mountains but don't forget flood warnings do continue along the dan river in danville's paces south boston and also the roanoke river as he head over toward randolph most of it on the minor side maybe a little moderate flooding along the roanoke river in randolph all that should improve over the next 24 to forty eight hours heading out on your bike be careful still finding some slick spots temperatures in the thirties we will be 40s. even some upper 40s low 50s down toward the south side later today one front exits clipper system exits week little disturbance will bring a few snow showers to the mountains here you go ronald fincastle lexington smith mountlake boones mill rocky mount mid upper forties partly sunny lynchburg loving stint appomattox upper forties to near fifty gretna danville south boston upper forties to low fifties and he can see as you travel through the new er valley southwest radford with bill marion all in the upper thirties to low forties up toward the highlands greenbrier valley west virginia can't loud a snow shower temperatures in the thirties and low forties seven

former boston mayor flynn involved in this damaging crash in south boston. we know he has been taken to the hospital. >> jadiann: kimm has more. >> reporter: we're hearing that the 76-year-old former boston mayor ray flynn is resting at home and will be okay. but here are some earlier pictures. we did also have pictures of the accident that happened earlier while the former player was driving near his home in south boston. you see there is damage and also to the building there. e. m. s. responded. flynn not hurt but they did take him to the hospital as a precaution. family friend told us that he talked to flynn's son. the man again telling us that the mayor is doing ok. we're staying on top of the story and live in the newsroom i'm kim khazei, 7 news. >> ryan: turning to the search for the person school students to pornography. the person is targeting kids on ins ta instagram. >> jadiann: kimberly bookman is live with what police now about the account. >> reporter: the account didn't have a picture but it did have a name. a name that was very familiar to stud

please call the south boston police department. nearly a dozen washington and charred remains of their belongings today... after their lexington apartment was completely destroyed in a fire early wednesday morning. w-s-l-s 10's rob manch is at the building tonight. rob - how are those students holding up? i spoke with several of the students who were living here just 2 days ago, and they're actually fairing very well given the circumstances. the community has come together to donate clothes for them, and their landlord has helped them find housing. we know from fire crews that the fire began on the wooden fire escape behind the building from some discarded smoking implements. many of those students say they owe their life to this girl, washington and lee senior kaela fiutak, who was the first to notice the blaze and alerted everyone on the floor to evacuate. kaela fiutak, discovered fire10:20:49 "at that point, your mind is just, it's go, you just have to get out of there. grab some pants and, didn't even get any shoes apartment ma

likely south of boston for the south shore, the cape and the islands as the winds may gust to 65 miles per hour combined with that heavy, wet snow to really make travel almost impossible. so really tough here in southeastern massachusetts where you see the pink. that is most of us here. we do have a winter storm warning. this is until 7:00 tomorrow morning so winds sus tawn r tained at 30 miles per hour with lighter winds to the north and west of this area. west of worcester, southern new hampshire. and we're talking about a potential wind gust of 30 miles per hour, but you can see they're going to be much, much coastline. we're already in the winds. notice the winds are right now gusting over 40, close to 50 miles per hour along the coast. the coast of rhode island we just clocked a wind gust over 60 miles per hour. pretty incredible stuff considering how far away our storm is at this point. temperatures running in the 20's over the interior. we are in the lower 30's along the coastline but the temperatures will be falling as the day wears on and the snow gets going. the winds will sh

>> people in south boston were sent there because the english did want them in boston. matthew: there's no rule that says that if you've been subject to discrimination that you can't discriminate against others. part of the anxiety is that in south boston these are working-class people who are clinging to their homes and to their neighborhoods desperately. there have a lot of money. they are anxious about the appearance of black students in their schools. their neighborhoods and their schools are going to go down in value. that helps to explain the anti-busing reaction. it doesn't excuse it does explain it. there's a great book about this photograph. the high school student is riding the subway the next day and he sees this photograph of the newspaper and he says who is that guy with the flag? and he says it's me. he didn't recognize himself. he was traumatized by this. he becomes the face of racism in the united states. he becomes the face of bigotry. a devastating effect on his life. >> how they choose which students would be bused? matthew: i'm not exactly sure. >> i

highs tomorrow upper 30s to the lower 40s for danville and south boston. the seven-day forecast, call the seven -- the coldest seven-day highs upper 20s to lower 30s and nearly each night week, we will see lows into the teens. >>> it is what everybody was talking about at the water cooler today. all the super bowl ads. internet did for - . >>> chipotle closed every one of its location for four hours for a food safety meeting. this is video from a roanoke location today. one those locations closed. it came after an ecoli outbreak. they went over a food safety program implemented by the chain last month. all restaurants reopened at 3. >>> quicken loans super bowl ad did not sit well with some viewers. created market mortgage during the big game. allows consumers to get a mortgage completely online. according to quicken loans president, the goal was to promote the convenience of the app, but some shoes on twitter said the ad was promoting a lengthy environment similar to the years leading up to the housing crash and the great recession. the consumer financial

have your downpours for the appomattox area down toward farmville and east south boston. expect the ring coverage to increase as we head into the afternoon.it is all thanks to the low pressure system. a wedge of high pressure has been holding onto us keeping temperatures in the 40s. the wedge will slowly begin to erode as the cold crosses the commonwealth bringing the chance for heavy rain. we could see other severe weather threats. this will clear out later on tonight. we are dry thursday. we have a lot of severe weather to get to. what is the latest? >> will: they have been alternating this between what category we are in.if we take a look at the graph, the latest graphic has an enhanced risk. we're calling it a slight to enhanced risk of severe weather today, at least in our area. if you have plans, richmond down through i-95, back out through raleigh and the hampton road cities, a moderate to severe risk forecasted today. we are looking primarily at wind, hail, and flooding across our area. we think the tornado threat is pretty limited here. out toward the south and e

maybe astray shower toward danville south boston places like that and then friday and saturday everyone turns out mostly sunny some nice dry weather returns you forecast for the roanoke valley would talking lynchburg ctr., virginia upper forties to near fifty as he head down toward southern virginia low fifties will pretty much do it with a twenty percent chance for shower new river valley southwest low to mid forties partly sunny by this afternoon and the highlands greenbrier valley a west virginia 30s and low to mid 40s you first alert wtvj seven day planner nice weather for much friday into the weekend vegan be outside playing football watching super bowl sunday right here wtvj seven gorgeous conditions later monday early tuesday could see a couple rain snow showers moving back into the area doesn't look like a big deal will have to keep an ion because it could affect the morning commute on tuesday they'll ask you what you may making i like chicken wings is you notice in a break-in investigation and more than 100- thousand dollars worth of vandalism in galax. the president of vaughan

heavy rain and for south boston. over all the big story wipers on and lights of be careful headed out for the morning commute. you will need a jacket with the umbrella. temperatures upper 30s and low 40s. 39 in lynchburg. burg. 42 in danville. your hour by hour forecast today. attaches around 40 by the 8:00 hour. slow warm up that wedge means the temperatures locked into place. 42 by lunchtime. 44 for the afternoon. talking about two system got the first here bringing the steady rainfall. for today. turn your attention to the west, impressive system counter clock wise. strong low will move to the southwest of us. head to the great lakes. it will pack a punch today into tomorrow. look what we are tracking for today. wedge of high pressure to the northeast. classic set up. stationary front to the south. cloud and he cool with the steady rain. as the low moves strong storms throughout southeast. head toward the great lakes tell drag a cold front across the area. we could see scattered thunderstorms headed to tomorrow af

lower 30s for south boston. appomattox at 32. your hourly weather for your friday. 30s in the morning. 35 at 9 a.m. full sunshine at noon tomorrow. sunny, breezy and cool at 44. upper 40s for most of us, and the wind gust will be breezy. winds gusting over 20 miles per hour. highs around the rest of the area tomorrow, lower 50s toward the south side. danville at 50. smith mountain lake 48. south boston, 51. bedford, 47. amherst, 47. appomattox at 49. the seven-day forecast show the quiet weather for your weekend. upper 40s and lower 50s. the mornings will be cold with lows in the 20s. and all eyes are r going to be on early next week. like a major weather storm, but we could see half inch to one or two inch snow totals for sunday night into monday morning. stay with us for the new information on that. again snow possible monday night and early tuesday. >>> are you ready for the commercials. included in the price . >>> bowl 50 is on its way to become the most expensive sporting event in u.s. history. ticket tracking site said the

south boston, 55. appomattox, 53. and a touch cooler upper 40s toward amherst. your seven-day forecast, all eyeyour seven-day forecast, all eyes will be on the temperatures as we work our way to next week. upper 40s and lower 50s for saturday and sunday and look at monday and tuesday. we are going to see an increasing chance for snow on tuesday. we will talk more about that coming up a little bit later. >> danner: he said snow, yes, he did. >>> lynchburg city schools are breaking down new numbers from a the bi >>> respect, what does it mean? well, that is the topic of discussion right now with the lynchburg city school system. the school system has just released the results of a survey they conducted last fall on culture and climate within the perceptions between students and teachers and parents. suri crowe is at the lynchburg city school administration building to break it down for usbuilding to break it down for us. >> reporter: well, danner, the results are troubleresults are troubling to the woman in charge of student engagement that presented the results o

roanoke river at randolph is forecast to have moderate flooding, while the dan river at paces and south boston are forecast to have minor flooding. we'll keep a close eye on this for you, but any flooding is in news making national headlines ... apple is vowing to take on uncle sam in a fight over a terrorist's i- phone. a federal judge has ordered the company to help the f-b-i break into a locked phone used by one of the shooters in the san apple has five days to respond. brian mooar explains. apple says it will fight a federal magistrate's order forcing the tech giant to help the fbi crack an iphone used by syed farook - one of the shooters in the december terror attack in san bernardino. the obama administration says it's a simple - and narrow request. josh ernest / white house spokesman - "they are not asking apple to redesign its product or to create a new back door to one of their products. they're simply asking for something that would have an impact on this one device." not so says apple ceo tim cook ...who writes: "the government suggests this tool could only be used once, on one phon

> kim: breaking news, former boston mayor ray flynn taken to the hospital after an accident in south boston. >> ryan: the driver who police say was mind a tracked down in boston. >> reporter: arctic cold heading this way for the weekend. >> kim: the big payout that could be on the tabling for families of whitey bulger's victims. >> ryan: a standoff in oregon coming to a peaceful event. the last protester agreeing to sur render. >> kim: hillary clinton getting the key endorsement heading into tonight's democratic debate. can minority voters help her struggling campaign. >> you can't get off of and >> kim: cameras as cruise ship passengers pull into port. >> announcer: 7 news at 5:00 starts now. >> kim: we begin with breaking news at 5:00. it concerns the former mayor of boston. mayor ray flynn involved in an accident this afternoon. you saw the in south boston. >> ryan: he was taken to the hospital. elizabeth norieka is lye -- >> reporter: we're continuing to get new information about this incident. you can see mind me crews are working on repairing the side of a building where we're told th

south boston at 25. your lowerly weather for tomorrow show we are in the 20s in the morning. 23 at 7:30. at 9:00. lower 30s at lunchtime and upper 40s. not much wind tomorrow. we will get the break in the wind around the rest of the areawind around the rest of the area. 50s to the east and southeast50s to the east and southeast. watching us from dillwin, 50. lower 50s toward south side charlotte courthouse and south boston. if you live closer to the upper 40s and light winds. the seven-day forecast show increasing chances for rain. changing over to sleet and snow for monday night and tuesday. that means we will begin monday with dry weather. 0 to 2-inch totals most common. stay with us for the new information on this. all of us will be much colder next week. highs only in the 30s. >>> louisville basketball fans got crushing news this afternoon. >> mark: we will hear from the super bowl starting qb and get game, and >>> hi, everybody. a huge blow today for the louisville men's basketball teamlouisville me

south boston at 33. your hourly weather at noon, above freezing with a few slick spots during the morning. highs around the rest of the area, upper 30s in amherst and nelson. buckingham at 40. toward south side. charlotte county in the lower 40s and 30s tomorrow afternoon, and it is also going to be breezy in the mountains for your tuesday. your seven-day forecast show the colder weather building in. going to be the coldest week of the year with highs in the upper 20s to lower 30s and lows in the teens. >> noreen: all right. dennis is in next with sports. if last night was his last game, peyton manning can go out on top. >> whitney: that's right. couple of weekly hours for lu two coneys or two burgers, and two tots and two drinks. -yeah. -it's like i'm seeing double. speaking of double. look. (yells) you guys wanna hang out sometime? oh, man. i think i nailed it. now two can eat for $9.99 all month long. these lil' chickgies are small, -but they're intense. -yeah. -it's like my niece, hannah. -and you, u

south boston at 36 and danville at 36. a check on your weekend show it is going to be frigid for both saturday and sunday and for your valentine's day, real good snuggling weather on your sunday morning. 8 degrees at 7 a.m. and highs only in the upper 20s. your seven-day forecast show the frigid weather through sunday and we will have to watch monday for you closely. looks like it will be a mix of rain and snow. it does not look like a major and keep you updated if there are any areas of accumulating snow. >>> the bedford county sheriff's department is now responding to claims it didn't respond properclaims it didn't respond properly to two injured pit bullproperly to two injured pit bulls found at a random home over the weekend. priscilla kaiser sat down with the chief deputy at the sheriff's department today to get their response. >> reporter: tive right here, danner. it states that the woman who found the dogs told the animal control officer on call that the dogs' wounds were, quote, superficial and the officer wrote do

former boston player mayor ray flynn involved in a car accident in south boston. the mayor was taken to a hospital. he is commented to be okay. more on that. also breaking police say they have the guy they believe drove with a pedestrian on the hood of his car while trying to elude them. they say he is a career criminal. plus beyonce might have to face the music in foxboro. why some residents are call for action from patriots owner robert kraft. >> jadiann: dog drama in methuen. lexi wandering in the midsle of busy 495 yesterday. cars whisking around as she shot -- trotted around. >> ryan: kimberly bookman spoke to lexi's owner about her escape. >> reporter: as it's as if the dog is trying to explain how she ended up in the middle of 495 south. a police officer snapped this picture of the dog. >> you don't see that at all. a lot of motorist could have slammed on their brakes caused an accident. >> reporter: he was one of several officers that slowed cars to 20 miles an hour as a trooper used a granola bar to get the pup into a >> he was killie -- silly and sad. >>

orange is enhanced that includes south boston and brooknil. most us falling in the slight risk severe weather. everybody wants to know. what does that mean? storm threat endecks for the heart of virginia today. gusty wind today and hanging with us behind the front. many of us will deal with the flooding until 7:00 p.m. tonight. rain continues. heavy rain, could seat strong are storms developing from 12:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. we will see clearing skies later and quiet weather thursday through sundayful >> patti: coming up in the next half-hour, breaking over night a win nert nevada caucus. which candidate came out to top and who is battling for second. >> whitney: liberty team add a familiar name to >> patti: good morning. it is wednesday, february 24, 2016 i'm patty martin. >> whitney: i'm whitney. thanks for starting your day with us. you will start off rainy we are melissa is tracking the latest. >> melissa: good morning whitney and patty. yes, we are dealing with rain. want to jump to pinpoint radar. stead tow heavy rain consequentlies. we ha

flood warning in affect the paces and south boston. the good news is no more rainfall for wednesday. throughout the rest of the week. it is quiet on satellite. high cloud cover that little clip are system that moved through over night. it will push to the east. we have sun in store for youred with. here is what you can expect. see a few slick roads they are wet. not expecting black ice temperatures have been above the freezing mark. partly cloudy today. tell be cool. temperatures in the upper 40s. low 50s to the south side. if you are headed out. 30s. 30 in lynchburg in martinsville. flickings in roanoke. 33 in danville. upper 20s in hot spring. around freezing at 8:00. 45 by lunchtime. make sure you have the sun glassings handy it will be bright. that clip are taking that rain pushing throughout carolinas now. we go ahead and look we have the little cold front tell dissipate not impacting our weather. you notice the high pressure behind it. that will build in toward the end of the work week. quiet, sunny and a warm up is on the way fo

we are live in south boston tonight, 7 news nightteam. >> kim: to the race for the white house. next stop is south carolina but wisconsin is the focus for democrats tonight. hillary clinton and bernie sanders facing off on the debate stage for the first time since sanders had the big win in new hampshire. the neil's tim caputo. you saw the whole debate, what did you see? >> reporter: it was clear hillary clinton on the attack from the beginning. repeatedly using phrases like the numbers don't add up and promises cannot be kept. they tried to slow sentence's growing momentum. in the first debate since the huge win in new hampshire, trying to poke holes in sanders' lofty proposals. saying he is making promises that he cannot keep. >> the numbers don't add up. and many people will actually be worse off than they are right now. >> that is not accurate. >> reporter: sanders had his key points early saying he would raise the minimum wage and make college free. >> yes, i do believe when we talk about public education in america, noticed a rapped idly changing world we should have free

boston area. but the leading edge pretty much stuck right now down along the south coast and the cape. visibility has dropped. that snow is coming down hard. that snow is going to be lifting up into boston after 8:00 this morning. conditions deteriorate rapidly. lunchtime right through the afternoon. we're talking about steady snow through the evening commute. and at times that snow is going to be falling at a rate of one to maybe even two inches per hour. around 30 degrees this morning. down through the 20's as we get into the afternoon. and those winds already picking up. it will be blowing all this snow around. expecting a widespread 6-10isms of snow tomorrow morning with enhanced bands cape ann down to the south shore. some spots with more than 10 inches. emily: chipotle is closing all of its chains for a few hours today to talk about food safety. the chain says they will thank employees for their efforts so far and talk about more changes to improve food safety. the company put into place new steps after an e-coli outbreak in 14 states. here in massachusetts the chain had a separat

so blizzard warning is up south of boston. winds could gust to 65 miles per hour. and that strong wind particularly south of boston is

when you have that visibility at that' s blizzard criteria which will likely be met south of boston. the strongest wind in the heaviest snow south of boston, but a winter storm warning in areas shaded in pink is for tomorrow morning. this storm has allow left to go. you can see it spinning, a very large storm off our coast line. it started off this morning a good 500 miles from us, it' s now about 400 miles from boston. as the center of the storm. typically when the storm is this far away, it doesn' t have such an impact on southern new england. this storm is so large, the outer band of both the snow and also the very strong wind has been reaching out into southern new england. you can see the gusts over 50 miles per hour on nantucket, up and down the coast as you have seen, the wind is whipping around. we are getting wind gusts over to 20 to 30 miles an hour in the interior. feels like single digits right now, if you' re thinking to go clean up snow, you' re going to have to bundle up here in windshields hold in the single digits to around 10 degrees temperatures themselves -- teens

of fine your city on than that this is an enhanced area or moderate risk as he moved to use a south boston juergen that red zone parts a halifax county and that red zones and that means that you have a fire risk of severe weather in the potential for a quick enough tornadoes a gloomy concerns watching this afternoon not just tornadoes but storms that may produce damaging wind us partly ever was never really not areas seeing a moderate risk that's why were you emphasizing the potential of the severe weather so high as he head into eastern sections but even a marginal risk you can't have that chance of and isolated strong thunderstorm was seeing some activity already down into north carolina and we do have our weather watcher up there and am chris white nineties or soldiers are is down in north carolina and out him right now we are continuing to monitor his you need right now he's down your home north carolina which is are just to the south and fontenot outages the south of twenty nine season hello north carolina you can see it's arty get gardener tears in that tornado watch area so there's

south boston 33. tuesday, we'll be running colder than monday. 40s and 50s. most of us are going to be in the 30s all day. above freezing at lunchtime and 35. 38 at 4:00. i would take your umbrella with you, especially if you're watching from the interstate 81 area as you're likely to get light rain and snow. for the rest of us, it is going to be difficult for us to see any measurable snow. upper 30s and lower 40s for highs tomorrow. and the big story for the week is going to be cold weather with highs in the upper 20s and 30s. and lows overnight in the teens. >> danner: a cold week ahead. >>> a lynchburg business has been selected as one of the best places to work in virginia. this is the second year in a been given the award. marathon consulting came in first on the list. >>> a milestone at virginia tech. the university got a record number of applications for admission this fall. it was a 12% jump from last year. virginia tech says they saw a big jump in minority applications as well. up 13% from last year. student will know if they got in by april 1st. to

altavista, 43. 50, south boston and martinsville at 43. cloudy gray skies about 15 degrees colder than tomorrow. the cloudy weather we are going to have. we will be in the 40s at lunchtime tomorrow. a few small showers and sprinkles and patches of drizzle are possible. the heavier rain though will hold off until wednesday. around the rest of the area for your tuesday, amherst, 47. bedford, cloudy and school, 47. altavista, 50. and mid-50s toward south side. your seven-day forecast show the rain chances increasing to 100% on wednesday and that rain is going to be moving in during the morning. so if you have any outdoor plans that don't like rain, i recommend holding off, doing your plans until thursday or friday as thursday and friday and into the weekend will be dry. will be colder and highs in the 40s and lows in the 20s. and monitoring returning rain coming next week. >> mark: george, thanks. >>> a reminder about our abc 13 good eats contest. go to our web site wset.com for our chance to win some good food. if you scroll down the home pa

so he traveled to a south boston and pushing for around big win in baystate. key moments from campaign trail tonight. after losing in nevada bernie sanders focused up north on super tuesday voters here in massachusetts as you mentioned he stopped in south boston and umass amherst. this is gop tries to tide up what is becoming a very dirty race on the he have of the nevada republican caucuses. this was a grave error of judgment. ted cruz fired his communications director rick tyler for tweeting a video that a wrongly suggested marco rubio made a negative comment about the bible. we are not a campaign that going to question the faith of another candidate. rubio says it's a pattern with at cruise campaign. every single day something comes out of cruz campaign that deceptive and untrue. donald trump harped on cruise's tactics since iowa and slamming cruz on twitter again. more dirty tricks he got caught in so many lies is this man crazy? >> it's something some female voters are asking about john can sich after he made this content of a support among women when he was running for office in

south boston 34. and smith mountain lake 31. after 9:00 a.m., all of us will be above freezing tomorrow. looks good at lunchtime. 45 at noon on wednesday. highs in the upper 40s. that wind is going to keep you cool. we'll have a west breeze. highs in the upper 40s with lower 50s in danville and southside. your 7-day forecast shows a warming trend through friday. and 63 on saturday. 64 on sunday. then we'll see rain, a few showers possible for sunday. snow is possible tuesday. stay tuned. >> danner: thank you, george. you are taking a live look at millennials and politics at your voice, you future town hall happening right nowment it's streaming live at wset.com. panel's opinion on the deal and if whether any of the candidates -- when they step into office, will they continue pursuing this kind of free trade zone in east asia and southeast asia? >> other the last 20 years there's been an effort to create partnerships and trade opportunities between the u.s. and other countries. >> danner: again, we are streaming this live at wset

wednesday before shooting back down for thursday-friday. 43 lynchburg tonight. 46 danville and south boston. lexington 40 degrees. clear-partly cloudy skies. 62 in lynchburg tomorrow afternoon. 62 bedford. 63 rustburg. we'll start out the morning with nine and then the afternoon showers coming in. 66 danville, 67 south boston. 63 at the lake. roanoke 62. new river valley, 60. southern shenandoah valley 63. 50s sandwiched by a pair of 60s and 40s. >> whitney: this year you've what's next? >> will: i'll think about it at the last minute. we'll see what you can do. the north carolina man loves >> whitney: an alzheimer's patient in north carolina is hoping football will help him fight the dollarsment. by keeping up with the stats with his beloved carolina panthers. >> reporter: spend just a few minutes with peter setzer and you'll realize that this is a man that loves the carolina panthers. >> i read everything that charlotte writes about the panthers. >> reporter: he doesn't just read them. he cuts them out. >> here's cam. >> reporter: taping them to his bedroom door. >> reporter: setzer reads

and the roanoke river in randolph now both just minor flooding dan river and south boston continues to recede so does the roanoke river in back into the banks and everything get back to normal temperatures starting off twenties low thirties this morning will be warming up to around thirty nine degrees around the one shower highs today low to mid 40s an and overnight. once again we dropping down into the twenties now here's what's can a go on for next week we were frontal boundary that's can a move through it's can a stall out bring us some plain old rain showers an and all computer models indicating that we will get a strong low-pressure center to develop along that stationary boundary and then start to ride up toward the north does it stay close to the what is a move a little farther off the coast that will help drag down some colder air and change the rain over to snow all the computer model still all over the place on this from with rain or snow so we have to work on away just beware by say next wednesday we do have the potential we could see some wintry weather moving back in to

then river in south boston. -- dan river in south boston. parkway does include the newer valley, and also the allegheny highlands. we will put this in motion zr@t: you. you could easily have wind gusts of 50 miles an hour. especially into the higher terrain. that is still a very blustery and windy day. likely not until friday and maybe even saturday when does winds will we can. thank you to all of you who have sent pictures and. >> reporter:)k tree has completely toppled over. this was sent in from jason kim . it certainly did cause traffic tie ups in the appomattox area. we don't know if it was a tornado yet. we will go out and see if it was a tornado that touched down in appomattox county. check this out. we are watching snow on the most of us will not see snow from this it as you work your way through the day tomorrow into early friday, we are tracking and snow, maybe an inch or two into blaine county and pocahontas in greensboro county. you could see 1 to 3 inches on the western slope's. we go from severe weather to winter weather in a m

south boston in the mid-50s. your 7-day forecast shows increasing chances for rain especially by tuesday night. and 100 percent chance of rain on wednesday. all of us will get rain. by late afternoon into the evening we'll see drier weather. thursday-saturday look good we'll see highs in the 40s with lows in the 20s. mark? >> george: george, thanks. every day, it adds >> mark: two families met over the weekend for the first time after a girl got a heart donation from a baby boy. >> that's my heartbeat. that's luka's heartbeat. >> mark: the little boy's mother got a build abear with a heartbeat of the bill boy. around the time that jordan needed a heart transplant, lucas passed away. jordan was selected for his heart. jordan and her mother and lucas's mother met for the first time. that she would is be so selfless when she's going through grief. >> i thought i can't save my own son, why not save somebody else's. >> mark: people nationwide are waiting for an organ transplant. last year, 433 people's lives were save

if they in altavista. 53 in danville and south boston. 51 in martinsville. 46 in roanoke. breezy at times with wind out of the west at 3 to 12 miles an hour. mostly clear tonight. dry and cold. 28 as you're waking up tomorrow morning in lynchburg. 23 in lexington. 23 in the new river valley. mark. be cautious of any slick roads tomorrow. a quick check of what we are seven days. we have been talking about the warming trend. low 50s friday. weather. 63 for the high both days. overnight lows near 40. back to you. >>> if you would like to ride the 611 train as it makes its way through our area, you better act fast. leaving from roanoke just went on sale. officials say about 70 percent of the tickets to radford are sold out. about 60 percent of the tickets to lynchburg are also gone. the excursions and put together by the virginia museum of transportation. to learn how you can get tickets, check out our website, wset.com. >>> more than 3000 dogs competed to become best in show sticclosed brought to you by ideology hearing aid associates danville-lynchburg and heritage funeral s

roanoke river at randolph is forecast to have moderate flooding, while the dan river at paces and south boston are forecast to have minor flooding. we'll keep a close eye on this for you, but any flooding is expected to end any time between thursday struggling with finances is finally back on track. natural bridge is now caught up on more than a million dollars worth of debt. the owners of the historic hotel missed their yearly payment of more than nine they also owed taxes to rockbridge county and various vendors for renovation work. after donating the natural bridge caverns to the state ... they were able to recoup one million dollars in tax credits to help pay off those debts. they've also received helped from private donors. jennifer bell / virginia conservation legacy fund "it's been a collaborative effort to get everything done. in january and february we were able to receive donations in order to make those payments." for more information on their financial plan ... visit us online at wsls dot com. a local firefighter tells his story after falling two floors in a burning home. roanoke c

south boston 53. lake 52. new river valley be hold to the mid-upper 40s. the first three days in the 7-day forecast, not pleasant. rain tuesday-wednesday. a little bit of a break wednesday night. and friday-sunday we're dry and cool. 44 on sunday. >> whitney: the first couple of days are good for maybe that will keep you inside. >> will: tax preparations will be good monday-wednesday. >> whitney: going to the dr >> whitney: picture this. you've been a nascar fan for 50 years. you enter a contest to win daytona 500 tickets and you actually win. but days before you pick up the tickets, you find out you have inoperable lung cancer. that's the story of one florida man, but he was in for a surprise. >> reporter: this is where ron springstead is supposed to be this weekend. but instead he has to stay home in holiday. >> what year mustang is that? >> 64 and a half. >> reporter: remembering the days when he used drag race himself. >> you've got your ford and chrysler. have been tough, so he decided to try his luck at our daytona 500 giveaway. >> my brother is a na

boston, go to the maps. a lot of red on the expressway northbound, it's about half an hour. south of town on route 3, approaching the braintree split, we have some slowing, as well. route 24 looks good on 95. you're slowing as you approach 128 there. the pike from framingham into boston, no major issues to tell you about. heading into town on 93 southbound, from 4895 to 128, you're fine. and then you're starting to slow as you approach boston and head into somerville. route 1 looking good so far this morning. take a look at those drive times if you're getting ready to head out the door this morning. 26 minutes from braintree to boston expressway. into town on the pike from 128, no delays there. just 12 minutes. 39 southbound, 128 to the zakim bridge, 21 minutes. if you're taking "t" this morning, it's on time. back to you, guys. bus driver from dudley is behind bars, accused of being drunk on the job. ism children were on board when the driver crashed his bus. luckily no one was hurt. 7's john cuomo live in dudley with more on this story. >> john: that bus driver will be here in c

we are waiting to see if he comes back to south boston. he is ok after having crashed his suv into a brick wall. heather: more breaking news the suspect in a wild hit and run in woburn is under arrest tonight. newscenter 5' s john atwater just spoke with the victim. s live in woburn. john: the victim is still in a lot of pain tonight but when we delivered the news the suspect had been caught he praised the police effort. >> i' m glad they caught him. reporter: fred pica is relieved the man accused of running him down is now behind bars a day after the painful, and near-fatal encounter. >> why didn' t he just stop and let me out of the car? don' t you have a conscience a person has to beg for his life. reporter: 29-year-old tyson delgado was brought to the woburn police station after officers found him in boston hiding in a relative' s home under a bed. >> this was a very disturbing incident who showed reckless disregard for the safety of those around him. reporter: police say delgado returned to his former employer yesterday after illegall

boston. no issues to report. south of town you'll find pleasant driving conditions as well. 24, 95 route 3 all getting by at the speed limit. expressway 10-15 braintree to boston. as you make your way along the pike 15-minute ride 495 to 128. and then as you make your way north of town 93 looks good out of methuen and all the way down to the leverett connector. trains and buses running on schedule. randy: now to the breaking news we're following in worcester. massive flames just consuming an apartment building overnight. emily: let's get right to the eye's frank holland. the scene. frank? there are still crews there putting out hot spots. we're told this fire is out. the cell phone video of that raging fire from earlier. you can see flames bursting from the roof and the windows. one man was inside the building at the time of the fire. he did escape unhurt. firefighters say the sub zero temperatures make fighting this just a real challenge. hydrants weren't frozen, but the lines and the ladders were. the deputy fire chi

temperatures cold everywhere. 32 in danville and 33 in south boston. here is what you need to know about. the coldest weather. the coldest hours we are going to see overnight tonight and through thursday is between 1 and 10 a.m. temperatures are actually going to remain below freezing until friday afternoon. for this evening, we will see temperatures in the 20s, falling near 16 at 6:00. for an update how cold it feels the wind chill. take to you will stafford. >> reporter: the temperature factor and the wind chill what it will feel to your exposed skin. our computer model what it will feel like, feel like 12 below in hot springs. 5 in lynchburg, 7 in martinsville. and feeling about 1 in blacksburg. you advance forward through the day it doesn't get any better. it will feel like temperatures in the teens. below zero numbers to the mountain use location and bundle up as you are heading out. >> danner: stick with abc 13 to make sure that your kids are covered at the bus stop tomorrow morning. whitney delbridge has more on keeping the kids safe. >> reporte

south boston, 29. working from amherst, 25 and washington at 26. for tomorrow, lots of sunshine after 9 a.m. temp also warm above freezing land stay above freezing for the remainder of the day. highs reaching into the mid-40s and take you on a tour and show you the rest of the area tomorrow. from nelson county, mid-40 s. buckingham, 48. russburg, 48. and upper 40s and lower 50s from south side. it should be 50 for south boston. 50 in danville and 47 for smith mountain lake. for the mountains, we will see highs reaching the lower 40s toward fincastle and blacksburg 50s for the weekend and on monday, small showers are possible. on tuesday, mainly rain and stay with us as there could be an icy mix as well for tuesday and wednesday if it is cold enough. >>> folks in flint michigan won't like this news. pay meeting norway >>> a new study shows residents and government officials in flint michigan paid the highest rates in the nation for their toxic water. the public interest group food and water watch released results of a national study. the survey look

and south boston at 34. below freezing through 9 a.m. on your wednesday. tomorrow lunchtime in the 40s and 45 and highs reaching the upper 40s for most of us. if you were watching us toward south side, you will see highs altavista at 50, 53 danville. up to nelson county, amherst county and lexington, you will see highs in the middle 40s. your seven-day forecast, a gradual warm-up over the next few days. thursday looks good. a high of 46. and into the 50s for friday. jumping ahead toward your weekend. both days look good for your outdoor plans. saturday into the 60s. and then on sunday, we will watch this for you. you may need to change this rain chance slightly but look like the bulk of the rain will hold off for monday and tuesday and also on tuesday, there could be some snow mixed in. stay with us for the newest info. >> mark: george, thanks. thousands of your dollars gone in a click. >> d >>> this just in, lynchburg police have charged the driver of the tractor-trailer that crashed on the expressway this morning. they say 23-year-old john lee of wichita

ray flynn, he was taken to the hospital after this car accident today in south boston. witnesses are saying mayor flynn drove right no a building -- no -- no -- into a building. >> reporter: he was not seriously injured but it happened across from where he lives. down this private driveway. we're told he drove his car into the basement part of a building there under a the people living in the structure tell us they can't stay there because their landlord says it's not safe. this was the scene earlier today. crews working on repairing a large hole on the side of department place in budget boston. ray flynn was in a car accident. he was not hurt but was taken to the hospital as a precaution. police captain tweeted out photos earlier today of a large hole in the brick wall the home. police who live there say the landlord told them they had to stay somewhere else because the accident may have damaged the stability of the building. flynn served as mayor of boston from 1984 to 1993. he was later appointed united states ambassador to the vat dahn by president clinton. he was w

the south side 33 in smith mountain lake. 36 in south boston. wind could gust up to 20 miles per hour. we could see higher gusts in western virginia. 25 in blacksburg. 31 in roanoke. 34 in rocky mountain. 28 in covington. over night temperatures will drop into the teens and we are talking two stories dry and cold as we head throughout valentine's day. watching monday and today the chance for a winter storm. could see now a mix of rain and snow. more details to come. back to you. pam pat thank you. danville medical center says it will 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. the ceo says because of the great response they will organize it again this friday. tell begin in front of the boy's tomorrow at 6:00. >> mona: city officials of ferguson, missouri will respond to the allegation for the police have been out of control for years. now the feds intend to do something about it. the mayor says the city cannot live up to the negotiateded terms.

south boston, 33. danville near freezing. altavista, 31 and bedford at 30. your hourly weather for your friday show the 30s on the morning. pleasant though breezy at lunchtime. that wind will keep you cool. 24 at noon tomorrow. highs in the upper 40s and down to the 30s by tomorrow evening. and around the rest of the area tomorrow, if you were watching us from danville or south boston, a run toward the lower 50s. altavista, 48. bedford, 47 and roanoke at 46. a quick check of your weekend show both days are going to be fine for your outdoor plans. lows in the 20s and highs upper 40s to low 50s. sunshine, cool and dry weather for much of the weekend. we will see high clouds increasing for saturday. then for next week, we will be watching that snow probable coming up for monday night and tuesday. may also see some light snow into wednesday. to stay with us. we will keep you updated on the new details for that potential snow next week. >> noreen: all right>> noreen: all right. >>> well, the nascar will begin at daytona will start without >>> the hokies lost thei

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 toward danville and south boston. colder in blacksburg and roanoke. blacksburg, you picked up 9 inches of snow. there is no more snow falling right now across the heart of virginia as this area pink. t

south boston at 50s. watching us from danville, reaching 50. altavista, 48. bedford, 46. and highs the upper 40s. seven-day forecast show highs reaching the 60s for this weekend. 63 on saturday. and 63 on sunday. mostly dry on sunday, a few late. a few small showers are possible monday. then increasing heavy rain for tuesday and wednesday. there could also be winter precip mixed in. stay tuned for the newest info on that potential for the winter precip. >>> liberty university alumnus toby mack won a grammy for best contemporary christian album monday night. toby mckee i can't known for toby mack won for "not this is not a test." he has now won seven grammys. >>> the acts for the lockin' center. fish wing, my morning jacket and gary clark jr. are some of the big names in career. you can check out bands from august 26-28. every year it is held at oak ridge farm in nelson county. you can get the rest of the acts right now at wset.com. >>> injure spring cleaning starts tonight. >> you haven't used it in six >> d >>> are you in a battle against clutter? well, you are not alone

south boston at 51. appomattox, 49. altavista, 48. bedford at 47. your seven-day forecast show pleasant weather ahead for your weekend and then for monday night into tuesday, stay with us, we are going to keep you updated on the forecast right now, we are forecasting 0 to 2now, we are forecasting 0 to 2-inch snow total. that means monday morning won't see any travel problems, but for monday night into tuesday morning, we could see some slippery roads with that chance for the accumulating snow. again, zero to 2 for monday night, tuesday morning. >> danner: we will keep on watching that for you. >>> happening right now, security crews are gearing up for super bowl 50. >> we know of no specific credible threat directed at >> danner: an inside look >>> a massive security presence is now in place for super bowl sunday. the fbi and homeland security took two years to plan. machines are scanning every truck delivery for explosives and radioactive materials. radio sensors are posted at train stops and bomb-sniffing dogs and undercover police are everywhere.

south boston at 20 and bedford at 17. your hourly weather for tomorrow. the actual temperature looks combed enough. then when you factor in the wind chills, single digits to feeling like the lower teens. 24 at lunchtime for the actual temp tomorrow and 27 for your high in bedford. smith mountain lake, 28. 31 for south boston. 26 for amherst, we will remain below freezing for the entire weekend. morning will be the coldest. lows dropping. on monday, we will see the snow bein the morning with the heaviest snow falling monday afternoon into monday night. and transitioning to that mix of sleet and snow for tuesday. then drier weather and finally a warming trend for the remainder of the week. >> mark: george, thanks. >>> sports is next. a big daytona week ahead for >> >>> hi, everybody, number 7 virginia tryvirginia tries to end their 16virginia tries to end their 16-game losing skid tomorrow at 4:30. the cavaliers won seven in a row haven't won in durham in 21 years. january of 1995. >> excite>> exciting to play. and it is a big deal and being a senior, our l

charlottesville, uva at 63 and 67 for south boston. want to show you what we will be tracking for you. when you wake up in the morningwhen you wake up in the morning, we are going to wake up to sunshine and quiet weather, but we will see changes as we go throughout the day. at lunchtime and during the afternoon, you will notice some clouds moving in and still overall, a lot of sunshine, and we will call it a sunny morning with clouds increasing during the afternoon and notice we are any evening plans, showers developing and rain moving in from the west. not expecting anything overly heavy. this is showing at 11 p.m., rain flowing over the mountains and rain at 11 p.m. through south side into lynchburg. in the middle of the night, could you be getting light rain, but then when you wake up on wednesday morning, drier air and also colder air is going to be returning so you may make -- may want to make the best of tomorrow for wednesday, thursday and friday. we will see colder weather returning to the heart of virginia. so this is the exac