w-d-b-j-7's khiree stewart joins us live from northside high school with more details. khiree... that meeting will take place inside the northside high school auditorium. there have been several concerns over the past couple of weeks for parents and schools leaders to talk about. earlier this month, northside high school principal frank dent announced he was stepping down because of personal and family reasons. almost a week later, there was a social media post threatening violence against the school. there was an increased police presence but classes were not canceled because police could not verify the threats. that had several parents on the edge. many of them concerned about the amount of time it took for them to be notified. school officials later said there were no direct notifications to parents because their first priority was keeping the students and faculty safe. definitely a lot of concerns for parents and school leaders to talk about. i'll be at the meeting when it starts at 7 o'clock. tonight at 11, hear from school leaders and parents. live in roanoke county, khiree stewart, w-d-b-j-7. a vote could come in the next hour to fund construction of a new school in bedford county.

consider borrowing 40-million dollars to build a middle school and gymnasium for students in the northwestern part of the county. wdbj7's tim saunders is live in bedford with a preview of tonight's meeting. jean, school leaders have been talking about this project for a long time and tonight they're hoping they need to move forward. supervisors will consider a resolution on construction of a school and a competition gym for 40-million of that amount would be borrowed. the board cast a similar vote last june, limiting the project to 38-million. since then three new members have been elected. some members of the school board have said the project can't be done for 38-million and tonight they'll get support from parents like john messier, who plans to speak at the meeting in favor of the larger amount. john messier/parent: "we need to let the five supervisors who are in favor of the project at 100% of the funding know that we support them and appreciate that, and the other two supervisors we need to try and convince them that it's

full funding of this school." tonight's meeting starts at 7. the resolution dealing with school the first items on the will have 15 minutes to share their feedback before supervisors cast their vote. a circuit court clerk may be out more than 20-thousand dollars by the end of tonight. the montgomery county board of supervisors will discuss a resolution to remove the supplemental compensation it gives to erica williams every year. this follows questions over williams not renewing the contract of four employees and another quitting. if they approve the decision to end that supplemental compensation, williams would still receive her salary from the state, which is 120-thousand dollars a year. the meeting begins in about an hour and is open to the public.

tonight at 11. inquite the foggy day quite the chilly day and there is rain on the way though it's fairly light at the moment without a really overcast day with some spotty showers upward by the todd county in lynchburg right now but as lineup of you you can see that it won't be long before some heavier rains are headed our way coming out of the carolinas embedded heavier showers moving to the raleigh downtown area right now and the metal travel over toward norfolk expect to see rain by tomorrow morning and then a little bit of a lull and then wednesday really is can it be a mess and the soakers inbound ds the school where wages can hold on for the rest this evening is currently forty six in lexington forty five in 45 in lynchburg and 42 in blacksburg much much warmer bristle at fifty nine degrees to sen water plant will be not be privately owned. the utilities commission just

from two private companies. we'll have much more on this decision tonight and on wdbj7 dot com new at six - a man charged in a double murder in roanoke from a year ago took a plea deal in court today. demetrius wade pleaded no contest to felony murder for shooting ronald ramey and lenard hamlett. four others were injured in the shooting on shenandoah avenue at what prosecutors called a nip joint. several other felony charges against wade were dismissed. another man, christopher cabbler, already pleaded guilty for his role in the murders. mark lucas is the latest candidate to join the race for roanoke city council. the business owner ran for mayor four years ago as a republican. this time he is seeking a seat on city council as an independent. in a new release this afternoon, lucas said he wants to be a different kind of public servant who brings people together. and he said his business experience is perfectly-suited to the challenges the city faces. botetourt county continues to look for ways to promote business and investment within its borders. today the board of

economic development authority met to discuss how to do it. wdbj-7's shayne dwyer was at the meeting this afternoon and joins us now. chris botetourt county is quickly growing into a place where people are bringing money, and leaders want that to continue. in that meeting today members discussed how to better utilize the authority to promote growth in the area. the board of supervisors would like to expand the authority's role and named economic development a priority in the 2014 strategic vision. today the authority voted to lease the vacant land at the greenfield complex zoned for research and manufacturing from the county for the purpose of promoting economic development. that land includes where the current historic slave houses sit. the board will consider that lease, recommended for approval, at its meeting tomorrow afternoon. yesterday the house appropriations committee released a new budget plan in richmond. that plan includes the possibility of one point five million dollars for construction assistance for a major automotive parts manufacturer in the county. the botetourt county board of supervisors chairman says that

go into further detail. saying only that more details may be coming weeks. shayne dwyer wdbj-7. we are your hometown news leader, wdbj7 a few years ago i was close to 300 pounds but that's not the case anymore. just wait until you see her now. now at six - how this roanoke woman

healthy. us have. tonight we meet a roanoke woman who lost more than 100 pounds. how she went from heavy to healthy and

others to do the erica: was definitely through high school erica austin: i am a binge eater. i am a convenience eater continued-- through the birth of her first child. any fast food i at fast food breakfast and through the pregnancy of her second. erica austin: i would get the most convenient pizza, donuts cake, anything sweet loved candy bars erica austin: i eat out of boredom i eat for emotions and and i also love sugar jean: so question how many uh diets did you have you tried in your lifetime did you try a lot of different diets? erica: probably all of them yes that was erica austin a couple of years ago. close to 300 pounds. too tired to move. erica: i was definitely a couch potato. this is erica austin now- at the kirk family y-m- c-a- in roanoke where she doesn't just work out. nat class she also teaches a fitness class inspired by pilates

daughter aubrey two years ago that prompted a change. erica austin: i looked at her and i thought if she grows up to be like me as i am right now i'm unhappy. i'm obese. i don't have confidence and i really don't love myself so i'm not going to let her do that. jean jadhon/wdbj7: but erica did not just go from doing nothing to being an instructor- it all started with small steps erica: the way i started was using some of the equipment on my own so that i could be in my own little world and hope no she also took short eventually built up the courage erica: i had intense so obese and intense back pain 32 erica: i heard the 'there's no judgement and if you need a modifciation there are options for the instructors showed her proper alignment so

herself. i like lemon. i like onions. i like celery. i like grapes. at home, erica now stocks the refridgerator with fruits and vegetables at eye level- her kitchen canisters are filled with nuts and seeds. i've got my almonds, pistachios, walnuts cashews. she's given up processed foods- chopping sound celery and makes meals at home- like this chicken salad with fruits, vegetables and nuts. i like simple easy recipes real food real food so i like apples and instead of mayonaise i found alternatives an avocado make no mistake. erica is not on a diet. erica: if you don't like it you're not going to stick with and i think that's why diets don't work she also does not count calories. erica: the easiet thing i've found is if it doesn't come with a food label then you don't really need to count calories over the months, the weight came off-

pounds and in the process something else happened. erica: i have no back pain i have love for myself.38 i'm not depressed. i don't have anxiety. the list is endless now erica says she's now a role model for her two kids and an inspiration for others who struggle with their weight. erica: when i see people in the back of the room struggling or taking breaks or maybe even grimacing becasue they're in pain i can relate to them everyone has to begin somewhere 24 and it really just takes loving yourself and using the purpose of health rather than vanity to keep you going i'm here now with erica- she is here to answer your questions and chat with you online. head over to wdbj7 dot com click on live chat and

questions. ymca wellness director cal buck is also on the chat- until 7 tonight. an elementary school student raised much more money than what her teacher was expecting during a recent fundraiser. fifth grade student macy williams from eastern montgomery elementary school raised more than one thousand dollars for the annual jump rope for heart event by the american heart association - that's the most money ever raised by one student for the event. macy williams/5th grade student: "the reason i decided to go big this year was to help people in need. so i could actually help and save somebody's life maybe." kelley sutphin/p.e. teacher: "it really warms your heart. it makes you feel good. we have a lot of other students here too that it's really not about the prizes for them." students were given about a month to collect money.

one student was 300 dollars. williams says she had lots of help from her dad's work. wet weather for our region continues and that might not be a good thing. 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

theisos and i goes on i can have a whole much change out there because he got this easterly flow it's a cold air wedges and hang on real tight for tonight and then while

start moving up from the south and then run over the top of that cool air and be a light to moderate rain through the overnight hours, first thing tomorrow the level of the right for these powerful storms moved in on wednesday and were talking about here is rain that could range anywhere from an inch or two that rain is not what i'm writing ause use as can runoff very very quickly and the streams and creeks rivers and much of the day wednesday probability of precipitation is very high eighty ninety one hundred percent with the heaviest in the afternoon hours that could be also a time frame or window but thunderstorms rumbling through the computer guidances telling us that by wednesday night thursday morning we might be looking at about an inch and a half to two inches of rain running up the mountains of north carolina and covering central and southwest virginia as well. so certainly a concern for the rivers certainly a concern if you are anywhere near water so you had a first award that this can happen on wednesday hopefully we can stay out of the stronger thunderstorms at

to one hundreds of an inch of rain that much is he easterly easterly breeze) scott is almost completely saturated forty three the temperature for up to the dewpoint of relative humidity is pretty close to 1% high pressure to the north is where the cooler wedges coming from and brings in the flow off the ocean gets locked up in the mountains for this warm fronts marched right over that for tonight complicated weather pattern and what we see are a series of low pressure areas coming up into our region one there another one back to the west right now and as it makes its way and for time it's can be severe it can be in the panhandle of florida mississippi alabama georgia and there is a pretty decent shot the there was a traumatic activity tomorrow afternoon as well as wednesday roles in some of the stronger storms strongest terms will be along our coast and so i have to watch and see if any of his term development fires up so for tonight and that clowns who get rain developing once again moving up out of the

but not too much then come up for tomorrow will be dealing with more showers especially early in the day in the mainly cloudy skies after that notice the temperatures don't ange ray much those cold air wedges hard to break down there this powerful here's wednesday look what happens predawn were wet from those lines these are where the heavy rain showers are located we can get half of an inch and a really short period of time and later on we see what appeared to be strong thunderstorm cell starting to pop up around this area of low pressure said to be sure it's a very active weather timeframe is within seven days within five days for tomorrow and wednesday were setting the stage with heavier rain for the wednesday timeframe but we need free to be prepared for that tomorrow as well first day after the front comes through gusty winds but at least it clears the rainout gives us a chance to dry out a little bit frightening saturday in the portion of sunday as well also noticed was gusty winds are bringing back wintertime temperatures

40s that only teenager umbrella integer code you need all your gear you need whether wrapping the 10 the month of march just around the corner. it's going to be a huge week for the virginia cavaliers, who continue to climb the polls. we'll tell you where they're ranked, and what that could mean moving forward. coming up tomorrow, college financial aid is a year. in your consumer watch, we tell you what you need to know to get everything in order. sky 1 full leo - steady rain returns the area with some of that times. i'll talk totals in forecast. grab your coffee and

at 5am. look at sports. the virginia cavaliers have won eight of their last nine games, and in the process, have climbed all the way back up to the 3rd- ranked team in the latest ap poll, released today. that means, that all of the sudden, virginia could be in line for a number one seed come march. but first things first, as the hoos are staring down the barrel of two huge contests, starting on the road at miami tonight. pair that with a looming top-ten match-up against north carolina on saturday, and the hoos know there's still a long way to go. london perrantes, uva junior guard, "i feel like every game we want to take a step forward. defensively

steps forward i think every single game because we know it's getting closer to march, getting closer to post-season. we want to start playing our best ball and i feel like we're starting to get into that stride and we just want to keep playing with confidence and keep playing hard." malcolm brogdon, uva senior guard, "at this point in the season we're not going to put in any new plays. we're not going to come up with anything new that we do. we've got to stick to what we do every night and make sure that we're well rested and tuned for the game." so while uva is gunning for a top- seed in the ncaa tournament, any kind of postseason play, like the nit, would be a step in the right direction for virginia tech. the hokies are 14-13 overall, 6-8 in the acc, with what could be some winnable games still to be played down the stretch. but head coach, buzz williams, is just happy with the progress they've made so far. buzz williams, virginia tech men's basketball head coach, "i think we're a long way away from playing in any post-season tournament. but i do think that winning at least gives us hope. and i think hope is maybe the most

when you're rewarded for your work it gives you breath and how it all plays out, i don't know. what are we? 1 and 6 on the road? so i would say that boston college will be favored in that game on tuesday." on the track, you couldn't ask for a better start to the 20-16 nascar season, with the finish we saw at daytona over the weekend. not only was victory sweet for denny hamlin, but also joe gibbs racing, as j-g-r placed three of its four drivers in the top five. joe gibbs racing, years we've had great drivers and crew chiefs but it's just it's so hard to put it all together and win. proud of mike great effort. for them short period of time accomplish what they have is really, i think, an amazing

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