radford recreation center members can use the christiansburg radford will reimburse christiansburg at one thousand dollars a month for six months. the deal comes after radford residents have been asking for pool access for more than a year. ken goodyear, radford parks and recreation - "radford does not have an indoor pool or an outdoor pool in the city of radford. christiansburg' s got a huge, beautiful new aquatic center, and obviously they're looking for all the revenue they can get out of it, and it meets a need here in radford in that it gives our residents another option for leisure activities." the deal began january 2-nd. since then.. the aquatic center has received more than 250 visits from radford residents. a new restaurant officially opens in blacksburg. zoes kitchen opened for lunch today. it was this time last year town council approved an exception to allow parking in front of the proposed building at first and main shopping center. zoes offers fresh, mediterranean food-- including soup, sandwiches and kebobs. it's the chain's third store in virginia behind lynchburg and

christiansburg. january because it won't last long. temperatures under mostly sunny skies for our saturday climb back into the middle 50s. saturday: mostly sunny and mild. highs in the low to mid 50s. saturday night: mostly clear and sunday: partly cloudy and warm. highs in the low 60s. sunday will feature a few more clouds, but temperatures will make a run for the lower 60s. the wedge returns on tuesday keeping us this morning ... virginia state police are searching for a man after they say he ran away following a high speed chase. according to sergeant kyle moore, a trooper attempted to stop a gray mazada-6 during a routine traffic stop. the male driver of the vehicle sped off on route-311 going towards white sulphur springs west virginia. once in west virginia, the driver turned around and headed back to virginia. police eventually stopped the vehicle at the intersection of route 311 and tukerhoe road. that's when the suspect exited moore says a k-9 search dog from the alleghany sheriff's office was called to scene but the suspect w

in this week's early years, we'll learning how pathway christian academy in christiansburg sets hurst/pathway principal; we have smaller classrooms. we focus on a view as we're embedded in instruction. so are looking for somethign other than pubilc school, more secular approach. we think our students need to be more rounded and understand the broader world, but we do teach from a christian persepctive. terri shaffer/board of director president: we expose them to all different aspects of curriculum. but we do teach why it is a christian point of view so that when they do go on to higher education, it's not a shock ' why have i not heard about this before.' kimberly mcbroom/wdbj7: cost is always an important thing. there is a scholarship program with some changes this year. talk a little about that. michael hurst/pathway christian academy principal: two or three years ago, virginia put in the capacity for a local foundation to support private schools so we have a foundation set up. families can scholarships for their students and we're finding that this is another opporutnity. many folk

thomas kessler, william byrd head wrestling coach, "definitely christiansburg and ph. they have two strong teams. they'll so it'll be fun to watch. the team's looking pretty good. we've been banged-up a lot of the season. adam catron at 170, noah harrilla at 152 and hunter kemper at 138 are all of our top guys so we're looking for them to place high in the tournament." it was certainly a season to remember for the virginia cavaliers baseball team last year. not only did they make it to omaha for the 4th time in seven years, but for the first time in school history, the wahoos won the national championship. uva is back at using the indoor football facilities today. head coach, brian o'connor is season managing the hoos, and it will be an even mix this year on the diamond returners and 17 newcomers on the squad. virginia is picked to acc's coastal division, behind the miami hurricanes. uva opens up their season on february 19th, but the team will be officially putting a bow on last season, when they receive their national championship rings at a ceremony connor jones, vi

the operations will be available at both the ronaoke and christiansburg locations, and are expected to completely sell out. getting your pets fixed is something animal experts have preached for years, and now there's another chance for you to get the operation done at a low cost. corrie prater with mountain view spay and neuter, corrie why is it so important to get these operations done for your pets? spaying and neutering is vital, it helps control the pet population it makes them happier and healthier and we can actually spay and neuter as young as three months old, we want to get these cats and kittens in here as soon as we can that way we can cycle and we don't have to worry about that unexpected litter because believe it or not cats can get pregnant as young as four months old. and now in february you will offer surgeries through what are the options you have available? petsmart charities is a fantastic supporter of spay and neuter, they've will allow us to fix 420 female cats in the month of february, it's a same day procedure you bring them in the them up that afternoon, twenty

with the ag life report in christiansburg, kristen eskow, wfxr news. the winery has a crowdfunding page set up online - to raise money to benefit their research on bees. we have the link to that page up on our website - virginia first dot com. one local creamy is still busy even after the storm, refilling the shelves of stores they supply.homestead creamy officials say because people were trying to catch up after the holidays and with the winter storm, they couldn't keep eggs and milk in stock.they had a more than 20 for milk for these couple of weeks.even though the storm has calmed, the creamery is still as busy as ever. after the storm, everyone is empty and and everybody needs to be filled back up so, you know, sales will be back up another week and then we may see a little bit of a leveling off."they say a couple of trucks for delivery were not able to make their deliveries last week because of the weather, but were able to get to their destinations on monday. coming up-more help for flint michigan-the companies and communities donating their time

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thomas kessler, william byrd head wrestling coach, "definitely christiansburg and ph. they have two strong teams. they'll probably have a lot of guys in the finals so it'll be fun to watch. the team's looking pretty good. we've been banged-up a lot of the season. adam catron at 170, noah harrilla at 152 and hunter kemper at 138 are all of our top guys so we're looking for them to place high in the tournament." the big orange tournament will wrap up this afternoon. we'll check in with the uva baseball team, coming up in just a bit. a house fire in pittsylvania county has left a woman dead. how a neighbor tried to help before firefighters arrived. more than 50 wanted people were arrested yesterday in montgomery county. how police executed the roundup. and hillary clinton's private emails continue to stir up controversy. what other candidates have to correspondence. trying to figure out what caused a deadly house fire in pittsylvania county. katie yeatts died after her home in gretna caught fire thursday night. she was 73. gordon farrell says he has lived next to yeatts f

this is a live look at i-81 in christiansburg from a virginia department of transportation camera. we're not seeing any major issues so far this morning. it's going to be a great weekend to get out and do of things going on this weekend, so let's take a look at your weekend planner. the kazim shrine circus is in town at the berglund center. there are shows all weekend, and general admission prices start at 16 dollars for adults. there are free vouchers for kids available at different locations around the valley. -------- the winterfest beach bash happens today at the salem civic center. the event starts at 6 p.m. tickets are 10 dollars at the door. the popular group "the band of oz" will be in town to help melt away the winter cold with a little summertime fun. -------- the dino day festival happens tomorrow from 10 to 3 at the virginia museum of natural history in tickets are 5 dollars for adults, and 4 dollars for kids age 3 to 18. the fourth annual souper bowl festival is on sunday at washington and lee. the event benefits the campus kitchen backpack program, which helps fight c

and dave spring handles christiansburg by 24. >> the lady bulldogs take down randolph henry. and the alta vista leads beat still to come, we've got your >> we're the appomattox cheerleaders, and you're woo! >> reporter: it's time for the best three plays of week inside the trifecta. number three, dan river and alta vista. chases the ball down and tips it to himself. the wild cats take the win. >> rustburg and heritage. and tyrese spins his way and takes it to the bank. >> and number one. e.c. glass's pleasure takes the steel. jones behind the back. and that is trifecta play number one. and our boys' top 13. and the northside vikings remain at number one. radford, two. martinsville, three, dan river. l.v.a. e.c. glass, alta vista, and >> the number one girls team remains brookville. l.c.a., magna vista, g.w. and timberlake. our "full court press" player of the week is jay barber. he has been a nightmare for opponents. he scored 21 point to lead all scores. >> this year has been a big year to show that we're going to be a big contender. we had a lot of doubt from the public sch

christiansburg, roanoke, blacksburg, you could see snow flurries in the morning. tomorrow afternoon, we'll have lots of sunshine across the heart of virginia. and jumping ahead toward your saturday. sunshine and a warming trend with highs in the 50s. there'll be black ice in the morning. highs in the lower 40s. it's going to be colder with that wind, amherst, bedford buckingham county 45. appomattox 45. concord 45. southside, chatham, brookneal, highs in the 40s. lower 40s towards the new river valley. we'll begin cold on saturday morning with highs in the mid-50s. and sunday, highs in the 60s with mid-60s by monday. we'll be dry through the weekend. a few showers possible by tuesday. more widespread rain for wednesday. >> mark: abc-13 is giving away some good food for free. it's called the good eats contest. now, from today-monday, log on to wset.com for your chance to win. if you scroll down the home page, the link is under trending. you can also get information from our facebook fan page. gift card to the >> mark: well, michigan state senate unanimously approve

christiansburg's creed lumpp arm bars taylor goolsby from jefferson forest for the pin to claim the title. to the highlander invitational at glenver high school.. -in the 106 class.. parry mccluer's jarrod clark hip-tosses grundy's brandon owens.. and pins him in 48 seconds. -to 113.. northside's josiah robinson ducks under trey boyd for 2 points.. later robinson puts boyd in a near- side cradle for 3.. robsinson wins 9-3. -and finally to the 120 weight class.. andy webb from grundy cradles staunton river's david fisher .. for the pin. the uva men;s basketball team has won 3- straight..ranked 11th in the country they were on the road against #16 louisville. the white out in effect for this rick pitino.. he got the memo! - a very slow start for louisville.. but raymond spalding gets inside for the bucket. -second half.. virginia's devon hall wide open for 3... no good.. but anthony gill is there for the follow-up dunk! gill finished with 13-points. -and there's more where that came from! gill again taking it to the hoop with the slam as virginia cruises to take this one big.. 63- 47.. this

it included dozens of officers from the blacksburg, radford, christiansburg, and virginia tech police departments, state police, as well as the montgomery county sheriffs office and the fbi. around one thousand virginia tech corps of cadets members joined also. police say they have spoken with numerous family members, friends, teachers, and anyone they believe could provide any clue about nicole's whereabouts. lt. mike albert blacksburg police department we ask again in these darkest hours, that's when our community and this community is known for stepping up. we need them to do that at this time, as we pray for the return of a beautiful young girl, nicole lovell. the blacksburg police department has set up some phone numbers for anyone with information to call. you can call in to 540-552-2222.. or call anonymously to 540-961-1819. both police and nicole's family are asking anyone who knows something.. even if they think it isn't important.. to step up and call police. live in blacksburg bethany teague wsls 10. the family of a man who was shot four times in lynchburg's centra hospital

. >> i am here in christiansburg, virginia, just outside roanoke, on the leading at of the snow. up until now, rain and severe storms have been the biggest severe threat but now that the get worse all the way through the d saturday. we are tracking the storm. we will follow it to washington dc and continue to keep you coming up on the today show. conditions this morning, 85 and woodruff road skycam here. a number of cars on the road already but many schools aretoday. see the list on the bottom of your screen. >> sunday was gameday and it is a gameday panthers fans will not forget for a long time. arizona the carolina panthers, and what a performance from the team from charlottjerry richardson beating they keep pounding drum and the 3-0 went towhen ted ginn grabs it for the end around. it is a touchdown. how about a longer play than that one? cam newton to brown. that is the longest pass play in the history of the carolpanthers. 170-0 panthers. cam newton showing off the 6'6" frame reaching for the touchdown and carolina wins this one going away at the second half. rushing touchdo

in christiansburg bethany teague wsls 10. erica williams responded this evening.. saying in part.. "i respect the process that a select group of citizens who are unhappy with my personnel decisions are pursuing." turning now to your forecast ... showers continue to pop up around the region. storm team ten meteorologist alan auglis joins us now. alan ... should this be a concern as temperatures fall tonight? tonight: scattered showers with a few wet snowflakes possible in the new river valley late as colder air moves in behind a cold front. lows drop into the upper 20s n&w to upper 30s for southside. wednesday: morning clouds give way to some sunny breaks by the afternoon. highs around 40. wednesday night: partly cloudy and cold with temperatures back into the low to mid 20s. black ice is once again likely. thursday: sunshine and clouds, friday: mostly sunny and comfortable. the high 44. saturday: a warm up begins as high pressure slides off the coast. look for sunshine with highs in the mid 50s. sunday: partly sunny and very warm with a high around 60. monday: a cold front to our n

we're learning more about one of the several private schools in our area, pathway christian academy in christiansburg. its leaders say a private school education can be more affordable than you think. michael hurst/pathway academy principal: two or three years ago, virginia put in the capacity for a local foundation to support private have a foundation set up. families can apply for for their students and that this is another opporutnity. think that they private christian education and that's more and more not true. we've got a link to national school happening in our com. just click on this season of toe- and americana southwest virginia. song of the mountains is a live concert performance at a historic theater in marion, and those concerts are then re-broadcast on public television stations across the country. this year there are 12 concerts scheduled and some big name acts. host tim white says the series shows off appalachian culture across the country. (tim wright/song of the mountains host):"the music of our region, it keeps god, country family and all of that tradition in the love about bluegra

w-f-x-r's kristen eskow takes us to vineyards in christiansburg - where owners say the hives - will be making a comeback. :27-:32:49-:54:55-1:00 whitebarrel winery are co with blankets of snow - but come springtime they'll be buzzing with anticipation."we really want to contribute back to the agricultural environment."tess gallagher research company scientific - with her husband, rik obiso. he says the last time winery was 2013 - when the last of their population somehow "two colonies basically died and disappeared. us taking really good care of them. and the honestly have no idea." creating a research center and bee sanctuary in floyd - where they are inviting researchers from radford university and virginia tech - to team up with avila scientific - to study bees - which includes try to stop the bee population's decline. "it's a fairly significant problem. and a lot of times the decline why a hive will die."standup: "the research will be divided and here at the winery, finally bringing hives back to the vineyards.""the variety of available to you after, or with no bees is extraordinar

we owe of support and tips from the blacksburg, christiansburg and montgomery county communities. withou tthe help of our information we would not have been able to bring nicole home to her family." the investigation was a joint effort involving many agencies including blacksburg police, virginia state police, north carolina state police and the charlotte police department. the news of lovell's death spread just moments before a blacksburg was to be held for her tonight that's where we find wdbj7's christian heilman. nadia, a very emotional scene here tonight in the lantern ridge area of blacksburg, the last place lovell was seen alive. we just heard from the blacksburg police chief describing the rapid investigation, she had been missing for more than three days before police found her body this afternoon. tonight, her family and the community are in mourning. it's the vigil no one wanted to attend. mike honaker, pastor, river of life church "she's not alive." pastor mike honaker shared the news with the dozens who gathered to pray for nicole's safe return. mike honaker, pastor,

christiansburg. the warmth continues as we close out january today. with the help of sunshine for the first half of our sunday temperatures will flirt with the 60 degree threshold. today: mostly sunny and warm with highs around 60. tonight: increasing clouds with lows in the low 40s. monday: chance for afternoon showers. warm with highs in the low to mid 60s. the "wedge" sets in on tuesday taking temperatures back to the upper 40s and wednesday even with very good rain chances crossing the area. behind that system temperatures head back to the 40s. a blast of arctic air looms for the end of the first week of february. enjoy the warmth while we have it! our top story this morning ... investigators will continue searching for more evidence today in the case of 13-year old nicole lovell. police discovered her remains saturday after the blacksburg teen had been missing for several days. as we've reported nicole was last seen at her home in blacksburg between midnight and seven a-m wednesday. since then...officers from seven agencies ...including the f- b-

the town of christiansburg continues talking about stormwater... during an informational meeting tonight. last year, town council formed the stormwater stakeholders committee... to explore how to address federal and state stormwater requirements. in december... the committee presented its recommendation which includes a stormwater utility fee structure and rate. town council is expected to talk about the proposal in march. # the college board is hosting a-p recognition day. its meant to celebrate virginia school divisions who increased access to the advanced placement program... while improving performance... and supporting the team of a-p teachers and students. the event will recognize five school divisions near richmond and northern virginia. # members and executives from chambers of commerce across the state, including some from southwest virginia, will meet in richmond today for chamber day. the chance to hear from state leaders, including, governor terry mcauliffe and carilion clinic holds a recruitment event for nurses today. recruiters and s

that area, blacksburg, virginia, this is christiansburg, virginia, 300 miles away from us. this is the storm headed our way, expected to arrive here some time this evening between 7:00, 8:00 is when it's expected to be here. >> we should also tell you we're expecting briefings from a number of municipalities over the morning and another briefing from the city at noon but we have you covered on that. >> montgomery county officials are also holding a news conference that's going on simultaneously right now. >> we'll be streaming any and all official news conferences throughout the day on nbc10.com and our nbc 10 mobile app. download that right now because that's where we'll put out the most important information as soon as we get it. for now, we return you to regularly scheduled programming. fun, and we have new and interesting things with facials, and they do something in vegas called the gold facial. donna is here. is that actually 24 karat gold? >> it is. >> and first of all, how does it feel on your skin? y >> you guys, this is incredible. it is regale. it is hydrating an

we owe that to the ourpouring of support and tips from the blacksburg, christiansburg and montgomery county communities. without the help of our citizens, tips and information we would not have been able to bring nicole home to her family." there are still many questions - including how lovell and her alleged killer david eisenhauer met. police are still working on the timeline of events. if you have any information about lovell or eisenhauer a covington man is out of his home this morning after a fire. police say it started yesterday at a house on edgemont drive. smoke and flames when crews arrived get it out in about 20 minutes. authorities say there's water and smoke damage. right now, the is helping the homeowner. copy police are investigating after a train. it happened yesterday morning. police say the man appeared to have been struck by a set of stairs attached to the train. people were walking down the train tracks earlier. once the others saw the train coming, they left, but told police the victim couldn't get his legs away from the train in time. the victim is in the hospita

there's the scene, christiansburg, virginia. we're starting to see what people are going to say is a monster of a storm starting to take hold this morning. al says it's going to get a lot worse over the next 24 hours. a lot more on this blizzard coming up in just a few. >> let's begin this half hour with some other headlines. the conservative magazine national review out with a series of essays from its editors titled "against trump." front-runner's bid for the white house labeling him a menace to american conservatism. take a listen to trump's response. >> the requests national review" is a dying pavement its circulation is way down. not very many people read it anymore. >> reporter: spl. >> meantime trump south with a new ad this morning accusings ted cruz of flip-flopping on immigration. >>> a university of virginia student is being held in north korea this morning for committing alleged hostile acts and ending the country under the guise of the tourist. u.s. diplomats are working to free that 22-year-old. >> republican presi

this is a live look at i-81 in christiansburg from a vdot traffic camera. we're not seeing any major problems so far this morning. after only 10 months of campaigning, democrat ericke cage is ending his race for congress in the fifth district. we sat down with cage yesterday. he said it was an uphill battle to find enough funding to support his campaign. despite his best efforts, cage says he was not able to attract the attention he was looking for from high dollar donors. continue to work toward the values he held during his campaign including high quality education, economic prosperity and equal opportunity in rural virginia. democratic campaign: " have loved to have but i feel like we it didnt' work out but that doesn't mean that we are not successful in raising attention to the very important issues. on taking some hopes to get back into the education field. he says come election time, he will support the democratic nominee. employment for december set records in the state of virginia. december was the 21st consecutive month of year-over- year employmen

. >>> in virginia, this dash cam video was shot in christiansburg, about four hours southwest of washington. the roads are coating with snow. a preview of things to come for us for sure. >> this winter storm has dropped inches of snow in the mid-atlantic states. >> nbc 10's jay gray reports from roanoke, virginia, where the snow keeps coming. >> reporter: the massive winter storm is barrelling down on the east coast and bringing with it heavy snow expected in some areas to top two pete. washington, d.c. is directly in the cross hairs, residents being told to stay inside and ride it out: two feet of snow is a big deal. we're making sure this morning through today residents are ready. >> reporter: more than 1200 miles of winter weather advisories have been issued through the south and new england impacting millions with blizzard warnings stretching from washington through new york. >> we see this as a major major. it has life around death implications and all the residents of the district of columbia should street it that way. >> reporter: in north carolina and virginia the concern is thick i

we started in christiansburg, virginia, which is southwest of roano roanoke. i would say now we're about 30 miles north of roanoke. it's been a slow go, but look at what we're driving in. this is the first time we've been slowed down, and the only reason we're slowed down i think is because of these trucks that are finally starting to plow and salt the roads. most of our drive we've been just really driving through the snow. there's not a lot of activity from the plows, and we're finally seeing them on the roads and it is slowing things down, but that's all for good reason. we prefer to drive on fairly clear streets as opposed to the slush and the heavier snow we were driving in earlier. we are in the bluemobile on i-81 right now trying to make our way to washington, d.c. we are in a very heavy vehicle, a four-wheel-drive vehicle, so we're obviously being safe on this drive and taking it easy. it's been great that there have not been many people on the roads. looks like everyone is really paying attention to all the alerts to just stay indoors, let the trucks

this is the live conditions in christiansburg, virginia, 35 miles south of roanoke. we could have taken any one of a number of pictures across the east coast. it's ugly out there. >> how will it look in 24 hours? of course, it's our top story because more than 88 million americans are in the path of this storm. at least 20 states from arkansas to new york are already covered by warnings and watches. expected in washington, d.c., a snow emergency going into effect there this morning. public schools are closed and government offices will shut down at noon. >> and flight cancellations already mounting. nearly 5,000 today and tomorrow. we've got this storm covered from all angles so let's start with dylan dryer in virginia this morning. dylan, good morning to you. >> hey, savannah. my marching orders yesterday were go find snow and, boy, have we found it. we're in southwestern virginia outside of roanoke. it started snowing at 5:00 this morning and it's accumulating quickly. up until last night the biggest threats with this storm have been rain, severe storms and patchy

the snow started in christiansburg, virginia, where we started off this morning at 5:00 a.m. and since then, the snow has not stopped. we are in and out of near whiteout conditions. we're not dealing with a lot of the wind yet that we'll see as this storm inches closer to washington, d.c. the storm will strengthen off the mid-atlantic coast. that's why we're going to see more wind, up to 60-mile-per-hour gusts possible. so, luckily, we're not seeing that blowing, drifting snow right now, but you can see that the roads are certainly snow covered. a few plows have gone through. so, people are moving along fine. there have not been a lot of cars on the roads. so, that's made our travel a lot easier. we are just going slow and steady. want to point out that the bluemobile that we're in is a very heavy vehicle. i've had some tweets, people wondering, you know, if you're telling people to stay off the road, why are you on the road? you know, we are in a very heavy vehicle that, you know, was built to get through some pretty awful conditions. so, we are just going slow and steady. s