family and friends were also on hand to share stories and congratulate fishwick. in his remarks fishwick says, prosecuting gun crimes, heroin crimes, and human trafficking are his top priorities. we are your hometown news leader, wdbj7. celebrating the 75th anniversary of salem's carver school and the imprtant role it has played in this community. plus a super bowl champion returns to his alma mater for a presentation. the 75th anniversary of carver school. and today, former students returned to explain the important role the school has played in the roanoke valley's history. wdbj7's joe dashiell is in the studio tonight with that story. jean, today carver elementary school has over 400 students in kindergarten through 5th grade but from 1940 to 1966, it housed all twelve grades, a school that black students in roanoke county attended during the years of segregation. and mrs. jones would say to us in the third grade, good, better, best. never let it rest, until the good is better and the better's best. marylen harmon was a student at salem's carver school for prin

family and friends were also on-hand to share stories and congratulate fishwick. in his remarks, fishwick says prosecuting gun crimes, heroin crimes, and human trafficking are his top priorities. virginia's general assembly gave approval for an official state snake. it's the eastern garter snake. the legislation survived an unsuccessful amendment at naming the timber rattlesnake virginia's official snake. the washington post reports a boy from williamsburg eastern garter snake's behalf. lawmakers were persuaded when the 11-year-old pointed out the timber rattlesnake is neighboring west virginia's state snake. the price of a first- class stamp will soon go down in a little over a month. back in 2014, the us postal service was given permission to temporarily increase stamp prices. the price hike was contingent on a planned price drop that's scheduled to happen this year. the increased charge will end on april 10th. the cost of mailing a one-ounce letter will drop from 49- cents to 47-cents. commercial prices are also set to decrease. donald trump stopped his closest

but today, u.s attorney john fishwick released more advice for parents. first, keep an open dialogue with your kids. place age-appropriate restrictions and parental controls on their smartphones and other devices. disable location services. and don't allow devices in their know their passwords. and you should google your child's name. fishwick says you might be amazed at what you find. 3 pattie tight we're continuing to follow the latest on the death of nicole lovell. you can stay connected by checking out our website, wset.com, and by checking out our abc 13 facebook page. 3 mona tight have you ever sent an email, text, or private message you wish you hadn't? you may want to be a little more careful. here's why: a little-known federal law from 30 years ago allows the government - without a warrant - to read any digital message six months after you send it. it's called the "180-day rule." in 1986, congress started treating electronic messages older than 180 days as "abandoned" and therefore less protected against unreasonable search and seizure. now -- of

according to u-s attorney john fishwick junior ... cecil mcconnell faces a number of drug related mcconnell could spend up to 3 years in prison and face a 10- thousand dollar fine. now to a story you'll see first on wsls 10. a 40-million dollar expansion at the western lab of forensic science in roanoke is now complete. the lab analyzes evidence associated with crimes for 185 law enforcement agencies. it's the second busiest lab in the commonwealth. wsls 10's ananda rochita has a look inside the project and has more on how the renovations could help backlog issues. ananda ananda rochita/roanok e "expansion at the western lab of forensic science is almost complete." this lab is one of the busiest in the state averaging 15- thousand cases a year. patrick said the extra space allows them to add more than 6 million dollars in new equipment. kevin patrick/directo r of western laboratory of forensic science 14:20:41 with the ability to add more equipment rather than six examiners working on waiting in lane waiting on an instrumentation we h

john fishwick was honored for his new role as u-s attorney for the western district of virginia. lynchburg... roanoke... danville... abingdon and big stone gap. the public installation ceremony took place at the poff federal building this afternoon. family ... friends ... and a number of state lawmakers attended. a patrick county woman is getting her stride back after losing her leg following a medical emergency. the piece of equipment here in the roanoke valley helping to make it possible. but first... jonathan. coming up in your storm team 10 sunshine and life as spokesbox is great. people love me for saving them over half a grand when they switch to progressive. so i'm dabbling in new ventures. it was board-game night with the dalai lama. great guy. terrible player. go paperless don't stress, girl i got the discounts that you need it's a balancing act, but i got to give the people what they want -- more box. any words for the critics? what can i say? critties gonna neg. [ applause ] the what?! [ laughs ] valley is helping a patrick county woman walk again. it's called the alte

according to u-s attorney john fishwick ... thomas watson ... the former owner of wat-co ... previously pled guilty to one count of failing to collect and pay taxes. the 58-year-old didn't pay payroll taxes for his employees between 20-10 and the first quarter watson has also been ordered to pay over 110- thousand dollars in restitution. a bill to lower the emphasis high schools throughout the commonwealth put on standardized testing is advancing through the general assembly. the legislation requires the state board of education to prioritize critical thinking over standardized testing.. like the s-o-l's. a house committee approved the bill 19-to-three on wednesday. the measure also encourages the emphasis of internships and technical training. new numbers show more people visited national park sites last year -- than ever before -- with a record 307-million visits. 57 of the 59 sites officially classified as national parks set new records for visits in 20-15. the blue ridge parkway was the most visited place in the park system. while the most popular spot was the great smoky

attorney john fishwick released some tips today for parents to help keep kids safe online. take note of this evening. keep an open dialogue with your kids. place age-appropriate restrictions and parental controls on the smartphones and other devices. disable location services on your child's smart phone. and don't allow devices to be in the bedroom. kids' passwords and google your child's name. i don't know if you have ever done that before. could turn up something interesting. would you be amazed at what you find. >>> she is facing dozens of charges all over our region. and today, katie hyatt pled guilty to ten of those in lynchburg. hyatt is still behind bars tonight after police arrested her in september of 2014. katie brooke is live outside the lynchburg circuit court with what we learned today. katie? >> reporter: danner, the commonwealth says hyatt broke into five lynchburg homes. she is charged with five burglaryburglaries and five grand larcenylarcenies. deputy commonwealth attorney said that police recovered 415 items from hyatt's home, vehicle and shop. he says hy