that means public safety agencies such as the virginia national guard, virginia state police, the virginia department of emergency management and the virginia department of transportation can devote every available resource to storm response and recovery. about an hour ago we found out the virginia national guard have sent more than 50 soldiers to help with debris clean up. they're being sent to essex, richmond, westmoreland, sussex and patrick counties but more counties will be added if need be. governor mcaullife will also be here in appomatox county and waverly, virginia today - the two hardest hit areas from the storm. in appomatox, trees are down, homes are damaged, and thousands are without power. about 2800 dominion customers in the county have no electricity. and nearly 50 percent of meters for central virginia elective cooperative have been damaged. it might be early morning to mid-day tomorrow before power is restored to the cvec point. right now there are two shelters open for those affected by the storm. we're at the appomatox community center and there is another one at the pa

the city. meanwhile -- virginia beach seek re-election. the announcement comes after a recent conflict of interest scandal. sessoms was accused of voting in favor of projects that benefited town bank -- where he used to serve as president. back in december he pleaded no contest to a class three misdemeanor violation of the virginia conflict of interest act and had four other related charges dropped. with the virginia presidential primary just over a week away... several voters in the hampton roads area received absentee ballots already filled out. voting officials call it a clerical error with the company that printed the ballots absentee and test ballots were sent in the same box... but they weren't separated.. causing the wrong ones to be sent to voters. in all.. 17 test ballots were sent out. officials say they have identified the voters who got the ballots and they're working to give them the correct ones. testimony resumed in the federal corruption trial of bristol virginia utilities chief financial officer stacey pomrenke. blame from

the father of a missing virginia teen, found murdered, wants answers. david lovell went to the courthouse yesterday as two virginia tech students faced a judge in connection to his daughter, nicole's, death. police charged david eisenhauer with murder and abudction after they found the missing teen's body this past weekend. they also charged natalie keepers with improper disposal of a body and accessory after the fact. both are being held without bond. lovell just wants answers. 10.38.12 david lovell/nicole's father "these two individuals took my daughter from this planet and i want to know why and i want all the information i can get." warrants for the two virginia tech students showed no firearms were used in lovell's death. these are the details her father says will be hard to hear. this morning a father about his missing two-year-old. this after police arrested the girl's step-mother in new york. cornelius simmons last saw his daughter, ariellisa, more than two months ago. both simmons' daughter and wife, andrea watkins-simmons were reported missing

nicolle lovell's memory lives on in the virginia tech community and in blacksburg. dozens gathered on college avenue for a vigil last night. the street was lined with blue lights which the blacksburg mayor, middle school principal and a representative from virginia tech spoke about the community and nicole. her mother, tammy weeks, also gave a short talk saying her family is broken. nicole's middle school principal talked about how she was kind hearted, soft spoken, and that her kindness will continue on. we spoke with one of her classmates from last year. ella moeltner, nicole's classmate 17251821 if you're knocked down you have to get up and show the people who are really bad that you're still going to be great and you're going to rise above them. 2529 the event was organized by a group of virginia tech students. as for those blue lights, we're told public works crews set them up on their own. the son of a prominent businessman in lynchburg has died in a motorcycle accident. lynchburg police say carter craft accidentally drove a motorcycle onto lakeside drive last

the father of a missing virginia teen, found murdered, wants answers. david lovell went to the courthouse yesterday as two virginia tech students faced a judge in connection to his daughter, nicole's, death. police charged david eisenhauer with murder and abudction after they found the missing teen's body this past weekend. they also charged natalie keepers with improper disposal of a body and accessory after the fact. both are being held without bond. lovell just wants answers. 10.38.12 david lovell/nicole's father "these two individuals took my daughter from this planet and i want to know why and i want all the information i can get." warrants for the two virginia tech students showed no firearms were used in lovell's death. these are the details her father says will be hard to hear. this morning a father from richmond is talking about his missing two-year-old. this after police arrested the girl's step-mother in new york. cornelius simmons last saw his daughter, ariellisa, more than two months ago. both wife, andrea watkins-simmons were reported missi

the money. new details surrounding a missing virginia teen found dead. we'll tell you what came out in court as two judge. and shocking video from a the director is accused of doing to a child. ("jeremy ad libs wx headlines") today: partly cloudy. cooler. highs will be in the low 50s. winds ne 10-15mph. tonight: mostly cloudy. lows will be in the upper 40s. winds east 5-10mph. wednesday: mostly cloudy. warmer. scattered showers in the afternoon. highs will be in the low 70s. winds south 10-20mph with gusts to 30mph. cold front has moved through the region. cooler temps have moved in for today, but they will be seasonable. tomorrow a warm front will lift back through the region. highs will be in the 70s stray shower early, but scattered showers will be more common in the late afternoon/early evening ahead of the next cold front. the front will slowly push through by thursday morning. rain will continue through that time. then it will finally push out to sea by the midday thursday. highs will be in the 50s on thursday. we'll be much cooler then into the wee

to the mats, and the commonwealth clash between virginia tech and the university of virginia. both teams ranked in the top 25-- the hokies sitting at number 10. the cavaliers 18th in the nation. starting at 133, uva's 6th- ranked george reversal to pick-up 2 points, he gets the 14-4 major decision over dennis gustafson and virginia goes-up 4 to 3, but there was still a lot of wrestling to be done. in 149, sal mastriani has tj miller in trouble and works his way to a pin. a big 6-point pick-up for the hokies, who lead it 13 to 4. onto the heavyweights in the final bout of the day. this one all wrapped-up for the hokies, but third- ranked and undefeated ty walz picks-up the 8-6 decision over patrick gillen just for good measure. virginia tech beats virginia 31 to 7. that's your monday morning look at sports. we're less than a week from super bowl 50. the winning team will take home the iconic lombardi trophy. after the game, the trophy is returned to tiffany and company where it will be engraved with the names of those who fought hard to win it. for the first time, in addition to

following the arrest of two virginia tech students. what we're learning about the case . # and a communiy in mourning... from local churches to schools.... how the new river valley comes together in her memory.# good morning and thanks for joining us on virginia today here on w-s-l-s 10. i'm jenna zibton. storm team ten meteorologist kristina montuori joins us now.. kristina? today: scattered afternoon rain showers with highs in the lower 60s tonight: cloudy with light rain & drizzle possible.lows in the lower 40s tuesday: cloudy with light rain & drizzle possible.highs in the middle 40s wednesday: heavy rain likely possible.highs in the lower 60s thursday: increasing sunshine with highs in the upper 40s friday: mostly sunny with time now for your timesaver traffic report. we are following a developing story out of blacksburg... two virginia tech students are being held without bond this morning-- in connection to the death of a middle schooler. 13-year old nicole lovell was last seen at her home in blacksburg. her family says she went

to punxsutawney phil's prediction, we will be seeing if chesapeake chuck will see his shadow at the virginia living museum around noon. good morning, hampton roads. let's check breaking news out of iowa from last night's caucus. after a very close race, nbc news just declared hillary clinton the apparent winner in last night's race among democrats. on the republican side, ted cruz topped donald trump. let's get right to 10 on your side's rico bush who's live in the newsroom with details. rico. clinton has squeaked out a very small victory against senator bernie sanders based off final numbers from the iowa democratic party. overnight, the results of the caucuses were so close both candidates were locked in a dead heat. the party described the race between the democratic front-runner and sanders as the closest they have ever had in the state. this is where the numbers stand right now. a razor thin win for the former secretary of state against sanders. let's crunch some numbers for you to give you idea of why this race is so close. according to entrance polls, on the democratic side, voters wh

the excursions will then wrap up in manassas, virginia in early june. as many of you know, 611 was restored last year and is the only remaining train of its kind that was built in roanoke back in the 1950s. 611 is the last of the j class. j class was designed and built right here in roanoke at the roanoke shops. there were 13 of them. 611 is the only one that survived and the only one that's actually out on the tracks and pulling under steam. train lovers day here at the virginia museum of transportation has been moved from this saturday to saturday, february 20th from 10 am to 5 pm. unfortunately, 611 will not be at the museum for the event, but a y-class locomotive also built in roanoke will be on display for visitors to get an up-close look at. the museum will also offer train rides, a flea market, and other educational events for the whole family. museum officials chose to move train lovers day to february 20th because of the forecast cold conditions. reporting live in roanoke, taylor kanost wfxr news. "around this wfxr news.taylor kanost in roanoke,

vo while the hokies were gaining a losing an assistant coach.. virginia tech's defensive secondary coach...torrian gray-is moving to the university of florida to be the db coach under coach jim mcelwain. gray was retained by coach fuente after being a member of coach beamer's staff since 2006.. the former nfl player for the vikings and db coach for the chicago bears--is a florida native..and still has plenty of recruiting ties in the state-- appy meanwhile the cavs first class under new head coach bronco mendenhall holds plenty of promise.. and make no mistake...this is coach london's class...by and large.. sot bronco mendenhall/uva head coach:"....so it's a great starting place is the way i would describe the majority of the recruits overwhelming majority coach london and his staff identified and committed and i was i was i was impressed as i went from home to home i didn't make it to every single home but the majority before official visit what coach london had done with the quality of the people vogw vo in monitor for a complete look around the area..o

the people of west virginia are concerned about what can be done, and i think that the people of the united states are concerned. this is a problem which goes beyond west virginia. in massachusetts, we lost our textile industry and we had for five or six years in certain towns extremely difficult times. pennsylvania, southern illinois, kentucky, parts of indiana, parts of ohio have all been hard hit by technological change. the question is what should we do about it, what should we do about west virginia? i said there were 250,000 people getting surplus food from the government. i received a letter the other day, april 23, from a.f. johnston, box 17. here's what he gets every month from the government. "i'm a man with tb and i have to get surplus food. i have seven children. this is what i receive, 5 bags of flour, 4 cans of eggs, 3 5-pound bags of meal, 8 pounds of shortening, 4 pounds of rice, which you can't use if you don't get it clean, and 4 of powdered milk. we do not get any butter, cheese, or beans, as mr. benson stated. i would challenge anybody on the surplus food situatio

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 mph in the evening...becoming light and variable. .saturday...mostly sunny. highs in the upper 40s. light andvariable winds..saturday night through sunday night...partly cloudy. lows in theupper 20s. highs in the upper 40s..monday...partly sunny with a chance of snow. a chance of rain inthe afternoon. highs in the m

the excursions will then wrap up in manassas, virginia in early june. as many of you know, 611 was restored last year and is the only remaining train of roanoke back in the 1950s. 611 is the last of the j class. j class was designed and built right here in roanoke at the roanoke shops. there were 13 of them. 611 is the only one that survived and the only one that's actually out on the tracks and pulling under steam. train lovers day here at the virginia museum of transportation has been moved from this saturday to saturday, february 20th from 10 am to 5 pm. unfortunately, 611 will not be at the museum for the event, but a y-class locomotive also built in roanoke will be on display for visitors to get an up-close look at. the museum will also offer train rides, a flea market, and other educational events for the whole family. museum officials chose to move train lovers day to february 20th because of the forecast cold conditions. reporting live in roanoke, route 220 is one of the busiest and congested roads in our region. there have been plans to end the

ben carson to the virginia beach campus in two weeks. dr. carson will participate in the presidential candidate forum. it will feature a live interview with chancellor and c-e-o pat robertson. the audience will also have a chance to ask questions. grab your passport -- you may soon be able to catch a flight to cuba. hear how u-s officials are working to make it possible. the virginia beach mayor counters the state's threat to take away light rail funding. hear the message he has for transportation officials. local students are getting new technology as part of their classroom experience! see the tools school officials plan to new information in a story we've been following for weeks -- the virginia beach school board has voted on a calendar for next year. it has decided to remove some teaching days. instead of 183-- it is now 181 days. the board says that will include two and a half days of professional development for students and staff. supporters believed it would help the entire system run more smoothly. opponents said it would hurt hourl

could the city of virginia beach drop youth football from its association says it might -- a claim the city denies. here's how football works in virginia beach. the parks department provides the rules, regulations and fields. don marcari (ma-car-ee) heads up great neck's youth football program. in november he says the park's department proposed not being an issue he says is still unresolved. sot kevin bennington / va. beach sports management c0042 21:27:58 "football is currently in the budget for the fall of 2016, so that would be our fiscal year '17. so 21:28:8: bennington says the entire situation has been misunderstood. but there is a petition online to make sure virginia beach continues to sponsor the league. you can view it on wavy .com we're getting our first look at the nurse that sexually assaulted a patient at the hampton v-a medical center. a federal jury found 52-year-old juan lopez guilty today -- editor news gfx outside media juan lopez in 2014, court records say lopez administered morphine to a patient even though she didn't want it. then he sexually assaulted her. when f

the eastern coyote has made its southwest virginia. authorites say the capacity meaning they're becoming all too familiar with people. now we have to learn how to live with them but for some that can come at a cost. here's a look at the species' history and how its presence is being felt throughout southwest virginia in our special from nuisance to threat--the eastern coyote. known as one of the most adaptable mammals in the world, biologists say the eastern coyote is now a permanent fixture in southwest virginia. jim bowman, a regional biologist for the virginia department of game and inland fisheries, says there were reports of coyotes as early as the 1950s but it wasn't until 20 years later that the coyote became a common sight. 04:23:48 in the past two or three decades the coyote population has expanded statwide. the state designates the eastern coyote as a "nuisance species" meaning they can be taken by hunters year around --it's per year in virginia and 3 thousand by trappers. populations are said to be increasing in the eastern c

the father of a missing virginia teen, found murdered, wants answers. david lovell went to the courthouse yesterday as two virginia tech students faced a judge in connection to his daughter, nicole's, death. police charged david eisenhauer with murder and abudction after they found the missing teen's body this with improper disposal of a body and accessory after the fact. both are being held without bond. lovell just wants answers. 10.38.12 david lovell/nicole's father "these two individuals took my daughter from this planet and i want to know why and i want all the information i can get." warrants for the two virginia tech students showed no firearms were used in lovell's death. these are the details her father says will be hard to hear. new this morning, upsetting video allegedly showing a daycare director hitting and dropping a child on a mat. we want to warn you it might be hard to watch police in florida just released new cell phone video. investigators say it shows the head of a daycare center striking a four-year- old boy several times with what a

two different gun bills passed the virginia senate today. one-- expands access to background checks at gun shows in the commonwealth. the second-- takes guns away from domestic abusers, who are under a protective order. in a statement, governor terry mcauliffe says these are the first meaningful steps lawmakers have taken on guns, in the past 23 a judge has set bond for the richmond police officer accused of murder. local reporters say it's 25-thousand dollars. david cobb was off-duty when he shot and killed a teen in chesterfield last year. mark tenia has new information his court appearance today. with his girlfriend and family inside richmond police officer david cobb faced a judge for the first time since turning himself in yesterday...cobb is charged with second degree murder and use of a firearm in commission of a felony...the charges stemming from an altercation with an unarmed teen, paterson brown, jr., who got into the car cobb was driving at the car wash at this gas station in chesterfield... in court the defense says cobb identifie

the war... skype last year. one virginia family is gaining national attention for their valentine's day decorations. stephanie loving's yard in glen allen is filled with four- foot hearts flashing with sweet valentine's day wishes. the family even has a kissing booth. loving says she has always loved the holiday. now to kristina, with for a look at our forecast. thursday: increasing sunshine with highs in the upper 20s.staying breezy friday: increasing clouds with middle 30s.late-day & overnight light snow showers possible saturday: morning & early afternoon flurries possible. highs in upper 20s sunday valentine's day: mostly sunny with highs in the upper 20s and lower 30s monday: wintry mix possible with highs in the middle 30s tuesday: early wintry mix then gradual clearing.highs in the lower 40s a look back at a great season for one buena vista high school girls basketball team. # plus.. sticking with your news years resolution and breaking some of those bad behaviors. how experts say you can start and keep up with good h

rain is heading through the heart of virginia tonight-wednesday. the heaviest of the rain is going to fall on wednesday. there may be thunderstorms, especially across the southside on wednesday. and thursday-sunday for the weekend, we'll have drier weather. if you do have any plans this evening, maybe you're headed out to dinner tonight, there will be a little bit of rain out there. pinpoint south boston, you have some light rain in that direction. we'll zoom you around and show you rain. here's a little bit of that rain and sprinkle activity that was on lynchburg, now on madison heights. and on interstate 81, you can and this is a huge area of rain moving from southwest to northeast. and that means it's heading right to virginia. midnight. right now the temperature is 45 and we're mostly dry right now. the temperatures are not going to change very much overnight. a little cool out there. a northeast breeze at six miles per hour and the wind isn't too bad. most of us are not 40s. charlottesville, 47. blacksburg and virginia tech, 42. farmville 49. a

holding a rally - at the virginia beach conference center tonight. 54;18 were just here to support marco rubio and introduce my daughter to the political process bernie sanders, donald trump, and ted cruz were in week. rubios stop tonight - is just two days away from super tuesday - and days after a rowdy c-n-n republican debate. veering off the track of his campaign style thus far - rubio was relentless in going after front-runner donald trump. including - insulting his tweets. "" 07;08 i thought it was great i to do that according to a recent c-n-u poll - rubio has the highest approval rating among all virginia voters at forty-four percent. hes the only candidate whos favorable rating among all voters -- is higher than his unfavorable rating. still - donald trump holds a solid lead in the republican primary - with rubio polling in second. 01;45 i can t really trust any of the other candidates at this point it )s been a strange election 58;01 i really hope that rubio can win some states ben carson is scheduled to appear at regent university on monday. and after winning the south carolin

the hotel roanoke is the first hotel in virginia to be a part of the curio brand. you'll also want to get your hands on those double tree cookies as well. a new the hotel re-branding becomes official on the 28th. crews at the virginia museum of transportation are steaming up 611 locomotive this morning to take off for spencer, north carolina where the train will be stored until the spring excursions.wfxr's taylor kanost is live in downtown roanoke this morning. he's going to tell us what's ahead for 611 over the next few months. good morning. as you mentioned, 611 is leaving the virginia museum of transportation this morning for north carolina. it will be taking the old virginian route through hurt, then switching to the southern route through danville, and greensboro later on today. 611 is slated for a number of passenger excursions this spring, the first of which will travel from spencer to lynchburg on april 9th. in may, the steam engine will head back up to roanoke for several half day excursions from 611 is the last of the j class. j class was designed and bui

robertson thirteen years now huge group effort went into putting out this fire the coast guard the virginia department of emergency management the york county fire department and the virginia state police responded to the scene this handle the criminal investigation the coast guard is checking to see if that fire damage the environment in any way a newport news hazmat team is helping the coast guard this picture was posted on the department's twitter page told the newport news team is working to contain all of the runoff fuel in from all that stuff from those burn votes. charges are pending after two kids were shot in portsmouth police say both cases were accidents the first shooting happened yesterday morning inside a home on lancer drive a mother says her seven year old son shot himself in the hand police say minutes later a nine year old got shot in the leg after another kid found a loaded gun on the ground and more gateway receiver jake go talk to police about how the shootings could have been avoiding a plea from on force minute we need to exercise fire and safety. it's a conversation

by looking at the number of low- income students west virginia tops the list, while utah is at the bottom. virginia was one of four states that showed solid gains. in henry county... all students receive free breakfast because there are so many families in poverty. on average last school year... more than eleven million students qualified to receive free and reduced-price school meals participated in school breakfast. congress is currently reviewing the federal child nutrition programs for possible changes. a bipartisan senate bill awaiting a floor vote would largely protect and strengthen these programs. # today: increasing sunshine with highs in the upper 40s tonight: partly cloudy with lows in the upper 20s thursday: mostly sunny with highs in the middle 40s friday: sun & clouds with highs in the upper 40s & lower 50s highs in the lower 60s sunday: isolated showers possible with highs in the lower 60s monday: scattered showers possible with highs in the low to middle 50s today: increasing sunshine with highs in the upper 40s tonight: partly cloudy with lows in the upper 20s thursday: m

a second person was also shot in the 100 block of virginia avenue. that person has since been treated and released. larson has organized a prayer and neighborhood walk tomorrow night at six in front of the hospital. the virginia economic development partnership authority takes the first step to recovering around one and a half million dollars the state lost in a failed deal with lindenburg industries. lindenburg was supposed to set up a 113-million dollar factory in the old thomasville furniture building in the town of appomattox. filed an injunction to prevent the transfer of one million dollars of a foreclosure payment to site consultants and development advisors. a judge will hear the case tomorrow morning at 8-30. archeologists were on the greenfield plantation in botetourt county today... searching for unmarked graves that may exist there. people in the county are hoping a discovery of ancient remains could halt the planned move of two historic structures. wsls 10's rob manch has the details for us tonight. rob manch, newsroom: "the county wants

the town of waverly, virginia, was hit especially hard. at least three people were killed there, including a 2-year-old boy. neighbor vincent bottle was home when the storm came through. >> the wind was coming, spinning, lifted the roof, you know? i don't know, but i survived. >> and this is an aerial view of the damage the storm left behind in oxford, north carolina. high winds ripped apart several homes and farms. in baltimore, this looks more inning on the road there. and in new york, the coast guard airlifted a crew from a fishing bolt after the vessel had run an brown ground. >>> new at noon, a woman will serve ten years in prison for killing a man and concealing his body in montgomery county. she pleaded guilt they morning to killing james austin and con ceiling his body inside a house in elliston back in january of last year. argued he had been a fugitive living and he had died of natural causes. he was declared incompetent to stand trial. medical experts had that decision reversed earlier this month and the trial presewedded. >>> mi

>> we were activated by the virginia department of emergency management. our job was to do a chemical assessment of the community. this is a different type of devastation. it is one that you have to see here.>> teddy, we were in the air for three hours wednesday i did not expect to see the devastation we are seeing here. when you first got into evergreen, obviously you had to have felt sadness, a complete total compassion for these folks. >> as soon as you come down for 60 -- for 60. you realize the database -- devastation that isn't this community. our job is to help them as quickly as we can get back up and running and on their feet.>> thank you for all you do. battalion chief atkins. more coming up at 5:30 about the recovery effort going on in appomattox county. reporting live in evergreen, jeff any which. >>> more residential candidates stop in the valley. political hotspot. >>> today the community page respects to a late senator who served his state and country for close to 50 years. state senator madison marie it happened in the virginia senate he ser

the event was organized by a group of virginia tech students. i woke up this morning with ice on my wind shield but not any snow. leo has your latest on the snow totals. leo! youwill are still seeing the snow flying especially in the mountains a west virginia where several inches has already fallen and now see several more before it's all said and done across the roanoke valley maybe a coding here and there especially in the higher elevations roto can thirty two lynchburg thirty degrees right now 31 danville 28 blacksburg a little farther out twenty six 26 bristol 36 charlottesville richmond coming in at thirty eight he can see a few sporadic snow that will be the trend today one little batch through the newer valley continues to we can but if you traveling along i 80 one watch out for that quick burst of snow kino lowering visibility and causing some slick spots highs today mid upper thirties across the region you forecast model keeps most of the snow back in the mountains a west virginia southwestern virginia had south and east mining get us a

a virginia beach police sergeant arrested for driving under the influence. virginia court records show sgt. margie hobbs' blood alcohol concentration was more than twice the legal limit. and that she had a child in the vehicle with her. c50 1:03 - the crook isn't going to place a hobbs when she served as a public information officer. a police spokesman says she now works in the investigative division and has been with the department for 17 years. master police officer jimmy cason released few details on hobbs' arrest - other than it happened on sunday in the early evening. however, police sources tell us some sort of accident happened near the oceana nas dam neck annex. and that hobbs did have a norfolk's swat team and homicide squad. sources tell ten on your side they're shocked by the charge. they say, when hobbs decided to become a sergeant she was at the top of the department's list. adding, they wouldn't expect this from her. hobbs is currently being held in the virginia beach city jail. she will have a bond hearing early tomorrow morning. i'm liz palka,

the details and even colder forecast in a couple of minutes. "good day, virginia" returns right now. tell you where it is going and why.electing to quit.two more presidential candidates decide it's time to throw in the thank you for choosing good day virginia. it's thursday february 11. i'm january keaton and i'm kyle benjamin. we start this morning in roanoke county: we're still waiting for new information on a wreck that sent four people to the hospital. this is what the scene looked like along route 220 and webb road on wednesday night.roanoke county officials tell wfxr news a car being chased by virginia state police from franklin county -- crashed, flipped, and caught on fire.police used a canine unit and helicopter to look for the driver of the car...who took off after the crash. state police say the chase began after troopers tried to pull the car over for reckless driving. kyle and jason at wx posa strong upper low centered over the ohio valley will move east tonight into thursday. weak upper shortwaves will move across themountains through tonight resulti

the win.. logano would finish second. virginia tech has four remaining games in the regular season before the acc tournament begins march 8th. they welcomed coliseum this weekend. points in but that was not the case in this one.. the hokies went on a 19-5 run in the second half to secure an 83-73 victory over florida state. the hokies rallied together as a team in the second half and found a way of getting back into the game by means of defense. williams: "i don't know that we are necessarily shaking a bag up and hoping something worked it was all things that we worked on i think that we are able to get some consecutive stops there in that run." allen: "i think in the first half our intensity on defense was it where it needs to be and we locked in and all five guys were ready to play defensively." the hokies travel to boston college on tuesday. the virginia women's team in action today hosting clemson. the cavaliers won 65-48. they are now 15-13 overall.. 5-9 in acc play. the virginia tech women put up a fight but they fell to #18

the polls, tuesday. presidential candidate marco rubio was in virginia beach yesterday. what he told 10 on your side about the importance of virginia in the race for the white house. dozens of neighbors woke up to this! their car windows shot out. now police are looking for the suspects. fire fight. local firefighters struggled to put out this commercial fire over the weekend. investigators say started it. and chris rock didn't hold back during last night's oscars. we'll have complete controversy coming and somebody's, smellin' around, "mmm! i smell cookies." i say, "oh no, you just smell me. i just got out of work. that's honey bunches of oats, that's all." ("jeremy ad libs wx headlines") today: partly cloudy. highs will be in the upper 60s. winds sw 10-20mph. tonight: mostly clear. lows will be in the low/mid 40s. winds west 5-10mph. tuesday: mostly sunny. highs will be in the low/mid 60s. winds se 5-10mph. we'll have a warm day with highs in the upper 60s to near 70. it will be very nice. a cool front will move through late in the day. this may bring a sprinkle, but th

on march 9 151 years ago tomorrow, the monitor that the virginia and for four hours the two ships slug it out pretty much to withdraw. what change that day was the course of naval warfare would take in every navy in the world. the north's entire strategy was based between the states on victim will choke the south economically. it was an economic strategy to keep the south from bringing in supplies that were necessary for the war effort, and just as important to keep her from shipping cotton which was its primary revenue stream. by choking or for, mobile bay, charleston, and preventing the south and getting the things in and out the belief was the south would eventually crumble. critical to that was the ability to do that. the north established blockading squadrons at all these major ports. the news of the confederates were creating an ironclad that could jeopardize that strategy and blanket blockading -- break the blockading was terrifying. the navy and lincoln and many people have this vision of the virginia being constructed and destroying this blockade squadron and hansen roads and

ben carson to the virginia beach campus in two weeks. carson will participate in the presidential candidate forum. it will feature a live interview with chancellor and c-e-o pat robertson. the audience will also have a chance to ask questions. the camera captures a fit of nature. you'll see a tornado ripping through a neighborhood the virginia beach mayor counters the state's threat to take away light rail funding. hear the message he has for transportation officials. months of mystery -- surrounding a local man's murder. hear from the lead investigator who is still new information in a story we've been following for weeks -- the virginia beach school board has voted on a calendar for next year. it has decided to remove some teaching days. instead of 183-- it is now 181 days. the board says that will include two and a half days of professional and staff. supporters believed it would help the entire system run more smoothly. opponents said it would hurt hourly workers. the virginia beach mayor says he's committed to light rail. that's the

the class j six- left the virginia museum of transportation.. and is headed to spencer, north carolina today. vo the six-eleven will undergo basic inspections over the next few weeks while at the north carolina transportation museum. i'm told the work that will be done is similar to inspections we have to get on our own vehicles each year.. just making sure everything is in working order. it's all work preparing the locomotive for this spring's big excursions. there's already been a lot of interest in the 611 this year.. and fran ferguson with the virginia museum of transportation tells me she's expecting the same level of excitement as what we saw last year. sot we've gotten lots of interest. i've been talking with one man from new zeland who is planning a trip, and another group wants to have a wedding. there's been a lot of interest in these very special excursions. cont vo tickets for the round trip excursions out of roanoke area already on sale for museum donors. on cam tickets will go on sale to the public on monday.. february fifteenth at

how the death of the young teen is affecting virginia tech, now that the school has learned two of their own are facing charges in the girl's death. 3 3 3 3 pattie plasma good morning virginia. it is tuesday, february 2nd, 2016. i'm pattie martin. thanks for starting your day with us. 3 pattie plasma it's too close to call in iowa. this morning, numbers show a sanders and hillary clinton. while ted cruz wins the republican vote, putting donald trump in second place, with marco rubio righrt behind him. abc's lana zak is there in iowa - 3 sanders it looks like we are in a virtual tie.a razor-thin margin separates bernie sanders and hillary clinton in iowa, a race too close to call? in some precincts a coin toss broke the delegate tie-nats coin toss the clinton campaign saying this morning, they believe they won. but clinton didn't officially declare victory in her speech. instead she took on the republicans- hillary clinton: i will not -- i will not let their decisiveness, their 3 efforts to rip away the progress that we've made be successful. so as i stand here tonight, breathing a big si

most people in the south virginia,here in where -- who were black or enslaved. one of the more interesting of these cohabitation records that i looked at came from the caroline county register, which included a notation of two old people. i say that because they literally truly are old. lilybaptist and his wife 10 like or both 89 years old. they had been owned by joseph chandler of caroline county. they claimed to have been a couple since 1791. they would've been 14 years old at the time. wether that is true or not, cannot say for sure, but they did have three surviving daughters. judy, 47, and agnes, 45. it is clear that this couple had been committed to each other for potentially more than seven decades before anyone legally recognized their marriage. meall the time people ask where slaves married, yes, they recognized their marriage. i am sure even joseph chandler recognized their marriage but the state of virginia did not, and this particular register made it possible for it to be. the bureau also attempted to aid lacks in locating family members. , in july 1

a sign the virginia street bridge project is coming along well. recent developments included pouring concrete and fixing the curbs. the next phase includes working on utilities and replacing old poles around the bridge. six days a week - about twelve hours a day... for the last eight months. the goal is still to open up in may... which they say is achievable if progress continues at this rate. the nevada department of transportation is continung its effort to seismically retrofit nevada's bridges in the event of an earthquake with a new overpass closure. take a look at this map. the bellevue bridge over i-580 in washoe valley has been closed and the northbound on and off ramps are being diverted. ky sisson is live in washoe valley where construction crews have started working on this over pass. he has more on the project. good morning ky. good morning andi. the bellevue bridge behind me is almost 50 years old and is one of a few projects ndot is working on in washoe valley to keep roadways safe for the 32,000 vehicles that drive i-580 everyday. meg

the age of 21. and more families in virginia are feeling the effects of heroin addition. in virginia beach alone - police say in 2015 they had 135 heroin overdoses - of those 35 people died. and so far in 2016-- 36 people have overdosed -- and 6 of them were fatal. and those are just the cases that police have responded to. 13:36 there s an epidemic in this country and we )re trying to do our part to save lives to make a difference i think this will help and will make a difference" in hopes of preventing deaths - leaders with police challenge for officers. 06:47 )it does take us out of our role because typically when we respond to the scene where there are felony narcotics we are in the law- enforcement role but officers are very cognizant of the fact that our primary mission is to preserve life." 15:35 i m sure will have a story of them saving a life in the near future virginia beach police say they are one of the only police agencies in the state training all of their officers. they ve got 50 devices now -- and hope to get 100 more in the next few weeks. live in the stud

the nfl to college football... it's national signing day... virginia tech got some guys who could make an immediate impact for the hokies... that there are many sides to basketball star an fashion icon russell westbrook. and with coverage in the middle of anywhere from u.s. cellular, he can find some new ones. like, farmer. russell's brussels. russell speaking. paleontologist. hashtag t-rex. park ranger. where am i? and t.v. spokesperson. that's my line. i got it. with u.s. cellular, you can do all the things you like, from the middle of anywhere. of college football, today is like christmas, with presents arriving on campus in the form of signed recruits... for virginia tech it was new head coach justin fuente's first class... many of the signees are holdovers who committed to frank beamer... but fuente certainly put his stamp on the class... let's take a closer look at virginia tech's recruiting class... the hokies recruiting class ranked in the top 40 by espn... tech announcing 21 signees, inclduing 9 mid-year enrollees already on campus... the crow

police dispatchers say the latest one happened in virginia beach. we found crews on brigadoon drive around seven. that's off pleasure house road in the cheseapeake beach area. closer to the oceanfront -- virginia beach firefighters put out burning apartments on treetop drive. that's in the linkhorn bay area. they say one person was hurt, and they think it may have started by accident. it could be weeks before we know what caused a devastating weekend inferno in norfolk that left nearly 40 people homeless. chopper 10 flew over the smoking remains -- in the willoughby area of ocean view, saturday. today -- chief jeffery wise told us the fire destroyed eight buildings and damaged six. everyone made it out safely -- thanks in part to neighbors who went door to door -- and to the firefighters who braved bitter cold and high winds. marianne mcgovern/ocean view resident (1) 48:17 please believe me, to anybody, to any of the firefighters, we are so proud of you, and i thank every single one from every engine company that responded to stand out here in the fr

very heavy rain for much of us across the heart of virginia. this pocket of red is where we could see heavier rain ongoing. by 3:00 p.m., make sure that children are prepared for the rain and have their umbrella as we'll see heavy rain continuing across the heart of virginia. by 5:00-7:00 a.m., most of the rain is going to end and move out of to the east by richmond. overnight tonight, cloudy, if you're going out this evening, generally dry though you may notice drizzle on your windshield. we'll see lows in the 40s and 50s in southside. increasing light rain after midnight. hourly weather for tomorrow, rain in the morning at 8:00 a.m. notice the temperatures tomorrow. it's going to be windy as well. it's a breezy south wind. that's going to warm us to the upper 50s at lunchtime and upper 60s in the afternoon. decreasing rain by 8:00 a.m. as the rain will be to the east of us. the rest of area, low-mid-60s. we're not expecting to see any icy roads. bedford 63. amherst 62. your 7-day forecast shows outdoor plans will be safe from the rain on thurs

commonwealth of the eight hundred four registered virginia voters polled fifty five percent said it's more important to control who can buy guns then it is to protect the right to own guns when it comes to lgbt rights and fifty seven percent of voters did not like the bill that would allow businesses to deny services to gay and couples based upon religious beliefs and as for expanding medicaid. sixty one percent say it should happen but for it. a strong majority say the general assembly should mix of virginia hospitals offer to cover the state's ten percent share of medicaid expansion costs but they worry whether washington is good for the rest you can read all the results on our website presumably thirteen years now. speaking of health care in the commonwealth more than four hundred and twenty thousand virginia signed up for health insurance through the federal marketplace governor terry mcauliffe released a new total today it includes numbers from the most recent enrollment period that ended last month nationally twelve point seven million

the colonial virginia council is holding its lumberjack challenges and the plantation. our photojournalist paul foss hill herrera went down to camp to find out what it's all about the juice is a lumberjack events hosted by the colonial virginia council of the newport news near the slowness to this property here and the plantation. this is the fourth time that we've done together the event are on and this is the largest time that we never had it with the growth of some of the events or countertop where we're dragging a heavy log of ways maybe a couple hundred pounds up and down a slalom the splitting logs in they have a son in the very back of a cuban back on the battlefields with the troops everybody send up of leaders over three hundred people here this weekend have to split the log in to pick up for what is going to exit do a lot of work and come out here and now another friend and a whole bunch of activities together just the physical work of moving the body just going to develop them both both mentally and physically for high tech many of the town's having fun and l