it will now be fixed. lovell's mother tammy weeks did speak today, getting very emotional talking about her daughter's life. she said her family nicknamed her coley. >> cole was a very lovable >> cole was a very lovable. nicole touched many people throughout her short life. >> reporter: lovell did have challenges in her teenaged yearschallenges in her teenaged years. weeks the "washington post" her daughter was bullied online and that's where police believe she met 18-year-old david eisenhaue r as well. he is now charged with murder and we will be following with that. >> danner: along with online activities, nicole had troubleactivities, nicole had troubling posts. suri crowe has been looking into that part of the story for us. suri. >> reporter: danner, i got back from meeting with the internet crimes against children task force and these investigators have seen it all. sergeant steve anders said the

from parents whose children become victims of cyber crime isbecome victims of cyber crime is, quote, not my child. it couldn't happen to me, and yet it can. it is a portal to reach and the gateway is given to them young. >> a couple of months ago i did a presentation in one of the counties here in virginia. we presented to every student in the entire school system, went to every school, and asked the kindergarten class at one of the schools we were talking to, how many of them had access to the internet through a portable device. and over 85% of the kids raised their hands with their smarttheir hands with their smartphones in their hand in the classroom. >>reporter: there is pretty amazing. what do you do to make the digital world a little less scary for children. apps that will let you view your khooi child's phone. download them and you can see what goes in and out and it will be reflected on your phone.

be as tech savvy. kids are very quick, but by the way, predators are too and you need deep up. lastly, danner, the experts say, bottom line, just talk to your kids. >> danner: this is a very good opportunity. a very good lesson to teach your family tonight. again, if you miss the full press conference, you can watch it at wset.com. we have it posted there for you and you can get the most upand you can get the most up-to-date information there and on our abc 13 facebook page. cloudy and cool weather today run being 15 to 20 degrees colder, and then we will see more changes overnight as rain develops. right now we are looking live over danville where most of the snow has completely melted away. temps in the upper 40s to lower 50s. 54 in danville and 47 in lynchburg. for the next few hours mainly dry weather. we will have some drizzle, but mainly dry, and increasing chances for light rain between 8

coming up a little lighter, we will let you know how much rain -- little lighter we will let you know how much rain will fall tonight. the driver of a truck that got hid by a train in roanoke county is transferred to the burn center of wake forest. we are waiting to hear what condition johnny collins is in. a man died at the scene. the two men were in a an appalachian power truck when it was hit by a norfolk southern freight train. there is a lot on the other side of the lot and that is where it appears the truck was heading. there is no crossbacks or gates at that crossing. a private.stop wildfire stop signs on both sides of the tracks. they don't know why the truck crossed while the train was coming. we have new information on a fatal accident in roanoke last night. police say crews pronounced 23-year-old david lee davis of roanoke dead at the scene. police said he lost control of

boulevard, slid off the road and hit a legally parked trailer holding metal conduit pipes. there was another person in the car but that person is okay. speed and alcohol may be the contributing factors. a tractor-trailer fire days a tractor-trailer fire daysed massive backups on i-81 in montgomery county. it appears the brakes or a problem with the axel caused the truck to overheat that caught its load of milled corn on fire that that is what was on board. they unload it to get the fire out completely. one lane was open and traffic was rerouted. the you driver complained of smoke inhalation but he ended up not going to the hospital. look at that mess. it is finished, word from danville officials in the investigation of danville utilities. that has been under way for three years now and a story that abc 13 first broke and has since continually covered. tola adamson is live in danville

>> reporter: danner there are all started after allegations of misconduct from a small group of employees. police started a 19-month investigation with help from state police and the danville commonwealth attorney. six employees were convicted and all either resigned or were fired. and they are now mel pell new safeguards to make sure this never happens again. one is a new automatic vehicle location system so supervisors can monitor in real time where city operators are and how they are being operated. city officials say they are working to implement an electronworking to implement an electronic time and attendance system. also a new policy to let employees anonymously report wrongdoing by nonworkers. a few numbers from the investigation from the city. 200 hours of interview. 200 hours of renew200 hours of review and time sheet. 150 hours spent viewing counties150 hours spent viewing 150 hours spent viewing

reviewing credit card statementsreviewing credit card statements. simply put, he tells us that taxpayers deserve better. >> danner: you can weigh in on the search for city councillor. things like experience, style and performance. it will give candidates an idea of what challenges they do experience. you can hear the full pro vial at the february 9 council meeting or do it online. as well a link for you at wset.com. current city manager kimball payne will retire by the end of june. a roanoke woman is getting a chance that her anhisers are buried on batatat venture. shiri lewis filed a lawsuitshiri lewis filed a lawsuit kee keep her familykeep her family from moving into the green field plantation. the county will do an archaeological review to seearchaeological review to see there are any graves and will hold off moving the building

the county wants to move it to another part of the property to bring more businesses to business park. some presidential candidates are on a high come off of the iowa caucuses. >> i just tell you -- [inaudible] [cheering] >> danner: we will look and see

hampshire. roanoke andew river valleyroanoke and the new river valley. well, get that umbrella out for the morning, because you are going to need it tomorrow.going to be one of those days where you don't have your rain gear. you are going to have to wish you did. >> danner: i need to plan ahead>> danner: i need to plan ahead. i walk out the door, oh, shoot, i think i fordo the it. >> will see the heavier rain moving in and danner, a lot of our viewers are wanting to know when we are going to see the heaviest. it will be a window between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. which is a large amount -- >> danner: that is a pretty big window. >> george: 100% chance of rain and heavy rain through the morning and persist through the afternoon and will see the rain ending by wednesday night. to it is a rather large area rain for that heaviest rain between 8 and 4:00 tomorrow. we will see some 1 to 2-inch rain totals. overall a half inch to two inches. those rain totals will be most xhorn.

rain, when it is going to be moving in. if you do have any plans this evening, it is possible could you get a few small showers in areas of drizzle on your windshield, but overall not much that rain for this evening. at midnight we will see light rain possible, and we will see off-and-on showers and drizzle throughout the night. so when do you wake up in the morning. you want to have your rain gear ready when we head to work. we will see heavier batches from thefrom thes we. a look at your lunchtime on wednesday and this will be very heavy rain and you will see it covers much of the heart of virginia. also possible you may hear some thunder as there is going to be some lightning mixed with with the rain. during the middle of the afternoon we will see the heavy rain moving on through and gradually decreasing rain toward southwestern virginia, and by 5 p.m., most of the rain, certain let heaviest of the rain will be finished as it makes its way through far eastern virginia, through richmond, williamsburg and the coast.

of us by wednesday night. if you have something planned outside tomorrow, i recommend scheduling for thursday because the weather on thursday will be completely dry across our area. right now we have cloudy dry skies. the temperatures are stuck at 40s, 47. and cool wichbld of 8and cool wichbld of 8 miles per hour. watching us from uva, char lortsville, virginia tech, martinsville, 47. and 52 in south boston. now the temperatures front not going to change very much. when you wake up in the morning everything will be wet from the light rain and temperatures will be where they are now. mid-40s to lower 50s toward south side. our hourly weather for tomorrow show the heavier rain moving in between 8 and noon and a very soggy lunchtime for your wednesday. temp inspects upper 50s. 60s in the afternoon. don't have to worry about ice and snow. mild with the rain and around the area tomorrow, highs in the throw mid-50s.

temperatures will be around normal and a cold weekend. 20s in the morning and upper highs in the 30s and 40s. and on sunday, chances of rain to the east with the coast. the seven-day forecast show once the rain ends, drier and colder weather for the remainder of your week. a small plane has gone down off haulover beach in miami-dade county. check out the small plane in the shallow water. it is so clear you can actually see it. two people were on board and rescued. they are said to be in good condition. unclear what caused the plane to go down now. now let's talk about iowa. >> reporter: i am marcy gonzalez with a look at all the campaign action here in new hampshire

and why one candidate is now shifting east, the battleground is moving as democrats and republicans are pushing ahead of next week's primary, but many newsrooms are still buzzing, especially this one, after last night's iowa caucus results came in. marcy gonzalez has the latest. >> reporter: and the trail in

>> so what a rickry last night. [cheering] >> reporter: ted cruz pulling off a big win in the caucuses ahead of donald trump. the one-time front runner calling his second-place winner an honor and then tweeting he haven't been given any credit by the voters for self-funding his campaign. on his heels, marco rubio talkon his heels, marco rubio talking to voter in the granite state after his stronger-thanstate after his stronger-than-expected thirdstronger-than-expected third-place finish. and the campaign confidence today for both democratic candidates despite leaving eye any a virtual tie, clinton declaring victory. >> it was a great win. a great win. >> reporter: bernie sanders pulling ahead in new hampshire welcomed back here today by a cheering crowd. >> we just got in. astounded the word and now we have found the world again.

o'malley dropped out of the race and the rest of the candidates campaign full throttle ahead of next week's primary. >> i feel pretty good about our opportunity to break out here. i think that the groundwork that we laid is going to be great. >> reporter: one candidate not here today is ben carson taking the day off. ted cruz apologized to him today for mistakenly telling people that carson had dropped out of the race. marcy gonzalez, abc news, manchester, new hampshire.

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. in february it is rare that we talk about severe thunderstorms, but there could be a few strong thunderstorms tomorrow. the main area of severe weather will be to our south, that's where temperatures will be warmer throughout the south and east. but it is possible there could be a severe thunderstorm warning or two across virginia. we will keep you updated on the strong storms if they do developstrong storms if they do develop. the zika virus is causing problems for an indian motor company. why do you say? because they prepared to unveil their latest hatch mack, the sglishtion ca. as opposed to the virus which is zika. tata had already promoted it as

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anytime, anywhere, award anytime, anywhere, award-winning coverage you can count on, this is abc 13 news. >> coal coley had a passion for pandas, music and dancing. dreams of being on "american idol" some day. >> noreen: an emotional tammy weeks talked to a news conference about the death of her daughter nicole lovell. in the news conference we learned that one of the suspects is facing new charges tonight. annie andersen starts our team coverage in blacksburg. annie? >> reporter: noreen, we learned that a preliminary autopsy shows that 13-year-old nicole lovell