there was talk about going as long into tonight as it took to seat a final jury, but ultimately the judge decided to finish tomorrow. so far, 15 jurors have been selected. tomorrow morning, an additional seven will be selected as well. that makes a total of 22. however, both the defense and prosecution will then get four strikes each. that will bring the jury down to 12 members and two alternates. the lawyers have been working since before 11 o'clock this morning just to get the 15 that they have so far. around 50% of the potential jurors were sent home. many stated that they had already made up their minds that ashley white was guilty. other said that white must prove to them that she is innocent, rather than the prosecution proving that she is guilty, as the law states it the remainder of the jury selection process will begin at 9 o'clock tomorrow morning. the commonw

>> reporter: good evening, thomas. white house advisories tell me that at least for the next week the president will not have a decision on asuccessor to justice scalia. while the senate is out of town. he took about a month to choose his other supreme court tonight, the urgency of the presidential campaign season is firing up passions over the future of the court even before anyfuneral plans for justice scalia are made public. today, the silent of respect across washington. but no pause before the clash of politics. >> there is no way the senate should confirmanyone that barack obama tries to appoint office appointment. [ applause ] >> reporter: an instant power struggle over a successor to justice scalia. >> let me just make one point -- barack obama is the united states until january 20th, 2017. >> good evening, everybody. >> reporter: from ia, president obama made clear he will nominate a new justice and expects the senate to consider his choice fairly. are responsibilities that i take seriously as should everyone. they'

his grandfather thomas white gave him. according to the police report, bruises and welts were found on the child. swelling was also noted. teechlers -- teachers say the child had trouble walking because of his pain. >>> a man is recovering after he was shot in the face. authorities say his girlfriend is responsible. 23-year-old, cory mayu is accused of shooting the girlfriend sunday night in granite cory. the 22-year-old likely led to the shooting. we do not have an update on the victim's condition. >>> south carolina is front and center in the nation as attention continues to swirl around the race to the white house. michael clark spoke to political experts on what you could expect. >>> south carolina voters get ready >> we're now going to have a big probably bloody fight. >> and scott huffman say there are big story lines to launch into the palmetto state. >> we will get tv ads, we will get radio ads. >> republicans have less than two weeks before a primary. and doubling up on john kasich. the donald campaign and kensing

dismissals, was that the potential jurors already believed that ashley white is guilty or responsible on some level for noah thomas's death. white's defense team did ask for a change of venue weeks ago, because it felt that seating an impossible. the judge indicated he would rule on that after trying to seat a jury. he did say that even if the jury is finalized, he would take into account how difficult it was to find impartial members. john, lindsey...? bethany, you mentioned this jury selection process is taking longer than expected. how are they going to adjust moving forward? we have not been told yet how long they plan to go tonight. however, this afternoon the prosecution said it would instruct its witnesses to report tomorrow morning at nine. the defense's witnesses will be instructed to report on thursday. live in pulaski bethany teague wsls 10. an emotional day in danville circuit court. nearly a year after donna hiatt-lanier's body was found in the ruins of her home... a woman admits to her murder. officially pleaded guilty to murder and arson charges relating to hiatt-lanier's death. beskin admitted to bea

so the first slaves who actually lived inside the white house belongs to thomas jefferson. john adams moved into the white house first, but thomas jefferson actually was the president who started the tradition of white house slaves. and believe me, john adams complained bitterly about the fact that the white house, which frankly is a southern mansion, by the way, was a huge place but at that point congress didn't provide funding for a white house staff, so unlike george washington, who was able to just bring in slaves from mt. vernon to philadelphia and to new york, john adams had to go out and hire people to work in the white house as domestic staff so he was spending money out of his own pocket for waiters, for maids, for cooks for the white house. so, when thomas jefferson moved in, he basically fires all of those workers that john adams had brought in to work in the white house, and brings in his own slaves because for him it's cheaper. it's cheaper to bring someone you don't have to pay than to go out and hire someone. that is a thread that i found throughout the book,

thomas. the trial for his mother, ashley white, continues this morning. she's accused of child abuse and neglect and admits she left noah and his infant sister home alone when he disappeared in march. he was later found dead in a septic tank. here's wdbj7's justin ward with something not made public before: ritter from the pulaski county sheriff's office ashley white said it should have been bolted, saying "looking back on all the things i should have done, but didn't." ritter said in court thursday he interviewed white and her boyfriend paul thomas twice after noah was found dead. he was one of 12 witnesses giving the judge a more detailed account of what happened the day noah was first reported missing on march 22nd. when investigators arrived, an f-b-i agent said cigarette smoke poured out of the home - some investigators had to wear masks because of the smell. a picture of a closet inside the home showed what another law enforcement witness said was consistant with an indoor marijuana grow operation. white gave investigators a false account of what ha

the county judge said the jury pool had been tainted by media coverage of five year old noah thomas' death. white is accused of leaving the boy home alone and the boy's father is also facing charges of abuse and neglect by now secretary of state john kerry is on his way to germany tomorrow to meet with world leaders to try come up with a compromise to end syria's civil war situation in syria is getting worse the us as russia's counter terrorism campaign in syria actually is helping ice is the obama administration says russia is straightening syria's government and worsening humanitarian crisis the first of its kind report from ad shows car locking systems have stopped nearly two million people from driving drunk in the past seventeen years ignition interlock system is a device the driver must blow into before the vehicle will start required for all dui offenders that law took effect in twenty twelve mad says since then the devices have stopped more than a hundred thousand drunk drivers from getting behind the wheel in the commonwealth north carolina ole requires them for certain levels of offense

thomas. the trial for his mother, ashley white, continues tomorrow morning. she's charged with three counts of child abuse and neglect after she told investigators she left noah and his infant sister home alone. wdbj7's justin ward was in the courtroom all day and has new information about noah we just found out today. in an interview with investigator billy ritter from the pulaski county sheriff's office ashley white said it should have been bolted, saying "looking back on all the things i should have done, but ritter said in court interviewed white and her thomas twice after dead. he was one of 12 judge a more detailed happened the day noah was first reported missing on march 22nd. arrived, an f-b-i agent said cigarette smoke poured out of the home - some investigators had to wear masks because of the smell. a picture of a closet inside the home showed what enforcement witness said was consistant with an indoor marijuana grow operation. white gave investigators a false account of what happened the morning noah went missing - first telling them noah and his

she later told investigators the children were left at home while white and thomas left home. kelsey bulger, objected six times to pictures submitted of home. they showed the bedrooms, and messy. the judge overruled that objection. white is back in shackles today and is wearing a black and white jail uniform. she has cried during many of the details described in court. the case is continuing inside and we'll have updates throughout the afternoon on wdbj7.com. live in pulaski, justin ward, wdbj7 lynchburg's mayor is leaving the elected office he's held for 12 years. mike gillette has announced he will not run for re-election to city council in may. gillette is an independant and represents ward one on city council. he was first elected in 2004 and foster as mayor in 20-12. gillette says he's putting a "term limit" doesn't want to be a career politician on advance auto is out with its fourth quarter earnings report. the auto parts giant reported sales of just over two billion months of 20-15. that's a two-point- six percent decrease from the same time period in 20-14. president a

thomas: in most respects. i mean, he was definitely, by the time george w. bush was in the white house, an apostate when it came to something like the iraq war. he lost and infuriated a lot of friends over that. but he remained very much a marxist -- >> evan: yeah. >> thomas: -- in essence, you know, until he died. i mean, i used to be around him. and i would see these young conservatives around him who were thrilled to have him on their side supporting bush during the iraq war. and, you know, they had this blue chip intellectual sticking up for their side. and i always used to think, just wait. give this five minutes. and within five minutes, you know -- i used to call this the mother teresa moment. he would then start talking about atheism and -- >> evan: and infuriate the very people who thought they found a kindred spirit. >> thomas: so he remained very much himself in other political respects. >> evan: right. but of course he comes across as the other characters you've invented in this book come across. he comes across as quite real. >> thomas: i hope so. >> evan: yeah. >> t

police are still searching for the alleged suspect anthony white. thomas has lived at the shelter for 31 years and tells us security is a big concern. >> a lot of the individuals in the shelter are people who have had brushes with the law. >> reporter: residents say they would like to see more security put in place at the shelters, and that's exactly what mayor de blasio has said he would do. they have added shelter funding by 35%. the clock police officers at the city's mental health shelters. thomas green says mental health counselor on site is key. >> they should always have real cops in areas that are unsafe. >> reporter: residents tell us the victim in saturday's attack is fine, his roommate charged with assault. lohr eye ri board narrow, new york. >>> riders tonight fearing for their own safety. thyeis latest attack happened at central park north, 110th street. it is the sixth attack in the subways this month. a woman got into an argument with a 27-year-old man this morning. she told her male friend about the argument who then slashed that man in the

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 tank what was presented and easy access for the little boy to get inside. some how, some way was the heart of the prosecution's case and family members did not want to speak on camera, but i did have a chance to speak to prosecutor who said it was at their trial that justice was served and was certainly a tragedy an

white's son ... noah thomas ... was found dead in a septic tank back in march. wsls 10's bethany teague explains what happened in court today. day one of ashley white's bench trial went to about 530 this evening. the prosecution indicated that it has just a few more witnesses to call tomorrow. we learned today that the prosecution is alleging two of ashley white's child abuse and neglect crimes occurred when she left noah thomas and his six month old baby sister home the children's father, paul thomas, to work. the third offense occurred when she fell asleep after returning home that morning, leaving noah unattended. that's when the prosecution says he ultimately died. the defense is arguing that falling asleep in your home is not a crime. ashley white cried multiple times in court today, specifically when her neighbor took the stand and talked about how noah loved to ride his bicycle and play basketball, and that he always enjoyed being outside. the defense's witnesses have been instructed to report to prosecution is expected to rest its case friday. in pulaski

thomas? >> kelly'donnellt the white house. thank you. > the death of justice scalialso raises qstions about how t court mht decide a number of key cases this term from ortionights to affirmative action. we get more on alia'sth and its parom our juice creonde te williams. >>eporter: as inhe rest of theatio justice scalia's death being mourned at n texas. heas at this guest ranch popularith bird waters whene suer hea attack. >> he psed away with no dficultyg thnight. thas our fst message for the family. >> reporter: a cathol priest fr a nearby chuh was larigh. justice scia's rmer colleagues inelect. ruth bader ginsburg said, "we wer best buddies. he had a rarealent to make en the most sor judge laugh." clence thomasaid, "iis hard tomagi friend ill miss him beyond lmeasure." the court often divided 5-4 alo ideological lines on big cases, justice alia's death leaves eight justices and the possibility of tie votes, 4-4. >> ifhere's atie, there's no ouome at the supmecourt. the lower court ruling stands. it's as if the supreme urt n

thomas. the trial for his mother, ashley white, continues this morning. she's accused of child abuse and neglect and admits she left noah and his infant sister home alone when he disappeared in march. he was later found dead in a septic tank. wdbj7's justin ward reports something not made public before: that white saw the five- year-old previously stand on that tank. in an interview with investigator billy ritter from the pulaski county sheriff's office ashley white said it should have been bolted, saying "looking back on all the things i should have done, but didn't." ritter said in court thursday he boyfriend paul thomas twice after noah was found dead. he was one of 12 witnesses giving the judge a more detailed account of what happened the day noah was first reported missing on march 22nd. when investigators arrived, an f-b-i agent said cigarette smoke poured out of the home - some investigators had to wear masks because of the smell. a picture of a closet inside the home showed what another law enforcement witness said was consistant with an indoor ma

white. the mother of 5-year-old noah thomas whose body was found in a septic tank faces four felony abuse charges. ashley white took the stand in her own defense. the heart of the prosecution's case is the mother of two young children knowingly and intentionally left them in danger the morning noah went missing when white admitted to leaving the children alone when she took their father paul thomas to work. she initially lied to investigators when they told them she took the kids with her. white told the court she lied because they wanted investigators to look for noah and knew they would focus on she told the court she had seen noah standing on top of the septic tank lid a month or two before she disappeared but she, quote, never thought for one second, and then she began crying. the defense argued while she made bad parenting decisions her acts were not willful in the intent to put harm on her children. the defense said the easy access to that septic tank lid that was not childproof. suri crowe in court right now and we will bring that you verdict as soon as it is announced. >>> new booking vid

white's son ... noah thomas ... was found dead in a septic tank last march. wsls 10's bethany teague was in the courtroom all day and has the latest. there is still no jury in the ashly white trial. and right now we decide if the trial will even happen in pulaski county. the jury pool was narrowed down to 25 earlier this evening. it ultimately has to be narrowed down to 12 jurors and two alternates. before that final selection process was set to begin, white's defense attorney renewed her change of venue motion that she had filed several weeks ago. the judge then decided to go back to his chambers to review his notes and the law, and we are expecting him to make his decision at any minute. we will of course keep you updated as these developments continue into this evening. in pulaski bethany teague wsls 10. a pittsylvania county woman will likely spend decades behind bars after pleading guilty to murdering her friend. wsls 10's colter anstaett was in the courtroom as christy beskin made her plea. "the victim's family has been waiting for nearly a year for the

about thomas' if any of them have formed an oppinion from what they've read or saw from media coverage, or if they're familiar with any of the witnesses they are automatically disqualified. white is charged with child abuse and neglect of thomas and his infant sister after investigators say she and paul thomas left the children alone at their home. her lawyers insist it is impossible to seat a jury in pulaski county because so many people know about the case. the judge has criticized her lawyers for asking too detailed questions to the potential jurors. live in pulai, justin ward, wdbj7 new at five: a campbell county principal is apologizing for making a comment that went viral this weekend on social media. parents contacted wdbj-7 after seeing a message on the principal's personal facebook page. tonight, the school superintendent is responding. wdbj7's tim saunders is live in our lynchburg bedford newsroom with more. principal say? jean, he shared an observation about the confederate flag using language we've had to edit for television. on thursday night ty gafford made a post on facebook that said "just because you put the stars and stripes beside the stars and bars doesn't

white's son .. noah thomas .. last year. wsls 10's bethany teague follows up. it's a case that has gripped the pulaski county community since day one.. when hundreds volunteered to search for 5- year-old noah thomas. countless people mourned when his body was found in his family's septic tank. fast forward ten months to the start of his mom.. ashley white's.. trial. that emotion from the community.. caused judge bradley finch to make a rare decision. jack call, radford university - :26-:29 saying the same kind of thing, he decided that he wasn't going to be able to get 12 impartial jurors in pulaski county." finch granted the change of venue request from the defense.. something attorneys say has only happened in pulaski county twice in the last 50 years. roughly 60 percent of the potential jurors questioned were disqualified. finch said after hearing comments from jurors like "we've all heard about it" and "this case is common knowledge" .. he felt a jury trial should happen elsewhere. but just moments later.. the prosecution withdrew its request for a jury tri

white said both she and thomas had started chain smoking when they heard noah was missing. white testified law enforcement told her someone poisoned noah then put him in the septic tank where he was found dead. she said she didn't know the truth until about five months later. winter stormwill you have windchill advisors in weekend and very cold conditions combined with that window make it feel like zero to almost twenty below in some the higher elevations and again that windchill advisories is going to ten a.m. on sunday valentine's day look at your our our forecast early saturday morning temperatures drop to rent seventeen and the rona valley but it's can feel closer negative winds as we go through the day around eighty degrees by noon again that's the air temperatures it feel lot colder than that warming up only into the 20s and low 20s at that a lot of areas will never get out in the teens tomorrow clear skies and lighter winds will start to pick up as the year this system moves through and him tracking our next wet weather maker that comes align different forms not just

officer henry thomas, who commanded the virginia ofdistrict at the beginning 1869, when he responded to a questionnaire. ast is the public sentiment to the sentiment of friedman and poor whites, thomas wrote? adverse, but not actively so. in the more barbarous parts of my district, such as christiansburg and marion, they find themselves an outlet of lies and slurs with school teachers and filthy jokes, not original, as published by the rebel orangutans in the marion star, a newspaper, small clips , and attempting unsuccessfully to tear down the schoolhouse and flog the bureau officer. he thought the schools they would need another decade of support from northern eight organizations. lieutenant hector sears, the lieutenant subdistrict of stafford reported in march 1980 white people were opposed. schools sprang up. in january 1866, the school was supported by the society of friends in philadelphia. mary kate perry was the teacher in manassas by 1868 and had 32 students. in christiansburg in southwest virginia, a black woman who was freed before the war moved out of her own house in order to allow black people to have somewhere to go. a few of the better-known rights in the tow

white. out of 66 potential jurors.. 41 were disqualified. finch told the court that 20 jurors had either fixed couldn't be impartial. 11 had been active on social media regarding noah thomas and the case against his mom.. ashley white. six personally knew noah.. or had helped search for him last year. and 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 bench trial rather than a jury trial elsewhere. in a move that surprised some.. the defense agreed to this. we spoke to a criminal justice expert at radford university who says judge finch's decision to change the venue could have influenced the defense's choice to let him decide white's fate. jack call, radford university 1:08- 1:11 "one of the reasons the defense might be willing to attorney perceives judge finch as a very fair-minded person. if she had a different judge, she might not perceive it that way and may not be willing to give up the jury right." white's bench trial will start tomorrow morning at nine. in the nrv newsroom bethany teague wsls 10. noah's father... paul tho

commonwealth attorney mike fleenor said that the first two offenses occurred when ashley white left noah thomas and his six month old sister home alone while she took the children's father, paul thomas, to work. the third offense occurred when she fell asleep after returning home, leaving noah unattended. that's when the prosecution says noah ultimately died. the defense argued in its opening statements that falling asleep in your own home is not a crime. as we know already from previous hearings, noah's cause of death was ruled to be drowning with hypothermia as a contributing factor, which means he was alive when he entered the septic tank. the prosecution has presented about half of its case so far. it showed photographic evidence that suggests marijuana was being grown inside the six- month old's room. as the defense pointed out, the drug task force witness who verified this, has never actually set foot inside the baby's room to see the evidence or verify that it was about the testimony today that caused white to break down into tears. john...? bethany there has also been talk about tobacco

thomas? >> kelly o'donnell at the white house. thank you. >>> and the death of just scalia also raises questions about how the court might decide a number of key cases this term from abortion rights to affirmative action. we get more on scalia's death and its impact from our justice correspondent, pete williams. >> reporter: as in the rest of the nation, justice scalia's death is being mourned in texas where he died saturday at this guest ranch popular with fellow bird hunters of an apparent heart attack. >> he had obviously passed away with no difficulty at all, middle of the night. it was -- that was our first message for the family. >> reporter: a catholic priest from a nearby church was summoned to administer last rites. justice scalia's former colleagues on the court today praised a towering intellect. ruth bader ginsburg said, "we were best buddies," adding, "he had a rare talent to make even the most sober judge laugh." clarence thomas said, "it is hard to imagine court without my friend. i will miss him beyond all measure.

white. the mother of 5- year old noah thomas is charged with child abuse and neglect after he was found in a septic tank last year. last night the judge decided white would not receive a fair trial in pulaski county from jurors. both sides agreed to a bench trial which starts tomorrow at 9 a-m. # we're learning new details in the murder investigation of nicole lovell. a friend of the 13-year-old tells the washington post that nicole claimed virginia tech student david eisenhauer was her boyfriend. she added that nicole talked of running away and starting a family with the man who is facing charges in connection to her death. nicoles father will share his media activity today on the dr phil show. it starts at 4 p-m right here on wsls. south carolina and nevada are next on the presidential primary list. last night in new hampshire .. democrat hillary clinton lost to bernie sanders. while donald trump won most of the republican vote, with john kasich coming in a distant second. # wednesday: snow showers for counties boarding west va. & our west va. counties.scatt ered flurries for most areas .h

white's son .. noah thomas .. was found dead in a septic tank last march. wsls 10's 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 couldn't 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 expert at radford university who says judge finch's initial decision to change the venue could have influenced the defense's choice to let him ultimately decide white's fate. j

ashley white's son, noah thomas, back in march. wsls 10's bethany teague joins us live outside the pulaski county courthouse. no, we do not have a jury yet. however, court is in recess until tomorrow morning. there was talk about going as long into tonight as it took to seat a final jury. as of just a few moments ago, 15 jurors have been selected. tomorrow morning, an additional seven will be selected as well. that makes a total of 22. however, both the defense and prosecution will then get four strikes each. that will bring the jury down to 12 members and two alternates. the lawyers have been working since before 11 o'clock this morning just to get the 15 that they have so far. around 50% of the potential jurors were sent home. many stated that they had already made up their minds that ashley white was guilty. others said that white must prove to them that she is innocent, rather than the prosecution proving that she is guilty, as the law states it must be. the remainder of the jury morning. the commonwealth's witnesses have been

white is the mother of noah thomas who was found dead in a septic tank last march after judge bradley finch count white guilty on three counts of felony child abuse and neglect. he said that white's own testimony at times was not credible. and he also found the conditions that the children were raised in to be deplorable. >>> police say there'll now be significantly less drug activity in the streets of martinsville. they arrested 14 mid--upper level drug dealers in that area and they say that they'll arrest more. so far the 14 arrested have a total of 51 charges and 86 indictments. >> we decided rather than doing a 2-year investigation that we would do a 4, 5 month investigation, make an arrest. and do a good job of sending the message to the drug dealers in our community that we're serious. switched their approach after learning that drug dealing is the community's number one concern. >>> shootings could happen anywhere. where we work, go to church, and school. the bedford county sheriff's office want you and your family to stay safe until their able to get to the scene. priscilla ka

wdbj7's justin ward tells us what white said happened the day her son noah thomas went missing nearly a year ago. ashley white's lawyers had nothing to say friday afternoon - just moments after judge bradley finch ruled white is guilty of three counts of child abuse and neglect. finch said this was a disaster waiting to happen. white admitted leaving her five year old noah thomas and her infant alone for up to 50 minutes while she took her boyfriend to work - proving negligence, finch said. testimony revealed an abundance of smoke was present in the home too the day noah went missing. some investigators had to wear masks when they searched the home. investigators also found weed inside the home and a closet in her infant's room where white said weed was grown two years before the baby was born. finch said pictures submitted as evidence condition. white said on the stand she first lied that morning she reported noah missing wanting the focus to be on finding noah and not on her. she told investigators she left to take her boyfriend, paul thomas to work the morning of march 22nd with no

the trial for noah thomas' mother, ashley white, is set to start this morning. white faces felony child neglect and abuse charges after leaving noah and his infant sister home alone. his body was found in a septic tank near the family's home days after he went missing. noah's father paul thomas also faces two felony charges. his trial begins march 9-th. are world champions. peyton manning and his team beat the carolina panthers to win their third super bowl last night. they were the underdogs going into the game but came to play. linebacker von miller was named mvp. and peyton manning is now the first starting quarterback to win the super bowl with two different teams. the crowd also enjoyed some of the biggest names in pop music. lady gaga sang the national anthem. and cold play sang with bruno mars and beyonce at half-time. new hampshire you're up. with the primary on tuesday, candidates from both sides are gearing up. latest polls show donald trump as the front runner, with marco rubio, ted cruz, jeb bush and josh kasich battling it out for second place. as f

white is the mother of noah thomas. he was missing for four days and was later found dead in a septic tank. in his decision, the judge said that white's own testimony was at times not credible and he found the being raised in deplorable. white will be sentenced in may. >>> martinsville police say there'll now be fewer drug activities on the street. they say they arrested 14 mid-upper level drug dealers in the area and they're expecting more airses. the special investigations units used undercover residents to expose the drug dealers. the 14 arrested have 51 charges. >>> the virginia senate approved legislation that proponents say would protect businesses and individuals that oppose same-sex marriage democrats say the measure would give such individuals and business asa -- businesses a license to discriminate against l.g.b.t. individuals. >>> there'll be two primaries in two days later this month. >> we won every single category in new hampshire. >> mark: for donald trump, it's a chance to expand. and hillary clinton need

the trial for noah thomas' mother, ashley white, is set to start this morning. white faces felony child neglect and abuse charges after leaving noah and his infant sister home alone. his body was found in a septic tank near the family's home days after he went missing. noah's father paul thomas also faces two felony charges. his trial begins ward will be at today's hearing. stay with wdbj7 and wdbj7-dot-com for updates. a former bedford police officer is due in court this morning on child pornography charges. brian mcalexander was indicted on 6 felony charges friday. he was arrested by henry county sheriff deputies. he had previously resigned from the bedford police department last year, when the southern virginia crimes against children task force began their investigation. increasing clouds today with a few rain and snow showers developing. increasing clouds today with a few rain and snow showers developing. increasing clouds today with a few rain and snow showers developing. increasing clouds today with a few rain and snow today with a few rain and snow showe

white. her son, 5-year-old noah thomas, was found dead last march in a septic tank. the prosecutors said that white admitted she lied about leaving her children at home the day that noah went missing. several investigators testified that the septic tank lid was on the tank when they went to find noah. >>> at the general assembly today, several parents that lost their kids at daycares were there to help make now, those families wants fingerprint background checks for licensed daycares and a measure that would make it a felony if a home daycare provider operates illegally and it leads to the death or serious injury of a child. >> it's important for many families, especially for working parents, to have a safe and reliable place to send their children while they're at work. >> mark: in 2014, 2 children were killed in a fire at a daycare that had too many children to legally run a daycare. >> reporter: there was a bill that sought to require schoolboards to adopt a policy that make sure that restrooms and locker facilities are only their sex. >> virginia's house approved

what she's saying about events that conference in july. trial of noah thomas' mother, ashley white. how a legal expert says the bench trial could benefit white. there's growing debate over a proposed bill that would change the permitting process for medical facilities in our state. why some say it could hurt hospital finances. and, in this week's early years, how playing with toys can be therapeutic for some children who have a hard time expressing themselves. good morning, it's just after 5 o'clock on thursday, february i'm garrett turner. i'm kimberly

white also admitted to leaving noah and his little sister home alone when taking paul thomas to work. that's because she said the kids were asleep... and she didn't want to disturb them. white also said she was on a medication at the time... to help her with her drug dependency. she says she voluntarily sought out treatment and counseling for the problem. w-s-l-s ten's bethany teague is still in court... and will bring us an update on nicole lovell's death investigation... we have the first look at newly released video of david eisenhauer and natalie keepers. this is video of the two suspects during their booking at the montgomery county sheriff's office. prosecutors say eisenhauer... seen here... lured 13- year old nicole lovell from her home... then murdered her. 19-year old ... natalie keepers ... is also charged in nicole's death. police say she helped plan the murder... and then helped eisenhauer get rid of nicole's body. the two suspects remain behind bars. after a year-long investigation, the martinsville police department announced today 14 people charged with dealing drugs ar

the trial for noah thomas' mother, ashley white, is set to start this morning. white faces felony child neglect and abuse charges after leaving noah and his baby sister home alone. his body was found in a septic tank near the family's home days after he went missing. noah's father paul thomas also faces two felony charges. his trial begins march 9-th. wdbj7's justin ward will be at today's hearing. stay with wdbj7 and wdbj7-dot-com for updates. a former bedford police officer is due in court this morning on child pornography charges. brian mcalexander was indicted on 6 felony charges friday. he was arrested by henry county sheriff deputies. he had previously resigned from the bedford police department last year, when the southern virginia crimes against began their investigation. happening today: a candlelight vigil is being held for nicole lovell. she's the teenager from blacksburg who was found dead last week. all members of virginia tech and the blacksburg community are invited to attend tonight's vigil. it will start at 7:30 p.m. on college avenue between no

white. she faces three charges in connection to the death of her son, noah thomas. today-- seven more jurors must be selected for the trial to begin. this comes after jury selection started yesterday morning in the pulaski courtroom. lawyers worked throughout the day... and ended up with fifteen potential jurors. about half of the people what were called in for jury duty were sent home. many stated they had already made up their minds.. and believed white was guilty. others say white must prove to them she's innocent, rather than the prosecution proving she is guilty-- as the law states must happen. after jury selection finishes today.. there will be 22-total jurors. then both the defense and prosecution will get four strikes each.. bringing the jury down to twelve members and two alternates. the remainder of the jury selection process will start at morning. the commonwealth's witnesses have been told to report to the courthouse by two o-clock this afternoon. i'm erin brookshier, wsls 10. a former bedford police officer today... after being indicted on six felonies

thomas died. testimony just wrapped up for the day in pulaski county for the boy's mother, ashley white. she's charged with child abuse and neglect after she told investigators she left noah and his infant sister home alone. the five year old was found dead in a septic tank near the home after a weeklong search. wdbj7's justin ward has been in the courtroom all day and joins us now live. justin, you've learned more about that septic tank. gary meadows, the man who rented the property to ashley white and her boyfriend paul thomas, says he made a repair to that septic tank in 2014. another tank was a retired plumber helped reroute a line to the tank. a department of health inspector is supposed to come check those repairs to make sure they're up to state code - meadows says he never called the health department. white's attorney, kelsey bulger, told him not complying with state regulations is a class one misdemeanor. meadows said he was unaware. the man who pumped the tank said there were no screws on the lid when he got there. an investigator said one screw was on the lid when the search