Right now hundreds of officers are in blacksburg searching for this missing 13 year old girl. Nichole madison was last seen around midnight, wednesday morning. Investigators say she is in urgent need of medication for a liver transplant she had when she was younger. Wfxrs solina lewis has been following this developing news in blacksburg. She joins us live tonight with details of a search that has gripped a community. Its more urgent now because of a daily medication she needs to take as a result of a liver transplant when she was younger. A thousand cadets, a drone, state and local police were out in full force to find nicole lovell, possible leads, help save the next girl has joined the search and have been working to get the word out on social media, and consoling the parents. I spoke with tammy this morning shes strong but this is her baby and right now we dont have a clue where shes at, she wants her home again police are asking anyone with any information no matter how small to call into Blacksburg Police. In blacksburg solina lewis, wfxr news investigators have set up an anonymous tip line. If you know anything about the whereabouts is on your screen now. You can contact Blacksburg Police by email or give them a call. You can also find this Contact Information on our website virginia first dot com. Also in blacksburgtonight a Virginia Tech professor shared his findings into the water crisis in Flint Michigan this as 28 Million Dollars was approved by michigan lawmakers to help the city. Dr. Marc edwards has been appointed by the governor of michigan to lead a team to look into the Current Crisis and any long term solutions. Dr. Edwards along with another doctor were instrumental in bringing the elevated lead levels in the water to light. The group has gotten National Attention and will now make recommendations about how to get flint out of crisis. Theres so much hype our flint city water presentation its just really going to be great to have what we have to say be exposed to our local community at Virginia Tech, in the states after tonights meeting, there was an awards ceremony for the team. The michigan mom who brought the issue to Virginia Techs attention was also in attendance. In rocky mounta car comes barreling though the fron window of a dollar tree store. This picture of the damage was sent in by a viewer. The crash happend at the store located in the 200 block of old franklin turnpike. Authorities say the driver may have had a medical emergency at the time. The building has 20 thousand dollars worht of damage but the building inspector said they can reopen tomorrow. An update in the battle between a homeowner and the city of roanoke. The owner of a mini eiffell tower replica is suing the city and a code inspector for 2 Million Dollars. Michael atkins, has racked up a handful of citations for having the mini eiffel tower in his yard. He considers it to be art work but roanoke city leaders at its a nusance and against code. Atkins claims a senior code compliance inspector defamed him. He also claims the because of his sexual preference. Atkins has been battling the city for months there have also been concerns about the Amusement Rides he has in his yard as well. As you can see from the live look from our wfxr roof cam, we still have tons of snow blanketing the ground. And now on top of that, we could see even more chief meteorologist john carroll has the details john . 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Anyone with any information on illegal drug activity in the in bedford countya man is facing charges after allegedly assaulting his girlfriend with a baseball bat. The assault happened in yesterday on Barrington Court in hardy. 911 dispatchers say they got a call from a child saying a man was trying to kill her mom. When dispatchers called the home, the victim said jason dudding, her boyfriend, assaulted her with a bat, and left. A few hours later deputies arrested dudding for felonious malicious wounding, and failing to appear in court. He is locked up , and being held without bond. In lynchburgpolice trying to solve a string of burglaries that they believe are connected. Police say since january 3rd 9 burglaries have been reported on pulaski, york, chambers, smyth, 2nd, and payne streets. Most have happened during the day, and the suspects have taken electronics, clothing, and guns. Anyone with information should call police. Around the commonwealth Authorities Say six people are suicide in chesapeake. Police say they were called to a home yesterday afternoon and found a body inside. After investigating, they were led to another home blocks away. Authorities say there was an armed person who refused to come out. After several hours of negotiating, police went into the home and found five people dead including the armed person. Police believe all six people who died are related. Students from 20 colleges around the commonwealth shared their Student Loan Debt concerns at a roundtable hosted by senator mark warner, and senator tim kaine. The students shared their concerns about the rising costs of higher education, and many asked for more transparency and flexibility in college loan application and repayment programs. The average virginia graduate is 26 thousand dollars in the red. According to the federal reserve, americans owe more than 1. 3 trillion in Student Loan Debt. Two roanoke Nonprofits Join for people dealing with Substance Abuse and homelessness. Wfxrs Charlie Cooper has the details on how the two will move forward in efforts to help those facing crisis. 14191 041 091 181 23 ebony lynchthomas was once one of those people in crisis calling bethany hall home for six months. For her the merge between the womens recovery home and trust House Homeless Shelter is personal. Ebony lynchthomas former bethany hall residentattending bethany hall changed my life. When you have a program or Treatment Facility thats willing to show you how to live, i think professionals can only help you get back on track. Track 2 its been eight years of sobriety for her and she credits the Resources Available at these nonprofits for polishing her up. Ebony lynchthomas former bethany hall residenta former board member was offering to send us to School Provided we work for her for a year and thats how i ended up working at polished by claire. I would have never came up with the opportunity had it not been through bethany hall. Track 3its those kinds of opportunities the organizations hope to expand by coming together to create what theyre calling arch. Which stands for advocate, rebuild, change, and heal. The merge was facilitated by the united way. Afira devries ceo, united way the most important outcome is the opportunity that this presents in providing people Additional Services that help them move toward stability and away from crisis. Ali hamedmoore executive director, archthe pooling really comes in with the combining of the administrative resources for both of those agencies so theres one set of administrative staff instead of two and a combined budget of about 1. 1 million. Track 4 to help more people like ebony succeed. Ebony lynchthomas former bethany hall resident and then in turn give back to someone else. Track 5 keeping their wheels turning to help those facing homelessness and Substance Abuse. In roanoke, Charlie Cooper wfxr news. The director of operations said no jobs were lost in the merger and in fact a new one the Million Dollar winner has been revealed. Today kelley cox was given a 1 Million Dollar check from the virginia lottery. Cox matched 5 numbers in the the 1. 5 billion dollar powerball drawing ealier this month. Kelly bought the Winning Ticket at the seven eleven on roanoke boulevard in salem. The store also received 10 thousand dollars for selling the ticket. Kelly says she didnt know she won until her coworker told her to check her ticket. I called my husband, woke him up, told him that i had gotten 5 of the numbers right and he was like thats great baby, congratulations. What did you in . Like 1 thousand dollars . And i was like no, a million, no. No. No wait what did you say . I said a million and he was like you are kidding and i was like no im not kidding. Kelly says she does not have any immediate plans for the money, but says she is happy to be able to share the wealth with her kids. An update now on some storm an icy lake in Fairfax County. The rescue crews are recieving an award for their efforts from the Animal Rights group peta tomorrow afternoon. The Fairfax County fire and rescue department and the city of Fairfax Fire Department will be reunited with milo, the 5 year old saint bernard. Milo was rescued by firefighters from the freezing waters saturday. The family said they were playing in the snow near the lake when the dog walked onto the ice, slipped and fell. And new details tonight on the underground railroad. Thats coming up next in the second part of our series americas untold journey. And coming up at 10 30health officials want to start Clinical Trials on a vaccine for a mosquito born illiness that causes babies to be born with under developed brains. Why they say the need for a. Overnight. Mostly cloudy. Scattered flurries. Not as cool withlows in the lower 30s. West winds 10 to 15 mph. Gusts up to25 mph. Increasing to 35 mph. Friday. Mostly sunny. Scattered flurries in the morning. Highsin the upper 30s. Northwest winds 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to40 mph. Friday night. Mostly clear in the evening. Then becoming partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 20s. West winds 10 to 15 mph withgusts up to 25 mph. Saturday. Sunny. Not as cool with highs in the lower 50s. Southwest winds around 10 mph. Saturday night. Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 30s. West windsaround 10 mph. Sunday. Sunny. Highs in the upper 50s. Sunday night through monday night. Partly cloudy. Lows around40. Highs in the upper 50s. 30 percent chance of showers. Highs in the upper 50s. Tuesday night and wednesday. Showers likely. Lows in the mid40s. Highs in the upper 50s. Chance of rain 70 percent. Wednesday night and thursday. Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower30s. Highs in youve no doubt heard of the underground railroad. It was a system to transport slaves from the south to freedom in the northern territories. But did you know the First Underground Railroad actually went south to a section of florida that offered freedom. Its part of americas untold journey as we celebrate black history month. Head south in search of freedom. James bullock 01 07 57 00 in 1687 the first group of people arrived in st. Augustine as what would have been called fugitives. They had escaped bondage from the english plantations in the think it is important though, that the underground Railroad First came south to florida. James bullock we dont know how many people attempted the journey. We dont know how many failed. Kathy deegan it wasnt an easy, immediate path to freedom because even once people reached florida they had to make it to st. Augustine. It wasnt enough just to get to florida. But if they made it to the town and presented themselves to the governor. , they would be given sanctuary. Anthony dixon they are given a choice. You can live in the florida wilderness , live as a maroon society, as you see fit they were also given a choice, if you would like to live under spanish rule, then you can live at fort mose. Vo narr in 1693, the immediate threat for spain was england and her growing carolina colonies. As word got back to spain that plantation slaves were seeking asylum in spanish florida, 00 08 21 10 the king of spain created the edict of 1693 which to my knowledge and other scholars appears to be the first civil rights legislation in the new world kathy deegan 01 41 36 12 as soon as word got to the plantations in carolina that there was this possibility of sanctuary after 1693 people took advantage of that possibility to try and make it to florida. Pause for close that story of the underground railroad is just one of many Untold Stories about the movement in america. For more. Head to our web site. Virginia first dot com and click under the sections tab. Low milk prices good for customers no so good for farmers. Coming up in tonights ag life reportwhy one local farm says low milk prices are hurting business and why she keeps fighting consumers but not so great for the Dairy Farmers who fight to keep their farms running every day. According to the bureau of labor statistics, in december of 2014 milk prices were phigh at an average of 3. 80 per gallon and in 2015 they dropped to 3. 10. And the downward trend continues into the new year. But as wfxrs Sophia Borrelli found out, its farmers passion to feed the community that keeps them fighting. 0 21 0 271 01 1 091 09 1 21 nats of cowsfor these cows, its just another day on the job. And for tanya young it is too, but this month she and fellow Dairy Farmers are feeling the effects of low priced milk. Tayna young 3rd generation dairy farmer as Dairy Farmers, we have no control over what we get paid for our milk. Tayna is a Third Generation dairy farmer. Tayna young 3rd generation dairy farmer my grandfather worked hard to succeed, my dad still works hard every day to succeed. But sometimes success comes at a price as the price of their product is generation dairy farmer the ups and downs have become a norm for us Dairy Farmers. From the months of may to september of 2014. To that same time period, the following year the farm took a 33 hit. Tayna young 3rd have to borrow more money to pay the bills with. We have to do more work ourselves, so we can cut labor. We have to plant more crops so we can buy agent for va extension its farmer to say im going to go out and work a job off the make sure my bills on the farm are going to be paid. Nat of cowsstandup this is a high quality feed, so that the cows can produce more milk and even though milk prices are low, farmers say the quality of the important to them. Tayna young 3rd generation dairy farmer you have live animals to take care of, its your responsibility. You cant just give up. And that. Tanya says. Is not an option. Tayna young 3rd generation dairy farmer we have to feed the world. So next time you go to grab some of this at the local grocery store, make sure to remember the Dairy Farmers who you support. Reporting in franklin county, Sophia Franklin county is the 2nd Largest Dairy community in the state and Dairy Farmers say to keep them in business, you can do your part by eating more cheese, milk and dairy products. Coming up its the last gop debate before the iowa caucus and donald trump isnt there. How other candidates are taking advantage of his absence. And its been 3 decades since the challenger shuttle explodedcoming uphow nasa is your local election headquarters. Right now the last gop debate is happening in iowa. But the debate is missing a top contender in the republican partymary maloney reports how other candidates are taking advantage of Donald Trumps absence. 10 15 16 20 3744 4549 571 08 seven republican candidates stood on the mai debate stage with the gop frontrunner missing. That didnt stop the candidates or the moderators from mentioning his name. lets address the elephant not in the room tonight. Donald trump has chosen not to attend. President ial candidate im a maniac and everyone on this stage is stupid, fat, and ugly. And ben, you are a terrible surgeon. Now that weve gotten the donald trump portion out of the way. Earlier four lower polling candidates participated in a set their sights on iowa. President ial candidate hello iowa, its me. And you know me. President ial candidate the people of iowa, who i know pretty darn well, care about the issues. They care about who is going to be the leader of the free world. President ial candidate im going to put my faith in the common sense and the good judgment of the voters of iowa. Also in iowa donald trump putting on an event he says will honor veterans. But not everyone supported the event president ial candidate i am the only veteran bill and martha in this race and im not going to any donald trump event over across town on some sort of faux veteran sort of issues. Two other republican president ial candidates who also won past Iowa Caucuses were in attendance. Governor Mike Huckabee and senator rick santorum. The pennsylvania senator didnt comment on a potential a trump santorum ticket but said he wont bash his fellow contenders. President ial candidate im not going to to throw mud at anybody on this stage tonight. University is facing criticism for endorsing donald trump for president. Jerry falwell, jr. Appeared on cnn tonight and defended his decision. He says his father also criticized for supporting ronald regan. Falwell said trump may not be the holiest candidate in the race but he believes the billionaire businessman is a the best leader for the country. The World Health Organizationsays the mosquito born zika virus is quote spreading explosively. The virus has already spread to more than 20 countries. There are 31 cases in the us including one case in virginia. Health Officials Say there has not been any transmission of the disease in the us. All of those infected traveled to countries where mosquitos carry the virus. The cdc has issued a travel alert to pregnant women because the zika virus can cause birth defects. We need to take actions now, whatever we can do in terms of vector control, environmental control, every member of the community can do something. Thats the important first lesson if we can control the impact currentl theres no treatment, but officials are hoping to start Clinical Trials on a vaccine soon. Today marks 30 years since one of the worst disasters in Space Exploration history the explosion of the Space Shuttle challenger. To honor the memory of those killed in the blast nasa laid a memorial wreath at Arlington National cemetery in virginia. It honored the seven challenger crew members who died when the shuttle blew up in the sky during launch on january 28th, 1986. Among them was a teacher, who would have been the first civilian in space. Nasa is also using this day to honor those killed in the apollo one and columbia shuttle disasters. Phil keating tells us how theyre being honored in cape canaveral, florida. 0 220 34 0 510 58 1 091 16 its a haunting image seared into the minds of millions of americans the moment the Space Shuttle challenger blew up. Killing all seven people failed just 73 seconds after launch, causing the disaster in the bright blue skies. The widow of commander dick scobee describes what she saw that day. Scobee rodgers says it was elegant to see it climbing toward the heavens, when the unspeakable happened, the numbing, frozen disbelief happened to us. No comments except to look at me with whats happening . And i knew it was something terrible the shuttle carried six astronauts. And teacher christa mcauliffe. Who was selected in a nationwide search to become nasas First Citizen passenger. Fellow teacher Barbara Morgan says right up until launch day, mcauliffe was writing College Recommendations for her students. Morgan says at a time when many people would think only of the impending launch, christa was taking care of a teachers business at Kennedy Space center, a ceremony honors their sacrifice. And notes how their actions paved the way for future generations of astronauts. Altman says just as we learned from the apollo 1 accident, both shuttle accidents, rather than cowering and deciding to quit exploring space, we decided to move forward and we did so successfully. At the Kennedy SpaceCenter Visitors center, an iconic car could soon sit in your garage coming upthe announcement from delorean motors. Snow moving in from the northwest, 1 3 inches. Overnight. Mos ly cloudy. Scattered flurries. Not as cool withlows in the lower 30s. West winds 10 to 15 mph. Gusts up to25 mph. Increasing to 35 mph. Friday. Mostly sunny. Scattered flurries in the morning. Highsin the upper 30s. Northwest winds 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to40 mph. Friday night. Mostly clear in the evening. Then becoming partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 20s. West winds 10 to 15 mph withgusts up to 25 mph. Saturday. Sunny. Not as cool with highs in the lower 50s. Southwest winds around 10 mph. Saturday night. Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 30s. Sunday. Sunny. Highs in the upper 50s. Sunday night through monday night. Partly cloudy. Lows around40. Highs in the upper 50s. Tuesday. Partly sunny with a 30 percent chance of showers. Highs in the upper 50s. Tuesday night and wednesday. Showers likely. Lows in the mid40s. Highs in the upper 50s. Chance of rain 70 percent. Wednesday night and thursday. Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower30s. Highs in and if youve always wanted to be like doc brown and marty from back to the future nows your chance the delorean sports car is going back into production for the first time in more than 30 years delorean motor plans to build 300 replicas of the car and sell them for around 100 after a blistering start to the season the hokie women have cooled off considerably. Virginia tech with a big opportunity tonight, hosting top 20 miami. Well show you if the hokies got a win that could get them headed in the right direction. And the new river valley was buzzing with High School Basketball tonight. Highlights from radford and blacksburg are moments away, the season 131, with a win over nationally ranked tennessee, the hokies womens squad has struggled, losing 4 of their last 5. Hoping to change those fortunes tonight at home against 17th ranked miami. 1. Post to post action. Dominque powell hits sidney cook for the bucket. Tech out to a 107 lead. 2. Cook again with the offensive rebound and put back. She would finish with a season high 21. The hokies hanging on to a 3point lead. 3. But here come the 17th ranked canes. Laura cornelius skip pass to Jessica Thomas who 12. 4. Keyona hayes not only rocking the rip hamilton mask but also knocking down the elbow jay just like the detroit piston great used to. 1914 miami. The hurricanes would hold off all tech rallies as miami goes on to win 5745. The hokies 25 in conference play. Vmi on the road at mercer in a big south battle tonight. 1. The keydets were actually tied early in the second half. Trailing by 14 now. Tim marshall cuts into the lead. Hits the corner 3. He had 14. The lead is 11. 2. Vmi continuing to trim into the deficit. Trey chapman drives and finishes off the glass. The keydets only down 7 with 2 38 left. 3. But vmi could get no closer. Mercer breaks the press and finishes on the other end to push the lead to 9. The keydets battle but come up short at mercer, 7358. To high school hoops. Radford has been unstoppable this season, tonight hosting eastern montgomery. 1. The this evening. Radford wins the tip. The pass to heth grant for the basket and a 20 lead 4 seconds into the game. 2. Radford simply has a lot of shooters. Marcus finley to quinton mortonrobertson for the silky smooth jumper. Hes only a freshman, but he can play. 3. When they did miss they got the rebound. The boy wonder from down under, Blake Burdack with the basket and the foul. 4. The mustangs would end a 160 run with this jumper from mitchell jennings. Eastern montgomery on the board. But just too much of this tonight. Miles jones with the 3 as radford improves to 161 with the 6425 win. Staying in the new river valley. Blacksburg hosting Hidden Valley. 1. Blacksburg trailing in the second but still playing hard. Chris martin with the great lob to hannah ramey for the bucket. 2. But the titans playing tough. Sawyer freeland coming up with the steal. Taking it the other way and finishes the basket and the Hidden Valley. Freeland for three. As the Hidden Valley rolls to a 8132 win over blacksburg. Coming up. The panthers are preparing for the super bowl. Defensive leader thomas davis says he will play despite having surgery on his broken arm just 3 days ago. An update on he and jared allen. And the nhl has taken action on this hits game from last night. Details on what rolls on. Of the Carolina Panthers has been their defense. But that unit is a bit banged up as they prepare for the super bowl. The panthers have kept things as normal as possible this week in terms of their practice schedule. But the defense has some questions over who will be on the field next sunday. The biggest concern is linebacker thomas davis who suffered a broken arm on sunday and had surgery on monday. He has vowed to play in the super bowl. Wether he does or doesnt, his work ethic is a motivation to the rest of the team. Ron rivera the youngs see the veteran guys committed to be outing there and trying to be a part of this i think that they learn and realise how when a guy like thomas says he will do what he can to be ready to play and hes going to play that shows the guys the right kind of mental attitued that you need. I think thats important. As for defensive end jared allen who missed the nfc championsip game with an injured foot, no word on his status yet, but he is practicing in full. So it would not be surprising to see him lining up on the field in super bowl 50. And finally tonight. You may have seen this hit from last nights nashville versus calgary game. Dennis wideman of the Calgary Flames checking a ref from behind. Today the nhl indefinitely suspending wideman pending a hearing next week. Wideman claims he didnt see the official until right before he ran into him. The flames defenseman did take a nasty hit in the corner immediately before this how much would you pay for a picture of a potato . Coming up Million Dollars photograher sold this photo for more than one Million Dollars the photographer, portraits of famous people like yoko ono. He recently revealed this month that he sold this portrait of an organic irish potato to a european businessman last for one million 80 thousand dollars. If the sale price is verified, it will be the 15th most expensive photo ever so my hormone levels are good . More than good, theyre outstanding, yes. My soil is ripe for the planting, farmer mike. Who are you talking to . My doctor. He got my test results. Oh, good, for a second there, i thought i was getting roped into doing yard work. Oh, thank you. Yes, im gonna start pounding those prenatal vitamins. Im gonna have babies coming out of my ears. laughing