During the Getaway Police tell us the worker fired at least one shot as the Robber Police seached a wooded area around the pharmacy, but did not locate cundiff. They believe left the area. Police in danville want to know who stabbed a puppy last week. Wfxrs Sophia Borrelli caught up with the pup to see she will be ready for 0 20 0 310 32 0 390 45 0 53 nat of whiningthis pup is already full of energy, and recovering at the danville after she was stabbed in the some believe was a knife. Dean executive director, society i am horrified. Responded to a call about an they got in touch with the who made sure she got the care standup unfortunately paulette says with the years she has been a director here at the shelter, this is not the first time shes seen this kind of animal cruelty come through these doors. Paulette dean executive director, Danville Humane Society i wish i could say i was years on this job, i have seen many horrifying police are still trying piece together why anyone would want to hurt this puppy. Dan wallace Danville Police thats going to be part of the investigation is if we can see if it was on purpose, or accidently or if any charges can be made. Its still kinda early. To help police with that investigation, the Humane Society offers a 1 thousand dollar reward for anyone with information about the crime. As for the pup, shes looking for an owner to giver her a dean executive director, Danville Humane Society we potato person to adopt this dog, someone who likes to get out and exercise and wants the dog right beside them. Right beside her owner to love and danville, Sophia Borrelli the danville area Humane Society will be accepting applications for the puppy starting on friday. If youre interested on adopting her head to our website virginia wfxr news is your local election headquarters and the polls proved correct in New Hampshires primary, but there was at least one surprise on tuesday night. Karin caifa reports from manchester, New Hampshire, with the results, and whats next in the president ial race. 00 18 18 34 42581 151 30donald trump and Bernie Sanders here in New Hampshire. Both of them coming off of losses in iowa last week. Bernie sanders lost iowa to Hillary Clinton by the narrowest of margins. He led in most New Hampshire polls leading up to tuesday. He said his win, by a fairly large margin, sent a message. President ial candidateit is just too late for the same old, same old establishment politics and establishment economics, the people want real meanwhile Hillary Clinton, concession remarks acknowledging president ial candidatei know i have some work to do particularly with young people but i will repeat again, even if they are not supporting me now, i support them. In the gop race a contrast between the first and second place donald trump turning big poll numbers into his first victoryand Ohio Governor john kasich beat out the many contenders in that big battle for second place, after running an upbeat, positive campaign. President ial candidate at a time when clearly change is in the air, maybe just maybe we are turning the page on a dark part of american politics. Because tonight, the light overcame the darkness of negative campaigning. President ial candidate we are going to make america so great again, maybe greater than ever before. I love you all, thank you, New Hampshire. We are going now to south carolina. Are going now to hampshire. We you, new you all, thank you, New Hampshire. We are going now to south carolina. Were gonna win carolina. South carolina will be the next contest for the republican february 20th. Clinton and sanders compete in nevada, the same day. In political analyst ed lynch from Hollins University will join us later this morning to breakdown the results from New Hampshire. Virginians will make their choice in the upcoming president ial primary. Polls will open on march 1 st. The deadline to register to vote in the primary was monday. But you can still register to cast your ballot in the november general election. Remember new voter i. D laws took effective in july 2014. You can find a link to that information along with sample ballots and information on your polling locations at our website virginia first dot com. Every four years, washington and Lee University hosts mock con a convention aimed at predicting who the party currently out of office will nominate to run for president. Its the republican party. Amazingly the mock con accurately forecasted the nominee every cycle since 1948. Wfxrs Taylor Kanost is live at washington and Lee University in lexington with some of the students that hope to continue that streak this weekend. Good morning. Theres a lot of excitement not only on the campus of washington and lee, but all of lexington for the 26th mock convention. More than 1,500 washington and lee undergraduates will act as delegates in a Mock Republican Convention to ultimately determine who will get the president ial nod. Student organizers raised nearly a half Million Dollars for research on procedures, create this convention hall, hold an opening parade, and book some bigname political speakers such as former Vice President dick cheney and former speaker of the house Newt Gingrich among others. This event has proven to be pretty darn accurate by correctly predicting 19 of 25 president ial elections since this all began back in 1908. The event begins tomorrow evening and continues through feed of the event at wlu. Edu. Check out this video. Its a Lightning Storm striking earth seen through the eyes of british astronaut tim peake. Peake filmed the video from his spot in the International Space station. He captured the storms as they crossed through europe and africa. Peake is in the midst of a sixmonth jason and kyle at wx pod a strong upper over the ohio valley will nearly stationary today before slowly moving east tonight intothursday. Weak upper shortwaves will move across the mountainsthrough tonight resulting in scattered snow showers and snowures will remain below normal for the remainderanother clipper system will cross our region on friday with some light snow accumulations. Especially in themountains. Arctic High Pressure builds in for the weekend. Anotherwinter storm there is more trouble for one of the Worlds Largest retailers. Now sears says it is going to have close more stores. The details are virginia. And the situation is not much better on wall street. After the break, we will look at the falling and dog mmmm. Weve been together since 2012. I do notice that sometimes i eat better than her. I get my healthy bowl of beneful, and she eats a cheese stick and a cracker. Thats what she ate last night. Cheese stick and a cracker. Can you believe what some people put in their bodies . vo beneful originals is a healthy blend. Your dog will love. With whole grains, real beef and accents of vegetables. Snow. But spring will be here before you know it. And that means planting season. Experts at the Bedford County coop say yield potential and pest resistance are some of the first things to consider when picking out seeds. But keep in mind no field is the same. There are different seeds for different environmental conditions. For more information on seed placement and where you can get help picking out ideal crops head to our website virginia first dot com and click on the ag life tab. Sears is quickly closing at least 50 stores. The company says the stores slated to unprofitable. The retailer originially planned to close the stores over the next few months, but poor holiday sales is speeding up the timeline. The company shut down hundreds of sears and kmart stores over the last five years. It did not reveal which stores are closing. Retailer Sports Authority is also struggling. The Sporting Goods store missed a 20 milliondollar debt payment last month. Retail experts say it is likely Sports Authority will need to close about half of its 450 stores. Retailers are not the only ones struggling. Investors on wall street are facing some serious losses. The stock market has been fluctuating all year, with experts throwing around terms like bull market and bear market. But what exactly do those terms mean and how do they affect you . Dianne gallagher explains. 25 30bull market. Bear market. These words are tossed around all the time but what exactly do they mean and do they anything to do with you . Simply put, a bull market is trending up. A bear market for at least the past fi years. So, in order for it to switch, wed need to see a 20 percent dip from the highest point last year. Usually market turmoil doesnt cause a recession, but it can predict a recession. I think thats what everyones grappling with right now. And 2016 has been rough so far. The market is off to a terrible start in 2016. All three indexes are down. A major culprit . That cheap gas youve been enjoying. The Energy Sector stocks have been suffering because of the free falling price of oil. Energy companies have been really taken to woodshed to put it bluntly. You have pretty much every Major Oil Company is down. So, if you want to keep that good feeling youre getting from filling your gas tank without emptying your wallet, you might want to avoid looking at your 401 right now. You never want to be checking it on a day to day basis. Thats when emotions start to get involved and you may make the wrong decisions. Assuming youre not that close to retirement, sit this out, dont sweat it. In washington, im dianne vo want to be happy with your next vehicle purchase . At enterprise, we guarantee it. Head to your neighborhood enterprise car sales and let the people who buy more vehicles than anyone. A strong upper over the ohio valley will remain and dont forget you can get your latest weather and news on virginia first. Com. 24 hours a day. Researchers at Virginia Tech are turning their attention to the Zika Virus Health crisis. The researchers are studying how these kinds of viruses get system and the human immune system. The family of virus that zika belongs to includes other pathogens, like west nile virus and yellow fever. Zika virus infected a growing number of americans over the past few weeks. One of the researchers say the development of a vaccine would resolve the problem but for now theyre looking into how to control the virus to prevent outbreaks. Doctors and researchers are not the only one fighting the zika virus. Jackie ibanez tells us how politicians are now getting involved as the number 25 37 49 561 211 32reid says this should not be a issue. The threat continues to grow. With two new pennsylvania and one in both travel related. Group of lawmakers on now taking action. Democrats want to approve president obamas nearly dollars in emergency republicans say there doesnt new funding to fight the illness. Blunt says id also say that theres still money left that for ebola but it was ebola and diseases so theres no immediate money for the administration thinks needs to meanwhile the states are taking are action to prevent an us. With florida and texas vaccines for the summer. Will be more prevalent. Have asked the centers for i have asked for thousand test kits to test for antibodies for people that have previously had zika that might have traveled overseas and are back. Started in brazil and has mostly been latin america. Costa rica is trying a new approach to fighting the mosquitos that virus. By using bacteria to kill larvae. Control experts say funding could help understand zika better. Right now the truth is, there learned about this particular virus and how it is spread. We dont know all it, but we are trying to find the republicans scheduled a thursday to discuss while democrats argue they should take action now. In new york, not everyone is a sore loser over the super bowl. We will tell you why one man had to dress like a football and dance on a public street when good day virginia discover card. Hey so im looking at my bill and my fico Credit Scores on here. Yeah we give you your fico credit score. For free awesomesauce the only person i know that says that is. Lisa . Julie . weve already given more than 306 million fico Credit Scores for free to our cardmembers. People enjoy playing fantasy football. But after this weekends super bowl. One man might think twice about playing next season. Thats because he joined the panthers in the loss column. One man who league. Admitted his shortcomings publicly. The winner of the league got to pick the punishment for the loser. And he decided john zarse should dress up in a football onesie holding a sign that read im the worst at fantasy football. Zarse says you know it was just a tough year for me. I drafted with my heart instead of my brain. I picked up year. Dont feel too john. Low centered over the ohio valley will remainnearly stationary today before slowly moving east tonight into thursday. Weak upper shortwaves will move across the mountainsthrough tonight resulting in scattered snow showers and snow remainderof the week. Another clipper system will cross our region onfriday with some light snow accumulations. E specially in themountains. Arctic High Pressure builds in for the weekend. Anotherwinter storm may impact the mid Atlantic Region monday into tuesday. Thank you for choosing good day virginia. Its wednesday february 4th. Im kyle benjamin, january has the day off. In roanoke countypolice are searching for the second half of a purse snatching duo. Police say Sandra Coleman and another woman went on a three day purse snatching spree. Police say they taking the purses from shopping carts or hands. Coleman is out of jail on bond and investigators are working to identify the accomplice. The thefts happened at goodwill on brambleton avenue, walmart on clearbrook village lane, and at kroger on williamson road. Investigators say the women were taking cash from then dumping the purses at another location. Anyone with information is asked to contact police. Two men from henry county are now charged in connection to a homicide in North Carolina. Police say daquarius martin and Zachary Haley are charged with the first degree kidnapping and first degree murder of Benjamin Baker from eden. Police say they found baker dead in his home from a gunshot wound on janurary 15th. Police arrested both martin and haley in henry county monday night. One puppy is recovering after her in the back and police are still investigating why anyone would hurt the dog. The pup is back at the Danville Humane Society the Humane Society is offering a 1 thousand dollar reward for any information which will lead to the arrest of whoever commited the crime. Humane Society Workers say unfortunately this is only one of the many cases they see. Paulette dean executive director, danville area Humane Society start worrying about all the other that we dont know and the cats and all the animals that have been abused or tortured and we never find out about them so we can never get them help. If you have any information, you are asked to contact the Danville Police department. As for the puppy, the Humane Society will be taking applications for her on friday. Wfxr news is your local election headquarters. This weekend voters in the city of roanoke will decide which democrat will get the nomination in the mayors race. Dave trinkle and sherman lea both are on the council already and are now vying for the job. Wfxrs solina lewis spoke to lea about his last minute push to win your vote. The other day we spoke to running for mayor, and while they differ on a lot of issues they both want to encourage people to get out and vote with less than a week left until the vote, lea says he and his campaign maintain whats been their motto throughout, slow and steady. Were canvassing and making logistical plans to encourage the vote even though the weather is chilly this week im pleased with our efforts and its just a matter of grinding it outlea says his main concern is voter turnout. For this election, its the same building, you dont go to your regular precinctworrying that some voters might not know about the changes to the primary, and that all voters will have to go to the Berglund Center this saturday. Looklive with no republican candidates announcing a run for mayor, this primary could very well determine who the next mayor will be, in roanoke, solina lewis, wfxr news ways to better our smartphone photography game. 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