those are in lynchburg. add-on two-three degrees to get the south side location readings for sunday and monday. 58 for groundhog day. a few clouds. rain for wednesday at 58. and on the seven day we'll cool down for next thursday. >> mona: we are answering would you recall questions about the zika virus. half a dozen cases popped up in the u.s. including here in virginia. officials say the virginia case is in the northwest part of the state. virginia department of health says now the zika virus is not a major concern. it can't be transferred from person to person only from mosquitos. because it is cold it is not a doctors think there is a link with zika virus and birth defects. advising pregnant women to stay away from areas with the virus. >> if a woman gets bit by the mosquito and get the the zika virus during her pregnancy, it increases the chances that her baby will be born with something called. a severe brain defect. brain does not develop normally. >> mona: once it gets warmer zing academy be a big are

lynchburg, low to mid-30s. appomattox, 34. altavista, 34. running colder toward blacksburg as well as roanoke. upper 30s in the south side. your hourly weather for your wednesday show we will be 41 at lunchtime and 42 at 4:00. we will have some clouds around 2349 morning and clearing skies during the afternoon. is going to be a pretty nice day for your wednesday but cooler with highs in the lower 40s. altavista at 44. your seven-day forecast show we have three days with highs in the 40s and also notice the lows are going to be cooling back down to the 20s. that means we will see some refreezing, but for the weekendrefreezing, but for the weekend, how about highs in the 50s, even 60s coming up toward sunday. danner? >> danner: all week. i certainly like warm-up. >>> an affordable self-esteem boost for people who don't like what they see when they look in the mirror. >> i think it will make me feel better when i wake up in the >> danner: what the >>> if you got it, you probably try to hide it. if you don't have it, you will do anything to make

lynchburg. 40 toward charlotte. 38 in roanoke and lower 40s towardtoward south side. martinsville at 39. this map shows the wind chills. right now feels like the freezing mark in lynchburg and we have that breezy west and northwest wind. if you were watching us from virginia tech and blacksburg. the wind chill is a frigid 25. that wind is really cutting through you this evening. the weather is dry and a few of us saw light snow, snow flurries this morning mainly toward i-81 but around lynchburg we even had a few snowflakes reported. the precip has ended and moved away and we will have drier weather as we move to the weekend. looks good for your outdoor plans for your saturday and tomorrow morning will be cold. the temps for all of us below freezing the 20s. we will have a lot of sunshine tomorrow. as we go throughout the day, we may see a few high clouds developing, but overall a lot of sunshine for your saturday. but temperatures will be reaching the lower 50s and also not as windy. on sunday, big warm-up for all of us. a lot of sunshine for virginia and we will see

we're in 40s in lynchburg. and low 40s in danville and roanoke. pinpoint doppler radar shows light showers in bedford, blacksburg, roanoke. pittsylvania, will be getting light rain. overnight we'll stay above freezing with lows in the 40s. we'll see a big warmup with >> mark: thanks. right now radford police are trying to determine who sexually assaulted a woman as a social gathering. it happened thursday night on the 300 block of second after. it was an 18-20-year-old man with dirty, curly blond hair, wearing a black sweatshirt with a white t-shirt. >>> tonight one person is dead and the leader of a militia group is in custody. fired. police say the person who is dead was the subject of a federal probable cause arrest. were also arrested. they all face federal charges. >>> last night the board of supervisors passed the measure to carry concealed weapons inside city buildings. they say that it was a natural progression to allow workers to bring a weapon to work. >> it was a second amendment right. why do we treat the general public in a different

some of those made it as far east as lynchburg. we are watching this last little band of snow coming out of west virginia. we still keep the chance of a flurry this afternoon, particularly for the new river valley community and eventually that will go away. our attention will turn to this big area of high pressure situated toward the gulf coast. as we head through the day saturday. the breeze will kick up this afternoon as a cold front continues to slowly make its way across the area. we will have a good 24 hours of freezes and then they will go away. high pressure will park itself on top of the area. we will be talking about milder temperatures. the model continues to keep the flurries in west virginia. the rest of us will see increasing sunshine as we head throughout the afternoon. clear skies tonight. the wind will start to slack off after the sunset. more sunshine on the way for tomorrow and the breezes will not be nearly as bad tomorrow as they were for today. clear sky saturday night and more sunshine in the forecast sunday.

standing by in lynchburg. katie, let's get over to you first live. this storm was pretty expensivethis storm was pretty expensive? >> reporter: that's right, mark>> reporter: that's right, mark. this storm cost the city $117 per ton of salt, as you can imagine, you a lot was used, that is one of the reasons they can't pretreat every residential street. they just don't have enough resources, trucks or man power to do that. i spoke with director of public works danielle hart today and tells me the city is a mess. the plow truck was down every road in the city at least once, but the presidential streets have snow pack down so hard that it is hard for plows to fear them. we found mark harmon shoveling off his car on lakeville drive. he works for the schools and part of a team that gallons out to scout the roads to see how to they look. the city has cancelled school tomorrow, he said they are doing their best to make sure all roads are clear and safe before making the call to start school again. >> when you have the kids at home, there is really nothing b

high's today 45 in lynchburg. 50 in south boston and danville. 44 in roanoke. about 40 in the new river valley. over night i promise you temperatures below the freezing mark. dropping back in the 20s. partly cloudy, dry and cold. with light wind, be alert for black ice as you head to thursday morning. get a check of the next seven. throughout the week. saturday and sunday, high of 57 on saturday. we are looking at a high of 61 on sunday. that childmild weather through the start of member, whitney? >> whitney: starting today the treasure department will get rid of financing restrictions on most exports concerning cuba. follows an announcement about improving relations with the u.s. and cube a. u.s. set a allow more commodityies to be exported. >> a family in pen pebble lost their home in a fire last october are rebuilding. friends of the family are holding a fundraiser at eagles in sutherland on saturday. begins at 1:00 and goes through mid night. a family of four lived in the home. no one was injured. the house caught on fire on the mother and teen's birthday.

that is lynchburg. add a few numbers. double nicoles for tomorrow and danville. 64 on sunday. 66 for monday afternoon. we will start in the 30s. going to 40 at 11 topping out today of 43. 47 in danville. 46 in the mountains. flurries go away. back to the 20s over night. i can almost talk. here is the warm up. that's what everyone wants to see. 64 on the way for monday afternoon. >> patti: you can help raise monnehonor of a local girl who passed away after battling cancer. clare marker foundation looks up for volunteers to play dodge ball. you need six players you have to register by march first if you watch it is three dollars. clare's family startd that after she pass indeed 2014 after a 10 month battle with leukemia. >> mona: in the mood for music. tonight the fellowship playhouse is back in lynchburg. this time with the help of the reasonnaissance theatre. the group will present a concert to help raise funds to find a home for the elington it has been on leave since it could not work out a lease agreement with the old

let's start with a lynchburg tower cam. everyone out and about. we didn't have any black ice this morning. as you head out the door tomorrow, snow will continue to melt. please watch out for the black ice the rest of the week. we had showers yesterday thanks to the cold front continuing to push off the east coast. you can still see some shower activity for the southeast in the gulf. strong storms moving through parts of florida. as we zoom in a little closer to home, overcast skies early this morning.high cloud cover with lots of sunshine and temperatures in the 40s. 43 in lynchburg. 44 in danville. 40 in martinsville and roanoke. 36 in blacksburg. we are going to warm up a couple more degrees for the afternoon. the cold front continues to be history. high pressure builds in as we head out there today and tomorrow. we like to see the high pressure. it means lots of sunshine and seasonal weather. let's take you through mostly sunny skies this afternoon. could see little increase in cloud cover overnight tonight. partly cloudy skies. still staying d

lynchburg... martinsville and blacksburg colleting food. the sun was out in a more filtered variety as we were being grazed by a storm system that was sliding off of the east coast. a very weak system will bringing with it some wind and a few stray flurries. tonight: partly cloudy and cool with lows around 30. friday: mostly sunny and cool. windy with temperatures in the low to mid 40s. friday night: mostly clear and cold with lows in the mid 20s. saturday starts our january thaw as temperatures make a run for the mid 50s. we warm things up even further heading into the upcoming week as 60s, possibly low to mid 60s make an appearance on the seven day forecast. rain becomes likely on wednesday as a stronger storm system arrives. that system will bring us back down to reality the sun was out in a more filtered variety as we were being grazed by a storm system that was sliding off of the east coast. a very weak system will slide through friday bringing with it some wind and a few stray flurries. tonight: partly cloudy and cool with lows around

live in lynchburg, katie brooks. to see warmer temperatures with us getting to 60 degrees this weekend. melissa le fevere has been tracking the latest. >> melissa: thankfully, we have warmer weather on the way. we have 50s out there right now. i want to show you a live view of rt our danville tower cam. we are beginning to see cloud cover moving in. sing a little bit of rain ahead of the cold front that brings our showers later this afternoon. right now, 50 degrees in lynchburg. 54 in danville. it is only 41 right now in roanoke. 54 in brookneal. 44 in hot springs. about a 40 percent chance for showers later this afternoon. temperatures upper 40s and even lower 50s. we will timeout the rain coming up. >>> most schools in our area many roads and residential area still covered in black ice. we just got word into our newsroom not long ago that lynchburg city schools are closed again tomorrow. we are constantly updating the information on our website at wset.com and will continue to scroll the closings on abc 13. >>> 42

so 30 tonight in lynchburg. 33 alta vista. new river valley, 30 degrees. 62 for lynchburg tomorrow afternoon. 63 alta vista, 64 dillwyn. 66 martinsville. 66 at the lake. roanoke valley, 62. and harrisburg, in the 50s. and groundhog day at 55. we're on the wedge on tuesday. and there's a decent chance for rain and back to reality >> whitney: i like that. actually i don't like that. i like the 60s. >> will: you like the alliteration there. >> whitney: the biggest football day of the year is right around the corner. and a panthers fan is getting ready to cheer her team on. we caught up with mary ward, 93. >> reporter: like everyone else, mary ward can't get enough of the team. >> the only time i watch other teams is when they're playing the panthers. i've got no interest in the rest of them. her grandson fell -- grandson showed her the game. >> i love them all, but cam is the one i cater too. and davis, he's a good player and sportsman. what i like about all of them, they all play like a support is supposed to be played. >> repor

let's take you outside to the lynchburg tower cam. about an hour ago, we had dense fog that has since burned off. some of that fog recorded as freezing fog as the temperature has risen above freezing. the dew point at 29. humidity right now at 85 percent. wind out of the south at about six, so we should start to bit. visibility right now virtually unlimited at 10 miles. other temperatures include 39 in danville. 35 in roanoke. 35 virginia tech. 41 currently in farmville. if you are wondering, we are 10 degrees warmer than we were yesterday at this time. his ability problems earlier on have since gone by the wayside. pretty much everybody reporting wide open visibility with the exception of the airport in roanoke.a lot of us dry up pinpoint doppler radar. just off the coast of florida seeing rain fall. the system providing snow around michigan and through parts of canada in new york. we're kind of sandwiched in between two systems. as the low pulls north and well. the only thing we will see our then maybe if a few snow flurries. just p

lynchburg 45. virginia tech 40. farmville 37. south boston, clarksville, mid-30s. here's what it likes tomorrow. we'll see a clipper-type cold front moving. we're going to see that tomorrow. we are going to to see some areas of snow in the mountains. and.mainly west of interstate 81 into west virginia, you could be encountering some of that snow. but for us locally, we'll be staying dry. some areas of light snow possible toward and west of hot springs. and saturday, lots of sunshine. we'll have a southwest wind and temperatures in the mid-50s. southside you'll be nearing 60 for saturday. and tonight we'll be seeing a freeze and we'll have to watch for some areas of melted snow to refreeze. smith mountain lake in the upper 30s. alta vista, gretna, chatham. 48. madison heights and amherst, lows in the upper 20s. we're going to say near and below freezing until 9:00 a.m. hour. lovingston, 43. amherst 43. bedford county 43. concord, appomattox, rustburg, 44. martinsville 46. and cooler towards the mountains and chances of mountain snow in the west and temperatures towa

lynchburg 23. coming up later, we'll update you on how much warmer we'll be by sunday and when rain returns. >> mark: the murder trial accused of killing his 89-year-old father-in-law will go into next week. vincent spinner is accused of killing james payne. a friend of spinner testified that she smoked crack cocaine with spinner on the day of the murder. she said the only time she wasn't with him was between 1:00-2:00 p.m. when spinner was going to the a.t.m. she said spinner returned sweating and shaken. the trial will remove monday morning. >>> the death penalty trial of and killing the lyon sisters has been pushed back. motions by welch's attorney included delaying the trial, hiring a mental health investigator and issuing a gag order with respect to the media attention. welch is accused of kidnapping the lyon sisters in 1975 and killing them. >>> nichole lovell is 13. he's been missing since early wednesday morning. when she was younger, she had to have a liver transplant and takes special med

lynchburg police say there have been 9 break-ins in dearington. last tuesday, this house and the family inside became victims. " the screen door was broke off the edges and we usually keep it locked so i knew someone had came through it." once inside greg slaughter says he noticed more damages. " we noticed that 3 the blind was broke" but the most devasting news came when he checked his man cave. "i had my playstation 4 right here and my daughter's tablet was charging on top of it. " now there's an empty space left on that tv stand and in his heart. " my daughter's tablet she just got it for christmas..--she's hurt the family says police have finger printed and took statements in hopes of getting these items returned. but greg's wife marquita slaughter says she remains doubtful. " do you think you are going to i don't, but i have have high hopes of getting them back." officers tell us they have been working around the clock searching for leads. but this family wants more. "i feel like im doing my own investigation. i call they never answer." despi

we're looking live out over lynchburg. we've had some areas of light showers make their way across the showers are moving off to the east. and we'll see small showers reforming and moving across our area. >> danner: across the area, icy slush is covering a lot of the residential streets out there. public works says that the city can't afford to pretreat those side roads. katie brooke checked in with public works and has more on their progress. >> katie: the director of public works, gaynelle hart, says that they are doing everything to get things back to normal. right now, a plow street has been down every street at least once. they're not stopping their progress anytime soon. >> we're going back and trying to clear again and put a good slag and salt mix together. >> katie: there is a possibility that black ice is still out on the roads. that's not just on residentials either. be on the look out for icy dangers and keep off the roads if you can. >> danner: several districts, including lynchburg and danville, cancelled scho

our lynchburg bedford newsroom. tim, who publishes this paper? chris it's printed in new york by an organization that says it's trying to promote peace, but some in bedford say it's having the opposite effect in their neighborhoods. as the pastor of a christian congregation, david hinsen was surprised to see a paper promoting the islamic faith at the door of his church. david hinsen/pastor: "i really wasn't upset or concerned. i guess it maybe set me back a little." hinsen and many others in bedford are receiving the islamic post, an international publication that's been in print for more than 30 years. religious materials are mailed out all the time. what's unusual about this situation is the way the papers are showing up. they're being delivered to one or two homes at a time, mostly overnight but occasionally while people are away at church. major ricky gardner/bedford county sheriff's office: "there is no rhyme or reason as to which paper boxes these are placed in." major ricky gardner says the bedford taking calls from concerned residents sin

we are looking out over ward'ss road in lynchburg -- wards road in lynchburg. ands will be above freeze and we don't have to worry about re-freezing. 51 with cloudy skies. southwest winds moving in at 6. and you can see that all of us are above freezing. halifax, lower 50s soaredhalifax, lower 50s toward south boston, danville, lower 50s. that is a look at the light to moderate rain that is making its by town. where we see the darker green and that is from lynchburg just southwest and northeast. this indicates a moderate showers that are making its way across town. and zoom in on the city of lynchburg and you can see the showers boonsboro down timberlake, and the rain out toward forest, out 460 we have the rain and madison heights. showers moving east and northeast. toward south side, you have been dry so far, but altavista we can see light rain moving in and chatham small showers. smith mountain lake you have seen some rain. occasional showers for the evening. not going to rain the he tire evening but occasional wet weather for your tuesday evening plans. here

and lynchburg travels to roanoke on wednesday. week four of abc-13's "full court press" is in the books. if you missed all the action, we've got the entire show at wset.com. you can find the links also on our "full court press" facebook fan page and on twitter. host hard grave won over e.c. glass. and staunton river downed and glenvar takes care of the blues. and the 6er's said we could do this. and isaiah with the three ask the foul. and curry's pass stolen. and the dunk and the tie at 1:05. and curry shows it to green, and barns in the corner. and curry is 23. >> will: my 6ers are >> whitney: check out the newest edition to zoo miami. this little tiger cub was born the zoo in november. after getting shots and gaining strength, he was introduced to his new habit. he posed for picks and played the zoo says the cub won't live in the exhibit yet, but needs to be exposed to it. >>> the biggest football weekend of the year is right around the corner, and one of the oldest carolina panthers fans is getting ready to cheer her team on. w

lynchburg... martinsville and today: few morning showers .clearing for the late- morning & afternoon.tem peratures climb tonight: partly to mainly cloudy with lows in the lower 20s thursday: sun & clouds with highs in the middle 40s friday: sun & clouds with highs in the middle 40s.overnight flurries possible saturday: early morning flurries possible.mostl y sunny afternoon with highs in the upper 50s and lower 60s monday: isolated rain showers possible with highs in the upper 50s tuesday: partly cloudy with highs in the upper 50s morning showers .clearing for the late- morning & afternoon.tem 30s and lower 40s tonight: partly to mainly cloudy with lows in the lower 20s thursday: sun & clouds with highs in the middle 40s friday: sun & clouds with highs in the middle 40s.overnight flurries possible saturday: early morning flurries possible.mostl y sunny highs in the middle 50s sunday: mostly sunny with highs in the upper 50s and lower 60s today marks the first time in several months that music is n

lynchburg police officer compet competing the last of bassin's shoveling. his son shared on social media for the world to see. ; we need these type of examples of how we all should stop our daily lives. we're all busy. let's help each other in our communities. ; reporter: officer would tell you he was doing what he would hope anyone would. ; whether they're older or younger. if it was one of my parents i would hope that somebody would have stopped to help them in the same situation. ; reporter: not everyone would. it meant the world to lewis bass bassin. ; it was a good world gesture. it's something you don't it was very much appreciated. ; reporter: now officer ziggler tells me he didn't do it for the fame. rather to help the community in any way he can. ; anchor: hats off to that officer. just in time for ; anchor: 40% of older americans surveyed think they're prepared for the aging process. but professionals who work with seniors see something much different. and they say often seniors find out too late. ; they underestimate how much long term care is go

hall bought the ticket at speedway on lakeside drive in lynchburg. the show went on, without donald trump, at last night's gop debate in des moines. what other candidate became the night's biggest target for attacks. the fbi has released new video of the deadly shooting at a wildlife refuge in oregon. what we're learning from that video. and drug abuse prevention leaders are sounding the alarm about the dangers of heroin. why they're calling it state. are cast in the 20-16 presidential primaries, the candidates hit the campaign trail in iowa today to make their case to voters. the final pitch started last night in the gop's seventh debate. but as marlie hall reports, the event was dominated by one candidate who wasn't even on stage. with donald trump absent...his biggest rival, ted cruz, took center stage...becoming the target of the night: (sot cruz) "gosh, if you guys ask one more mean question i may have to leave the stage." some of the biggest fireworks came as the candidates sparred over illegal immigration. (sot bush immigration) we should have

for my wife and i, this is one of our favorite places in lynchburg. i think we're going to wait awhile before we ride our bicycles on that. tomorrow we're going to see a clipper type of cold front. and a clipper front is a very fast front that cools you down and brings wind. tomorrow is going to be windy and cold. saturday the warmup will begin. and tuesday-wednesday next week, we'll see rain returning. the temperature has not dropped off that much. and we still have a lot of clouds around. we'll have to waited until early morning before we see some clearing. the clipper type cold front is making its way through ohio. if you have travel plans west of interstate 81, you could see snow tomorrow. the main impact you'll notice we'll see a strong west wind with gusts at 20-30 miles per hour. so at 9:00 a.m. on your friday morning, most of us will have sunshine and a strong wind. so it's going to feel cold to you. as you make your way toward roanoke and they west, there'll be increasing chances of snow with the bulk of that snow on the western side ot mount

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we are just above freezing in lynchburg,lynchburg, but in the next two hours fall below freezing. 35 degrees. the wind is light and the wind will stay light. around the rest of the area if you were watching us from martinsville or virginia tech, you are now below freezing. blacksburg at 31. charlottesville, the university of virginia, 37. upper 30s into farmville, south boston and upper 30s in danville. here is what we are tracking for you and overall, you can quiet. we do have thin, high clouds moving across our area for now. up to the north right through here you can make up a lowhere you can make up a low-pressure area with a weak cool front that will essentially keep the temperatures where they have been for your tomorrow and your friday and then we will really see that warm-up kicking in by saturday. when you wake up on thursday morning, tomorrow morning, we will have temperatures below freezing the 20s. now if you are driving south, if do you have a road trip into the carolinas, this is mainly going to be east of charlotte, there will be rain that direction, and some of that ra

live in lynchburg, priscilla kaiser, abc 13 news. >>> a lynchburg man will spend life in prison for committing what a judge called one of the most violent murders that the city has ever seen. 24-year-old dominic moss was arrested in 2014 after a month-long manhunt for killing shawn moss. prosecutors say he ambushed shawn moss on 11th and polk street and shot him six to seven times. at one point moss's mother took the stand to say not only did she lose a son but a 13-year-old boy lost a father. moss apologized to shawn moss's family and claimed to be a changed man, but when the judge handed down his sentence, he threatened to shoot the prosecutor in the face. >> shot him while he was standing up and stood over top continued to pump bullets into his defenseless body. >> mark: moss also got an additional two years in prison for punching a blue ridge regional jail officer. >>> we just made another check with blacksburg police and they are still looking for a missing teenager who they believe is in danger. this is 13-year-old nichole this is 13-year-old nichole lovell. she disappeared from her apar

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lynchburg at 43 and danville at 50. show what you we are tracking for you from the weekend into next week. our weekend will be quiet, but there is an area rain out along the west coast. this will be the next developing storm system, and by late tuesday and wednesday, that rain which is now california will be here in virginia. >>> if you are looking for somewhere indoors to take the kids this weekend, the virginia museum of natural history in martinsville has you covered. life-sized dinosaurs, fossils will fill the museum for dino day. dinosaur-themed storytime and tile paint welcome available for the kids. the cost $4 bucks per child. $5 for adults. it is from 10:00 in the morning until 3:00. >> danner: what a fun thing to do with the kids. >>> students from around the world faced off at randolph college in lynchburg in the battle of the brains today. every year the united states association of fizz sick student tournament homeland securityholds this competition. teams are scored on the quality of theory, experience and

lynchburg police investigate a string of burglaries. there have been nine break-ins in the dearington neighborhood since the beginning of the month. they've happened on pulaski... york.. chambers... smyth... second and payne streets. most happened during the day when no one was home. items stolen include electronics ... cosmetics and firearms. anyone with information is asked to call police. a pulaski county judge says pictures of noah thomas' body will be allowed at his mother's upcoming trial. ashley white's defense team filed several motions.. asking pictures of noah's body in the excluded from trial. white's lawyer says the photographs are irrelevant to the charges.. and would only inflame the jury. the judge denied the motions. noah's father.. paul thomas.. is set for trial in march. his lawyer is requesting all references and evidence relating to the search for.. and death of noah be excluded from his trial. the judge has not yet ruled on this motion. dozens in alleghany county woke up this morning to officers knocking on their fr

lynchburg this morning. again, temperatures working well up into the 40s and mid and upper 40s today near the freezing mark by tomorrow morning. we will have to watch out in spots headed into tomorrow morning for possible slick spots. >> stuck in the middle of a couple of fronts. mountain snow showers due to a front headed into the overnight and absolutely gorgeous weekend on tap for us as temperatures rise well into the 50s. >> to near 60. 9 louisberg and 26 blacksberg 17 lexington and 29 danville. all is quiet and mainly clear on the satellite radar picture and quite a bit of cloudiness lynchburg to south boston and more as the day progresses. we have been watching this bump out in the clouds on the front bringing extra clouds in our afternoon. here is the first of the fronts clouds late in the afternoon and higher terrain and new river valley and highlands and following that one. more moisture associated with it bringing snow to to highlands and western-facing slopes into the overnight and tomorrow. this

we have briefly reached the lower 40s in lynchburg, and right now down to 38 degrees. and you can see a lot of clouds and we look out toward the western sky. south breeze at 7 miles per hour. around the rest of the area.the mix of 30s and 40s. charlottesville, 40. roanoke, 41. if you were watching us from south boston, 41. if you are watching us from near clarksville, right now your temperature is at 41. here is what it looks like across virginia. we are dry and areas of rain to the south in the carolinas and that rain will remain to the south. for tomorrow, we are going to be tracking a fast-moving cold front. it is a clipper-type cold front that is going to move into our area until it is going to be windy and cold tomorrow. be shinebe shining and the temperatures going to be similar to today, it is going to feel colder due to the wind. so here is what it looks like for you also on the other side of the mountain, especially as you work your way into west virginia. we will be seeing some snow, and it is possible there could be light snow and snow flurries along i-81 ne

a lynchburg man has been arrested on child pornography charges. police traced online sharing to clifton trent's apartment on floyd street. investigators got a search warrant and found evidence of digital child pornography. trent is charged with one count of distribution of child porn and 10 counts of possession. the father whose 3-year-old daughter died when his car collided with a train in austin lilly was orginially charged with involuntary manslaughter after police said a substance was found in his blood. but after looking at the evidence, prosecutors added an aggravated involuntary manslaughter charge. investigators say lilly's car collided with a train at a private crossing last march. his trial is scheduled for march 28. a person of interest in a nelson county shooting is in custody tonight. carlton currier was arrested today in fluvanna county. investigators say they found a shooting victim near river field lane this morning. that person is expected to survive. the sheriff's office says currier is wanted on felony charges in another jurisdi

search warrant in the case of the man who was shot in lynchburg general. what it says happened just before the security guard fired his weapon.whit plus, the standoff between ranchers and local authorities in oregon is heating up... this after shots were fired when authorities tried to bring a possible end to the standoff. pattie and this morning, we are getting a peek at what the historic virginian hotel in downtown lynchburg will look like when it opens for business once again. .. 3 3 3a few morning showers will give way to clearing skies and a dry but cool afternoon. i'll have your wednesday forecast coming up. 3 3pattie good morning virginia. it is wednesday, january 27th, 2016. i'm pattie martin.whit and, i'm whitney delbridge. thanks for starting your day with us. 3pattie the attorney for the man who was shot at lynchburg general says he's shocked by the newly released he gave abc 13 a copy. in the warrant.. lpd detective c-t davis writes.. 28-year-old jonathan warner attacked security officer wes gillespie in the dillard building. warner was able to

lynchburg, our current temperature is 57. that's come down from 64 earlier today. the dew point at 40. visibility is wide open. and the winds at six miles per hour. 63 in danville. 61 farmville. 66 roanoke valley. 62 for blacksburg. 48 in hot springs. and we have some clouds today. a little bit more than we had yesterday. we're still forecasting mostly clear skies overnight tonight. and more cloud cover will roll back in tomorrow morning. we have rain up towards the north. a bulk of this energy will misus in the north and you can see a trailing line of showers out towards indiana and illinois. that will be moving in here in the afternoon hours tomorrow. and then our attention will turn into is this system in the four corners area of vegas, phoenix, and l.a. and this will be moving in here for wednesday. and area of high pressure continues to slide off the coast. again a bulk of this energy will miss us towards the north. but the trailing cold front will not as that front continues to push through the we'll fire off showers for tomorrow. and a little bit of cool air

rush homes recieved about 430 thousand dollars to help build an affordable housing complex in the lynchburg area. the proposed complex, old forest village, will have 24 apartments. they say the money is a huge piece to get this project going... but it's only a drop in the bucket to fix the larger issue. 540 people are on their waiting list for they focus primarily on the lynchburg area, but say the wide. chris howell, rush homes program manager "it's not just the poor. lower middle class that are having to pay out so much of their income towards rent and utilities. " rush homes still has about four million dollars to raise for are optimistic. if all goes as to break ground next february or march. is doing something right because more and more tourists are choosing to visit and vacation in our area. the roanoke valley convention and visitors bureau says 2015 was the sixth record tourism growth. the demand for continually grown more money continues to pour in. spokeswoman catherine fox says tough to see in individual businesses, but is very clear through the overall region's economy. "tourism

a judge called the most violent murder in lynchburg knows his fate. mona kosar abdi was in the court room as dominic moss was sentenced. the latest at 6:00 -- >> mark: plus ... >> at this time she doesn't have the medication with her and we want to make sure she is able to get that medication as soon as possible. desperate p [ horn honks ] okay, this is u.s. cellular, and this is verizon. now, same phones, but with u.s. cellular you get 6 gigs of 4g data for only $40 per month -- $20 less than verizon. and u.s. cellular's network was built to work in places like out here, here, and here. so, with all of that, why would you ever go to verizon? switch to u.s. cellular now and get 6 gigs of data for just $40 a month plus get $300 back. bc 13 news. >> mark: tonight, there is mixed reaction following the endorsement of donald trump by liberty university president jerry falwell, jr. >> frep students and alumni, -- especially from students and alumni some who believe trump a strong christian man and others wonder where he stachbdz religiously. priscilla kais

lynchburg... martinsville and blacksburg thursday february 4-th another major retailer in valley view mall is gone. new york and company has closed. the women's wear to work clothing store closed just weeks after wet seal. the teen clothing store closed as part of a company wide move to shutdown 300 stores nationwide. no word yet on why new york and company left the mall. valley view mall management as well as company headquarters have yet to respond. facebook is making more money off of users than ever before. the social media site says ... it's made more than one-and-half billion dollars in profits during the last three months of 20-15. facebook has more than one and half billion people who use the site each month. facebook makes more than 13- dollars per user in the u-s and canada. barbie is now available in more realistic body types. mattel is offering barbie in three new shapes.... tall... she'll also be available in seven skin tones... 22 eye colors and 24 hairstyles. you can pre- order onli

lynchburg... radford residents don't have to wait any longer to go for a swim at one of newest facilities in the new river valley. thanks to an agreement between radford and christiansburg.. 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 t

a familiar voice to radio listeners in lynchburg has gone silent. bob abbott died tuesday. he was known as "mr. radio" in central virginia, having worked at various stations for more than 40 years. he started his career at w-p-v-r in roanoke before getting behind the microphone at w-l- l-l and w-g-o-l in lynchburg. in later years he managed a group of stations owned by centennial broadcasting. mari white/friend: "for those people who grew up in this area, bob was the voice of lynchburg radio. the music they grew up listening to was by bob abbott and their favorite songs are associated with bob abbott's voice. i think that's a great legacy." abbott was 65 years old. a celebration of his life will be held today at hyland heights baptist church. snow and ice are still a problem on some roads in our area. we'll tell you where you need to watch out for that, along with any other traffic alerts, next in your i-hometown traffic report. we're live at the berglund center for the kazim shrine circus. we chat with some of the performers coming up next. possible. high today near snow a

getting get up into the fifties easily tomorrow afternoon write rent fifty two degrees and rona can lynchburg about fifty three 53 in danville and 40s and are mountains communities now quiet over the weekend even to start but were watching a storm that will take shape across parts of the plane states in the midwest is can be coming in three different pieces one of those will bring snow to parts of the midwest it's i can a bring snow for ross the down across the south were talking severe weather potential in places like texas all the way arkansas and that's were were get have to watch because tuesday night into wednesday this front will move through the windsor get a become quite gusty and we have to wife's potential for some rain and maybe even some thunderstorms with that's a will state the a 70 polls he can see what's coming up that would be on groundhog day in the evening and then into early wednesday will will see that in and out of that out by some much colder temperatures will go back to the 40s. once again, you winter flashback spring preview almost bring premium 10 to 15 above average

to inch or so for today though no snow to worry about mid forties will do it mix of sun and clouds lynchburg loving stint bedford a mix of sun and clouds mid forties gretna danville martinsville south boston mid to upper forties head through the newer valley southwest blacksburg christiansburg radford pure lasky with bill galax low to mid forties partly sunny skies highlands greenbrier valley west virginia thirties and low first alert seven day planner the weekend is definitely for you highs in the 50s low 60s early next week man on tuesday groundhog come on one thing this is us on today or something like that would, temperatures in the upper 50s and wednesday more showers in the how much they rely on the internet. residents and businesses say they've been without internet for two weeks now. they weren't getting any answers so they wdbj7 for help, and verizon responded. tom: "we called them on the phone to check on it and they said the internet was down and they would have it back up that evening. that's been going on for two weeks. i call them everyday." o'malley: we've got so many people o

he's currently being held at the blue ridge regional jail in lynchburg. more than 50 people were arrested in montgomery county this week ... during a drug round up called operation "hard days night." the montgomery county sheriff's office ... along with other law enforcement agencies started the operation on wednesday. by today ... deputies say more than 50 people were arrested on 70 outstanding warrants ... the operation also lead to 40 additional drug and firearm charges. the search for a missing blacksburg teenager will continue tomorrow morning. in the search efforts today for 13-year-old nicole lovell ... a drone from virginia tech with infrared technology was used. officers from seven agencies ...including the f- b-i.. are still focusing on the mile radius around nicole's home. she was last seen there around midnight tuesday. her family says she has to take liver medication twice a day ... and cannot go without it. fred hawks & tammy weeks grandfather & mom no sleeping at night. can't eat. she needs she needs her medicine really bad. really bad. it'

well out of lynchburg. i think it was four, five years after i left college that my schools finally desegregated. my sister went to desegregated schools, i did not. >> you don't remember discussion among your teachers -- >> no. >> -- in 1954 -- >> no. >>> -- about what this might mean? >> i'm not sure it was even discussed. you have to understand at that time also, if they discussed it, they may have discussed it among themselves but i don't remember it being discussed as part of a lesson. i don't remember that. >> because you did not go to integrated schools, until you go to graduate school, how has the brown decision affected your-? it didn't affect the education you received. what effect has it had on you? >> well, first of all, i think it affect the me as a teacher. because the school where i first taught was segregated. and then they desegregated the school. i think it affect the me as a student in graduate school because i was able to go to george washington university, university of maryland. i even

lynchburg... martinsville and blacksburg colleting food. the sun was out in a more being grazed by a storm system that was sliding off of the east coast. a very weak system will slide through friday bringing with it some wind and a few stray flurries. tonight: partly cloudy and cool with lows around 30. friday: mostly sunny and cool. windy with temperatures in the low to mid 40s. friday night: mostly clear and cold with lows in the mid 20s. saturday starts our january thaw as temperatures make a run for the mid 50s. we warm things up even further heading into the upcoming week as 60s, possibly low to mid 60s make an appearance on the seven day forecast. rain arrives. that system will bring us back down to reality as 40s return for highs on thursday. filtered variety as we were being grazed by a storm system that was sliding off of the east coast. a very weak system will slide through friday bringing with it some wind and a few stray flurries. tonight: partly cloudy and cool with lows around 30. friday: mostly sunny and cool. windy with temp

zac glover: in lynchburg, zac the market sank into triple digit losses today on wall street. the dow fell 223 points. nasdaq lost 99. and the s and p president is getting a lot of attention for his endorsement of a presidential candidate. jerry falwell junior is throwing his personal support behind donald trump. when falwell released a statement yesterday backing trump, his words made national headlines. falwell sat down with our tim saunders this local interview on the topic. you hear from him tonight on wdbj7 at 6. for the latest weather anytime, turn to our webpage at wdbj7.com and be sure to follow us on facebook and twitter for weather headlines and more at wdbj7weather. thank you for choosing your hometown news leader, wdbj7.

appomattox, 28. 27 for lynchburg and altavista in the upper 20s. we will remain below freezing through 9 a.m. on your friday. make it above freezing between 9 and noon. highs tomorrow will be similar to today, but it is going to feel colder due to the wind. 43 at 3 p.m. around the rest of the area tomorrow, bedford, 43. appomattox, 45. alta vista, 44. if you were watching us from halifax county, you will make a run toward the upper 40s. show you the weekend forecast. morning with 20s and 55 during the afternoon, and for sunday, we will see a high in the lower 60s. your seven-day forecast show we will have those 60s and a lot and monday. we are going to remain dry for the weekend. good news for your outdoor plans. a few showers possible by tuesday. increasing heavier rain for all of us for wednesday. >>> a reminder now for our abc 13 good eats contest today through monday. log on to wset.com for your chance to win. if you scroll down on the home page, the link is under "trendpage, the link is under "trending." you can also get this information on ou

jonathan warner checked into lynchburg general hospital nearly three help for his anxiety and bi-polar disorder. according to a search warrant, warner attacked two hospital security officers after growing agitated. he took a taser off one officer's belt and discharged it at the other, just missing him according to police. the family told wdbj-7 warner fired the taser, but not at anyone. ruth ann warner/jonathan warner's mother:"as of now to go into a hospital to get treated, he now walks out with more trauma which is post traumatic stress, and he'll never walk again, that's the result of the last hospital visit for mental health." warner says she has full confidence her son was not the agressor. she has been advised by her family and lawyers not to share what she thinks happened just yet. the hospital says it has no comment on the incident as it's a police investigation. a roanoke boy and his family need help recovering the expenses of a life- saving heart 3-year-old spencer lockard was diagnosed with an enlarged heart, a condition that is usually deadly for children his age. thankfull

we're looking out live over lynchburg. cloudy skies. and the bigger story is the temperatures. we're well above freezing and that means that the ice and melt away. a southwest wind at six miles per hour. roanoke 41. virginia tech, blacksburg, 41. charlottesville, 45. 50 in danville, and 44 south boston. in the overnight hours and early morning hours, we'll see a few small showers possible. but the trend is by the time you wake up tomorrow, most of the rain is going to be well to our east. here's a look at 9:00, and even the richmond area is morning. throughout the day tomorrow, we're going to see clearing skies and wednesday afternoon, sunshine across the heart of virginia.