and i'm patrick mckee. another nice day in southwest virginia. this is a live look at the star city from our downtown roanoke skycam. storm team ten meteorologist kristina montuori joins us now.. kristina? today: few morning showers possible.after noon sunshine.breez y with highs in the lower 60s tonight: mostly clear with lows in the upper 30s tuesday: increasing clouds with highs in the lower 60s.late-day rain showers possible.overn ight rain likely wednesday: morning rain.afternoo n clearing with temperatures dropping from the

40s by the afternoon thursday: partly cloudy and breezy with highs in the middle 40s friday: scattered light snow showers possible with highs in the lower 40s saturday: mostly cloudy with highs in the upper 40s time now for your timesaver traffic report. new this morning... a danville man will wake up in jail in connection with a deadly shooting in north carolina. 26-year-old demetrius lamar farmer faces first degree murder and kidnapping charges. he is being held at the danville city jail and is the third

his arrest is in connection to the january shooting death of benjamin baker in rockingham county. baker was found dead in his eden home from an apparent gunshot wound after failing to show up for work. 18-year-old daquarius martin of martinsville and zachary haley of axton are also charged.### a lynchburg teen who was critically injured in a high profile drunk driving crash last fall has died. according to her social media support page ... ivy adkins died on saturday. a celebration of life will be held wednesday at lynchburg first church of nazarene. a scholarship fund will be set in her memory. adkins and her cousin natalie matthews were badly injured in october... when the car they were riding in crashed in forest. investigators say they were riding with 19-year-old "christian riddle" who was driving a stolen car. he's facing crimincal charges related to the accident. a grand jury is scheduled to take up his case tuesday. # tomorrow people across the nation will be making their pick for who will represent their political parties for

ahead of the super tuesday vote, presidential hopeful donald trump visits the commonwealth today -- speaking at radford university. he's not the only candidate making a trip to the commonwealth. w-s-l-s 10's erin brookshier joins us live from radford this morning... erin have people started lining up yet? ### the event is just a few hours away.. and over the past few days, lots of excitement on radford university's campus. tickets went on sale last week.. and quickly sold out.. the deadmon center, a basketball arena on campus will hold 38-hundred people for today's speech. doors will open at ten a-m... when students can begin going through security and head inside. we're expecting students to begin lining up ahead of time-- as it's been a several years since the new river valley was last visited by a presidnetial hopeful. back in 20-12... vice president joe biden made stops at radford and virginia tech... president barack obama.. and

romney and paul ryan all visited the roanoke valley. many hope that events like this will get student excited... and bring them out to vote tomorrw. i hope that when students get excited about a particular candidate or particular issue that it transfers to general excitement about the process even if their candidate doesn't win or the issue doesn't go they way they'd like. i hope that transfers to more excitement for the system in general. trump was in alabama last night.. and following today's georgia to continue campaigning ahead of super tuesday. coming up in our next half hour, more on the mixed reaction the campaign event is getting from

marco rubio held a rally at roanoke college sunday night after making several stops throughout virginia ahead of super tuesday. he talked about his family and how his parents came from cuba wanting the american dream. he about discussed issues and policies which include improving our military, saving social security, and getting rid of obamacare. the republican presidential hopeful also targeted his party's front- runner saying that donald trump is scamming the american people. marco rubio: "i will campaign in this election if i have to go to all 50 states if i have to go to every territory in this country if i have to get in my pick up truck and drive to the states that remain. i will never allow the conservative movement to be taken over by a con artist" nearly 23- hundred people attended. rubio made several other stops around virginia including richmond and virginia beach.### the "roanoke county schools

out thousands of dollars every year to students and teachers. since 1991... they've given out nearly $2 million dollars in grants and scholarships to students and teachers. the non-profit is gearing up for it's third annual "backpack run".. 5-k race. the group gave out about $60- thousand dollars in scholarships for seniors... and about $20- thousand in classroom grants last year.... to help teachers pay for things like fun reading books in the classroom. they're trying to give out even more money. chuck lionberger, roanoke county schools spokesperson 8:48:52 we want to try and encourage our students to be successful and success is not just in the classroom. success is also in life and being healthy. we wanted to provide an event where we could encourage healthy activity among our entire community 08 the backpack run is named because of an extra challenge you can take. buy a brand new backpack... fill it with school supplies... and run with it. everything will be donated to students in need. the 5-k is next month... at green hill park. you can register online... we've put

in what's news today... if you live in roanoke county... you're encouraged to attend a focus group tonight. the groups will work with the board of supervisors and county staff... to help create a community strategic plan. goals and objectives outlined by the groups will be used to shape the future strategic direction for the next several years. focus group topics include health... education... public safety... and quality of life. # lynchburg's water resources department will conduct maintenance on water valves in downtown starting today. crews will do most of the work at night to avoid disruptions. if your water becomes discolored, water crews say to run the cold water for three to five minutes to allow the water to clear up. work is expected to wrap up by the end of the week. fleet feet sports hosts karl meltzer tonight. he's an ultrarunner, having taken part in 121 ultramarathons and 12 trail marathons. there's a meet and greet tonight starting at six. meltzer will then talk about his journey and answer questions. an

the happiest place on earth may take a hit on your wallet. disney's properties in both orlando and anaheim are releasing their seasonal prices for single day tickets. the changes will let visitors look at a calendar in advance... to see which days are value ... regular... or peak. value days in florida cost 105 dollars ... regular days increase by five bucks... and peak days will cost 124 dollars. in california ... value days will cost 95 dollars ... regular tickets 105 dollars... and peak days 119 dollars. they say annual pass prices will not change... but multi day ticket prices will increase disney hopes its "surge pricing" will -- quote -- "help spread out visitation." #

will soon drop. in 20-14, the u-s postal service was granted approval to temporarily increase stamp prices. the price hike was contingent upon a planned price drop this year. that surcharge is slated to end april 10th. the cost of mailing a one ounce letter will drop from 49 to 47 cents. commercial prices will also decrease. the postal service has all of the new prices on its website.### turning back to the forecast... storm team ten meteorologist kristina montuori has more -- kristina??

today: few morning showers possible.after noon sunshine.breez y with highs in the lower 60s tonight: mostly clear with lows in the upper 30s tuesday: increasing clouds with highs in the lower 60s.late-day rain showers possible.overn ight rain likely wednesday: morning rain.afternoo n clearing with temperatures dropping from the 50s in the morning to the 40s by the afternoon thursday: partly cloudy and breezy with highs in the middle 40s friday: scattered light snow showers possible with highs in the lower 40s saturday: mostly cloudy with highs in the upper 40s

with highs in the lower 50s . today: few morning showers possible.after noon sunshine.breez y with highs in the lower 60s tonight: mostly clear with lows in the upper 30s tuesday: increasing clouds with highs in the lower 60s.late-day rain showers possible.overn ight rain likely wednesday: morning rain.afternoo n clearing with temperatures dropping from the 50s in the morning to the 40s by the afternoon thursday: partly cloudy and breezy with highs in the middle 40s friday: scattered light snow showers possible with highs in the lower 40s

highs in the upper 40s sunday: few isolated showers with highs in the "curly sue" is making a comeback and letting her true passion show. where the former child star made an appearance nearly two decades after hitting the big screen.### plus... hollywood honors its best at the 88th academy awards..... the biggest wins and losses on the red carpet... when we look at

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look at the biggest social networking, online and technology talkers. the internet is once again divided in a color controversy... the social media debate is over the color of this adidas jacket. some say the jacket is white and blue - while others see it as black and brown. the california teen who posted the photo says the official color of the coat is blue and white. coincidentally, the debate over the jacket surfaced just in time for the one- year anniversary of when "the dress," another infamous clothing color conundrum, went viral.

the 88th academy awards. the biggest award, best picture .. went to "spotlight". the film about the boston globe's investigation into the catholic priest abuse scandal also won best original screenplay. "the revenant" was another big winner... taking home an award for best director which was a rare back to back win for alejandro irritu and leonardo dicaprio finally took home an oscar in the best actor category. it was his first academy award win after 6 nominations.

amazing award tonight. let's not take our planet for granted. i do not take tonight for granted.' best actress went to "room"'s brie larson....completi ng her domination of award season. in the best supporting actress category, first time nominee alicia vikander won for "the danish girl". "mad max fury road" took home the most oscars....six overall...all in technical categories. the upset of the night was in the supporting actor category as mark rylance won for "bridge of spies", beating out favorite sylvester stallone. and despite being the highest grossing film of 2015, "star wars" failed to win in any of its five categories. a former child star is returning to the spotlight... take a look...

blue bayou, i'm going back some day, gonna stay on blue bayou" "alisan porter" blew the coaches away during her blind audition on "the voice." the 34-year-old also surprised the audience by revealing that she had starred in the 19-91 comedy "curly sue" with jim belushi. she also explained that she's been sober for eight years after struggling with addiction. you can find out who porter chose as her coach tonight on the season 10 premiere of the voice - it airs at 8 p-m right here on wsls 10.

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welcome back to virginia today here on w-s-l-s 10....it's i'm jenna zibton. and i'm patrick mckee. the hokies pick up an a-c-c win over the weekend. wsls 10's alyssa rae has the highlights.# alyssa virginia tech's men's basketball team only has 3 games left in the regular season. the hokies faced wake forest last night in winston-salem... the demon deacons are second to last in conference standings.. with just 2 wins in acc play. vo virgina tech led by a point at halftime... early in the second half.. justin bibbs pull sup the left handed jumper. -tied 42-all.. chris clarkes shot is no good.. but he gets his own rebound and makes the putback. -justin

to the basket and gets the foul call. -deacs fighting to stay in it... greg mcclinton goes in for the layup and gets the and-1. the hokies took this one though 81- 74.. they host pittsburgh on wednesday. oncam the second sprint cup race of the season.. was in hot-lanta over the weekend.. the folds of honor quiktrip 500. vo kyle bushc on the pole but after failing post qualifying inspection he starts from the back. -with 41 laps to go.. leader kevin harvick pits under green and jimmie johnson takes the lead. -and johnson appears to have it in the bag when ryan newman blows a tire bringing out the second caution of the day. -johnson ahead of bucsh on the restart.. and the 48 car is able to hold him off. -there is a wreck on the backstrech but johnson stays in front and gets the win in atlanta. full screen here's a look at the top 10.. dale earnhardt junior came in second. the busch brothers both land in the top 5. last

denny hamlin... finished 16th. alyssa next weekends race is in las vegas. that wraps up your morning sports..im alyssa rae wsls 10. a social media threat made with emojis. the charges one virginia student is facing. a congregation in ohio in shock... after their pastor was killed at church. the connection police say he has to the suspect. # hillary clinton:"and i need your help on tuesday - the tennessee primary is really important!" one day left of campaigning before voters in 13 states... including virginia make their presidential picks. what to expect today... in the

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a virginia community continues to mourn a fallen officer. how shes being remebered... and whats next for her alleged killer. # more controversy this morning in the flint, michigan water crisis. why the governor could have declared a state of emergency over the tainted drinking water months earlier than he did. good morning and thanks for joining us on virginia today here on wsls 10. i'm jenna zibton. and i'm patrick mckee. sunshine and warmer temperatures are expected on this leap day. this is a live look at blacksburg from our virginia tech skycam. storm team ten meteorologist kristina montuori joins us now.. kristina? today: few morning showers possible.after noon sunshine.breez y with highs in the lower 60s in the upper 30s

highs in the lower 60s.late-day rain showers possible.overn ight rain likely wednesday: morning rain.afternoo n clearing with temperatures dropping from the 50s in the morning to the 40s by the afternoon thursday: partly cloudy and breezy with highs in the middle 40s friday: scattered light snow showers possible with highs in the lower 40s saturday: mostly cloudy with highs in the upper 40s time now for your timesaver traffic report. the man accused of killing two people... including a

expected in court today. active sergeant ronald hamilton--- an army staff sergeant assigned to the pentagon--- has been accused of killing two people. he is charged with multiple counts of murder and malicious wounding. hamilton reportedly opened fire on prince william county officers... as they approached a home... responding to a domestic dispute call. three officers were critically wounded. rookie officer ashley guindon later died from her injuries... investigators say hamilton also killed his wife. officer guindon was sworn in friday--- and was working her first field shift --- when she was killed. ken johnson, high school principal:"the irony is a bit overwhelming, a kid who gives her life to community service has her life taken on the first day, its just not right" last night hundreds of people gathered at a vigil in her honor. chief hudson says officer guindon started with the department as an intern... before joining the police academy. # roanoke county police will

about friday's officer involved shooting. according to a county spokesperson ... a news conference is scheduled for later this morning. the shooting happened near the walgreens at brambelton avenue and electric road. the suspect involved died friday night at the hospital. no officers were hurt. ### an investigation is underway... after an officer involved shooting in salt lake city, utah. it was a chaotic scene over the weekend... as two officers fired their service weapons... while responding to a call for an assault. police have not released many details about what led up to the shooting. witnesses say a teen was shot.... and he was arguing with another person... when police arrived. police have not released any other details. # an ohio pastor has died after being shot during a church service sunday morning. william schooler had just walked back to the pulpit inside zion baptist church when the shooter got out of a pew and followed him. witnesses say they heard a couple of shots while the choir was singing, and it quickly became chaotic when everyone started running.

inside the church at the time. alberta blayth / church member - "he got up and went back in our pastor's office and then i heard two shots. wasn't a minute and i heard two shots. and so i just got everybody out of the church and we just kept hearing shooting and shooting. bang bang bang."butted loretta smith, church member: "then we heard pa pow pa pow pa pow. that's when everybody started running. " dayton police believe the shooter is schooler's brother. they continue searching for clues as to why he shot his brother. court records show he has a history of violence dating back to 2001.### new this morning... a virginia middle schooler is facing criminal charges.... after appearing to threaten her shool in an instagram post. investigators say the 12-year-old used the bomb... gun... and knife emojis in the post. whether emojis can be considered a legitimate threat is now being contested in courts. emoji are icons of faces... hand gestures... fruits... animals... and other items that can be

they are often used to indicate the tone of a message, add emphasis or are shorthand for things or ideas. # it's just one day before the primary election and today, donald trump will be speaking at radford university. this comes as several presidential hopefuls make their way to virginia. the event was first announced early last week and has drawn a mixed reaction on campus. w-s-l-s 10's erin brookshier joins us live from radford university's campus with the latest. about what students are saying.### tickets to the free speaking event were released last wednesday.. and went very quickly. but it's an event that's led to to stand up... some students and graduates are getting as many of the free tickets as they can, with no plans to attend or give the tickets away-- saying the empty

trump campaign. meanwhile other students say this is unfair to the people who are actually interested in what trump has to say-- there's been a lot of excitement about this event over the past several days. the university says the trump campaign will decide whether the empty seats will be given to walk-ins at the last minute if ticket holders don't show up. ticket holders don't show up. ticket holders don't show up. there are certain issues that are really important to young people. when they don't get involved and don't go out and vote they give that power up to other people. trump will be speaking at the deadmon center today at noon... it's a big basketball arena on campus that will hole 38-

the arena will open to the public at ten o'clock this morning-- that's when students can go through security and begin to funnel in. we are now 24 hours away from we are now 24 hours away from polls opening in 12 states .. including virgina. donald trump heads into super tuesday with his first senate endorsement... alabama senator jeff sessioins. he campaigns in the commonwealth today .. talking to supporters at radford university today at noon. with trump leading the republicans, his opponents are hitting hard.

the front runner at several campaign stops over the weekend, including one in salem. sot: marco rubio/ r presidential candidate so i am asking you for your vote, i'm asking you to go out and get other people to vote for us because friends do not let friends vote for con jobs. for the democrats .. senator bernie sanders is feeling the burn as he's losing in the polls to hillary clinton. clinton has a nearly 2 to 1 lead in key states but may have to go on defense today when the rest of her emails are expected to be released.### new details this morning in the flint water crisis... according to recently released emails from his top aides... michigan governor rick snyder knew something was wrong with flint's water... as far back as october 20-14. the emails show the aides discussed switching the water supply back from the flint river to lake huron. the exchange is dated six months after flint started using its own river for drinking water. virginia tech researchers later found elevated levels of lead... that can cause neurological problems to children. investigators are looking into

with an anti- corrosive agent... which was required by federal law... in response to those emails. # cleanup efforts continue today in appomattox county after last week's e-f-3 tornado. while many people are still trying to process what happened .. an evergreen church service is providing hope. during the sermon --- the pastor offered words of encouragement. he says it's best to rely on a higher power especially after a natural disaster. "we serve a god who is in control of all of these dynamics and yet he cares enough for us and loves us enough to desire to come through to our aid," the pastor is also hoping people will continue to help each other during this time of need. ### now to kristina, with a look at our forecast. today: few morning showers possible.after

in the lower 60s tonight: mostly clear with lows in the upper 30s tuesday: increasing clouds with highs in the lower 60s.late-day rain showers possible.overn ight rain likely wednesday: morning rain.afternoo n clearing with temperatures dropping from the 50s in the morning to the 40s by the afternoon thursday: partly cloudy and breezy with highs in the middle 40s friday: scattered light snow showers possible with

mostly cloudy with highs in the upper 40s sunday: few isolated showers with highs in the lower 50s . today: few morning showers possible.after noon sunshine.breez y with highs in the lower 60s tonight: mostly clear with lows in the upper 30s tuesday: increasing clouds with highs in the lower 60s.late-day rain showers possible.overn

our picture of the day comes from email us the pictures you've taken around the area. send them to news-at- wsls.com. remember to include your name and a short description to go along with the photo. we'll pick our favorite every morning... to show on-air and post on our facebook page. still ahead... changes to one of the star city's oldest hotels. why the new era at hotel roanoke is a first for virginia... and what this means for other hotels

good morning. thank you for joining us for virginia today on w-s-l-s. i'm... patrick mckee. and i'm... jenna zibton. the death toll from a double bombing in eastern baghdad has climbed to 73. police and health officials say several of the critically wounded died overnight... while 112 people remain in hospital. authorities say the first bomb ripped through the crowded market in a shiite district of the city. minutes later... a suicide bomber blew himself up... amid the crowd that had gathered at the site of the first bombing. isis has claimed responsibility for the attack. the attack was the deadliest in a wave of recent explosions that have targeted commercial areas.# a member of the famed seal team six will receive the medal of honor today. senior chief edward byers, jr. was part of a hostage rescue mission operation in afghanistan in

he and his team rescued a doctor who had been kidnapped by the taliban. byers is from ohio and has already earned two purple hearts after he was wounded in combat and five bronze stars for heroism. defense department leaders say byers is the first living seal to receive the medal of honor since the vietnam war. byers says it wasnt until he spoke to president barack obama that the honor became a reality. edward byers jr., navy seal, medal of honor recipient: "it wasn't until he called and i got to speak to him that. and he said, "congratulation s. i looked at your reward and i'm approving you to receive the congressional medal of honor." that's when it's like - ok, this is real." the doctor who was rescued said byers gave him "a second chance in life." byers will be the 11-th living service member to receive the medal of honor for actions in afghanistan.### a former fire chief of bath county is receiving recognition statewide. chief woody henderson was named virginia fire chief of the year.

fort lewis volunteer fire department. he's now retired. henderson received the award at the fire chief conference at virginia beach saturday. # franklin county's largest employer builds products to keep the cold air out and the warm air in. ply gem windows has been in the community since 1939 building windows that ship all over north america. it's one million square foot facility houses its 1,200 employees working together to produce a quality product in a place they are proud to call home. nocgthey are dedicated to what they do, they're hard working. they want to be involved. they care not only about the products they make, but the communities in which they make it in. 3015 tonight on wsls 10 at 6, we'll show you how the company supports the community it calls home.#### it's the start of a new era at hotel roanoke. the star city's oldest hotel is officially part of hilton's curio collection. the collection is a set of upscale and luxurious hotels which are

character and personality. there are 22 curio hotels worldwide. hotel roanoke is the first in the commonwealth. the virginia in lynchburg will also become part of the curio collection. today: few morning showers possible.after noon sunshine.breez y with highs in the lower 60s tonight: mostly clear with lows in the upper 30s tuesday: increasing clouds with highs in the lower 60s.late-day rain showers possible.overn ight rain likely wednesday: morning rain.afternoo n clearing with temperatures dropping from

40s by the afternoon thursday: partly cloudy and breezy with highs in the middle 40s friday: scattered light snow showers possible with highs in the lower 40s saturday: mostly cloudy with highs in the upper 40s sunday: few isolated showers with highs in the lower 50s today: few morning showers possible.after noon sunshine.breez y with highs in the lower 60s tonight: mostly clear with lows in the upper 30s five things you need to know are coming up next. lindee good morning.. we hope you can join us today for daytime blue ridge..

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need to know" before you head out the door this morning. a danville man is facing charges in connection to a deadly shooting in north carolina. 26-year-old "demetrius farmer" faces murder and kidnapping charges. he is the third suspect to face charges. the arrest comes after the january shooting death of benjamin baker in eden.

from an apparent gunshot wound after failing to show up for work..### the man accused of killing two people... including a virginia police officer... is expected in court today. 32-year-old ronald hamilton is charged with multiple counts of murder and malicious wounding. he is accused of killing prince william county police officer "ashley guindon" and his 29-year- old wife. two other officers were injured while responding to the domestic violence call. officer guindon was sworn in friday--- and was working her first field shift --- when she was killed. several presidential hopefuls are visiting virginia ahead of super tuesday tomorrow. g-o-p candidate donald trump will visit be speaking at radford university today at noon. some students and graduates are getting as many tickets as they can but are not attending... saying the empty seats will send message to the trump campaign. this comes after marco rubio visited roanoke college on sunday. nearly 23- hundred people attended that rally. meanwhile, democratic presidential candidate hillary

will be in hampton roads. she will also make a stop in northern virginia. some of the other candidates like bernie sanders and john kasich visited virginia last week. today: few morning showers possible.after noon sunshine.breez y with highs in the lower 60s tonight: mostly clear with lows in the upper 30s tuesday: increasing clouds with highs in the our region as you head out the door this morning. morning. ahead at 6..... a live report on what to expect as donald trump makes his way to southwest virginia. plus.... today is leap day and that spells huge savings and deals if you play your cards correctly. where to get the best discounts. and... changes may be coming to dunkin donuts. why the fast food chain is trying to compete with

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a local teen dies... after being hospitalized for months... how the community is remembering ivy adkins... and the next steps for the man facing criminal charges in the case. # marco rubio:"unlike trump, i have real ideas and real solutions to turn this country around" presidential candidates continue to make their way to virginia. what to expect as the we countdown to super tuesday. good morning and thanks for joining us on virginia today here on w-s-l-s 10. i'm jenna zibton. and i'm patrick mckee. another nice day in southwest virginia. this is a live look at the star city

storm team ten meteorologist kristina montuori joins us now.. kristina? today: few morning showers possible.after noon sunshine.breez y with highs in the lower 60s tonight: mostly clear with lows in the upper 30s tuesday: increasing clouds with highs in the lower 60s.late-day rain showers possible.overn ight rain likely wednesday: morning rain.afternoo n clearing with temperatures dropping from the 50s in the morning to the 40s by the afternoon thursday: partly cloudy and breezy with highs in the middle 40s friday: scattered light snow

time now for your timesaver traffic report. new this morning... a danville man will wake up in jail in connection with a deadly shooting in north carolina. 26-year-old demetrius lamar farmer faces first degree murder and kidnapping charges. he is being held at the danville city jail and is the third suspect to face charges. his arrest is in connection to the january shooting death of benjamin baker in rockingham county. baker was found dead in his eden home from an apparent gunshot wound after failing to show up for work. 18-year-old daquarius martin of martinsville and zachary haley of axton are also charged.### a lynchburg teen who was critically injured in a high profile

according to her social media support page ... ivy adkins died on saturday. a celebration of life will be held wednesday at lynchburg first church of nazarene. a scholarship fund will be set in her memory. adkins and her cousin natalie matthews were badly injured in october... when the car they were riding in crashed in forest. investigators say they were riding with 19-year-old "christian riddle" who was driving a stolen car. he's facing crimincal charges related to the accident. a grand jury is scheduled to take up his case tuesday. # tomorrow people across the nation will be making their pick for who will represent their political parties for president-- including virginia. ahead of the super tuesday vote, presidential hopeful donald trump visits the commonwealth today -- speaking at radford university. he's not the only candidate making a trip to the commonwealth. w-s-l-s 10's erin brookshier joins us live from radford this morning... erin have people started lining up yet? ### the event is just a few hours

lots of excitement on radford university's campus. tickets went on sale last week.. and quickly sold out.. the deadmon center, a basketball arena on campus will hold 38-hundred people for today's speech. doors will open at ten a-m... when students can begin going through security and head inside. we're expecting students to begin lining up ahead of time-- as it's been a several years since the new river valley was last visited by a presidnetial hopeful. back in 20-12... vice president joe biden made stops at radford and virginia tech... president barack obama.. and republican candidates mitt romney and paul ryan all visited the roanoke valley. many hope that events like this

bring them out to vote tomorrw. i hope that when students get excited about a particular candidate or particular issue that it transfers to general excitement about the process even if their candidate doesn't win or the issue doesn't go they way they'd like. i hope that transfers to more excitement for the system in general. trump was in alabama last night.. and following today's event, he'll be traveling to georgia to continue campaigning ahead of super tuesday. coming up in our next half hour, more on the mixed reaction the campaign event is getting from students.

marco rubio held a rally at roanoke college sunday night after making several stops throughout virginia ahead of super tuesday. he talked about his family and how his parents came from cuba wanting the american dream. he about discussed issues and policies which include improving our military, saving social security, and getting rid

obamacare. the republican presidential hopeful also targeted his party's front- runner saying that donald trump is scamming the american people. marco rubio: "i will campaign in this election if i have to go to all 50 states if i have to go to every territory in this country if i have to get in my pick up truck and drive to the states that remain. i will never allow the conservative movement to be taken over by a con artist" nearly 23- hundred people attended. rubio made several other stops around virginia including richmond and virginia beach.### the "roanoke county schools education foundation" gives out thousands of dollars every year to students and teachers. since 1991... they've given out nearly $2 million dollars in grants and scholarships to students and teachers. the non-profit is gearing up for it's third annual "backpack run".. 5-k race. the group gave out about $60- thousand dollars in scholarships for seniors... and

classroom grants last year.... to help teachers pay for things like fun reading books in the classroom. they're trying to give out even more money. chuck lionberger, roanoke county schools spokesperson 8:48:52 we want to try and encourage our students to be successful and success is not just in the classroom. success is also in life and being healthy. we wanted to provide an event where we could encourage healthy activity among our entire community 08 the backpack run is named because of an extra challenge you can take. buy a brand new backpack... fill it with school supplies... and run with it. everything will be donated to students in need. the 5-k is next month... at green hill park. you can register online... we've put a link on wsls dot com. # in what's news today... if you live in roanoke county... you're encouraged to attend a focus group tonight. the groups will work with the board of supervisors and county staff... to help create a community strategic plan. goals and objectives outlined by the groups will be used to shape the future strategic

focus group topics include health... education... public safety... and quality of life. # lynchburg's water resources department will conduct maintenance on water valves in downtown starting today. crews will do most of the work at night to avoid disruptions. if your water becomes discolored, water crews say to run the cold water for three to five minutes to allow the water to clear up. work is expected to wrap up by the end of the week. fleet feet sports hosts karl meltzer tonight. he's an ultrarunner, having taken part in 121 ultramarathons and 12 trail marathons. there's a meet and greet tonight starting at six. meltzer will then talk about his journey and answer questions. an

it's february 29th... that means it's leap day. and whether you're a leap day baby or not... you just might snag yourself a deal on food, shopping, or travel today. if you're a leap day baby, participating pizza hut locations will give you a free one-topping personal pan pizza... with your carry-out. hard rock cafe will give you a free entree off a special menu. and leapling's can get a free cookie at mcalister's. if you're not a leap day baby... but still looking for a deal... participating krispy kreme shops are offering buy one dozen doughnuts... get a dozen original glazed for $2.29. hotels and travel companies are also offering promotions. # dunkin' donuts is fighting to win back breakfast. dunkin' donuts is working to win

consumers that it also serves breakfast all day. according to bloomberg news, dunkin' is revamping its menu boards at its counters and drive-thrus to bring attention to its coffee and its own "all-day" breakfast foods. the timing appears to be in response to mcdonald's all- day breakfast, but the company says the new menus have been in the works for a year and a half.### turning back to the forecast... storm team ten meteorologist kristina montuori has more -- kristina?? today: few morning showers possible.after noon sunshine.breez y with highs in the lower 60s tonight: mostly clear with lows

highs in the lower 60s.late-day rain showers possible.overn ight rain likely wednesday: morning rain.afternoo n clearing with temperatures dropping from the 50s in the morning to the 40s by the afternoon thursday: partly cloudy and breezy with highs in the middle 40s friday: scattered light snow showers possible with mostly cloudy with highs in the upper 40s sunday: few isolated . possible.after noon sunshine.breez y with highs

tonight: mostly clear with lows in the upper 30s tuesday: increasing clouds with highs in the lower 60s.late-day rain showers possible.overn ight rain likely wednesday: morning rain.afternoo n clearing with temperatures dropping from the 50s in the morning to the 40s by the afternoon thursday: partly cloudy and breezy with highs in the middle 40s friday: scattered light snow showers possible with highs in the lower 40s saturday: mostly cloudy with highs in the upper 40s sunday: few isolated showers with highs in the lower 50s

"curly sue" is making a comeback and letting her true passion show. where the former child star made an appearance nearly two decades after hitting the big screen.### plus... hollywood honors its best at the academy awards..... the big winners... when we look at

look at the biggest social networking, online and technology talkers. the internet is once again divided in a color controversy... the social media debate is over the color of this adidas jacket. some say the jacket is white and blue - while others see it as black and brown.

the photo says the official color of the coat is blue and white. coincidentally, the debate over the jacket surfaced just in time for the one- year anniversary of when "the dress," another infamous clothing color conundrum, went viral.

hollywood honors its best at the 88th academy awards. the biggest award, best picture .. went to "spotlight". the film about the boston globe's investigation into the catholic priest abuse scandal also won best original screenplay. "the revenant" was another big winner... taking home an award for best director which was a rare back to back win for alejandro irritu and leonardo dicaprio finally took home an oscar in the best actor category. it was his first academy award win after 6 nominations. dicaprio: 'i thank you all for this amazing award tonight. let's not take our planet for granted. i do not take tonight for granted.' best actress went to "room"'s brie larson....completi ng her domination of award season. in the best supporting actress category, first time nominee alicia vikander won for "the danish girl". "mad max fury road" took home the most oscars....six

the upset of the night was in the supporting actor category as mark rylance won for "bridge of spies", beating out favorite sylvester stallone. and despite being the highest grossing film of 2015, "star wars" failed to win in any of its five categories. a former child star is returning to the spotlight... take a look... star is returning to the spotlight... take a look... "since i left my baby behind on blue bayou, i'm going back some day, gonna stay on blue bayou" "alisan porter" blew the coaches away during her blind audition on "the voice."

the audience by revealing that she had starred in the 19-91 comedy "curly sue" with jim belushi. she also explained that she's been sober for eight years after struggling with addiction. you can find out who porter chose as her coach tonight on the season 10 premiere of the voice - it airs at 8 p-m right here on wsls 10. now to kristina, with for a look at our forecast. today: few morning showers

noon sunshine.breez y with highs in the lower 60s tonight: mostly clear with lows in the upper 30s tuesday: increasing clouds with the nascar sprint cup season. #

welcome back to virginia today here on w-s-l-s 10....it's i'm jenna zibton. and i'm patrick mckee. the

over the weekend. wsls 10's alyssa rae has the highlights.# alyssa virginia tech's men's basketball team only has 3 games left in the regular season. the hokies faced wake forest last night in winston-salem... the demon deacons are second to last in conference standings.. with just 2 wins in acc play. vo virgina tech led by a point at halftime... early in the second half.. justin bibbs pull sup the left handed jumper. -tied 42-all.. chris clarkes shot is no good.. but he gets his own rebound and makes the putback. -justin robinson driving now.. straight to the basket and gets the foul call. -deacs fighting to stay in it... greg mcclinton goes in for the layup and gets the and-1. the hokies took this one though 81- 74.. they host pittsburgh on wednesday. oncam the second sprint cup race of the season.. was in hot-lanta over the weekend.. the folds of honor quiktrip 500. vo kyle bushc on the pole but after

inspection he starts from the back. -with 41 laps to go.. leader kevin harvick pits under green and jimmie johnson takes the lead. -and johnson appears to have it in the bag when ryan newman blows a tire bringing out the second caution of the day. -johnson ahead of bucsh on the restart.. and the 48 car is able to hold him off. -there is a wreck on the backstrech but johnson stays in front and gets the win in atlanta. full screen here's a look at the top 10.. dale earnhardt junior came in second. the busch brothers both land in the top 5. last week's daytona 500 winner.. denny hamlin... finished 16th. alyssa next weekends race is in las vegas. that wraps up your morning sports..im alyssa rae wsls 10. a social media threat made with emojis. the charges one virginia student is facing. a congregation in shock... after their pastor was killed at church. the connection police say he has to the suspect. # hillary clinton:"and i need your help on tuesday - the

one day left of campaigning before voters in 13 states... make their presidential picks. what to expect today... in the

chief steve hudson - "she clearly had a passion to serve others in a way that went beyond herself." a virginia community continues to mourn a fallen officer. how shes being remebered... and whats next for her alleged killer. # more controversy this morning in the flint, michigan water crisis. why the governor could have declared a state of emergency over the tainted drinking water months earlier than he did. good morning and thanks for joining us on virginia today here on wsls 10. i'm jenna zibton. and i'm patrick mckee. sunshine and warmer temperatures are expected on this leap day.

from our virginia tech skycam. storm team ten meteorologist kristina montuori joins us now.. kristina? today: few morning showers possible.after noon sunshine.breez y with highs in the lower 60s tonight: mostly clear with lows in the upper 30s tuesday: increasing clouds with highs in the lower 60s.late-day rain showers possible.overn ight rain likely wednesday: morning rain.afternoo n clearing with temperatures dropping from the 50s in the morning to the 40s by the afternoon thursday: partly cloudy and

friday: scattered light snow time now for your timesaver traffic report. the man accused of killing two people... including a virginia police officer... is expected in court today. active sergeant ronald hamilton--- an army staff sergeant assigned to the pentagon--- has been accused of killing two people. he is charged with multiple counts of murder and malicious wounding. hamilton reportedly opened fire on prince william county officers... as they approached a home... responding to a domestic dispute call. three officers were critically wounded. rookie officer ashley guindon later died from her injuries... investigators say hamilton also killed his wife. officer guindon was sworn in friday--- and was working her first field shift --- when she was killed. ken johnson, high school

overwhelming, a kid who gives her life to community service has her life taken on the first day, its just not right" last night hundreds of people gathered at a vigil in her honor. she started with the department as an intern... before joining the police academy. # roanoke county police will release more details today about friday's officer involved shooting. according to a county spokesperson ... a news conference is scheduled for later this morning. the shooting happened near the walgreens at brambelton avenue and electric road. the suspect involved died friday night at the hospital. no officers were hurt. ### an investigation is underway... after an officer involved shooting in salt lake city, utah. it was a chaotic scene over the weekend... as two officers fired their service weapons... while responding to a call for an assault. police have not released many details about what led up to the shooting. witnesses say a teen was shot.... and he was arguing with another person... when police arrived.

an ohio pastor has died after being shot during a church service sunday morning. william schooler had just walked back to the pulpit inside zion baptist church when the shooter got out of a pew and followed him. witnesses say they heard a couple of shots while the choir was singing, and it quickly became chaotic when everyone started running. more than 20 people were inside the church at the time. alberta blayth / church member - "he got up and went back in our pastor's office and then i heard two shots. wasn't a minute and i heard two shots. and so i just got everybody out of the church and we just kept hearing shooting and shooting. bang bang bang."butted loretta smith, church member: "then we heard pa pow pa pow pa pow. that's when everybody started running. " dayton police believe the shooter is schooler's brother. they continue searching for clues as to why he shot his brother. court records show he has a history of violence dating back to 2001.### new this morning... a virginia middle schooler is

after appearing to threaten her shool in an instagram post. 12-year-old used the bomb... gun... and knife emojis in the post. whether emojis can be considered a legitimate threat courts. emoji are icons of faces... hand gestures... fruits... animals... embedded in text. they are often used to indicate the tone of a message, add emphasis or are shorthand for things or ideas. # it's just one day before the primary election and today, donald trump will be speaking at radford university. this comes as several presidential hopefuls make their way to virginia. the event was first announced early last week and has drawn a mixed reaction on campus. w-s-l-s 10's erin brookshier joins us live from radford university's campus with the latest. erin-- tell us a little bit about what students are saying.### tickets to the free speaking event were released last

but it's an event that's led to students on both political sides to stand up... some students and graduates are getting as many of the free tickets as they can, with no plans to attend or give the tickets away-- saying the empty seats will send message to the trump campaign. meanwhile other students say this is unfair to the people who are actually interested in what trump has to say-- there's been a lot of excitement about this event over the past several days. the university says the trump campaign will decide whether the empty seats will be given to walk-ins at the last minute if ticket holders don't show up. there are certain issues that are really important to young people. when they don't get involved and don't go out and vote they give that power up to other people. trump will be speaking at the deadmon center today at noon...

campus that will hole 38- hundred people for today's speech. the arena will open to the public at ten o'clock this morning-- that's when students can go through security and begin to funnel in. we are now 24 hours away from

we are now 24 hours away from polls opening in 12 states .. including virgina. donald trump heads into super tuesday with his first senate endorsement... alabama senator jeff sessioins. he campaigns in the commonwealth today .. talking to supporters at radford university today at noon. with trump leading the republicans, his opponents are hitting hard. marco rubio took time to slam the front runner at several campaign stops over the weekend, including one in salem. sot: marco rubio/ r presidential candidate so i am asking you for your vote, i'm asking you to go out and get other people to vote for us because friends do not let friends vote for con jobs. for the democrats .. senator bernie sanders is feeling the burn as he's losing in the polls to hillary clinton. clinton has a nearly 2 to 1 lead in key states but may have to go on defense today when the rest of her emails are expected to be released.###

according to recently released emails from his top aides... michigan governor rick snyder knew something was wrong with flint's water... as far back as october 20-14. the emails show the aides discussed switching the water supply back from the flint river to lake huron. the exchange is dated six months after flint started using its own river for drinking water. virginia tech researchers later found elevated levels of lead... that can cause neurological problems to children. investigators are looking into why the city didn't treat water with an anti- corrosive agent... which was required by federal law... in response to those emails. # cleanup efforts continue today in appomattox county after last week's e-f-3 tornado. while many people are still trying to process what happened .. an evergreen church service is providing hope. during the sermon --- the pastor offered words of encouragement. he says it's best to rely on a higher power especially after a natural disaster. . ###

day ahead... lets check in with kristina. today: few morning showers possible.after noon sunshine.breez y with highs in the lower 60s tonight: mostly clear with lows in the upper 30s tuesday: increasing clouds with highs in the lower 60s.late-day rain showers possible.overn ight rain likely wednesday: morning rain.afternoo n clearing with temperatures dropping from the 50s in the morning to the

and breezy with highs in the middle 40s friday: scattered light snow showers possible with highs in the lower 40s saturday: mostly cloudy with highs in the upper 40s sunday: few isolated showers with highs in the lower 50s . today: few morning showers possible.after noon sunshine.breez y with highs in the lower 60s tonight: mostly clear with lows in the upper 30s tuesday: increasing clouds with

lower 60s.late-day rain showers possible.overn ight rain likely wednesday: morning rain.afternoo n clearing with temperatures dropping from famed seal team six will receive the medal of honor today. why he's receiving the award... and what he has to say about his conversation with the president. # plus.. changes to one of the star city's oldest hotels. why the new era at hotel roanoke is a first for virginia... and what this means for other hotels in the commonwealth. ### still ahead... changes to one of the star city's oldest hotels.

is a first for virginia... and what this means for other hotels in the commonwealth. ### here'a a live look at roanoke county from our poor mountain tower cam. another nice day...a little

the death toll from a double bombing in eastern baghdad has climbed to 73. police and health officials say several of the critically wounded died overnight... while 112 people remain in hospital.

ripped through the crowded market in a shiite district of the city. minutes later... a suicide bomber blew himself up... amid the crowd that had gathered at the site of the first bombing. isis has claimed responsibility for the attack. the attack was the deadliest in a wave of recent explosions that have targeted commercial areas.# a member of the famed seal team six will receive the medal of honor today. senior chief edward byers, jr. was part of a hostage rescue mission operation in afghanistan in december of 2012. he and his team rescued a doctor who had been kidnapped by the taliban. byers is from ohio and has already earned two purple hearts after he was wounded in combat and five bronze stars for heroism. defense department leaders say byers is the first living seal to receive the medal of honor since the vietnam war. byers says it wasnt until he spoke to president barack obama that the honor became a reality. edward byers jr., navy seal, medal of honor recipient: "it wasn't until he called and i got

said, "congratulation s. i looked at your reward and i'm approving you to receive the congressional medal of honor." that's when it's like - ok, this is real." the doctor who was rescued said byers gave him "a second chance in life." byers will be the 11-th living service member to receive the medal of honor for actions in afghanistan.### a former fire chief of bath county is receiving recognition statewide. chief woody henderson was named virginia fire chief of the year. henderson used to be the chief of fort lewis volunteer fire department. he's now retired. henderson received the award at the fire chief conference at virginia beach saturday. # franklin county's largest employer builds products to keep the cold air out and the warm air in. ply gem windows has been in the community since 1939 building windows that ship all over north america. it's one million square foot facility houses its 1,200 employees working together to produce a quality

nocgthey are dedicated to what they do, they're hard working. they want to be involved. they care not only about the products they make, but the communities in which they make it in. 3015 tonight on wsls 10 at 6, we'll show you how the company supports the community it calls home.#### it's the start of a new era at roanoke. the star city's oldest hotel is collection. the collection is a set of upscale and luxurious hotels which are hand picked for their distinctive character and personality. there are 22 curio hotels worldwide. hotel roanoke is the first in the commonwealth. the virginia in lynchburg will also become part of the curio collection. today: few morning showers

noon sunshine.breez y with highs in the lower 60s tonight: mostly clear with lows in the upper 30s tuesday: increasing clouds with highs in the lower 60s.late-day rain showers possible.overn ight rain likely wednesday: morning rain.afternoo n clearing with temperatures dropping from the 50s in the morning to the 40s by the afternoon thursday: partly cloudy and breezy with highs in the middle 40s friday: scattered light snow showers possible with

mostly cloudy with highs in the upper 40s sunday: few isolated showers with highs in the lower 50s five things you need to know are coming up next. look, i know you're a cow and all. and you may not know what i'm talking about,

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farmer" faces murder and kidnapping charges. he is the third suspect to face charges. the arrest comes after the january shooting death of benjamin baker in eden. baker was found dead in his home from an apparent gunshot wound after failing to show up for work..### the man accused of killing two people... including a virginia police officer... is expected in court today. 32-year-old ronald hamilton is charged with multiple counts of murder and malicious wounding. he is accused of killing prince william county police officer "ashley guindon" and his 29-year- old wife. two other officers were injured while responding to the domestic violence call. officer guindon was sworn in friday--- and was working her first field shift --- when she was killed. several presidential hopefuls are visiting virginia ahead of super tuesday tomorrow. a live look at radford university this morning as g-o-p candidate donald trump prepares to visit today at noon. tickets to the free speaking event were released last

quickly. this comes after marco rubio visited roanoke college on sunday. nearly 23- hundred people attended that rally. meanwhile, democratic presidential candidate hillary clinton's campaign says she will be in hampton roads. she will also make a stop in northern virginia. roanoke county police will release more details today about friday's officer involved shooting. according to a county spokesperson ... a news conference is scheduled for later this morning. the shooting happened near the walgreens at brambelton avenue and electric road. the suspect involved died friday night at the hospital.### possible.after noon sunshine.breez y with highs in the lower 60s tonight: mostly clear with lows in the upper 30s tuesday: increasing clouds with highs in the lower 60s.late-day rain showers possible.overn ight rain likely wednesday: morning rain.afternoo n clearing with using to get into your computer, and how to avoid falling victim.

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good morning. king of the world. leonardo dicaprio finally wins an oscar 22 years after his first nomination. >> i do not take tonight for granted. thank you so very much. >> brie larson nabbing best actress. "spotlight," the surprise winner for best picture. host chris rock takes on the oscars so white controversy.

awards, otherwise known as the white people's choice awards. >> this morning, al and natalie are live in hollywood with all the highlights from the show, the red carpet and, of course, the after parties. klan controversy. why did donald trump refuse to disavow support from the kkk and its former leader david duke in an interview? >> i don't know what you're talking about. >> david duke and the klu klux klan here. >> honestly, i don't know david duke. >> the odd exchange that left the billionaire scrambling to explain while his rivals pounced. we'll talk to trump in a live interview. erin andrews and her convicted stalker expected to testify at her $75 million civil trial today. we're live at the courthouse. cursed cruise ship? another ill-fated voyage for royal caribbean's anthem of the seas, just weeks after passengers were battered by a