While he’s far from the only U.S. president to be dogged by legal and ethical scandals, Donald Trump now occupies a unique place in history as the first ever indicted on criminal charges.

LYNCHBURG, Va. – VDOT is preparing for this round of winter weather, but they aren’t done cleaning up from last week’s ice storm. Crews pretreated roads and got the equipment ready all while working with utility providers to reopen roads as quickly as possible. “People don’t know what they’re going to encounter. They’re better off staying at home and sheltering in place. As of Wednesday afternoon, Central Virginia crews were still working on 50 secondary roads closed from last week’s storm.

BEDFORD COUNTY, Va. – VDOT and Lynchburg Public Works departments prepared crews and equipment for the icy conditions Thursday. She said crews would be treating roadways through the evening and urged motorists to stay home. Clay Simmons, deputy director of Lynchburg Public Works, said they’re on 12-hour shifts. We’re expecting our first shift callout tonight for our first shift at about 8 p.m.,” Simmons said. AdThey want to try and keep primary and secondary roadways open and passable as much as possible.

AMHERST COUNTY, Va. – Construction on a much-anticipated sidewalk project is getting underway in Amherst County. VDOT crews will begin working along Route 29 Business in Madison Heights, between Route 1054, Lakeview Drive, and Route 682, Woody’s Lake Road. Paula Jones, a VDOT spokesperson representing Amherst County, told 10 News this is a way of improving safety in the area. The project costs about $2 million and is scheduled to be complete by November 2021. Below is a map of the 1.4-mile stretch of road that will have a sidewalk:

LYNCHBURG, Va. – VDOT is budgeting $211 million for snow and ice removal this winter season — an increase from last year. The department has more than 690-tons of salt and sand along with 2.1 million gallons of brine for roadways. A VDOT spokesperson says they’re preparing for any situation. “We are always receiving more materials to help us out throughout the season. The commonwealth has about 128,000 miles of roads and bridgesVDOT says full mobilization for a major storm costs about $11 million per day.

LYNCHBURG, Va. – VDOT continues to clean up days after last week’s storm that causes flooding. As of Wednesday morning, 12 roads were still closed in the Lynchburg district, which includes parts of Central Virginia and Southside. Four of those roads were washed out, including Route 663 and Bethany Road in Campbell County and Route 658 in Pittsylvania County. “Just because it’s not covering the road doesn’t mean it’s not still wet and there’s water there. Officials say other roadways have turned into long-term projects, like Liberty Road in Halifax County, where flooding damaged a pipe and destroyed the side of the road.

That has quickly become a question in two closely watched defamation lawsuits filed by women who say President Donald Trump smeared them while denying their sexual assault allegations. Lawyers for the women, E. Jean Carroll and Summer Zervos, are now trying to persuade New York courts that the U.S. Supreme Courts ruling strengthens their arguments for letting the suits go forward. The Supreme Court has now spoken, Carroll lawyer Roberta Kaplan wrote to the judge in her defamation case last week. Past Supreme Court cases established that presidents are subject to federal criminal subpoenas and to federal civil suits regarding private behavior. The court generally views criminal cases as more compelling matters than civil suits, said Albany Law School professor Vincent Bonventre, who maintains a blog on the Supreme Court.

LYNCHBURG, Va. - The Virginia Department of Transportation wants to bring attention to the importance of emergency response. Traffic Incident Management Week is coming up. VDOT is reminding drivers to move over or slow down when they see an accident. VDOT said 10 first responders or transportation officials have died while helping at the scene of an accident. Traffic Incident Management Week starts Monday.

AMHERST, Va. - A $3 million road change is coming to Amherst County. Leaders with the Smart Scale program are giving the Virginia Department of Transportation money to fix U.S. 29 and Route 151 on Patrick Henry Highway. To quickly fix the problem VDOT temporarily installed flashing beams to warn incoming traffic of cars sitting in the lane. "So if you wanted to go, for example, coming out of 151 onto 29, you want to go north to Charlottesville that you'd actually go further down south and come back. So you aren't making that direct crossover over onto 29," Paula Jones, Lynchburg District's communications manager, said.