j class was designed and built right here in roanoke at the roanoke shops. there were 13 of them. 611 is the only one that survived and the only one that's actually out on the tracks and pulling under steam. train lovers day here at the virginia museum of transportation has been moved from this saturday to saturday, february 20th from 10 am to 5 pm. unfortunately, 611 will not be at the museum for the event, but a y-class locomotive also built in roanoke will be on display for visitors to get an up-close look at. the museum will also offer train rides, a flea market, and other educational events for the whole family. museum officials chose to move train lovers day to february 20th because of the forecast cold conditions. reporting live in roanoke, taylor kanost wfxr news. "around this wfxr news.taylor kanost in roanoke, taylor kanost wfxr "around this area, we get more crowded every day, people going to roanoke every day. sometimes you have to wait almost five minutes to pull out in the road." the plan is to have i-73 run through six states, but the commonwe

j class was designed and built right here in roanoke at the roanoke shops. there were 13 of them. 611 is the only one that survived and the only one that's actually out on the tracks and pulling under steam. train lovers day here at the virginia museum of transportation has been moved from this saturday to saturday, february 20th from 10 am to 5 pm. unfortunately, 611 will not be at the museum for the event, but a y-class locomotive also built in roanoke will be on display for visitors to get an up-close look at. the museum will also offer train rides, a flea market, and other educational events for the whole family. museum officials chose to move train lovers day to february 20th because of the forecast cold conditions. reporting live in roanoke, route 220 is one of the busiest and congested roads in our region. there have been plans to end the traffic headaches with the construction of a new interstate ... that would also run through several states. to the south, north carolina already wrapped up a big chunk of the project, south carolina has plans to begi

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roanoke county, roanoke city, franklin county and henry county. garrett if people have no power this morning and use candles and other heat sources just remember to be very careful with those especially around kids. a 47-year-old from farmville is charged with reckless driving appomattox county that sent her and five passengers to hospital. three of those were children, ages two, state police say it happened just after noon yesterday on route 460. heading west when she lost control, ran off the road, and flipped her suv. investigators say speed was a factor. the woman was also charged with two child restraint violations. the two- and seat belt instead of being in individual child safety seats. part of interstate 81 was closed during yesterday's storm after this wreck in frederick county. it happened in the northbound lanes interchange. state police say the truck was was loaded with 33 cattle, which broke free of the trailer and were wandering around the interstate. 6 of the animals escaped the damaged trailer. police and fire crews helped to round

one of the trips is called "the roanoker." the excursion will run on april 23-rd and 24-th from greensboro, north carolina to the star city. "the powhatan arrow" excursion will travel from roanoke into lynchburg on may seventh and eighth. walker nelms/virginia museum of transportation: "we are just so excited that 611 is back. we're just over the moon about it. awfully excited we have the excursions set and starting in april and moving through may and into june." some tickets start at 109- dollars. that's all for wsls ten at 5-30. continues right now. wednesday was a very wet day with heavy rain and storms as a powerful cold front rolled through the region. we did have some areas of flooding as well. the rain will get out of here by late this afternoon. it was a cooler than expected day, as the wedge was in play for some of us, holding temperatures down in spots. tonight: skies slowly clear, especially after midnight with lows in the lower 40s. fog is also possible too. tomorrow: mix of sun and clouds with highs in the mistake

area, roanoke and lynchburg. tickets for donors are already on sale, they went on sale yesterday and tickets to the general public go on sale monday morning at 10 a-m. vo sot morning for spencer north carolina for some final inspections and last minute work before this springs excursions. will leave out of roanoke travel through hardy to bedford and through greensboro. this spring excursions will take place all across our area, roanoke and lynchburg. tickets for donors are already on sale, they went on now to kristina, with a look at our forecast. thursday: increasing sunshine with highs in the upper 20s.staying breezy friday: increasing clouds with highs in the middle 30s.late-day & overnight light snow showers possible saturday: morning & early afternoon flurries possible. highs in upper 20s sunday valentine's day: mostly upper 20s and lower 30s monday: wintry mix possible with highs in the middle 30s tuesday: early wintry mix then gradual clearing.highs in the lower 40s . thursday: increasing sunshine with hig

live in downtown roanoke, shayne dwyer wdbj-7. expensive upgrades to dams across our state may not be needed thanks to new regulations that take effect next month. wdbj7's tim saunders is live in our lynchburg bedford newsroom. tim, what's changing and what impact will that have on lakes in our area? jean, the state agency that governs dams is reclassifying certain lakes in our region. the change comes after a push from lynchburg lawmakers and which owns one of the affected lakes. water levels at ivy lake in forest have been low for more than two years, because state regulators have been concerned about the lake's dam. the structure is one of hundreds across the state that were deemed inadequate to handle a catastrophic rain event. lee beaumont/senior vice president for auxiliary services: "the old values were very unrealistic." says lee beaumont, a construction manager at liberty university, which owns ivy lake. the state was estimating that a maximum rainfall of 35 inches could fall during one storm at ivy lake and it was forcin

what are the plans to keep jobs here in the roanoke railroad is a huge part of roanoke's history -- are there plans in place to keep them here? what are needs to >> january: and chef jeff already putting me to work in the kitchen. you probably already know who this is. this is kev jeff. joins us every week, sometimes a couple of days a week. we wish he could be here every day but today an interesting dish for us. a little surf and turf. >> the italia is something everyone is intimidated but about what we olive oil and onion and short grain italian rice and saute that together but you want it toasted and coated and add white wine to it and adding broth and the key is to stir, stir, stir. >> stir? what will happen if you dont stir? >> if you don't stir, it won't become creamy because these little granules of the short grain rice have a lot of starch and you're trying to mix and barb them together and bring out that starch. >> and you want to stir, stir, stir, stir. so think you finish stiring and probably still need to some more. and it is going to add the half a cup of broth and stir in

jobs here in the roanoke valley? the roanoke's history -- are there plans in place to keep them here? what are some major issues that roanoke needs to address as a city? and a random one, star city so unique? coming up on good day virginia. you can't buy it in stores, but people in pittsylvania county are getting their one of the cool perks of this place is you can eat as much cereal as you want. it's like i'm going to work to get some. alrighty. we just like cereal. we make it, eat it, love it, live it. in virginia - most milk must be pasturized - before it can make it to your refrigerator. some farmers - and families - found a way around the rules. w-f-x-r's solina lewis shows us how some people in pittsylvania county - are getting their hands on raw "it's just milk that's straight from the cow it's unprocessed it's straight from the animal for us to enjoy and consume"but unless you actually own a cow, or a share of a herd, it's not legal for virginians to enjoy or consume..."some states where it's illegal and some

the roanoker will travel from greensboro, north carolina to roanoke on april 23rd through the 24th. the powhatan will travel from roanoke to radford on may 7th and 8th. and the pelican will also travel from roanoke to radford on may 7th and 8th. prices range from around 100 dollars, up to a thousand. head to wdbj-7- dot-com for more information. it may be cold here in virginia, but things are heating up on the track at daytona. we'll have all the latest from speed weeks, coming up in dangerous road conditions as freezing rain continues for some. watch for heavy rain morning. while the weather has been cold and snowy here in southwest virginia, things are heating up down in florida as we continue to countdown to the daytona 500. here's zac glover in sports. good morning, i'm zac glover, with your look at sports. we're now just five days away from the official beginning of the nascar season. travis wells continues our coverage of speed weeks leading up to the 500 from the beach in daytona. travis wells: "here in daytona beach, florida, a pair of rookie drivers have been the toast of s

ananda rochita/roanok e "as part of the renovations, a former roanoke county school was demolished. however they were able to save 60,000 bricks to serve as benches outside. in roanoke ananda rochita wsls 10." widespread power outages continue to affect nearly 7- thousand people in southwest virginia tonight. there are still more than 250 locations - the majority in roanoke city and county -- without power. cold house the last two days and resorted to warming up in the car. they bought a cooler to prevent food spoliage... altogether they've spent 200-dollars on extra supplies and gas. charles nichols / lost power: "the reason that it's not going to be on till friday is fill in the blank...we were not given any kind of answer. it's very frustrating to say here's the problem, but we're not going to provide you with what the solution is going to be." state farm insurance tells us food spoilage is typically covered subject to your deductible. appalachian power says 650 workers are helping restore power for everyone by friday. turning now to your forecast ... another sunny day for us ...

j class was designed and built right here in roanoke at the roanoke shops. there were 13 of them. 611 is the only one that survived and the only one that's actually out on the tracks and pulling under steam. train lovers day here at the virginia museum of transportation has been moved saturday, february 20th from 10 am to 5 pm. unfortunately, for the event, but a y-class locomotive also built in visitors to get an up-close offer museum officials chose to move train lovers day to february 20th because of the forecast cold conditions. reporting live in roanoke, taylor kanost wfxr news. wfxr news.taylor kanost in roanoke, reporting live in roanoke, taylor kanost "around this more crowded every day, people going to roanoke every you have to wait to have i-73 run through six to have i-73 run the plan is out in the road." the plan is to have i-73 run through six states, but the commonwealth is the only state where construction hasn't started. coming up a little later right here on good day virginia. why that is and what's next for the future of the proposed inters

we begin with a developing story out of roanoke county. in the last 90- minutes, authorities confirmed there was wdbj7's christian heilman is live on scene at electric road in roanoke county. christian, what have you learned? this is still a very active scene out here as officers are still piecing together what happened here earlier. roanoke county police confirmed that a male was shot by police. police say all this information is preliminary. at 7:15, they recieved a call that a black man wearing a bandanna and hoodie was waving a gun off route 419. we spoke with a witness who says he made that call. he was driving when he saw the man. thomas gill, witness "i saw his gun in the right hand. so he was waving it at cars and he turned around and he was waving it at me so i turned around and took a left and i called 911." amy whittaker, roanoke county spokesperson "officers then arrived on scene and they confronted the suspect which is just up the road from walgreens parking officer involved shooting that took place. the suspect was transporte

in roanoke, kimberly mcbroom, wdbj7. if you'd like to read the roanoke valley transit vision plan, or weigh in with your own opinion, you can do it online. we've put up a link to it on our website, wdbj7-dot-com. rain late tuesday. thursday. a lot to follow in your first alert forecast. here is a look at the highs, lows and precipitation at the regional airports. we are back with the complete first alert forecast after this nextbig thing today but pretty good warmth as well and now a series of cold fronts wants to come our way and as they do it keeps changing the weather story each day into something a little bit different lanzarote diminish tonight that system good news cold front is now the one that brought winds now, heading toward the coast it's a fairly quiet overnight but is in the front working there meanwhile got low-pressure along this boundary and that's our tuesday night rainmaker budget tuesday will be fairly quiet and wednesday thursday we got to watch colder air start to move into the region it's bottled up

roanoke is hundreds of miles away from the united nations. yet, it offers its own welcoming commitee for people from all nationalities and religious backgrounds, including muslims. local colors executive director beth lutjen says they've long been a part of our community. beth lutjen/local colors executive director: it's not that in the last few years, muslims have first come to america. muslims have been here for many, many, many years. they are a part of the american story." that story includes roanoke's masjid- an- nur mosque, whose founding members were u- s army veterans. that's a little known fact its assistant imam, arthur mcdonald brought to our attention when we sat down with him. mcdonald's married, with two sons in roanoke city public schools. virginia's been his home for over 20 years, and roanoke for the last four. arthur mcdonald/ roanoke resident: we love mill mountain. we love going to the zoo up there. my youngest son, he loves chuck e cheese, so we're always going to chuck e cheese. loves living here. his experience has larg

j class was designed and built right here in roanoke at the roanoke shops. there were 13 of them. 611 is the only one that survived and the only one that's actually out on the tracks and pulling under steam. train lovers day here at the virginia museum of transportation has been moved from this saturday to saturday, february 20th from 10 am to 5 pm. unfortunately, 611 will not be at the museum for the event, but a y-class locomotive also built in roanoke will be on display for visitors to get an up-close look at. the museum will also offer train rides, a flea market, and other educational events for the whole family. museum officials chose to move train lovers day to february 20th because of the forecast cold conditions. route 220 is one of the busiest and congested roads in our region. there have been plans to end the traffic headaches with the construction of a new interstate ... that would also run through several states. to the south, north carolina already wrapped up a big chunk of the project, south carolina has plans to begin construction next year. h

elected leaders in roanoke, roanoke county and salem still have to vote on the proposal. and it could be several months before the new center is up and running in the roanoke valley. changes at the state level are lowering the cost of repairs needed for a bedford county dam. wdbj7's tim saunders tells us the change comes after a push from lynchburg lawmakers and liberty university, which owns one of the affected lakes. water levels at ivy lake in forest have been low for more than two years, because state regulators have been concerned about the lake's dam. the structure is one of hundreds across the state that were deemed inadequate to handle a lee beaumont/senior auxiliary services: "the old values were very unrealistic." says lee beaumont, a construction manager at liberty owns ivy lake. estimating that a maximum rainfall of 35 inches could fall during one storm at ivy lake and it was forcing l-u to make around 2-million dollars worth of changes to the lake's dam. charles spence/senior vice president for construction planning: "we looked throughout the whole state and

a woman connected to a murder investigation at a roanoke hotel was sentenced today in roanoke city circuit court. according to online court records ... brea belcher was sentenced to 5 years in jail ... with 4 years and 2 months suspended. belcher was charged with accessory after the fact to murder after police found geoffrey ndwiga of roanoke dead inside the rodeway inn last june from apparent gunshot wounds. mya rae lee was also charged with accessory after the fact. jamal daniels was arrested and charged with first degree murder in his death. also new tonight ... the lynchburg police department is investigating 3 counterfeit cases. incidents happened friday at the ward's road locations of target ... michaels ... and dick's sporting goods. police say fake 100-dollar bills were used. detectives say they're are working to identify the suspect pictured on your screen. anyone who can identify this man ... or has any information about the crime ... is asked to call the lynchburg police department. new tonight at 11 ... deputy tim jones is named as roanoke city's interim police chief. city mana

is hosting a fundraising event in roanoke. new details in friday's roanoke county officer involved shooting. police say .. 18- year-old kionte deshaun spencer died after being shot twice by roanoke county police. police say ... he was found carrying what they believed to be a handgun near the cave spring shopping area... but it was a b-b pistol air gun. after ignoring repeated demands to drop his weapon, two officers deployed their tasers. the tasers were ineffective. that's when they shot spencer twice, hitting him in the hip and collarbone. wsls10's christina craig was able to talk to spencer's brother and joins us live. christina, i understand the brothers talked regularly? yes, i spoke with spencer's in fact, he was waiting right outside of the roanoke county public safety building at the same time as the news conference. spencer was hoping to find out more about his brother's death. while the brothers didn't live together, spencer says ... they talked about 4 times a week. the last time he spoke with his brother was just

the hardest hit areas are roanoke county and franklin county. coming up later in this morning's newsmakers segment, we'll talk with teresa hall from appalachian power about when the lights might come back on. it was a close call for a henry county family after a tree fell on their mobile home. wanda morgan says her grandson was sleeping on the couch where the tree fell, just moments before it happened. she says her family heard what sounded like a frieght train and then a big boom. they do not have home insurance but her son and friends are helping to remove as much debris as they can. wanda morgan/homeowner: "someone could have been hurt really bad or killed in there. that tree should have fell all the way down." in the same area, trees brought down power lines and wind blew over an old gas station overhang. leaders say it could be days before some people in henry county get their power back. if your powers off, there is a safe way to stay comfortable until it comes back on. experts say the best thing to do is wear powered candles instead of re

new this morning: for a man who may be armed in roanoke county. the man is suspected of being the driver of a car that was chased by state police last night. the car crashed, flipped and caught on fire. the county says the vehicle was coming from franklin county on route 220 when it hit another vehicle near webb road. taken to the hospital. stay with wdbj7, and wdbj7-dot-com for any updates. a pulaski county the outcome in ashley white's trial opening arguments lawyers are prepared to call 23 witnesses to testify in the case. a judge agreed to change the trial location because the potential jurors interviewed monday and tuesday knew about the case. but late tuesday night the judge and lawyers agreed to have a bench trial instead of a jury trial. a lawyer not asssociated with this case says that decision may now benefit ashley white. richard chidester/giles county attorney: "you may certainly get the same outcome but the judge is certainly more likely to be not caught up in the emotion and the passion of the case." he says it's human nature for a j

roanoke. wfxr's kristen eskow was at the event and has more. :00-:051:07-1:121:20-1:25 kristen intro: that mayoral candidates forum was hosted by the roanoke regional chamber inside center in the square. both candidates - vice mayor dave trinkle and city discussed a variety of issues - with less than 48 hours to go before their democratic firehouse primary.vo:a major issue discussed was the economy. the candidates each called for stronger communication with businesses here in the city - councilman lea emphasized monthly meetings with businesses, while vice mayor trinkle talked about making actions like permit applications easier for businesses and offering more incentives to businesses.transportation was also a big issue discussed here. both candidates discussed street improvements, especially lea, who advocated for overall street and infrastructure improvements in the city. trinkle discussed 10th street improvements as well as calling for an increased focus on multi-modal transportation in th

in roanoke dc wsls ten. students at washington and lee university predict donald trump to win the 20-16 presidential election. over 1300 delegates predicted trump will win the race for the white house. ted cruz came in second and marco rubio rounded up the top three. students also nominated kentucky governor matt bevin for vice president. out of the 25 conventions --- students have been right 19 times. guest speaker newt gingrich spoke yesterday. news struck last night shocking political branches across the nation. supreme court justice antonin scalia died in texas saturday at the age of 79. karin caifa has the latest from washington d-c. surprise to many here in washington on a saturday afternoon, and it wasnt long before tributes came pouring in for supreme court justice antonin scalia. but also, the discussion about a successor and the political battle that is yet to come. shocking and surprising news on saturday. supreme court justice antonin scalia, dead at the age of 79, while on a hunting trip to texa

he led roanoke with 32 points, 10 rebounds. valley's daniel rowe knocks-down the corner 3 for the hornets. lynchburg's austen arnold though, was the star of this show, dropping 41 points. he gets back to back baskets as the hornets led by as many as 17 in the first half. joey miller helps the maroons get back in this one with 31 points and this one needs 2 overtimes to determine a winner. brace yourself for these numbers. it was tied at 131 through regulation, and lynchburg goes-on to win it 160 to 156. also wednesday night-- duke-unc, where the ranked tar heels 74 to 73. that's your thursday morning look at sports. leaders of an athletic organization say they need more space for their teams to practice and hope a new project solves that problem. the rockbridge area recreation organization is planning to extend their practice fields at the brewbaker field complex on this 2 acres of land. the project will cost around 180-thousand dollars. aside from grants, 50-thousand will come from the city of lexington and rockbridge county t

downtown roanoke inc... and friends of the blue ridge parkway-- there are more than one-hundred- twenty local organizations taking part in the big day. this is the first time the roanoke valley has ever held a day of online giving like this.. and organizers are hoping for a big response from the community. similar events across the commonwealth have been extremely successful.. like the online giving day in richmond, that raised more than one and a half million dollars. the goal for roanoke's give big day... to reach 150-thousand dollars in just twenty-four hours. it's very easy, you go to the roanoke valley gives website and pick from a list of organizations and its right in front of you. you can do it in your pajamas when you're getting ready to go to bed or getting ready for work. just take 5 minutes and do it.. it's a very easy way to make a huge the minimum donation is ten dollars.. so whether you decide to give a little.. or a lot, it's totally up to you. the day of giving is march sixteenth.. so you st

the roanoke heart ball takes place on saturday, february 13th at the hotel roanoke. you can head to our website, virginiafirst.com, to get tickets and find more information on the night that coming up next on good day virginia: airbag recall! is your car one of the millions on a newly released list? the details you need! vandals in galax attack a factory and force dozens to miss work this week .we'll hear what businesses nearby cool high pressure will gradually build into the centralappalachians from the west today...passing overhead friday intosaturday. sunday...low pressure moves across the southeast and off the coast. at this time this system will keep the main precipitation southeast of our area. the huge recall of deadly takata airbags recall of area. the takata airbag recall list is now expanding to include newer models. airbags from the japanese manufacturer are at risk for exploding as they inflate, firing out shards of metal, leading to serious injuries. the defect has already prompted the biggest auto recall in american history. so far, more than 20-million

aep reporting more than 8400 people out in roanoke city. roanoke county has almost 10,000. rankin county close to 10,000. bedford about 1400. lynchburg has just over 100 people without power. if you're trying to stay up-to-date with the closings and delays, you can do that from your phone. go to wset.com and then go to the weather tab and scroll to school closing alerts. you can have the alerts sent right to your phone and you can choose a specific school. we will have the latest on closings and delays at he sure to check online, facebook, and twitter to step today. we're not the only ones dealing with ice and rain. 15 states on alert from north carolina all the way up to maine. the storm is being blamed for thousands of accidents in a three-hour delay. the federal government buildings in washington >> reporter: this morning, the national weather service will be on the ground looking into 17 reported tornadoes from florida to louisiana that left homes and businesses damaged and destroyed. roofs ripped off building. debris across streets and nearby water. further north, the

a roanoke man in jail without bond this morning after breaking into the roanoke valley baptist temple tuesday. officers later identified and arrested the suspect. angelo fuller now faces one count of breaking and entering and two counts of you don't have to book a flight to hollywood, to enjoy "a night at the oscars."just head to downtown roanoke for this year's heart ball.. just a week and a half away.it's an event that brings out the raise life-saving funds for the american heart association. wfxr's becky freemal takes a look at a local artist whose work plays a big role at the ball. 36-49 nats/talking as we work on glitter and heartjohn reburn says14:40-anytime you take something oversized, large format - it is a challenge, but i love a challenge and i love the strange and wonderful. john reburn's work can be seen at his print shop appalachia press in downtown roanoke ... and is sold to customers around the country.nats/thanks to his generosity, his bigger-than-life artwork will soon be seen at the hotel roanoke ... created for the roanoke heart ball's "a night at the oscars."john

big changes are coming to the hotel roanoke. good evening, and thanks for joining us for wsls 10 at seven. i'm dawn jefferies. and i'm lindsey ward. the trial of a pulaski county woman charged with child abuse and neglect will still happen in not be decided by a jury. last night ... the judge granted ashley white a change of venue ... after a jury couldn't be seated. 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

and the "roanoke star soccer club... it's part of a growing trend as many local governments partner up with private businesses to develop unused land into parks.. and in this case, soccer fields. includes three full sized world cup soccer fields.. which can be converted into six junior fields. the fields are being built right behind fleming high school... and danny beamer, the club.. tells me this project will have a direct neighborhoods. sot it has shown where green grass areas in neighborhoods increase home values and increases the ability to have fitness and things like that available to neighbors and businesses, we'll be bringing in a lot of events. so it will help hotels the restaurants around the mall. it will be a positive, a win- vo the fields will be used to host local and national soccer live in hopes of bringing in teams from all across the east coast.. to stay at hotels, work roanoke. i'm erin brookshier, wsls 10. important news if you're planning on boarding the class j-611 steam locomotive in roanoke this s

quarter of an inch in roanoke. light in nature. not expecting flooding concerns as we have been dry the past couple of days. 65 in lynchburg. 62 in lecting ton. 68 in danville. 65 in roanoke. mostly clear and cool with lows in the upper 30s. now we have that first cold front that will move through. super tuesday dry. and we will watch rain coming tuesday and early wednesday and thursday night to friday. next one will move through. you notice the low around 31. we'll watch to see if we could sea winter mix that is what is going on in weather. patty? >> patti: all right. thank you. today as the evergreen community continuous rebuilding following the tornado. a church is mourning its own. i said inned with's storm. every deteriorate green methodist opened doors to grieve and he feel member sang and prayed and the pastor spoke about coming together in tragedy. >> now we can take it home with us. and try to use it to bring our lives together be each other. >> patti: fun ral is today at 11. burial will follow in. >> mental health service

but roanoke city, roanoke county and salem are partnering on a regional center that citizens will use to report accidents involving property damage. police officers will continue to investigate accidents that involve injuries, traffic violations or other unusual circumstances. but for wrecks with property damage alone, the regional collision reporting center will take care of the paperwork. howard hall/roanoke county police chief: this concept has actually been used in canada for better than 20 years, particularly in the toronto area the roanoke center would be a first for the united states, but roanoke county police chief howard hall says the concept has strong public support in canada. he says the system will get motorists off the road and out of danger more quickly, and allow police officers to concentrate on more important activities. what we anticipate this to do is free up officer time that would normally be taken in to use that for higher priorities. and in my mind, higher priority is taking part in activities that would help us reduce the number of traffic crashes. -- the coll

in roanoke, kristen eskow, wfxr news. if you'd like to host a pillowcase project class at your organization - or if you know a family that needs a smoke detector installed - just head to virginia first dot com. w-f-x-r news has partnered up with the american red cross. we have a special ' fire prevention week' page - with resources to help you and your family. special ' fire we have a american red with the partnered up w-f-x-r first dot com. head to virginia installed - just needs a smoke family that or if you know a organization - project class at pillowcase like to host a if you'd if you'd like to host a pillowcase project class at your organization - or if you know a family that needs a smoke detector installed - just head to virginia first dot com. w-f-x-r news has partnered up with the american red cross. we have a special ' fire prevention week' page - with resources to help you and your family. after winter storms, industries of the valleys often see a decrease in donations. and thats the time they need donations t

how does the roanoke valley compare to the community where you grew up? roanoke valley. we hope you enjoy living here. kimberly, in the next half-hour, i'm going to ask garrett about his interest outside the television station. i can tell you, we're probably going to hear some fish stories. and joe, another passion of mine is sports. coming up in this weeks hometown hoops weekly, we'll introduce you to a basketball coach from our area who's team gets a lot of yettemperatures starting off thirties and forties pretty much across the board the exception danville little bit warmer fifty six only thirty nine louisburg thirty five hot springs at cooler air moving in from the northwest down to the south east over time so we all will continue to cool down a little bit this afternoon with a little more sunshine we have that front along the coastline close enough so they'll throw some clouds every now again in our direction and also care were loud astray shower down toward south side and one just to the south danville now be heading up toward south boston there everyone else relat

we're told that all roanoke city and roanoke county schools will start on time tomorrow. live in roanoke joe dashiell wdbj7. power spokesperson teresa hall. we know at the highest 45 thousand apco customers in virginia were without power. how many tonight are still without electricity? teresa hall/appalachian power spokesperson: around 5,000 customers are still without service in roanoke county and the city of roanoke. franklin county has about 1,000 customers without service. bedford, botetourt, campbell, and patrick counties each have fewer than 600 customers still without service. jean: we've noticed in some neighborhoods one house has power, the next does not. some people are wondering how is it power but i don't? expect service to be back on for customers? teresa: in most areas, including bedford, botetourt, campbell and patrick counties, we expect to have service restored by late tonight. in franklin and roanoke counties, including the city of roanoke, we expect customers to have power by late thursday night. in isolated instances, especially where damage is severe

in roanoke, charlie cooper w-f-x-r news. if you missed the convention today, you can attend tomorrow at hotel can register g ly cloudy this evening...then becoming mostlycloudy. cold with lows around 17. temperature rising into the lower 20s. northwest winds around 10 mph this evening...becominglight and variable..friday...cloudy with a 20 percent chance of snow. highs in themid 30s. light and variable winds...becoming southwest around10 mph in the afternoon..friday night...mostly cloudy with a slight chance of snowshowers in the evening...then partly cloudy after midnight.blustery and cold with lows 11 to 19. northwest winds 15 to25 mph with gusts up to 40 mph. chance of snow 20 percent. wind .saturday...mostly sunny and blustery. cooler with highs in thelower 20s. northwest winds 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 40 mph.wind chill values as low as 8 below in the morning. .saturday night...partly cloudy. cold with lows around 8 above.northwest winds 15 to 20 mph. wind chill values as low as6 below..sunday...mostly sunny. highs

roanoke - 5,143.. henry co - 2,583 ... roanoke co -3,617 ... smaller outages are underway in warmer temperatures and the rain we're seeing right now is leading to some flooding... especially on roads. the snow has been cleared out of the road and in some cases, piled on top of storm drains, freezing back over and keeping all of the rain from running off of the roads and into the drains. crew have been working overnight to clear the drains. winter storm warning in effect until noon today today: morning rain showers.after noon clearing with highs in the middle to upper 40s tonight: isolated showers possible mix of ice & rain .lows in the lower 30s wednesday: isolated icy mix possible in the morning.gradu our region as you head out the door this morning. ahead at 6..... more winter including a live update on power outages. "these roads are gonna be treacherous." after a day of snow ... much of the commonwealth is now covered in ice. how crews are working to clear the slick roadways that will likely cause a messy commute. # plus one of several fami

in other news tonight.an update to a homicide investigation in roanoke. police have identified the man who was found dead inside of his home yesterday afternoon-- in the 500 block of westwood road north-west. police are still investigating martavious ra'shad cook's cause of death.no arrests have been made. but the investigation is on-going. in pittsylvania county- a former jail employee has been indicted for having a sexual relationship with a jail inmate. 49-year-old sharon mckensie is facing 3 feloniy charges.investigators say she worked in the pittsylvania was arrested last week and released on bond.her next court appearence is set for march 3rd. in botetourt county-the group pushing to stop two historic slave dwellings from being relocated-- say they are planning another protest at the site tomorrow morning.a representative from the friends of greenfield preston plantation group says the county's actions -- during the past few days prompted the protest. the group made a proposal to the county--- that would allow the buildings to stay at their original

at roanoke from our sky cam. sure on our sunday as temperatures make a run for the mid 60s under mostly sunny skies. the breeze will kick up once again, but the wind will help to usher in our nice new warm air mass. today: mostly sunny and warm with highs in the mid 60s. tonight: mostly clear with lows in the mid 40s. monday: warm with a stray shower. highs in the low to mid 60s. the warmth continues into area could flirt with 70 degrees out ahead of a storm system that will change some things by the end of this work week. that system arrives late tuesday night bringing the chance for rain and thunderstorms through the first part of wednesday. behind that system will come a shot of colder air for thursday and friday. late our top story this morning ... a virginia police officer is dead this morning after being shot and on her frist day back with the department. officer ashley guindon died after being shot saturday night. she and two other prince william county officers were on the scene of a domestic dispute in w

i mailed them from across the roanoke valley to myself. and i also sent letters to my friends in south bend, indiana, springfield, missourri, wichita, kansas and all the way to anchorage, alaska. one by one the letters came back to me in person and in pictures, all sporting the greensboro post mark. every letter met the service standard and arrived by the time the post office said it would, a stark being told. "i'm hearing it from carriers, i'm hearing it from customers, i'm hearing it from businesses and i'm hearing the complaints that the congressmen and senators are getting." congressman bob goodlatte has been a vocal opposition to the closures since the beginning and says the only way to get this right is be more efficient, but not increase the distance letters have to travel. "they've set themselves a new standard and many of our constituents have contacted us and said they're not meeting lower standard." shayne dwyer, the post office wouldn't tell us how they've gotten from delayed mail. handles concerns on a case by case people gath

the race for roanoke mayor is days away. elections, roanoke will soon have a new and a vote this weekend could decide who will lead the city. wdbj7's joe dashiell is in the studio tonight with a preview of saturday's firehouse primary. jean and chris, after 16 years as mayor david bowers isn't running for re- election. two of his colleagues on council, democrats sherman lea and david trinkle hope to replace him. and both are running hard in the run-up to saturday's firehouse primary. sherman lea has served on city council for 12 years. david trinkle for ten. both men say they have the combination of public service, professional experience and passion to lead the city for the next four years. sherman lea/(d) candidate for roanoke mayor: i'm sherman lea. i'm running for mayor. we caught up with lea in downtown roanoke, where he was greeting people on the city market, and visiting business people in their stores. i have been involved in things in this community that have made an impact. lea touts his experience in public safety, most recently on the virginia parole board, and a record of pe

gusts up to 30 miles per hour in roanoke. we have got wind chills in the single dimmits for many of us. your school day forecast. a mix of sun and clouds. tell be breezy and cold. gusts up to 20-25 miles per hour later in the day. only at 32 by lunch. 35 for the afternoon. that cold weather am stick with us throughout the week and valentine's day weekend. we will look at the 7 day. it is coming up. patty? >> patti: thank you. melipsasm a pennsylvania county woman could spend 50 year in prison. pleaded guilt tow second dids murder and arson in the death of donna lenear. she add meted killing her and setting her house on fire. an autopsies revealed lenear died of sharp injuries to her head. she admit the the killing was not in self defense. >> mona: we are learning about an amber alert. owner of the home where steven moses had been staying. >> ed when he came here he had permission from her family to come pick her up. and that he would be bringing her back. >> an amber ars alert was issued who was taken from her father. tonya l

roanoke pinball museum ... harrison museum of african american culture and the history museum of western virginia. so make sure to come out and donate! still ahead -- things are heating up down south ... the latest on the democratic presidential primary. "good afternoon ... the polls are open and the heat is on tonight in south carolina. hillary clinton and bernie sanders fought hard to win the first-in-the-south primary. and now, the final votes are coming in. wsls 10's national correspondent chance seales is live in washington. chance -- clinton seems to be in good shape. she looks strong. about 50% of democrats voting tonight -- are expected to be minorities. that's a big deal for clinton, who has won over many black women....somethin g bernie sanders hasn't been able to match, so far. still, both candidates have been verbatim winning south carolina -- would solidify the momentum -- that's been building in the solidify the momentum -- that's been building in the clinton camp. as we head into super tuesday -

the opening of his second virginia office in roanoke. the new office is located on franklin road and opened to the public on saturday. earlier this week. sanders opened his another office in fairfax county. virginia is one of the 11 super . u.s. defense department will not take additional action against the excrashing i adirect accused of sharing classified information. david patrags admitted to sharing the information with his misstress. carter's clood demoting patraeus from a four star general to three star that would have acted his requirement this . decision clears patraeus to receive his full retirement benefits as a retired four star general he is liable for wrong doing he committed on active duty. >> and still to come, a cancer patient proposes to his favorite nurse. app >> mona: let's check your bus stop weather. 47 in lynchburg. 51 in danville. 40 in roanoke. a clear and cool start to our day. we head hour by hour through monday and february thirst. dry with a mix of sun and clouds through lunch. we are in the upper 50s near 60

police are looking for a man who may be armed in roanoke county. be armed in roanoke county. suspected of being the driver of a car that was chased by night. flipped and caught on fire. the county says the vehicle was coming from franklin county on route 220 when it hit another vehicle near webb road. four people were stay with wdbj7, and wdbj7-dot-com for any updates. judge will now decide instead of a jury. opening arguments begin today and lawyers are prepared to call 23 witnesses to testify in the case. a judge agreed to change the trial location because about 60 percent of the potential jurors interviewed monday and tuesday knew about the case. but late tuesday night the judge and lawyers agreed to have a bench trial instead of a jury trial. a lawyer not asssociated with this case says that decision may now benefit ashley white. richard chidester/giles county attorney: "you may certainly get the same outcome but the judge is certainly more likely to be not caught up in the emotion and the nature for a jury not familiar with the law to preceive certain pieces of evidence differentl

roanoke's most will get a face liftplans to spruce up the place. "around this area, we get "around this "around this area, we get more crowded every day, people going to roanoke every day. sometimes you have to wait almost five minutes to pull out in the road."route 220 is one of the busiest and congested roads in our region. there have been plans to end the traffic headaches with the construction of a new interstate ... that would also run through several states.to the south, north carolina already wrapped up a big chunk of the project, south carolina has plans to begin construction next year ... even started.in fact, plans interstate 73 have been stalled for the past 20 years. the plan is to have eye-73 run through 6 states.but wfxr news found out -virginia is the only state were construction has not started. we sent kristen escow in search of answers.kristen- will construction ever start here in the commonweath. w-f-x-r's kristen eskow joins us live from franklin county - so kristen, will i-73 ever come to be in virginia? becky and travell - off

charlie cooper, reportingafter facing some fatal fires in southeast roanoke last year, roanoke fire ems installed 66 of these smoke detectors in that area alone.kim krulikowski- red cross, disaster program specialistwe offer these alarms to anybody, whether they rent or own. whether they're in a single family home, a modular home or an apartment. she recommends that people replace their fire alarms after five years and basement- but there are some places to avoid.kim krulikowski- red cross, disaster program specialistin the kitchen, bathroom, near fire places, anywhere you're likely to get a false alarm. nat sound alarmwhen it comes to picking the right alarm, roanoke fire ems says it depends on what works best in your home.tiffany bradbury- fire prevention specialist- roanoke fire emsthey have some that even if one goes off they're all going to go off which is great. there's some that are hard wired into the home and have battery backups so you really need to look at what works best.the next step is to have a good plan to get out. in roanoke, charlie cooper w-f-x-r news. the fire depar

first of all, tell us how the museum made it's way to roanoke? what got the musuem to where it's membership and other opportunities? it's time to break out your favorite flip flops, beachwear and sunglasses as dozens of people will take an icy dip at the new river polar plunge! we've got a head to your neighborhood enterprise car sales and let the people who buy more vehicles than anyone... shift your thinking about buying your next one. i'm hillary clinton and i approve this message. her life's work has been about breaking barriers. and so would her presidency. which is why, for every american who's not being paid what they're worth... who's held back by student debt or a system tilted against them- country can't reach it's potential... unless we all do. together. folks will bear "all" in support of special olympics virginia tomorrow in radford. it's all part of the new river polar plunge at bissett on this event is development director, matt camire beside getting wet, what can people expect if they come out to the event? how did the plunge get

the majority live in roanoke city and roanoke county. that number is down drastically from the peak of nearly 50- thousand outages yesterday .. following monday's winter storm. more than 500 line workers are helping restore power .. including more than 300 employees and contractors from outside the area. people impacted by the outages tell us .. they are ready for restoration. charles nichols / lost power: "we woke up this morning and it was 48-degrees in the house." herbert coles/ aep supervisor: "we understand everybody needs their power, but we have to be meticulous in how we restore power so, that we don't create a hazard and we're able to avoid the hazards that have been created by nature." power is expected to be back on in bedford, botetourt, campbell and patrick counties tonight. a-e-p says it may be friday before everyone's electricity is after serving her community home-cooked meals for generations.. the legacy of a local woman lives on. "she treated everybody right and she treated them good. why alpha averill's sons say ... pe

you have to go back to 1967 to find a lower number in the city of roanoke." chief perkins says it's all about policing. technology ranging from license plate readers... body cameras, use of data analysis and de- escalation training all play a factor. and, have helped decreased the percent. sure we stay with best practices and we are constantly evaluating those practices to the uniqueness of our city and how we implement things." perkins adds we can only be a local police chief is preparing to say "goodbye" to his facial hair ... for a good cause. the department's effort ... to raise changing his look ... for a good cause. it all started with a bet .... when a fellow officer asked what it would take for lieutenant jennings tardy to get rid of his mustache. lieutenant tardy has had a mustache for 36 years. in fact... his wife and children have never seen him without it before. tardy says if the police department can internally raise 2-thousand dollars for the american cancer society, his stache will meet the razor blade. lt. jennings tardy, roanoke city would i