we have an update this morning concerning the vaughan-bassett furniture company in galax .police say they charged corey dean hodges from galax with breaking and entering--and felony destruction of property.the plant shut down this week due to the extent of the damange. police say hodges broke into the vaughan-bassett finishing room - and vandalized equipment doing an estimated more than 100 thousand dollars worth of damage. vaughan-bassett officals say only the shipping department and its offices - will be open through today. wfxr news is your local election headquarters.there are three roanoke city council seats up for grabs and the number of candidates wanting fill the seats are growing.amy carter wants to fill one of those seats. she is the owner sarah's place restaurant at the patrick henry hotel.court rosen and sherman lea senior are leaving the council. the other seat up from grabs belongs to incumbent anita price who will seek re- election.amy carter is running as a independent and says her experience as a single mom, a former teacher and p-t-a president, and as a small busine

an update from galax .police have arrested a man for vandalizing the vaughan- bassett furniture company . corey dean hodges from galax is charged with breaking and entering--and felony destruction of property.so much damage was done--- the store has had to shut down. police say hodges broke into the vaughan-bassett furniture company finishing room - and vandalized equipment.they estimate more than 100 thousand dollars worth of damage. vaughan-bassett officals say only the shipping department and its offices - we're continuing our coverage tonight of the big game- and tonight- the quarterbacks from both teams are getting ready. tonight they spoke to the media- giving a little insight into how they're feeling ahead of sunday.john kutch ko is in california tonight with more details - john? one year ago today, demolition began at old candlestick park, former home to the 49ers and san francisco giants baseball club. b a historic stadium that was located just three miles from here. we stopped by there this morning. work crews still leveling the grounds. it opened in 1960z this is where the be

vaughan-bassett officals say only the shipping department and its offices - will be open through today. wfxr news is your local election headquarters.there are three roanoke city council seats up for grabs and the number of candidates wanting fill the seats are growing.amy carter wants to fill one of those seats. she is the owner the patrick henry hotel.court rosen and sherman lea senior are leaving the council. the other seat up from grabs belongs to incumbent anita price who will seek re- election.amy carter is running as a independent and says her qualitifications stem from her experience as a single mom, a former teacher and p-t-a president, and as a small business owner. "i know how important it is to move forward to bring businesses into the area. not just the minimum wage businesses but we need to bring in companies that want to fall in love with the area and who want to stay in this area. "carter says the city budget will be her priority, but she also want to focus on building up roanoke neighborhoods. the election for city council will be on may 3rd. the gloves come off but no

vaughan-bassett officals say only the shipping department and its offices - will be open through today. wfxr news is your local election headquarters.there seats up for grabs and the number of candidates wanting fill the seats are growing. amy carter wants to fill one of those seats. she is the owner sarah's place restaurant at the patrick henry hotel. court rosen and sherman lea senior are leaving the council. the other seat up from grabs belongs to incumbent anita price who will seek re-election.amy carter is running as a independent and says her qualitifications stem from her experience as a single mom, a former teacher and p-t-a president, and as a small business owner. "i know how important it is to move forward to bring businesses into the area. not just the minimum wage businesses but we need to bring in companies that want to fall in love with the area and who want to stay in this area. "carter says the city budget will be her priority, but she also want to focus on building up roanoke neighborhoods. the election for city council will be on may 3rd. the debate between bernie sa

vaughan-bassett officals say only the shipping department and its offices - will be open through today. wfxr news is your local election headquarters.there are three roanoke city council seats up for grabs and the number of candidates wanting fill the seats are growing. amy carter wants to fill one of those seats. she is the owner sarah's place restaurant at the patrick henry hotel. court rosen and sherman lea senior are leaving the council. the other seat up from grabs belongs to incumbent anita price who will seek re-election.amy carter is running as a independent and says her qualitifications stem from her experience as a single mom, a former teacher and p-t-a president, and as a small business owner. "i know how important it is to move forward to bring businesses into the area. not just the minimum wage to fall in love with the area and who want to stay in this area. "carter says the city budget will be her priority, but she also want to focus on building up roanoke neighborhoods. the election for city council will be on may 3rd. the debate between bernie sanders and hillary clinto

(keith barker, galax city manger) vaughan-bassett is the largest employer we have in the city. approximately 700- plus jobs and a major source of tax revenue for the city. in addition, the employees who were sent home now aren't getting paid. and as they come from surrounding counties, this could affect the economy of a very large area. when you also take 700 employees and the salaries that they have, those also businesses in the stores, restaurants, personal service, shopping, things like that. they're a big economic impact to with the pricetag to repair, possibly, being more than already stepping up help. there are a number of entities out there that are set up just to help facilities like this so we've started researching that just a little bit before noon today. in galax, eamon o'meara wdbj7. two people charged with murder in the death of a toddler in grayson county were denied bond. john underwood and terra connell appeared in court tuesday. both are charged with murder and child neglect after law enforcement say 15 month old payton sawyers was attacked by their pit bull.

arrested a man they say caused more than 100 hundred thousand dollars worth of damage to the vaughan-bassett furniture company. corey dean hodges was arrested and charged last night police say hodges is a former employee at vaughan-bassett. business had to be put on hold yesterday after hodges allegedly broke into the plant and vandalized their finishing room. the company president tells us the finishing room is closed again today and tomorrow. the closure is impacting the majority of the plant's seven-hundred employees. new at noon: walking to create change. danville regional medical center's ceo is hoping to bring people together with a community walk tomorrow. ceo alan larson spoke to the media this morning about his concern for a healthy and safe community. during his 6 months here, more than 25 gunshot and stabbing victims have come into the emergency room. larson says the hospital is hosting the walk in hopes it will become a cataylst for change. alan larson, ceo drmc, "because we do care about the health of the community it's often more is to this is a chance you may have concerns and

police confirmed hodges is a former employee at vaughan-bassett. company president dough bassett says black stain was poured into their finishing tanks, rendering them useless until their cleaned or replaced. the finishing room will be closed again tomorrow. danville regional medical center's ceo alan larson is hoping to bring people together with a community walk tomorrow. larson spoke to the media this morning about his concern for a healthy and safe community. gunshot and stabbing victims have come into the emergency room. larson says the hospital is hosting the walk in hopes it will become a cataylst for change. alan larson, ceo drmc, "because we do care about the health often more productive to walk and the opportunity is to this is a chance to share with others, you may have concerns and come up with ideas. " larson hopes to make this a weekly thing. to participate join entrance of the hospital tomorrow at 6 pm. new at six: the movement to build a passenger train station in bedford is entering a new phase. a group advocating for the project i

manufacturing operations are shut down again today at the vaughan-bassett furniture company's plant in galax - after someone vandalized the facility tuesday night. police say they are still trying to figure out who broke into the facility. w-f-x-r's kristen eskow spoke owners to find out if they are worried about similar crimes happening again. :34-:39:40-:451:06-1:11 following the break-in and vandalism of a furniture plant just blocks from downtown businesses - shop owners say - they're surprised a crime like this - would happen in their neighborhood."my husband works there, and when he came home today, i was very shocked before i left to come to work." hair salon owner donna higgins says her husband is one of the factory employees - who is now unable to work because of the vandalism - which company officials estimate is at least 100 thousand dollars worth of damage to equipment. she and others who work downtown say - things like this don't often happen in galax."i've never had any trouble as long as i've been here for about 38 years. i think our police department does a great job in

manufacturing operations are shut down again today at the vaughan-bassett furniture company's plant in galax - after someone vandalized the facility tuesday night.police say they are still trying to figure out who broke into the facility. w-f-x-r's kristen eskow spoke with downtown galax business owners to find out if they are worried about similar crimes happening again in the neighborhood. :34-:39:40-:451:06-1:11 following the break-in and vandalism of a furniture plant just blocks from downtown businesses - shop owners say - they're surprised a crime like this - would happen in their neighborhood."my husband works there, and when he came home today, i was very shocked before i left to come to work." hair salon owner donna higgins says her husband is one of the factory employees - who is now unable to work because of the vandalism - which company officials estimate is at least 100 thousand dollars worth of damage to equipment. she and others who work downtown say - things like this don't often happen in galax."i've never had any trouble as long as i've been here for about 38 years. i

manufacturing operations are shut down again today at the vaughan-bassett furniture company's plant in galax - after someone vandalized the facility tuesday night.police say they are still trying to figure out who broke into the facility. w-f-x-r's kristen eskow spoke with downtown galax business owners to find out if they are worried about in the neighborhood. :34-:39:40-:451:06-1:11 following the break-in and vandalism of a furniture plant just blocks from downtown businesses - shop owners say - they're surprised a crime like this - would happen in their neighborhood."my husband works there, and when he came home today, i was very shocked before i left to come to work." hair salon owner donna higgins says her husband is one of the factory employees - who is now vandalism - which company officials estimate is at least 100 thousand dollars worth of damage to equipment. she and others who work downtown say - things like this don't often happen in galax."i've never had any trouble as long as i've been here for about 38 years. i think our police department does a great job in they've alwa

galax police confirm they've arrested a former employee of the vaughan-bassett furniture company for causing more than a hundred- thousand dollars corey hodges is charged with breaking and entering and felony destruction of property. because of the extent of the damage, vaughan- bassett's finishing room will be closed again tomorrow. virginia's house has unanimously approved a bill that would let national guard members with valid permits carry concealed weapons on duty. commanding officers would still be able to prohibit guard members from carrying guns in certain cases. the legislation is a response to last year's deadly shooting at a recruting center in tennessee. it now moves on to the senate. after last night's town hall, the two remaining democratic presidential candidates went head to head again in new hampshire. it's five-days before the primaries there, with bernie sanders leading hillary clinton in the polls. tonight, both debated over who is best able to effectively represent progressive values. sanders says despite spending his political career an independent, his liberal

officials at vaughan- bassett say only the shipping department and its offices - will be open through friday. in roanoke-a bank robbery suspect is locked up tonight. police say the suspect robbed the b-b-and t bank in downtown just after 3:30 this afternoon. police say they caught the suspect about 30 minutes later- less than a mile away on henry street northwest. police say no one was hurt. charges are pending. in franklin county-rocky mount police have arrested and charged a woman with unlawful concealment of human remains- after a newborn baby was found dead in a dumpster.it all started tuesday night when carilion police told rocky mount police about a suspicious admission last evening at roanoke memorial in a franklin county garbage site near rocky mount.this morning after an autopsy- police say the pregnancy ended in a stillbirth.officers then arrested and charged katherine dellis.she's locked up in salem tonight. wfxr went in search of answers that could help a person who might be pushed to such desperation.we spoke to a local psychiatrist who says, it's important to for anyone

manufacturing operations are shut down again today at the vaughan-bassett furniture company's plant in galax - facility tuesday night. police say they are still trying to figure out who broke into the facility. w-f-x-r's kristen eskow spoke with downtown galax business owners to find out if they are worried about similar crimes happening again. :34-:39:40-:451:06-1:11 following the break-in and vandalism of a furniture plant just blocks from downtown businesses - shop owners say - they're surprised a crime like this - would happen in their neighborhood."my husband works there, and when he came home today, i was very shocked hair salon owner donna higgins says her husband is one of the unable to work because of the vandalism - which company officials estimate is at least 100 thousand dollars worth of damage to equipment. she and others who work downtown say - happen in galax."i've never had any trouble as long as years. i think our police department does a great job in they've always backed us up if if we need any help with anything.""we rarely have anybody have any vandalism or break-i

police confirmed hodges is a former employee at vaughan-bassett. company president doug bassett says black stain was poured into their finishing tanks, rendering them useless until their cleaned or replaced. the finishing room will be closed again leo, i know a lot of people are going to be inside sunday night for the super bowl, but what is the rest of the weekend looking like? rivers it's the dan river paces latest observation twenty eight three feet that's about three tenths of a foot above flood stage should just minor flooding should crescent shortly will start to recede a continue with that minor flooding through the morning hours. i'll by the one shower upper thirties by the afternoon will be back up into the mid forties gusty winds especially the first part of the day over the we can will see nice conditions but next week some cold air begins to slide down from canada will see temperatures tuesday and wednesday only in the low to mid thirty some areas will not get above the freezing mark and don't forget later monday into tuesday could see

police confirmed hodges is a former employee at vaughan-bassett. company president doug bassett says black stain was poured into their finishing tanks, rendering them useless until their cleaned or replaced. the finishing room will be closed again today. kimberly good morning everyone we are seeing increasing sunshine across the region looking out from lane stadium on the campus of virginia tech in blacksburg a lot of blue sky still clouds there in the distance but will all see increasing sunshine as we head through the day temperature chilly 27 west northwest wind twelve miles an hour or the gusty winds through the morning hours keep that in mind peek wind us in seventeen miles an hour but temperatures will be moderating into the thirties and forties as we head through the afternoon had a few light snow showers rain showers eastern sections early this morning all that has dissipated but still finding accumulating snow new jersey long island southeastern parts of new england especially with a could see several inches of snow reports all said and do

an arrest made at the vaughan- bassett furniture company. corey hodges was arrested and charged with breaking and entering and felony destruction of property. he broke in. the early report showed vandalism caused 100,000 in damage. >>> the virginia department of elections will throw out an affiliation statement. they plan to enforce it in the march 1st presidential primary. it would have required all gop primary voters to sign a form to declare themselves republicans before casting a ballot. according to the montgomery county register's office, the decision to rescind the oath could affect the primary. may switch over or a lot more independence. >> now most states don't require an oath because voters must register by party. >>> turning to your forecast, things are starting to dry up after the recent wet weather. it was kind of warm today. >> it wasn't a bad day at all lindsey. tomorrow we'll see more sun. tonight there will be a disturbance. we have river flood warnings for the dan river in danville. also the roanoke river in randolph. this

police confirmed employee at vaughan-bassett. company president doug bassett says black stain was poured into their finishing tanks, rendering them cleaned or replaced. the finishing room will be closed again today. a virginia man charged with plotting to attack black churches is expected to plead guilty today. court records show robert doyle is set to appear in richmond federal agreement hearing. doyle is faces robbery, conspiracy, and firearms charges. two other men have also been charged. it's definitely a little cold out there this morning, but it will be sunny. and leo, you say the weekend will be moving forward with the plan to relocate two slave houses on the greenfield plantation. leaders have hired a team of archaeologists to investigate and confirm whether there are unmarked grave sites of slaves on the land. has caused a lot of controversy in the county. there's also a lawsuit pending from a woman who says her relatives buried on the land. county leaders say the plan is to move the houses a mile away from the historic

we learned today that vaughan- bassett may be able to re-open starting next week. a former employee is accused of dumping black stain into the finishing tanks last week. much of the plant has been closed since, but owners expect all employees will be able to return to work on monday. cory dean hodges is charged with breaking and entering and felony destruction of property. . bedford county is hoping to attract bike new tourism effort. last night county supervisors approved 75-hundred dollars to put up signs for a bike trail at smith mountain lake. the route is 50 miles long and designed to showcase some of the lake's most breathtaking scenery. around 50 signs will be installed at a cost of around 250 dollars each. the project is designed to attract visitors and coincide with the lake's 50th anniversary. there is a change in the air and it's a cold change. meteorologist robin reed is talking about the impact of this cold forecast. here is a look at the highs, lows and precipitation at the regional airports. we are back with the complete first alert forecast after th

galax police are investigating a vandalism incident at the vaughan-bassett plant. tells wdbj7 that the bad that portions of the plant had to close today. someone broke into the plant overnight and vandalized several tanks that for making furniture. it could take several days to clean up. at this point, the more than one hundred thousand dollars. a roanoke man is accused of trying to break into a church. officers say they found angelo fuller, trying to use a cinder block to break into roanoke valley yesterday morning. he's charged with including breaking and entering. police say he also lied to them about he was later served with three outstanding warrants incident. he's in jail this afternoon. rain has fallen with the heavy rain prompted several today as rain came down heavy at times. for just how much more we can expect, and when it heads out, let's check in with meteorologist brent watts in for leo hirsbrunner.f most concernededitability coming out bassett gotten some reports of some flash flooding there was us with water rescue doubts and parts of north carolina and heavy rain is mo

the president of vaughan-bassett furniture company says someone broke in last night and poured black stain into their finishing tanks. the cleanup could take days, maybe longer. galax's city manager says this is the first time he's ever seen something this big done to the company. keith barker, galax city manger: "they've had short time before, but to be out of operations for an incident like this, i can't say that i've ever seen it and i don't that they have either. we're trying to work with them to determine the length of time and what the impact may be." tonight police continue to interview and look in to persons of interest. president obama made his first visit to a mosque in the u.s. mosque to hear him speak. obama said muslim americans keep the nation safe, crediting contributions they have made to communities. many muslim groups had called for him to schedule a stop at a mosque in america as a public rejection of islamophobia. "recently we've heard inexcusable political rhetoric against muslim americans. it has no place in our country." obama is christian, but continues to be

we learned yesterday that vaughan-bassett may be able to re- open starting next week. a former employee is accused of dumping black stain into the finishing tanks last week. much of the plant has been closed since then, but company owners expect all employees will be able to return to work on monday. cory dean hodges is charged with breaking and entering and felony destruction of property. time to talk politics on our wednesday morning's newsmakers. i'm joined here by wdbj7's political analyst dr. bob denton to give us a bit of perspective on last night's new hampshire primary results. so dr. denton, donald trump and bernie sanders not only won but won big last night, does that matter and does it presidential race? let's talk about the second place finishes, start with ohio governor john kasich who got a surprising second? is he ready to make a push? clinton, lots of people are saying it's time to reevaluate her campaign strategy? what are your thoughts? we've had a caucus and a primary that have been very different, so how much stock do we take in these upcoming prima

have arrested a man for allegedly doing more than 100-thousand dollars worth of damage to the vaughan-bassett furniture company. galax police captain james cox tells us.. corey hodges.. a former with breaking and entering and felony destruction of property. cox says.. hodges broke into the plant and dumped black stain into their finishing tubs on monday night. it means the furniture would have black mixed in the color. 3 3 pattie plasma all the self- driving technology that's come out in the last year is pretty cool. from drones to, even, remote-controlled all-terrain-vehicles. it sounds great and very high-tech -- but olivia mancino explains what can happen someone loses control of a driverless atv. 3 watch as this a-t-v barrels down an empty parking lot.. crashes into a wall..and starts doing donutsall without a driver.(don huber/store owner)"i saw the video two weeks later and i said holy toledo thats a good view, that other camera doesn't show it in such good views!"of course, don huber is talking about the atv that went for joy ride behind his store.two security cameras caught all the ch

the president of vaughan-bassett furniture company, says someone broke in monday night and poured black stain into their finishing tanks. the cleanup could even longer. the galax city manager says this is the first time he's every seen something this big done to the company. (keith barker, galax city manger) they've had short time before, but to be out of operations for an incident like this, i can't say that i've ever seen it and i don't that they have either. we're trying to work with them to determine the length of time and what the impact may be. police are still looking in to persons of interest. an increased police presence...that's what two danville businesses want out of police all acorss the city. both the six-one-six and the north theatre sit along north main street. both owners say serious issue with crime at their locations yet-- but various shootings worries them. as they invest into their business, the police to invest in their customers safety. steve delgiorno, we think that spawns even more people to come in and want to invest." wayne alan, north an important thing can b

the president of vaughan-bassett furniture company, says someone broke in monday night, and poured black stain into their finishing tanks. the cleanup could take days, possibly even longer. the galax city manager says this is the first time he's every seen something this bad done to the company. (keith barker, galax city manger) they've had short time before, but to be out of operations for an incident like this, i can't say that i've don't that they have either. we're trying to work with them to determine the length of time and what the impact may be. police are still looking into persons of interest. two business owners in danville are asking for increased police presence across the city. both the six-one-six and the north theatre sit along north main street. both owners say there hasn't been a serious issue with crime at their locations yet-- but various shootings across the city worries them. as they invest into their business, the owners want the police to invest in their customers safety. steve delgiorno, the 616 "in addition, we think that spawns even more people to come in and wa

we have a follow up about the vandalism we learned yesterday that vaughan-bassett may be able to re- open starting next week. a former employee is accused of dumping black stain into the finishing tanks last week. much of the plant has been closed since, but owners expect all employees will be able to return to work on monday. cory dean hodges is charged with breaking and entering and felony destruction of property. the shortage of lethal injection drugs in our state is leading to changes in death penalty legislation in the general assembly. in the event that lethal injection is unavailable, the law requires that the electric chair be used instead. the bill advanced yesterday on the floor of the house of delegates, but not without objections. charniele herring/(d) 46th district alexandria: the bill does provide that the department of corrections director can mandate the method of execution over the condemned inmates method of choice. if you look closely at the bill, it actually will in my opinion expand it to include things like firing squads and hanging. jackson miller/(r) 50th dist

the president of vaughan-bassett furniture company, says someone broke in monday night and poured black stain into their finishing tanks. the cleanup could take days, possibly even longer. the galax city manager says this is the first time he's every seen something this big done to the company. keith barker, galax city manger: "they've had short time before, but to be out of operations for an incident like this, i can't say that i've ever seen it and i don't that they have either. we're trying to work with them to determine the length of time and what the impact may be." police are still looking in to persons dense fog early followed by a slow increase in sunshine. highs today near 49. dense fog early followed by a slow increase in sunshine. highs today near 49. dense fog early followed by a slow increase in sunshine. highs today near 49. dense fog early followed by a slow increase in sunshine. highs today near 49. dense fog early followed by a slow increase in sunshine. highs today near 49. dense fog early followed by a slow increase in sunshine. highs today near 49. dense fog early in