. >>> new tonight, the latest in the battle between the city of danville and mazerata wheels. a jury dismissed a 1.2 million countersuit. he claims the city committed a breach of contract, fraud and gross negligence when the company was given a facility he deemed unsuitable to operate indeemed unsuitable to operate in. last year, the city of danville sued joy after the company got $600,000 from the tobacco commission but filed create any jobs. the judge has not yet set a trial date. >>> more candidates are announcing their runs for lynchburg city council. this afternoon, announced a run forward 3 the seat currently held by zack helgeson. thornhill served from 1976 to 19 2 albert billingsly announce and facebook he is the seat. that has some calling for billingsly dismissal from the republican party. councilman parro is set to announce he is running for reelection to his ward 4 seat. and sterling wilder from the jubilee development center has announced he is running for the ward 2 seat that caesar johnson treasurer. >>> in less than an hour, lynchburg's mayor and vice mayor will

danville. police are keeping the details of the investigation quiet for now... but here's what we do know. the city of danville says two men were shot... as part of an ettempted robbery. the shooting happened on mount vernon avenue... just after 8 p-m. one of the victims... a doctor at danville regional medical center... remains hospitalized tonight. the other man was treated and released. w-s-l-s ten's colter anstaett has been following this case... and has more on the investigation. on cam police say both shootings happened within a block of where i'm standing now at the intersection of mt. vernon avenue and virginia avenue. police say the first shooting happened at about 7:08 p.m. last night in the 200 block of mt. vernon avenue as a result of what they are calling an attempted robbery. vo year old dr. randolph neal was shot several times. on cam after that, police say the suspect or suspects ran down the 100 block of virginia vo that's where police saya homeowner whop lives on virginia avenue came out of their home to see what all the comotion was about and at that point one of the suspects not

. >> whitney: latest in the battle with the city of danville and maslow rata wheels. yesterday a judge dismissed a 1. 1.2 million dollars lawsuit. the city committed a breech of contract, fraud and gross negligence when the company was given a facility he deems unsuitable to operate n. last year to year city of danville suedast county got 600 thousand dollars if the tobacco commission but failed to create jobs. >> patti: new consurment alert volving lumber liquidate office issued a warning over kemp cats used in the laminant flooring once sold to customers. >> living in a space that has the potential to make me very sick. >> patti: cancer risks are three times later than original officials predict the floors could cause 60-30 cases of cancer per 100,000 people. she isset going 3-1/2 times the gentleman recommends exposure to formaldehyde. they are telling abc news they believe the cdc over stated the health risk. and offered custody mers free air quality tests. 10% of tests have come back with concentrations of formaldehyde greater than recommended. >> whitney: a woman

danville gas department did come fix the problem. the alarms were just added to the bags the first week of this month. 3 mark the city of danville is restoring its last confederate capitol marker. it's stood on main street for seven decades. in order to fix it up, they have to temporarily remove it. the marker is scheduled to be removed on friday, march 4th, and expected to be reinstalled by march 14th. 3 danner tight two former slave buildings on what had been a botetourt county plantation have been moved to a designated historic preservation area to make way for industrial development. house movers transported a kitchen house to a new spot, about a half-mile away yesterday, where county officials say it will be part of a 28-acre historic park in fincastle. the kitchen house had been where slaves once prepared meals for plantation -- according to the roanoke times. on tuesday, a log cabin once used as slave quarters in the mid- 1800s was moved to the same site. some are angry over the move though saying relocating will destroy their historic significance. 3 mark today on the campaign trail a surprise announcement for front runner donald tru

. >> mark: wind chill value also be in the single digits and now the city of danville are asking to you conserve power. >> this will be for tomorrow, friday and monday from 7 a.m. to 10 a.m. this is something you really need to be careful in. will stafford is in the weather center with the latest. will. >> reporter: danner, six degrees cooler than 24 hours ago. nine degrees cooler in charlottesville. tomorrow we expect to be even cooler than these numbers. only a limited amount of clouds. any heat that we got today and use that term loosely will go back into outer space. we are talking about overnight low temperatures in the teens for overnight tonight. the weather headlines are clear and cold. lows in the teens with those will see more of the same of this kind of weather continuing through a good chunk of the next seven days. current temperature in lynchburgcurrent temperature in lynchburg. we are already down to 12 for hot springs. the full forecast coming up in just a little bit. >>> all eyes are on south carolina in the race for the white house after voters in new hampshire picked d

the city of danville is now one step closer to completing a years-long project to beautify the river district. construction has begun on newton street between craghead street and lynn street to move all of the overhead wires in the area underground. the city's goal is to eventually move all overhead wires in the river district underground in order to make the area more attractive to businesses. gregory discher/danville power and light director - "so as potential customers or other folks who want to invest in downtown, it helps out with that particular opportunity." to get all of the overhead wires wires underground ... will depend on funding. the work on newton street is expected to be completed by friday. in your w-s-l-s ten timesaver traffic report... no need to worry about your drive home tonight ... the roads are currently clear. there are no major accidents to report at this time. still ahead on wsls 10 at 5:30... a charlottesville doctor lends a helping hand to service dogs of virginia. how the chiropractors donation extends far beyond the non-profit. but first ... here's a look

the city of danville is gearing up for the winter storm potential leo's been telling you about. crews are pre- treating roads today since it will get too cold to do that later this weekend. bridge work could slow you down until may in campbell county. lambs church road is blocked in both directions from gladys road to marysville road. you'll have to use the posted detour while that's going on. there's also a bridge project on i-81 in wythe county. the southbound now near the i-77 interchange. it should re-open at noon. we're taking a live look at i-64 in covington from a virginia department of transportation camera. we're not seeing any major issues on the highways so far this morning. you can never be too cheesy on valentine's day. especially when it comes to pizza. wdbj7's amanda kenney found an interesting dinner options for valentine's day this weekend. you can show how big your heart is with a big slice of pizza this sunday. we went to benny marconi's in roanoke to check our their annually- made heart shaped pizzas. amanda: they say the way to a man's heart is through food

guilty of nine violations of the clean water act and reached a settlement agreement with the city of danville. duke energy gave abc 13 a look at their coal ash removal operation last month 37 operation last month operation last month. they are taking the coal ash by the landfill the subject of a lot of contention in campbell county is one of the items on the agenda at the board of supervisors meeting. complaining of the stench coming from the landnil russberg and they do not want to see it expand. john hardy president of the landjohn hardy president of the landfill citizens group has requested time to inform the board of the impact that regional services authority landfill is having on this community. >>> a very narrow victory for hillary clinton in iowa last night. and a bitter surprise on the republican side as well. the top two finishers had to say about the caucuses. >>> and why v dot is making a change on the street lights for -- ro valleyroanoke and the new river valley. >>> the presidential candidates are in new hampshire right now after tight races in iowa last night. in fact it took

the city of danville have tips like shut off your lights when you don't need them. turn down the thermostat by a degree or two, and don't run the dishwasher or do laundry between 7 and 10. >>> danville regional center will once again hold a neighborhood walk this week. the hospital organized a prayer and walk after a doctor and neighbor were shot a half mile from the hospital. ceo allen larson said because of the great response he received, they will be organizing it once again this friday. it will begin in front of the boys and girls on foster street at 6 p.m. >>> an update just into our newsroom on a story we brought you yesterday. danville police say a reported armed robbery at a student at dcc was fake. they charged 18-year-old joe paul with filing a false police report. hall reported he was the victim of an armed robbery at south main street and kemper road. hall was arrested, but he is now out on bond. >>> two former employees of the bedford country club are under investigation for allegedly embezzleembezzling money. priscilla kaiser got her hands on the searc

business man william gentry outbid two representatives from the city of danville's industrial development authority for the full bid of both properties he did not tell us what his plans are for this complex but says he is investing in danville's future. "we try to find customers that will add some substance to downtown and draw people down here and come to the stores. all the stores we have draw people to the river district." gentry already owns the golden leaf bistro, loft apartments and other successful properties in the river district. the auction bids will go back to bankruptcy court for a final approval. you're watching your hometown news leader, wdbj-7 if you think you're being healthier by skipping the soda machine and going for coffee, you may want to re-think that. "the sun's out and the storm's over and now it's time to clean up here at the mill mountain zoo how staff's dealing with the while students may have been home today for a snow day, workers at one school system are the empty buildings. wdbj7's eamon o'meara has details on how grayson lot of extra work thanks to the weat

a danville judge has dropped a one point two million dollar countersuit filed against the city of danville by former macerata wheels co-owner chris joy joy filed the countersuit after the city filed suit for not performing to the commission grant requirements. joy claimed there was a breach of contract, fraud and gross negligence by prevented him from building a successful business. he says that is why his business failed. the city's attorney explained they have no obligation to joy because they between the industrial authority and the company, not the city. the judge ruled a lack of specifics, evidence and reliance on joy's part to drop the countersuit. roanoke mayor david bowers says run for the 9th district seat in congress. bowers had raised that possibility last november, when he announced he wasn't going to seek another term as mayor. but today, he said personal and professional concerns will prevent him from seeking the democratic nomination for the 9th district seat. david bowers/roanoke mayor: in addition, although i never heard an objection about my not living in the district, i

the city of danville wrapped up its investigation into employee misconduct by announcing new measures to make sure it does not happen again. the city says the misconduct was uncovered in 2013. that started a 19- month investigation which included a review of time sheets, contracts statements. six employees were convicted. one of the safeguards announced today includes a whistleblower policy. that will allow employees to anonymously report wrongdoing by other city workers or contractors. we are your hometown news leader wdbj7. how lynchburg leaders are using their arts and cultural community to a 10 thousand dollar reward for information that leads to an arrest in a shooting. one of the victims, dr. randolph neal, is currently at a hospital and listed in stable condition. his neighbor was also shot and is expected to be okay. today wdbj7's danielle staub spoke with neighbors who are questioning their security after last night's shooting. me: investigators have been walking up and down virginia ave and near by streets speaking with neighbors all day. a noticeable amount of patrol cars w

british about the plenty cold will be in the teens lots of sunshine just tone j the drop, the city of danville is asking folks to conserve power during peak hours as we head into next week. that time is from 7 a.m. to 10 a.m. tomorrow, friday, and monday. officials say there is plenty of power available and the grid is in good shape, but cutting back on usage will help keep electric rates low. 2016 marks the 10th anniversary of 211 virginia. it's a refferal hotline that can help people with all types of wdbj7's noell saunders tells us more about the service and its ten year mark. 211 virginia is a phone line that connects people to information on available community services throughout the commonwealth since 2006, its services have been a resource for thousands and it continues to expand. there are four offices in the state. one of them is in roanoke. 211 virginia is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week to help with various needs in the community. call center representatives take in approximately 100 thousand calls annually. "we still handle around 10,000 to 12,000 calls per month" director

county, city of danville and the halifax and charlotte county. those areas over the next couple days as we are watching for the roanoke river at randolph and dan danville river. if you notoriety areas watch out. today, clouds linger in the morning. sun returns throughout the day. temperatures, though, in the upper 40s. lower 50s for many of us. mostly cloudy to partly cloudy over night. temperatures drop into the 20s near 30. cold front pushes off the coast. taking the stormy weather. high pressure build in over the next couple of days. as you know that means sun returns to the heart of virginia. today morning clouds and dry sun for the afternoon and increasing sun for your friday. all the way through the weekend. east coast is looking at a gorgeous weekend. attacking you through future cast, cloud cover but we are no issues for that afternoon commute home. future cast trying to develop a spoet shower. may see light drizzle over night. over all mainly we are dry. mostly clear and partly cloud and he cloud cover over night. we are clearing out for

as the temperatures drop, the city of danville is asking folks to conserve power during peak hours as we head into next week. that time is from 7 a.m. to 10 a.m. today, tomorrow, and monday. officials say there is plenty of power available and the grid is in good shape, but cutting back on usage will help keep electric rates low. the wind chills are dangerously cold out there for some people this morning. and leo, you say it's not going to get much warmer for a while. the weekend and early next week right now here the actual temperatures even these along without any winter just downright cold six and hot springs 17 roanoke 15 blacksburg thirteen with bill lynchburg seventeen danville coming in at eighteen but were still finding gusty winds especially along the ridge tops in the twenty to thirty had south and east finding some lower gusts in winds and you take the wind temperature put it together this is the windchill factor this what it feels like is you heading outside feels like it's only minus sixteen in hot springs to an ronald minus one blacksburg and galax one in with bill -4 bl

businessman william gentry outbid two representatives from the city of danville's industrial development authority for the full bid of both properties together at 295- thousand dollars. he did not tell us what his plans are for this complex but says he is investing in danville's future. "we try to find customers that will add some substance to downtown and draw people down here and come to the stores. all the stores we have draw people to the river district." gentry already owns the golden leaf bistro, loft apartments and other successful properties in the river district. the auction bids will go back to bankruptcy court for a final approval. we have an update on the adam ward memorial scholarship. proceeds from the "salem strong" t- shirts have raised more than 5 grant smythers, who is the driving force behind the shirts, presented the check to the salem educational foundation scholarship in adam's name. smythers is also one of adam's former teachers at salem high school. the total amount for the scholarship is near 80 thousand dollars. you can find information about how to donate to th

the city of danville is gearing up for the winter storm potential leo's been telling you about. crews are pre- treating roads today since it will get too cold to do that later this weekend. bridge work could slow you down until may in campbell county. lambs church road is blocked in both directions from gladys road to marysville road. you'll have to use the posted detour while that's going on. bridge work could slow you down this morning on i-81 in wythe county. the southbound right lane is blocked near the i-77 interchange until noon. we're looking live at i-81 in christiansburg from a virginia department of transportation camera. traffic is moving right along so far this morning. if you're going to wine and dine your valentine, you can check out one of the area's many vineyards wdbj7's amanda kenney found one for valentne's day weekend. if i can't get diamonds for valentine's day, i certainly wouldn't mind some wine. a hickory hill vineyard, you can get a wine tasting and help celebrate smith mountain lake's 50th anniversary. amanda: it's definitely not valentine's day without

familiar with the law to preceive certain pieces of evidence differently than a judge. drop, the city of danville is asking folks to during peak hours as we head into next week. that time is from 7 a.m. to 10 a.m. today, tomorrow, and officials say there is available and the grid is in good shape, but cutting back on usage will help keep electric rates low. the ronald valley newer valley could get a couple of bursts mostly tingling snow though back into the mountains of west virginia here you go you forecast across the area upper 20s low 30s. ronald valley lynchburg center virginia low valley lynchburg ctr., virginia low to mid 30s mostly sunny southern virginia mid to upper 30s for you newer valley southwest more the way of a mix of sun and clouds today. highs in the low to mid 20s up toward the highlands greenbrier valley, a west virginia mostly cloudy to start a few more sunny breaks during the day upper teens low to mid 20s seven day planner friday again snow showers especially in the mountains saturday and sunday weather impact days because of the monday could see a pretty good snow storm he

why the city of danville wants nothing to do with companies like airbnb. >> reporter: i'm kiet do. we're live in cupertino where apple says no to building a security back door to its iphones saying that a federal order to do so is overreaching. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, giving people options based on their budget is pretty edgy... kind of like this look. i'm calling it the "name your price tool" phase. whatever. >>> bernandino shooters ipho more on what the fbi wants e to do... and their respo apple fights back against orders to help the fbi unlock the san bernardino shooters' iphone. more on what the fbi wants apple to do and their response. >> three teenagers are shot in car. i'm anne makovec live in berkeley where the shooter is on the loose. >> it's hi-def doppler radar. we'll show you where it's ranging now. >> windy out there more advisories, i'll tell you where coming up. >>> good morning, it's wednesday, february 17. i'm frank mallicoat. >> i'm michelle griego. developing now, a battle over phone security between apple and the fbi. the company is defying a court order to help

when a citizen of danville asked city council to address the racial disparity of drug charges, broadfoot took it seriously. philip broadfoot, danville police chief: and that's why we acted when we did. we had a citizen who came to council and said this is a problem. in 2014, he had a light duty officer spend weeks going over the paperwork for each drug charge for the year before. he wanted to know: were his officers targeting african-americans more than whites? philip broadfoot, danville police chief: we could find no institutional bias in the danville police department for that disparity. we could not find any reason for the disparity but the location where the officer was and what the assignment was. in danville, about half the city is white and half is african-american. but blacks make up nearly three quarters of all marijuana arrests. wdbj7 compiled numbers for pot posession arrests for every law enforcement agency in the viewing area from 2012 to 2014 most had higher numbers of african-americans arrested when compared to overall demographics. the largest gaps largest cities: danvill

city will get into serious debt if one of the partners sells their share below market value. american municpal power, which provides elecricity to 130 communities, disagrees. they assure the city of danville, which is also involved -- they will not be effected. the issue is heading to the federal energy regulatory commission for consideration. wdbj7 dot com. heavy rain and severe storms are possible across the region today. be weather aware this afternoon. heavy rain and severe storms are possible across the region today. be weather aware this afternoon. heavy rain and severe storms are possible across the region today. be weather aware this afternoon. heavy rain and severe storms are possible across the region today. be weather aware this afternoon. heavy rain and severe storms are possible across the region today. be weather aware this afternoon. possible across the region today. be weather aware this afternoon. heavy rain and severe storms are possible across the region today. be weather aware this afternoon. heavy rain and severe storms are possible across the region today. be weather aware this geico for your boat. >>> now let's make that random call with today's 10,000 dollar questi

friends were traveling with him in france and helped him take down the >>> last night, the city council of danville banned residents have operating short term rentals. danville has 16,000 homes, only about a dozen are available as short-term rentals. >>> the santa clara city council will hold an emergency meeting to appoint a new mayor. the city council will meet tonight at 7:30. >>> here's a look at the biggest attraction of the chinese new year parade in san francisco. this is the golden dragon that will close out the parade on saturday. that dragon is 268 feet long. it will be carried along the parade route by 41 people. it's da that is a big dragon. >> certainly is. >>> still ahead, technology versus privacy. the standoff between the federal government and apple and why the decision could affect you. >>> plus, a huge turnout to see the pope in mexico and the u.s. and why the vatican is denying that this trip may be politically motivated. >>> a very big check for a florida couple. but there are still some big bucks up for grabs from the billion dollar powerball jackpot. >> this is 101 in san raf

of storms came back again. around 500 people in danville are out of power. city officials say that this is another tree east of danville. outages are scattered across town. schools are on lockdown. around 4:00, those buses were sent out on that tornado watch. that warning was shut off. they were able to pick up those kids. there was no report of damages or injuries. emergency management officials say there are trees down, but danville did get the brunt of the storm. i watched this storm from the bureau. as i was saying t came in very quickly. it came in very fast. and honestly, it was a little scary. so i'm sure there are a lot of people out there tonight that are a little shaken up, but right now, there are people in danville without powerful crews take up trees and limbs and things that may have call he know, danielle staub, wdbj 7. >> thank you, danielle. it is official. the donald is heading to northwest virginia next week ahead of super tuesday. the republican presidential frontrunner, he'll speak at radford university monday. according to trump's campaign,

in danville- the police department is beefing up its force.wfxr's kristen eskow say- adding more staff- won't come out of the taxpayers pocket. 00-0530-35 the danville city council has approved the addition of four new officers to the danville police department - and officials say more officers can always help fight crime.right now the police force is budgeted to have 131 officers - but only has 125 on staff due to a high level of turnover - as some officers leave the department. now - the police department can have up to 135 officers on staff.officials say after several city jobs were cut several years ago due to budgeting issues, this addition of officers - comes as welcome news."double the amount of officers would be great. of course that's not going to happen, so any addition would be good. any additional officer we can get patrolling would be better. more eyes out there.officials say the added positions will be paid for - with the police department's personnel fund. that fund collects money from unfilled positions in the police department - that would have been used to pay those employees. officials say right now - that fund has about $300,000.the d

when a citizen of danville asked city council to address the racial disparity of drug charges, police chief philip broadfoot took it seriously. philip broadfoot, danville police chief: and that's why we acted when we did. we had a citizen who came to council and said this is a problem. in 2014, he had a light duty officer spend weeks going over the paperwork for each drug to know: were his officers targeting african-americans more than whites? philip broadfoot, danville police chief: we could find no institutional bias in the danville police department for that disparity. we could not find any reason for the disparity but the location where the officer was and what the assignment was. in danville, about half the city is white and half is african-american. but blacks make up nearly three quarters of all marijuana arrests. wdbj7 compiled numbers for pot posession arrests for every law enforcement agency in the viewing area from 2012 to 2014 most had higher numbers of african-americans arrested when compared to overall the largest gaps were in our three largest cities: danville, roanoke

danville- the police department is beefing up its force. wfxr's kristen eskow spoke with officials - who say- adding more staff- won't come out of the taxpayers pocket. 00-0530-35 the danville city council has approved the addition of four new officers to the danville police department - and officials say more officers can always help fight crime.right now the police force is budgeted to have 131 officers - but only has 125 on staff due to a high level of turnover - as some officers leave the department. now - the police department can have up to 135 officers on staff.officials say after several city jobs were cut several years ago due to budgeting issues, this addition of officers - comes as welcome news."double the amount of officers would be going to happen, so any new 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 co

of garden city boulevard south-east.police say gregory davis lost control of the vehicle and hit a parked trailer.davis died at the scene.davis' passenger survived the crash we start this half hour in danville, where city up an investigation realted to employee misconduct. city officials say a small group of employees in one city division are accused of misconduct. authorities didn't go into details- but here's what we do know. the investigation started in 20-13 when danville police uncovered evidence of the misconduct. six employees were convicted. officials say they're instituting several new safeguards to ensure that such problems will not happen again. we start this half hour in danville, where city officials say they're wrapping up an investigation realted to employee misconduct. city officials say a ever since uber began operations in roanoke back in 2014, the company used trial and error to determine what price range best suits the region to maximize business. back on new year's eve, some riders were surprised to find rates had skyrocketed for the holiday, but now that business has slowed down, prices are much more reasonable. good morning. a lot that allows their drivers to work on

kristen eskow spoke with officials - who say- adding more staff- won't come out of the taxpayers pocket. 00-0530-35 the danville city council has approved the addition of four new officers to the danville police department - and officials say more officers can always help fight crime.right now the police force is budgeted to have 131 officers - but only has 125 on staff due to a high level of turnover - as some officers leave the department. now - the police department can have up to 135 officers on staff.officials say after several city jobs were cut several years ago due to budgeting issues, this addition of officers - comes as welcome news."double the amount of officers would be great. of course that's not going to happen, so any addition would be good. any additional officer we can get patrolling would be better. more eyes out there.officials say the added positions will be paid for - with the police department's personnel fund. that fund collects money from unfilled positions in the police department - that would have been used to pay those employees. officials say right now - that fund has about $300,000.the d

of the issues that come with it. well now, danville is one of nine us cities getting some help. city leaders are going to the community progress leadership institute at harvard law school. it's a program that will help them address significant building blight and vacancy challenges. the cities participating have housing vacancy rates ranging between 8 percent and 19 percent. danville's current vacancy rate is 17.3 percent. 3 danner pots a local community college is using black history month to expose its students to a variety of cultures. (((nats- pause))) today, a caribbean band attracted a crowd in the student center at danville community college. school leaders say they want to make these events fun...that way more students are willing to come, and learn a thing or abc 13, there's nothing more enriching than exposing yourself to new cultures. kyesha jennings- english instructor- "i think when people hear african american or black people, they think that everyone is the same. but the diaspora of african descendants is broad. it includes jamaicans, trinidadians, dominicans."3 d

the planned move has gained a lot of criticism from residents and local historians. tonight ... danville city council is expected to approve a requested increase in the city's police force. department better handle turnover. wsls 10's colter anstaett rode along with an officer today to find out what it takes to become an officer corporal johnny west is one of the 131 officers city council has authorized the police department to have on staff. problem is, because of turnover the department never actually has 131 officers. cpl. johnny west "when the economy gets better jobs open up in other places, whether it's law enforcement or not, and they just decide they want a career change and work somewhere else." now-a-days, almost everyone has a cell phone with a camera and that's something you have to be willing to accept if you want to be an officer. cpl. johnny west "you conduct yourself accordingly, as if you're on camera and what you're doing is going to be on the six o' clock news." danville's police chief asked council two weeks ago to consider raising the number of allowable officers to 135 i

of garden city boulevard southeast. control of his car and hit a parked trailer. davis died at the scene. his passenger, though, survived the crash. >> and then in danville, city officials say they're wrapping up an investigation related to employee misconduct. city officials say a small group of employees in one city division are accused of that misconduct. they didn't go into details about what it entailed. but here's what we do know. the investigation, it started back in 2013 when danville police uncovered evidence of the misconduct. six employees were convicted and now they're ensuring such problems like that will not happen again. >> doing no are he imaging, new this morning, the company's new logo, instead of the aislelized white and black, people are used to. the new design is called the atom and bit. the company spokesman says the new logo will be used worldwide. however, different color schemes in each of the 68 companies where automobiler operateds. roanoke in 2018 the company used trial and error to try to set a price range to maximize business. >> back on new year's eve, some riders were surprised to see prices were skyrocketed for the holida

colder weather and also snow likely. >>> get a load of this, a parking lot in danville at the corner of mount crossroad and piedmont drive. the city engineer said a section of it washed away during the heavy rain. all the debris fell into a creek below the parking lot. some are still stuck on the we are told there are no injuries. >> noreen: looks dangerous. >>> abc 13 has an exclusive interview with the attorney of the man shot by the centra security guard. our marisa parra is live outside lynchburg hospital with what he told us new today. marissa. >> reporter: night now i have the documents that jonathan warner's attorney said he got from centra. 3,000 pages of warner's medical records. these are just a few of him. his lawyer reviewed the records from the day of the shooting just about a month ago. the medical records see this barn her a gunshot wound to his back. now he says the commonwealth attorney allowed him to see the surveillance video which he says show a timeline of events that he finds concerning. abc 13 has requested to see the video but has not yet received a response to our request. he says the video shows that warn

of today. last time the city experienced a large number of power outages from a winter storm was february 20th last year when around 25 hundred people lost power. in danville, colter anstaett, wsls 10. people in danville aren't the only ones without power. a surrounding counties are still in the dark tonight. in all ... about 20- thousand customers don't have power. ice and trees laying on power lines are causing the outages in franklin... henry... and roanoke counties. crews started working around eight this morning and will continue to work until ten tonight. appalachian power says restoring power to everyone could take three to four days. crews across the area are tasked with damage control after monday's storm. the mixture of snow and ice weighing on branches caused tree limbs to split. it means extra business for one local company. wsls 10's christina craig explains. "whether it's clearing small branches or entire trees owner mark booth says his phone has been ringing off the hook non-stop since earlier this morning." owner mark booth of mark's tree and stump removal let our cameras shadow his clean up crews. everyone -- it's lifting heavy branches an

of money. it is a good investment. yes, yes, today. one day will make it all worth >> reporter: now the city says that all customers by midnight. live in danville, tola adamson, abc 13 news. >> danner: there are multiple reports of downed trees today including in my back yard. had this is what i woke up to at my thousand morning. a tree fell on my husband's cara tree fell on my husband's car. thankfully not no much damage and a lot to clean up, getting that layer of ice and snow off of our cars and the trees. a lot of trees came down overnight because of the high wind and that ice was really heavy. that layer of ice on top of the snow. what can we expect coming into this evening? >> george: for tonight, another chance of snow but we are not expecting anything significant. show what you we are tracking. on the radar we are dry, but what we are watching for you, this area of rain with some snow mixed in tennessee. evening. most of us will stay dry, if you live in south side toward virginia, we are going to see a mix of light rain and some light snow. most of this is going to stay south of roanoke and south of lynchburg coming up a little later. w

department or crime stoppers people in danville are hopeful their coming together tonight will help begin to reduce violent crime in the city. the rally was organized as a result of a double shooting monday night near the intersection of mount vernon avenue and virginia avenue. community members gathered outside danville regional medical center and heard from several community leaders. afterwards, the group walked down the streets near the hospital in solidarity. wsls 10's colter anstaett reports. "crime is not just a big city problem anymore. violence has swept across our country, large and small communities." dozens gathered outside danville regional medical center tonight with the community to come together to try to bring an end to violent crime in the city. "and, all of god's people said 'amen, amen.'" there was a prayer for peace. the city's police chief offered a call to action. "the community has to stand up and has to say 'no more.'" the gathering was organized by the hospital after one its own, 49 year old dr. randolph neal, was shot several times just after 7 p-m monday in the 200 block of mt. vernon avenue while walking home from a meeting at the hosp

of victims' hands and then running off. officers say the women are taking money from the purses and then dumping them at a separate location. danville city council members now have a better idea of how the renovation of a historic downtown building is progressing. city council toured the dan river research building today. in 18-83 ... the building was a textile factory for riverside cotton mills. it will eventually be used for various offices and restaurants. investors purchased the building in 20-12 .. but had to wait until last september to get started because they were waiting for federal and state tax credits. city leaders believe this will play a major part in revitalizing the downtown area. james buckner/city councilman mark hermann/river district development, llc president: "it's huge. it's like the cornerstone of the whole project...we're very happy. we're very excited by what this is going to do and the impact it's going to have on the community." the first offices are expected of next year. a new program shows losing weight .. can be a "ton of fun." how fleet feet is encouraging healthy lifestyle changes in 20-16. plus ... an u

of parks and rec master city plan. it includes extending indoor gym hours, constructing or dog parks and a playground. >>> centra is one step closer of building its medical center in danville. doctors and nurses watched the construction crew put up the final beam to the facility. the beam is filled front and back from signatures of the 48,000the 48,000-square-foot will have physical therapy and many other medical services. cetra employees are looking forward for the central location. >> many of our patients are elderly patients, and one place that we can give them the care, all the services they need in one site. so they don't have to travel one or the other office. >> danner: they won't open for a while. the grand opening is set for september. >>> the fda has new guidelines of keeping the zika virus out of the u.s. blood supply. the agency is asking people to recently traveled to affected countries to wait four weeks before donating blood. this also applies to anyone who had sexual contact with those travelers. those people affected by zika don't show symptoms, but doctors say the four-week wait should be enough for their um mountain systems to clear the virus. zika is sp

and as for the jobs of the city plant, the bid stipulates that the private company has to hire those employees. live in danville, colter anstaett, wsls 10. we're one step closer to honoring this year's red cross heroes. today .. the non- profit started ... - frank beamer. coach beamer created a non- profit that distributes books across the commonwealth in honor of his mother who was a lifetime educator. coach beamer will also speak at this year's celebration of heroes breakfast. if you're interested in attending the breakfast you can log on to our website wsls dot com for ticket information. thinking outside the box. that's the idea behind this week's "built in the blue ridge." how changing consumer habits have helped a christiansburg ut what's inside the box. but -- a christiansburg company "built in the blue ridge" looks at the box itself. wsls 10's patrick mckee introduces us to "prestar packaging." from packages for games and toys to gift cards and clothing accessories, montgomery county based prestar packaging makes rigid to the eye. anne chrisman/presid ent:13-:17 "we make rigid boxes, so think game boxes

of the snowfall totals. and keep you update and different totals throughout the hour. lynchburg, danville and roanokelynchburg, danville and roanoke, our big three cities in the abc 13 viewing area, 5 danville an 8 for roanoke. appomattox, you picked up 6 inches of snow. amherst picked up 7 inches and lower totals south side. 3 inches in south boston. on the 6 p.m. news we will show you additional snowfall totals. between now and 11:00, no more snow. the falling snow is done. a mix of light freezing rain and sleet, and in the middle of the night, it is going to change to all rain, but by the time you likely wake up tomorrow morning, we will see heavy rain. the temperatures are going to be above freezing, so you won't have to worry about any black ice; however, a lot of is that snow could be washed into the streets and that could create a slushy mess for you. right now the temperatures at 25. and when you stay with us this evening, you will notice the temperature gradually rising throughout the evening. we will see warmer weather which is going to be moving in from the south. right now we have those slightly warmer temps toward south side upper 20s towa

danville public works has asked city council to approve getting rid of the dam saying it's unsafe. as wdbj7's danielle staub explains, others say its historic and should stay. nat water --- the sounds of the water falling over the white mill dam on the dan river is part of danville's historic downtown but asking if it's time for a change. lee vogler, city councilman "people have grown to love it over the years looking at it." russell carter, parks and rec "i would be one of those people that would say, oh it's been there forever i'm used to seeing it. but, there are a lot of things that could happen here that could really just be amazing and be new history." one of those ideas would be turning this area right next to the river and dam, into a park. carter "it definitley would be an asset, a benefit we would love to see that happen." me: carter says bids to develop this land into a park are in the preliminary stages but this area would be a great access point for river sports, if this dam was removed. carter "it will improve the life of the river, it will improve the life of the fis

we start this half hour in danville, where city officials say they're wrapping up an investigation realted to employee misconduct. city officials say a small group of employees in one city division are accused of misconduct. authorities didn't go into details- but here's what we do started in 20-13 when danville police uncovered evidence of the misconduct. six employees were convicted. officials say they're instituting several new safeguards to ensure that such problems will not happen again. roanoke police say speed and alcohol could be factors in a fatal crash.that crash happened monday night in the 2500 block of garden city boulevard south-east.police say gregory davis he lost control of the car and hit a parked trailer.davis died at the scene.the passenger in the car survived the crash. winter is back across a good portion of the u-s. blizzard conditions across the midwest with heavy snowfall and strong winds. the south is dealing with tornadoes and heavy rain. fox's jackie ibanez has the latest. . the groundhog may have predicted an early spring... but a storm sweeping across the country... bringing tornados in the deep south... and blizzard c

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

of lynchburg, we have some fog starting to form from danville, south boston, charlottesville. late tonight, early tomorrow morning, allow yourself extra time. >> 53 danville. 47 in the hill city. we're watching the last batch of showers in beckley up north to highland county. aside from a stray shower overnight tonight, many areas will stay dry. maybe some drizzle. tuesday's weather towards dallas and houston. and here's wednesday's weather in the pacific northwest. we'll have a somewhat dry day tomorrow. tuesday's weather is getting ready to move in here. and we get a break tuesday night before more rain comes into the forecast for wednesday. and clouds and drizzle overnight tonight. clouds and drizzle for a good chunk of the day monday as well. more rain coming in monday-tuesday. and tuesday morning could be a tad bit on the wet side. a little bit of a break on tuesday night before more rain comes back in on wednesday. and some of that rain could be heavy at times. now-thursday, we could see one inch. two inches in the roanoke 1.5 inches in danville. we anticipate this will fall as rain because enough warm air is coming in from this warm pressure center. overnight lows in th

and beware of puddles--you don't know how big of a hole water.# danville city council approves a request to increase the city's police force. the move increases the number of officers from 131 to 135. the city's police chief says this will help him better handle to reduce crime. the police chief made the proposal after two people were shot earlier this month. economy gets better jobs open up in other places, whether it's law enforcement or not, and they just decide they want a career change and work somewhere else." the money for the additional officers will come from a surplus in the department's personnel budget due to low staffing over the years. ### deputy tim jones is named the roanoke city interim police chief. city manager chris morrill made the announcement during the roanoke city council meeting.... 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

the danville city council has approved the addition of four police officers - to its police department. right now - the police force is budgeted to have 131 officers - but only has 125 on staff due to a high level of turnover - as some officers leave the department. now - the police department can have up to 135 officers on staff. this addition of officers comes as welcome news. lt. mike wallace - danville police department: "there's a lot of stuff that we can do with them patrol, so it's definitely a welcome addition. officials say the added positions will be paid for with the police department's personnel fund. that fund collects money from unfilled positions in the police department - that would have been used to pay those employees.the danville police department says it will decide positions and when they will be filled - at a later time. new 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 cu

of poverty, educating our youth. getting opportunities for youth in the city. so that they don't have some of that spare time that sometimes turns into trouble time. >> reporter: now danville regional medical center says they don't want this walk and talk to be a 1-time thing. hospital leaders are already planning another walk possibly for next week. >> mark: valerie, thanks. tonight danville police are asking for more officers on the streets. asking for the hiring of more officers. he says the hiring will come from the budget that has nearly $300,000. >> when you factor in family medical leave, military leave, vacations, training, sick time, we never can fully staff a platoon out here on patrol. >> mark: the chief is also asking to hire a second animal control officer after they had to cut the operation down to one officer during the recession. >> reporter: police got to a motorcycle accident around 8:00 tonight on lakeside drive. one person was involved and was taken to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries. lynchburg police are investigating the details. stay with us for updates. >> tonight an abc-13 news exclusive. by a hospital security guard para. he says h

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of problems. >>> new at 10:00, danville became the latest city to ban short-term vacation rentals, the airbnb crackdowns are becoming common in places even not known for tourism. debora villalon live at city hall in danville wear that vote came about 45 minutes ago. >> reporter: 4-1, julie. a loan councilman argued for private property rights but the others spoke of crime and quality of life. danville has just 15 rentals posted most days but one in particular has gotten a lot of attention. >> from the moment i get up and go to my kitchen, this is what i see first thing in the morning. >> reporter: to stories and to close, complaints about their neighbor's home edition and they say it was built purely to rent to short-term guests. >> there have been couples that have stayed there, there have been young women, there have been men. i don't know who is looking in at me. i have no privacy. i have a teenage daughter and i have no idea who is staying there. >> reporter: this neighborhood has other rentals too. >> we don't want it here because of the possibility of riffraff and the possibility of the unknown. >

the c-e-o and president of the danville regional medical center wants to make the river city safer. he organized a prayer vigil and neighborhood walk for tonight... following a recent shooting and armed robbery. alan larson says although police statistics show violent crime is down.. there have been more than 25 gunshot and stabbing victims in the e-r during the six months he's lived there. shooting put doctor randolph neal in the hospital. doctor neal says he was shot several times on mount vernon avenue by two men who asked for money before they took off. a second person was also shot on virginia avenue. that person has since been treated and released. so far no arrests have been made. ### international missions groups in the commonwealth are starting to feel the sting of mosquitos carrying the zika virus. the world pediatric projct in richmond provides medical care to thousands of children around the world.. many in countries affected by the virus. many of those volunteers are changing their plans.. especially those around the age where they could get pregnant. "we have had a few

the danville city council has approved the addition of four police officers - to its police department. right now - the police force is budgeted to have 131 officers - but only has 125 on staff due to a high level of turnover - as some officers leave the department. now - the police department can have up to 135 officers on staff. this addition of officers comes as welcome news. lt. mike wallace - danville police department: "there's a lot can do with them other than just patrol, so it's definitely a welcome addition. officials say the added positions will be paid for with the police department's personnel fund. that fund collects money from unfilled positions in the police department - that would have been used to pay those employees.the danville police how to use the new officer positions and when they will be filled - at a later time. it's time now for our furry friends segment. joining us now from the smiles forever say say we told you so... but >> january: kanye west by way he's not broke. he said he was 53 million dollars in debt but that 53 million represents his investment doll