In connection to the murder and abduction of 13yearold Nichole Lovell. Investigators saywithin the last 5 days theyve received more than 300 leads. Police arrested a second Virginia Tech student in connection to lovells death. Natalie keepers is accused of helping David Eisenhauer dispose of her body. Eisenhauer was arrested yesterday and is charged with felony abduction and first degree murder. They are both behind bars tonight. Police say eisenhauer knew Nicole Lovell before her disappearance, and believe he used their relationship to abduct and kill her. The burning questions tonight how she died and what motivated the killing . We have Live Team Coverage from blacksburg tonight wfxrs bill wadell spoke to students at Virginia Tech who are reacting to two of their classmates arrest. But we start with solina lewis who is live at a lake on campus. Solina Police Spend Several Hours out there today. Any word on what they are looking for . Becky travell,police say this over divers for the Virginia State police spent all day searching for evidence in this pond behind me here on Virginia Techs campus. They said they do know what theyre looking for but cant share information yet. 0007 19 year old Natalie Marie keepers has been charged with improper disposal of a body and misdemeanor accessory after the fact, she is being held in Montgomery County jail without bondkeepers is the second vt student to be charged in connection with the abduction and murder of 13 year old Nicole Lovell. We have determined eisenhauer and nicole knew each other prior to her disappearance and he used that to his advantage to abduct and the kill her. Keepers helped eisenhauer dispose of nicoles body found saturday along route 89 just inside North Carolina in surry countynews of keepers alleged involvement spread like wildfire throughout campus, leaving students who lived in her dorm, stunned. And afraid to go on camera. One of her dorm mates, said natalie seemed normal, but added the two werent close friends. I didnt know her personality so capable of but it was shocking to see that someone from vt could be capable of doing something so awful to such a beautiful young lifedivers from vsp spent hours combing through, by hand, the muddy bottom of a pond located near campus. And while the search for evidence is just beginning. The search for nicole has come to a tragic end. Divers wrapped up todays search at around 430 when the temperature started to drop but said they didnt find anything yet and will be back out here tomorrow. Live in blacksburg, solina lewis wfxr thank you solina. Police were able to quickly make arrests in this case. To recap Nichole Lovell was first reported missing from her home last wednesday in the Lantern Ridge area. Her body was found yesterday in surry county north carolinia near the virginia line. Thats when Police ArrestedVirginia Tech student David Eisenhauer. Today Police Arrested another Virginia Tech student, natalie keepers in connection to lovells death. The two suspects are engineering students at tech. That second arrest sending shockwaves across campus again tonight. Wfxrs bill wadell continues our Live Team Coverage bill many students say this simply does not make sense. Becky, engineering is a pretty Selective Program here at tech. These students are good at solving complex problems. Many we talked with today say theyre upset and they cant make any sense of this tragedy. 00 46 00 52molly simon i felt safe before, but to think about a little thirteen Year Old Girl being hurt by someone my age is mindboggling. Speculation is swirling outside lee hall its where many freshman engineering students live including natalie keepers. Bhaejot michera i just cannot seem to find anything about this happening. Im just genuienly very confused and just very shocked. Fellow engineering students say theyre anxious for answers and heartbroken for the family of Nicole Lovell. Molly simon i actually didnt know about it and then people in the halls were like, did you get the email from president sands. Then i started reading it and my stomach dropped. Its crazy. I cant believe something liek that could happen especially by someone our age. Chris lattaman they pick some of the best people in this country. It just seems so strange that two of them would be doing Something Like this. Amid the emotions and confusion some students are upset at their classmates accused of ending a young girls life. Chris lattaman theyre not representative of the engineers this school. The other students are so much better than that. Virginia techs president wrote an open Community Letter yesterday reassuring students and saying there are counselors available. Tech has not released any new information after that second student was arrested today. Live in blacksburg, bill wadell, wfxr news. Thank you bill. Tomorrow grief counselors will be available for students at Nichole Lovells school. Nichole was a student at blacksburg middle school. According to the schools website, parents can call ahead if they are concerned about their child. They also have tips about how to talk to children about traumatic events. And as Blacksburg Police continue to follow up on the hundreds of leads in this case, theyre still looiking for more information. If you have any information on the Nichole Lovell, or information about the two suspects the number for the Police Department is on your screen now, thats 540 9 611150. And we will keep you updated on air and on our website virginia first dot com with the latest developments of this case. Virginias attorney general is delaying changes to conceal and carry guns laws. The changes were to take Effect Tomorrow but has been pushed back until march first. Last month attorney general mark herring announced that virginia will no longer will recognize concealed handgun permits from 25 states because those permits insufficient under virginia law. Stephanos on the market recently announced that it was shutting its doors for good but last night they reopened for a private party. Roanoke city police were called to the restaurant after a man was hit in the arm with a beer bottle during a fight over him dancing with a girl. Police say the man left the party with only minor injuries. The building last night but when we visited the restaurant today, much of it had been ripped away. In Pittsylvania County state police are investigating a deadly crash that killed a lynchburg man. It happened at 1030 last night on route 40. Officials say cameron long was driving when his car crossed the center line, ran off the road, lost control and overturned. Police say long died at the scene. State police say alcohol and speed are not factors in the crash. An update to a police chase in alleghany county. Andrew arnold from white sulfur springs, West Virginia man turned himself in. Arnold allegdly drove off during an attempted traffic stop around 12 thirty yesterday morning on route 311 near the state border. Investigators say at one point the driver fled into West Virginia then made a u turn to come back into virginia and crashed. Arnold is charged with attempting to elude police, reckless driving and driving without a license. In vinton several homes and businesses are without power after a driver crashed into a tonightsouth pollard street is still closed downfrom virginia avenue to cleveland avenue. Vinton police say a driver lost control and hit a utility pole. When the pole came crashing down one of the transformers hit the ground and cracked open. A hazmat crew was called in to cleaned up the chemicals. Some people may be without power until the pole is replaced. But officers say theyre not sure when that will happen. The driver was not hurt. In danville fire Officials Say an extension cord is to blame for a fire inside a storage building. The Fire Department responded to that fire on 135 ruben court just before 430 this morning. They said the building was engulfed in flames. Crews were able to get it under control just before 5 am. The building was a total loss. No one was hurt. Around the commonwealthsome 4 legged memebers of the norfolk Police Department can do thier jobs with a more protection tonightthanks to personality. Specialists came in friday to fit the k9 officers for bullet proof vests. Money for the vests came from a donation made by anchor Anderson Cooper and money raised by spikes k9 fund. The department lost one of their police dogs earlier this month after a suspect shot him. The dog didnt have any protection and may have survived with a vest. People enjoyed wine from all over the world today at the Taubman Museum of Arts InternationalWine Festival. The event featured more than 30 wines from countries like chile and argentina. They also enjoyed food and a live band. This is the third year the museum has held the festival and organizers said there each year the selection gets better and continues to offer something for everyone. For poeople who are just beginning with wine you have the opportunity to taste different wines in one location that isnt really common not really easy to do but we also have wine with great depth and great character so it supplies, meets the needs for people that are into really from the Wine Festival will go toward the upkeep of the Taubman Museum to ensure that it continues to be free to the public. Coming up at 10 30and that reminded me so much of my father. My father was outspoken. On the campaign trail less than 24 hours before the iowa caususes. What Jerry Falwell junior is saying about donald trump tonight. And compared to last week the weather was pretty nice. Coming up nexthow people were taking advatange of this beautiful. Overnight. Most ly cloudy. Not as cool with lows in the lower40s. With gusts up to 30 mph. Monday. Cloudy with a 50 percent chance of showers. Highs inthe upper 50s. Southwest winds around 10 mph with gusts up to25 mph. Monday night. Cloudy. A chance of showers. Mainly in the evening. Lows in the lower 40s. Light and variable winds. Chanceof rain 40 percent. Tuesday. Mostly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of light rain. Cooler with highs in the mid 40s. Light and variable winds. Becoming southeast around 10 mph in the afternoon. Tuesday night. Cloudy. A chance of light rain or drizzle in the evening. Then rain likely after midnight. Near steady southeast winds 10 to 15 mph. Gustsup to 30 mph after midnight. Chance of rain 70 percent. Wednesday. Rain in the morning. Then showers likely in theafternoon. Not as cool with highs in the upper 50s. Chance ofrain near 100 percent. Wednesday night. Mostly cloudy in the evening. Then becomingpartly cloudy. Lows in the mid 30s. Thursday and thursday night. Partly cloudy. Highs in the mid40s. Lows in the lower 30s. Friday and friday night. Mostly clear. Highs in the lower 40s. Lows in the mid 20s. Saturday. Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 40s. Saturday night. Mostly cloudy. Lows in the upper 20s. Sunday. Mostly sunny. Highs this weekends weather made many people trade in their snow plows for shorts. In just a weeks time the weather has changed dramatically. Wfxrs Charlie Cooper shows us how some people are enjoying the spring like weather. 2529 this is great its like Black Diamond in the middle of roanoke. From Black Diamond slopes to black ice to black pavement all in a weeks time. Last week one of the most significant snow storms had people hiding indoorsi just went home early and watched some netflix. And now. It feels like the first day of spring. Outdoor enthusiasts like Jordan Turner enjoys the unpredictable weather. Its one of his favorite things about living in virginia. You get a little bit of everything getting a little bit of everything within two weeks of time so its nice. But being able to go for a jog with his pup or bike riding by the river comes at a cost. The snow men are gone at this point, no more snow ball fights. No more snow ball fights but 40 degrees up from last week means he at least gets to swap his snow shovel for shorts. In roanoke, Charlie Cooper wfxr news. Around this time last week temperatures were in the 20s and today the high was in the 60s. Coming upfarmers are now renting out their own equipment to other farmers. Why the move is helping their bottom line in tonights ag donkey sound elephant sound theres a big difference between making noise, tapping sound and making sense. elephant sound donkey sound when it comes to Social Security, we need more than lip service. Our next president needs a real plan to keep Social Security strong. elephant noise hey candidates. Enough talk. Wheat and other Commodity Prices are not good right now. Giving area farmers yet another obstacle to overcome. So, in an effort to help farmers with their pricey overhead. Many are leasing or borrowing equipment. Matt mccullock from our sister station kfdx in texas looked into how much it could help. Combines. Tilling plows and balers are big, pricey farming machinery. Its expensive. Very expensive. But a necessity. Especially when every dollar and every cent mattersin agriculture, timeliness is very, very important. Planning at the correct time, harvesting at the right time. If youre broke down and you dont have the equipment then youve got to find some way to get it done. And thats exactly what many farmers have done. Rather than letting equipment sit and losing money theyre renting it out to other farmers. For a fee. A lot of these equipments, youve got to put so many acres, so many bales, pounds, whatever it is, through it to justify owning it. 16;47;34peirce calls this custom hire. 16;47;48 a lot of this equipment we have isnt unique just to our area. It could be used all over the state, all over the country. 16;47;54 another route farmers can take to better make ends meet is leasing the equipment themselves. Rather than buying. Heath hodges sales, quality implement co. 16;24;10 its not a whole lot different than a finance type contract because the fact that youre still making payments just like you would a finance payment. The only difference is that at the end theres a larger residual just like on a car. 16;24;25heath hodges sales, quality implement co. 16;26;18 when you see a change in business and how things are changing youve got to adapt to it. 16;26;2516;26;31 and its really taken off, its done really well. It fits in good for the customer side and for the dealer side. 16;26;39 Dwayne Peirce farmer16;49;11 whats nice about the lease is that you can walk away. No credit is hurt. Once the duration has matured on the lease, you send it back and everyones happy. 16;49;21 16;49;29 on custom hire, a lot of times, the numbers when its all said and done are real close to the same. 16;49;37for an industry that thrives on change, farmers are finding alternatives to keep those dollars planted in their farmers are saving a little more because of the falling gas prices. The money saved on gassing up equipment, as well as right to their profit margin. The budweiser clydesdale family just got a little bigger. The company just introduced mac a male foal born in missouri. Hes the first clydesdale born in 2016 to join anheuserbuschs herd of more than 160. The company has used draft horses in its marketing since 1933. The originial budweiser clydesdale were a family gift to celebrate the end of prohibition. When mac is old enough he will train to join the Clydesdale Team hes got the perfect clydesdale color that we want for our hitches, which is bay in color, dark mane and tail, white face and four white legs. So there isnt any reason in the world why mac shouldnt make one of our clydesdale hitches in another four years. Mac will continue to live at warm springs ranch, where he was candidates are out on the campaign trail ahead of the iowa caucus. Coming upthe special guest the republican frontrunner is taking along. And sesame street is stepping in to help military families. Coming uphow theyre teaming up with other organizations to make the transition to civilian life, a little easier. There are many sides to basketball star an fashion icon russell westbrook. And with coverage in the middle of anywhere from u. S. Cellular, he can find some new ones. Like, farmer. Russells brussels. Russell speaking. Paleontologist. Hashtag trex. Park ranger. Where am i . And t. V. Spokesperson. Thats my line. I got it. With u. S. Cellular, you can do all the things you like, from the middle of anywhere. Donald trump is uniquely qualified. And i am proud to be endorsing him wfxr news is your local election headquarters and tonight Jerry Falwell junior president of Liberty University is on the campaign trail with donald trump. And with under 24 hours to go before the caucusing starts in iowa candidates are making their voices heard. Joel waldman is in des moines with the very latest on the road to 10 20 2133 3442 501 02 1 131 25 as Campaign Volunteers go doortodoor. The candidates spent sunday going networkto network. Trying to convince everyone that its their opponent who should be biting their nails. Trump says no, i dont have to win it and right now you and are are sitting in New Hampshire and as you know i have a very substantial lead in New Hampshire, but i think it would be really good to win, iowa, i would like to win iowa. Rubio says i think were going to do the best we can, i think ted is still the front runner, i mean he has ten thousand volunteers every endorsement in iowa he wanted he got a huge army of people, hes go an historic ground game, his campaign has been predicting victory now for weeks. Cruz says were in statistical dead heat for first place. If you wouldve told me ten months ago we wouldve been where we are now, we would have been thrilled with it. Right now this is all about turnout. On the democratic side. Clinton has a slight lead over sanders in the latest poll. But that lead is within the margin of error sanders abc if working people and low income people and young people come out to vote in significant numbers tomorrow night were going to win this thing and pull off one of the great political upsets in recent history. Hillary clinton says the ruling that some of the emails on her now famous private server may have been top secret. Coming right before the iowa caucus seems to be politically charged clinton says i am going to leave that to others who are quite experienced in the ways of washington to comment on i just have to point out that the timing and some of the leaks that have lead up to it are concerning. In des moines caucusing starts in iowa tomorrow night at seven pm local time. Sesame street is launching a new inititative to help military kids and their families cope with life transitions. Military families are constantly readjusting into civilian life and the transition can be tough for both parents and children. Sesame street is now providing resources to support families through the milestones. The new initiative will help comfort families in the midst of a life changing move. Video, this wonderful activity book that could be a journal as their children are making the transition and making it into an adventure. All of these resources will be available through different organizations that services both the transition military family and veterans. The materials are also on sesame streets website. Who says youre too old to dab . Coming up well hear from why this panthers super. Overnight. Most ly cloudy. Not as cool with lows in the lower40s. Southwest winds around 10 mph with gusts up to 30 mph. Monday. Cloudy with a 50 percent chance of showers. Highs inthe upper 50s. With gusts up to 25 mph. Monday night. Cloudy. A chance of showers. Mainly in theevening. Lows in the lower 40s. Light and variable winds. Chance of rain 40 percent. Tuesday. Mostly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of light rain. Cooler with highs in the mid 40s. Becoming southeast around mph in the afternoon. Tuesday night. Cloudy. A chance of light rain or drizzle in the evening. Then rain likely after midnight. Near steady temperature in the mid 40s. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph. Gustsup to 30 mph after midnight. Chance of rain 70 percent. Wednesday. Rain in the morning. Then showers likely in theafternoon. Not as cool with highs in the upper 50s. Chance ofrain near 100 percent. Wednesday night. Mostly cloudy in the evening. Then becomingpartly cloudy. Lows in the mid 30s. Thursday and thursday night. Partly cloudy. Highs lower 30s. Friday and friday night. Mostly clear. Highs in the lower 40s. Lows in the mid 20s. Saturday. Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 40s. Saturday night. Mostly cloudy. Lows in the upper 20s. Sunday. Mostly sunny. Highs one of the oldest living carolinas panthers fans is getting ready to cheer her team on during the superbowl. Mary ward says her great grandson turned her into a fan. The 95year old fell in love with the team and that pose made famous by cam newton. Is who i cater too. Cam and that davis. Hes a good player and hes a good sportsman. Ward says she most likely will watch the big game with family and may wear that jersey for the occasion. Both Virginia Tech mens and Womens Basketball teams were on the road today for tough acc games. Coming up on the other side of the break we roll to pittsburgh and tallahasse for hokies hoops highlights against the panthers and seminoles. A week from tonight is Carolina Panthers and denver broncos. We will have live reports all next week on the golden anniversary of the game since getting off to a 41 start in acc play, the Virginia Tech against tough opponets. The hokies are back in action on back to back sunday nights taking on the pitt panthers in pittsburgh. Thats where we are heading to the steel city. Pitt is 122 at home this season. 1st half. Pitt up 3. Jamel artis finds Sheldon Jeter for a dunk. Jeter finished with 13 points in the 1st half. Pitt up 5. Later in the 1st. Hokies down 3. Seth allen hits a triple. Perfect 5 for 5 from downtown game tied at 23. Allen led all scores with 28 2nd half. Pitt up 11. James robinson with the great pass to ryan luther for the reverse lay up. The hokies fall to the panthers tonight 9071. Tech returns to action tuesday night at 8 with a game at syracuse. You can see the game right here on wfxr. Dennis wolfe and the women of tech where in tallahasse taking on florida state. The hokies were down 18 in the 3rd. Chanette hicks drives hoop and harm she led tech with 10 points. Fsumaria conday. Triple 3920 seminolesvtsidney cook fsushakayla thomas scores she led fsu with 22 points. Vtsamantha hill triple. It wasnt enough as the hokies fall to fsu 6850. Tech Chanette Hicks set the programs record for steals in a season by a freshman. Virginia techs next game is a home date at the cassell with georgia tech thursday night at 7. We are not done talking about hoops, coming up Kevaney Martin profiles one of the best long range shooters in history. Stick and stay for the story the 40th annual big orange wrestling classic wrapped up the two day tournament at William Byrd High School yesterday. This event was pushed to this weekend because of last weekends snowy weather. In the end, the christiansburg blue demons defended their title to win. Congratulations to all the wrestlers in the tournament. When you think of great 3 point shooters in college further than blacksburg native doug day. Keveney martin reports on how the sharpshooter is giving back to his hometown. 01054045 doug day is best known for his accuracy behind the arc. Although the local shapr shooting legend is years removed from his playing days at radford university, he still spends most of his time on the hardwood, but now as a coach for his alma mater blacksburg high school. On december ninth radofrd university honored the number 20 jeresey that was worn by the 61 sharp shooting guard doug day ru from 198993 making him the first mens basketball player and just the third student athlete ever to be honored in the rafters at the dedmon center. Doug day it was always a goal and dream of mine to play college backetball and i worked really hard to try to achieve that goal. One of the biggest things that kept me here close to home was that radford was a great universtiy, but also it gave my family the chance to come see me play each and every game. Day grew up just up the road in the blacksburg virgnia. Attending blacksburg high school. Today, doug still pride, but now instead of as a player he is the bruins head Boys Basketball coachto raise a family and to be part of a family here. Its a Great Community that loves its athletics and sports they rally around sports team and just a dream come true to play here as well. During dougs was best known for his sharp shooting at graduation from ru his 401 threepointers made was the most in Ncaa Division 1 history. The been broken several times of local shooters and jj redick but who win if a game of horse . That would be a time your a competitor and you would say you are going to it would be kind of intersting to his prime right now so i dont much as jj does, but i would on me Kevaney Martin reporting. Great job on the story. Now lets check out some of doug days biggest milestones his 401 threes made set an ncaa d1 record at the time of his graduationhis 2,027 points scored is still the radford all time scoring recordhe is also a member of both the radford and big south hall of fames it is ferrells follies time. Before john carroll brings in the mild weather to melt all the snow away, i thought we should share some more video of cool kids having fun in the snow. We are all kids at heart and this was fun for this little guy. I am sure he cant wait for the next snow fall. That is ferrells follies for this coming upa rare tiger cub makes its public debut why zoo addition to miami zoo made his public debut this weekend this Sumatran Tiger cub was born back in november at the zoo. After getting shots and getting stronger he was introduced into his new habitat the cub spent some time eating and playing before being taken out of the habitat. Zoo Officials Say the cub wont live in the exhibit just yet but needs to be introduced to it. Sumatran tigers are a highly endangered species come on, carl, step on it. Drive on the sidewalk if you have to. Hey, im your partner i will get us there. But you should have just used the bathroom at abes. I like going at my moms house. Shes at work, and its quiet. Plus, i grew up with that toilet. We know each others secrets. Easy, easy stay with me, buddy. Were almost there. Carl, im not gonna make it. Hey, ddont you let go on me, man dont you let go on me siren wailing toilet flushes screams mom, what are you doing home . I live here. What the hell are you doing . I came to borrow your better homes gardens. What do you think . So youre the one whos been goldilocksing around my house while ive been at work. You know, if youre gonna nap in somebodys bed, you need to make it when youre done. I tried. You know i cant get the corners as tight as you