through wednesday, and you have to keep in mind that heavy rain.. hail.. and deadly tornadoes pummel the south.. destroying homes and businesses. storm team 10 is tracking this storm system as it makes its way to our area. mathieu bonhomme - hit by a trian 11:59:24 when you hear someone gets hit by a train you don't thinking they are living but i lived plus... lucky to be alive. the remarkable story of a local teen who survived after being hit by a train. good evening, and thanks for joining us for wsls 10 at eleven. i'm john carlin. and i'm lindsey ward southwest virginia is under a flood watch tonight.. as severe storms rip through the south . at least seven tornadoes hit louisiana and mississippi.. killing at least three people. tornado watches have been issued for several states.. as well as flood watches with heavy downpours predicted. for what we can expect here... let's head back over to storm team 10 chief meteorologist jeff haniewich. jeff --

weather .. we want you to stay move through the region last night into this morning, but by the afternoon, outside of some drizzle, we did dry things out a bit. another round of heavy rain will likely impact the region later tonight into wednesday, as a powerful storm system from the southwest impacts us. tonight: rain again forms, milder with lows around 40. fog is again possible.pleas e be careful driving. wednesday: rain likely, even some storms are possible,

with the winds picking up, highs in the mid-to- upper 50s. a flood watch is in effect until 700p on wednesday. 1-2" of rain will fall tonight through wednesday, and you have to keep in mind that the ground is already saturated from all the precipitation we have seen over the last couple weeks. the rain may not have anywhere to go. in addition to that, the storm prediction center has put areas near lynchburg and southside in a slight risk for severe weather. flooding and damaging winds are no doubt the biggest threats we will have on wednesday, although there could be some spin in the atmosphere as well. while by no means likely, the threat for a tornado is not zero come tomorrow. most of the rain will be gone of severe weather .. we want you to stay up to date on all the latest conditions. you can get immediate updates and alerts right on your phone. just download our storm team 10 weather app. and make sure to tune in to virginia

latest weather and travel conditions. new tonight at 11 ... republican presidential candidate donald trump is looking for a campaign stop location in our area. the general manager of the berglund center says trump's campaign reached out, but the date wasn't available. when and if a trump rally location is locked down we'll bring you the latest details. ahead of next week's super tuesday here in the commonwealth.. senator bernie sanders made a stop in norfolk today. during his campaign rally .. sanders touched on a wide range of issues including.. unemployment... making college more affordable.. and creating an economy that works for everyone. senator bernie sanders / d presidential candidate we are understand 7.25 cent an hour federal minimum wage is a starvation wage and that means we are going to raise the minim living wage to a living wage to 15 bucks an hour

for his proposed programs.. sanders said he would tax the rich. according to a recent poll conducted by christopher newport university .. hillary clinton is ahead of sanders by 12 percent. between now and super tuesday.. several candidates will make stops here in the commonwealth. donald trump will visit regent university tomorrow... and senator ted cruz will stop by the university monday. and.. former president bill clinton will be in richmond and alexandria tomorrow to campaign for his wife. it's being called a miracle... after a roanoke teen got hit by a train and survived. the accident happened this morning as the 17-year-old was walking to school. new tonight at 11.. he spoke to wsls 10's brie jackson about possibly one of the luckiest days of his life. she joins us live in the studio. brie... some say this young man is a walking miracle. it's been quite a day for 17

old mathieu bonhomme. he was headed to school when the unexpected happened. the patrick henry student was hit by a train. tonight his family talks about the miracle that touched their lives. it's safe to say .. mathieu bonhomme is lucky to be a live. mathieu bonhomme - hit by a trian 04-08 11:58:51 i was walking and out of no where i just got hit. the 10th grader was running late for school tuesday morning and took a short cut. police say he was walking near these train tracks with his head phones on when all of a sudden... mathieu bonhomme - hit by a trian police 11:59:46 i was underneath it and it was just dragging me. the 17-year-old was hit by a train. he remained conscious and with these scrapedhands .. he says he managed to call for help. mathieu bonhomme - hit by a trian 11:59:00 i just got out and called my dad mathieu bonhomme/ son survived being hit by train 12:01:42 when he called me to tell me that. i did not believe him. i know when trains hit people you are gone but mathieu survived. he walked away with cuts on both hands....here across his face and other minor injuries. his mom..evelyne..w

evelyne bonhomme /son survived being hit by train 31-38 12:045:01 they say your son was hit by a train. i said what? jesus. the next thing i know they said you can talk with him and i said thank god. nats of thumbs up now that he's home safe and doing well...this spiritual family says their son is living proof that miracles happen. evelyne bonhomme /son survived being hit by train 12:05:26 keep believing in god, god is always in the business of making miracle everyday trian it. mathieu says he expects to be out of school for a week. but he wants to go back as soon as possible because he enjoys learning. as i left his house tonight..he reminded me to be safe. in the studio...brie jackson wsls 10.s southern is reminding people to never walk on railroad tracks. deadly. they say... when you see tracks...

new tonight at eleven... tourism officials hope putting our region under one "brand" will help attract more visitors. they're calling it virginia's blue ridge. it puts areas like roanoke... roanoke county... franklin county, botetourt.. salem and other parts of southwest virginia under one marketing umbrella. the roanoke valley visitors and convention bureau presented its plan today to the roanoke county board of supervisors. tourism officials want to highlight the mix of mountains and urban areas in our region. landon howard / roanoke valley visitors and convention bureau 11:29:46 the thing that is nice about "virginia's blue ridge" is that you can be salem in virginia's blue ridge, smith mountian lake in virginia's blue ridge. it's something we can all lay claim to. you'll soon see the virginia's blue ridge or v- b-r brand on stickers, brochures and other marketing tools. roanoke county leaders are looking for ways to redevelop county. they plan to start with one of of the area... the corridor along tanglewood mall. it's a densely populated area

opportunities. but.. over the past 20 years the number of stores listed have dropped by nearly 50 percent. now economic development leaders hope to turn vacant properties into an activity center... where people can live... work and shop. jill loope, economic development director for roanoke county: "trying to attract a higher level of population growth in the community all those things are economic development generators and the things we'd like to see along this corridor and county wide." county leaders say the tanglewood corridor is one of nearly 12 areas they hope to turn into activity centers. the jury will continue to deliberate tomorrow morning in the murder trial of waynesboro police reserve captain kevin quick. four suspects are charged with the murder of captain quick... while the other two are accused of being gang ring leaders in a racketeering conspiracy. the jury is looking at all

these past three weeks. the stand. during closing arguments, prosecutors asked the jury to and from the defense. utilities employee -- serving time for his role in the company's corruption scandal... testified against stacy pomrenke today. former vice president of operations david copeland said pomrenke told him to get 15- thousand dollars from a b-v-u contractor to use for a company christmas party. he also said she wanted him to ask for gifts from vendors... including spa certificates... and if said if vendors didn't comply they could lose their contract with the company. a bassett man is also in jail tonight.. after deputies say.. he attacked another man with a baseball bat. according to the henry county sheriff's office .. benny stone broke into scottie rose's home saturday night... and hit him several times in the head with a bat. rose was treated at carilion roanoke memorial

he has since been released. stone is being held in jail without bond. and... two people are behind bars tonight charged in connection with a meth bust in christiansburg. larry browning and donna gardner were arrested after police say they found multiple one-pot labs .. and items used to make meth during their search of a house on alleghany street yesterday. police say.. there was also evidence a child under the age of and gardner are being held without bond. head coaches from the university of tennessee come together to show their unity and support in the school's athletic department. this -- after six women filed a title-nine lawsuit against the university... claiming it has created a culture that enables sexual assaults by student athletes. brian pensky / soccer coach our administration has taken a beating for a number of years. instead of us continuing to lay down and just kind of take it and take the beating, we felt like a coaching unit, we want our administration

have their back and that we have each others' backs and our student athletes backs the lawsuit lists incidents at the university that go back 20 years... including an incident involving peyton manning. president barack obama vows to close the prison at guantanamo bay. in a plan presented to congress ...the president says the detention center undermines america's national security and is counterproducti ve in the fight against terrorism. president barack obama "keeping this facility open is contrary to our values. it undermines our standing in the world. it is viewed as a stain on our broader record of upholding the highest standards of rule of law." there are fewer than 100 detainees at the facility. the president's plan centers on bringing some of the detainees to a new facility in the united states. there's no word yet on where that could be. meanwhile ... the others would be transferred to other countries. the plan is expected to face

botetourt county supervisors are reviewing a proposal that would halt the move of two historic slave structures back where they've sat for centuries. the group friends of the greenfield preston plantation presented supervisors with a check for 40- thousand dollars this afternoon. the money raised is to help pay for a cancellation of the move of the buildings. steve clinton, former board member: 03:27:59 "it's an opportunity to go back and take a look at this thing and rethink it. it's pretty risk free for them, so i'm optimistic." the group has asked the board to give them a response to their proposal by tomorrow night before the next structure is planned to be moved. giving back to others in need. the local thrift store that's expanding... thanks to the support of the community. the community's support of a

has been so overwhelming .. it's already expanding. "things hoped for store" opened last july and has already taken over the space next to it. all money raised except for over head costs goes straight to educating deaf children in mexico, cuba and the bahamas. diane dipalma, store manager: "a lot of times they're just kept at home and it's a silent way to live, there's no communication, they don't have sign language, they don't have vocational skills. a lot of them and up falling into prostitution or drug dealing, that kind of thing because they don't have any skills to do anything else." if you're interested in supporting the "things hoped for store" .. it's next to el rodeo on

we had rain move through the region last night into this morning, but by the afternoon, outside of some drizzle, we did dry things out a bit. another round of heavy rain will likely impact the region later tonight into wednesday, as a powerful storm system from the southwest impacts us. tonight: rain again forms, milder with lows around 40. fog is again possible.pleas e be careful driving. wednesday: rain likely, even some storms are possible, especially along and east of the blue ridge. warmer with the winds picking up, highs in the mid-to- upper 50s. a flood watch is in effect until 700p on wednesday. 1-2" of rain will fall tonight

you have to keep in mind that the ground is already saturated from all the precipitation we have seen over the last couple weeks. the rain may not have anywhere to go. in addition to that, the storm prediction center has put areas near lynchburg and southside in a slight risk for severe weather. flooding and damaging winds are no doubt the biggest threats we will have on wednesday, although there could be some spin in the atmosphere as well. while by no means likely, the threat for a tornado is not zero come tomorrow. most of the rain will be gone around dinner- time, maybe even a little before that. lingering showers may be around through

night, but they should be isolated and pretty light. then we'll turn our attention to the wind and some mountain snow showers. cold air will move in on the back side of that frontal boundary, allowing for us to see some mountain snow showers on thursday. thursday will be mostly cloudy and cooler with highs in the upper 40s. it is possible that the temperatures start to fall heading into the afternoon. the wind will be a huge factor for us on thursday as well. we could have gusts over 50 mph in spots.it would not surprise me if a wind advisory is issued for some folks for thursday, maybe even lasting into thursday night. friday should see more

call it partly to mostly sunny maybe more sun east and more clouds west. it will be a cool day though with highs in the lower 40s. the weekend is looking good right now for outdoor activities. both saturday and sunday will be mainly sunny, all compliments of an area of high pressure. temperatures will reach the upper 40s on saturday, climbing to near 60 on sunday. another chance for spotty showers will move in on monday under mostly cloudy skies. however, temperatures will remain above normal, reaching the upper 50s. we should dry out and see more sun on tuesday, but behind that disturbance, we will turn cooler. temperatures tuesday.

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to lead the hokies... the hokies pull away for a 71-56 win...to move to 15-13.....7-8 in the acc... they can move to 500...with a win at wake forest sunday.. women's big south action..liberty and radford..both with road wins tonight. northside..is busy having a season to remember.. tonight..another step to take in the region quarterfinals of 3a west-- vikings runnin' early..it's kendrick tucker lobbing it up to shey webb...for the tap-two... later..george bright going tough to the tin...for 2.... and bright feeds carlos boogie basham...the tower of power..for the bucket and the foul. northside waxes waynesboro to advance. 64-45 another conference champ..william byrd in the 4a ranks.. hosting heritage out of leesburg.

gravely...for 3.. leesburg...gets this off the inbounds.. anthony cox....the catch convert 2. but more byrd..the drop to jaylen wheeler for 3 william byrd overcomes some poor foul shooting...for a 58-47 win. girls 3a region quarters.. coach randy bush and the lady titans hosting broadway-- close game first quarter- broadway's chrissy delawder knockin down the 3 from the corner. but the titans look to cina guh-ray--she's driving for the layup.. more underneath..watc h the miss...and then the steal and bucket by meredith smith for 2. hidden valley..into the region semi's..with a 66-52 win.. floyd county's long ..storied history of basketball success continues into the region tourmanet this week..

titles..and 12 trips to the final 4... including last season's state runnerup finish.. they crushed dan river 78-35 last night to advance to the semifinals wed night against ridgeview--- they stand 19-5 on the season.. today in floyd the buffs discussed the history of the program--and how the desire to be a part of it..begins early in floyd county. travis cantrell/floyd co associate head coach:".....a lot of times success can generates kid success but we've got such a good group of parents that only at the high school level but parents working with young kids and that's what makes our community pretty successful natalie boothe/lady buffs senior:"...i can remember watching the girls going to stay when i was little and i was always like i'm going to be like that when i grow up ragan wiseman/lady buffs senior:"....i mean that's your pool drain that's your whole goal is to be in a great team great people great coaches in a great community. union high plays chatham in the other 2a west region semifinal on wednesday night.

wise.... gm bruce allen says what i guess we've all know..rg iii won't be with them next year.. #2 kansas at 19 th ranked baylor and liberty's div i hokcey team mving into the eastern states collegiate hockey league. lite o nite..comes from cave spring grad josh henderson the seven foot vanderbilt senior had taken only two three point shots in his entire college career 80 foot daggar.. vandy went on to win 87-74 in the swamp. stay with us.

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