deeply regrets the impact this will have and families. most employees will be paid for at least 60 days. taken into custody following a police chase this morning. in salem and crossed into the city of roanoke. it ended shortly before 9 o'clock near an on westside boulevard. we are still waiting for details from salem police. we will update the story on wdbj7- dot-com when we receive more information. danville police offering a 30 reward for information about a two people were shot monday night on mount vernon avenue. dr. randolph neal was seriously hurt. the second victim was treated and released from the hospital. neal told police two men approached him and demanded money before shooting him. the reward amount was 10 thousand dollars until an anonymous donor doubled it. anyone with information is asked to call danville police also in danville, we're told no one was hurt, after part of a parking lot fell into the nearby river. it happened at a

the corner of mount cross and piedmont drive. witnesses say trees, pavement and ground fell into the river, but no vehicles did. employees who work at the building say it happened during heavy rain on wednesday. details, notyet is looking gorgeous today tomorrow and sunday maybe a fairweather clouds here and there that's about it early this morning starting off with a couple rain and snow showers down toward the eastern part of our viewing area but all that has headed to the east we of a low-pressure center riding along this frontal boundary that's bring accumulating snow to southeastern parts of new england but for us would is getting some nice dry weather moving in from the west and that will be with us over the next several days so get out and enjoy so bundle up but still looking good would the weekend saturday and sunday both days upper forties to near fifty maybe a fairweather clouds saturday sunday looking

of people be inside turn evening but during the day can't complain about fifty degrees this time of year and things are to be looking good as we make our way later into the afternoon things will start to go downhill little bit as we make our way over toward the monday hour we will see maybe the potential of a wintry weather event heading our direction notice monday tuesday and wednesday temperatures get back down into the thirties to near forty talk about temperatures around freezing a little moisture comes in that mean a little the snow kimberly we talking about that. my first soldiers in lynchburg is being sent overseas. this is video from six-years ago as they prepared to leave for a deployment in iraq. the first battalion of the 116th infantry regiment's active duty starts on may 13th and will last about a year. the battalion will be replacing another virginia-based batallion that's conducting security operations in qatar right now. new at noon, a huge crane collapsed onto the streets of manhattan this morning. at least one person is dead, several

hurt. as brian webb reports, the accident happened at the height of the morning rush hour. script:) first responders check damaged cars for survivors after a construction crane collapsed onto the streets of manhattan. the crane, which was taller than two city blocks, came crashing down just before 830 this morning. (sot) 'i just felt it. it felt like a bomb." cars parked at the curb - and at least one car that was in the middle of the street - were crushed. (sot - shaquille 9:53:30) "you hard the boom, and then you run to the the street." bajor/witness 9:51:00) clamp up. i of the building being debris, (standup here at the not only what caused the also at buildings in the area that were struck by the crane as it fell to the ground. (sot - phoner) "one of their concerns is going to be, 'did that destabilize any of these other structures there?' of course, with some of

collapses we've had, that's been the case." witnesses say the crane had been in operation for a couple of weeks. bay crane, the company that owns the equipment, has not yet responded to our requests for comment. brian webb, for cbs news, new york. a united nations human rights panel says wikileaks founder julian assange is being held against his will in london. assange called the u- n findings, 'a significant victory,' during a press conference on skype from inside the ecuadorian embassy. he's been holed up there for more than three years. britain's foreign office called the u- n report, "ridiculous." the australian sought refuge in 20- 12 to avoid being arrested and sent to sweden on sexual assault charges. assange fears he could be extradited to the u- s to face trial over the publication of thousands of classified government documents. the manhunt has ended for a missouri couple wanted for a violent crime spree across several states. police in florida caught up with blake fitzgerald and his girlfriend, brittany harper last night. david begnaud describes what the couple's accused of

six days. mixed news coming out of the latest u.s. unemployment

job hiring slowed down in january. the labor department says the u-s economy added 151 thousand jobs. that's a lot less than expected. but the unemployment rate ticked down to 4 point 9 percent-- that's the lowest it's been since 2008. president obama is calling for a new ten-dollar-per-barrel tax on oil. it would be paid by oil companies, and

the fee would only be applied to imported oil. crude pumped in the u.s. would not be taxed. even so, the proposal is unlikely to get through a republican- controlled congress. the u-s imported seven-point-four million barrels of oil per-day in november, that's down from ten million barrels- per-day at the end of 2005. one of japan's most active volcanoes is erupting. the fiery blast from sakura- jima sent lava rolling down its slope today. japanese television showed an orange eruption burst out of the side of the volcano, near the summit, along with lightning-like flashes. the meteorological agency is now keeping people at least a mile away from the area. so far, there are no reports of anyone getting hurt. the mountain's last major eruption was in september. the big game can lead to a big appetite. we'll take a look at some "super" treats. and fishing for dollars. how you can make

the water. told you--you could get paid. wdbj7's new mornin anchor garret turner joins us now with more. kimberly--we're not making this up. for those of you who fish for muskie on the james river this story is for you. the muskellunge or what's locally

aggressive apex predator found all over virginia. biologists say for decades the muskie has filled a valuable niche in the ecosystem. it is at the top of the food chain and it helps regulate and balance the other prey species at the bottom of the food chain the virginia department of game and inland fisheries the muskies across the state since the late 70s. it wasn't till the early 90s the population really started to rise and here on the upper james river, biologists are eager to learn more about the fish. we are no longer stocking the fishery, it's taking care of itself. the river is full of 36 to 40 plus fish. locals call it "the fish of ten thousand casts" but the nickname may be losing its reputation as the muskie is becoming more abundant here on the james river we're netting muskies. 05:01:02 what the states wants to do is tag them in two areas--one where fishermen can

if they catch it again. head when you're in the next month, biologists are data by using electro what looks like metal tenacles that are connected to a generator. turns on water and stuns any fish in the area. once a muskie appears, the boat fish where it's netted, put in a live well and we inject them with about the size of a grain of rice and that has an id on it that we can id that fish in the future, how much it's grown where it has traveled, if it's tagged here or somewhere else. the next thing we do is put a tag in for anglers to see and they can clip that tag off and send it back to us. and that tag helps us get an idea of how often those fish are caught and released or caught and harvested. it's free money, all you gotta do is catch the fish of ten thousand casts but hopefully for you it'll only take a few. kimberly, it's worth

don't have to keep the fish. you can cut off the yellow tag and then release the muskie back into the water. check out wdbj7 dot com for more on this story--we give you a little bit of history of the fishery and what biologists say is in the future for the muskie population. a local group of moms wants to make sure no one in their children's school goes home hungry over the weekend. three moms founded the bobcat backpacks program. it helps feed 65 radford city school kids each weekend. unfortunately, the need is growing faster than they are. every thursday, the group meets at the presbyterian church and packs the weekend food bags. they include breakfast, lunch, dinner and a snack for students. it costs about 400 dollars per week to feed the kids. there are more students who are eligble for the bags, but the group is maxed out. they're asking for support from the community to help expand. jenny riffe, bobcat backpacks co- founder 00090625 "i'm just a mom. we're all just moms and pastors and

want to help. " bobcat backpacks also wants to include healthier food. you can find more information about helping them by visiting our website, wdbj7.com millions will be watching on sunday night when the carolina panthers meet the denver broncos in san francisco. and right up until kick-off, stores in our area will be facing their own super bowl blitz the deli case is packed at the brambleton avenue kroger. the store has brought in an extra supply of chicken wings. and employees are preparing for a busy weekend. chef: according to kroger's bowl is the second largest food consumption day williams said, "so we a lot of stuff not just here in the deli and bakery area but throughout the whole store. customers order wings, cakes and other party foods in advance, chef tom people wait until the last minute on super bowl weekend. he says the brambleton avenue kroger will be selling wings in the deli,

let's check in and see whats's hot on wdbj7 dot com. we learned new details about the murder of nicole lovell. everything we learned yesterday in court is detailed on our website. and, actor george takei is coming to roanoke. this comes after roanoke mayor david bowers said in november he didn't want syrian refugees in the roanoke valley and compared the refugee crisis to japanese internment camps. a galax woman's country album was released today. and it's already been called one of the most anticipated albums of the year. local beautiful local weather across erie things could change a little bit beluga that looking out from radford high school beautiful blue sky you heading outside notice snow showers we had this morning eastern sections that's the coastal low look out timmy montfort main looks you barely can see out snowing so heavily up that way southeastern parts a and l could get upwards of a foot of snow before today is all said

early next week. details aheadwill looking out live across the roanoke valley from our mill mountain tower camera live that beautiful blue sky maybe couple cumulus clouds drifting by from time to time but that is about it still chilly though thirty nine degrees roto can lynchburg forty one smith mountlake a little warmer danville at

bluefield and twenty seven as he head up toward hot springs still finding heavy snow we should elect camera can a montfort main snow all the way down to southeastern new england had some heavier snow new jersey that hasexited but still several more hours of snow toward new england but look at us would talk about this dryer air punching in this morning that continues to work in and it's can a be with us pretty much for the entire weekend don't forget still finding flood warnings over toward the radar randolph along the roanoke river along the dan river in south boston here's the latest on the roanoke river is falling so at 22 1 feet it it already crested would a continue to see improvements there same with the dan river your still rising a little bit you'll hit the peak crest this afternoon and him start to drop off so you will also improvements hour by hour would talking forties today dropping back down into the teens and twenties tonight as this low exits will have a week area high-pressure minute clipper system starts to had in our direction early next week so we're saturday mopes lease

part we can how what that front not can a have any impact on our weather would have lots of sunshine upper forties on saturday as he head toward sunday will been a come in right around fifty degrees locally and then watch this coastal system and you see some snow toward the great lakes that will come into play early next week get that just a moment for your saturday would talking upper forties for the roanoke valley lynchburg center virginia upper forties mopes lease sunny my have a fairweather cloudy renowned again down toward southern virginia upper forties back through the new river valley will have temperatures in the low forties him sues me and then as you maker way up toward the highlands greenbrier valley west virginia will also be in the thirties overall and you can see on the seven day planner him sues me will get to that the rockbridge area health center is planning to expand it's facilites after it was awarded a million dollar government grant. the center plans to use this grant to renovate and add more medical exam rooms, dental operation rooms, and

programs. they're still in the design phase of the project. i'm told they're expecting to serve more than five thousand people this year and add jobs once construction is complete. leaders hope this will increase access to healthcare for people in the area. suzanne sheridan: "just because you have health insurance doesn't mean you have access to healthcare services. this is especially a problem in rural area where you don't have a lot of doctors." construction is planned to begin in march. a new way to detect a serious condition in expectant moms. and the root cause of hair loss. chris martinez has those stories and more in today's hometown health. we all know our hair thins out as we age.. but why. researchers in japan found that as we get older, dna damage to hair follicle stem cells seems to play a role. the follicles shrink and become thinner. ohio researchers have developed a simple test to diagnose preeclampsia. doctors say the biochemical test examines urine samples and has 86-percent accuracy. moms with preeclampsia develop high blood

can lead to deadly complications for both mother and baby. and, a booster vaccine that teenagers get to protect against the whooping cough loses its effectiveness after a year. that's according to researchers at kaiser permanente who looked at 12-hundred cases of whopping cough. they found the tdap vaccine provided little protection two to three years after vaccination. those are a look at some of the day's top medical stories. chris martinez, cbs news, los angeles. things are continuing to be heated in the race for the white house. how people are reacting following last night's democratic

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they saved our house. (announcer) we may be a power company, but the true power in our communities comes from our people. campaign trail, after a feisty democratic debate last night. on the gop side, donald trump leads the polls.

reports, his words have offended a former first lady. bernie sanders hit the campaign trail early friday at an eggs and politics event in manchester. (sot: sen. bernie sanders/(i-vt) democratic presidential candidate) "trillions of dollars have flow from the middle class to the top one- tenth of one percent." (gfx) sanders has significant lead over hillary clinton in new hampshire - thanks in part to his attacks on clinton's wall street ties. thursday night, she fired back during their one-on- one msnbc debate - calling the jabs an "artful smear campaign." (sot: hillary clinton/(d) presidential candidate) "enough is enough. if you've got something to say, say it, directly. but you will not find that i ever changed a view or a vote because of any donation that i ever received." some undecided voters braved a snow storm to hear sanders speak. (sot: craig boswell/cbs news/manchester, nh) "how do you see tuesday playing out? do you see record turnout" (sot: diane warren/undecided nh voter) "i do. i think there's a lot of people who want to see change in this country right now." on the republican side, donald trump is in the lead. thursday - he went on a profanity laced rant. (sot: donald trump/(r) presidential

out of isis." trump's speech shocked former first lady barbara bush - who is joining her son jeb on the campaign trail. (sot: gov. jeb bush/(r-fl) presidential candidate) "i don't think a president would ever shout profanities in a speech in front of thousands of people with kids in the crowd." (sot: barbara bush/former first lady) "who did that?" (sot: gov. jeb bush/(r-fl) presidential candidate) "your buddy." (gfx) bush has a lot of ground to make up to catch trump, and three other candidates ahead of him in the latest poll. craig boswell, cbs news, manchester, new hampshire. football has never gone out of fashion, and some well- known designers are making sure it never

the nasdaq was down 106 points. you won't see footballs like these on the field any time soon! these "fashion footballs" were dreamed up by the council of fashion designers of america. it's all part of the super bowl's 50th anniversary. designers produced their own bizarre, glitzy, and glamourous takes on the brown leather ball. among the participants are big names such as tiffany-and- company. each piece is being auctioned online from now until valentine's day. proceeds will go to the nfl foundation, a charity serving various causes. mostly sunny today with a high in the mid 40s. our beautiful weather continues through

chances of some light snow goes up early next week. thanks for watching your hometown news leader,

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