he's hosting a rally at patrick henry college. supposed to start around 1:00 this afternoon. this is one of four stops to rubio. this is ahead of what is super tuesday. >>> tornadoes left some major damage across parts of virginia. where thousands say they didn't get a warning and what is being done to fix emergency alerts. >>> we're less than six months from the start of the olympics in rio and there is major concern about sewage in the water. why protesters say it's not safe to swim in. >>> 3,000 people in appomattox people were not notified before the tornado hit. county officials are trying to figure out what happened. the system notifies verizon land line phones when triggered. the tornado left one dead, seven others hurt and close to 100 structures destroyed. >>> uc berkeley alerts 80,000 after a major cyber attack. hackers got information to the information of alumni, current of patching a flaw when the intrusion happened. this is back in december the fbi was notified and they say the flaw has been fixed. >>> just a few months from the start of the owe rlympics and pro

nat sound deborah burgess is the creator and director of the chamber music series at patrick henry community college, which michelle dick is playing in. deborah burgess/chambe r music series director "it's participating." and, inspirational. deborah burgess "not to let the little obstacles, or even some very large obstacles hold you back, but to keep trying and keep moving forward to whatever your dream is." michelle says she hasn't yet relearned everything she lost, but says once she does she will continue to learn even more. nat sound in martinsville, colter anstaett, wsls 10. in your w-s-l-s ten timesaver traffic report... all major roadways look clear .. there are no major accidents or delays to report at this time. there's a new brew in blacksburg. coming up in a wsls ten consumer watch ... where you can find the new locally owned coffee house. but first ... here's a look at how some stocks of local interest the world a president has to grapple with. sometimes you can't even imagine. that's the job. and she's the one who's proven she can get it done. ...securing a massive reduction in n

docs for morgan is this thursday night at 7, at patrick henry high school. admission is free, but donations will be accepted at the door. this is the fourth year for the docs for morgan basketball challenge. and kimberly, organizers are hoping a large crowd will turn out thursday night at patrick henry high school. here's a look at what's trending on twitter this morning. texas senator ted cruz has won the republican caucus in iowa. he took 28 percent of the vote, with donald trump coming in a close second. -------- meanwhile mike huckabee is ending his campaign for president. the former arkansas governor made the announcement on twitter. -------- and, democratic candidate martin o'malley has also dropped out of the race. the former governor of maryland struggled to raise money and get numbers in the polls. his former oponents, hillary clinton and bernie sanders ended the night is a virtual tie. all eyes are now on new hampshire, nation's first primary. birthdays for 2/2 (tuesday) leo bannister - buchanan patrick anderson - rocky mount - 9 taylor worrell - t

it's patrick henry ballroom. admission is 25- dollars for adults and ten dollars for children under the age of 12. doors open at eleven-thirty a-m. you can also head to thomas jefferson's retreat. enjoy the day relaxing and reflecting on jefferson's life while overlooking the south lawn as jefferson did. it's happening today from ten a-m until four this afternoon at the thomas jefferson poplar forest. admission is ten dollars for adults. an injured musician shares her re-kindled talents with martinsville as she returns for her third performance with the chamber music ensemble. michelle dick suffered a car wreck back in 20- 08 that left her with a severe concussion. dick says music is everything to her and that music bring her happiness. today's event is happening at the walker theater patrick henry community college. general admission tickets are ten dollars and student tickets are five dollars. doors and if you're a first responder or a veteran ... head to the grandin road barber shop to get your haircut for fre

he's hosting a rally at the patrick henry college. this is at one of four stops for rubio. >>> good morning. we're off to a quiet and tranquil start on this sunday morning with a clear sky. here are your weather headlines for this sunday. in the first light of day, s sunrise in about ten minutes. we'll have a mild afternoon. springlike pattern for the next three days. we're down near freezing. around the bay, in in the mid-30s and shenandoah valley generally mid to upper 30s. mountains well above freezing there, even low 40s. this milder air pushing this. look at our highs today, big changes on the way for the week ahead. >>> happening today, neighbors in arlington meeting to talk up next month. the nova armory will be located on pershing drive. owners say they will sell sporting firearms for skeet and trap shooting. many residents say they didn't even learn about the store until last week. >>> on the other side of the law, police officer suspected after being charged with assault. prince george's county police officer alaseha is on s

the patrick henry. this year's theme is mardi gras. nine local restaurants and caterers will showcase food to pair with different drinks. proceeds from the event will go towards leap --- a non profit organization that builds community through sustainable agriculture. if you are interested in teaching education, come out today to the roanoke city public schools instructional job fair. the schools are recruiting for all areas of instructions such as elementary and middle education, foreign languages, mathematics, sciences and special education. it's happening today at william fleming high school from eight a-m until five this afternoon. switching gears now to your forecast ... into the 60's today ... hopefully all the snow that's still on the ground will melt ... storm team ten meteorologist jonathan kegges joins us now. jonathan ... we've made it to the weekend, a weekend that will have you thinking spring for sure as we go on a date with the 60s. sunshine will be mixed with clouds on saturday and while

he's hosting a rally at patrick henry college. it will be at 1:00 this afternoon. this is one of four stops for rubio. he's making his way through the commonwealth ahead of what is super tuesday. and "meet the press" moderator chuck todd going to join us in about an hour from now. he will bring down the results heading in to super tuesday. here is who he has coming up. bernie sanders, john kasich and ted cruz, all of that at 10:30 right after "news 4 today." >>> tornadoes left major damage across parts of virginia. take a look at that where thousands say they did not get a warning and what is being done to fix lindsey graham emer. >>> and olympics starting in less than six months and there is major concern about sewage in the water. for a cup of coffee just because you're a woman. so why does congress think it's ok that women get paid 20% less than a man for doing the same job? i'll fight for pay equity, to protect planned parenthood, choice for women, and expand paid and family leave. now some politicians will belittle this as a women's agenda. more proof that we

patrick henry community college if offering short term training to help gain industry credentials. the college will hold two information sessions on thursday february 11th. the sessions will focus on careers in electrical fields ... customer service or food service ... tuesday's presidential primary shakes things up in the race for the white house. candidates donald trump and bernie sanders came out on top in new hampshire. trump dominated the republican primary while sanders took home the win on the democratic side. g-o-p candidate john kasich placed second ... surprising voters while hillary clinton remains confident despite her loss. john kasich / r presidential candidate - "i was the only one with a really positive message." hillary clinton d presidential candidate - "it's not whether you get knocked down, it's about whether you get back up." the next republican primary is february 20th in south carolina .. the same date the democrats face off again in nevada. ### candidates for roanoke city council and mayor are preparing today ahead of a community candidate forum tomorrow eve

this we want to go now to gale seamwe want to go now to gale seamster, the plant manager for the patrick henry memorial library there. thanks for being twhus evening. >> you are welcome. >> mark: what are you seeing from your vantage point? >> we are seeing a lot of black smoke. you have several buildings between us and the plant. and we have -- while we can see is black smoke. it was white at one time, and that looks like it is all black again. >> danner: from my vantage point over what i have been watching over the last hour on abc 13 news, it seems like in the last 30 minutes, it looks like it has gotten very dark and thick, that smoke has. let's go with the air quality right now. >> it is cold out there and you can smell smoke and like i said it has got black within the last while it has gotten black again. >> mark: gale, how long have you worked in that area? >> i have been here all of my life i lived here. >> mark: did you have family members who work there at the dan river plant and what year >> i am not exact leer sure where it closed but my father worked at it. he has been there all h

you have a chance to see her perform on sunday at patrick henry community college. live in danville, tola adamson, abc 13 news. 3 danner plasma3 she's one of the most beloved authors of our time. tonight we remember harper lee after she passed away.// georgetracking sunshine and warmer temperatures. details are next. danner plus.. kids in the pediatric wing of spe3 3 good friday to you!summary:you can expect warmer weather for the weekend, showers on sunday and heavy rain next tuesday. forecast:temperatures will jump this weekend. afternoon highs will reach 60 to 65 on both saturday and sunday. your saturday will be partly cloudy, breezy and dry. sunday will be mostly cloudy with showers increasing during the afternoon. light rain will increase after lunch time on sunday, but not all of our area will receive rain. monday will be "mainly dry" highs near 50.on tuesday a cold rain moves in during the morning. the rain chance will be near 100%, and heavy rain is likely. temperatures will be in the upper 30s and lower 40s which should be too warm for us to get winter pre

the "big lick cocktail classic" will be held at the patrick henry on saturday. it's a mardi gras theme this year. nine local restaurants and caterers will be showcasing food to pair with drinks. proceeds from the event will go toward leap ... a non profit organization that builds community through sustainable agriculture. jd sutphin/big lick entertainment - "what's really cool about leap is that they're pushing that farm to table movement and i thought it was a really cool angle to think about in the world of cocktails and mixology." leap is working on several projects this year like a u-p-s announces it's increasing passport services at all of it's locations. why there's a need in a wsls 10 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! people really do save an average of over $500 when they switch. i mean about you inventing it. i invented the story, and isn't that what really matters? so... what else abo

five area schools including 359five area schools including five area schools including patrick henry high cancelled classes because of it. nothing. >>reporter: after living in new jersey after hurricane sandy, the furlongs said one way to survive in the storm. >> take it in stride. enjoy each other's company, and get through it. >> reporter: now appalachian power says there are still 7,000 people without power in the area. most of them will have their power back on by tomorrow night and for some, it might not be back on until friday morning. live in roanoke, annie andersenlive in roanoke, annie andersen, abc 13 news. dan the weather is clear now and we are looking forward to a much warmer weekend. smith mountain lake from our tower camera. you can't see any snow there on the ground at least from the tower camera. chief meteorologist george flickinger is in the weather center now what you can expect tonight. >> george: danner, the sunshine certainly helps out, melting away most of that snow today. going to take you live right now danville traffic moving along good and it is difficult

two suspects armed with guns entered the a-t-&-t store on jefferson avenue across from patrick henry mall. they demanded money and cell phones from the two store employees before fleeing. an iranian drone that flew over a u-s-s harry s. truman last month, was the first to conduct an overflight of a u-s carrier since freedom of happened as the truman and the french aircraft carrier charles de gaulle were near an iranian port. it marked the latest tense naval encounter between forces of the islamic republic and the u-s navy -- which includes the recent capture of ten u-s sailors who strayed into iranian territorial waters in the persian gulf. the cause of a fire is new information tonight. investiagtors in newport news are saying an electrical problem is to blame the home on darden drive is now condemned after that fire caused about 60- thousand dollars damage. no one was home when it started. the red cross is helping the family of four who lived there. coming up on wavy news 10 at 5:30- a man could face charges after firing a gun inside a hospital. he says he was just trying to get me

the "big lick cocktail classic" took place at the patrick henry tonight. ethveisnt allowed people to try different cocktails from various restaurants. there were nine restaurants including blue apron, river and rail, lucky and more. proceeds from this event go toward leap... a non-profit organization that builds community through sustainable agriculture. for local restaurant to showcase their food and drinks and come together to support a good cause. jd sutphin, big lick entertainment "it's amazing to see just how talented these folks are. they are willing to send out some of their best employees on a saturday night for a good cause they see it as one community." leap is working on several projects such as a community kitchen. taking a step back in time - thousands of people are traveling to roanoke this weekend to get a look at life size dinosaurs. jurassic quest is back at the berglund center....with life like, moving dinosaur ody hundreds lined up as . kids and "kids at heart" had a chance to interact with the dinosaurs and see what they really looked l

officers tell us someone with a weapon walked into the a-t-&-t store on jefferson avenue across from patrick henry mall. police say several employees were inside when this happened. no one was hurt. we're working to learn if officers have a description of the suspect and if he got away with anything. new this morning we can show you video of a house fire in newport news. firefighters put out the flames last night on darden drive. that's in the denbigh section of the city. you can see it was a very busy scene, and there was a lot of fire damage around the front crews said no one was inside the home when they arrived. the cause of the fire is under investigation. a tennessee family is safe after a fire destroyed their home. fire investigators in nashville believe a hoverboard's lithium batteries are to blame. two teenagers were trapped upstairs. their father remembers seeing his home on fire, with his children inside. brian fox: i got there as i was kicking in the doors and i thought i'm gonna lose two of my four children today. the fire started on the first floor, trapping the teens upstairs. they

over at patrick henry, quarterback quishon calfee inked papers to continue his career with a full scholarship to division two charleston in west virginia. calfee was a three year starter for coach alan fiddler and the patriots, throwing for more than 5 thousand yards in his career at ph. to glenvar we go now. the highlanders zach deck and quentin alls will stay in southwest virginia and play at uva- wise. both lineman were 2a all state, deck on defense and alls on offense this past season. they'll get to suit up for new wise head coach dane damron. there were two signings at north cross. wide receiver and four- year varsity player, jordan lowery, signed to play football at fcs program, william & mary. and just next to him, sarah maurer, signed to play soccer at uva. she lead the raiders in scoring as a forward this past season, as a senior, but plans to play goalie at the next level for the cavaliers. a busy day at jefferson forest with six total signings. three of those signings from the football team that made it to the 4a state semis last fall. ben trent will be playing at uva next season.

the "big lick cocktail classic" takes place at the patrick henry tonight. this years...it's a mardi gras theme. nine local restaurants and caterers will showcase food to pair with drinks. proceeds from the event go toward leap ... a non profit organization that builds community through sustainable agriculture. jd sutphin/big lick entertainment - "what's really cool about leap is that they're pushing that farm to table movement and i thought it was a really cool angle to think about in the world of cocktails and mixology." leap is working on several projects such as a community kitchen. the event starts tonight at seven. taking a step back in time - thousands of people are traveling to roanoke this weekend to get a look at life jurassic quest is back at the berglund center....with life like, moving dinosaurs. today hundreds lined up as the doors opened. kids and "kids at heart" had a chance to interact with the dinosaurs and see what they really looked like. there is realistic scenes, what their habitat would have looked like. you see the scenes, the scales,

around nine, dispatchers say someone hit the a-t-and-t on jefferson avenue -- across from patrick henry mall. they say employees were in the building at the time. we'll let you know as soon as we have an update. tonight: light evening rain showers. small light snow chance after midnight. lows in the lower 30s. wind: wsw 5-10mph. wednesday: light snow possible before 8am. otherwise, mainly cloudy. highs in the lower 40s. wind: wsw 5-15mph. thursday: mainly sunny and cold. highs in the mid 30s. breezy... wind: wnw 15-20mph. tonight: light evening rain showers. small light snow chance after midnight. lows in the lower 30s. wind: wsw 5-10mph. wednesday: before 8am. otherwise, mainly cloudy. highs in the lower 40s. wind: wsw 5-15mph. thursday: mainly sunny and cold. highs in the mid 30s. breezy... wind: wnw 15-20mph. tonight: light evening rain showers. small light snow chance after midnight. lows in the lower 30s. wind: wsw 5-10mph. wednesday: light snow possible before 8am. otherwise, mainly cloudy. highs in the lower 40s. wind: wsw 5-15mph. thursday: mainly sunny and cold. highs in the mi

carilion clinic doctors will face off against students at patrick henry high school tonight. the students are from virginia tech carilion school of medicine and jefferson college of health sciences. this is a practice of the two teams getting ready for tonight's game. money raised tonight benefits the morgan dana harrington scholarship fund- to help medical school students. feels a bit more like typical february weather. first alert meteorologist has details on a major cool down coming in the 7 day planner. complete details of your first alert forecast tolate has been a gloomy day and the bees is rehoboth beach delaware where they've had that i skies for much of the day also the coastal lows been lingering there in the low-pressure system soaks pretty much us a wet day could see the folks out trying to take advantage of it and mid- walking not on the boardwalk or so here is the cold front that is now stalled and is now stationary bike with all that moisture riding along that the other thing what a sherry you to is is diesel spokes of energy little bit weak disturbance is one

patrick henry high school was closed today because of the power outage in the raleigh court neighborhood. so was woodrow wilson middle school. neighbors who lost their power early tuesday morning were thrilled to see the trucks arrive to begin making repairs. carol furlong/roanoke resident: i was so happy. i went over and i took their pictures and talked to them for a while and tried to get an estimated time for when it's coming back on. and what did they tell you? they wouldn't. he said you're not going to make a liar out of me. laughter. craig furlong-turner: it was really nice, i was happy, because i can finally get my phone charged now, once the power goes back on. we believe the power is back on there. and tonight we understand the power outages affecting the schools have been repaired. we're told that all roanoke city and roanoke county schools will start on time tomorrow. live in roanoke joe dashiell wdbj7. power spokesperson teresa hall. we know at the highest 45 thousand apco customers in virginia were without power. how many tonight are still without electricity? teresa hall/ap

the patrick henry student was hit by a train. tonight his family talks about the miracle that touched their lives. it's safe to say .. mathieu bonhomme is lucky to be a live. mathieu bonhomme - hit by a trian 04-08 11:58:51 i was walking and out of no where i just got hit. the 10th grader was running late for school tuesday morning and took a short cut. police say he was walking near these train tracks with his head phones on when all of a sudden... mathieu bonhomme - hit by a trian police 11:59:46 i was underneath it and it was just dragging me. the 17-year-old was hit by a train. he remained conscious and with these scrapedhands .. he says he managed to call for help. mathieu bonhomme - hit by a trian 11:59:00 i just got out and called my dad mathieu bonhomme/ son survived being hit by train 12:01:42 when he called me to tell me that. i did not believe him. i know when trains hit people you are gone but mathieu survived. he walked away with cuts on both hands....here across his face and other minor injuries. his mom..evelyne..w

conference 16 patrick henry hosting orange county..north of charlottesville... early drive.. nice look to dom joyce for 2 in orange county responds...watch elijah smoot...leave it for jordan shook...for 3. but ph...going up tempo..ahead to quarterback q- shaun calfee...q ...with the catch convert 2.. ph....routs the fightin hornets...84-39. 3a conference 31....stanton river at the northside girls-- the vikings alexis houston kick to alanna blankenship....tak es it strong to the rack for 2... the golden eagles respond..it's madison meador breaks the pressure and finsh autumn stephenson for 2. later..more viks... it's sydney smith to bailey grubb...for 3. the vikings with the win....52-39 we are creeping every closer..to nascar's super bowl.. and ..just like it's namesake in the nfl...it's unlike any other.. we face---in today's edition of countdown to nascar. by all accounts..its a white knuckle ride at 200 plus miles per hour--- a single mistake...by a single driver..can mean mayhem for the field. add the simple fact that so much weight in placed on the daytona 500, and you'v

you can expect to see people wearing these t- shirts designed by students at patrick henry and william fleming. organizers say they wanted to have a day for people to wear the shirts and bring light to an important issue affecting roanoke city schools. justin mcleod / community relations rcps 9:54:20 we have close to 500 homeless students in roanoke city schools as of today. that number will only continue to grow. i think the most important thing is that we just want our homeless students to know we care about them and are here to help. school leaders say more than 750 shirts have been sold and nearly 8-thousand dollars raised to help support homeless families in our area. we do have some sad news to pass along tonight... by now, you likely know the story of the bedford boys -- the group of men from bedford county who suffered serious losses during the d-day invasion. new tonight at 11, we add another chapter to their story as allen bedford boys -- died early this morning in bedford. we take a look back at allen's life through the eyes of his longtime friend robert key. "if there such

carilion clinic doctors will face off against students at patrick henry high school tonight. the students are from virginia tech carilion school of medicine and jefferson college of health sciences. money raised tonight benefits the morgan dana harrington scholarship fund- to help medical school students. for the latest weather anytime, turn to our webpage at wdbj7.com and be sure to follow us on facebook and twitter for weather headlines and more at wdbj7weather. >> pelley: a new health emergency has been declared in another big florida county. this as concern grows that the zika virus can now be spread through blood transfusions. also tonight, trump looking for a new hampshire comeback.

i abused oxycontin. former former congressman patrick henry calls life after oxycontin excruciating. >> my brain was screaming out, i need more! i need more! in fact, your brain feels like it's about to die if you don't get the drug. reporter: that's why so many recovering addicts fail says dr. 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 bri

at eggle-stetton road and patrick henry highway.. the roads were shut down for hours while crews battled the flames. you can see the home is destroyed. the couple who lives here lost everything. blind father's escape as a miracle.. rodger delp, son: "in a somewhat state of confusion, he had no idea the house would beone fire. he knew something was wrong immediatly though when he felt the heat on his face once he opened the front door so he retreated back into the house, got his phone, and attempted to call 911." cont vo no one was injured.. but two of the families dogs are missing. the cause of the fire is under investigation. # on most smartphones... there's a feature or an app that emergency crews like medics or police... really wish you would use. it could be a life-saver. nbc's chris clackum explains.# natsound/typing in passcode to iphone most of us use the lock screens on phones to keep out the bad guys .. nats: ambulance lights but what if it's the good guys who need vital information to save your life? tony patillo / paramedi

my distant blood uncles patrick henry and my distant cousin was dolly madison. what you are doing here is letting people get up and talk. i share some information with those campaigns. and it is kept from the people of nashville. erin andrews is here. we have a federal lawsuit, the sexual assault. a getting dragged through everything in the media. gov. kasich: he's getting to it. we have to get to it. the challenge is what? them in 2008 there was a child molestation cover-up tied to mike huckabee. the national police got used and my daughter and our family was silent. i didn't find out -- it took four or five years to hear about it. and it is buried. known as hearing about it, tennessee, nobody is reporting about it. i have gone to campaigns and try to let them know and the church that was involved, a church here in nashville, their pastor was breaking about how they were having an affair at their church and ted cruz was going to have some kind of event. gov. kasich: let me tell you what his question is. we were at last night in memphis and we heard some things

around nine, dispatchers say someone hit the a-t-and-t on jefferson avenue -- across from patrick henry mall. they say employees were in the building at the time. we'll let you know as soon as we have an update. tonight: light evening rain showers. small light snow chance after midnight. lows in the lower 30s. wind: wsw 5-10mph. wednesday: light snow possible before 8am. otherwise, mainly cloudy. highs in the lower 40s. wind: wsw 5-15mph. thursday: mainly sunny and cold. highs in the mid 30s. breezy... wind: wnw 15-20mph. tonight: light evening rain showers. small light snow chance after midnight. lows in the lower 30s. wind: wsw 5-10mph. wednesday: before 8am. otherwise, mainly cloudy. highs in the lower 40s. wind: wsw 5-15mph. thursday: mainly sunny and cold. highs in the mid 30s. breezy... wind: wnw 15-20mph. tonight: light evening rain showers. small light snow chance after midnight. lows in the lower 30s. wind: wsw 5-10mph. wednesday: light snow possible before 8am. otherwise, mainly cloudy. highs in the lower 40s. wind: wsw 5-15mph. thursday: mainly sunny and cold. highs in the mi

the game is at patrick henry high school on grandin road. it's starts a 7 pm and it's the huge recall of takata airbags is now expanding to include newer models.airbags from the japanese manufacturer are at risk for exploding as they inflate, firing out shards of metal, leading to serious injuries.the defect has already prompted the biggest auto recall in american history.so far, the recall hit more than 20-million cars. here's a list of those newer models that kyle just mentioned: they include: 2004 to 2006 b-series mazda pickups 2007-2011 honda crvs. 2011-2015 crzs 2009-2013 fit and 2013 fit ev and finally 2007-2014 ridgelines. cool high pressure will gradually build into the centralappalachians from the west today...passing overhead friday intosaturday. sunday...low pressure moves across the southeast and off the coast. at this time this system will keep the main precipitation southeast of our next on good day virignia, we will head out and about with our own becky freemal... she's telling us how to enjoy a night at the oscars ..... and h

the game is at patrick henry high school on grandin road. it's starts a 7 pm and the game is free. and they will be awarding two scholarships to those virginia tech medical students at the game. in the studio, paris holmes, wfxr news. ahead good day virginia: doctors are trying an old method of pain relief to help cancer patients.we'll share those details next. and the largest u-s drug home! you're day virginia! pressure will gradually build into the centralappalachians from the west today...passing overhead friday intosaturday. sunday...low pressure moves across the southeast and off the coast. at this time this system will keep the main precipitation southeast of our area.today...mostly cloudy this morning...then becoming partly sunny.highs in the upper 40s. northwest winds around 10 mph..tonight...mostly becoming partlycloudy. cooler with lows in the upper 20s. northwest winds 10 to15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph. .friday...sunny. highs in the lower 40s. northwest winds 10 to15 mph with gusts up to 30 mph..friday night...mostly clear. lows in the mid 20s. northwestwinds around 10

she is the owner sarah's place restaurant at the patrick henry hotel.court rosen and sherman lea senior are leaving the council. the other seat up from grabs belongs to incumbent anita price who will seek re- election.amy carter is running as a independent and says her experience as a single mom, a former teacher and p-t-a president, and as a small business owner. "i know how important it is to move forward to bring businesses into the area. not just the minimum wage businesses but we need to bring in companies that want to fall in love with the area and who want to stay in this area. "carter says the city budget will be her priority, but she also want to focus on building up roanoke neighborhoods. the election for city council will be on may 3rd. the gloves come off but not all the way at the democratic debate in durham, new hampshire... both hillary clinton and bernie sanders were trying not to alienate each other's supporters. and with just a few days away before the primary in the granite state... clinton is trying to play catch up.patricia stark has more. :09-:21:36--:46:46-:47 1:2

. # patrick henry community college holds an information session tonight about its short term training programs. the fields are designed to quickly give students skills needed to help employers fill open positions. food service... and advanced film manufacturing. # the virginia children's engineering council holds its annual convention in roanoke starting today. eight hundred prek-5th grade teachers will attend hands-on workshops showing stem- based convention wraps up on friday. small businesses in martinsville and henry county will get together for a matchmaking event. the economic development office hopes this event will increase local business to business partnerships. the salem high school football team receives a national honor tonight. the army national guard presents its national ranking trophy to the team as part of the 11th annual maxpreps tour of champions. the honor comes championship. salem finished number 86 in the final rankings and is one of 50 schools being honored this year.### more bad news for twitter. the social media giant says it lost two million users in the las

clinic doctors and medical students faced off tonight in the docs for morgan basketball game at patrick henry high school. the students are from virginia tech carilion school of medicine and jefferson college of health sciences. the event raises money for the morgan dana harrington scholarship fund that helps medical students. and our own travis wells and karen loftus also played in tonight's game, with jean jadhon as emcee. the tech women continue to struggle on the court plus zac glover checks in with a super bowl champ from radford but first our extra point, tony stewart will miss the start of racing season after he suffered a broken vertebrae sunday in an atv accident, undergoing surgery wednesday. there is not set date for his return to the track, but he is expected to racing this year. women returned to the cassell coliseum court tonight to face georgia tech trying to get back on track. early on domonique powell goes to work down low for the tough bucket on the strong move. then it's vanessa downtown, that's good for three. and how about regan magarity with the finish. magarity can dish

then patrick henry product, cam jones takes over. in transition, davis lobs it up and jones throws it down, but radford trails by 4 at the half. ahead to the second, more from jones, who led the way with 21 points. another dunk from him and that one ties the game at 34. fast forward to under 20 second to play, down one. davis, to the hoop. gets the shot to go.and that is your game winner. radford over unc asheville 60 to 59. the university of virginia ladies at home thursday night hosting syracuse. the cavs trying to avoid their first 6- game lose-streak in a decade. the orange though, out a huge lead early. brianna butler with 3 of her game- high 23 points. cuse up 21-9. on the other end, off the miss, the ball's tipped to lauren moses. she goes back up with it, and the hoos are within 8. more from butler in the second quarter. all 23 of her points came in the first half as she went 6 of 6 from beyond the arc. mikayla venson led uva with 16, but it wasn't enough. syracuse tops virginia 91-57. the virginia tech women also in action t

the game is at patrick henry high school on grandin road. it's starts a 7 pm and it's free. the huge recall of takata airbags is now expanding to include newer models.airbags from the japanese manufacturer are at risk for exploding as they inflate, firing out shards of metal, leading to serious injuries.the defect has already prompted the biggest auto recall in american history.so far, the recall hit more than 20-million cars. here's a list of those newer models that kyle just mentioned: they include: 2004 to 2006 b-series mazda crvs. 2011-2015 crzs 2009-2013 fit and 2013 fit ev and finally 2007-2014 ridgelines. toyota has decided to end its scion brand...and re-badge the vehicles as toyotas.scion was started in 2003 as a separate car brand targeted at younger buyers.while its products were very closely related to toyota vehicles...they have a unique style, designed to be easily customizable.the cars were sold at toyota dealerships -- but in areas set off from the rest of the showroom.the youth market has changed since 2003, though.an analyst with autotrader says millennial

over at patrick henry, quarterback quishon calfee inked papers to continue his career with a full scholarship to division two charleston in west virginia. calfee was a three year starter for coach alan fiddler and the patriots, throwing for more than 5 thousand yards in his career at ph. finally tonight, we're now just 4 days away california. our countdown continues tonight with lord botetourt's number 4, quarterback ryan fralin, who helped lead the cavaliers to the 3a state championship game back in december. it was the first title game appearance in school history for the cavaliers. don't forget you can catch super bowl 50 right here on wdbj7 at 6:30 on sunday night. the 5th annual roy stanley memorial shootout is coming up this weekend at roanoke college in salem. the nationally-ranked elev8 basketball academy out of delray beach, florida, will be part of the action, and the program's head coach, chad myers, is happy to bring his team back to his hometown. here's zac glover. chad myers: "good, good. swing, swing, swing. good. shot. perfect." zac glover: as the head coach of the elev8 baske

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james madison runs into the problem in virginia that patrick henry is one of the great powers in virginia. henry is not a great fan of madison. madison, even though -- we called him the father of the constitution -- the obvious thelem of getting a seat in senate does not happen for james madison. he has to suffer through being elected in running for office and being a member of the house. as for election of senators, that is a recent phenomena and in our history. that would be the 19th amendment. only just over a century ago. all of the men prior to that just had to court their state legislature. the lincoln douglas debates over the senate, they are not debating for people to vote for them. they are debating for people to vote for the state government to vote for them. it's a very complicated system. when you get into the 19th century, you get people going, we want to vote for our our own senate. that's one of the changes. you have to grow into how these things work. the remarkable thing is when you go back, most everything does operate the same way. we are pretty much using the system de

event this weekend called the big lick cocktail classic saturday night at the pat rick hen -- patrick henry here in downtown roanoke. you braved the snow to come in. >> i sure did! >> kyle: tell us about it. >> it's crazy which last year when we did the event it was for local food and there was like of foot of snow on the ground and still had like 75% capacity the night we did it. this year it's one night and it's going to be 60 this saturday. >> kyle: quite nice! >> which is crazy but right now we have farm-to-table ice production going on. >> kyle: i see what you're doing there! >> it's true! there's really no other event like this on the east coast. if you've gone to craft beer festivals and try all the different craft beers from different breweries, go to this event and try craft cocktails from different restaurants and caterers all with locally sourced ingrediens. we've got food pairings included with every ticket and mardi gras themes for this year so cajun inspired cuisine and have designated driver tickets and got a vip experience with a really cool whiskey tasting that you get to d

the patrick henry student was hit by a train. vo the 10th grader was running late for school tuesday morning and took a short cut. police say he was walking near these train tracks with his head phones on when all of a sudden... the teen was hit by a train. he walked away with cuts on both hands....across his face and other minor injuries. now that he's home safe and doing well...his family says their son is living proof that miracles happen. sot mathieu bonhomme - hit by a trian: 11:59:24 "when you hear someone gets hit by a train you don't thinking they are living but i lived" evelyne bonhomme /son survived being hit by train: 12:05:26 always in the business of making miracle everyday." contvo mathieu says he expects to be out of school for a week. but he wants to go back as soon as possible because he enjoys learning. oncam as i left his house tonight..he said "be safe". in the studio...brie jackson wsls 10.s three men from northern virginia are facing assault charges... after police say they attacked an uber driver. arlington

she is the owner the patrick henry hotel.court rosen and sherman lea senior are leaving the council. the other seat up from grabs belongs to incumbent anita price who will seek re- election.amy carter is running as a independent and says her qualitifications stem from her experience as a single mom, a former teacher and p-t-a president, and as a small business owner. "i know how important it is to move forward to bring businesses into the area. not just the minimum wage businesses but we need to bring in companies that want to fall in love with the area and who want to stay in this area. "carter says the city budget will be her priority, but she also want to focus on building up roanoke neighborhoods. the election for city council will be on may 3rd. the gloves come off but not all the way at the democratic debate in durham, new hampshire... both hillary clinton and bernie sanders were trying not to alienate each other's supporters. and with just a few days away before the primary in the granite state... clinton is trying to has more. :09-:21:36--:46:46-:47 1:25-1:321:28-1:32heated m

she is the owner sarah's place restaurant at the patrick henry hotel. court rosen and sherman lea senior are leaving the council. the other seat up from grabs belongs to incumbent anita price who will seek re-election.amy carter is running as a independent and says her qualitifications stem from her experience as a single mom, a former teacher and p-t-a president, and as a small business owner. "i know how important it is to move forward to bring businesses into the area. not just the minimum wage to fall in love with the area and who want to stay in this area. "carter says the city budget will be her priority, but she also want to focus on building up roanoke neighborhoods. the election for city council will be on may 3rd. the debate between bernie sanders and hillary clinton quickly became heated last night. the candidates were sparring over everything from health care to who is more progressive.mary moloney has some of the highlights. presidential candidate: "i am not making promises that i can't keep."hillary clinton took a clear swipe at bernie san

congratualtions to the patrick henry girls swim team for winning the 5a title. and in wrestling........ ..christiansburg won the 3a 15th title. rural retreat took the 1a title........it's its christmas day for nascar fans today. we kick off the season as usual with the 58th running of 'the great american race' ...the daytona sets you up for a great start to the season. lets roll down to the daytona international speedway...you saw it go down right here on wfxr and fox! sprint cup series rookie chase elliot is the youngest pole sitter in daytona 500 history... dale earnhardt jr. looking to win his 3rd daytona 500 on the 15 year anniversary of his fathers fatal crash...19th lap...polesitter chase elliott and regan smith are involved in the first crash of the daytona 500... elliott has damage to the front end of his car from hitting the trioval grass.unfortunate turn of events for the rookie... 30 laps to go... matt kenseth in the lead...earnhardt jr. spins out coming out of the 4th turn... he would slide into the barrier... leading to the 5th caution flag of the d

some think it's from patrick henry's give me liberty or give me death.st of evil. many americans give up freedom for safety or what they think will be safety. i say that bechire is not a particularly free state. new hampshire punishes people who ingest the wrong drugs, who smoke in bars and the state has some the worst most restrictive zoning laws in america. also the overwhelming favorite. >> we should not only not be cutting social security, we should be expanding social security benefits. guaranteed paid family and medical leave. universal healthcare for every man, woman and child. john: doesn't sounds like a live free or die kind of guy. the free part, he's big on that. but he's not talking about freedom, he's talking about free stuff. all of that requires government using force to take money from one group to give to. >> the. they say new hampshire is the live free state? but i'm not being entirely fair. new hampshire has live free policies. it has no sales tax. no become thanks. the on state in america where adult drivers don't have to wear seat be

officers tell us someone with a weapon walked into the a-t-&-t store on jefferson avenue across from patrick henry mall. police say several employees were inside when this happened. no one was hurt. we're working to learn if officers have a description of the suspect and if he got away with anything. new this morning we can show you video of a house fire in newport news. firefighters put out the was a very busy scene, and there was a lot of fire damage around the front windows. crews said no one was inside the home when they arrived. the cause of the fire is under investigation. a tennessee family is destroyed their home. fire investigators in nashville believe a hoverboard's lithium batteries are to blame. two teenagers were trapped upstairs. their father remembers seeing his home on fire, with his children inside. brian fox: i got there as i was kicking in the doors and i thought i'm gonna lose two of my four children today. the fire started on the teens upstairs. they smashed through windows to get to safety. one teen jumped from the second story into her father's arms. brian fox i was yelling