Highs in the mid 20s with wind chills in the Single Digits. Saturday night partly cloudy and cold with lows around 10. Sunday partly cloudy and cold. Not as windy with highs in the mid to upper 20s. Light snow develops later sunday evening. Snow becomes moderate at times overnight sunday and into monday morning. Snow looks to be the dominate precipitation type initially from sunday through monday morning. Expect the monday morning commute to be impacted. Late monday morning top story this morning. One woman is dead after a head on collision in roanoke county. It happened around nine pm in the 22hundred block of hardy road. Police say 19 yearold Nicole Simmons was killed after her vehicle crossed the center line and hit another vehicle head on. The other driver, 33year old cristopher hash was taken to the hospital to be treated. Authorities believe drugs and alcohol could have been a factor in the crash. A lynchburg man remains behind bars after being connected to a joint Child Exploitation investigation. 32yearold robert trent was arrested on a total of 25 counts related to child pornography and having indecent liberties with a child 13years of age or under. Trent is being held without bond at the lynchburg adult detention center. Rocky mount Police Arrest the man they say robbed the Family Pharmacy tuesday evening. Police say 26 yearold Joshua Franklin county jail friday evening. On tuesday police say cundiff came into the Family Pharmacy. Pulled out a gun. And demanded drugs. The Danville Community comes together for the second week in a row aiming to stop violent crime. These walks and vigils were all sparked by a shooting earlier this month in which a danville doctor was shot while walking home from the hospital. His neighbor was also shot when he came out to see what was going on. Those at the event say this is a small but important step. Danville Regional Medical centers ceo has also been asking citizens to submit their ideas for how to combat the violence in the city. He says since last weeks event he has received several responses. Hundreds of students take a proactive approach in politics. By participating in the 26th washington and lee Mock Convention. Its a Research Project students participate in that predicts the candidate who could win the the event has been going at w l since 1908. Over the weekend these mock delegates will be researching articles, looking at voting trends and talking to the to party, in this scenario, the republican white house. Out of the 25 conventions times. Its a big responsibility to continue the record of accuracy, at the same time its so exciting to be a part of the univerisity tradition, guest speakers include political analyst ann coulter. Delegates will decide later today who they think could win white house. Former Virginia Governor jim gilmore suspends his president ial campaign. Gilmore joined the race last july along with 16 other candidates. During his campaign, gilmore only qualifying for two undercard debates. He won 12 votes in iowa and finished 12th in New Hampshire. Gilmore says he will support his express his concerns about anyone supporting president obamas policies. Six candidates now remain in the race for the republican party. In whats news today. Roanoke hosts a firehouse primary today. This primary will decide which candidates will run for mayor. When voters enter the booths at the Berglund Center today, you will find 12year council veteran sherman lea on the ballot along with current vice mayor david trinkle. Its happening today from noon until seven this evening. Its Opening Weekend for the star city roller girls. Enjoy great roller derby action as the team takes on the greenbrier roller vixens of lewisburg. Its happening today at the Berglund Center at six pm. Tickets start at eleven dollars. Storm team ten meteorologist Jonathan Kegges has more jonathan. The arctic chill is settling in as the winds cranked up as well wind chills will be held in the in the Single Digits all day long. Winds begin to relax tonight, but actual temperatures dip into the upper Single Digits and low teens overnight. Our attention then turns to a winter storm that looks to bring snow, ice, and rain to the area starting late sunday evening. Saturday few flakes early. Partly cloudy and very cold. Highs in the mid 20s with wind chills in the Single Digits. Saturday night partly cloudy and cold with lows around 10. Sunday partly cloudy and cold. Not as windy with highs in the mid to upper 20s. Light snow develops later sunday evening. Overnight sunday and into monday morning. Snow looks to be the dominate precipitation type initially from sunday through monday morning. Expect the monday morning commute to be impacted. Late monday morning through the early afternoon snow will begin to change to freezing rain. Ice accumulation is expected on top of what appears to be a shovelable snow. Late monday evening plain rain looks to take over and last through parts of our tuesday. As the system pulls away light snow will once again be possible on the back side. Not much has changed in terms of accumulations. Here is the southern shenandoah 25 of snow, 0. 10 0. 25 of ice highlands 59 of snow, 0. 10 0. 25 of ice southside, lynchburg coating2 of snow, trace 0. 25 of ice spine of the blue ridge 25 of snow, 0. 25 of ice winter storm warnings will likely be issued for this event over the weekend. Is settling in as we speak on this saturday. With the winds cranked up as well wind chills will be held in the in the Single Digits all day long. Winds begin to relax tonight, but actual temperatures dip into the lake. Some parts were colder than places in antarctica. Thats information we learned thanks to a new weather station installed on the mountains peak. I took on the snow covered hike on thursday to find out more. On one of the coldest mornings of the year. Nat . Virginia tech meteorology students brave the elements to check on their brand new weather station. 4400 feet above sea level. 14 20 its a good location because we can actually see whats going on in the lower parts of the atmosphere when we normally cant tell whats going on up here. Brandon pierson. Sophomore. And as you may or may not imagine nat wind conditions can be drastically different from the lower elevations of southwest virginia to the higher. Stand up were standing at and while its cold in the lower elevations today its much much different 4400 feet up. Wind chills of 25 to 30 degrees below zero when you get these big gusts of wind and thats exactly why these Virginia Tech students picked way up here to take these measurements. A lot of people in roanoke and blacksburg dont realize the differences you see in weather and climate as you climb up to our very highest points. We have a half a foot of new snow up here. The goal is to compare computer forecasts at the 5,000 foot level to what the new weather station actually records. 49 1 12 this height in particular is good for snow and Winter Weather forecast. A difference of one degree will make the difference between snow, sleet, freezing rain,or just rain. John herrick sophomore which will all help to lead to more accurate weather forecasts down the road even if it takes a lot of work to get to the top. 1 12 1 25 when were setting up a climate monitoring purposes the top of the mountain is the Perfect Place and it comes with a cost. Dave carroll meteorology instructor a cost. These students say is worth it every step of the way. This is just the start for these Virginia Tech weather stations. The students are working to install more stations on several more mountain tops in the very near future. If youre looking for something fun to do this weekend. You can break out your ice skates one last time this weekend. This is your last chance to enjoy the ice rink at elmowood park. Skating opens today at eleven admission is six dollars with skate rental costing you two dollars. And we want to let you know about one event cancellation for today. Cookiefest is canceled. This event was originally scheduled to take place at North Cross School later today. Head to our website at wsls now to a wsls 10 consumer watch. Smartphones may not seem very romantic. But some new apps aim to keep the passion alive in relationships. Lindsey mastis explains. When it comes to technology and relationships cell phones are anything but romantic. But there are apps designed to help you and the love of your life keep the passion alive. From ideas for dates to playful games like truth or dare there are all kinds of apps couples can play together. Kelly shaefer and Kayla Congdon kelly shaefer, engaged this little app will come in handy, a lot. The busy couple will tie the knot next month and right now theyre using the app to stay steamy. Kayla congdon, engaged i can go and send him a little dare, and then get home and completely forget about it, and all of a sudden he remembers at home, and all of a sudden, walk in the door, and bam come this summer when shaefer goes on tour with his extreme metal band they plan to use it to keethe spark ing. Llyhf, engaged its aeat opporny for me to let r know im thinkinabout her a creative, 21 century kindy. Xologi yvonka deridder usually encourages couples to disconnect but admits some love apps can help relationships. Yvonka de ridder, certified clinical sexologist its like a, hey im thinking of you, throughout the day. And its important for you to be able to communicate that or somehow get that message across, and we dont do that enough. We assume they should just know. Some apps are very clever. The couple app features a virtual thumbkiss. Kayla congdon, engaged it vibrated. It was nice. The phone vibrates when lovers touch the same part of their screens at the same time. Kayla congdon, engaged. So even if hes away, i mean kelly shaefer, engaged you know im there. Its as close as you can come. Other apps quiz couples or feature challenges including desire app. Kayla congdon, each one has points for it. So while youre doing it, the points add up. If he fails a challenge he dont t the points. Mastis whos t the mostis right now . Kayla congdon, gaged i do. Because i won the challenge last night. The list for top products of the year are out with nearly thirty making the cut for the most popular. Here are some of the 29 products awarded 2016 product of the year. Market Research Company tns conducted a nationwide survey of 40 thousand people to find the most popular items. You will soon start seeing red logos placed on the packaging and in different ads. Product of the year is the Worlds Largest consumervote award for product innovation. And a change is happening in many households across the nation with more men doing laundry. The shift has some detergent and washing machine makers researching male behavior more. Especially since men and women wash their clothes differently. Tide is experimenting to be more masculine. Whirlpool has added a cycle to keep colors from mixing since men tend not to sort the laundry. Now to whats trending today. A look at the biggest social networking, online and technology talkers. One florida man faces Assault Charges after throwing an alligator through a wendys drive thru window. Authorities say 23year old joshua james pulled up to the window and after getting his food he tossed the gator in. His mother says it was nothing more than a harmless prank and the incident is being blown out of proportion. Mother hes not a bad kid. Hes a stupid kid. He did a stupid prank. He had no problem turning himself in. Reporter and youre saying he is not a violent person. Mother absolutely not. It was a total prank james faces charges of aggravated assault and unlawful possesion and transportaion of an alligator. A civilian is being called a British Police after helping officers catch a suspect. Take a look. The suspect was running away from police when a man standing on the side casually sticks his foot out tripping the suspect who was being chased. After falling down, two Police Officers jumped at their chance to arrest the man. According to authorities, the suspect was a drug dealer. Donald trump fans show their support for him in various ways. Several supports have made their appearance at rallies with signs, hats, buttons and shirts. This one man is getting a little more creative than others. He came dressed as the trump wall. It happened during donalds rally in tampa florida. Earlier this week, the president ial candidate autographed a mini trump lookalikes hand in louisiana. A group of scientists detect ripples in space time as predicted by Albert Einstein 100 years scientists in washington dc announced their discovery on thursday. No one every thought it would be detected because of the the small size and effect of a gravitational wave. The sound was detected on september 14th when international astrophysicists used a billion dollar intrument. Back in 1916, einstein explained his general theory of realtivity. It says large bodies of space such as planets or black holes have so much mass, they can actually bend space time creating sound. Jonathan kegges joins us with for a look at our forecast. The arctic chill is settling in as the winds cranked up as well wind chills will be held in the in the Single Digits all day long. Winds begin to relax tonight, but actual temperatures dip into the upper Single Digits and low teens overnight. Our attention then turns to a winter storm that looks to bring snow, ice, and rain to the area starting late sunday evening. Saturday few flakes early. Partly cloudy and very cold. Highs in the mid 20s with wind cranked back up and the vikingsare dialing in for another postseason push. [ female announcer ] most of the time its easy to know which option is better. Other times, not so much. That Mazola Corn Oil has 4 times more cholesterol blocking plant sterols than olive oil. And a recent study found that it can help lower cholesterol 2 times more. Take care of those you love and cook deliciously. Good morning everybody. The northside Boys Basketball team wrapped up their regular season with win over William Fleming thursday night. With the post season looming. The vikings stand 21 and one. On the season. After a 120 run through the blue ridge district. Alyssa rae. Takes a closer look. At the vikings juggernaut. Last year the northside Boys Basketball team emerged as a state contender in the 3a ranks, making it all the way to the state semifinals. This year, they hope that experience helps bring them back to richmond. Bright us was making it to the state finals for really hope this mature as a team and everybody got a lot better really helped us take that next step the vikings closed out the regular season with a 211 record. Notching a win over defending 2a state champions martinsville along the way. Pope it was a heck of a hard game i was really proud of you guys because i thought that we cant battling and we found a way towards the end of the third in the Fourth Quarter it was really great quarter for throughout the season the team has always seemed to find a way, and the senior class has been a major contributor to that success. Pope the senior group is been everything and coach would want and i think they show leadership they care about each other. Tucker we all work hard because we all have that one goal to win state and the younger guys is well theyre hungry just as much is the seniors. As the post season begins the team will take it game by game, but its no secret the players have their eyes on the prize. Id love to see another state final for trip to richmond and hopefully the state championship you know you want to do want roanoke alyssa rae. Wsls 10 sports nascar now. Brian vickers. Is back in a cup car. Hell be piloting Tony Stewarts 14 stewart haas ride at speedweeks. For starters. Vickers only had two races a year ago before he was sidelined with blood clots. But hes back. While tony healsfrom his injured back. Cup practice yesterday for the 75 lap sprint unlimited. The unofficial start of nascar 2016. The green flag drops tonight. On the non points event for pole winners, former unlimited winner and former daytona 500 pole winners who competed full time in 2015. To College Wrestling now. And a battle of acc titans. The. Ranked hokies. At number 3nc state. Winner. Locks up the acc dual meet title. Key match 174 with nc state leading the overall match 1110. Its christiansburgs zach epperly against nick hall. 2nd period action. Under for the finish and the two point takedown and a 30 lead. He goes on the 50 decision to give the hokies back the lead. And Virginia Tech goes on to a 1914 match win. To lock up the acc dual meet championship that is all of it. Ja wsls 10 sports. Still to come in the second half hour of virginia today. The judge finds ashley white guilty following the death of her 5year old son. Three people are dead this morning following a 12 hour standoff. What Nebraska Police are saying about the incident. Marketing and advertising are key when it comes to getting a companys name infront of potential clients. How one local company is helping other businesses in the area. Good morning and thanks for joining us on virginia today here on wsls 10. Im rachel lucas. And im Jonathan Kegges. Heres a live look at interstate81 in christiansburg. The arctic chill is settling in as we speak on this saturday. With the w