i'm rachel lucas. and i'm jonathan kegges. here's a live look at christiansburg. the warmth continues as we close out january today. with the help of sunshine for the first half of our sunday temperatures will flirt with the 60 degree threshold. today: mostly sunny and warm with highs around 60. tonight: increasing clouds with lows in the low 40s. monday: chance for afternoon showers. warm with highs in the tuesday taking temperatures back to the upper 40s and lower 50s, but temperatures around 60 return on wednesday even with very good rain chances crossing the area. behind that system temperatures head back to the 40s. a blast of arctic air looms for the end of the first week of february. enjoy the warmth while we have it! this morning ... the investigation into 13-year old nicole lovell's death continues. police discovered lovell's remains saturday afternoon around four p-m on route-89 in surry county near the virginia and north carolina border. authorities say 18-year old david eisenahuer is being charged in connection to

in roanoke rachel lucas wsls10 hospitals across the country are in need of more nurses. it's a shortage our local hospitals like carilion clinic are experiencing as well. currently there are 100 openings at carilion... which is why the hospital is ramping up recruiting efforts. carilion is increasing pay... focusing on getting nurses from nearby states... and using social media. debra lovelace/senior director human resources - 18:10:39 it came back to what it's the wide variety of careers we have here. it's interdisciplinar y care and it's that strong nursing voice. we also reached out to centra hospitals. a spokesperson said it's also in need of nurses. coming together through art. the piece of work that brought two strangers together 14 years later. and... wsls 10 is teaming up with feeding america southwest virginia and kroger to bring you our annual "10 cares food drive." on thursday february 4-th from 6 a-m to 7 p-m we'll be at the kroger in bonsack... cave spring... lynchburg... martinsville and blacksburg colleting food. it all started 14- years-ago... when a patr

wsls 10's rachel lucas reports. "in preparation for the spring excursion, the same team that restored the 611 is back in town to do more work on the 611. we spoke with the man who's worked on the steam queen fore more than thirty years." the love of trains for scott lindsay began at an early age. "my dad took me on steam trips when i was three years old is when we started." what started as a hobby turned into a career. he was part of the original restoration of the 6-1-1 in 1982, then head of the restoration that made the 2015 passenger excursion possible. "it's amazing the draw that one locomotive can have.." he's in town to replace the wheels on the steam queen...prepping her for the next excursion that will take passengers from spencer north carolina to roanoke. "we have new wheels, barrings, axels and housings. ." the 6-1-1 has generated a lot of interest from around the world. "to bring it back to life really enhances that love of trains." and train lovers want more. currently the virginia museum of transportat

in roanoke i'm rachel lucas wsls10." making a difference for those in need. how one local couple gives back to the homeless. wsls 10 is teaming up with feeding america southwest virginia... the blue ridge area food bank... and kroger to bring you our annual "10 cares food we'll collect food at the kroger in bonsack... cave spring... lynchburg... martinsville and blacksburg a roanoke family is making a difference .. hitting the streets to help the homeless. dawn sandoval and her husband started "the least of these" ministry. the couple hits the streets at night to hand out blankets and food. they target the homeless who don't stay at shelters and sleep in the woods. dawn sandoval / the least of these the reality is that a lot of them have mental health issues that prevent some of them do struggle with addiction and that doesn't make them any less human. the idea for "the least of these" came about after dawn and her husband moved to downtown. dawn sandoval / the least of these so every day when i would walk to work i would come across these homeless individual

in salem rachel lucas wsls10 our drive is next thursday february 4-th from 6 a-m to 7 p-m we'll be at the kroger in bonsack... cave spring... lynchburg... martinsville and blacksburg colleting food. the sun was out in a more filtered variety as we were being grazed by a storm system that was sliding off of the east coast. a very weak system will bringing with it some wind and a few stray flurries. tonight: partly cloudy and cool with lows around 30. friday: mostly sunny and cool. windy with temperatures in the low to mid 40s. friday night: mostly clear and cold with lows in the mid 20s. saturday starts our january thaw as temperatures make a run for the mid 50s. we warm things up even further heading into the upcoming week as 60s, possibly low to mid 60s make an appearance on the seven day forecast. rain becomes likely on wednesday as a stronger storm system arrives. that system will bring us back down to reality the sun was out in a more filtered variety as we were being grazed by a storm system that was sliding off of the east coast. a very weak system will slide through friday brin

wsls 10's rachel lucas tells us the work being done to get the 6-11 ready. "in preparation for the spring excursion, the same team that restored the 611 is back in town to do more work on the 611. we spoke with the man who's worked on the steam queen fore more than thirty years." like many rail enthusiasts - the love of trains for scott lindsay and his team began at an early age. what started as a hobby turned into a career. lindsay was part of the original restoration of the 6-1-1 in 1982, then head of the restoration that made the 2015 passenger excursion possible. he's in town to replace the wheels on the steam queen...prepping her for the next excursion. last year tickets sold out, as the 6-1- 1's return to the rails caught the attention of the world. 18:54:09:23 scott lindsay: "bringing general public and being apart of that team of people is important. i enjoy the work, i enjoy the people and pulling the project together, getting all of the right things at the right place at the right time." "ticket sales for the spring excursions begin on february 10t

i'm rachel lucas. and i'm jonathan kegges. 81 in christiansburg. savor the warmth as we close out january because it won't last long. temperatures under mostly sunny skies for our saturday climb back into the middle 50s. saturday: mostly sunny and mild. highs in the low to mid 50s. saturday night: mostly clear and cool with lows in the mid 30s. sunday: partly cloudy and warm. highs in the low 60s. sunday will feature a few more clouds, but the lower 60s. the wedge returns on tuesday keeping us cooler, but by wednesday even with the likelihood of rain we still climb back into the 60s. we'll cool things back down to where we this morning ... one orange county inmate who escaped last week is back in custody ... meanwhile, the search continues for the other two prisoners. investigators believe the escaped inmates could be travelling in a white van they stole after breaking out of prison. mary moloney has the latest. run -- possibly in this white van -- stolen a day after the escape. lt. jeff hallock lt. jeff hallock/orange county

wsls 10's rachel lucas has more on how both organizations will benefit. rachel between three and six hundred people in the roanoke community face homelessness each year....now two longtime non-profits in the star city are merging together to better serve those in need. bethany hall, a shelter for women and children is at max....and just down the road at trust house...its the same story. 15 of the men staying here are veterans. both organizations provide mental health and addiction rehabilitation services..addre ssing the problem at the root of the issue. the united way has helped fund both non- profits for years, and after a nod, the two have decided to combine services and budgets. 00:22:02:22 "it gives us a bang for the buck. it gives us the ability to recognize that when we are investing in two different operations that are doing not affecting the same population. when we combine those resources we are able to do more with that investment and we are able to ultimately reach more people." the program now known as arch - will still keep the two facilities

sbl gets the lead under double digits -- anna lucas drills the long 2-pointer -- it's an 8-point game after three quarters. rachel knudson-kobold plays like she's 6-10 -- powers it up inside for 2. west downs sbl 64-45. a top-ten battle in kingsley -- #4 k-p taking on #11 lawton-bronson. early 3rd quarter, kingsley-pierson strikes as addison hirschman pulls up and nails the three pointer to give the panthers a five point lead. the eagles keep fighting, lexi binder gets the ball inside, and makes the shot to pull lawton-bronson within three. later, the panthers offense looks good as marina keck gets the pass off a backdoor cut, and she makes the layup, panthers trail by one. the eagles take control from there, kaitltl ricke grabs the loloe ball and hits the e cket and l-b gets a big victory, 45 to 39. the western christian boys are 8 and 0 against iowa teams -- their only loss was to sioux falls o'gorman. the top-ranked team in 2a -- the were playing their fourth straight road game against moc-floyd valley. the dutch are the highest scoring team in 3a -- and are ranked ninth with a seven game winning streak. this

this won't change as for rachel-she found a new camp that she loved and learned an important lesson jessica rae: star wars creator george comparing disney to "white slavers". lucas says he mis-spoke... when he said giving movie rights to disney was like selling his kids twhite slavers. but in a statement... lulus says he wants to clarify... saying disney is taking great care of the franchise it bought from him three years ago. "the force awakens" has been breaking box office records since it was released this month. jessica rae: taylor swift has debuted the sixth music video from her 1989 album... and the president gets silly with seinfeld. reporter mary moloney has our hollywood headlines. "taylor swift celebrated the new year by getting 'out of the woods' the grammy winner debuted the video for her latest single during 'dick clark's new year's rockin' eve.' (natat swift is covered in mud for this one -- a literal take on n e song's title. (nats) can i throw this out? you have a garbage? you have to use the non-presidential garbage. president obama joined jerry seinfeld on a drive around the white house grounds -- for an episode of 'comedians in cars getting co