Roanoke valley. We found plenty of people the warm weather while we can and also found a few potholes forming on the roads. 09 13 25 30 37 41 49 54 its a busy day at the salem dog park where Furry Friends and their Owners Advantage of the warm weather while they still have the chance. Derek trull i didnt expect this today. I thought it was going to get up in the 50s, but the 60s is even better. Mark childress i hate cold weather. Others like Mark Childress and his dog paws brace the cold and visit a bit more regularly but on this warm day paws has had more playmates than other times recently. Childress its been extremely busy today. Theres been 20, 30, 40 dogs today, and its not usually that many here. But with the drastic change in temperatures also comes some problems on the road with potholes opening up. Alan parsons over to roanoke, theyre just, you cant miss them. Theyre everywhere. If you come in the road aaa recommends drivers slow down and avoid hitting the pothole if they can do so safely. Jackson means especially in like a tight, city setting its a little nervewracking to try to avoid bikers and potholes and you always wonder about your tires and your car in general. And bill vdot says if you come across a pothole in a city or town you should report it to your public works department. Outside of cities and towns vdot crews work to repair potholes. Vdot has a phone number and website where you can report pothole sightings we have that information on our website virginia first dot com. Live in Roanoke County kristen eskow, wfxr news. Kristen thanks. Taylor youre saying we should have a jacket or umbrella ready in henry county one man is locked up another on the run after a shooting. Deputies say a 43yearold man drove himself to the hospital after he was shot in the leg this morning. Its unclear exactly where this shooting went down. The Henry County Sheriffs Office up tonight charged with attempted malicious wounding. Using a of a firearm during the commission of a felony and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. The man on the right danny henley is still on the run wanted on similar charges. If you know where henley is call the number on your screen. In roanoke train lovers made their way to the Virginia Museum of transportation today for train lovers day. There was one particular train that stood out the most the norfolk and western train number 2156. Built in 1942. Its the last of its kind left anywhere in the world. People also enjoyed model trains and locomotives, as well as train rides. The director of the museum said it was an opportunity to teach families about the areas rich railroad history. Fran Ferguson Development director, va museum of transportationthey just love to get and see the real things they watch a lot of trains on television but to special. Train fanatics. Will have a chance to ride our areas most iconic train in just a few weeks. There are ten excursions planned on the class j 611 steam passenger locomotive. The second excursion from spencer to asheville North Carolina on april 10th. Has sold out tickets are Still Available for other excursions in april, may and june with stops in lynchburg and roanoke. A link to check out tickets is on our website virginia first dot com. In lexington many are remebering master trooper jerry hines. Virginia state police say hines was shot and killed on this date back in 1989 during a traffic stop along interstate 81. In Campbell County firefighters were called back to the scene of an old plant that rekindled this afternoon. This is video from last week when crews were first called plant in brookneal. The snow and rain weve seen still not enough to extinguish the smoldering fire. Dispatchers tell us crews were called back to extinguish hot spots. Still no official word on what sparked that fire. In blacksburg a celebration of black History Month with a side of soul food. Wfxrs Charlie Cooper takes us inside saint luke and Odd Fellows Hall where visitors learned about African American dishes and the rich history behind them. 00 21 1200 26 16 00 40 1800 45 17 jessie eaves member, Blacksburg MuseumCultural Foundation committeei think food is a common denominator because everyone has to eat and when we cook soul food you put a lot of love into it. Track 1that love was felt and tasted at the Blacksburg Museum of Cultural Foundations soul food sampling. Jessie eaves member, Blacksburg Museum cultural committeewhen we initially started soul food it started blacks then didnt have the best choice cuts of the meat so the women of the day made the best use that they could out of the ham hocks. Track 3jessie eaves grew up on soul food so did joann price and richard wade who say it was often what brought people together. Joann price member, blacksburg foundation committeeneighbors across the street. If my grandmother, mother needed some sugar go down to annys and get some sugar. Track 4 favorites like pound cake and sweet tea. Joann price member, Blacksburg MuseumCultural Foundation committeemy grandparents tehy didnt have no recipe. They just cooked the stuff. Jessie eaves member, Blacksburg MuseumCultural Foundation committee you just sort of go by taste and i think thats what soul food is about. Its a lot about that special taste. Track 5a taste unique to black history. In blacksburg, fxr news. Party goers raising a glass tonight at the big lick cocktail classic. A party that supports sustainable agriculture. The Marti Gras Party is happening right now at patrick herny hotel in downtown roanoke. There are craft cocktail tastings. Cajun cusine and music. By the fat tuesdays band. Money local food a non profit that brings locally grown and raised food to families in the ronaoke valley. Its not really about raising the money. Its the raising awareness and finding poeple that can kind of become a brand advocate for that organization is even more important because then they support them throughout the year, not just tonight. The cocktail classic. Continues until 11 tonight. Wfxr. Is a proud media sponsor. And across town dinosaurs have taken over the berglund center. There are more than 50 lifesized dinosaurs at jurrasic quest. Kids and their parents got to check out these prehistoric animatronic creations up close. Kids enjoyed seeing the exhibits and other activities like arts and crafts but organizers say even adults get in on the fun. 00 04 onlyi think we have more adults thats into it more than the kids. So i mean, it turns out pretty good. I parents come through that check out jurassic quest. Its open from 9 to 7 tomorrow. Tickets range from 14 to 23 dollars. We are your local election headquarters. Hillary clinton out on top in the Nevada Democratic caucus. Voters supporting trump in the South Carolina primary. Ted cruz and marco rubio battling it out for second. Just within the last 90 minutes jeb bush announcing hes out suspending his campaign after another night of low voter support. Well have a full report on both key races ahead at ten thirty. Ready to help. Coming up we meet the men and women who answer the call when families are the victim of a house fire. And. Its calm outside our studios right now but rain is on the way. Taylors here tracking the changes for find fantasy shows. When it comes to the things you love, you want more. Love romance . Get lost in every embrace. Into sports . Follow every pitch, every play and every win. Change the way you experience tv southwesterly some seasonably warm air our way and bumped temperatures well into the 50s and 60s on saturday. High pressure kept the area dry, but that changes on sunday. Spotty showers will first develop out west saturday night. For those dont receive rain, it will be move through on sunday and give all of southwest and central showers. The timing varies a bit on the models, but most bring rain to areas west of the blue ridge beginning sunday morning, and then push the rain to the piedmont by sunday afternoon. Rain totals will mainly range from. 25. 75 with a few spots climbing up to an inch. This probably wont cause any flood problems, but its going to saturate our grounds which will cause us trouble later in the week. Other than a few areas of drizzle, it looks like we will get a break from the rain on monday. Virginia will begin to cool down though to help develop a few storms that will eastern u. S. With precipitation tuesday through thursday. The forecast for this time frame is very challenging at the moment weather models are all over the place with the track and timing of these storms. Most models point to the first wave of moisture arriving tuesday morning. That will be around the same time a wedge develops in southwest virginia. If that wedge is Strong Enough to drop temperatures below freezing, then we are in line for some most models do not cool us down that much, but remember that the models greatly the strength of the wedge last week that caused our ice storm. Theres also a lesslikely scenario that this the blue ridge tuesday morning. Despite all the training. Lessons and prevention house fires still happen just about every day in our area. Good day virginia anchor Kyle Benjamin introduces us to the volunteers who answer difficult calls helping families who lose their possessions and sometimes they have so many different volunteer opportunities. You can find something that fits your purposes and rose says he and his wife helped run shelters in kansas for people stranded in a blizzard once, but his most interesting service happened overseas. I went to afghanistan, iraq, and kuwait for four and a half months in 2009. Sending emergency communication messages between the families back home and the command over in the warzone to get folks emergency leave. Now rose teaches disaster education classes for civic groups and schools. He the community. We also go out and install smoke detectors in neighborhoods where fires are the biggest problems in our communities. Regional volunteer officer Betty Whitaker says the lifeblood of their organization. 94 of red cross does is done by volunteers, so without them our mission wont be done within our communities. While that mission includes blood drives and emergency preperation education, the majority of the red crosss efforts is in helping people after a life altering event. When a disaster strikes, our team responds with emergency relief to those that are affected by the disaster with clothing, food, and shelter. And in the eyes of the red to be natural. We respond to probably a Single Family fire almost daily, so its very important for us to be in the Community Talking about fire safety, and tips and ideas of things they can do to prevent a fire from happening. In roanoke, Kyle Benjamin, wfxr news. Our Fire Prevention week stories look for the special page on virginia first dor com. We also have resources to help your family prepare and prevent a fire or other disasaters. A new use for old silos. Next in ag life how these so, let me get this straight u. S. Cellular has the phone youre looking for, a network thats built to give you coverage way out here where the other guys dont, and 6 gigs for only 40 a month. Thats a lot less than verizon and at t. So, why on earth would you ever go with one of those other guys . Switch to u. S. Cellular now and get 6 gigs of data for 40 a month plus get 300 back. The country communities are struggling to figure out what to do with old silos. Audrey esther of our sister station kolr. Shows us how the huge silos for grain missouri. Allen kunkel Jordan Valley innovation time. Theyre dilapidated. Past. Are today owned by baker Missouri State university our real challenge has been over the years is to figure out what to do with them. David geiseler has an idea that he says could also revolutionize urban farming. David geiseler vertical innovations grow lettuce, primarily leafy greens inside of a concrete grain elevator. Specifically these grain elevators, using advanced hydro and aeroponic vertical growing methods. Specialties of his soontobe startup company. David geiseler vertical innovations its too exciting of a project for us not to try. Excited too and to lease vertical innovations the 21 silos once part of the old mfa facility. Allen kunkel Jordan ValleyInnovation Center it was a good take an ag facility and turn it back into an ag that will also provide handson research and learning opportunities for students and staff. Missouri State University theyre going to be doing some things that are very, very innovative. And if successful could be beneficial to other communities with similar what better benefit can you provide to people than a Sustainable Food source that is healthy. That is they have any concerns over where their food all they really have to do is look up in Springfield Missouri and there well be. But first, geislers Company Needs to cleanup the site and do a Feasibility Study with a test run in just a couple silos david geiseler vertical innovations. And then really see what that thing can do operating at allen kunkel Jordan ValleyInnovation Center time will tell how successful this project will be but its an exciting opportunity to take these facilities and put them back into production. Into production. Put them back facilities and take these facilities and put them back into production. Record breaking turnout. Up next new numbers from the South Carolina primary, and nevada caucus. Plus an annual ice bowl without ice. How one group is using disk golf games to 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 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. Im Hillary Clinton and i approved this message. We are your local election headquarters. Hillary clinton and donald trump the big winners of the night. Ted cruz and marco rubio in a dead heat for second. The republican field shrinking with jeb bush suspending his race. Caroline 0 080 200 410 480 551 02 1 091 14donald trump becomes the first candidate to win back to back races this political season. Taking the top spot in new hampshire, and now South Carolina. Trump says theres nothing easy about running for president. Its tough. Its nasty. Its mean. Its vicious. Its beautiful. When you win its beautiful. But texas senator ted cruz is still fighting near the top of the pack. As the winner of the iowa caucuses, hes the only candidate to beat trump so far. Senator marco rubio making a strong showing in South Carolina. On the heels of two major endorsements, from governor senator tim scott. Jeb bush making the decision to suspend his campaign after the results. Bush says i remain optimistic that with the right kind of leadership that work to make americas best days are ahead. On the democrats side. Takes home a win in the nevada caucuses. Clinton says i thrilled and so grateful to all my supporters out there. Senator Bernie Sanders congratulated says hes to future contests. Sanders says it is clear to me and i think most observers that the wind is at our backs. Tonight in local good news Botetourt County saw its first ever disk golf ice bowl. Amateurs and pros came together to play rounds of disk golf to raise money and collect nonperishable foods that will go to the rescue mission. Its called an ice bowl because its usually played in the dead of winter. Participants got lucky today however with the warm weather. Organizers say they changed the game a little bit since its usually played in the cold, but the purpose of the ice bowl remained the same. Dustin owen ice bowl director it does change up the sport in the aspect of frisbees fly but the intent to help out a local charity is still right here in the heart of it. Disk golf ice originially started as a way to unite disk golfers around the world and have them give back to local charitable organizations. Two new York City Police officers are recovering after an Early Morning shooting. City Officials Say the two cops were injured during a chase and shootout. The suspect reportedly crashed his car into a patrol vehicle, then tried to drive away. Gunfire was exchanged and the two plainclothed officers were hit. Both are said to be alert and talking, at a brooklyn hospital. One officer was shot in his vestthe other shot just below his vest, in his hip. The suspect last reported to be in critical condition. Thousands come together to honor the life of justice antonin scalia. Scalia died in his sleep last week while on vacation in t