reporter: warner ashby of rockville purchased about 30 new year's raffle tickets for 20 bucks each. this is the one that turned that $600 investment into a million. >> wow! this could be a good day for me. so i looked through my numbers and there it was. i was flabbergasted. i looked through it a few times, made a few combs of the ticket and then i said -- copies of the ticket and then i said oh, my gosh. >> at that time i was calling everybody to say hey, the store won a million dollars of. reporter: the owner of the 7- eleven in great falls was just as excited because his store is where ashby purchased that winning ticket thanksgiving day. now he gets $10,000 for the retailer prize. >> i wish i had the whole thing, though. reporter: warner ashby plans to spend some of his million on his favorite thing, his grandchildren and he might go to hawaii, but he'll keep his chauffeur job for at least a year. >> i like my job. i like the people i work with. i'm not ready to give that up. they're an emotional attachment i have. reporter: you're going to share some of this with them, right? >

reporter: warner ashby of rockville purchased 30 new year's millionaire raffle tickets like this one for 20 bucks each. this is the one that turned that $600 investment into a million. >> this could be a good day for me. so i looked through my numbers and there it was. i was flabbergasted. i looked through it a few times, made a few copies of ticket and said oh, my gosh. >> at that time i was calling everybody at the store and everybody to say hey, i won $1 million of. reporter: the owner of the 7- eleven in great falls is just as excited. now he gets $10,000 for the retailer prize. >> i wish i had the whole thing, though. reporter: warner ashby plans to spend some of his million on his favorite thing, his grandchildren and he might go to hawaii, but he says he'll keep his chauffeur job at least a year. >> i like my job. i like the people that i work with. i'm not ready to give that up. they're an emotional attachment i have. reporter: you're going to share some of this with them, right? >> no. absolutely not. i just hope they don't find pout. reporter: well, i kind of think they mig

warner ashby just won a million dollars from the virginia new year's millionaire raffle. he's been driving people around the d.c. area for 20 years. ashby says he bought 20 tickets for the lottery but he didn't check the number, and then he read online that the winning ticket was purchased at the 7-eleven on georgetown pike in great falls, where he had bought his ticket. >> i said golly, i bought a ticket at that store, and so i started, you know, immediately going through my tickets. and of course, you know, the numbers matched up, and i said holy moly, this can't be right. >> despite winning a million dollars, ashby says he'll keep his job as a chauffeur for now. he says he is worried, though, that folks won't tip him as much. as for what he's going do with all that money, he says he plans to visit his daughter and granddaughter in tennessee and then maybe take a trip to hawaii. he could probably take several trips. >>> it's worth only about $50 in any given store. still ahead on "news4 this week," why a bethesda woman is offering a big reward from something stolen from

warner ashby picked up the ticket at a 7-eleven on georgetown pike. he works as a chauffeur and he says he will stay on the job for now even though he is taking the day off. don't expect to hear about a why would shopping spree from this winner. >> i have no definite plans right now. i'm just be talking to my financial advisors and we'll see what happens. maybe i can turn it into $3 million. who knows? >> he wasn't the only one picking up a big check either. the owner of the 7-eleven also received $10,000 for selling that winning ticket. good for him. >> a little envious though. >> of course. it is hard not to be. that is a lot of money. >> whenever i play, i never even get a number. i'm not even close. that is great he is not going to go on a spending spree. he is going to save it. >> seems like a very nice man. >> do we have some good weather coming up? >> not just nice, absolutely beautiful for this time of year. let's kick it off. the only headline you need to know, even warmer friday. yes, yesterday, we made it to 50. today, we'll be flirting wit

warner ashby of rock hill won virginia's new year's millionaire raffle. on thanksgiving day, he bought about 30 tickets for $20 each from a 7-eleven in great falls. he said he didn't know he had won until he saw an article online that a winning ticket had been bought from the same store. so, he decided to check. >> i looked at my numbers and there it was. you know, i was flabbergasted. i looked through it a few times. i made a few copies of the ticket and then i said oh, my gosh. >> ashby says he'll keep his job as a chauffeur for a year at least. the owner of the 7-eleven also got $10,000 for winning the win -- for selling the winning ticket. >> a million dollars doesn't go very far. >> columbia residents will be able to listen to the symphony without leaving their home. they'll be able to listen to them in columbia heights. they're part of the nsos in your neighborhood series. >>> well, april marks the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the titanic. >> for the first time, items from the ocean liner will be sold at auction. manuel gallegus has a preview

his name is warner ashby and he just won $1 million from the virginia new year's millionaire ralph. ashby bought the winning ticket at a 7-11 on georgetown pike in great falls. took him a few days, though, the winning ticket was one of the ones he had bought. >> i said, golly, i bought a ticket at that store. i started immediately going through my tickets and of course the numbers matched up and i said holy moly, this can't be right. >> it was. ashby says he plans to visit his daughter and granddaughter in tennessee. says he'd like to take a trip to hawaii, always wanted to go there. says he didn't want the news to get out because he plans to keep working and doesn't want to lose his loyal customers. >> a family dog in albuquerque, new mexico is blamed for eating a woman's wedding ring. rachel at kinson usually takes her ring off when she goes to bed and puts it on her night stand. but couldn't find it when she got up and suspected her bassett hound when he acted strangely. after ten days and the ring didn't come out naturally, she took the dog to the vet and had the ring removed an

warner ashbie bought the raffle. he works as a chauffeur and plans to stay on the job at least for now: i have no definitely plan right now. i'm just going to be talking to my financial advisors and we'll see what happens. maybe i can turn it into two or three millions. who knows in. >> the owner of the 7-eleven that sold that ticket also received 70 million-dollar. >> his name already sound like a millionaire. he may have been before. >> i love that. >>> this is the unveiling of the butter sculpture at the am farm show. you can take a look here. thinks elaborate. it weighs almost 12,000 pounds, all made of butter. it was unveiled last night in harris burg. it marks the 4h education program teaching young people about animal care. it depicts the child, booze, the queen giving him a ribbon. >>> once you put it on the internet, it will never be tank down. a french company released and online ad. you see it to the left, four children with their arms wrpped around each other. now just off to the right of that picture of

and warner ashby picked up the ticket at a 7-eleven in great falls and he works as a chauffer and will the job for now, even though he took the day off today. don't expect about tohear about a build wild shopping free spree from this winner. >> i have no definite plans now. i will talk to my financial advisors and we'll see what happens. may beky turn it into 3 million. who knows. >> we hope you can. ashby, by the way, was not the only one picking up a big check. the owner of the 7-eleven received $10,000 for selling the winning ticket. >> i think i am related to him. >> you think so? >> i think so. >>> and now for a look at what is next. >>> how the president's new consumer cop is moving forward despite tough questions about his new job title. >>> and then a murder case in the mountains, how federal agents got creative to warn campers there was a kill or the loose. >>> and plus pepco gives a bad review and big fine and still gives the ceo a huge raise. why they say it's well- deserved. join us on the news edge six. x ♪ i'm feelin', feelin' a sunny day ♪ ♪ sunny day ♪ i'm feelin', feel

reporter: he drove the limo because the winner warner ashby is a chauffeur for rockville, maryland. ashby said when he heard the winning ticket came from the great falls 7-eleven he got his hopes up. >> i started immediately going through my tickets and the numbers matched up and i said this can't be right. reporter: but it was 1 million times right, not bad for a regular lottery player who hadn't won a thing until now. ashby has driven limos for decades. >> i started at ronald reagan's second inauguration and i've been doing it ever since. i thought it's better than working inside. anything is better than working inside. reporter: he said he has no immediate plans to stop. >> i'm going to keep my job for now, probably a year from now i don't think. so. reporter: he says he'll visit his daughter and grandkids in tennessee and may head back to visit hawaii, but that's about it. >> i have no definite plans right now. i'm going to be talking to my financial advisors and we'll see what happens. maybe i can turn it into 2 or 3 million. >> we certainly hope, so mr. ashby. he homes to head

warner ashby is a chauffeur from rorbgville. get this.ob, so he may just be picking you up. i think our producer matt said he showed up at his own door to take him to the airport. he won $1 million in the virginia new year's millionaire raffle, and he told us initial le he didn't want his name getting out because he doesn't want his customers to stiff him on tips. ashby plans to visit his daughter and granddaughter in tennessee and then take a trip to hawaii. >>> in ten days the country will celebrate martin luther king jr. day. this year it takes on sperb meaning right here in the district. this is the first year visitors will be able to visit the new king memorial since it was dedicated last fall. the national park service will lay a wreath at the site and offer educational programs on the holiday on january 16th. the national cathedral will also hold a special service that afternoon, and the smithsonian's anacostia museum will hold a commemoration of the civil rights leader. rights leader. >>> il, any luck finding a car? not yet. i wan

. >> try to let it soak in >> warner ashbie is a chauffeur.ob for now and don't expect to hear about a wild shopping spree from this winner. >> i have no definite plans right now. i will be talking to my financial advisors and see what happens. maybe i can turn it into 2 or 3 million-dollar. >> could you be that cool if you just had a check for a million dollar. >> i would be like this >> he was not the only one picking up a big check much the owner of the 7-eleven received $10,000 for selling the winning ticket. and the business will double or triple for that 7-eleven. >> that's a lucky store. >> you were you were really high there. >> yeah, exactly. >> you do it. >> you won the lottery, didn't you? >> yeah, you could tell. >> i would be excited if you won, too. >> thanks. >>> tony will join us after the break and take it with allison to the next hour. >>> and the pope has named 22 new cardinals and one of them from maryland >>> and redskins lorenzo alexander is in the house talking about a new award he received from the nfl and talk about th