bronco mendenhall/ virginia head coach: wherever the best players are that are the right people with the right standards that fit our program, that's where we are gonna go. and that footprint will expand to regional. we'll expand to national to find those players. but it will expand as needed. if we don't have to go national more frequently than we need to, then we won't. staying in the acc, northside's carlos "boogie" basham is on his way to wake forest after signing his letter of intent today at the school. basham played defensive end and tight end for the vikings. the 6-4, 225 pounder was an all state selection last season. he'll play on the defensive line for coach dave clawson and the demon deacons in winston-salem. another division-one football signee is lord botetourt's bradley lythgoe, who signed his letter of intent to play for vmi in the southern conference. lythgoe was a 3-year starter for the cavaliers, who helped his team to a state-runner-up finish this past year. he came back from an off-season acl injury, which he re- tore in the state member class for keydets' coach

two warrants were served to mendenhall was released on a summons. spinner guilty. >> reporter: the judge heard three days of evidence and found vincent spinner guilty of robbing and killing his 83-year-old father-in-law. the judge says that after hearing the commonwealth's case, he thinks that all the pieces of the puzzle came together and that spinner committed this crime. he says that spinner stabbed his father-in-law in an intentional act and stole his wallet. the family says that they're happy that four years later, this tragic event has some closure. >> i have the utmost thankfulness and an appreciation for the office and the deputies involved. >> reporter: spinner left the courtroom tearful. >> danner: they lost their family pets and everything that they own when theirhouse went up into flames. the fire marshal is still investigating the cause and the family is in shock. >> it was devastating. i'm trying -- [crying] to wake up and it will be over. >> danner: the family of four was staying with another family member in that area. >> reporter: a

coach mendenhall is already focusing on 2017 and building the interior line on side of the ball. bmsome players chose to decommitt because of the previous relationships with coaches that were recruiting them. some of them left because of what styles we are playing. and they figured that they wouldn't be a good fit. but i am comfortable of where we ended up. we did ad a few players from our staff. i addition to what was commited. and i think you will find out as researching it to get to know this class better and there still might be others to come even after this press conference.jfthe virginia cavaliers open up spring practice march 22. reporting from charlottesville, jermaine ferrell, wfxr sports. thank you very much jermaine... the liberty flames were also very busy today, locking up 18 new members of their football quarterback stephen "buckshot" calvert... qb is one position that turner gill and his staff focused on in this class... turner gill: "i think the first thing that jumps out is quarterbacks. we ended up going with 2 guys there. we also felt like the defensive back s

meanwhile the cavs first class under new head coach bronco mendenhall holds plenty of promise.. and make no mistake...this is coach london's class...by and large.. bronco mendenhall/uva head coach:"....so it's a great starting place is the way i would describe the majority of overwhelming majority coach london and his staff identified and committed and i was i was i was impressed as i went from home to home i didn't make it to every single home but the majority before official visit weekend but i was impressed by what coach london had done with the quality of the people meanwhile..coac h turner gil's flames are looking to get back to the next level..and that fbs playoff bracket.. he's says he's got a group coming in..that the university should be proud of turner gill/liberty head coach:"....i think the one thing that comes to gather here on this whole group that i talk to high school coaches and i talk to administrators tremendously competitive this kind of thing that comes to my mind again both on the field and off the football field you say well what do you mean by competitive

mendenhall worked department for 32 years. identified the two people involved in this morning's train crash in roanoke county. investigators say a work truck was sitting on the crossing at spring hollow access road when it was hit by a norfolk southern train just before noon. the truck then burst into flames. william lineberry was in the truck at the time, and died at the scene. johnny collins went to the hospital with serious injuries. no one on the train was hurt. new at 11, imagine the government telling you you're dead when you're very much alive! it happened to a man in rockbridge county. w-d-b-j-7's khiree stewart spoke with him and walks us through how this all happened. khiree... chris earlier this month, ray berkstresser received this letter in the mail saying he was deceased and he would no longer receive his benefits. he told his wife and "i said, i don't believe the government can last month, ray bergstresser got the shock of his life when he opened this letter from the department of veteran affairs. it says they were berkstresser had died. and they do this to the it said

meanwhile the cavs first class under new head coach bronco mendenhall holds plenty of promise.. and make no mistake...this is coach london's class...by and large.. bronco mendenhall/uva head coach:"....so it's a great starting place is the way i would describe the majority of the recruits overwhelming majority coach london and his staff identified and committed and i was i was i was impressed as i went from home to home i didn't make it to every single home but the majority before official visit weekend but i was impressed by what coach london had done with the quality of the people meanwhile..coac h turner gil's flames are looking to get back to the next level..and that was another step in the direction. turner gill/liberty head coach:"....i think the one thing that comes to gather here on this whole group that i talk to high school coaches and i talk to administrators tremendously competitive this kind of thing that comes to my mind again both on the field and off the football field you say well what do you mean by competitive again they want to compete they want to be the bes

sot bronco mendenhall/uva head coach:"....so it's a great starting place is the way i would describe the majority of the recruits overwhelming majority coach london and his staff identified and committed and i was i was i was impressed as i went from home to home i didn't make it to every single home but the majority before official visit what coach london had done with the quality of the people vogw vo in monitor for a complete look around the area..on national signing day..check out our website.. its all there at wsls.com. that's all of it. ja wsls 10 sports. protecting teens from sexual violence. the new bill being discussed in richmond. # "we're just being very careful because there are so many unknowns," we hear from the first zika virus patient in virginia. what she says it's like to have this (scal): good day, m'lady! i am sir-can-a-lot, here to save you from another breakfast bore. wake up those eggs with glorious spam! see what spam can! do... at spam.com "so loving just smiling all the time. she just enjoyed life." a life taken too soon. how family.. friends.. and members o

mike howland: "i would panthers are going to bob mendenhall, west broncos win the super bowl today because i'd time." brian gwynn, west des moines: "i think the broncos are going to win. peyton manning's going to go out on top." jacob, off camera: "do brian gwynn, west des going to be close. cam newton's too good to get blown out." moines resident: my team. i guess i've got a lot of personal things i like about them and it's just that way. i just love them." ashley howland, des moines resident: "i think it's going to be the broncos because jimmy fallon did the thing with the puppies where he had them choose between the two teams and they chose the broncos, so i'm sticking with the puppies." hallie sallee, drake student: "probably because it's peyton manning. so, i think it's probably going to be a big game for him and potentially his last, so there'll be that little extra inspiration there for him, probably pull something off." jacob: now, not to say i don't have an original thought on this one, but i have similar thoughts on this one. what better story line is there for peyton manning to

mendenhall. >> 95% of people who suffer from opioid addiction are not going to be successful, unless they're provided access to opioid replacement therapy, like methadone. reporter: one was a lifeline for kennedy. >> it allowed me to function. i really was not kind of heading for the cliff. on a daily and weekly and a monthly basis. reporter: but taking a drug daily to stay clean often feels like using, something a new long-acting implantable drug solves. >> it's implanted into the body, with very simple little incision. it's basically placed underneath and it's effective for six months. reporter: which means fewer required doctor visit. >> and they can eliminate that has been habitual behavior. reporter: kennedy, who lobbied the f.d.a. for the implant's approval calls it a game changer, a bridge to recovery. >> the beautiful thing about what's coming down the pike is that it just gives us more tools in our tool kit. >> and that is so important. there have not been enough tools for recovering addict. next few weeks. a magic bullet. the withdrawals. but users still need a comprehensiv

55. 3 and for all the area high school signings from wednesday, plus comments from uva's bronco mendenhall, tech's justin fuente and lu's wset.com.3 pattie tight some shoppers in california were ....surprised, to say the least, when they saw something unusual wander into a store. this sea lion showed up at a la jolla store to do a little shopping of his own. video that just popped up on facebook shows customers running into the still-wet sea lion.... and reacting how most people react these days...by pulling out their cell phones to take pics. owners at the store say the animal must have climbed the 145-step staircase that leads from the shore to the store. with a little coaxing and some canned salmon, he was 3 3 after wednesday's washout, we are looking at a quiet rest of the workweek and weekend. we're waking up to patches of fog this morning, so please be careful on your commute to work and school. the fog will move out later in the morning and we'll see a mix of sun and clouds for thursday. it'll be a bit cooler today with breezy northwest winds as highs stay in the 50s. colder air arr

55. 3 and for all the area high school signings from wednesday, plus comments from uva's bronco mendenhall, tech's justin fuente and lu's turner gill, you can go to wset.com.. that's what is going on in sports. >> melissa: hope your thursday is off to a great start t. is 6:26 we needd that umbrella yesterday. look at the rainfall totals from yesterday. an inch in lynchburg. danville you set a new record. breaks the old record from 96. 1.65 inches. an inch in roanoke. same in ed with widespread rain. what does that mean for your thursday? temperatures a bit cooler. wind out of the north and northwest. breezy at times. upper 40s near 50s as we head to the 8:00 and 9:00 hour. 50 for lunch. low to mid 50s in the afternoon the clouds give away to sun later in the day. sticking around and showing you the high's for the afternoon. 54 f dylan and an mat ox. 52 from bedford up to lovingston. the south side. mid 50s. 56 in south boston. 53 in brooknil and smith mountain lake. morning fog will burn off and sun for the afternoon. around 49 in roanoke. upper 40s fer lexington. let's check the weekend.