>> reporter: well, noreen, if you were coming downwards road any time soon, you will notice some mud on the road. this dirt berm behind me collapsed melting quickly in the son and warm temperatures. we drove around the city checking out road conditions and public works have done a great job of getting the roads clean. crews finished up their shift this afternoon and tell me every road is clear at this time. the sun has even dried up some roads and still some possibility that some roads could refreeze. they treated rose with salt and have crews just in case. the city had $150,000 left in their snow removal reserve fundtheir snow removal reserve fund. she haven't got numbers back from this snowstorm but she thinks they will be within the budget and hopes this will be the last storm of the season. >> in this particular snow, it warmed up right after the snow, so that has been very helpful in helping us get cleaned up -- the streets clean up soon sore really depends on the weather

surrounding the snow. >> reporter: another concern in the city, potholes. public works is working on compiling a list of potholes that need attending to. if you see one that needs attention, be sure to call 856attention, be sure to call 856-city, so they can add that to the list. live in license, katie brooke, abc 13 news. the freezing rain and sleet we got led to a lot of power outages. we caught up with the crew in danville working to restore power. families in the north davis drive off piney forest road woke up without power. the danville utility engineer said a couple of big power lines brought down three utility poles around 1 a.m. and customers have freezing rain to blame for that. >> very dangerous. you wouldn't want to be around it when it happened, that's for sure. >> there is no way to prevent this. cutting all the trees away, that is one benefit, and just keeping the right-of-ways clean.

danville utilities. the city hopes to restore power to everyone by midnight. >> noreen: the roanoke valley was the hardest hit with downed trees and power outages. appalachian power reported 50,000 customers are without power. there are 24,000 without right now. ice and tries again were the main culprit. the ice causes those tree branches, even whole trees to snap and brings down the power poles, of course. appalachian power has called in crews from outside the state to help, but even with that, they don't know for sure when all the lights are come back for everybody. believe it or not, a chance of a little bit of snow tonightof a little bit of snow tonight. george flickinger, we are not talking about anything accumulating though. >> reporter: i don't think so, mark. the temperatures will be too warm. if you were watching it especially toward south side, we are going to see rain and snow moving in. now most of us are going to be cool and dry through 9 p.m. if you look in southwestern virginia, youvirginia, may get some rain in

9 a.m. and 6 p.m. you see this rain, snow mix. most of the snow will occur in the mountains, if you live toward south side, say martinsville, danville, into halifax county, most of this will be coming down as rain, and we will likely see a few slippery roads. i don't think we will see widespread slippery hodeswidespread slippery roads as the temperatures will be a nudge too warm. temperatures falling in the 30s and as we wake up in the morning below freezing for most locations near 30. coming up a little later, we will let you know when all this cold weather moves away and enjoy a nice warm-up. >> noreen: looking forward to it, george. look that the, a gas station in henry county that collapsed on the corner of axton road anding more road. the gas station has actually been closed for several years and remained in very bad shape. they are not 100% sure if that collapse was weather related. the snow might be melting, but the car repair bills are mounting for many of you, and that means a busy time for auto

suri crowe has new information on what you can do to cut on on any car bills. she joins us live from lynchburg tonight. suri? >> reporter: mark, that is right, the snow and cars can be a bad mix, and because winter storms, auto body car shops are getting loads of work because of this storm. despite warnings, the auto body repair say a lot of people go out in the mess. they speed and ride on bad tires, et cetera, and then they end up in his shop with cars that are severely damaged or worse, completely totaled. most of the pain and heartache of high repair goods is for drivers to properly insure their own cars. the towing alone can run you $6the towing alone can run you $600. free advice from a man who has seen years of car disasters. >> because we are not accustom>> because we are not accustomed to the cold in this region, it is very difficult. driving a car with better tires and better speeds, front wheel

it, but people don't. so we have dozens of cars tobed in. and -- towed in. the shame is a lot of older cars are not fixable and they don't have insurance so a very expensive problem for people. >> reporter: he says worth it to cover your vehicle with collision insurance even if you think your own vehicle a juncture because if something happens to it, then you are walking. live in lynchburg, suri crowe, abc 13 abc 13. >> mark: suri, good information. coverage of the weather and including any closings or delayincluding any closings or delays we get for tomorrow. turning now to other news, the man prosecutors who say admitted to lying under oath in connection with the lyon sisters murders entered a plea in court. richard welch's brother-in-law leslie ingle king's hearing as he stood before a bedford county judge, priscilla? priscilla kaiser noreen, -- >>reporter: noreen, ingle king

set to appear in court in june although a judge did not officially convict him today. he was charged with perjury last year after the bedford county commonwealth attorney said he willfully falsely testified in front of a grand jury in the 1975 abduction and murders of sheila and katherine lyons. prosecutors said he lied to protect his sister patricia welch. the wife. a person of interest in the kate. patriciapatricia was indicted for perjury. her trial set for april. they believe the lyon sisters were kidnapped from a maryland shopping center and taken to bedford county where they were killed. we should explain, a no contest claim means no trial by jury and waiving right to appeal in certain jurisdictions. a judge ordered a presense tag report before the next hearing june 7 when we will be sentenced if a judge convicts him. he remains out on bond.

surveillance picture. lynchburg police want to identify this sky while they investigate the use of counterfeit bills in the city. somebody used countfeit 100 bills at target, dick's sporting goods and michael's on february 12. this is the picture of the car driving. if you have any information about this, call or text crimestoppers. the number is on your screen, 8the number is on your screen, 888-798-5900. it is a monumental task, digging through millions of records trying track guns used in crimes across the country. >> mark: i went to the center where they do it just a couple of hours from here, and you may be surprised how they are

a special report coming up next roanoke and the new river valley. guns in america is a consistent hot topic on the campaign trail. the issue is also the focus of a live town hall that we here

>> mark: yeah, the comments and questions that came out of thatat event resonated with many of you. you know there are more than 1you know there are more than 140,000 licensed gun dealers in the u.s. it is estimated that americans own more than 300 million firearms, but only one agencies in the nation that helps law enforcement agencies solve crimes involving firearms, and as you are about to see, what some say should be easy is far from it. >> reporter: on the outskirts of marathon -- martinsburg, west virginia, some of the important crime-fighting work goes on. the alcohol, tobacco and firearms national tracing center. >> the only facility of its kind in the world. >> reporter: when a crime is committed with the firearm, one of the places that law enforcement turns to for help is right there. >> our goal is to identify that individual purchaser and have that piece of information back to the requesting law enforcement agency as an investigative lead. >> reporter: but may not be quite so simple.

divide here when it comes to creating that information. >> because there is no national registry or no national dataregistry or no national database of up firearms ownership, licensed dealers are responsible for maintaining their own records. >> reporter: when a dealer goes belly-up, their paper work and there can be a lot of it goes here. as long as those dealers are maintaining records, they can keep the information in any form they want. >> this is a dealer and his electronic record. >> reporter: water, fire damage and sometimes worse, the paperwork will end up here. it is a pain-staking and surprisingly low-tech way of doing business. there is a lot of sorting by hand. and machines. especially when you consider. >> we'll receive upwards of 1.5 to 2 million records per month from business deeders. >> mark: rows and rows of

center. in 2014 they ran 365,000 traces. last year that number jumped to more than 380,000. there are so many records the agency ran out of room inside along time ago. so now ... shipping containering come in handy. >> i am sure there are ways that we can -- that we can harness technology and software to do things better or do things a little more quickly, but we have actually got a great system in place. >> reporter: in many cases. >> it was on a block 34. >> reporter: it means getting on the phone to get what is needed. >> and the firearm was transferred to you on september 8 of 2008. >> reporter: two shifts a day. >> we have a few traces we need some assistance with. will you be able to do that for me. >> reporter: running five day as a week to help law enforcement around the nation to help track firearms using

>> hey, this is sara from the atf national tracing center. how are you doing. >> reporter: in the age of google. the ban on a federal gun sale database has been strongly supported by the national rifle association. now i reached out to the group for comment, and i haven't heard back, but i can tell that you when the nra has been asked about this issue in the past its response has been strong opposition to any registry involving law-abiding gun owners. we would like to hear from you about this. go to our web site at wset.com on our facebook page and share your thoughts. >> noreen: very interesting. we are getting back to our

coming for the rest of the week we do have quite a weatherahead for the rest of your weekahead for the rest of your week, but first ref to get through this evening, but -- but first we have to get through this evening. but first, a cool and dry day. chilly. dress warmly. a few slippery spots tomorrow morning but i don't think we will see widespread travel problems. a mix of sun and clouds. cool and dry. highs in the 40s and lower 50s. now this evening, we are going to be tracking for you an area of rain and light snow. most of us are dry, and we are going to stay dry for the next couple of hours, but i want to show what you we are tracking. it is this large area rain with some embedded snow which is making its way through tennessee. most of this is going to fall

however, we are going to see some of this rain moving into virginia as a trend as it is moving straight to the right, straight to the east. the bulk is from roanoke to lynchburg and then southward across south side and especially into the carolinas, greensboro and down to charlotte. there could be some snow mixed in, but i don't think we will see widespread travel problems. most of this will be falling as rain. looking live, this is near wardlooking live, this is near wards road. this is the route 29 and 460 intersection where conditions are pretty good shape considering how icy it has been the last few days. temperatures 42. a west and southwest wind at 3 miles per hour. around the rest of the area, still all above freezing, and we are going to remain above freezing this evening. good news if you have travel plans at dinnertime. south boston at 47. clarkville, 48. colder toward virginia tech. up toward uva and charlottesup toward uva and charlottesville in the upper 40s. this afternoon highs reaching the upper 40s.

roanoke topped out in the mid-40s after the heavy rain for this morning. at 8 p.m., most of the commonwealth is dry. there will be some snow moving into far southwestern virginia. at midnight, you can see most of this precip will be from near -- near roanoke and lynchburg and southward across south side which means if you are watching us from danville, you will have rain. could be mixed in with some snow, and the bulk of this snow will stay closer to the mountains. at 4:30 in the morning, driving south and driving into this rain and area of snow. and then by the time you get going on your wednesday morninggoing on your wednesday morning, most of this is going to go well to the east, and we will see drier weather. fairly pleasant wednesday and cool. so overnight tonight, we will see lows eventually falling toward the upper 20s and lower 30s by morning. appomattox, 31. altavista, 32. 331 for smith mountain lake. and your hourly weather for tomorrow, below freezetomorrow, below freezing for 9. above freezing at lunchtime.

upper 40s during the afternoon, cool and dry with that west breeze. around the rest of the area tomorrow, if you were watching us from south side, highs in the 50s toward danville and south boston. your seven-day forecast shows gradual warming trend by fridaygradual warming trend by friday. then for saturday and sunday, we will see highs in the 60s. though we need to watch next week closely for you. stay with us. right now monday looks like day that will see rain, and on tuesday, we could see snow. stay with us for the newest info on that potential snow. >> mark: all right, george, thanks. another home game, another uva win. it has been like clockwork. we will hear from one of nascar's top drivers trying to lock up a first development

hi, everybody, virginia has been unbeatable at home. no, really, not lost a single came. 13-0 at john paul jones arena after tony bennett called a sluggish first half last night against nc state, the cavs came to life in the second outscoring 22 held the scoreheld the scoring leader barber to 14 points. london perentes added 19 including five 3s. virginia wins by 20 and improves to 21-5. the cavs off until next monday when they play at miami.

second half from everybody. that was a real nice second half for us. that ball in the second half of how we moved it and shared it, and i don't know nc state at all wore down or not, but we tried to just have a level of patience and toughness offensively and really fights defensively. >> i thought we were really good. i thought we were excellent on both ends. just being back home, knowing and liking and feeling it. just two days away from the qualifying races that will set the field for the daytona 500. despite three qualifying wins, brad keslowski at daytona and makes his start. >> daytona right there knocking on the door and something happens every time. i can't really explains why. last year i thought we were very good, and the year before

close out on a late race. and the year before that we were leading with 5 to go. and some little thing keeps popping up for us at the end of the race. the area's top high school wrestlers converge on salem for friday and saturday for the state championships. among the region champs will be competing for state title includes undefeat -- and jeffrey allen. and reed stewart and austin willer canton. chad cantrel and christian kennedy of appomattox to name a few. allen won a state title as a freshman and was state runnerfreshman and was state runner-up last year. >> when i started, i knew i would really like it. i got out there and i liked the individual sport. and i have been doing it a lot year round. i feel that now to be competitive at the state level, you got to be doing it a whole lot year round. football friday signing

appomattox raider linebacker marquse morgan has signed with the university of charleston in west virginia. congratulations to marquese. a big year for them lately at appomattox winning the state football championship back in

moving tonight now that most of the winter weather is out of our area for now. might be ready to wash your car. tonight at 7:00, the one place your car that you might be forgetting to wash. plus your tax dollars going to waste. at 7:00, a government-funded moonshine among other things that are u breaking news tonight. storms slamming both coasts. in the east, treacherous driving, a dangerous mix of sleet and rain. the pileups. 60

across the south, 20 reported tornadoes. the woman trapped under her home, rescued. and in the west tonight, bracing for a major system, too. also breaking tonight, the new polls coming in now. where do donald trump and hillary clinton now stand in south carolina? and former president george w. bush taking aim at trump. also developing, the supreme court. the president just moments ago, saying, "i intend to do my job. i expect them to do their job, as well." a message to the senate. the case of the serial killer, far worse than first thought. accused in ten deaths, now linked to several others. what was discovered in his home. and mic check. america loves adele, but millions watching wondering, what happened? tonight, adele's own explanation, right here. good evening. and it's great to have you with us here on a tuesday night.