in martinsville, rob manch, wsls 10." the bedford county sheriff's office is helping the community prepare in case of an active shooter situation. the training is free. individuals ... business owners ... churches and other organizations can take part. they'll receive a checklist like this one as part of an active shooter on site assessment. someone from the sheriff's office will then go out to each site and build a plan. sheriff mike brown/bedford county sheriff - "we thought this training was certainly needed in our community it's not that the police are having a hard time getting to these incidents but the incidents are so fast." you can sign up for a class at the citizen's police academy march 18-th. a vigil and walk just wrapped up in danville ... as the community continues to try to come together to bring an end to violence in the city. around two dozen people showed up at the danville boys and girls club for the event. danville regional medical last week ... a similar event was held at the hospital in response to t

chief sean dunn, martinsville police: 04:07:37 16-19 "if of martinsville, get ready, we're coming after you." the department revealed an investigation that began in january of 20-15 has put 14 people behind bars for selling drugs. the department has issued 51 charges so far, which include the sale and distribution of oxycodone. clay gravely, commonwealth's attorney: 04:10:55 36-48 "i think the message is pretty clear to anybody else out there that's not currently sitting in jail right now, what it means to deal drugs in martinsville." commonwealth's attorney clay gravely says he plans to pursue possible for these alleged criminals to send a message to others thinking of doing the same. 04:11:10 "you'll regret it, and there's a good chance that you're next." dunn revealed friday the investigation involved undercover operations incorporating people in the community. 04:24:31 "these were... without exception, as a result of citizens assisting us with undercover operations, making purchases from drug dealers in our community." dunn says those purchases ranged from 40 to 300 dollar increment

in martinsville, reporting for wsls10. have a chance for a very light wintery mix tonight in spots but monday and tuesday looks more interesting. storm 10 forecast. >>> you're looking at a live picture, beautiful sunset across the roanoke valley. we saw clouds east of roanoke with more sun in the mountains. the clouds rolled right back in tonight. you'll see temperatures will fall from the lower 40s at 8 into the mid to upper 30s at midnight and eventually into the upper 20s and lower 30s. what's going on here. we could have a light wintery mix, especially after midnight. we'll talk about that in one second but i do want to tell you that friday and saturday we'll be under the influence of this guy. anytime you have this big blue h, high pressure, you see sunshine and we'll see just that once we clear things out. as we head into saturday most of the day is mostly sunny. the first half of the day we'll see our fair share of sunshine. hour by hour, 11:00 we're dry. 2ham not so much. we'll have the chance for a few flurries an

martinsville has only suffered 3 losses this season. up next, they'll be chasing a win in the 2a semifinals against gate city. alyssa rae/wsls 10 sports :"martinsville high school boys basketball team has 14 state titles, including last years state championship. this year the team hopes to send the seniors out with #15." - arae martin: "i want to repeat, just to do it for the seniors basically, send them out with a bang." while the bulldogs know to take it game by game, make no bones about it. they want to fetch another championship in 2016. adkins: "if you look around here we have 14 state championship banners and it's in them to want to win another title."- in martinsville, alyssa rae wsls 10 sports. atlanta is next.. here's the lastest from the daytona 500 victory grabbed by denny hamlin-- reminds everyone that last season...is not forgotten.. kyle busch's first sprint cup title...was simply a culmination of the gibbs team..reaching the pinnacle of the sport.. and that fearsome foursome of drivers...will all need to be reconned with.

and a few snow showers is you had back toward taz well county roanoke lynchburg at the freezing mark martinsville below freezing. still finding some wintry weather there thirty four charleston forty one though as he head toward wytheville he is all said and done today about an inch to inch and half as that system exits the area hour by hour will be warming up into the maybe some upper 40s later this afternoon with a couple glimpses sunshine that begins to poll way and we have a little clipper system that's can a dive to our south might throw enough moisture cause a couple snow showers late tuesday night early wednesday morning but you notice by three a.m. tomorrow that is already i here we should see increasing sunshine on wednesday you forecast across the area what can you expect throughout the region today would talking about ice this morning then rain showers temperatures warming into the upper thirties low to mid forties a little warmer south side evening shower tonight barely cloudy maybe a snow shower here and there temperatures in the 20s seven day planner increasing sunshine wednesday thu

still martinsville henry county over towards heavier rain not quite as and blacksburg and in the be another pushes some rain becomes out of the carolinas as this front slows down there the evening finally by eight nine o'clock everything begin to clear out of the region will still hang onto the clouds but those at temperatures will start to drop notice forty five are one of but sixty five in danville the warm air slowly starting to take over and will eventually warm-up so my be one of those late day warm-ups you thursday forecast i temperatures only in the mid- and upper forties can be much much cooler the what we have today with those temperatures holding steady into the mid- forties for the rest of the week sunshine returns tomorrow and again will continue through the weekend next chance of any inclement weather is coming on monday even into tuesday with some rain and even snow showers with that thirty seven i next tuesday some colder air begins the move look at 37 i next tuesday some colder air begins the move backend soaks key this afternoon just make sure you slowdown and i have her we

we have crews out in blacksburg and martinsville taking donations. she is joining us live from blacksburg, so bethany things are down your way, how was the turnout? >> reporter: hi, the turnout was great at the kroger in blacks burr, the feeding america finished up with 2300 pounds of food in it. the prepackaged donation boxes almost sold out as well, these donations are so important when you think about the fact even here in montgomery county alone almost 15% of the population is considered food insecure, that equals 14,000 individuals, allen crockett was one of those people at one time, he now >> there are a lot more people that need it than you really realize. especially now with the high electric bills and everything, it's just a blessing to so many people, people are really struggling right now i think it's really it affects people for the good. >> reporter: the drive just wrapped up a few homes ago, the overall goal is to exceed last year's total of 26,000 pounds of food throughout the different locations. live in blacksburg, bethany teague. du

north of martinsville 2.3 inches is what the radar is estimating. we will add to that over the next couple of hours. check out satellite. we see the freezing rain dissipate. now it is all falling as rain and heavy rain at that. zooming into the line moving from bedford now along 221 and 460. headed to the east. tell make its way to lynchburg in 30 minutes or less. down to the south pennsylvania county and halifax count and he henry, city of martinsville. heavy rain will sudden. seeing snow, most us dealing with the heavy rain as attaches above the freezing mark. we have been talking about flooding. arial flood warning for parts of bedford, rockford and rockbridge and campbell. parts of henry and pennsylvania county and parts of franklin have an arial flood watch in affect for nelson county. you will have to watch for that ponding on the roads. you have that winter storm warning for the viewing area in affect until 12:00 p.m. temperatures we have been talking above freezeings. 32 in lynchburg and roanoke. 33 in blacksburg. 38 in danville. and low 50s

martinsville has only suffered 3 losses this season. up next, they'll be chasing a win in the 2a semifinals against gate city. alyssa rae/wsls 10 sports :"martinsville high school boys basketball team has 14 state titles, including last years state championship. this year the team hopes to send the seniors out with #15." - arae martin: "i want to repeat, just to do it for the seniors basically, send them out with a bang." while the bulldogs know to take it game by game, make no bones about it. they want to fetch another championship in 2016. adkins: "if you look around here we have 14 state championship banners and it's in them to want to win another title."- holland: "we definitely want to win and get to richmond because we got to go out with a bang, it's my senior year, our senior year, so we got to go out with a bang. in martinsville, alyssa rae wsls 10 sports. daytona is in the rear view.. atlanta is next.. here's the lastest from the week's teardown.. the daytona 500 victory grabbed by denny hamlin-- reminds everyone that last seas

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

richmond getting hit right now with some ice,, 24 in martinsville, 29 in danville, your forecast first showing freezing rain changing over to heavy rain and by noon tomorrow most of the rain has gone. we are tracking this next batch up here in about two minutes. ticket light look now at blacksburg, and conditions expected only to become more dangerous overnight want to get straight over to chief meteorologist and find out what is going on. >> we are worried about ice this evening in the early overnight and heavy rain later tonight into tomorrow morning, it could become an issue by

bring your10 in roanoke in a 100 in martinsville martinsville to be sure you bring your pets inside and on telepathy do have to venture outside we tomorrow morning and then were tracking on next winter storms will write sunday night and continue until we tuesday. we are considering this a significant store because it will have significant impact on the road and traveled what conditions that's because the snow will arrive late sunday thinking around 9:52 pm continues through the overnight hours and even into monday morning then by the late afternoon on monday the snow gradually changed to a wintry mix of sleet and snow cutting down the snowfall totals right now were thinking snowfall amounts will range anywhere between three to six inches less towards southside war in the mountains and of course ice is possible we can freezing rain developed monday night aunt ruby tuesday, the deeper look at this coming up underway at the berglund center. voters will determine the nominees to run in the may election. , this is a very important primary. this could determine who'll lead this city for t

new tonight, memorial hospital of martinsville and henry county wants to hear from the you on how to improve treatment. hospital leaders have started the patient family community advisory council. it's a group made up of people from all walks of life who have been treated at the hospital. the members are to be another set of eyes and ears for the hospital staff to find issues or concerns liz harris, marketing director, of martinsville and patients a voice and that i think it something that can that patient experience is so, so important." the group is working to create better everything from marketing for the their medications. the company interested in merging with says it will ask federal regulators for preliminary approval of the structure of its proposed takeover. canadian pacific ceo hunter harrison says the railroad is doing this because shareholders of both companies recommended it. canadian pacific has proposed installing harrison as norfolk southern ceo while the deal is reviewed. one reason why norfolk southern has rejected canadian pacific's offers, which have been upwards

in martinsville, colter anstaett, wsls 10. you might want to enjoy a cocktail this weekend with the warmer temperatures. the "big lick cocktail classic" will be held at the patrick henry on saturday. it's a mardi gras theme this year. nine local restaurants and caterers will be showcasing food to pair with drinks. proceeds from the event will go toward leap ... a non profit organization that builds community through sustainable agriculture. jd sutphin/big lick entertainment - "what's really cool about leap is that they're pushing that farm to table movement and i thought it was a really cool angle to think about in the world of cocktails and mixology." leap is working on several projects this year like a u-p-s announces it's increasing passport services at all of it's locations. why there's a need in a wsls 10 divide by 3.14 something something something... [ beeping, whirring ] great caesar salad! and now the name your price tool shows people policy options to help fit their budget. is that a true story? yeah! people really d

martinsville is nearly indentical to its original form. it is now paved. back then, cars raced on dirt. campbell 2 2:30:00 " the racing hasn't changed that much in 69 years." butt to 2:40:10 "half mile racing is half mile racing and thats what the fans love" 2:43:25 much like the cars that now grace the iconic flat corners...the track evolved over the past 69 years... campbell 1 1:54:23 "to walk that line of modern versus the history of the place and not cross over and maintain that charm, that history that started this place. i think its a delicate balance" 2:07:10 a line martinsville and nascar walk every season...trying to move the industry forward, but staying true to the sport's past. if the petty's are nascar's first family of fast...that makes the wood brothers, from stuart virginia...the emperors of engineering. hall of famer's glen and leonard are some of nascar's still living pioneers...fielded a car every year since the very beginning...leonard says it started as a way to have some fun.wood 3 2:18:14:19 "then pretty soon it turned into winning r

feels about 17 in martinsville. as the temperature is but in black burg where we see the gusty wind it feels one below single digits for roanoke and lynchburg. low teens for danville and south boston boston. 16 below in hot springs. wind chill in affect until 10:00 a.m. once this is expired it does not mean we are out of the clear. temperatures will stay below the freezing mark throughout the day despite that sun, breezy windful keep us around 31 for the afternoon. we will see that continue. drop back in the teens for tonight. now no travel issues today. tell be beautiful and cold. see clouds increasing early friday morning. we got another alberta climb are that could bring us the chance for light snow showers. keep in mind the cold air is locked in place. a matter of how much moisture can make it here. scattered. a couple 10th of an inch at best for some areas. this is quick low moving out by friday morning. highs for today 31 in lynchburg. 32 in lovingston. the south side 33 in smith mountain lake. 36 in south bos

bernice proctor's car was found on old liberty drive in martinsville around 4:20 yesterday afternoon. family members told police they had not heard from her, and didn't know where she was. bloodhounds and a virginia state police helicopter were out yesterday searching. they will continue today. if you have any information, please call police. a man has been charged after a police chase in amherst county. lawrence crank was arrested late tuesday night. police say he led them on a chase after trespassing at riveredge park in madison heights. he was arrested after stopping his car near a home on winridge drive, and trying to get away on foot. he's being held without bond at the amherst adult detention facility. and his dog are out of their home after a fire in craig county, not far from the west virginia state line. according to a volunteer assitant chief, the house on dick's creek road is a total loss. when firefighters got there last night, the walls and roof had already caved. they think the fire started in the kitchen. the man was sent to the v-a in salem to be checked out. a roanoke

in martinsville danielle staub wdbj7. interstate highways connect various parts of our region, but none of those roads cross through lynchburg. it's the largest city in virginia with no direct interstate access and we wondered how that might be effecting jobs and the economy. wdbj7's tim saunders has been digging into this issue for us. tim, what did you find out? it's not having a big impact right now, but that's because the economy isn't growing a lot and companies aren't looking to relocate. economic developers say it has been an obstacle in the past. i talked to at least one former economic development director who said companies flat out refused to interstate. despite that challenge the city has successfully attracted large scale manufacturers like j. crew and frito lay. those companies initially wanted to be on an interstate, but chose lynchburg after learning about the region's other assets. lee cobb/former economic development director: "there were a lot more companies moving around in those days. it was before th

all the way from south boston. 65 in martinsville. western virginia low 60's. these are spring like temperatures. 63 in roanoke. 62 in castle. gusty winds up to 30 miles per hour. over night tonight mostly cloudy. rain ends. lowsall in the 40s. waking up to a temperature around 40. tomorrow morning. a look at next seven. 63 that will be the warmest day. if you like mild weather. enjoy it. we got lots of sun thursday, friday and saturday. temperatures falling back where they should be this time of year. looking great for the weekend. reason chances increasing, look ahead to next week. patty? back to you. >> patti: the criminal case against bill cosby will resume today in pennsylvania. testify indeed a pretrial hearing that he barred the state from prosecuting cosby a decade oomphing cosby charged with sexual assault from the alleged rape of a woman at his home in 2004. he denied wrong doing. cosby's lawyers want the charges dropped. dozens of women accuseding cosby this is the only criminal case filed against him. bomal visit an american mosque as president. vis

is our winter weather timeline from bloodstream cold 22 in roanoke about 24 and lynchburg and 29 in martinsville. this is our winter weather timeline from monday monday it's going to snow predawn maybe three to six inches of accumulation in many locations except the south side is or maybe more ice involved in their forecast that's a concern for monday night ended tuesday morning rain and maybe freezing rain all part of the equation as well seven days on the board here bitter cold and more bitter cold saturday sunday that's why the boat impact days monday is impacted because of the snow and wintry mix as we get up to about thirty two degrees after that we have to look at tuesday for any lingering icing problems wednesday thursday and friday as warm as they are in0 now just days away. speed weeks officially got underway today down in daytona, and sports director, travis wells joins us live from the track, catching us up with the wood brothers, as nascar gets season. welcome to the speedway where the 2016 season is just about to get underway. before we get to the cars on the track, we heard today f

bernice proctor's car was found on old liberty drive in martinsville around 4:20 yesterday afternoon. family members told police they had not heard from her, and didn't know where she was. bloodhounds and a virginia state police helicopter were looking for her--that search will continue today. if you have any information on ms. proctor's whereabouts please call police. a man has been charged after a police chase in amherst county. lawrence crank was arrested late tuesday night. police say he led them on a chase after trespassing at riveredge park in madison heights. he was arrested after stopping his car near a home on winridge drive, and trying to get away on foot. he's being held amherst adult detention facility. and his dog are out of their home after a fire in craig county, not far from the west virginia state line. volunteer assitant chief, the house on dick's creek road is a total loss. got there last night, had already caved. they think the fire started in the kitchen. the man was sent to the v-a in salem to be checked out. a roanoke county firefigther says training saved his l

the martinsville police department arrests 14 people on drug charges. chief sean dunn says all 14 people were indicted by a grand jury monday on 51 charges. those include the sale or distribution of cocaine, marijuana, and oxycodone. the lead investigator says the result of the investigation is for a safer city to live in. lt. greg johnston, special investigations: 04:16:41 "we strongly believe that the arrests from this operation are going to make a major impact on illegal drug activity, not only in the city of martinsville, but also in our surrounding communities." the investigation was conducted primarily undercover.. working with people in the community. hundreds of students take a proactive approach in politics... by participating in the 26-th washington and lee mock convention. participate in that predicts the candidate who could win the white house. wsls 10's duke carter joins us in studio. duke -- who spoke at tonight's mock convention? political leaders like washington and lee's university alumnus congressman bob goodlatte spoke. another key no

martinsville is nearly indentical to its original form. it is now paved. back then, cars raced on dirt. campbell 2 2:30:00 " the racing hasn't changed that much in 69 years." butt to 2:40:10 "half mile racing is half mile racing and thats what the fans love" 2:43:25 much like the cars that now grace the iconic flat corners...the track evolved over the past 69 years... campbell 1 1:54:23 "to walk that line of modern versus the history of the place and not cross over and maintain that charm, that history that started this place. i think its a delicate balance" 2:07:10 a line martinsville and nascar walk every season...trying to move the industry forward, but staying true to the sport's past. if the petty's are nascar's first family of fast...that makes the wood brothers, from stuart virginia...the emperors of engineering. hall of famer's glen and leonard are some of nascar's still living pioneers...fielded a car every year since the very fun.wood 3 2:18:14:19 "then pretty soon it turned into winning races, sitting on pole, setting track records and making a

to the west of martinsville. southside, danville, charlotte county, pittsylvania county, mainly light rain. the bulk of the rain is going to stay in the carolina. we've had some snow flurries reported in nelson county, we're going to stay above freezing until nearly tomorrow morning. 37 right now with no wind chill. martinsville 33. 36 in blacksburg. roanoke at 39. upper 30s in southside. midnight. and the bulk of this precip staying to the south of lynchburg. if you were driving south at 4:30 a.m., there'll be areas of rain and a few snow flurries that direction. at 8:00 a.m. on your wednesday, we're going to be dry. and we're going to stay dry tomorrow. we'll have a few clouds around, but the rain is moving out very early tomorrow. so it will be a dry day for your wednesday. the temperatures are not going to stay below freezing very long. we're only going to be near 30, 32 in the morning. i don't think we're going to see any significant refreezing. you have to get down to the 20s before you see reicing. and by

west semifinals, dan river beat graham, martinsville edged gate city 65-64. in the 3a west third-place game, cave spring 64, western albemarle 56. and radford a winner in 1a west semifinal action.girls scores, vaca semis... that's not a misprint, timberlake beat westover 19-9, westover slowed it down. stuart hall beat temple 54-29. 3 it's time for the best three plays of the week inside the trifecta. number three from wednesday night, altavista's mateo maulbeck drives to the hoop, shields the defender and hits the tough shot, altavista beat mathews. number two from tuesday, heritage sharing the ball nicely, caleb snead's shot won't go but he stays with it for the putback, two for number 2.and number one from monday, malik knox of e.c. glass with the pick- pocket, drives and hits the off-balance shot, and draws the foul.malik knox of e.c. 3 our seventh full court press player of the week honor goes to yessenia garay of hidden valley. garay and the hidden valley titans won the regional title tonight by one over spotswood. in their semifinal game last night agai

cold spot is 20 in martinsville. 32 in blacksburg. 33 in roanoke. we will warm up today. lots of sun to enjoy. we'll sit in at 34 by 9:00. 42 by lunchtime and heise many of us around 46 for the afternoon will before temperatures drop off in the tell be quiet all up and down the east coast upon high pressure will build in today and tomorrow. quiet weather. tell be active out to the west. 2 thirds of the country can enjoy a bit of drying out. for your future cast. no weather worries. a day to get outside. you need a jacket. sun and he cool. mostly clear to partly cloudy tonight. mid to upper 20s when you wake up tomorrow. a mix of sun and clouds through your friday. a check of today's high. 44 in loving ston. 46 in amhurst, limp burg and bedford. 48 in@a vivasm 47 from rusberg up to dillylan. down to the south where we warm up. near 50 in south boston and danville. 48 in martinsville. 47 in green lighten. 48 in brooknil. western virginia a little low are at 40 in parisberg. 45 in roanoke. temperatures would drop below freezing tonight. mid to upper 20s. 25 in lynchburg. 26

martinsville and blacksburg. you can drop off donations until seven o-clock tonight.### we want to check in now at one of the other live locations where the wsls ten cares food drive is taking place right now... in martinsville. that's where wsls ten's colter anstaett joins us now live. hey colter! verbatim where the wsls ten cares food drive is taking place right now... one of the virginia tech students facing charges in the stabbing death of 13- court today for a bond hearing. court documents show attorney's for "natalie keepers" the 19-year-old is charged with accessory before the fact to first-degree murder ... and body. david eisenhauer is charged with first-degree murder. both are bond. meanwhile, the associated press reports that a spokesperson for "kik".. says the company responded quickly when the effort to find nicole turned to her use of the social media app. acting on an emergency fbi request to provide information that the company believes led to the arrests of both suspects.### nicole lovell will be

martinsville over floyd in the 38 semi's, they'll face glenvar in the finals. radford no problems with covington, and roanoke catholic wins big over covenant.girls scores... the warriors take conference 31 over lord botetourt. blacksburg pulls out the 5 point win over cave spring. hidden valley no problems with abingdon. halifax county falls in the conference 16 consolation game. parry mccluer takes conference 45 radford. and the lady eagles 3 still to come on fcp, we've got your player and cheerleaders of the week. plus the trifecta on week 3 cheerleaders and you're watching full court press on abc 13." 3 it's time for the best three plays of the week inside the trifecta. number three - ec glass at lca. off the steal, the pass inside to (#3), and tj jones is there for the follow and the foul! glass goes on to win in ot!number two - luray at altavista. leo yates on the drive, but lawrence galliard with the block. shuts out the comeback in the colonels big win.and number one - 3 that's trifecta play number one. 3 time now for our new fcp boys top 13. entering pl

liz harris, marketing director, memorial hospital of martinsville and henry county: " we wanted to give patients a voice and that i think it something that can get lost day to day. that patient experience is so, so important." the group is working to create better communication for everything from marketing for the hospital to how well patients understand their medications. students from tanzania, africa are now getting an education here in virginia to become successful leaders back home. the city of hope organization has helped move 23 students so far to the mountain mission school in grundy. yesterday, the students traveled to the new river valley to meet with others who support their education. the kids all say this opportunity is a dream come true. esther simion/10-years old: "i prayed for god that i can come to america to study in a school, a christian school, and he blessed me with the mountain mission school. i'm so happy." ty hopkins, chairman, city of hope: "them being here is investing in them, and they take that investment back to their communities and be a positive influence

martinsville up out of the teens this morning. everybody just about below the freezing mark aside from roanoke and lexington where it's now up to 35 . we will find temperatures above the freezing mark for the next hour or 2 and sidewalks and then we'll see plenty of sunshine. look at the sunset after 6 us. we're with the 7-day and then "good day, virginia" returns right now. >> january: lurking behind the keyboard. parents are warned about the dangers threatening their children on the internet. >> social media is allowing a virtual front door to your house to be opened to anyone in the world. versus privacy. apple fights the government's attempt to that. >> and protecting your family. how a modest investment could save the most priceless things in your life. >> january: thank you guys for joining us for the 4th and final hour of "good day, virginia". it's february 18th. i'm january keaton. >> kyle: i'm kyle benjamin. a tractor trailer accident is causing problems on the northbound lanes. >> every single one closed with the south l

martinsville police chief sean dunn is staying in the area .. after recently pursuing a position with the portsmouth police department. dunn was one of three finalists for the police chief job in portsmouth. the position was offered to another candidate, but dunn says he's not too disappointed because he's fortunate to work with a great crew. he's served the martinsville police department for two years. a henry county man has been serving the bassett community for 50 years as a rescue squad volunteer. the difference between him and his wsls ten's colter anstaett shows us the career of 87- year-old claude cobler ... and why he says he doesn't have plans to quit anytime soon. nat sound 87 year-old claude cobler has been climbing into and out of ambulances at the bassett rescue squad for nearly fifty years now... and he says he enjoys it just as much today as he did when he helped found the rescue squad back in 1966. "i just enjoy helping people, especially at a time in their life when they're at their lowest." a lot has changed in fifty years. he

it's 29 in lynchburg. 27 in martinsville and 34 in danville. this map shows us how cold it feels. and right now it feels like teens and 20s. in blacksburg, your wind chill is down to ten. you can see the light snow near blacksburg. we'll let you know how long that snow sticks around and when colder weather arrives in virginia. trying to get for information on what led to the crash of a car into elliott's cleaners. this is the second time a car crashed into the store. the last one happened a couple of years ago. no one was hurt. tonight, marissa para is speaking with the woman who was inside the building when the car came crashing through. hear her story tonight at 11:00. >>> one of nicole lovell's friends tells abc-13 that she warned the 13-year-old about david eisenhauer months before the kidnapping and murder. natasha bryant found out nicole was talking to an older man online and warned her. it was david eisenhauer, the 18-year-old virginia tech student accused of kidnapping >> it makes me sick and mad. i makes me want to break down and cry. because -- [crying] i don't understan

northside taking-on the defending state champs in martinsville. the first meeting between the two schools since 2010. this one was all bulldogs early and all devonte holland. bucket after bucket for the 6-7 senior, as martinsville jumps out to the 11-4 lead. it takes northside nearly 6 minutes of game clock to get their first field goal-- here from devon russell with the lay- in. they trail by double digits through the first quarter. then in the second, kendrick tucker knocks-down the 3.the vikings close the gap to 5 at the half and make a late surge to beat martinsville 60-52. elev8 school out of florida making the trip up to take-on hargrave military academy. the tigers with a slight lead in the first half and adding to it. de'riante jenkins on the break. he gets the bucket and the foul for 3 of his game-high 25 points. on the other end, check-out the moves from rodney culver. he drives baseline and finishes with the then hargrave from outside. tim cameron for 3. the tigers by 2 at the break. in the second, hargrave stays out front. cameron with

a west virginia far southwest virginia one to three 3 an and you notice roanoke lynchburg danville martinsville little to no accumulation whatsoever but because of that snow in the mountains a winter storm watches in effect right through thursday morning forecast across the area today for the roanoke valley low to mid forties with eighty 80% chance a rain snow showers forties rain and snow showers gretna danville south boston through the new river valley southwest more the way of snow showers the you mixing in with a couple rain showers upper 30s low to mid 40s highlands greenbrier valley a west virginia mainly snow showers today tonight tomorrow thirties and forties seven day planner weather impact days today and tomorrow because of the rain and snow showers wednesday thursday friday we begin to quiet down temperatures though only in the twenties and thirties 30s for highs overnight lows that and i are is up and down friday rewrite friday afternoon manning and the denver broncos defeated the carolina panthers to win their third super bowl. linebacker von miller was named mvp. (miller sot) it w

notching a win over defending 2a state champions martinsville along the way. pope: "it was a heck of a hard game i was really proud of you guys because i thought that we can't battling and we found a way towards the end of the third in the fourth quarter it was really great quarter for throughout the season the team has always seemed to 'find a way,' and the senior class has been a major contributor to that success. pope: "the senior group is been everything and coach would want and i think they show leadership they care about each other." tucker: "we all work hard because we all have that one goal to win state and the younger guys is well they're hungry just as much is the seniors." as the post season begins the team will take it game by game, but it's no secret the players have their eyes on the prize. i'd love to see another state final for trip to richmond and hopefully the state championship you know you want to do want roanoke-- alyssa rae..wsls 10 sports nascar now... brian vickers...is back in a cup car..he'll be piloting tony stewart's #14 stewart haa

even down to the south side for the viewers in martinsville. heavy rain moving through the chatham area right there along 29. as you zoom north, ludington and lexington along the i-81 corridor, a lot of rain. it will continue to the rest of the afternoon. some areas picking up half an inch. you can see radar estimated rainfall of 1 to 2 inches. the darker green is a flash flood watch. p.m. the lighter green color is the area flood advisory in effect until the early afternoon. also a flash flood warning in effect. a lot of rain. that is going to be the story. please be careful as you are heading out and about for the day. temperatures, widespread upper 40s. we are in the 60s in danville. it's going to be a mild day. many will make it into the 60s. behind the front, we have quiet weather. we have to get through the rain that continues to push through this afternoon. by 6:00 or 7:00, we see the rain moving out of the area. mostly cloudy overnight. we are looking dry for thursday and friday. the latest look at the rainfall totals, over an inch in l

upper 20s in martinsville. that is going to be the story this week. once we get through the chance for snow, we are going to be dealing with the wind chill. we have a winter weather advisory. that is the purple color you that includes the wind chill. a winter storm warning in effect for western virginia. here is a look at the big picture. low pressure centered over the great lakes and ohio valley. energy rotating around this flow and that is where we are activity. it is even reaching down into parts of alabama and georgia today. we have an impressive, extensive influence on our weather as we head throughout the day. the low is going to be stationary today continuing even into tomorrow. the low does finally depart to the northeast, but we will get some reinforcing shot of cold air. today, light rain and snow. a few flurries tomorrow. it is going to be cold. let's take you through futurecast.you see the clouds hanging tough. most of the snow activity stays out in western virginia. as we head into the afternoon hours, partly sunny to mostly cloudy overni

close to 3 inches in martinsville. two in danville. over two in roanoke. the ground is saturated, so we will have to watch for flooding concerns, especially heading into wednesday. you can see a moderate risk and parts of the gulf coast. a slight risk there. as we head into wednesday, parts of our viewing area, danville, south boston, pittsylvania, halifax, we could see a slight risk. high temperatures this afternoon upper 40s, lower 50s. a couple degrees warmer than where we are right now. seasonably cool with clouds and drizzle. overnight tonight, temperatures dropping into the upper 30s, near 40.widespread rain will develop you will need the umbrella and you have to stay tuned for any severe threats. temperatures in the 40s and 50s. we will dry out thursday. for your weekend, as we look ahead friday, saturday, sunday, mostly sunny. dry and cool. mona, over to you. >>> this mid day, a nightmare hoax has a lot of parents paying attention. a connecticut mom says a photo announcing her sons birth was stolen and was plastered online with a fake story. lindsa

it feels like 21 in lynchburg. 22 in martinsville. 10 in blacksburg. 16 in roanoke. still feels like 5 below in hot springs. we have winter weather advisories. that is the purple you see in at 7:00 a.m. a winter storm warning in effect until thursday morning. wind chill advisory goes into effect from areas to roanoke and west until 10:00 a.m. tomorrow morning. we will see widespread windchill below zero by tomorrow morning. most of the snow is going to continue to taper off today. radar. a low pressure system sitting stationary.that begins to move north and east. snow showers will finally subside in the mountains. for many of us, we're going to see a mix of sun and clouds. mostly clear to partly cloudy for tonight. thursday, dry for our entire viewing area. lots of sunshine and blue skies to go around. cold temperatures. we are only in the upper 20s for tomorrow. let's show you futurecast windchills for this afternoon, tonight, and heading into tomorrow, so you can plan out. here is a look at what you will be seeing. feels like low 20s in lynchburg. feeling like the

pretty two in martinsville. 45 right now in danville. quiet for the east coast.we do have a high pressure that's going to be building in over the great lakes today into tonight.after all that messy weather monday and tuesday, coast. active weather out west. all throughout the weekend, we're talking a warm-up and sunshine. get out there and enjoy it. if you're heading out later this afternoon, as you're heading home from work, no worries in the weather department.mostly clear to partly cloudy overnight tonight. no issues as you are heading to work tomorrow. we will be cold with temperatures in the mid to upper 20s friday morning. then, low 50s and sunshine in the forecast tomorrow afternoon. 60s for the weekend. for this afternoon, about 46 in lynchburg and bedford. 42 in lexington. 45 in roanoke. 48 in altavista. near 54 danville and south boston. 40 degrees in the new river valley. temperatures will drop below the freezing mark, so grab a coat tomorrow morning. 25 as you're waking up tomorrow morning in lynchburg. 25 in smith mountain l

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southside, lower 40s in south boston, danville, martinsville. in the next hour, most of us will stay dry. the closer we get to 10:00 p.m. and midnight. we'll see this batch of rain and snow moving into southside. if you live near roanoke, bedford, lynchburg, and south of that line, that's where the precip is going to occur. north of that line, it looks like you're going to see dry weather. right along the state line will see rain and snow mixing in. we're not expecting accumulations of snow toward danville, halifax, charlottesville. you may see snow falling as light rain. freezing after midnight. and we'll be in the lower 30s by morning. appomattox 29. south boston 34. and smith mountain lake 31. after 9:00 a.m., all of us will be above freezing tomorrow. looks good at lunchtime. 45 at noon on wednesday. highs in the upper 40s. that wind is going to keep you cool. we'll have a west breeze. highs in the upper 40s with lower 50s in danville and southside. your 7-day forecast shows a warming trend through friday. and 63 on saturday. 64 on sunday. t

very closely aparts of filing galax although it would to henry and patrick county's and even into say martinsville and danville later on tonight. so morgan a do is look with the model emotion you concede areas in blue we could have some snow galax along the interstate seventy seven and hiding one interchange there a parts of grayson county carroll county watch out it really stays for the most part south of file blacksburg roanoke and even in the lynchburg could see some isolated snow but really a snowfall down along the virginia and north carolina border counties from patrick county west and then martinsville and danville to get some lighter rain to start and in some snow showers may mix in with this i've another the and some snow showers may mix in with this i've close a look police officer who's facing child pornography charges will get a chance to leave jail before his case goes to trial. a judge has agreed to release brian mcalexander on a 20-thousand dollar bond. mcalexander was arrested earlier this month when a grand jury indicted him on six felony counts of possessing child pornography. a

holland, martinsville. jones, rustburg. jones, e.c. glass. killya jones, and lee, price, and ragland. robinson, smith, tucker, and wayer. >> our 20 girls, bates, finnerty, freeland, hairston, hassle, haywood, henzley, mcyellow, smith, turner, vaughn, wiseman, young. >>> college hoops the weekend. virginia plays at duke at 4:30. liberty goes for its first win ever. and lynchburg on the road at shenandoah. randolph plays at eastern mennonite. and averett travels to greensboro. and congratulations to braxton beverly. >> that is a hot hand. and that will do it for "full court press." right after this. >> mark: this is quite the lineup. i say dave did it. >> reporter: it's all my fault. i know. i know. >> george: sports guy sandwich up here. >> reporter: the way it should be, right? >> reporter: thank you. >> mark: that's for another day. right now we want to talk about this weekend. >> george: it's going to be a we have frigid weather for saturday and sunday. and we'll be watching for monday. and the accumulating snow is going to begin monday mor

carolina at the wild magnolias restaurant in martinsville this morning. police credit the business owner's security technology and working closely with them to create quick response. garrett is charged with several things -- including burglary. he's being held slave buildings on what had been a botetourt county plantation have been moved to a designated historic preservation area to make way for industrial development. house movers transported a kitchen house to a new spot, about a half-mile away yesterday, where county officials say it will be part of a 28-acre historic park in fincastle. the kitchen house had been where slaves once prepared meals for the owners of greenfield plantation -- according to the roanoke times. on tuesday, a log cabin once used as slave quarters in the mid- 1800s was moved to the same site. some are angry over the move though saying relocating will destroy their historic significance. 3 danner pots a safe harbor for employees. in two minutes, a new bill that could help prevent work place violence..// plus... a task force to com

martinsville at 52. and if you live in the mountains, maybe toward floyd, blacksburg, vinton and roanoke, highs reaching the upper 40s. you will notice the breeze tomorrow and not overly breezy. here is that weekend we are talking about after the cold start in the morning. 63 on saturday. on sunday, we will also see a high between 60 and 65. it a few small showers are possible on sunday but not expecting very much rain. if you have something planned on sunday, you are only expecton sunday, you are only expecting a few small showers. stay with us. we will keep you updated on that. looking toward tuesday, rain likely. if it does get colder we could see a winter mix. >>> we are following up on a hargrave military academy. >>> hargrave military academy is investigating a threat that is potentially linked to isis. >> mark: tola adamson is live in chatham with everything we know tonight. tola, bring us up to speed. >> reporter: i just spoke to the school's president general donald broom. he tells me that all o

. >> martinsville. right now police rounding up what they say is mid- to upperwhat they say is mid- to upper-level drug dealers. they have 14 in custody so far. tola adamson has the details on this special investigation. tola? >> reporter: danner, this is the result of the department's community policing effort. they say after connecting more with residents, they found that the number one concern is drug dealing putting innocent people in harm's way. last year they start a thorough investigation. they say willing residents who knew the drug scene went up to expose these drug dealers but say police were always nearby. so far the special investigation unit arrested 14 people with 5 charges between them. they have a total of 86 indictments and say many more arrests are on the way. these efforts will not cease until every last drug dealer in the city martinsville have hung up the game or found himself a new address in the city jail. >> reporter: police say they did a two-year-long investigation and switched

martinsville is nearly indentical to its original form. it is now paved. back then, cars raced on dirt. campbell 2 2:30:00 " the racing hasn't changed that much in 69 years." butt to 2:40:10 "half mile racing is half mile racing and thats what the fans love" 2:43:25 much like the cars that now grace the iconic flat corners...the track evolved over the past 69 years... campbell 1 1:54:23 "to walk that line of modern versus the history of the place and not cross over and maintain that charm, that history that started this place. i think a line martinsville and nascar walk every season...trying to move the industry forward, but staying true to the sport's past. if the petty's are nascar's first family of fast...that makes the wood brothers, from stuart virginia...the emperors of engineering. hall of famer's glen and leonard are some of nascar's still living pioneers...fielded a car every year since the very beginning...leonard says it started as a way to have some fun.wood 3 2:18:14:19 "then pretty soon it turned into winning races, sitting on pole, setting t

mid-50s for martinsville, danville, south boston. new river valley in the lower 50s. and the snow more monday and monday night. 46 is the high on front door. and 33 for the high on wednesday. those lows in the teens. >> anchor: 50 is really good for this time of year. >> will: our normal high is 47, so it's not too bad. >> anchor: my first winter brace ourselves for the cold coming this weekend and then it starts warming up. >> will: we'll see. >> anchor: new troubles this weekend for browns' quarterback johnny manziel. his family begging him to go back to rehab. his father saying that if johnny doesn't get help, he won't make it to his next birthday. >> reporter: after an allegedly violent night in january with his ex-girlfriend, colleen, crawley, manziel is now the subject of a criminal investigation. the judge signed a contract barring any contact between the couple for two years. scared and that manziel threw or hit her with an open hand. she said that he threatened suicide shouting "shut up or i'll kill us both." >> it seems to be a litany of bad decisions by thi

after a year-long investigation, the martinsville police department announced today 14 people charged with dealing drugs are behind bars. chief sean dunn says all 14 of those people were indicted by a grand jury on monday on 51 charges. those include the sale or distribution of cocaine, says the result of the investigation is safer city to live in. lt. greg johnston, special investigations: 04:16:41 "we strongly believe that the arrests from this operation are going to make a major impact on illegal drug activity, not only in the city of martinsville, but also in our surrounding communities." dunn says the investigation was conducted primarily undercover. coming up wsls 10 at 6, we'll hear how the department worked with people in the community to catch these accused criminals. danville police investigate a shooting that sent two people to the hospital. officers responded to stonewall court just after 2 this morning. that's where they found two gunshot victims. the pair told police they were driving through the intersection of first and abbott street when they were shot. the victims we