Danielle, in the small town of chatham, how are people reacting in the community . Jean, since the threat was made public Sheriff Taylor says they have recieved phones calls thanking them for their service and keeping this community safe. He says that really does help them. These officers will continue to be here until further notice. Forecastyou burster in the background i figure happy to see the sun out in its warming up considerably were you see that over the next couple days to live you from i downtown rona for Rona Catholic see hardly a cloud in the sky is the side view looking downtown traffic moving along nicely will but of of breeze up there you thousand feet up to fifty now lynchburg fifty three in danville always a i you will you do even better than that tomorrow with temperatures climbing into the sixties now next twelve hours cooling off with partly cloudy to at times unbearably clotting skies and again those temperatures not quite as cold as it has been over the past couple nights on the lotta melting was teenager who led them on a high speed chase on route 220 last week, crashed the car, and then took off running. The crash happened last wednesday night near the roanokefranklin county line. Four other teens were hurt. Investigators caught the driver tuesday afternoon in roanoke, with the help of roanoke police. Teen had been missing after walking out of a lowsecurity juvenile facility in eastern virginia last december. Legendary author harper lee has died. Lee is best known for her classic novel, to kill a mockingbird, which won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction in 1961. Last year she was thrust back into the spotlight with the publication of her second novel, which was actually written before mockingbird it was published with enormous fanfare, despite questions about whether lee had ever intended to release it and concerns over her health and mental competence. She suffered from a stroke in 2007. Harper lee was 89. A somber day in washington dc as thousands gather to pay respects to justice antonin scalia. He served nearly 30 years before he died last saturday. The line to get into the Supreme Court wrapped around the block twice, as some traveled hundreds of miles to visit. Inside, scalias son father paul scalia president obama will not attend the Funeral Service tomorrow morning. Instead the white house is sending Vice President joe biden because of his personal relationship with the scalia family. President ial candidates from both parties are making a final push for voters ahead of two contests tomorrow. The remaining six republican candidates are focused on South Carolina on the eve of a primary there. Leaders say there could be some surprises in store. Senator ted cruz has narrowed the gap between himself and frontrunner donald trump. Hes reminding voters that more than just the presidency is at stake. Sen. Ted cruz r candidate we are one justice five justice liberal majority that will strike down every abortion across the country, and mandate unlimited abortion on in Nevada Democratic president ial candidates Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton are running a tight race ahead of the states caucus. Clinton is courting latino voters there while sanders is sticking to a message of economic equality. Results of both polls here on wdbj7. Virginias president ial primary will be held march 1st. A new study shows people in virginia donated more than seven Million Dollars to president ial candidates last year. The virginia Public Access project says Hillary Clinton and jeb bush took in the most cash from virginians last year. Clinton received nearly 3 Million Dollars and bush got just over a million. Bernie sanders brought in more than and marco rubio received more than 660 thousand. Community members are stepping up to help make sure the dan river water is free of ecoli. The Dan River Basin Association asked for volunteers to help collect water quaility data and the Organization Says they got a great response. The danville Citizen Water Quality Monitoring Program is in its second year and helps the state keep track of rivers and streams they cant get to all the time. With the help of more than 18 volunteers, the Data Collected will help indenify any rather than later. Since the discovery of dangerous amounts of lead in the water in flint, michigan, Virginia Tech has played a key role in trying to solve the problem. Now, researchers are testing again. This time they hope the water is cleaner. Wdbj7s eamon omeara has details on what they are doing. Flint, michigan is back to using clean but with the damage done to the pipes, no one knows if the water has less lead than the last time checked them. Phd student flint should be going down, but the only way to prove that is to do a follow up study. So now, the school another 300 Water Testing kits to Flint Residents who tested their water before. kimberly hughes, recent graduate of biochemistry and biology we need 3 different were just prepping them right now, capping them, putting labels on put them all together afterwards and once the kits are set up, with the addresses they need to go to and you just send them off and the Flint Residents take it from there. Phd candidate own sampling there so they have a better going on and we are able to communicate about whats in that water exactly from that tap. Everyone at the school making these kits is volunteering to help in any way they can. Being able to drink felt really awful and i wanted to just do everything i could to help. Soon enough these kits will be sent to flint, michigan for the residents to fill up with their tap water. Then theyll be sent back here to Virginia Tech for, hopefully, a better round of testing. Perspective i really hope there isnt any lead in it this time. It could take a while for lead to completely get out of the water but what were hoping is that the waters clean and that everyone will have safe water but we dont really know exactly what to fully expect yet. They should have their answer, though, very soon. That took about 4 weeks the last time so im guessing 45 weeks is a good turnaround time in how we go about giving those kits out, getting them back, and then analyzing them. So maybe a month or two. In blacksburg, eamon omeara wdbj7. Virginia tech researcher marc edwards has also agreed to test for lead contamination near a coal ash james river near richmond. A Water Conservation has concerns about dominion virginia powers coal ash impoundments at the companys chesterfield power station. Radford University Science students are adjusting to their new digs. Faculty and staff just moved into the center for the sciences a building that cost nearly 50 Million Dollars to builld. Wdbj7s justin ward shows us whats inside. Its a spectacle for the senses and a Research Center that launches projects across the world. To the dean of the college of science and technology, its no surprise the students are already excelling with what this more than 113 thousand square foot building has to offer. Orion Rogers College of science and Technology Dean our students do research with faculty. They get immersed in research and get a graduate Level Research experience as undergraduates. The six Story Building has features and technology that professors say will advance radford universitys programs and give confidence students need to succeed. Joseph wirgau associate chemistry professor its going to be really hey, just look through the window. Over there is whats going deep in the building are heavily secured part of the Forensic Science institute where the programs director says will be better equipped than many medical out in the labs a computer table for discover virtual cadavers. Upstairs science by doing gives students extra experiments. Independent labs are available for Students Learning general chemistry, or more orion Rogers College of dean and then this specialized being constructed a new museum of the Earth Sciences is waiting for the latest extinct skeletons or minerals for display. A 54 seat planetarium greets guests as they enter the building, which is opening to the community april 23rd. Orion Rogers College of science and Technology Dean extraordinary opportunities for our students, to take them to places they never imagined they could go. In radford, jutin ward, wdbj7 Hometown News leader, wdbj7. its teen dating violence and awareness prevention month. Tonight we talk to teenagers about their perspective on it and get help. Hometown health, february is teen dating violence awareness and prevention month. A recent National Survey found that 1 in 10 teenagers reported being that study is from the centers for Disease Control and prevention. Wdbj7s Noell Saunders joins us now to tell us why its important for voices to be heard. Jean, the issue can be very complex. Many teens are getting abused in their relationships and some dont say a word. Sometimes the end result could be tragic. But the Family Services of the Roanoke Valley has a program that helps teens overcome that fear. Teen dating violence is a common problem among many young people in the United States. It affects safety, development and a sense of comfort. We do want them to hear the statistics. One in ten Highschool Students have experienced some type of physical or Emotional Abuse in High School Sarah Jane Lawrence with Family Services of the Roanoke Valley works with hundreds of teenagers through teen outreach. The program is geared toward helping teens recognize the signs and patterns of an abusive relationship. Help them discover in themselves what they want as far as where their boundaries are in a relationship and to for help. Do they have a trusted friend and adult whether its through the teen out Reach Program and the mentors they have here with us here at fmaily service or a teacher or a counselor or a parent selina and cynthia are a part of the teen outReach Program. You could end up dead. They could beat you until you are dead. You never know what the situation is going to lead up to Family Services counselors also teach teens when to recognize a healthy relationship and when to let someone know whats going on. Definitely speak out and know that you are better than that. Know yourself most importantly counselors emphasize trust and building a strong relationship with parents as a mother i want my child to trust me and tell me whats going on in her life. I am there for her no matter what information about the teen outReach Program can be found on our website wdbj7. Com Noell Saunders wdbj7. Honored two of their own today through a blood drive. More than one hundred students showed up to give blood at the high the private blood Schools Parent teacherstudent honored Kendall Bayne and hannah bryant. Both students lost their battle to cancer in recent months. Kendalls brother gave blood toay, and says his sister would have been proud. Connor it means a lot. Its really great what everyone is doing. From personal experience, from my sister, she had several blood transfusions and she as always so thankful that people were willing to donate blood to help save lives. Virginia Blood Services says all the blood donated to today will stay local and each person who donated saved three lives. There are plans to host another blood drive and open it to the public. The israeli ambassador to the United States says Liberty University is the most proisrael place in the United States. Ron dermer made those comments during the schools convocation this morning, where he was the featured speaker. Dermer gave of israels history and the threats it currently faces in the middle east. He encouraged his evangelical audience to stand with israel, just as he said the country is standing with christians. Ron dermer israeli ambassador to the United States in israel the sacred sites of christians are safe and, i promise you this, in israel christians will always be safe and free. Liberty will be sending a group of students to israel for 10 days in march. They will perform medical relief work and minister to refugees, among other projects. You might want to dust of the hiking boots and head outdoors this weekend. Meteorologist brent watts has a look at the warmer weekend forecast. Complete details of your first alert forecast right after the break stilla few relook at a data just also finish you are graphic talk about next week potential storms a rain is its no with a little bow look me ul, unless you have allergies. May see it differently. Is approved to relieve both itchy, watery eyes d congestion. Ther nasal allergy spray can say that. E breathe in allergens our bodies react by ducing six key inflammatory substances that use our symptoms. Stllergy pills only control one substance. Onase controls six. D six is greater than one. Te allergy relief or incomplete. T your eyes decide. Ase. 61 changes everything. Lots of sunshine today a you insist this picture of that body into the weekend most of that snow will be gone except for some of the bigger piles with these temperatures easy to see why fifties now roanoke fifty one smith mountlake just. Up for you i fifty three danville look at sixty three in charleston also the bristol its into that warm air is starting to move van from the west and thats will see over the course of the weekend but the you ridge of highpressure thats buildingwith the to ridge of highpressure thats is keep in the jetstream up here it will usher in some cold stuff staying well to the north of us of tonight we are expecting lows in the upper 30s over the past couple nights we had one you got the into the 20s not can a be as cold tonight 41 of bluefield 38 a roanoke 39 in danville you could got thirty six and lynchburg heres what happens tomorrow partly sunny very warm once again average highs this time year right around forty nine fifty degrees so rita be a good ten degrees above average almost fifty danville or your get a get into the mid sixties tomorrow sunshine to start become little more clout cover coming it by the second half of the day all because of got a front thats moving yet that will arrive here on sunday so the temperatures in the sixties watch what happens on sunday pretty similar right around sixty two degrees and notice out icon now has a couple raindrops and its a will bring some rain in here it does look like right now cool late morning on sunday so skies getting a bit more clotting is your monday your sunday comes along and will have showers commute probably by ten levin oclock may impact some the Church Plants you he him relative you had back home from church and then that rain moves across the area during the day Lynchburg Danville you see that the afternoon and it should clear the area by the evening with additional rain showers into the mountains if you china make some outdoor plants a does look like the first half of the weekend looks better than the second half so now would talk about some colder air the comes in next week so warm weather does not last all that long impact will have temperatures dropping to the fifties by monday and eventually forties by tuesday a close eye on this lowpressure system that is expected to develop the models have the low just about all of the accretive there will be some type of storms thatdevelops of the question is where does this thing go right now looks like the been trending a little warmer today which would keep us mostly rain a little bit of mix at times but tuesday night into wednesday will be the timeframe will be watching for that closely i meteorologist Lindsay Anderson will be on this week you what all the latest model runs is a commence and update you on any changes there with a put impact day for wednesday but is regardless were get have some warmer precipitation that will impact your day the temperatures dropping to the 60s down to the forties so that spring fever that we had over the weekend to stick advantage of it unit is going this weekend for the state wrestling well hear from the in the hunt for at title. 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Im Hillary Clinton and i approved this message. scal good day, mlady i am sircanalot, here to save you from another breakfast bore. Wake up those eggs with glorious spam crowning this years state wrestling champions from 1a to 4a began today at the salem civic center, with teams from all over the state battling it out for a title. Eight mats were jam packed throughout the afternoon, to kick off the opening two rounds of the tournament, setting up the semifinal and championship rounds for tomorrow. Cave spring is among the most improved programs, advancing eight wrestlers to state, the most the knights have sent in quite some time. And head coach, tim nininger says the change hes seen in his program, can all be chalked up to a lot of hard work. Tim nininger, cave spring head coach its been drastic. When i walked in here six year ago, the program wasnt that successful. I told them at the first meeting what we were going to do. Theres no magic trick to wrestling, worked hard, and they work hard year round, and now were starting to see some of that success. Hard work pays off, whether its in wrestling or life, and im glad that theyve theyre seeing the success pay off, and into life. Weve had been a long year, but the guys are battle tested. Weve wrestled a lot of tough tournaments out of town, and hopefully it pays off this weekend. Jimmie johnson wrecked out of last nights can am duel at daytona, which means that the 6 time cup champ will have to go to a backup car for sundays daytona 500 and drop to the back of the field. Its another lesson in restrictor plate racing on a superspeedway where your fate isnt always in your own hands. Jimmie johnson two time daytona 500 champ decisions by others give you your opportunity. You look in the mirror the entire lap around the racetrack and try to setup, drag the brake to push all the cars back and eventually all that energy comes back forward and if the timing is right and you get the nudge to get the energy to go forward you can make a move. So to set all that up is virtually impossible. You just get lucky. Its timing. Its circumstances that lead to an offensive move. All the other tracks we race at, if you are better, you go up there and take it from the guy and thats what makes plate racing so difficult and the 500 so isnt a roadmap. Week on a mixed day. 21 points. Nasdaq up 17. S and p down just now that roanoke democrats have chosen their candidate for mayor, are any others waiting in the wings . Wdbj7s joe dashiell was asking jean, we know that sherman lea will be on the ballot. He won the democratic firehouse primary last saturday, but what about other republican and independent candidates running in the may election. Some familiar names are considering campaigns, and well talk more about that coming up at 6 on wdbj7. For the latest weather anytime, turn to our webpage at wdbj7. Com and be sure to follow us on facebook and twitter for weather headlines and more at wdbj7weather. Thank you for Hometown News leader, wdbj7. Well see you at six. whistling sprightly tune 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. Expanding benefits for the national guard. And Winning Health 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
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