watching us from roanoke, 24. danville, 32. martinsville at 25. wind chills everywhere are cold and even colder toward the mountains. virginia tech and blacksburg, your wind chill right now at 9 degrees. there are a few areas of snow flurries for the mountains. snow out there toward i-81 the new river valley some of the mountain peaks, some of the small areas of snow but not expecting any accumulation. when you wake up tomorrow wake up to sunshine. a lot of sunshine for your thursday and we will have a lot of sunshine all throughout the day, and despite the sun, the wind will be coming in from the west and we will have that cold air wrapping into virginia. now on friday, there could be a few snow flurries toward the mountains. not expecting any accumulation, and that area of snow out ahead of the next surge of colder air which arrives late friday night into saturday and sunday. for tonight, we will see lows in the teens. amherst, 16. bedford, 16. appomattox at 18. 19 for south boston and 16 for smith mountain lake. we will stay below freezing the

around the rest of the area watching us from roanoke, 37. altavista, 39. and lower 40s for highs down into south side. this is going to be the coldest week we have seen so far this season, and you can see it on the seven-day, with highs in the 30s and even 20s later this week30s and even 20s later this week. look at the low temperatures beginning wednesday night and thursday morning for the remainder of the week. you will see lows in the teens each night and morning. >>> one woman says she lost >>> one of most popular ways to connect to babysitters and nannyconnect to babysitters and nannies are to connect at the computer at care.com. recently the federal trade commission warned that con artists are using that site and sittercity.com to cheat you. kimberly suitor went to bat for one person who fell for the scheme in mommy monday. >> reporter: when 22>> reporter: when 2 2-year-old ashley signed on care.com this offer seemed to come from a family in need. >> i got a e-mail from a woman claiming to be melissa rose who said she was deaf. she was moving to the

from greensboro to roanoke.. but first the 611 has some last minute preps. w-s-l-s 10's erin brookshier joins us live from roanoke with more..erin?### the great 611 is taking off this morning for spencer north carolina for some final inspections and last minute work before this springs excursions. will leave out of roanoke travel through hardy to bedford and through greensboro. this spring excursions will take place all across our area, roanoke and lynchburg. tickets for donors are already on sale, they went on sale yesterday and tickets to the general public go on sale monday morning at 10 a-m. 3box - crosstalk carolina for some final inspections and last minute work before this springs excursions. will leave out of roanoke travel through hardy to bedford and through greensboro. this spring excursions will take place all across our area, roanoke and lynchburg. tickets for donors are already on sale, they went on sale yesterday and tickets to the general public go on sale monday morning at 10 a-m. 3box - crosstalk morning for spencer north carolina for some final inspections and last minute work

wfxr's monitoring conditions for us live from downtown roanoke with more. the roads are icy. the snow in combination with that freezing rain has made slushy mess on the roads, sideways, and in driveways. the roads and sidewalks are very slick, so drive cautiously. vdot has done a great job of clearing the snow off the interstates and primary roads, but with the rain the roads continue to be dangerous. valley metro continues to operate on their snow routes this morning. high pressure wedging down the east slopes of the appalachians willslowly move northeast tonight...as low pressure moves from the lowermississippi valley to the mid atlantic states. another low willtrack out of southern canada tonight into the tennessee valley bylate tuesday....winter storm warning in effect until noon est today....today...mostly cloudy with rain and freezing rain this morning...then partly sunny with a slight chance of rain this afternoon. trace. not as cool with highs in thelower 40s. west winds 15 virginia is not the only one dealing with winter weather, from record-shattering cold to more r

we're just hours away from republican presidential candidate marco rubio's campaign stop in roanoke. wdbj7's christian heilman joins us live from roanoke college where the presidential hopeful will be soon. nadia, senator marco rubio will be speaking inside the bast center here on the college's campus. it's scheduled to begin at 8:30. his trip comes less than 48 hours before the start of super tuesday. the latest cbs news poll shows rubio still has plenty of ground to make up if he wants to do well in virginia. rubio is in second place -- trailing donald trump by 13 points. he's taken a sharper tone in over the last week or so -- calling trump a con artist during campaign stops and interviews. we talked with some folks out on roanoke college's campus this afternoon. they don't necessarily support rubio, but they're interested in what he has to say. cullen truett, coming to hear rubio " it's about doing citizen. everybody bases their support on what they get on heresay, but they don't actually have the evidence of what that candidate said to back it up. " patrick stone, coming to hear rubio 00594014 "it's a great oppor

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she joins us live from roanoke county. paris, what are you seeing right now? kyle, the roads are are completely covered with snow. snow plows on the interstates and those primary roads like peters creek right here by the studio are passing, but it's still very dangerous out there. you know we drive 4 wheel drive vehicles with great tires and when i when i was driving this morning even to pick up january there were some touch and go moments where i almost skidded out of control. so if you don't have to be out here, stay off the roads as recommended. crews pretreated the roads ahead of the storm and they are plowing continuously, but know that they're priority is the interstate, major streets, and valley metro routes. once those areas are cleared they will work on the neighborhood streets. if you are taking the bus, please know that valley metro is driving on their snow routes today on a hourly schedules. so beware and as of right not there will be no blacksburg transit this morning in blacksburg or christianburg until further notice. reporting in roanoke county

watching us from blacksburg or roanoke, the snow will be increasing. a closer look at the snow that falling is along the interstate. back toward lynchburg, mainly rain and even if do you see some snow, it is going to have a difficult time stick as the temperatures are too warm. right now we are in the upper 30s, so we are above freezing, freezing the next few hours. so if you do have to be out, maybe headed to the grocery store or headed out to dinner, the roads are going to be wet and not icy. temperatures in the up -- temps in the upper 30s. blacksburg down to freezing at 3223732. rainbow at 37. and lower 40s toward danville as well as south boston. now here is what it looks like four for the next couple of days. midnight tonight. it is not it very well on future cast. a mix of rain and light snow, so the majority of the measurable snow, what there will be of it will be in the mountains. now when you wake up tomorrow morning, it is possible there could be a few slippery spots on the roads, but i think most of the roads are going to be okay. use commo

and joining us now is tim white from the roanoke valley s-p-c-a and he has brought us a virginia high school teacher wakes up from a coma- and meets the man >> anchor: welcome back. a virginia teacher meeting a man after waking up from a coma and meeting the man who saved she got the chance to meet david cassidy. >> kyle: but the story about how to meet him is remarkable. they're in a car wreck in northern virginia and she ended up in a coma. her husband played and sang cassidy's music to her during hospital. coma. >> she actually got to meet david cassidy upon waking up, as you saw there. friends spread the word. casidy's manager got in touch with her. they made that dream come true happen and as you saw there, excited. >> pretty cool that cassidy's managers reached out to the family and got him involved very grateful. >> jason: i love to see celebrities do things like that.

us from danville. you are at 62. upper 40s for roanoke. lower 50s in lynchburg. you can see the last edge of the area of rain gradually clearing its way across the heart of virginia. we are still seeing showers near brook neal, keysville and down to south boston and to farmville. that rain will continue moving east and away. for this evening, we will seat rain ending. a lot of us one to two inches of rain. coming up a little lather, we will show you the specific rain totals and when colder weather arrives. >> danner: thank you, george. >>> it stinks to live in parts of campbell county right now. many residents say living by the region's landfill is unbearable and they demanding that supervisors do something about it. katie brooke has the latest on that tonight. >> reporter: danner nothing will happen any time soon. last night the board of supervisors heard from john hashedy, the president of citizens group concerned about the landfill. the campbell county landfill joined the regional authority in 2008. trash hauled in from appomattox trash coming in is called an

wdbj-7's shayne dwyer joins us live tonight from the roanoke post office with that answer, shayne? chris i tested the mail just to see how it navigates through this consolidation. roanoke's consolidation is halfway complete. outgoing mail goes to greensboro, but the incoming mail facility is still in roanoke and its move has been put off. but customers still say the mail is too slow. for more than two centuries the mail has been an integral part of life as we know it in the united states. but in the age of our high tech lifestyle, the mail business is hurting. over the past decade the united states postal service has seen nearly a third less total mail volume. annual revenue is down, and system wide more than 200 thousand people no longer promise to be there rain or shine, sleet or snow - former co-workers of carlton cooper. "i'm vested in this company and i hate the service that we're giving to our customer now." the amount of stamped letters, cards and bills sent first class is down more than seventy percent in the past decade. facing numerous problems the postal service chose to

bring us from the abc 13 weather experts. >>> a live look from our roanoke tower camera. we are tracking the latest on your forecast. we have team coverage with melissa first. >> melissa: we saw lots of snow yesterday. the latest snowfall totals from the national weather service. we just got these in blacksburg picked up 10. 9 inches in parts of . 9 inches in parts of bedford. 8 inches in roanoke. six in amherst. 5.4 at the abc 13 studio. 3 inches to the south side. we saw sleet and freezing rain. you can see where the freezing rain transitions to the heavy rainfall we saw this morning. now, cold front low pressure system moving to the northeast. it is long gone. we check out pinpoint doppler radar appeared a beautiful you can see the snow that has fallen in the mountains. if you're stepping outside, it is bright. we're going to send it to will strafford who was life. >> reporter: is like a different day out here. it is quite bright. there still a little snow pack on the ground. what essentially happens is the sun hits that and reflects the light on the ground. you will n

the winds light and around the rest of the area, watching us from hillsville, 35. blacksburg, 37. roanoke, 41. 42 up to uva and charlotteville. farmville, 44 and lower 40s south side. across virginia. when you wake up in the morning, beautiful blue sky and we will see some high clouds moving on across throughout the day, and that means sunshine and high clouds, and looks good for you tomorrow afternoon. the weather is going to be dry. i do want to show you something that we are watching for sunday to our south and southeast. if you have travel plans, if you were headed into the carolinas, there is going to be some pockets of heavy rain toward and south and east of raleigh-durham and by sunday, we are going to see some of that rain spreading into virginia. now we are going to stay dry here, but as you make your way east toward richmond and the coast, increasing clouds and increasing chances for rain that direction for your sunday. for us tonight, we are already seeing the wind diminishing. clear skies and cold by morning with lower 20s. amherst, 22. appomattox, 23. 25 for south boston. 20

lexington watching us from the i-81 area, roanoke, 48. altavista, 51 and brookneal, south boston, lower 50s. quick check on your saturday forecast. looks like a great day to be out in the yard. lower 40s at 9. uner 50s at noon and top out at 63. notice the wind coming from the south and southwest. a few small showers possible for your sunday and monday and then increasing heavier rain. we will have to watch the monitor that cold air for you for tuesday, wednesday and thursday. if it does get colder, snow will be possible. >>> starting grid for sunday's daytona 500 will be decided tonight. >> mark: tar heels coach ray williams talks about his decision not to use a timeout seconds and s drivers for a the cam am duels that set the stage for the daytona 500. dale earnhardt jr. starts second in the first qualifier. >> there is strategy to what the pit crew is going to do and what they want to accomplish. but the driver is out there making choices based on instichingt and what is happening around them. >>> today marks 15 years since the death o

roanoke you will drop to 19. new river valley at 17. martinsville at 19. watching us from appomattox, amherst, you are in for a cold night. you may see a few snow flurries but no accumulation. your hourly weather for tomorrow show us below freezing the morning, and it is going to be cold at lunchtime. see an actual temp of 32, but feel colder with the wind. 35 tomorrow afternoon and dropping back down into the 20s tomorrow evening. around the rest of the area tomorrow, a few snow flurries will be possible in the mountains. otherwise a mix of sun and clouds in a breezy west wind, the seven-day forecast, look at the low temperatures. we are going to be dropping into the teens. this is the coldest seven day that we have seen this season, and for the weekend, we will be staying below freezing for the entire weekend with highs in the 20s. >> whitney: thank you, george. >>> well, last year was not a good year to go into the water. 2015 set a new record for unprovoked shark attacks in the u.s. and worldwide according to the florida museum of natural history. there were 59 unprovo

roanoke at 30. if you were watching us from danville, 36. south boston, 37. and milder as you make your way toward uva and charlottes shell. this you shows how cold it feels 20 in roanoke and feels like 12 in blacksburg. so you certainly will want 20 so you certainly will want to take your big coat with you this evening. what i want to you notice over the next few days, put this into motion. you are going to see the weather is going to be mostly dry across virginia. but look at the clouds, moving in from the west and northwest. so this is telling us there is a large area low pressure up to the north, and what that means for us across virginia is that cold air up in canada is going to be pulled around the low, and we are going to get colder over the next few days. now it is possible you may see a few snow flurries tomorrow. we are not expecting any measurable snow. the bulk of the snow will be on the western slopes. jumping ahead for your thursday, the air will be drier and full sunshine. but despite the full sunshine, we are still going to have that west and n

from greensboro, north carolina to roanoke on april 23-rd and 24-th. the 6-11 will travel along the roanoke river and go on virginian rails .. which are seldom used for excursions. another excursion... the powhatan arrow... will travel from roanoke to lynchburg on may seventh and eighth. walker nelms / virginia museum of transportation: "we are just we're just over the moon about it. awfully excited we have the excursions set and starting in april and moving through may and into june." dollars. wednesday was a very wet day with heavy rain and storms as a powerful cold front rolled through the region. we did have some areas of flooding as well. the rain will get out of here by late this afternoon. it was a cooler than expected day, as the wedge was in play for some of us, holding temperatures down in spots. tonight: skies slowly clear, especially after midnight with lows in the lower 40s. fog is also possible too. tomorrow: mix of sun and clouds with highs in the upper 40s to near 50. both friday and mostly sunny. temperatures will only reach the middle 40s on friday, but will climb into the low-to-mid 50s on saturday. super bowl sunday will be pa

roanoke city council and mayor. wsls ten's duke carter tells us more about what to expect from tonight's candidate forum. "members in the roanoke regional chamber are holding a city candidate and mayoral forum tonight. vo there are three seats up for election on the roanoke city council in may. and two members on council sherman lea and david trinkle are running for mayor now that david bowers is not seeking another term. but first is the democratic people can vote at the berglund center. candidates running for office are expected to talk about issues ranging from economic development to issues with public education. roanoke regional chamber leaders say they wanted to give an opportunity to get to know the candidates and the positions they stand on before the primary sot we hope that people can get a better idea a handle on the issues that are shaping the race and also know we come at this with a business perspective and so which perhaps are more business friendly because the stronger a business climate is the more businesses large and small can grow and thrive. on cam the roanoke city candidate forum is

mid- to upper 40s for most of us watching us from virginia tech and blacksburg at 42. roanoke, 45. 49, danville and 49 in halifax county. seeing small showers developing in roanoke and blacksburg. not much rain out there, but if you were driving and briefly have your windshield wipers on, most of the rain will be increasing after midnight and a huge blob of rain to our south. that blob of rain if you want to call it that will be moving in during the overnight. between and midnight, you can near steady rain overnight. some of this rain will be heavy. tomorrow at 6 a.m., you will likely be checking out melissa who will be updating you on the rain. a lot of rain. very wet start to your tuesday. now during the rest of your daynow during the rest of your day, a here a look at lunchtime in the afternoon. not as much rain around; however, a few showers are possible at a time on tuesday and see the rain ramping up for late tuesday night into very early wednesday morning. and overall the heaviest of rain that we are going to see is going to fall on wednesday. 3 to 5 p.m., we may see so

midnight, you can see most of this precip will be from near -- near roanoke and lynchburg and southward across south side which means if you are watching us from danville, you will have rain. could be mixed in with some snow, and the bulk of this snow will stay closer to the mountains. at 4:30 in the morning, driving south and driving into this rain and area of snow. and then by the time you get going on your wednesday morninggoing on your wednesday morning, most of this is going to go well to the east, and we will see drier weather. fairly pleasant wednesday and cool. so overnight tonight, we will see lows eventually falling toward the upper 20s and lower 30s by morning. appomattox, 31. altavista, 32. 331 for smith mountain lake. and your hourly weather for tomorrow, below freezetomorrow, below freezing for 9. above freezing at lunchtime. upper 40s during the afternoon, cool and dry with that west breeze. around the rest of the area tomorrow, if you were watching us from south side, highs in the 50s toward danville and south boston. your seven-day forecast shows gradual warming trend by fridaygradual warming trend by friday. then for sat

us about a popular scam that's hitting the roanoke area. the type of phone call people said they received all sounded similar. the scammer would say he was from the us treasury and that the person owed the irs thousands of dollars. if that person didn't pay them back then in fact, sometimes the scammer would say an officer was 45 minutes away from their house. the scammer gave two options. 1) they could go to court and get a defense lawyer that would cost $20,000 dollars or 2) they could go to wal mart or cvs and get a money gram for the full amount. gram for the full amount. virginia's better business bureau says to never give any credit card information over the phone. never trust callers who are threatening or hostile. an irs agent will never get the police or an immigration agent. if you have been targetted by a scam you can go to ftc- dot-gov and use the complaint assistant portal. the irs did put this statement out due to the recent scams sweeping the area. the irs will always send taxpayers a written notification of any tax due via the u.s. mail. the irs never asks for credit card, debit card or prepaid card information over the teleph

started to pick up a bit, the amounts are very light, but from southern pines, up us-1 in sanford, seem like precipitation and again from roanoke rapids to your lineup, henderson to roxboro showing up on the radar but not a lot of it following. provider themotsree better shape that we will be in. this will be the trend for most of the remainder of the day. there may be sometimes when it comes down more heavily, but we're not looking at huge bands of freezing rain that comes down. you know, drops a quarter of an inch of ice on us. that quarter of an inch, of course, just the threshold in which we see problems with power outages. it was this band right here that came through about 4:15 to 4:30. this latest down a nice little layer of snow for folks in durham and northern part of wake county. we never saw that in raleigh. very quickly changed over to freezing rain as the band slipped southward. we did not get to see there, it was all freezing rain for us. but that first little bit late problems like this. you can see here at i-85 and i- 40, there is a truck that slid off the road. that is of course not a bridge. you really have to

of those pictures that you sent in to us from danvilleyou sent in to us from danville, russburg, and an take a look at that.of lynchburg, danville, bedford, roanoke and the new river valley. >> danner: we want to get back into the field and show you some of the damage we are collecting out there as to that possible tornado touchdown in appomattox county. katie brooke is live in the what have you been seeing, katie? >> reporter: well, d well, danner, i want to show you right now this tree, one of the dozens i have seen uprooted. large trees. the ground is so saturated and wind so strong that so many of these trees are down in the area. i can tell you we have been up and down 46 -- 460 for hours this evening an traffic has been very slow. sometimes it was at a stop. sometimes it has been slow. state police are here and they are doing the best they can to keep traffic coming and going and i am told consistently by a lot of the people on the scene that it is over in the evergreen area back there is where the tornado actually touched down. that is what some people are telling me and tons of first responder os going back there. chaos. so much going on

bedford, 32 and roanoke and if you were watching us from blacksburg, we will stay below your seven-day forecast show the coldest weather of the season arriving for your saturday and sunday. we are going to stay below 32 all weekend. highs only reaching the 20s. the coldest night and morning, we are going to see it will be saturday night and sunday morning with lows near 8. then on monday, a chance for rain and snow. this does not look like a major winter storm, but this will give us the new information if there are any accumulations and then the warming trend kicks in for tuesday and wednesday. >> mark: sports is next. uva got its payback last night while carolina roy williams scare. >> dennis: hi, everybody, number 7 virginia have won seven in a row and looks to be gaining momentum with every victory. the cavaliers led wire to wire in their 67-49 win over the hokies at john paul jones arena. chris clark returned to the hokies line-up scorehokies line-up scoring 11 points in limited action but takes a complete game to crack the virginia defense. >> a lot of great talent on our team. we

roanoke at 30. if you were watching us from south boston, danville, altavista. temperatures in the lower 30s. your hourly weather for tomorrow shows that we will briefly be below freezing. at lunchtime, we will be in the mid-30s and highs in the upper 30s tomorrow. so it is going to be colder than what we had today. we will see a chance for light rain and light snow, but for most of us it is not going to stick. 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

us on virginia today here on w-s-l-s 10. i'm jenna zibton. and i'm patrick mckee. a warm up on the way this weekend. city from our downtown roanoke skycam. storm team ten meteorologist kristina montuori joins us now.. kristina? friday: mostly sunny with highs in the upper 40s & lower 50s saturday: sun & clouds with highs in the lower 60s sunday: isolated showers possible with highs in the lower 60s monday: scattered showers possible with highs in the middle 50s tuesday: passing rain showers light snow & ice possible with highs in the upper 30s and lower 40s wednesday: passing rain showers light snow & ice possible with highs in the upper 30s and lower 40s sunny with highs in the upper 40s & lower 50s saturday: sun & clouds with highs in the lower 60s sunday: isolated showers

if you were watching us from appomattox, you may barely make it above freezing. roanoke at 31. 28 toward28 toward blacksburg. 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

us on a friday night. i'm lester holt reporting tonight from columbia, south carolina. for all of us at nbc shots fired in roanoke ... we talk to people in the neighborhood and have the latest in the investigation. plus the flint water crisis ... how virginia tech researchers now at seven ... blacksburg bans the box. how it could benefit both the town ... and those with a criminal history. plus ... a virginia power company is hit with a violation after an oil leak in the potomac river. the impact on area wildlife. neighborhood on edge ... after a shooting in a place many call safe. good evening, and thanks for joining us for wsls 10 at seven. i'm lindsey ward. and i'm dawn jefferies. roanoke police identify a suspect following an early morning shooting. it happened in the 47-hundred block of delray street northwest just after midnight. police said there was a disturbance inside a home. when those involved left, shots were fired by different individuals outside. police say about a dozen people called in response to the shots. wsls10's christina craig has the story. 3-10 "we spoke to area neighbors who called for h

from any accidents... but drivers are urged to use caution. state and local primaries are coming up. this weekend ...roanoke voters have the opportunity to cast their ballots in a firehouse primary. how to this is a live look from our poor mountain skycam. a strong clipper-type system started to impact the region on monday, bringing some scattered rain and snow showers. as we turn colder tonight, any leftover precipitation said, tonight, the precipitation should be pretty isolated in nature, with perhaps more ramping up again tomorrow in the mountains. tonight: mostly cloudy with snow showers possible, especially in the mountains. pretty cold with lows in the upper 20s. tuesday: mainly cloudy with snow showers possible, mainly in the mountains. chilly and breezy with highs in the upper 30s. we may still have the chance for some upslope west slope snow showers wednesday will be mostly cloudy and cold still breezy too with highs in the lower 30s. as far as accumulations through wednesday, here's what we are thinking: west slope areas mainly in wv, including mt. rogers: 3-6"+ most of the nrv/highlands: 1-3" th

wdbj7's shayne dwyer will join us live from the market building in downtown roanoke with an update. walking is often better than driving when it comes to winter weather. how some people in bedford spent their snow day. and, tax season is here, and that scammers are out in the scam phone call that many wdbj7 viewers say they're getting. good morning, it's just after 5 o'clock on tuesday. i'm kimberly mcbroom i'm garrett turner. and i'm leo hirsbrunner.

roanoke woman healthy. us have. tonight we meet a roanoke woman who lost more than 100 pounds. how she went from heavy to healthy and others to do the erica: was definitely through high school erica austin: i am a binge eater. i am a convenience eater continued-- through the birth of her first child. any fast food i at fast food breakfast and through the pregnancy of her second. erica austin: i would get the most convenient pizza, donuts cake, anything sweet loved candy bars erica austin: i eat out of boredom i eat for emotions and and i also love sugar jean: so question how many uh diets did you have you tried in your lifetime did you try a lot of different diets? erica: probably all of them yes that was erica austin a couple of years ago. close to 300 pounds. too tired to move. erica: i was definitely a couch potato. this is erica austin now- at the kirk family y-m- c-a- in roanoke where she doesn't just work out. nat class she also teaches a fitness class inspired by pilates daughter aubrey two years ago that prompted a change. erica austin: i looked at her and i thought if she grows up to be

us on virginia today here on w-s-l-s 10. and i'm patrick mckee. another nice day in southwest virginia. this is a live look at the star city from our downtown roanoke skycam. storm team ten meteorologist kristina montuori joins us now.. kristina? today: few morning showers possible.after noon sunshine.breez y with highs in the lower 60s tonight: mostly clear with lows in the upper 30s tuesday: increasing clouds with highs in the lower 60s.late-day rain showers possible.overn ight rain likely wednesday: morning rain.afternoo n clearing with temperatures dropping from the

us a plan. breakpeople outside enjoying the beautiful day on the greenway video from roanoke county at the greenway people wearing short sleeve shirts and tank tops can't be weather like that for the end of february good evening everyone a meteorologist with the anderson temperatures are still mild if you're heading out for linkedin or sixty four degrees right now and roanoke winter dew point in the upper twenties relative humidity at twenty seven percent along with a southerly breeze and that southerly breeze will fifties found towardsoff early dinner 64 right now roanoke which are deployed in the upper 20s. relative humidity at 27% along with the southerly breeze and that southerly breeze will stay with us for tonight upper 50s southwards in the river valley and mountain empire. we are 56 and was perfectly fine martinsville and 59 and lynchburg ferry comfortable as april to seven o'clock hour. but back to the west of us a cold front is slowly approaching a weak one at that. not a lot of moisture associate with it to some light rain showers towards illinois, indiana and michigan. but this high-pre

roanoke clinic. wsls 10's bethany teague joins us live from our new river valley bureau. bethany.. when is this change supposed to happen? this is scheduled to take place at the end of march. planned parenthood recently began notifying its blacksburg patients of the coming change.. saying the roanoke office will now offer extended hours to accommodate the new patients. leaders say when the blacksburg clinic launched more than three decades ago.. it was the only trusted women's health care provider in the area. however.. virginia tech has expanded student and the community health center of the new river valley now women's health services in both montgomery and giles counties. planned parenthood representative paige johnson are different today, but we are equally determined to meet them, no matter what." the organization says it plans to continue offering sex education and advocacy work in the blacksburg area.. even after the clinic closes. live in the nrv newsroom bethany teague wsls 10. it's been nearly three-weeks since 13-year-old nicole lovell disappeared and was later found dea

warmer air in your didn't happen so that kept us away from any real severe threats but it continues to keep us in the fall it's only forty nine in roanoke contrast that with the fifty six in martinsville and back for bristol fifty degrees well at sixty six degrees in charleston west virginia so we may have missed out on some of the warmer weather for a little while today what were looking for tomorrow is a break in the action still some clouds hanging around from time to time its color partly sunny notice that that is not much going on to the west either but anything it does start to pop up. would be in the form of some snow flurries in west virginia so break out of our forecast tonight the showers are ending were mainly cloudy and overnight lows as we take a look to tomorrow we find ourselves with temperatures in the forties much the same as it was today is not having much change in the overall temperature profile we do have morning fog but on the plus side we do has an increasing sunshine again as well over the next seven days here's what we think will happen we get into the sunshine really properly on friday with temperature highs ne

wsls 10's rob manch joins us now live from a help save the next girl event in roanoke. rob .. i understand you spoke with a board member about this development .. help save the next girl is actually hosting a fundraiser here tonight. but like you said, i was able to speak with one of the board members who says it's a relief that this case may finally be coming to a close. of course gil harrington started the organization after matthew allegedly murdered her daughter back in 2 thousand 9. board member bruce bryan says finally closing the book on that case would allow the organization to for the first time focus all its energy on the reason it was founded: to make sure what happened to morgan never happens again. bruce bryan, help save the next girl: "can you imagine how much energy has gone into this case that we're going to hear about, and all the work and effort that has gone into getting to where they are on wednesday? well now, a lot of they'll get a little rest and also they'll be able to focus on positive things that could happen." at this point the commonwealth's attorne

from our downtown roanoke skycam. storm team ten meteorologist kristina montuori joins us now.. kristina? friday: mostly sunny with highs in the upper 40s & lower 50s saturday: sun & clouds with highs in the lower 60s sunday: isolated showers possible with highs in the lower 60s monday: scattered showers possible with highs in the middle 50s tuesday: passing rain showers light snow & ice possible with highs in the upper 30s and lower 40s wednesday: passing rain showers light snow & ice possible with highs in the upper 30s and lower 40s sunny with highs in the upper 40s & lower 50s saturday: sun & clouds with highs in the lower 60s sunday: isolated showers monday: scattered showers possible with highs in the middle 50s tuesday: passing rain showers light snow & ice possible with highs in the upper 30s and lower 40s wednesday: passing rain time now for your timesaver traffic report. a former bedford police officer indicted on child porn charges... returns to court today for an attorney advisement hearing. brian mcalexander is facing six felonies... and is currently being held without bond.

from our downtown roanoke skycam. storm team ten meteorologist kristina montuori joins us now.. kristina? today: mostly sunny with highs in the middle 40s tonight: mostly clear with lows in the middle & upper 20s friday: mostly sunny with highs in the upper 40s & lower 50s saturday: sun & clouds with highs in the lower 60s sunday: isolated showers possible with highs in the lower 60s possible with highs in the middle 50s tuesday: in the upper 30s and lower 40s let's take a look at our timesaver sunny with highs in the middle

chuck lionberger/ roanoke county schools: proceeds from the event will be used to provide scholarships for graduating seniors and grants to teachers. kimberly mcbroom/wdbj7: along with the run, happening, the backpack challenge. how will that work? chuck lionberger/ roanoke county schools: runners can buy a new backpack, fill it with school supplies and drop it off after the race. 30 dollars for adults and 20 dollars for students. onsite day of race will cost 40 dollars for adults and 25 dollars for students. and again, here are the details. the backpack run 2016 is happening at green hill park on saturday, march 19th at 8 a-m. early registration is 30- dollars per adult and 20- dollars per student. it will cost more if you register the day of the event. if you want to be a part of the backpack run, we'll put up a link to roanoke county schools on wdbj7-dot-com, after the newscast. you may get a letter from the virginia department of taxation even if you've already filed your taxes. these review of tax return letters way to prevent tax fraud and identity certain taxpayers get them when

us from the transportation museum of st. louis. during the event, we will have diesel train rides by the roanoke chapter of the national railway historical society, and demonstrations by the roanoke valley model engineers club, locomotive science activities, yarn valentine's crafts, the yellow taxi will be open and there will be a yard sale of gift shop clearance merchandise. in this week's edition of hometown hoops weekly, we'll introduce you to a father and son who have a unique connection to basketball in lynchburg. and, virginia's biggest information hotline is celebrating provides, next. areabundle up is you had out this morning temperature starting off in the single digits and teens but the windchill is in the negative single digits and negative teens as a really cold for our area taz well middle school our weather bug site their showing a current temperature of only nine degrees a light breeze there but with that peek wind us in that fifteen mylan our range that brings and down the windchill factor into the negative single digits so bundle up few snow showers in the mountains a west virginia over the next several hours all that sh

us on virginia today here on w-s-l-s 10. i'm rachel lucas. and i'm jonathan kegges. here's a live look at roanoke from our skycam. after another below average day in the temperature department on saturday, the warmth surges in for the second half of the weekend. saturday and stays with us for the bulk of the weekend. a weak cold front crosses the area on monday, but temperatures stay mild. today: becoming mostly sunny with highs in the mid to upper 40s. tonight: mostly clear with lows in the low to mid 30s. sunday: mostly sunny and warm 60s. we'll keep the warmth rolling into tuesday as mild air is morning with the on-going investigation ... in roanoke county. it happened near the walgreens at brambelton avenue and electric road. details remain limited, but one about the incident. thomas gill / witness "i was coming out of kroger ..... ambulance, fire trucks and everything else. investigation ... of an officer involved shooting in roanoke county. it happened near the walgreens at brambelton avenue and electric road. details remain limited, but one witness spoke with wsls ten about the incident. thomas gill / witne

from our downtown roanoke skycam. as you can see... for more on what to expect in the day ahead... storm team ten meteorologist kristina montuori joins us now.. kristina? today: increasing sunshine with highs in the upper 40s tonight: partly cloudy with lows in the upper 20s thursday: with highs in the middle 40s friday: sun & clouds with highs in the upper 40s & lower 50s saturday: sun & clouds with 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 time now for your timesaver widespread power outages continues to be a big concern across southwest virginia this morning. it could take three to four days before all power is restored. right now... the ice brought trees and powerlines down. at one point close to 50 thousand appalachian power customers lost service. crews are working around the clock to turn the lights and heat back on but they say rural areas and secondary neighborhoods make take longer than others. kenney boone / apco " depends on the situation. if it is just a wire down then we have to isolate it. take the switch off

of virginia, but you will notice that the bulk of staying near roanoke and near lynchburg to south. this means if you are watching us from pennsylvania county, henry county, martinsville, halifax, charlotte county, brookneal where the bulk of this light rain and light snow will occur. at 4:30 in the morning, most of us are asleep and if you were traveling across the area south of lynchburg down 29 and maybe heading south toward brookneal, watch out. there could be a few slippery areas in that direction. wednesday morning, when you wake up and get going at 8 a.m., we will be completely dry as all that moves away. and during the afternoon no more precip showing up and temperatures will be well above freezing. so overnight tonight, increasing clouds and a few showers in the area of light snow are possible. by morning, we will drop below freezing but for the evening hours, we will remain above freezing and by morning, amherst, 29. appomattox, 31. appomattox, 32. danville at 34. we will be the low freezing tomorrow morning through 9 a.m. freezing, and by lunchtime tomorrow into the mid-40s. a little breezy tomorrow if you wan

from us through the evening we will still have the chance for some snow showers. a coating -2" is possible in the nrv and highlands even perhaps into the higher elevations of the roanoke valley, with a dusting possible in spots farther east. it was cold outside on friday, but at least the winds were not all that strong. however, they strengthen big-time tonight. a wind chill advisory is in from nelson, amherst, bedford, franklin, and patrick counties and points west from 11:00pm 10:00am. tonight: mountain snow showers taper off late, skies clear after midnight. cold & turning windy with lows in the mid-to-upper teens. wind chills will be below zero in the mountains. saturday: partly to mostly sunny & blustery please bundle up! with highs in the middle 20s. sunday will see a mix of sun and clouds with highs in the mid-to-upper 20s. the winds should weaken late saturday night into sunday. sunday night through tuesday we will be impacted by a dynamic system. because the storm appears to be moving in earlier, that means the storm will have a little more cold air to work with. so, we think the precipitation will start around midnight sunday night/monday morning in the form

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 their long hi, everybody. three hp-time nascar champion tony stewart will miss the start of his final sprint cup season. stewart fractured his back in that atv accident on sunday and had surgery. no time table is set for his return but he is expected to make a full recovery and return to the driver's seat this seasonto the driver's seat this season. >>> football friday player of the

from all this rain just a littl have you ever tried to lose weight? let's face it--most all of us have. this morning, wdbj7 anchor jean jadhon introduces us to a roanoke woman who lost more than 100 pounds. how she went from heavy to healthy and is now inspiring others to do the same. erica: was definitely overweight all through high school erica austin: i am a binge eater. i am a convenience eater the bad habits continued-- through the birth of her first child. erica austin: i loved any fast food i restaurants to get my breakfast and through the pregnancy of her second. erica austin: i would get the most convenient maybe we'd order pizza, donuts cake, anything sweet loved candy bars erica austin: i eat out of boredom i eat for emotions and and i also love sugar jean: so question how many uh diets did you have you tried in your lifetime did you try a lot of different diets? erica: probably all of them yes that was erica austin a couple of years ago. close to 300 pounds. too tired to move. erica: i was definitely this is erica austin c-a- in roanoke nat class fitness class inspired by pilates and yoga. it was the birth of daughter aubrey two years ago

from our downtown roanoke skycam. storm team ten meteorologist kristina montuori joins us now.. kristina? today: cloudy with light rain possible.highs in the upper 40s and lower 50s tonight: scattered rain showers with lows in the upper 30s tuesday: rain showers with highs wednesday: rain showers with highs in the lower 50s thursday: breezy with highs in the middle 40s.few morning showers west of the blue ridge parkway friday: sun & clouds with highs in the lower 40s saturday: mostly sunny with highs in the middle 40s time now for your timesaver traffic report. jurors are expected to hear closing arguments in the waynesboro resever police captain kevin quick murder trial today before starting deliberations. the defense rested on friday after calling five witnesses to the stand in federal court in roanoke. before that, prosecutors questioned the alleged

from roanoke rapids eastward and that's going to be half inch to an inch. not looking terribly impressive in terms of totals but the snow may be with us from early to midmorning all the way through the middle of the afternoon and it might create some travel hazards. we're going to be talking more about it in terms of the timing and i'll show it to you on futurecast, exactly when you can expect the snow to arrive in your town coming up in just a few minutes. >>> insurance companies nationwide are reporting huge losses under the affordable care act. blue cross blue shield of north carolina is also considering whether to get out of the health insurance marketplace in 2017. renee chou joins us now with big news from the state's largest health insurer. >> i just talked with a spokesman for blue cross blue shield of north carolina who losing a lot of money by offering affordable care act plans and it will take a look at those plans and decide if it can continue to offer them. that would be a decision the insurer would have to make later this year. the large financial losses come from the cost of ensuring a large number of unhealthy people, people with conditions th

we are talking about our favorite dresses here today with garland from fashionista roanoke and our oscar picks... did one of us do better than the other... or are we both a couple of losers... find out today on the show.. make time for daytime at 12:30.. >>> it's fundaymond and we're back with something we like to check out. >> bobbie's redo. bobbie thomas is back with touch ups from last night's oscars. >> up always feel badly about this because you love women. you're not trying to put the ladies down. >> definitely about having fun with fashion and i love interacting with you on my social media. two ladies swapped. this was the magic wand that we waved over the red carpet and we'll start with two of my absolute favorites. julianne moore, stunning in chanel. lady gaga one of her best looks. so interesting and pretty. i couldn't help but wonder what it would look like if they swapped. >> because lady gaga is so blonde. >> look at julianne moore's hair with that red and white combination. and lady gaga with the black. >> this look on lady gaga is washing her out. >> it's look. it's a little more contrast with t

from our downtown roanoke skycam. storm team ten meteorologist kristina montuori joins us now.. kristina? tuesday: rain showers with highs in the middle 40s wednesday: rain showers with breezy with highs in the middle 40s.few morning showers west of the blue ridge parkway friday: sun & clouds with highs in the lower 40s saturday: mostly sunny with highs in the middle 40s sunday: sun & clouds with highs in the upper 40s wednesday: rain showers with highs in the lower 50s thursday: breezy with highs in the middle 40s.few morning showers west of the blue ridge parkway traffic report. a twist in a murder trial... involving a shooting at the former obenchain's garden center in roanoke. demetrius wade is charged in connection to the deaths of ronald ramey and lenard hamlett. wade initially pleaded not guilty to those charges... but changed his mind after an entire morning of jury selection. wade pleaded "no contest" and took a plea deal for two murder and firearms charges. the judge said he could face a maximum of 40 years for each murder charge... and an additional mandatory five years for eac