more than 30 fire fighters from four different apartments are on the scene until about 3:00 in the morning. a neighbor called 911 a few minutes after 11:00. they tell me yates was kind lady always willing to help. they are devastated they couldn't help her last night. >> it is very sad. i didn't sleep last night because i lost three children in 1962 to a house fire. and i knew what this -- that she didn't make it out. >> reporter: arson or foul place is not expected in this case. the fire department's tape is still up and they are still investigating the cause of this fire tonight. in gretna, valerie bragg, abc 13 news. the virginia office of the chief medical examiner says five of six people killed in an apparent murder-suicide in chesapeake died of gunshot wounds. four died from gunshot wounds

gunman cameron dooley died of a gunshot wound to his chest. dooley's death was ruled a homicide -- suicide and the other were suicide. he killed his parents, siblings and another relative. a local reality star has been convicted of possessing a sawed-off shotgun. steven tickle from "moon shinersteven tickle from "moon shiners" was convicted in court help in arrested tickle during a routine traffic stop on 29 last july. tickle will be sentenced in march. that wind kept is very cool today even though we saw temperatures in the 40s and sunshine this afternoon, it probably felt a lot colder to you due to that expected wind. right now we are looking live over liberty and lynchburg, and you can see that snow is continuing to melt away. we will see some refreezing tonight, because we are going to have a freeze by 11 p.m., most of us will be in the upper 20s, and temperatures will be off to a cold start for your

20s. coming up, we will update you on a warm-up, as well as the next time that you will see rain. new tonight, governor terry mcauliffe are weighing in on the issues with lindenberg no longer coming to appomattox. we told thought china-based company was supposed to move into the old thomasville building, but that deal fell through. it is 349 jobs that are no longer coming. the governor says he isn't happy about it. >> reporter: they did not do the job they should have done on it and we had a very tough meeting after that was announced. they need to do their job. we can bring in business from all across the globe, but it is important that they get their ducks in the row before it gets to my des. >> mark: the property was sold to a developer after it went to auction in december. reports in virginia to get an up-close look at how it is operating. majority leader says he plans

floor where prior to this year they had operated for decades. norman said he has reached an agreement with members of the capital press corp on new rules from reporting from the floor. gop senator had reporters bangop senator had reporters banned when the 2016 legislative session started earlier this month. success in the classroom. danville public schools developing a new approach, and superintendent dr. stanley jones unveiled that in the state of the school division address. tola adamson was there and joins us live tonight. tola? >> reporter: mark, one of the topics dr. jones focused on was a new department aimed at involving parents in their children's education. it is called the office of school safety, community engagement and student discipline. it is ball involving parents in the disciplinary process when their child is not following the rules or if a student is underperforming. the goal is to decrease the amount of instructional time lost by students when they are suspended or expelled. intervention specialists talk

challenges in the home that may be triggering the students' troubles. >> when we have students looking at the serious consequence and they sit down with the intervention specialist and we have a conversation, it was a very candid conversation where we are learning about some of the things happening in that home and some of the things that that parent needs and we are able to connect that parent to resources. >> that department has meeting on monday with agencies in the area to talk about serving those struggling students. coming up at 6:00, i will have a new information on what the school division is doing after one of the elementary school didn't meet accreditation status. live in danville, tola adamson, abc 13 news. >> danner: thanks for the update, tola. a developing story on the real estate market that you need to hear tonight. why it is good news if you were looking to buy a house. next, we will have much a warmer weekend forecast that i think you will like and i will update you on when you can expect to see rain return.

issued a recall you need to know about tonight. from the terrorism alert desk in washington, i am jonathan elias. a man accused of computer hacking and identity theft to support isis will appear in court in alexandria for the first time this afternoon. al-farisi you stole the information of u.s. servicemembers and federal employees. the government announcing they will join the u.s.-led crisis against n syria. the dutch have been carrying out air strikes for months but balked at extending the mission to syria. progress to tell you about from northern syria.

rule is now under kurdish award-winning coverage you can count on. we are expecting a warm-up. >>.all i care about is what is happening this weekend. >> george: so looking up for this warm-up for quite some time and getting a break in the wind. that wind not a very good hair day out there. >> mark: i don't have to worry about that personally. >> danner: you are so lucky. [ laughter ] laugh. >> george: looks like for the weekend it is going to be a good-looking forecast for you. going to be cold in the morning. something planned for the morning in the 20s. the afternoon looks good. mostly sunny, cool and dry with highs reaching the 50s. light wind in the morning and increasing south breeze during the afternoon but the wind

as bad as what we had today. we are looking live over lynchburg, upper 30s and with the wind, we will be falling into the 20s. with the temperatures in the 30s right now and wind, that is giving us a wind chill. please dress warmly if you are headed thought evening. 39 degrees with dry air. west-northwest wind at 10. at times today we have seen the wind gusting at 30 miles per hour. temperatures 30s and lower 40s. if you were watching us from south boston, you are at 42. martinsville, 38. clacksville is 31. and up to the north you can see temperatures in the 20s and 30s toward hot springs. blacksburg is at 33. across virginia, the weather is dry today though some of you saw some snow flurries briefly this morning. no travel problems right now. i do want to show you up in the north and east, there are some areas of snow, but this the is the kind of snow they can handle in these small pockets. a little bit of lake-effect snow in the northeast, buffalo, but overall these are going to be tolerable snowfall amounts. if off trip planned in the new england states maybe you are headed to new york city or

weather is generally going to be pretty good for you and light snow that direction. for us the weather is quiet. sunshine headed our way for the weekend. now when you wake up in the morning, you will have temperatures in the 20s. and a nice amount of sunshine as we go throughout the day tomorrow. you can see the future cast trying to show some clouds developing during the day, but overall will have a lot of sunshine and blue skies for your saturday. sunday, about 10 degrees warmersunday, about 10 degrees warmer. a lot of sunshine showing up across virginia. no travel problems are expectedno travel problems are expected, and we are going to see highs reaching into the 60s for sunday and also 60s as we work our way in to monday. tonight, we will be mostly clear. it is still going to be breezy the next few hours, but as we go throughout the evening. the winds will it diminish, lows in the 20s. smith mountain and roanoke at 22. amherst at 22. concord and appomattox at 25. if you were watching us from south side from charlotte county, halifax, danville, lows in the upper 20s. martinsville, 21.

tomorrow will be below freezing through 9:00. between 9 and noon, we will be warming above freezing, and lunchtime tomorrow looks good. 47. sunny and cool with a south breeze at noon. highs into the 50s during the afternoon. around the rest of the area tomorrow. trends cooler north and milder south. altavista, 54. south boston, 56. martinsville, 55. and danville warming nicely to 57. your seven-day forecast show all of us reaching into the 60s for sunday and monday. on monday, a few small showers are possible. and most of us are going to be staying dry. if you get rain not going to be anything significant. for tuesday a little cooler. highs in the 50s and a few small showers possible and increasing rain for all of us with highs in the 50s. your wednesday is looking welt but the rain moving in. >> danner: thanks, george. abc 13 news is giving away good food for free calling it the good eats contest. today and monologue on to wset.com for clure chance to win.

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facebook facehas a feature that we some good news for those looking to buy house. mortgage rates are dropping. the 30-year mortgage rate has fallen to 3.79% and the rate on the 15-year fixed mortgage now stands at 3.7%. experts say the steady drop in rates show the federal reserve is not the sole determ ant of mortgage rates. facebook is ready to start broadcasting live video on its iphone app. it is now on for everyone in the u.s. with facebook's app on the phone -- iphone that is. the live video option is out after two months of testing. it will enable facebook users to share live video of their adventures and other mundane activities with friends and family, yay. [ laughter ] laugh facebook is looking to add live video to its app for android devices. >> mark: not sure how i feel

apple is recalling power adapters because they can cause an electric shock. it was designed for use in couldn't nebt meantal europe, argentine into and brazil. they were shipped with macs and other apple devices and also included in the apple world travel adapter kit. in a statement, apple said in very rare cases, the adapters may break and create a risk of electrical shock if touched. apple will exchange the faulty plugs for free and refund customers who doubt new plugs over that issue. the battle of the mind.

we go inside a competition forecast you can count on from the abc 13 weather expertsfrom the abc 13 weather experts. dporj gorge today we saw highs reaching the 40 -- >> george: today we saw highs reaching the 40s and lower 50s but felt cold we are the win. lynchburg at 43 and danville at 50. show what you we are tracking for you from the weekend into next week. our weekend will be quiet, but there is an area rain out along the west coast. this will be the next developing storm system, and by late tuesday and wednesday, that rain which is now california will be here in virginia. if you are looking for somewhere indoors to take the kids this weekend, the virginia museum of natural history in martinsville has you covered. life-sized dinosaurs, fossils

will fill the museum for dino day. dinosaur-themed storytime and tile paint welcome available for the kids. the cost $4 bucks per child. $5 for adults. it is from 10:00 in the morning until 3:00. >> danner: what a fun thing to do with the kids. students from around the world faced off at randolph college in lynchburg in the battle of the brains today. every year the united states association of fizz sick student tournament homeland securityholds this competition. teams are scored on the quality of theory, experience and response to other teams. >> these are some of the best physics students in the world. we have three schools from china, one from tunisia, a bunch from the united states. the best physics students and physics teachers in the world are conveneare convening to discuss their physics. >> danner: the winning school will receive a trophy and bragging rights as well. >> mark: indeed, that is very cool. one celebrity couple is

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>> danner: you got to love social media. >> mark: yes do you. jeremy roth has more on the video with tens of millions of views the rains down in africa . >> mark: well, i know that is toto singing the song. that's about -- >> hollywood couple kristin bell and z a -- dak shepherd of an african safari from a few years ago set to obviously toto. the pair who have two kids said the trip was their last hurrah before becoming parents and they wanted to rage hard and honor toto properly.

is great. >> danner: that was toto. >> mark: you should honor toto because they are great if i do say so myself. >> danner: we have continuing coverage tonight at 6:00 of two murder cases going on in our area. priscilla kaiser is in bedford county with a man accused of killing the lyon sisters more than 40 years ago was in court for a hearing. a second day of witness