followed chief perkins as he patrolled today and has more on after nearly 24 years of service...chris perkins took part in his final line-up with the roanoke city police department. here..the chief and other officers receive their assignments and head out the door. nats for perkins it's back to where his career started... district 4. known for being being a fast officer, he recalls his early days of chasing criminals. sot of chris perkins 21-28 21:19:43 captain charles ran down these hills here. we started a foot pursuit, we started from that building and he broke both his forearms in the middle of melrose following and i'm think gosh, we walked up on a group with crack and a gun. on this day, the chief partners with larry gunter jr. he's been with the department for nearly two and a half years. gunther says it's an honor to patrol with the retiring chief who helped make these neighborhoods safer. nats of door knocking for dmi in his 5 years as chief, he used initiatives such as the drug market intervention program or d- m-i to lower crime rates. sot of chris perkins culture change for the po

chris perkins took on the police chief position in 20-10. also new tonight .. as expected, the danville city council approves a requested increase in the city's police force. the move increases the number of city officers from 131 to 135. will help him better handle turnover and help in the efforts to reduce crime. the money for the additional officers will come from a surplus in the department's personnel budget due to low staffing over the years. ticket sales to ride the historic 6-11 steam engine are off to a fast start ... why organizers say you should buy yours quick ... if you want a chance to ride the queen of steam this spring. take a look at some pictures of the recent winter weather ... sent in by viewers. as we mentioned earlier ... there has to be a way. carry the centimeter, divide by 3.14 something something something... [ beeping, whirring ] great caesar salad! and now the name your price tool shows people policy options to help fit their budget. is that a true story? yeah! when they switch. i mean about you inventing it. i invented the story, an

there was a quick embrace between roanoke's fire and police chiefs monday before police chief chris perkins took over the podium one last time. chief perkins: i'm exceptionally pleased that i'm able to deliver this report as my last one, some chiefs around the country aren't delivering those last reports that are so favorable perkins started by telling city council he wanted to bust some myths about the city. number one, he says he's tired of people saying roanoke isn't safe. roanoke, per thousand, has a better violent crime rate than a lot of cities in our area, in our state, in our region. and that's despite the fact violent crimes in the city dropped by just one last year to 301 incidents. even though it's level, it's still at record lows, still a 48 year low. you gotta go back to 1967 to find a lower number of victims for violent crime in the city of roanoke then there's the the greenways are dangerous, true or false...false. that's a huge myth. in fact, perkins says there is only a 1 in 1.1 million chance of becoming a victim on the greenway. but perkins says there are real problems st

where current police chief--- chris perkins was honored. deputy jones starts march 1-st .. the day after chief perkins retires. chris perkins took on the police chief position in 20-10. # many people are looking ahead to warmer weather. for many people, spring and summer mean outdoor sports-- like soccer. and this year people in the star city will have a new place to play. after several years of negotiations... and more than a year of construction... the countryside soccer fields are almost finished. us with more about what's gone into creating these fields...erin? this project really has become a sort of "field of dreams." there's been a ton of work that has gone into planning and building these fields.. and now-- the light at the end of the tunnel is almost here. as part of a first- of-its-kind lease deal between the city of roanoke and the "roanoke star soccer club... this is part of a growing trend as many local governments partner up with private businesses to develop unused land into parks.. and in this case, soccer fields. after more than a year of work.. the first p

trinkle says a program developed by police chief chris perkins is taking a step in the right direction. 18:10:26 "he's arranged immediate access to substance abuse treatment for people that are arrested that are willing to go into treatment and have a mentor and stick with the treatment in order to avoid the charges, and that's the type of thing we need to do more of." in roanoke, rob manch, w-s-l-s 10. people will get the chance to hear the candidates talk about those issues publicly tomorrow night at a forum in center in the square hosted by the regional chamber of commerce. the primary this weekend will be from noon to 7 at the berglund center. in addition to the mayoral race, voters will choose 3 out of the 6 current democratic candidates for city council. the city's republican committee is hosting its selection on the 25th. dramatic effect on the race for the white house today. after donald trump picked up the g-o-p win in new hampshire last night... carly fiorina announced she's leaving the race. chris christie is also reassessing his campaign. meanwhile... other republican candi

chief chris perkins, roanoke city police department "let's talk about violence, let's talk about danger, i'll show'd you roanoke per thousand has a better violent crime rate than a lot of cities in our area, in our state, and in our region." the police chief further says property crimes are down, but this can be driven by drug activity which can also effect violent crime rates. we'll break down the numbers tonight at 6. the federal trial involving the murder and abduction of waynesboro reserve police captain kevin quick started today ... two years after it happened. prosecutors say alleged gang members abducted and murdered captain quick in january 2014. however the case is now being tried in roanoke after a judge declared a mistrial last year. judge glen conrad granted a mistrial for all six defendants ... after investigators discovered one of them got a list of potential jurors and their information. today there were strict rules for juror information for all potential jurors are anonymous and referred to numbers. 87 people were selected for phase one of jury selection and tomorrow mo

chief chris perkins, roanoke city police department "let's talk about violence, let's talk about danger, i'll show you roanoke per thousand has a better violent crime rate than a lot of cities in our area, in our state, and in our region." the police chief says ... property crimes are down, but this can be driven by drug activity which can also effect violent crime rates. still to come ... danville ymca is accepting water donations in place of membership fees. how this effort is working towards helping people across the nation. but first... alan. look, i know you're a cow and all. but, uh. the yogurt made from your milk, is delicious. wythe county wants to warn people living in the area of water disruptions this week. customers living along old bank road in speedwell could experience temporary disruptions starting tomorrow until thursday. this is because of ongoing road work to improve route 6-19. v-dot crews will be replacing and relocating waterlines. wythe county's water and waste director says ... the work should be completed by thursday evening if the weather permits. more than 300

chief chris perkins/roanok e city police: "while my name was on that key, that key was for all of those individuals that work at the police department. you know they do an amazing job. they're the most regulated profession in the country. they have automated vehicle locators on all their cars they have in car camera body cameras. there's not many professions that are monitored 24 hours a day and every moment that they are in the role as a police officer. so kudos to them." mayor david bowers also recognized virginia tech football coach frank beamer on his recent retirement... saying while beamer is a hokie ... "he's a roanoker as well." your 90 minutes of news continues right now. after yesterday's snow and ice and last night's ice and rain, it was nice to see the sun return on tuesday. however, we will still be dealing with the ramifications of the last storm, as there numerous power outages due to downed trees and powerlines. also, we will be monitoring the river levels over the next couple of days because of all the precipitation that fell. a weak clipper system will impact the regio

roanoke city police chief chris perkins gives his final annual crime report before he retires. police report the force responded to more shootings is year before. wsls10's christina craig breaks down the numbers. the roanoke city police chief is calling it a win for the city as overall crime is trending downwards. nat since 2014, property crimes have decreased by almost 400 cases. however, violent crimes including murder, rape and robbery have remained the same. "property crime is our problem. property crime is driven by some of the drug activity. let's talk about violence, let's talk about danger, i'll show you roanoke per thousand has a better violent crime rate than a lot of cities in our area, in our state, and in although some violent crime numbers didn't change, the number of malicious shootings -- which fall underneath the umbrella of violent crimes -- have increased. in 2014, police investigated 34 shootings.. one was deadly. this past year, there were 37 shootings... 8 people were killed in those. despite those numbers, chief perkins says it's still a record low. "when

this morning:roanoke city officials have named an acting police chief to replace retiring chief chris perkins. current deputy chief tim jones will fill this role starting march 1st.jones has served on the city's police force since 1981, and currently commands the uniform operations division.roanoke is conducting a national search for perkins' permenant replacement. the federal government and apple argue over the iphone of a suspected terrorist.next on good day virginia, we will tell you why this could have an effect on your privacy.s and there's more to making the perfect steak than you think. in our ag life report, how one farmer says- you okay? i just wish we didn't have to sell mom's piano. i know, but we need to pay for her funeral, the medical bills ... i'm a little worried i'll leave my kids in the same position. don't you have life insurance? we had to cut it out of our budget a few years ago, and we never put it back in. you know, massmutual has a new policy called guaranteed acceptance life insurance. steve and i got covered, and it was affordable. i know there's nothing we can do ab

they will pay tribute to roanoke city police chief chris perkins who plans to retire next month. crime rates dropped almost every year he was employed. civil rights leader "al holland" will also be recognized. he worked at norfolk and western railroad for 46 years and was named citizen of the year in 2003. council members will also salute the career of legendary virginia tech head football coach frank beamer. beamer retired after 29 years leading the team. ### turning back to the forecast... storm team ten meteorologist kristina montuori has more -- until noon today today: morning rain showers.after noon clearing with highs in the middle to upper 40s tonight: isolated showers possible mix of ice & rain .lows in the lower 30s wednesday: isolated icy mix possible in the morning.gradu al clearing with highs in the upper 40s thursday: mostly sunny with highs in the middle 40s friday: mostly sunny with highs in the upper 40s saturday: mostly sunny sunday: isolated showers possible with highs in the lower 60s monday: scattered showers possible with highs in the low to middle 50s . wint

we follow roanoke police chief chris perkins during his final patrol of the star city. and then .. sot but first ... the man accused of abducting and murdering hours ahead of super tuesday -- the republican front-runner in the race for the white house shows up at radford university for a heated rally. but first ... the man accused of abducting and murdering hannah graham and morgan harrington is expected to enter a plea agreement wednesday. good evening and thank you for joining us for wsls 10 at six. the albemarle county commonwealth's attorney says .. wsls 10's rob manch joins us now live from a help save the next girl event in roanoke. rob .. i understand you spoke with a board member about this development .. help save the next girl is actually hosting a fundraiser here tonight. but like you said, i was able to speak with one of the board members who says it's a relief that this case may finally be coming to a close. of course gil harrington started the organization after matthew allegedly murdered her daughter back in 2 thousand 9. board member bruce bryan says finally closing

chris perkins. perkins plans to retire next month. city leaders will also recognize al holland who passed away in december. he was the 2003 citizen of the year. city council members will salute the career of legendary virginia tech head football coach frank beamer. this week's council meeting will take place on tuesday at 2 p-m. still ahead -- jeff and alan will have another update on the upcoming winter storm in just a few you're looking at a live look of from our tower cam winter storm warning in effect through noon tuesday tonight: light snow develop with lows in the mid teens to near 20. monday: snow transitions over to a wintry mix of sleet then freezing rain by monday afternoon and evening. highs in the upper 20s and low 30s. monday night: freezing rain changing over to rain with temperatures rising into the mid to upper 30s as warmer air is pulled in with a low pressure moving overhead. tuesday: early morning rain, then partial clearing in the afternoon. highs in the mid 40s. wednesday: partly sunny and milder with mountain sno

chief chris perkins, roanoke city police department "let's talk about violence, let's talk about danger, i'll show you roanoke per thousand has a better violent crime rate than a lot of cities in our area, in our state, and in our region." perkins says property crimes are down, but this can be driven by drug activity which can also effect violent crime rates.### 10 cares about your heart health. blood pressure can be a silent killer... that's why doctors say it's important to know your numbers. says more than 20-percent of people with high blood pressure.. don't even know. dr. ijeoma okogbue, carilion clinic cardiology 15:28:00 for the most part it's sort of a silent killer so to speak because if you don't check it and if you don't know it's high, it's just high and you feel fine yet it doesn't change the fact that it's causing negative affects in the body. that's the importance of maintaining blood pressure that's within a normal range is reducing the risk of not only heart disease but also vascular disease as well 25 normal blood pressure is 120 over 80. high blood pressure is managea

roanoke city police chief chris perkins held his final briefing before city council ahead of his retirement march 1st.and some good news to report... crime numbers across the valley continue a downward trend. there is a 64-percent drop in violent crime. a 39-point-9 percent drop in property crime and a 42-point-7-percent drop in total crime since 2005. five year numbers are also down as a whole.to see more of the report, head to our website, virginia first dot-com. the legal blood alcohol level may become lower. at least that's what the national transportation safety board wants. it's asking states to lower their legal limit from point-zero-8 to point- zero-5. they say it's a way to reduce alcohol-related road accidents. in the last decade, one-third of all highway deaths involved alcohol. of seeing his favorite team play in the super bowl this sunday.but then his church stepped in. 75 people who attend kingdom vision life center chipping in thousands of dollars to give their beloved pastor -- ronald wilson -- the trip of a lifetime. gifting him an all expenses paid trip to super bowl 50...

roanoke city police chief chris perkins held his final briefing before city council ahead of his retirement march 1st.and some good news to report... crime numbers across the valley continue a downward trend. there is a 64-percent drop in violent crime. a 39-point-9 percent drop in property crime and a 42-point-7-percent drop in total crime since 2005. also down as a whole.to see more of the report, head to our website, virginia first dot-com. the legal blood alcohol level may drop.new this morning: that's what the national transportation safety board is recommending. it's asking states to lower their legal limit from point-zero-8 to point-zero-5.they say it's a way to reduce alcohol-related road accidents.in the last decade, one-third of all highway deaths involved alcohol. the centers for disease control and prevention is adding several countries to its list of active zika virus cases. those countries include: american samoa, costa rica, curacao, and nicarauga. the lack of a vaccine or population immunity spurred the world health organization into action. "members of the committee agree s

this morning:roanoke city officials have named an acting police chief to replace retiring chief chris perkins. current deputy chief tim jones will fill this role starting march 1st.jones has served on the city's police force since 1981, and currently commands the uniform operations division.a national search will be conducted for perkins' replacement. concealed guns in the classroom! it's been a hot topic here in virginia. now, one college in texas gives the green light! plus.. apple is challenging a judge's order to help the f-b-i unlock an i- phone. why it may be headed to the supreme court! you're watching good day high pressure builds into the hi dad. uh huh. down in the heart what do you think? and in the stars above hi ted, glad you could join us, we think you're going to like these numbers. bring me a higher love area for today and tonight. a lowpressure system in the upper mississippi valley friday will moveeast across the great lakes on saturday. this system will bring aweak cold front into our region on friday night.today...sunny. highs in the lower 40s. light and variable winds. .t

roanoke city police chief chris perkins held his final briefing before city council ahead of his retirement march 1st.and some good news to report... crime numbers across the valley continue a downward trend. there is a 64-percent drop in violent crime. a 39-point-9 percent drop in property crime and a 42-point-7-percent drop in total crime since 2005. five year numbers are also down as a whole.to see more of the report, head to our website, virginia first dot-com. the legal blood alcohol level may drop.new this morning: that's what the national transportation safety board is recommending. it's asking limit from point-zero-8 to point-zero-5.they say it's a way to reduce alcohol-related road accidents.in the last decade, one-third of all highway deaths involved alcohol. the centers for disease control and prevention is adding several countries to its list of active zika virus cases. those countries include: american samoa, costa rica, curacao, and nicarauga. the lack of a vaccine or population immunity spurred the world health organization into action. "members of the committee agree that th

chief chris perkins gave his final update on the department for the first time, perkins used data analysis to show how roanoke's crime rate major competitors for development. roanoke has the lowest, per thousand, violent crime rate than any of those cities in our region. that's despite the fact violent crimes in the city dropped by just one last year to 301 incidents. perkins says even though property crime is down, it's still roanoke's biggest problem. where the department can improve. chief perkins: we could do better with drug addiction and drug abuse. our answer has been to what we learned from dmi was you giv people as choice and so this stigma of i'm gonna get arrested if i ask for help, we've gotta change that so that's something we could do better. chief perkins recieved a standing ovation after his presention. he retires march 1st. the national transportation safety board is pushing to lower the legal blood alcohol level. it's asking states to lower their legal limit from point zero-eight to point zero-five. leaders say it's a alcohol-related road accidents. in the last 15-years,

this morning:roanoke city officials have named an acting police chief to replace retiring chief chris perkins. current deputy chief tim jones will fill this role starting march 1st.jones has served on the city's police force since 1981, and currently commands the uniform operations division.a national search will be conducted for perkins' replacement. concealed guns in the classroom! it's been a hot now, one college in texas gives the green light! plus.. apple is challenging a judge's order to help the f-b-i unlock an i- phone. why it may be headed to the supreme court! you're watching good day virginia high pressure builds into the area for today it's always worth remembering... that icing the cinnamon rolls unleash the power of dough. here in vineland, home of progresso, we love all kinds of chicken soups... but just one kind of chicken. white breast meat chicken every time. so if you're not going to make your own chicken soup tonight, do what we do...make it progresso. it's a taste so bold, yet so smooth, it could only be called, black silk, from folgers. a taste you could enjoy, fresh bre

finally, this week will be the last for your police chief chris perkins before he retires on tuesday. thoughts on him, his interim replacement deputy chief tim jones and what you want in our do you know what your bishop will be preaching about this morning? get ready for a warm spring-like preaching about this get ready for a warm spring-like afternoon. let's turn things over to meteorologist lindsey anderson with your first alert forecast. niceand thank you chris this is my type of skiing weather is beautiful sunny skies warm workout and not a bad afternoon to get the slow temperatures right now running in the middle for use in roanoke's two. still in the upper twenties chicago wins out of the last ten to fifteen miles per hour will do it for the afternoons slight breeze will continue through the day forty five degrees right now rocky mountains forty one degrees and hurt and thirty seven and blacksburg meanwhile mountain empire holding the upper thirties 10 to 15 mi./h will do it for the afternoons slight breeze will continue through the day 45 right now. rocky mountains 41 and hurt

roanoke city police chief chris perkins has given his final update on the department. for the first time, perkins used data analysis to show how roanoke's crime rate stacks up against it's major competitors for economic development. roanoke has the lowest, per thousand, violent crime rate than any of those cities in our region. that's despite the fact violent crimes in the city dropped by just one last year to 301 incidents. perkins says even though property crime is down, it's still roanoke's biggest problem. and there are areas where the department can improve. chief perkins: we could do better with drug addiction and drug abuse. our answer has been to lock people up, but what we learned giv people as choice and so this stigma of i'm gonna get arrested if i ask for help, we've gotta change that so that's something we could do better. chief perkins recieved a standing ovation after his presention. he retires march 1st. james river high school held a ceremony in honor of our fallen colleagues, alison parker and adam ward. it happened during their game last night agains

perkins to testify about the conversation with her daughter pertaining to the alleged rape. she can't discuss the content of the suicide note or the fact that chris drake's name appears in it. even so, your honor, the prejudicial effect far outweighs the probative-- it's coming in. please, no more objections. mrs. perkins? cheryl got drunk at one of those bbb parties and took her top off for some guy with a camera. later on she tried to get the tape back. but drake said no, unless she had sex with him. yeah. but she changed her mind. except drake didn't care. he said, "a deal's a deal," pushed her down on the bed and had his way with her. did you tell her to call the police? yes, of course. but she said no one would believe her cause she took money from drake's lawyer and signed a contract saying it was okay to have sex with him. did your daughter ever mention the rape or chris drake again? yes, once. she said that... i didn't know what she meant at the time. but...she said, "it's bad enough being raped, "but when you let someone buy his way out for $2,000, "you're more worthless than he is." (mccoy) when did cheryl tell you this? (swain) despite

chris christie singing donald trump's praises. what it means for the run for the white house. >> a former police officer learns his fate. the punishment he now faces. >> mark zuckerberg's reaction. >> i'm shawn >> and i'm tony perkins. temperatures are. >> let's get to gwen tolbart for the latest on the forecast. gwen? >> you are it is going to be a cold news tonight. we are going to see the temperatures rise before the weekend is over. but in the meeven time let's look at the highs for today because we were actually some 8-11 degrees cooler than the seasonal average as we hit 40 degrees at reagan national airport today, 38 at dulles and only 40 at bwi thurgood marshall. 28 at hagerstown and at martinst baltimore. we've been dealing with gusty winds today that's finally changing as those winds start to diminish and we now have winds that are anywhere from about 6 to 12 miles per hour. but a far cry from the 30 mile per hour gusts plus that we had earlier today. but we still have some wind chills. so this is what it feels like when you factor in the winds as well as the temperature. feels like it's only 25 at dc right now, 20 at gaithersburg and only 19 degrees at hagerstowns. the jet stream dipping to the south and