us about his love of farming and his deep faith in god. wdbj7's tim saunders is live in evergreen, where harris lived his entire life. and most of his family lives here too, jean. keith harris was one of 18 children. his siblings say he was the glue that kept the family together. near the end of twin tunnel lane sits a plot of land that was farmed by keith harris for 50 years. macauther harris/brother: "we all grew up on a farm and we all enjoy farming. we all worked hard together." macauther harris was one of keith's 17 brothers and sisters, most of whom live nearby. when he wednesday's tornado, it didn't take party to form. was harris' newphew, ricky. harris/nephew: "i went through the woods seven times looking for him. we went under trees and what not. we went through this brush pile over here and couldn't find him, but he was right in the middle of the field."

from his house, a wooden outline marks the spot where harris was found. ricky harris took us there. harris: "police told us to mark the area, so we did." off camera harris' grandson said his grandfather died in a spot that he loved: the farm where he had spent so much of his life. he grew up in evergreen, the son of a sharecropper. when his father died, he took up the farming himself as a way to support the remaining family. juanita milstead/sister: "he stayed there and worked the farm so my mother would have a place to live until the siblings were all grown." evergreen is where he spent the rest of his life. when he wasn't on the farm, he was serving at a nearby church that's damaged but still standing following the tornado. milstead: "he was a good christian man. that was the main thing. he loved his lord." and he loved evergreen, a community that mourns him with a makeshift cross in the spot where his home once stood. milstead: "this was home and no other place would be home on this earth."

harris are still being planned. he leaves behind a wife, nancy, who was injured during wednesday's tornado. she was on her way home when a tree fell on her car along route 460. she wasn't seriously injured, but her grandson said the tree was just inches away from landing on her. live in appomattox county, tim saunders, wdbj7. charities and organizations are accepting money and food donations to help people in appomattox affected by wednesday's tornado. wdbj7's noell saunders joins us live tonight to tell us about how volunteers are getting food to those in need. jean, volunteers have been setting up tables and food trucks to help feed both people and pets. today, gleaning for the world set up a donation table at the sam's club in lynchburg. the group set up early this morning for eight hours taking in money, all kinds of food items and clean up supplies. many sam's club

coming out of the store and visiting the table. gleaning for the world volunteers tell me their trucks are filled. the community in the area is just coming together. it's just been amazing. lynchburg always come together but i think when it hits closer to home. the community is awesome". gleaning for the world will set up again tomorrow in the sam's club parking lot from 10 a.m. to 6. they will also have another team at the walmart on oakville road in appomatox. now we just learned that appomattox county says all volunteer positions are filled. volunteers should now go through disaster relief agencies. live in appomattox, noell saunders wdbj7. and it was still a cold and

outside what ever you are doing but we have some positive news i headed your way in the very short-term these wind gust while they're still out anywhere from eighteen to twenty six miles an hour they are trending downward we've gotten rid of some of those fifty and forty and thirty mile an hour gus and lord to be looking for is a warming trend were 50 and 40 and 30 mile an hour, gus and lord to be looking for is a warming trend were not there just yet buena vista checking in at twenty nine degrees feels like it's twenty three out there with winds ranging from five to ten miles an hour and peak yesterday at 22 miles an hour just saturday but sacred and have some clouds early on plenty of sunshine by the afternoon and the key thing here is temperatures will be in the mid 40s were noting that the wind gusts are starting to drop down even more saturday sets up sunday, which is spectacular i talk about that coming up new at 6, it's been a busy week for animal shelters in the wake of the storm. leaders at the appomattox county animal shelter say they've taken in more than a dozen animals in the past 2 days, including a horse. if you have a missing pet or seeking shelter for

appomattox county animal shelter. that number is (434) 352-7922. many of you want to know how you can help the tornado victims. go to our website and click on the helping appomattox link in the must see 7 section. there you'll find information on how to make a donation. storms and severe weather can bring devastating damage and headaches for home owners. and sometimes, people take advantage of that vulnerability. wdbj7 anchor nadia singh has some tips on how to avoid becoming a victim. jean, we saw terrible tornado damage over the last couple of days in appomattox county and patrick county. just a couple weeks ago we dealt with fallen trees and other damage from winter weather. now is when people claiming to be in the business of helping homeowners could look to cash in. "it's a time when folks that maybe

licenses in place may knock on your door and offer to take care of the problems that you have. and if you're left with devastating damage like what we've seen in appomattox county, that's likely a welcome offer, but that's when we really have to be very wary and make sure to get the right person to the work." if not, it could make matters worse. they could ask you for money all the money up front, they may even want to take you to the bank to get cash, they don't want to accept a check from you." two huge red flags, but that's not all. as you pick up the pieces whether severe or not, others are looking to capitalize. they don't' want to give you a written contract, they don't detail out what they're going to do, they can't prove they have a contractor's license." meaning if an underqualified person cuts down a tree or works on your property and gets hurt... "your insurance can be held responsible for that." wheeler says rely on referrals from friends, neighbors and family. and, contact the better business bureau and your insurance company before going forward with work or

nadia singh, wdbj7. governor terry mcauliffe has signed legislation that was the result of a rare compromise on gun policy. today, mcauliffe called it a new era in virginia that will make residents safer. the legislation rolls back restrictions on concealed carry permits from other states, but it expands voluntary background checks at gun shows, and prohibits people with permanent protective orders from carrying firearms. wdbj7 political analyst harry wilson says the package of bills is significant, because the governor is setting the agenda for the next gun control debate. harry wilson/wdbj7 political analyst: it's a classic political foot in the door. this is all i can get now, but i come back for more later. this is a tactic the nra has used on gun politics for years. the gun control group everytown for gun safety has been very vocal in its opposition to the bills. today, the group said the governor has tarnished his reputation by signing dangerous legislation that will put public safety at risk.

representatives, current and former judges, as well as lawyers from all across the area were in roanoke for a special ceremony today. the honorable john fishwick, junior was welcomed back to the federal court this afternoon. western district court chief judge the honorable glen conrad, swore fishwick in as a united states district attorney. family and friends were also on hand to share stories and congratulate fishwick. in his remarks fishwick says, prosecuting gun crimes, heroin crimes, and human trafficking are his top priorities. we are your hometown news leader, wdbj7. celebrating the 75th anniversary of salem's carver school and the imprtant role it has played in this community. plus a super bowl champion returns to his alma mater for a

presentation. the 75th anniversary of carver school. and today, former students returned to explain the important role the school has played in the roanoke valley's history. wdbj7's joe dashiell is in the studio tonight with that story. jean, today carver elementary school has over 400 students in kindergarten through 5th grade but from 1940 to 1966, it housed all twelve grades, a school that black students in roanoke county attended during the years of segregation. and mrs. jones would say to us in the third grade, good, better, best. never let it rest, until the good is better and the better's best. marylen harmon was a student at salem's carver school for

principal. her mother the first grade teacher. and she says the lessons she learned here were the foundation for her success. this was our hope our promise and our dream. and from there it was our springboard to move into life and to do better and commit ourselves to help others. during this school year, the students of carver are celebrating the school's 75th anniversary, and its important role in the region's history. this was a time when everyone who went to carver was black. former roanoke city school superintendent harmon to explain the period of segregation. segregation was the way it was. i didn't know any different, but i had parents and teachers and people in the community who shielded us from the harshness of segregation and taught us how to

with dignity. marylen harmon has been working with mike stevens and others with the city of salem and the salem school division to produce a video documentary. they will screen the carver project for the first time on monday night at 6:30 in the carver elementary school gym. it's 66 minutes long and includes interviews with more than two dozen teachers, parents, students and coaches, including three who have died since they were interviewed. joe dashiell wdbj7. a super bowl champion made his way back home this afternoon to bassett high school . devone claybrooks - a member of the tampa bay buccaneers super bowl 37 team - was given a warm welcome by students for the presentation of the golden football. in celebration of super bowl 50 this year, the high school of every nfl player who played in a super bowl was presented with a golden football for its trophy case.

claybrooks, bassett high graduate " it's nothing like 7 oclock on a friday night and the fresh smell of grass and the bands playing in the background. and i think that's one of the memories i will take with me forever, even though i've played in the superbowl, grey cups and a bunch of championships games and those type of things but that's one memory that always sticks with me." claybrooks spoke to the students about achieving your dreams no matter how much money you have or where you came from. with two of his high school coaches by his side, school leaders presented claybrooks with a plaque and his retired jersey. sunny skies today but a cold wind continues to blow. but we hear the first alert forecast will feature a major warm up. nexti want a trend in that direction absolutely gene cassette without enough cold days here we certainly didn't get any warmth at all today rona cully at thirty nine degrees and a

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joy set us off on our friday nighti enjoyed thank you appreciate that help on sunday like were headed without once and in fact most of the country is in a more relaxed state no big storms bearing down on anybody if tiger woods pretty clear almost coast-to-coast live with northwesterly flow continuing in our area and that's why it's still staying pretty chilly and why there's a good chance for a flory overnight but then tapered off tomorrow why did we wind up if you look at widen that the viewing at this warmer areas headed our way from el paso to oklahoma city the winds are now starting to come out of the west and that sets us up very

warm-up will go from the forties tomorrow nine right up to sixties on sunday and it's those upper-level winds that are transporting in those really nice temperatures at all it don't work in the chilly side of the fence thirty four in roanoke and lynchburg thirty nine to smith mountain lake and rainouts 39 in danville also done thirty four in martinsville and it's twenty nine degrees and galax little boy blowing snow over the last day or two over the southwestern areas the and been fairly quiet and fairly dry lynchburg did not report any additional moisture today thirty nine degrees at the moment just at the artwork feels like thirty three with the winds out of the west at about nine miles an hour at the excellent opportunity to go to yellow branch elementary just down the road from the airport today to talk about whether careers are great time fourth and fifth graders appreciate invitation and cool t-shirt afterwards to look at a partly cloudy and a cold night tonight with thick and twenty four what i discovered from galax to lynchburg look

bluefield checking in at about twenty two degrees forecast model starts at cloudy first thing in the morning i got ten or eleven o'clock starting to see things spin out a little bit and in the afternoon those westerly winds will finally clear the clouds out of the region we can start to watch temperatures make decline in the warm climate just in time your saturdays i look forward mostly sunny as the breeze does continue for little while longer and high temperatures in the mid to upper forties 40s and lower 50s. our seven day planner that makes the big jump on sunday and on monday, 62 at the way to do a partly sunny skies was tuesday wednesday bring a stronger chance for thunderstorms we clear out thursday in what is not a morning winter mix oner the hardwood at the salem civic center today where top seeded lynchburg college tried to avoid the

hampden-sydney. postseason basketball was back underway again today at the salem civic center, with the men's quarterfinal rounds of the odac tournament tipping off. the lynchburg college hornets, the #1 seed on the men's side, taking on hampden-sydney in the opener. and early in the second half, lynchburg pushing the lead to double- digits. austen arnold knocks down the three from the top of the key. hornets up 47-36. then in transition, it's lyndon white finishing off the fast- break. the hornets continued to buzz outside on the perimeter. the kick- out to zack burnett. he finds the bottom of the net, as the lead balloons to 16. burnett then, showing off the versatility. drives into traffic, but still gets it

lynchburg just crusing down the stretch. a.j. hamilton flying down the court. the hoop and the harm, as the hornets are onto to the semifinals, beating hampden- sydney, 90-67. hillary scott, lynchburg college head coach: "i feel like our guys now, feel like they belong here. you know, feel like, 'you know, we've got a chance.' if we can play well, play to our expectations, then we have a chance to have some success here, and i thought we played like that. i think we started out 10-0, or 12-0, something like that, and when you can get that right out of the locker room, that always helps your confidence. i just think we have a bunch of guys now that don't want to be denied, and they don't want to be done playing. that attitude can go a long way when you're trying to win a championship." so the hornets advancing to the odac semis, where they await the winner between emory & henry and guilford. things close in the early-going. will freeman knocking down the long jumper for guilford. but emory & henry starts to make a run. john shelor splashes down the

the wasps opening up a nine point lead. guilford though fighting back. john bryant with the bucket off the inbounds pass. but emory with too much on the night. clif conley connects from deep, as helping his team advance to meet lynchburg tomorrow, with the 91-81 win. the hype of daytona is now in the rear view for nascar as the drivers have descended up on atlanta for this weekend's folds of honor/quiktrip 500. qualfiying is underway at the track where kyle busch paced the first round with a hot lap at more than 193 miles an hour. trevor bayne was second quickest in his roush fenway ford. round two is just about to begin. we'll let you know who's on the pole at 11. the market ends the week on a mixed note. the dow dropped 57 points.

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