the death of an 89-year-old want your coat. breezy and cold, lows in the 20s.-black ice is possible for saturday morning.-saturday will be

pleasant with 3 highs near 50. 3 3 mark tight a fire late last night at a home in gretna left a woman dead. it happened on henry street just after 11 last night. katie yeatts lived alone...and was not able to make it out. she was 73. abc 13 just checked in with the fire marshal's office.. they have not yet determined the cause. gretna fire crews say.. it started in the front corner of her home.. neighbors told us that is where her kitchen is. arson or foul play is not suspected. 3 noreen tight a rare compromise on gun legislation in virginia today. democratic governor terry mcauliffe and republican house speaker william howell held a press conference in richmond outlining the deal. their proposal control measures while

have invalided handgun permits in virginia held by residents of 25 other states. we have many more details about this legislation at wset.com. we do want to know what you think about this. today's abc 13 facebook poll is, how do you feel about mcauliffe's announcement to strengthen gun control legislation. you can like our page to take our poll. governor mcauliffe spent part of the day bringing good news to the county. he stopped by the rk packaging corporation to announce that company will be expanding their operation there. the company said they will spend $11 million on the expansion whether i create 50 new jobs. >> they looked at south carolina, north carolina, georgia, florida and texas. they chose virginia. low taxes, business friendly. i think all of the things that we talked about every day in building a new virginia went into it. >> mark: they make the card>> mark: they make the cardboard boxes that many

including clinique and mac come in. failed to make accreditation status. danville superintendent dr. stanley jones addressed the issue at woodbury elementary during his state of the school division address. tola adamson has more on his plans to fix this issue. tola? >> reporter: noreen, for four consecutive years, when berry hill failed to meet student expectation in english, math, science and history. booker jones says the problem lies within the school division for not using the same instructional framework across all schools. he said they were anticipating this even before the state denied the school accreditationdenied the school accreditation, so starting at the beginning of this year, all elementary and middle schools are using the same instruction at framework called learning focus. and next year, the high school will join in. dr. joan says this -- dr. jones sthais will make a big difference. >> the state will step in and give us additional resource so

closely with the state to try make sure we have the resources we need to improve instruction. >> reporter: the resources he is referring to will mostly be professional development for teachers. booker jones said it gave parents an opportunity to transfer to forest hills elementary which is accredited and has fewer students, but he says no one took them up on the offer. live in danville, tola adamson, abc 13 news. family and friends gathered at highland heights baptist church this morning to remember a long-time lynchburg radio personality. bob abbott passed away earlier this week at the age of 65. he worked in the lynchburg radio market starting in 1976. he refried wlni two years ago. his family says he passed away suddenly. well, you have heard the expression, let the buyer beware. well, one woman wants renters to be aware. what she says she saw online that ended up being too good to

celebrating smatoryard-winning coverage you can count on. >> noreen: i am sure you heard about those craigslist ads that seem too good to be true. >> mark: a lot of people have. abc 13 uncovered another one. this time it is a home rental listing that a woman says has devastated her. suri crowe has been investigating this case for you us, and she joins us with the very latest. >> reporter: mark, one woman has been taken by a craigslist ad and a local realtor is hoping that it doesn't happen to anybody else. >> reporter: realtor daniels phone has been lighting up with calls like these. >> downtown to the building to find out who is the actual owner. because just didn't make sense and stuff didn't add up.

ad on craigslist listed as cute and charming, three bedrooms, all the amenities and ready to move in now, all for $600 a month. >> they take your words from your -- >> looks like they did. >> looks to me like they did. >> wow, yep. >> reporter: it is available all right, but not for rent. it is for sale. through daniel's own property listing that appears to have been lifted by someone else to an effort to receive. >> they will get an e-mail back with them for instructions on what they will need to do. or they will get a phone call or a text message from an international number. >> reporter: another woman who contacted daniel did fall for it. she wired $600 after the people claiming to be missionaryclaiming to be missionaries in nigeria told her they would fed ex her the keys. she sent them the money and out of a place to live. >> heartbreaking right now. $600 for her is quite a bit of

somebody. >> reporter: one other reason the situation bothers daniel is because he was a former cop. >> a police officer in hampton road. >> reporter: believe it or not, the oohthe ad is still up, but the woman who sent the money is has decided to file a police reportdecided to file a police report. she said she feels foolish, but that the people were so convincing in their story of being african missionarybeing african missionaries, and she just doesn't want it to happen to anybody else. noreen. >> noreen: let's hope her story does help others. thanks, suri. thank you for accepting this calling. the message from campbell county sheriff to his department at an awards ceremony. >> forward march. >> noreen: they gave awards for tsarious case including a standoff on walnut you lane when calvin ramsey iii barricaded himself inside a trail we are a gun. hutchinson said more than 30

and ramsey fired more than 18 times right at them. hutcher son says it is that kind of dedication he wants to celebrate. >> hopefully to encourage them and keep them doing the job that they have been doing in the past. but i just -- i am so you proud of them. i am glad to have an opportunity to see what they do each day, 24 hours a day, seven days a week. >> reporter: sheriff hutchinson gave out several other awards and you have those details at wset.com.

everyone who got an award. well, we just got the word from george. should we share it? >> noreen: yeah, grin and bear it. >> george: but one more freeze. >> noreen: then the warm-up is coming. >> george: big freeze and then black ice and then you will really love the forecast for next week. a lot of smiles to go around. for tomorrow morning, keep in mind some of that melted snow will refreeze, but after 9 a.m., it is going to be melting away, and it is probably going to melt away for good. we will be staying above freezing each night as we work our way into next week. sunny and cool for your saturday afternoon and sunday

into the 60s for nearly all of us. [cheering] >> george: and the dmreer noreen and she already likes that part of the forecast. beautiful evening. the clouds have been clearing out. 36 degrees. still a bit of a breeze out there. it is not showing up very well in this wind report, but outside, you will certainly feel that wind, but the wind is going to gradually diminish as we go throughout the evening. watching us from blacksburg. down to freezing at 32. uva, charlottesville at 38. 40 in danville and 43 -- 43 in danville and 40 in south bostondanville and 40 in south boston. here is a look at the wind chills. the wlils aren't as bad as they were earlier as the wind is not quite as strong. right now it feels like 23 in blacksburg. roanoke, your wind chill at 28. south boston, your wind chill at 36. so lighter wind overnight tonight and tomorrow. the weather is dry across virginia, and it is going to stay dry. if you have some travel plans, maybe a flight up into the north and east, there will be some light areas of snow. no big winter storms.

it will cause any huge flight delays. we will be watching the west coast for the next few days because right now, this area rain which is moving into california, that is going to be part of the next weather system that heads our way. by monday, a few showers are possible, increasing rain for all of us by tuesday, and especially for wednesday. when you wake up in the morning for your saturday morning, it will be below freezewill be below freezing with temperatures in the 20s. we will have clear skies. and tomorrow, we will see a lot of sunshine, a few high clouds are possible and highs will be reaching the lower 50s. jawching ahead to your -- jumping ahead for your sunday. the temps forming into the 60s. so we will be finishing up up january with very mild conditions. no travel issues for you on sunday. tonight, we are going to see a freeze with temps in the 20s by morning, but as we mentioned, this will be the last freeze that we are going to see for a while. bedford, 23. amherst, 22. appomattox, 25. and the hourly weather for tomorrow show we are on our way after 9 a.m., we will see that ice melting.

40s. pleasant for you at noon. 47. highs reaching the lower 50s tomorrow. not as breezy tomorrow. a light south wind. amherst, madison heights, up toward nelson county, highs reaching the lower 50s. buckingham county at 54. watching us from gretna, chatham, mid-50s toward charlotte, keysville, chart lot courthouse and a little cooler and police sent. watching us from blacksburg, roanoke. highs in the 60s for sunday and monday. a few small showers in areas of light rain for monday and tuesday. most of the rain is going to be holding off until wednesday. and there will be some heavy rain possible for your wednesday. >> mark: george, thanks. a reminder about our abc 13 good eats contest. today and monday, log on to wset.com for your chance to winwset.com for your chance to win. if you scroll down the home page, the link is under trending. you can also get that information on our abc 13 facebook page.

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basketball mitesbasketball you highlights from around the region. russburg at heritage. cheerleaders and player of the week. out new boys and girls top teams. and the trifecta. the three plays of the week on "full court press." and avenging a loss. the visiting eagles led most of the way but lch stormed back. jay barber's 3 tied the game at 42. less than two to play, alley oops to josh sanders for the lay-up and the lead. the bulldogs won to improve to 10-5. they won nine of their last ten games. two area college players will get one more chance to shine in tomorrow's senior bowl in alabama. virginia tech's daddy nicholas will dress for the south squad after finishing his career with 175717.5 sacks including the game17.5 sacks including the game-winning one against tulsa in the independent bowl.

other side with career highs on if solo tackles. both sides hit the field at 2both sides hit the field at 2:30 on nfl network. liberty kicker john lunsford will have a big opportunity to impress pro scouts at the combine. he finished with the lsu record hold we are 12 made field goals of 50 yards or longer including a 60 yard. he hit a 31-yard in last week's game. joins josh woodrum in the showcase that begins february 23. one time campbell and uv harks star and taylor is among those playing in sunday's pro bowl in hawaii. the carolina panthers and denver broncos are busy traing for a bigger -- practicefor a bigger -- practicing for a bigger bowl, the super bowl a week from sunday. peyton manning was asked about that comment he believed to have made with patriots coach bill belichick that this super

>> i don't know if it has been confirmed or not. what happened to private conversations on the 50-yard line. i guess they don't exist any i guess they don't exist anymore. no confirmation on that whatsoever. we are continue to carolina. north carolina. 28-time gold medalist michael phelps joined curtain of distraction last night for the oregon state game. phelps came out from behind the curtain ripped off his clothes wearing nothing but swimming briefs and gold medals, the shooter missed both free throwsshooter missed both free throws. the sun devils won by 18, 86-68the sun devils won by 18, 86-68. head coach brian kelly signed a new six-year deal with notre dame football. kelly has guided the irish to 5kelly has guided the irish to 55-23 record in the first six seasons including a perfect regular season in 2012 beforeregular season in 2012 before loselosing to alabama in the title game.

chairman dean spanos said his team will remain in san diego for this upcoming season. >> mark: charger fans are happy about that dern deny stayhappy about that dern deny staying in san diego at least

>> noreen: governor terry mcauliffe is calling it a historic compromise on gun control. tonight at 7:00, we dig deeper in the announcement with the latest details richmond. breaking news tonight. with just three days until iowa, the bombshell development involving hillary clinton. the top-secret e-mails. and trump on his closest opponent.