Thanks for being with us. Im bill wadell. This bitter cold weather is affecting a lot of peoples plans this weekend. Heres a live look outside from atop our studios here in Roanoke County. The temps will continue to plummet the winds expected to kick up then some of us will see snow. Taylors here with us. This is one of those weekends where its a good idea to limit how much time youll be spending outside. Layers will be the key this weekend, bill. A wind chill advisory will go into effect in about an hour for most of the viewing area including roanoke. Wind chill values have already dropped near zero in hot springs, and are forecast to reach that mark in the lower elevations later tonight. Winds are howling out there in roanoke, wytheville, have to tonight. Well let you know how long the chill will stick around in just a few minutes. Alright taylor thanks. Well check back with you in about in Pulaski County a judge finds ashley white guilty of abuse and neglect. The Roanoke Times says the judge handed down the sentence this afternoon in a bench trial. Noah thomas body was found in a septic tank near the familys home back in march. White was found guilty of leaving him unattended the day he disappeared. Ashley white is expected back in court for sentencing on may 16th. In danville two people are recovering after they were shot in a moving car. Police tell us they were called to Stonewall Court just after two this morning. A 21yearold man and a 22 yearold woman were both shot in the upper extremities. The two were driving through the intersection of first street and abbott when someone opened fire. Theyre expected to be okay. No arrests yet in the case. Wfxrs Kristen Eskow just got back from another rally against violence. Shes live with what residents are saying tonight. Bill it was a Smaller Group than last weeks walk but weather outside the danville boys and girls club to walk against violence. 0 140 180 180 230 460 51 just one week after Danville Regional Medical Center hosted of doctor Randolph Neal,people joined again to pray and walk against violence. Williams ive been thinking about it this week, and i think one of the most important things is to share hope with this commmunity. Larson a lot of people said please keep this going, please stay committed to working as a community. Danville Regional Medical larson says he did not want to be the only one. He says he wants to run more walks to encourage people to continue sharing ideas on how to make communities safer. Danville as a crimefree community. Were hoping to find new locations each week where we can walk and share ideas and get commitment to improving our cartwright hopefully it will be just a start of more changes of buildings bridges. Bridges. And i did get a chance to ask larson about how doctor Randolph Neal is doing he said he continues to recover and is doing well. And the website we told you about last week which is run by the hospital to collect ideas on how to make communities safer is still up and running. If you have an idea you would like to submit, you can find a link on our website virginia first dot com. Live in the studio, Kristen Eskow, wfxr news. In Campbell County crews are still keeping a close eye on an old plant that has been smoldering for 24 hours. Theres little left of the former dan river plant in brookneal. It took more than 12 hours to get the fire under control. Volunteer firefighters say it took at least half a million gallons of water to control the blaze. Two school buses from Campbell CountySchool System were used to give firefighters a break from the cold. One witness told wfxr news that the fire was started by a worker cutting steel which led to sparks landing on nearby trash. Investigators have not yet released an in Montgomery County were getting our first look at video of the duo charged with Nicole Lovells abduction and murder. Cnn obtained video from the Montgomery County sheriffs office. It shows David Eisenhaur and natalie keepers being booked seperately. Both Virginia Tech engineering students are locked up without bond waiting for their next court appearance. In Roanoke County police have ruled a Death Investigation as a murder suicide. Officers were called to pinewood drive early monday morning. Police say thats where they found 79 yearold Henry Rothrock and his 81yearold wife nora dead inside their home. In lynchburg two men are locked up following a big drug bust. Police tell us they seized 58 pounds of high grade marijuana along with several vehicles and 65 thousand dollars. Randall simpson of forest and David Johnson of goode are both facing possession charges. If drug activity in your neighborhood we have the numbers to leave an anonymous tip or even to send a text message on our website. Virginia first dot com in roanoke one store in the valley view mall is still closed after a sprinkler malfunction. Shoppers sent us pictures of the handwritten closed signs on the doors at jc penny. The Fire Protection system went off wednesday afternoon drenching a lot of stuff inside. Weve reached out to corportate offices but so far no word on how much damage is inside or when that store will reopen. The historic grandin theater is getting a bit of a face lift. The Theaters Box Office and entrance have faced a lot of weathering over the years and its director says it started giving guests trouble getting in and out. With a 50 thousand dollar grant they received last summer, the Grandin Theater Foundation is putting news doors and windows in the entrance and have moved the box office to the middle of the entrance where it Ian Fortier Grandin theatre foundation, executive director if there were individuals that still come of the facility that remember the facade from its original days and im sure we still have a few we hope for them that it brings back some reminiscence and recollection of what it was like to come to the grandin when they were kids and we also hope that the whole new facade will make it easier to get in and out of the building. The theater is still open its normal hours everyday during the renovation work. Its expected to be complete by the end of this month. In salem february is heart month and food lion is helping to feed those who go hungry with healthier options. Today, they supplied feeding america southWest Virginia with 600 cans of soup as well as fresh fruits and vegetables like carrots and celery. Officials from feeding america say this is important because those who dont have much money to eat, often pick Unhealthy Foods that are the cheaper option. This load of Fresh Produce will be able to give local dinner. Mike english pastor we see first hand the children that come in that are hungry, that wouldnt have anything to eat, but now they do. We see our elderly that are crippled and disabled and cant buy their medicine and food. Well now they can eat and take their money and spend it on medicine. The donation is part of food lions plan to provide 500 million meals by the end of 2020. Candidates head south and the tone turning sour for some. Your local election headquarters update is coming up. And some new brews coming to a local grill. Well show you how much hops it takes to make beer. Bitter cold this weekend, and then another snow storm on down after the break. A big dip in the jet stream sent a couple waves of snow through the commonwealth on friday. Scattered snow showers will continue to fall around the appalachians and the surrounding foothills through saturday morning. A Winter Weather advisory is in effect until 7 a. M. Saturday for grayson, smyth, and tazewell counties in virginia and greenbrier, mercer, and summers counties in west pick up any more accumulating snow, but there are spots that will pick up another inch or two before conditions clear out saturday afternoon. For the entire region, the next couple of days will likely be the canadian air move over the be very windy. Wind gusts friday night through saturday along and west of the blue ridge mountains. Even the piedmont will have to deal with breezy conditions at times that will make it feel very cold. A wind chill of southWest Virginia and virginia from 11 p. M. Friday areas could be in store for wind chills in the 10s and 20s. A wind chill warning is in effect for western Greenbrier County in virginia and western Highland County in virginia during the same time frame. Wind chill values as low as 30 are possible in the warning areas when wind chills drop below 18, it only takes 30 minutes for frostbite to develop. High pressure will slide overhead saturday n as a result, winds will die down, but that will just allow digits. The first step in selecting a new mayor for the star city will happen tomorrow. The firehouse primary will be held in the Berglund Center tomorrow from noon to 7. Voters will select the democratic nomination for roanokes next mayor as well as three sears on city council. Sherman lea and David Trinkle are both in the running. So far no republicans are running for mayor. The two remaining democrats throw down in a contentious debate ahead of nevada. While republicans engage in attacks that have gone even waldman has more from washington. 41 47 561 01 1 131 261 271 301 311 42 the South Carolina republican could be make or break for some of the the remaining gop candidates. And, the intensity is palpable, with frontrunner, donald trump, tweeting about ted cruz nearly half a dozen 24hours for being disingenuous, while simultaneously appealing to an important southern voting bloc how can ted cruz be an evangelical christian when he lies so much and is so dishonest . New hampshire second place finisher, john kasich, claims hes trying to stay above the fray, despite slamming jeb bush for being, as the Ohio Governor puts it, an enthusiastic supporter of obamacare. Kasich says when i think of New Hampshire and they spent i dont know 6million, 7Million Dollars jeb bush, who will get a muchneeded assist in South Carolina from his brother, former president george w bush. Is fighting to keep his campaign relevant. Bush says untested people during difficult and dangerous times is a risk. Hillary clinton and Bernie Sanders showed democrats also have a penchant for pugilistic posturing. Everything from healthcare. To president obamas Job Performance at a pbs debate thursday night. The kind of criticism that weve heard from senator sanders about our president i expect from republicans, i do not expect running for the democratic nomination to succeed president obama. Sanders says madame is a low blow. Waldman says and, while debate moderators took some heat for avoiding the controversy altogether, the will release 550 emails from Hillary Clintons private server this weekend. In washington, joel waldman, and this evening we learned that donald trump is threatening to sue ted cruz. The republic frontrunner took to twitter saying if ted cruz does not stop cheating and running negative ads natural born us citizen. Some critics say its just another distraction. Whens the best time to milk a dairy cow. Up next in ag life experts say it should be up to the heifer not the farmer. And some new flavors on tap can try them out ahead find fantasy shows. When it comes to the things you love, you want more. Love romance . Get lost in every embrace. Into sports . Change the way you experience tv is picking up steam at local bars. Leftys main street grille in blacksburg is one of the newest to start brewing up their own craft beers on site. Wfxrs Charlie Cooper shows us the unique variety of hand crafted brews theyre making that will be ready next month. 00 15 1500 18 00 track 1the end result is a cold glass of beer but the beginning looks more like this. Evan graham head brewer, leftys main street grilleferment is just about done. Track 2its a step in the beer brewing process at leftys main street grille in blacksburg which will soon offer hand crafted beers brewed in house. Evan graham head brewer, leftys main street grilleyou only have four ingredients. Theres malt, hops, water and yeast. This is the darling of the fantastic hop very lemon limey, citrusy. Track 2hell use this in some of the five new beers being added on tapsome more traditional and others not so much. Evan graham head brewer, leftys main street grille these weird funky flavors that you never really experienced before with discriptors like barn yard and horse blanket but in a good way. Track 4 theyre unique brews but all of them keep the menu in mind. Evan graham head brewer, leftys main street grillei can tailor the beer to whatever recipe. Beer and food pairings if you get just the right combination is a completely different experience. Track 5an experience he hopes will be a recipe for success. In blacksburg Charlie Cooper wfxr news. The Governors Office says virginia is now the nations leader when it comes to agriculture and forestry exports to cuba. Revealthe latest total tops 41 point 6 Million Dollars worth of business. Revealexports to cuba have increased 67 percent over last year. Revealvirginia has passed louisiana, georgia florida and alabama. Revealsoybeans and soybean meal are the hot commodities. Despite the growth the Governors Office says there are still limitations when it comes to ag exports and even travel bills in congress which would ease or even abolish the embargos in place. New Research SuggestsDairy Farmers should listen to the cows internal schedule versus your own. According to an article from progressive dairyman, farmers should Pay Attention to the natural rhythm of a dairy heard to yield the most amount of milk with nutrients in it. They also say that cows tend to feed in the afternoon and need a mix of sunlight and darkness to produce good milk. Hokies back on the court with chris clark. We take a closer look at his return with a preview of virginia sports live. Plus a bizarre attack involving a machete. What police are are now saying games scrapped tonight because of the snow. But our virginia sports live team marches on. Sports director jeff archer has a look ahead at the matchups theyre covering tonight at 11. 01 06 18 24jeff archer once again a big week of College Basketball in the area and to hlep us break it down were joined by mike barber. One of the things that we saw on tuesday night was the return of chris clarke. How will this affect the hokies Going Forward . Mike barber i think its a huge addition. One for his talent, his rebounding, his intensity and his avbility to get to the rim. More importantly this team is thin. Its hard to compete in the acc. Its an all out effort and i think you syracuse. Getting chris clarke back makes them deeper. Gives them energy. Brings them talent. Its a huge addition for htem. Jeff archer his game . He didnt seem very rusty to me. Mike barber sometimes a guy like that can come back a little easier. Its not about its about getting to the rim. Being athletic. I asked him on the dunk where you nervous . He said no, i was worried that i was out of shape and wouldnt be able to dunk the basketball. Jeff archer obviously he did. And hes a big piece of that Buzz Williams tetam both offensively and defesnively. Well have much more on this. Along with High School Basketball. All that coming up on virginia make sure to tune it back to you guys. Police say two 15yearold girls were shot dead outside Independence High School in glendale, arizona. Each teen had one gunshot wound and a weapon was found near the bodies. Both were 10thgraders. Investigators are not searching for a shooter but police would not go as far as calling this a murder suicide. A lone wolf attack. Thats how investigators are describing a machete attack at a columbus, ohio restaurant last night. Police say the attacker doesnt appear to have ties to isis or any terror group. Four people were injured. The suspect later shot and killed by police. Investigators suspect the nazareth restaurant and deli was chosen under the mistaken belief the owner is jewish. The deli owner identifies himself as an israeli christianarab. What she thought was a good natured dog. But her family says the pit bull turned on her, attacked her, and killed her two weeks after she adopted it. Matt gregory spoke to the victims mother. 00 00 00 05 09 12 42 48thursday in snug harbor, north carolina, debbie brown took the same trip down the street to her daughter suzanne storys home. We were together about everyday if we werent together we was talking on the phone. Brown says her animals. Two weeks ago she added a fifth dog to the house buddy, a pit bull. Her mother fighting through the grief says she never saw the dog. They told me that the guy that, there was an