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WDBJ Mornin February 18, 2016

The Henry County Sheriffs Office is looking for a missing woman. Bernice proctors 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 didnt 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. Hes 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 dicks 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 va in salem to be checked out. A Roanoke County firefigther says training saved his life last week. Nats activate mayday on the fire ground, a firefighter fallen through the floor while fighting a fire last week on green hill drive, firefighter and paramedic robert mauck fell through two floors and was hanging upside down. After following standard prodecures from his training, mauck says he was able to set himself free. Minutes later, a crew came to the rescue. Roanoke county firefighter and paramedic robert mauck i just looked up to the sky and i just thank god for letting me make it. Im a human being like i said, its wonderful thing, im a blessed man. Mauck only suffered some bruising. Soon though, hell no longer be fighting fires. In twoweeks he starts his new job as deputy fire marshal. cold toss to leo pennsylvania new york that is about it we are still finding the flood warnings along the dan river toward south boston and the Roanoke River in randolph now both just minor flooding dan river and south boston continues to recede so does the Roanoke River in back into the banks and everything get back to normal temperatures starting off twenties low thirties this morning will be warming up to around thirty nine degrees around the one shower highs today low to mid 40s an and overnight. Once again we dropping down into the twenties now heres whats can a go on for next week we were frontal boundary thats can a move through its can a stall out bring us some plain old rain showers an and all computer models indicating that we will get a strong lowpressure center to develop along that stationary boundary and then start to ride up toward the north does it stay close to the what is a move a little farther off the coast that will help drag down some colder air and change the rain over to snow all the computer model still all over the place on this from with rain or snow so we have to work on away just beware by say next wednesday we do have the potential we could see some wintry weather moving back in today. Nothing like that worry about just mostly sunny pleasant high temperatures in the low to mid forties a little warmer toward martinsville and the danville chilly lows in the twenties and your first alert wtvj seven day planner not is cold friday nearing 50 saturday and sunday low sixties we will see more clouds is you had through the we can but still warm and then monday tuesday some plain old rain showers builds in with that we could transition over to snow on wednesday time will tell exactly was some local shelters and theres never a better time to give than now. Wdbj7s Noell Saunders has the story. I think we all rely on the Community Support that we recieve. Its vital to our operation the Salvation Army feeds over 100 people a day. Many of them are women and children from the Domestic Violence shelter turning point. Social Services Director Jamie Starkey says the biggest need comes when children arent in the classroom. We depend on the school to provide for children when they are in school so when the children are out of school for s snow day that causes an increased need for food supply here starkey says weather has played a donations this year. Also, the Salvation Armys Red Kettle Campaign didnt do well last year. Thats their number one source of funding. The money that comes from the Red Kettle Campaign. We depend on it to set our operating budget for the year pasta, canned goods, snacks are among the food items needed. We havent seen the dire circumstance of feeling like we are not going to be able to feed people but certainly it is a blessing to us when the Community Comes forward to help us supplement that food supply Noell Saunders, wdbj7 we have information on how to donate to the Salvation Army on wdbj7. Com. Happening today some local churches are getting together for a gospel sing in botetourt county. Four Church Choirs are gathering at the historic slave dwellings at greenfield preston plantation at noon. They plan to honor the people who lived, worked, and died there. Countys plan to move the buildings to make way for an industrial park. Todays event is open to the public, and will include singing and praying. Kids dont always like to brush their teeth. As a result, tooth decay in children is a major health problem. February is National Childrens dental health month. Dr. Robert delarosa is the president of the American Academy of pediatric dentistry. For this weeks early years, we asked him how big a problem tooth decay for children in our area. Dr. Robert delarosa acco rding to the virginia oral health coalition, tooth decay is the number one chronic disease among your children, school age children, and it causes over a million missed school hours a year. Now compute that nationally, thats 51 Million School hours missed a year. So it is a really signficant disease. Dr. Robert delarosa our message is two minutes twice a day with the brushing, and also with our mouth monsters campaign, you can really get some other helpful tips on how to make it fun. We want to make tooth brushing less of a chore, and more of an activity. Im the was a game. We had both the kids in the bathroom at the same. Wed brush my daughters teeth and wed brush my sons teeth. You really want to make it an engaged amount of fun. There are a lot of products out there that have timers and play music, so, you want to make it less of a chore and more of an activity. And dont forget, once teeth come in , if theyre touching, youre not really going to be able to brush them. You want to make sure were flossing our teeth. And then finally, kimberly, we want that dental home established by age one. So by the time your children reach the age of one, we want to have that ongoing professional relationship with our families to help prevent that dreadful disease of dental decay. For more tips on preventing child tooth decay and making dental care fun, youll find a link at wdbj7dotcom. Just click on this story, after the newscast. Theres a backup on i81 in wythe county because of an accident. What you need to know about that and other traffic alerts, next in your i hometown traffic were live at the Taubman Museum of art this morning with a look at a new president ial exhibit. How the museum was able to get all these important pieces here to roanoke coming up mornin. Today with highs around 45 with warmer weather for the weekend. A tractortrailer accident is causing a twomile backup on i81 in wythe county. All northbound lanes are closed near exit 86. The southbound lanes are now open. There is a tractor trailer detour and a separate one for regular traffic. We have more information on those detours on wdbj7 dotcom. Accident to tell you about on route four60 in botetourt county. One westbound lane is blocked near route six16, which is between blue ridge and bonsack. A stretch of foster road in Bedford County is closed now because of flooding. Avoid the area from quarles road to nester road. Route six40 east is also blocked in botetourt county. You cant drive there from roanoke road to lee highway. Theres now a chance for you to get up close and personal with the nations first president. Some historic artifacts from the life of George Washington are now on display right here in southwest virginia. Wdbj7s shayne dwyer is live this morning at the Taubman Museum of art in Downtown Roanoke with a look at some of the items. Good morning shayne. Good morning garrett. These are pieces that you really dont get to see everyday. With me this morning is Amy Moorefield of the Taubman Museum. Amy what went into curating this exhibit and where did the pieces come from . How big of a get was this for the taubman, and how does this help the lets take a look at one of the items, what is this and why is it important . Lets take a look at another item, what is this and why is it garrett and kimberly coming up in the next half hour well find out how you can come see this exhibit for yourself. Of hometown hoops weekly, wdbj7s zac glover checks in with one of the Best High School teams in our area. Plans for this field in how Community Leaders hope whats coming here will help morningdamages starting off in the twenties and thirties across our area the coldest of the heirs retreating back up into canada a little bit of that will start to get back into our region as we head toward later tech campus not much going on right at the freezing mark feels like its twenty five though with a northwest wind around eight miles an hour visibility. Not an issue whatsoever we should see a good amount of sunshine across the Virginia Tech campus snow showers up toward the northeast a few fairweather clouds in our region and that is about it you riding your bike you want to dress accordingly warm up this morning be bundle up this morning is was starting off twenties and thirties we will warm up until low to mid forties as we head through the afternoon to see most of the clouds a row today giving most locations mainly sunny conditions same story on friday over the weekend notes a few more clouds begin to enter the region but other than that we are looking pretty nice mostly sunny pleasant temperature upper thirties 30s low to mid 40s martinsville and danville would talk about upper forties or so head out tonight partly cloudy chilly temperatures in the low to mid twenties throughout the area so my have some black ice tomorrow morning seven day planner sunday would talking low 60s across the area more clouds monday and tuesday some showers that will transition possibly into some snow on wednesday is temperatures start to take a tumble the already begun, with northside comingin as one of the hottest teams in the area. Zac glover catches up with the vikings, in this weeks edition of hometown hoops weekly. Zac glover the northside Basketball Team can beat you in a many ways. With guards that can both drive and shoot, and with the power of a boogie basham down low, the vikings polished off a dominant regular season at 211 on the year. Carlos boogie basham, northside Senior Forward its been a good season. You know, the record is good, and plus, the work that we put in, in the offseason, and at practice and everything. Everything is going good. Kendrick tucker, northside senior guard whoever you get the ball to, you know that theyre capable of making a good play. So just from the depth of the bench, and everybody being able to play and compete when they step out zac glover winning can certainly make things fun, but the vikings say its not just the end result on the scoreboard that has made this year memorable. Bill pope, northside head coach beyond all these things that everyone can see from the stands, i think our strength is that these guys really love to play basketball, and really care about each other. Kendrick tucker off and on the court, were just like a big group of brothers. Just enjoying each others company, we talk to each other every day, and its just like a big family. Zac glover and even though northside hasnt lost a game since early december, theyre still looking for ways to improve heading into the playoffs. Bill pope you have to keep getting better. Theres Little Things that you can tweak and get better at, and those Little Things might turn into big things. Kendrick tucker just continue to be true to what we do, and thats just share the ball, hustle on defense, just continue to battle at practice, and dont change anything. Just stay consistent. Zac glover and the vikings are hoping that consistency can earn head coach, bill pope, his first state championship in more than 30 years on the sidelines at northside. Carlos basham it would be good, just to be the first ones to do, and plus, get him his first one. That would mean a lot. Kendrick tucker every time you come into practice, you see those two big the wall for winning it would mean a lot for us. Bill pope this team is a special team. Theyre special, not just because theyre good at what they do, but who they are. Zac glover in roanoke, zac glover, hometown hoops weekly. Leaders of an Athletic Organization in lexington are trying to keep our kids active by giving them more space to play sports. Wdbj7s Khiree Stewart tells us about a project hoping to make a difference. You look at other facilities and you say why dont we have that here . members of the Rockbridge Area Recreation Organization are a step closer to making it happen. Executive director John Trudgeon says athletes have a limited amount of space to practice,. Theyre planning to extend their practice fields at the brewbaker field complex on this 2 acres of land. There will be a baseball diamond so there will be baseball practices held there and there will be lacrosse practices in the spring time, soccer practices in the fall. Probably even some football practices as well. On top of that, he says theyll also construct a chain the project will cost around 180 thousand dollars. Aside from grants, 50thousand will come from the city of lexington and Rockbridge County through their Capital Improvements plan. Theyre planning to start a Fundraising Campaign later this year. There are more interest in using facilities then there are to use. So, theres been a lot of cooperation. Right now, he says theyre in the process of getting the city to accept their plan. Trudgeon hopes its a home run the local athletes. I think this is just a small step in the right direction. Were strapped and weve been strapped and this is going to be a significant addition to what we already have. Khiree stewart, wdbj7 if approved, trudgeon says construction could begin later this year, and he expects the field to be complete in fall of next year. Its some views of before how one astronaut is saying goodbye to his stay at the International Space nasa is sharing some new pictures of earth taken from the internatinal space station. Astronaut scott kelly is almost finished with his yearlong stay aboard the space station. But before he goes, hes sharing these amazing views of our planet. He posted them on his twitter page earlier this week. The pictures show a snowcovered region, green and blue seas, orange sands and a yellow desert. Kelly is scheduled to come back home next month so, a deer walks into an abc store. Sounds like the opening line of a joke, right . Except this was for real it happened at the abc store in Clifton Forge. The virginia abc posted about it on its Facebook Page with these pics. The post says the doe pushed open the door and headed straight toward the bourbon aisle. We posted this on our facebook last night and its already hundred shares already. Apples not giving in to the governments demand to unlock the iphone of one of the San Bernardino shooters. Why the battle could end up in the Supreme Court. In case you missed it, highlights are just ahead of Virginia Techs loss to 11th ranked miami. What that means for its march madness aspirations. And, if youre looking to clean out your closet, theres an event happening this weekend where you can earn some cash and help out some area. Our next item is a genuine name your price tool. This highly soughtafter device from progressive can be yours for. Twenty grand . No we are giving it away for just 3 easy payments of 4. 99 plus tax the lines are blowing up weve got deborah from poughkeepsie. Flo yeah, no, its flo. You guys realize anyone can use the name your price tool for free on progressive. Com, right . [ laughing nervously ] [ pickles whines ] i know, its like theyre always on television. What . And im kimberly mcbroom. The debate between Silicon Valley and the government rages on after apple refused to comply with a court order to unlock the iphone belonging to one of the Henry County Sheriffs Office<\/a> is looking for a missing woman. Bernice proctors car was found on old Liberty Drive<\/a> in martinsville around 4 20 yesterday afternoon. Family members told police they had not heard from her, and didnt know where she was. Bloodhounds and a Virginia State<\/a> Police Helicopter<\/a> 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<\/a> in madison heights. He was arrested after stopping his car near a home on winridge drive, and trying to get away on foot. Hes 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<\/a> line. According to a volunteer assitant chief, the house on dicks 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 va in salem to be checked out. A Roanoke County<\/a> firefigther says training saved his life last week. Nats activate mayday on the fire ground, a firefighter fallen through the floor while fighting a fire last week on green hill drive, firefighter and paramedic robert mauck fell through two floors and was hanging upside down. After following standard prodecures from his training, mauck says he was able to set himself free. Minutes later, a crew came to the rescue. Roanoke county firefighter and paramedic robert mauck i just looked up to the sky and i just thank god for letting me make it. Im a human being like i said, its wonderful thing, im a blessed man. Mauck only suffered some bruising. Soon though, hell no longer be fighting fires. In twoweeks he starts his new job as deputy fire marshal. cold toss to leo pennsylvania new york that is about it we are still finding the flood warnings along the dan river toward south boston and the Roanoke River<\/a> in randolph now both just minor flooding dan river and south boston continues to recede so does the Roanoke River<\/a> in back into the banks and everything get back to normal temperatures starting off twenties low thirties this morning will be warming up to around thirty nine degrees around the one shower highs today low to mid 40s an and overnight. Once again we dropping down into the twenties now heres whats can a go on for next week we were frontal boundary thats can a move through its can a stall out bring us some plain old rain showers an and all computer models indicating that we will get a strong lowpressure center to develop along that stationary boundary and then start to ride up toward the north does it stay close to the what is a move a little farther off the coast that will help drag down some colder air and change the rain over to snow all the computer model still all over the place on this from with rain or snow so we have to work on away just beware by say next wednesday we do have the potential we could see some wintry weather moving back in today. Nothing like that worry about just mostly sunny pleasant high temperatures in the low to mid forties a little warmer toward martinsville and the danville chilly lows in the twenties and your first alert wtvj seven day planner not is cold friday nearing 50 saturday and sunday low sixties we will see more clouds is you had through the we can but still warm and then monday tuesday some plain old rain showers builds in with that we could transition over to snow on wednesday time will tell exactly was some local shelters and theres never a better time to give than now. Wdbj7s Noell Saunders<\/a> has the story. I think we all rely on the Community Support<\/a> that we recieve. Its vital to our operation the Salvation Army<\/a> feeds over 100 people a day. Many of them are women and children from the Domestic Violence<\/a> shelter turning point. Social Services Director<\/a> Jamie Starkey<\/a> says the biggest need comes when children arent in the classroom. We depend on the school to provide for children when they are in school so when the children are out of school for s snow day that causes an increased need for food supply here starkey says weather has played a donations this year. Also, the Salvation Army<\/a>s Red Kettle Campaign<\/a> didnt do well last year. Thats their number one source of funding. The money that comes from the Red Kettle Campaign<\/a>. We depend on it to set our operating budget for the year pasta, canned goods, snacks are among the food items needed. We havent seen the dire circumstance of feeling like we are not going to be able to feed people but certainly it is a blessing to us when the Community Comes<\/a> forward to help us supplement that food supply Noell Saunders<\/a>, wdbj7 we have information on how to donate to the Salvation Army<\/a> on wdbj7. Com. Happening today some local churches are getting together for a gospel sing in botetourt county. Four Church Choirs<\/a> are gathering at the historic slave dwellings at greenfield preston plantation at noon. They plan to honor the people who lived, worked, and died there. Countys plan to move the buildings to make way for an industrial park. Todays event is open to the public, and will include singing and praying. Kids dont always like to brush their teeth. As a result, tooth decay in children is a major health problem. February is National Childrens<\/a> dental health month. Dr. Robert delarosa is the president of the American Academy<\/a> of pediatric dentistry. For this weeks early years, we asked him how big a problem tooth decay for children in our area. Dr. Robert delarosa acco rding to the virginia oral health coalition, tooth decay is the number one chronic disease among your children, school age children, and it causes over a million missed school hours a year. Now compute that nationally, thats 51 Million School<\/a> hours missed a year. So it is a really signficant disease. Dr. Robert delarosa our message is two minutes twice a day with the brushing, and also with our mouth monsters campaign, you can really get some other helpful tips on how to make it fun. We want to make tooth brushing less of a chore, and more of an activity. Im the was a game. We had both the kids in the bathroom at the same. Wed brush my daughters teeth and wed brush my sons teeth. You really want to make it an engaged amount of fun. There are a lot of products out there that have timers and play music, so, you want to make it less of a chore and more of an activity. And dont forget, once teeth come in , if theyre touching, youre not really going to be able to brush them. You want to make sure were flossing our teeth. And then finally, kimberly, we want that dental home established by age one. So by the time your children reach the age of one, we want to have that ongoing professional relationship with our families to help prevent that dreadful disease of dental decay. For more tips on preventing child tooth decay and making dental care fun, youll find a link at wdbj7dotcom. Just click on this story, after the newscast. Theres a backup on i81 in wythe county because of an accident. What you need to know about that and other traffic alerts, next in your i hometown traffic were live at the Taubman Museum<\/a> of art this morning with a look at a new president ial exhibit. How the museum was able to get all these important pieces here to roanoke coming up mornin. Today with highs around 45 with warmer weather for the weekend. A tractortrailer accident is causing a twomile backup on i81 in wythe county. All northbound lanes are closed near exit 86. The southbound lanes are now open. There is a tractor trailer detour and a separate one for regular traffic. We have more information on those detours on wdbj7 dotcom. Accident to tell you about on route four60 in botetourt county. One westbound lane is blocked near route six16, which is between blue ridge and bonsack. A stretch of foster road in Bedford County<\/a> is closed now because of flooding. Avoid the area from quarles road to nester road. Route six40 east is also blocked in botetourt county. You cant drive there from roanoke road to lee highway. Theres now a chance for you to get up close and personal with the nations first president. Some historic artifacts from the life of George Washington<\/a> are now on display right here in southwest virginia. Wdbj7s shayne dwyer is live this morning at the Taubman Museum<\/a> of art in Downtown Roanoke<\/a> with a look at some of the items. Good morning shayne. Good morning garrett. These are pieces that you really dont get to see everyday. With me this morning is Amy Moorefield<\/a> of the Taubman Museum<\/a>. Amy what went into curating this exhibit and where did the pieces come from . How big of a get was this for the taubman, and how does this help the lets take a look at one of the items, what is this and why is it important . Lets take a look at another item, what is this and why is it garrett and kimberly coming up in the next half hour well find out how you can come see this exhibit for yourself. Of hometown hoops weekly, wdbj7s zac glover checks in with one of the Best High School<\/a> teams in our area. Plans for this field in how Community Leaders<\/a> hope whats coming here will help morningdamages starting off in the twenties and thirties across our area the coldest of the heirs retreating back up into canada a little bit of that will start to get back into our region as we head toward later tech campus not much going on right at the freezing mark feels like its twenty five though with a northwest wind around eight miles an hour visibility. Not an issue whatsoever we should see a good amount of sunshine across the Virginia Tech<\/a> campus snow showers up toward the northeast a few fairweather clouds in our region and that is about it you riding your bike you want to dress accordingly warm up this morning be bundle up this morning is was starting off twenties and thirties we will warm up until low to mid forties as we head through the afternoon to see most of the clouds a row today giving most locations mainly sunny conditions same story on friday over the weekend notes a few more clouds begin to enter the region but other than that we are looking pretty nice mostly sunny pleasant temperature upper thirties 30s low to mid 40s martinsville and danville would talk about upper forties or so head out tonight partly cloudy chilly temperatures in the low to mid twenties throughout the area so my have some black ice tomorrow morning seven day planner sunday would talking low 60s across the area more clouds monday and tuesday some showers that will transition possibly into some snow on wednesday is temperatures start to take a tumble the already begun, with northside comingin as one of the hottest teams in the area. Zac glover catches up with the vikings, in this weeks edition of hometown hoops weekly. Zac glover the northside Basketball Team<\/a> can beat you in a many ways. With guards that can both drive and shoot, and with the power of a boogie basham down low, the vikings polished off a dominant regular season at 211 on the year. Carlos boogie basham, northside Senior Forward<\/a> its been a good season. You know, the record is good, and plus, the work that we put in, in the offseason, and at practice and everything. Everything is going good. Kendrick tucker, northside senior guard whoever you get the ball to, you know that theyre capable of making a good play. So just from the depth of the bench, and everybody being able to play and compete when they step out zac glover winning can certainly make things fun, but the vikings say its not just the end result on the scoreboard that has made this year memorable. Bill pope, northside head coach beyond all these things that everyone can see from the stands, i think our strength is that these guys really love to play basketball, and really care about each other. Kendrick tucker off and on the court, were just like a big group of brothers. Just enjoying each others company, we talk to each other every day, and its just like a big family. Zac glover and even though northside hasnt lost a game since early december, theyre still looking for ways to improve heading into the playoffs. Bill pope you have to keep getting better. Theres Little Things<\/a> that you can tweak and get better at, and those Little Things<\/a> might turn into big things. Kendrick tucker just continue to be true to what we do, and thats just share the ball, hustle on defense, just continue to battle at practice, and dont change anything. Just stay consistent. Zac glover and the vikings are hoping that consistency can earn head coach, bill pope, his first state championship in more than 30 years on the sidelines at northside. Carlos basham it would be good, just to be the first ones to do, and plus, get him his first one. That would mean a lot. Kendrick tucker every time you come into practice, you see those two big the wall for winning it would mean a lot for us. Bill pope this team is a special team. Theyre special, not just because theyre good at what they do, but who they are. Zac glover in roanoke, zac glover, hometown hoops weekly. Leaders of an Athletic Organization<\/a> in lexington are trying to keep our kids active by giving them more space to play sports. Wdbj7s Khiree Stewart<\/a> tells us about a project hoping to make a difference. You look at other facilities and you say why dont we have that here . members of the Rockbridge Area<\/a> Recreation Organization<\/a> are a step closer to making it happen. Executive director John Trudgeon<\/a> says athletes have a limited amount of space to practice,. Theyre planning to extend their practice fields at the brewbaker field complex on this 2 acres of land. There will be a baseball diamond so there will be baseball practices held there and there will be lacrosse practices in the spring time, soccer practices in the fall. Probably even some football practices as well. On top of that, he says theyll also construct a chain the project will cost around 180 thousand dollars. Aside from grants, 50thousand will come from the city of lexington and Rockbridge County<\/a> through their Capital Improvements<\/a> plan. Theyre planning to start a Fundraising Campaign<\/a> later this year. There are more interest in using facilities then there are to use. So, theres been a lot of cooperation. Right now, he says theyre in the process of getting the city to accept their plan. Trudgeon hopes its a home run the local athletes. I think this is just a small step in the right direction. Were strapped and weve been strapped and this is going to be a significant addition to what we already have. Khiree stewart, wdbj7 if approved, trudgeon says construction could begin later this year, and he expects the field to be complete in fall of next year. Its some views of before how one astronaut is saying goodbye to his stay at the International Space<\/a> nasa is sharing some new pictures of earth taken from the internatinal space station. Astronaut scott kelly is almost finished with his yearlong stay aboard the space station. But before he goes, hes sharing these amazing views of our planet. He posted them on his twitter page earlier this week. The pictures show a snowcovered region, green and blue seas, orange sands and a yellow desert. Kelly is scheduled to come back home next month so, a deer walks into an abc store. Sounds like the opening line of a joke, right . Except this was for real it happened at the abc store in Clifton Forge<\/a>. The virginia abc posted about it on its Facebook Page<\/a> with these pics. The post says the doe pushed open the door and headed straight toward the bourbon aisle. We posted this on our facebook last night and its already hundred shares already. Apples not giving in to the governments demand to unlock the iphone of one of the San Bernardino<\/a> shooters. Why the battle could end up in the Supreme Court<\/a>. In case you missed it, highlights are just ahead of Virginia Tech<\/a>s loss to 11th ranked miami. What that means for its march madness aspirations. And, if youre looking to clean out your closet, theres an event happening this weekend where you can earn some cash and help out some area. Our next item is a genuine name your price tool. This highly soughtafter device from progressive can be yours for. Twenty grand . No we are giving it away for just 3 easy payments of 4. 99 plus tax the lines are blowing up weve got deborah from poughkeepsie. Flo yeah, no, its flo. You guys realize anyone can use the name your price tool for free on progressive. Com, right . [ laughing nervously ] [ pickles whines ] i know, its like theyre always on television. What . And im kimberly mcbroom. The debate between Silicon Valley<\/a> and the government rages on after apple refused to comply with a court order to unlock the iphone belonging to one of the San Bernardino<\/a> killers. Don champion reports, the battle could make it all the way to the Supreme Court<\/a>. With apple. As its encryption battle with the government unfolds. In a series of tweets companys chief ed the validity of a court apple to help unlock the iphone of San Bernardino<\/a> shooter, syed farook. Saying the move could set a troubling precedent. Some iphone users flocked to this San Francisco<\/a> apple store wednesday to voice their support. sot Cindy Cohn Electronic Frontier Foundation<\/a> we understand that theyre standing up for us, and we appreciate them standing up for us. Farook and his wife killed 14 people in the december shooting rampage. Farooks work issued iphone 5c was found in the couples getaway car. Federal investigators want to break farooks passcode but first need apple to create software that would disable the phones auto erase feature which would protect any data about the attack. Mandy pifer, whose fiance died in the attack, calls it common sense sot mandy pifer victims fiance i would be outraged if in the future it was used in other ways but this is in a statement federal authorities maintained the order and request were only for farooks phone. Still apple ceo tim cook says complying would have chilling consequences. The Company Plans<\/a> to appeal as early as next week and is prepared to take its fight to the Supreme Court<\/a>. Don champion cbs news. Republican president ial candidates are making thier final cases to voters ahead of South Carolina<\/a>s primary on saturday. A town hall was held on cnn last night with ben carson, ted cruz and marco rubio sharing the limelight. Dr. Ben carson what we really need are people who know how to solve problems, not people who know sen. Ted cruz we on religious liberties. President who will those values. Have 15 years of experience of turning conservative ideas into conservative action. Just in time for saturdays primary, South Carolina<\/a>s governor announced publicly endorsing marco rubio for the nomination. Each of the gop candidates are battling donald trump, who has a sizeable lead in South Carolina<\/a> polls. Trump will participate in a second cnn town hall tonight, along with jeb bush and john kasich. Were weeks away from virginias march 1st primary and the candidate tv ads are starting to pour in. Hillary clintons ads are running in the commonwealth. Clinton is enjoying a lead in virginia polls against opponent bernie sanders. But in saturdays caucuses in nevada, its a dead heat between the two democratic candidates. cold toss w stinger warming up well see that snow just melt away but each morning this morning and again tomorrow morning watch upper some areas of black ice reason why you flows across the roads and again temperatures overnight they drop below freezing some that could refreeze thirty with bill thirty two blacksburg thirty three Ronald Lynchburg<\/a> twenty five hot springs twenty three and then danville coming in at twenty seven some snow showers say pennsylvania new york up toward main for our area maybe a flurry or two toward pocahontas Greenbrier County<\/a> but everyone else will fairweather clouds here and there and that is about it flood warnings continue along the dan river in south boston minor flooding and also along the Roanoke River<\/a> in randolph also now seeing some minor flooding there were seeing some moderate flooding but the rivers continue to receive and now be the case over the next twenty four hours into the Roanoke River<\/a> latest observation twenty three. Eight feet flood stages twenty one feet so above that but it arty down from its crest at twenty four. One feet early this morning over toward the dan river in south boston your twenty three feet you to crest around twenty three and happy and then start to recede as we head through the afternoon so back to normal today forty five a look45 the with of the weekend back up until low 60s get out and enjoy today more like the low to mid 40s still better than earlier the we can the weekend but not as warm as what we seeing highpressure and control pushes the jet stream back up to the north and thats allowing that warm air from the south to build back into the region and thats why saturday and sunday will be in the low 60s. But will start see more clouds drifting in you forecast across the area would talk about mostly sunny skies today pleasant conditions highs upper thirties low to mid forties a little warmer martinsville and danville head out tonight partly cloudy chilly some of that melt will refreeze overnight watch out for that tomorrow morning lows in the 20s and your first alert wtvj seven day planner where fifty on friday sixty one saturday and sunday gorgeous more clouds over warmer and it is you had toward monday and tuesday some rain showers move back in wednesday maybe transitioning back to some snow we have to will be dropping back carrying the pope. The Italian Airline<\/a> carrying pope francis entourage to mexico city said that the crew onboard noticed a laser beam as the plane prepared to land. Officials say the plane landed safely and no crew members or passengers were hurt. Pointing lasers at planes can blind the pilots flying the aircraftand increase the chance of crashes. Guns will be allowed in classrooms at the university of texas at austin next school year. Thats according to guidelines that comply with a state law. It allows concealed handgun license holders to bring their weapons into classrooms. The schools president says he doesnt believe guns belong on campus, but state law requires public universities to allow them, starting august 1st. He called the law, the biggest challenge to his presidency to date. Some giles county landowners against the Mountain Valley<\/a> pipeline project have taken their case to the virginia Supreme Court<\/a>. Justices heard an appeal by the appalachian mountain advocates on wednesday. That group is questioning a law that lets pipeline property under eminent domain. They previously prevented Mountain Valley<\/a> pipeline from entering private property in west virginia. Justices could rule on the case in a month to six weeks. Maryland is appealing a ruling that allows Dominion Virginia Power<\/a> to drain 215million gallons of treated water from coal ash ponds just south of washington dc into a creek that flows into the potomac river. Marylands governor wants a judge in richmond to review the approval virginia granted last month. Dominions plan is part of a larger effort to comply with a nationwide Environmental Protection<\/a> agency mandate to safely dispose of coal ash. Dominion says the groundwater will be monitored. Americas National Parks<\/a> are becoming very popular vacation destinations. New numbers show more people visited National Park<\/a> sites in 2015 than ever before. Parks across the country hosted a recordbreaking 3 hundred 7million visits. The most popular spot was the Great Smoky Mountains<\/a> with more than 10 million visits in 20 15. The grand canyon hosted 5million yellowstone and the Rocky Mountains<\/a> each saw more than 4million. In august, the National Park<\/a> services will celebrate its centennial anniversary. For your mornin sports catch up, Virginia Tech<\/a> went to south beach to play 11 ranked miami. Tech like all college Basketball Team<\/a>s is trying to earn a march madness berth but it be a tall task with a 1313 record. Theyll need to win this game and basically all the others. The good thing was tech started out hot specifically kerry blakershear willing the 2 point bucket. And then here with the pick and roll. The hokies were up 2221 going into the second half. But then there was the bad hokie. Angel rodriguez got going. A steal here and the fnish, a drive here acrobatic finish, and a three point here with the splish, splash finish. The problem for the hokies were the missed baskets. Tech shot a season low 29point6 percent and when you miss shots on miami rolls 6549. Tech will play Florida State<\/a> this saturday. In tonights hometown health, the medical community is realizing the increasing benefits of bloodless surgery. Surgeries involving blood transfusions are known to carry serious risks. Doctors who perform bloodless procedures use hormones and iron infusions to boost the patients own red blood cells. Dr. Sherri ozawa clinical director of the institute for patient blood management and bloodless surgery and medicine at englewood hospital there are all of these things we can do to make patients healthier, again to reduce the amount of blood they lost, to make surgery safer. And these patients actually did better, the surgery was originally developed to accommodate patients who dont believe in blood transfusions for religious reasons. Medical experts say bloodless surgery should be considered for any type of surgery that has been traditionally associated with transfusions. Its still pretty cold out there this morning, and you could still run into some icy patches on the roads. Well tell you everything you need to lok out for, next in your ihometown traffic report. Were live at the Taubman Museum<\/a> of art this morning with a look at a special president ial exhibit. If youre a history buff you wont want break. Watch out for black ice early otherwise well see mainly sunny skies and a high around 45. I81 north is shut down near exit 86 in wythe county because of a tractor trailer accident. There is a tractor trailer detour and a separate one for regular traffic. We have more information on those detours on wdbj7 dotcom. We have another accident to tell you about on route four60 in botetourt county. One westbound lane is blocked near route six16, which is between blue ridge and bonsack. Theres about a milelong backup there now. A stretch of foster road in Bedford County<\/a> is closed now because of flooding. Avoid the area from quarles road to nester road. Route six40 east is also blocked in botetourt county. You cant drive there to lee highway. How many times have you worn a formal or cocktail dress, only to hang it in your closet and never look at it again . Thats a waste of a perfectly nice dress, not to mention money. This weekend, you can drop off those items and help girls in our area find the dresses they need for homecoming or prom. Here to talk more about cinderellas closet is arielle rosmarino, whos the marketing director at proms, pageants, and pretty things. Good morning, is this one of the dresses thatll be sold this weekend . Kimberly mcbroom wdbj7 how will this weekends sale work . Kimberly mcbroom wdbj7 drop off the dresses, and how are they priced . Kimberly mcbroom wdbj7 what happens to dresses some of president George Washington<\/a>s personal items have made their way to roanoke for a special exhibit at the Taubman Museum<\/a> of art. This special exhibit runs through the summer and provides an upclose look at one of the nations most influential people. Wdbj7s shayne dwyer is live at the Taubman Museum<\/a> of art in Downtown Roanoke<\/a> this morning to tell us more about it. Good morning shayne. Good morning garrett. If youre a washington fan this truly is onestop shopping. With me this morning is Amy Moorefield<\/a> of the Taubman Museum<\/a> amy why should what makes this different than just looking at all htis online . How long does the exhibit run and what times can you see it how can you get tickets and are there things for this exhibit . Garrett and kimberly a good way to learn something new without reading a book. Heres a look at what has people talking on twitter this morning. Goptownhall is trending after cnn hosted its president ial town hall last night with marco rubio, ted cruz and ben its the last time the candidates will meet before the republican primary in South Carolina<\/a> on saturday. For more than a day now careforvets has been trending. 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And grab a burrito and drink delivered in two minutes guaranteed. click youdamages starting off right around thirty three ronald right now forty five alanna twenty four chicago new york city reporting a temperature at this hour of twenty nine where live in Bedford Bedford<\/a> middle school with our weather bug site their temperature 32 alight southerly breeze coming in at five miles per our just a few fairweather clouds couple flurries Northern Virginia<\/a> most of it up toward new york pennsylvania and especially up toward parts of maine in new england other than that not much going on throughout the afternoon high temperatures topping on the mid forties by the one shower we should be in the upper thirties to low forties 40s and then all eyes go to next week after weekend in the 60s will have some cold air sliding back down we do have a storm system developing would have a front moves through monday tuesday can a stall out and a lowpressure center will be riding along that front system gets a little bit closer to our area the cold air will not be allowed in here so will be mainly a rain event but it does move a little farther to our east that will allow some cold air to slide in we could go from that rain to us snow mixed and then we have to watch that but still several days way track up in the air but just be aware that maybe by midweek of next week we could see some wintry weather moving back into the region time will tell but depending on that track you forecast across the area today would talking mostly sunny pleasant temperatures in the upper thirties low to mid 40s a little warmer martinsville and danville tonight partly cloudy chilly first alert wtvj seven day planner fifty on friday low sixties saturday and sunday would more clouds filtering and monday into tuesday some rain showers better chance a rain early wednesday but does that change over to snow time will tell was, temperatures, plummet into low stories a missing woman in henry county has been found. Bernice proctors car was found on old Liberty Drive<\/a> in martinsville around 4 20 yesterday. Family members told police they had not heard from her, where she was. She was found in a her car around 4 this morning. The hospital and is being treated for hypothernia and dehydration. This weeks rough weather has taken its toll on the food supply at some local shelters. One of them is the Salvation Army<\/a>. The Salvation Army<\/a> feeds over 100 people a day. Many of them are women and children from the Domestic Violence<\/a> shelter, turning point. The Organization Needs<\/a> pasta, canned goods, snacks and other items for their food pantry. We have information on how to donate to the Salvation Army<\/a> on wdbj7. Com. The fierce debate between Silicon Valley<\/a> and the heating up this morning. Apple is refusing to comply with a court order to unlock the iphone belonging to one of the San Bernardino<\/a> shooters. Now google is standing with the company. In a series of tweets last night, googles chief evecutive questioned the court order, saying the move could set a troubling precedent. Federal investigators want to break into the phone because it was found in the shooters getaway car. Apples ceo says the company will take the case all the way to the Supreme Court<\/a> if necessary. After the break, hirsbrunner will be the world a president has to grapple with. Sometimes you cant even imagine. Thats the job. And shes the one whos proven she can get it done. Securing a massive reduction in nuclear weapons. Standing up against the abuse of women. Protecting social security. Expanding benefits for the national guard. And Winning Health<\/a> care for 8 million children. The presidency is the toughest job in the world and shes the one wholl make a real difference for you. Warmer weather for hey diddle diddle, the cat and the fiddle, the cow jumped over the moon. Then quickly fell back to earth landing on the roof of a dutch colonial. Luckily geico recently helped the residents with homeowners insurance. They were able to get the roof repaired like new. They later sold the cow lactose intolerant. Call geico and see how much you could save on homeowners insurance. Captioning funded by cbs good morning. It is thursday, february 18th, 2016. Welcome to cbs this morning. Ted cruz dares donald trump to sue him over an attack ad. We reveal the results of a new national cbs news poll. Google backs rival apple in its fight against the fbi over how about this . Seven marathon on seven continents in seven days a single mom who is the First American<\/a> woman to complete this daunting challenge. We begin this morning with a look at todays eye opener. Your world in 90 seconds. This has not been a typically race by any sense and i dont think anyone is surprised that donald is threaten to sue people. He has done that most of his adult life. Slugging it out in South Carolina<\/a>. 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