mcbroom. we just learned that blacksburg police are searching for a missing 13-year-old. nichole lovell is without her daily medication needed after having a liver transplant. she was last seen early this morning in the lantern ridge area. nichole has a tracheotomy scar on her throat and was last seeing pink and brown cowboy boots. if you have any information, call the blacksburg police department. new at noon: norfolk southern says it has plans for job cuts by the end of this year. in a statement today, the norfolk- based railroad profits slid more than 25 percent in the fourth quarter of last year. the railroad says it will cut about 12 year, and at least 800 more by 2020. there are also plans to reduce overtime costs and improve efficiency by locomotive fleet. continues to deal with the effects of a declining coal industry, while trying bid from rival canadian pacific. donald trump throws another curveball in the g-o-p race for

skip tomorrow night's debate on fox news. trump says fox news isn't treating him fairly, by having megyn kelly host the debate. on the democratic side, the race is still tight, with bernie sanders leading hillary clinton in the latest poll. clinton's campaign is now pushing in a newly- proposed democratic debate, one not sanctioned by the democratic sanders has no plans to show up. new details today on the standoff in oregon. a deadly shootout overnight could help of a federal wildlife refuge by armed men. as carter evans reports, police shot and killed the group's spokesman after a traffic stop. n. this video shows fbi agents and police intercepting militant leader ammon bundy and several other militia members on a oregon highwaynot far from where they've occupied federal land

shots were fired, bundy was arrested, his brother ryan was shot but has non-life threatening injuries (natsot lavoy) (too quick to font) "this is about your freedom to move about this country" lavoy finicum, a spokeman for the protestors was killed in the shootout according to ammon bundy's father cliven who spoke with cbs station koin (gfx cliven bundy phoner sot)(feeds folder: koin standoff) "ryan bundy had been shot in the arm lavoy finnican had been murdered. cold bloodedly murdered." (vo bundy) last night heavily armed officers stood guard outside a hospital believed to be holding one of the militia members. at least 8 people connected to the armed protest were arrested tuesday on a federal felony charge of conspiracy to impede officers. on january 2nd bundy and his armed followers took control of the malheur national wildlife refuge. they claim the federal government is forcing ranchers to sell their lands. just days ago, oregon governor kate brown stepped up pressure on federal authorities to end the occupation. (sot: gov. kate brown/d-oregon) (partially covered, no font) "the situation is

immediately. (standup close: carter evans, cbs news, burns oregon) we don't know how many people are still occupying buildings inside the refuge or if law enforcement has cleared everyone out. (anchor tag: for weeks authorithies here have taken a hands off approach to this occupation but that changed tuesday. bundy and his followers were heading to a town meeting when they were stopped by police. it's unclear who fired first. carter evans, burns, oregon . investigators are looking into what caused a fire in downtown new orleans. the fire broke out on canal street overnight at a building that houses a day spa and several shops. a spokesperson with the fire department says they believe they know the cause but are not commenting on that right now. no one was hurt. weekenddemoing afternoon really gets a melting done once again today the temperatures of a climbing into the forties and a very quiet weather map really are jetstream's one to the north that's a lot of times brings a really cold air it's staying well out there and in all the stormy weather staying down across the gulf coast states watching some lighter showers

couple days but this afternoon will would have partly cloudy skies this temperatures climbing well into the forties already write around up 41 mark right now i'm into the mid- forties is afternoon it will be a chilly nights will have to wife's work eating amounts tonight will refreeze later on tonight and early tomorrow morning with those lows in the twenties and what she the warm-up that's really coming up over the next couple days rita see highs in the forties by the end of the week in the fifties by the weekend it would could even approach sixty degrees by early next week it's all part of a pattern change will bring some more weather in the lease for the short-term it's existence to the first week of men who escaped from an orange county prison got a head start. guards didn't notice they were missing for about 16 hours. mireya villarreal reports, police now say they believe two of them are hiding within the vietnamese community nearby. (sot lt. jeff hallock / orange county sheriffs pio) you can be assured investigators are continuing to work tirelessly around the clock. (track 1) as law enforcement work day and night to locate the three escaped

wonder how mandatory day and night checks at the orange county men's central jail failed to reveal they were missing. (sot lt. jeff hallock / orange county sheriffs pio) (:19-:26) the sheriff is extremely troubled by the length of time it took to determine that the three inmates, housed in a maximum security jail, were unaccounted for. (track 2) (gfx in) officials now know the inmates escaped just after a 5 am head-count... but despite additional checks that were supposed to happen again at 11am, 4pm, and 8pm the three men weren't reported missing until roughly 16 hours after they rappeled to freedom from the jailhouse roof. (sot lt. jeff hallock / orange county sheriffs pio) the preliminary investigation into the escape and how it occurred has caused the sheriff concerns. as did some of the jail inmate count practices and how they were conducted. (track 3) jonathan tieu... bac duong... and hossein nayeri are still on the run... and considered armed and dangerous. the reward for information leading to their capture has been upped from 50- thousand to 200-thousand dollars. (sot lt. jeff hallock / orange county sheriffs pio) we need people to come forward and provide information that we know they have. (standup close,

previous from this jail also used the roof. the sheriff's department is calling this a "design flaw." mireya villarreal, cbs news, los a federal judge has ordered the released of hundreds of documents related to conviction of boston dzhokhar tsarnaev. the 2013 explosion left three people 260 injured. was convicted and sentenced to death. his brother was manhunt. a judge has ordered that some 600 court filings and exhibits be unsealed. exactly when the court clerk's office will begin making the documents public. secretary of state john kerry says washington and beijing have agreed they will not accept north korea as a nuclear-armed state. he was speaking at a joint press conference in beijing -- with the chinese foreign minister kerry says the global threat posed by pyongyang's nuclear ambitions has figured

bilateral talks. the two foreign ministers also addressed the territorial disputes in the south china sea. kerry urged china to look for diplomatic resolutions to the disputes. it's a unanimous vote from the botetourt county board supervisors to move forward with the next planning steps for a proposed wind energy farm. several expressed their concerns from wind experts to county leaders at a public hearing last night. even neighboring rockbridge county had some questions. the developer, apex clean energy spoke on the project it's calling the rocky forge windfarm. the company says it's going through all the necessary steps and rules in order to build it. "the botetourt ordinance was very thorough on what studies was we also have alot more studies to do down the road whether that's the state or federal agencies" apex clean energy will now start going through a state process. continuing coverage now: michigan's governor met today with the mayor of flint. the meeting comes ,as more children are being tested for lead. adriana diaz is in

on the situation. michigan governor, rick snyder joined flints mayor today updating residents about the water crisis. (sot rick synder, (r)mi ) more is getting done. were going to keep doing more. we are committed to the people of flint. ==butt== i have told gov. synder that flint residents should not have to pay for water they are not using. (sot brooks 21:57:27 "flint water bulk mi hrem55") "we've gotta talk about accountability." cornell brooks, the head of the n- a-a-c-p, called for a long-term tuesday night. 21:55:46) disproportionate black brown and poor children (gfx in) part of the 15- point-priority plan extends beyond repairing the city's water system. it suggests hiring flint's youth to distribute water bottles for minimum wageinstead of the national guard. (gfx out) (nats) the national guard is reportedly cutting back

distributions though officials are still urging people to use bottled water and filters. (nats) at flint's eisenhower elementary school tuesday, parents and their young kids lined up to be tested for lead. (sot 21:10:25 "flint water bulk mi hrem55") "i'm really concerned...today its kind of like a wakeup call...just being here seeing how this all is ==diaz on cam== the governor has requested additional federal aid to make sure that everyone in flint under the age of 21 has long term healthcare to deal with the potential effects of lead. adriana diaz, cbs news, flint, michigan . flint's water crisis, along with the water main break affecting some people in wythe county got us our region's drinking water is protected. the western virginia water treats gallons of water per day. thousands of tests each month to make sure that water is tests for contaminants like lead and copper are done in customers' homes, especially older homes. baumgardner/ virginia water authority: changed in the mid 1980s, and type of pipe time of soder has to be lead-

prior to the mid 1980s has the potential of having lead in its internal plumbing. we don't have lead pipe in the distribution system that we know of. you can read the western virginia water authority's water quality reports on- line for yourself. there's a link to do wdbj7-dot-com. just click on this story. our area is offering at a major discount. and natural bridge is about to welcome

friends. in natural bridge, and it promises to bring in lots of tourism. stewart sat down with the man behind how he plans to make it happen. triceratops, and other jurassic creatures will call natural bridge their home. is so outrageous, it's fun. it's just fun." mark cline is their owner and will soon open an attraction called dinosaur kingdom ii. this comes four years after the first park was closed after a fire. "they enter into a train car that's been ravaged by a dinosaur. as they go through go through that they enter into a time cone and that's what takes them back to 1864 cline said people will take a self-guided tour with a spin on civil war history... while running into more than 25

motionless dinosaurs. he plans to build the park here...across from the natural bridge zoo. "it's a lot of opportunity. lower part of the county has natural bridge, the zoo, and this is another attraction i think will fit in with that." sam crickenberger is the director of community development for rockbridge county. he says it's too early to say what the impact of the park will be... but he hopes it encourages more people to stop and explore the area. "i'm thinking kids riding down the road, look over and see a dinosaur. they're going to make their family stop so they can walk in through the park and see what's going on." "i believe there's not enough here for families and not enough here for kids." "hopefully, things will start turning around for everybody in this whole area " cline says they've already finished building some of the dinosaurs and he's been working with the county to get the right permits. he hopes families are ready to take a bite out of history. are ready to take a bite out of history. "no dinosaurs will be harmed in the construction of this park. maybe a few humans." khiree stewart, wdbj7 cline says construction is expected to begin in

around june. construction is expected to begin in the spring and the park should open around june. a roanoke and new river valley based animal clinic is offering deeply discounted operations thanks to a chairty grant. mountain view humane says if you don't want to be kitten grandparents now is the time to get your female cat spayed. through a petsmart charities grant, mountain view is offering spay operations for twenty dollars in the month of february. the clinic says these operations help prevent unwanted future pets from being put down. (corrie prater/mountain view spay and neuter assistant director):"operation is very simple, you bring them in in the morning, they go through the procedure, they go home with a pain medication injection so you don't have to try to give your cat a pill because that's never an easy thing to do, so they just come in it's a very simple procedure." mountain view says the discount appointments are already filling up fast. you can find out how to book an appointment on our website wdbj-7 dot com. now let's take a look at what's hot on wdbj7-dot-com. a post on social media has people outraged and is

against chestnut creek school of the arts. an image mocking those with p-t-s-d was posted on a teacher's page. sweet briar college is seeing its highest number of new applicants in 50 years. one year ago discussions were underway to shut down, and now the college is focused on long-range planning. an adult virginia resident has tested positive for the zika virus. head to the web for what you need to know about that

forecastalways love see those snow we sunrise photos you consider those in the past couple days of the blue sky sneaking in there average highs this time year right around forty six degrees can be really close to that today via record high was 75 setback in nineteen ninety nine record low in the nineteen eighties at two degrees and we can tell you that is good be warming up

this temperatures running in the low to mid thirties and blacksburg thirty three and wytheville also galax were still stuck in the twenties and bluefield were it's quite cold of course we cool off considerably tonight been seen those clouds move in today that's can a helping to filter that sunshine just a little bed soaks i not benefiting from bright sun across most east coast now and it's can be stalling there for the next low-pressure, riding along that looks i got to the state far enough to the south of the will not impact us but will a sherry is this thing has a tropical connection all way back to the pacific with the jetstream is bring in some of the next in border there into the golf and then riding ride up the jetstream and that's a nio pattern this year partly cloudy skies will be a cold night ahead with lows in the teens and 20s we argun be deal with some icy spots of some frosty areas early tomorrow morning to is watch out for those slick spots warming up on thursday into the low forties for roanoke also the

forty five in danville tomorrow and martinsville with partly cloudy skies this temperatures only steady into the mid- and upper thirties and headed towards our thursday new river valley a chilly start to the day on thursday for the highlands but we will get up close to the

about thirty seven and37 and covington and clifton forge next couple days are expected to warm-up considerably we got tomorrow and friday but look what happens is we get close air from the southwest is evtions for mental health and how the to keep a dangerous virus from spreading. jamie yuccas has those stories and more in today's hometown health. the cdc has new doctors may have the zika virus. the mosquito transmitted infection can lead to babies born with small heads. now health providers are being told to ask mothers where they lived and traveled while pregnant. the disease is most common in central and south america. for the first time a national task force is calling for depression screenings for women during and after pregnancy. experts found depression is more common than previously thought in new moms. and the largest study to date shows caffeine every day does not lead to extra heart beats. california researchers say there's more

products including chocolate, coffee and tea may have cardiovascular benefits. that's a look at some of the day's top health stories. jamie yuccas, cbs news, new york it's the changing face of cosmetics. we'll take a look at

products. comes to investing in their looks. as karina mitchell shows us, sales of male grooming products are soaring. hes just 29 years old but ashkan hamzelou says he started noticing signs of aging 2 years ago so he decided to do something about it. (sot-ashkan hamzelou/botox user) i was starting to get the lines and botox works phenomenally - so i thought - i start now, why not. dr ramtin kassir - a ny cosmetic surgeon - says he is now seeing more men in their 20's and 30's who want to enhance their looks. (sot- dr. ramtin kassir/cosmetic surgeon) there's less of a stigma.. it's not as bad or horrible to go in and get

(bridge: karina mitchell/cbs news/new york) male cosmetic procedures like botox injections have soared 273 percent in the last two decades. and that's not the only way men are improving their appearance. (vo) men are also buying more grooming products - from shower gel to facial cream. (gfx) from 2010 to 2015 sales for the male personal care market in the u.s. jumped almost 15 percent - hitting an estimated 4.2 billion dollars. mintel analyst margie nanninga says millennials are leading the surge. (sot-margie nanninga/mintel analyst) over the last few decades we've seen the definition of masculinity shift..it's made men much more accepting of using grooming products. doctor kassir says most men dont want anything too drastic. (sot- dr. ramtin kassir) men just want to look a little bit better, they do not want to look different. (sot- ashkan hamzelou/botox user) obviously you can't reverse ageism we

as good as we possibly can - why not. km for cbs news ny. it's the best looking building on the "block" more about an

on wall street at points. it's a lego project, fit for a king. some school children in poland are showing off their lego- building skills. they've constructed a large model of the branicki palace, which is in northeastern poland. they used some 15- thousand lego blocks. a cultural institution organized the educational event to teach kids about history and architecture in a fun way. weather summary here thanks for watching your hometown news leader, wdbj7. join us tonight at 5. you can also keep tabs on the weather by heading to our