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The Death Penalty trial for a man accused of abducting and murdering the lyon sister 40 years ago has been pushed back. A judge granted six motions by lloyd welchs attorney. They include delaying welchs trial until october 18. Hiring a Mental Health expert and private investigator. And issuing a gag order in response to the Media Attention of the capital murder case. We will as much charged with kidnapping the lyon sisters in 1975 and killing them. Convicted killer George Hughley filed a motion to ask for his conviction to be overturned pay cording to wvav in charlottescording to wvav in charlottesville. They say his imprisonment is a violation his constitutional rights. He was convicted in may of 2010 for the murder of his former girlfriend yardly love. In assistance of claim and the defense failed to present testimony from expert witnesses who have refuted the prosecutions claim that love died from a dramatic blow to the head. The hearing has not been set. Lynchburg police have released new information tonight after warrants were served at a house on floyd street yesterday. Our abc 13 cameras were rolling there, and now we know a man has been arrested and charged with distribution and possession of child porn. 41yearold Clifton Trent of lynchburg faces one count of possession. Police say they served a warrant to look for evidence. Police are now on day three in their search for a missing blacksburg teen. 13yearold Nicole Lovell disappeared some time between midnight and 7 00 wednesday morning. Since then police from all over from been searching for her. Annie andersen met with her parents today who says if she isnt found soon, it could be reporter her parents are absolutely frantic, danner. They know sometime a major concern because lovell doesnt have the medicine she needs to take twice daily. When she was 10 months old, she had to have a liver transplant, and because of that she takes special med dietitian keep her body from rejecting it. She has been without her medications for three days, and i know that we are in a situation where if she doesnt get her medication and get it fast that, you know, my daughter is going to die. Reporter because that, Blacksburg Police have people searching around the clock. They also called in help from various local agencies, state police and even the fbi. Virginia techs army corp of cadets is also helping to search for the teen. Her mom says she thinks her daughter climbed out of the bedroom window. Police are not insured if lovell is a runaway or foul play is involved. There are a lot of options and community and nicholes family is urging anyone who knows something to come forward. Even the smallest information. It might seem toyrt somebody else, but if we turn it over to all the officers on the case, it could turn into something, you know, major. Reporter i talked to a doctor irwho said that already lovells organs can be shutting down because she has been so long without her medicine. Police will continue to search for her around the clock and hopeful that a tip will come in to help them find her. Live in roanoke, annie andersenlive in roanoke, annie andersen, abc 13 news. Good evening to you. You probably notice some very strong winds we had today. The winds at times gusting over 30 Miles Per Hour. For this evening, it is not going to be quite as breezy, but you will want to take your coat with you as that wind is going to keep you cold. 39 degrees from west and northwest winds at 10. We are going to see another freeze tonight, and by morning, we will see lows in the lower 20s. We will see some black ice by morning. Will let you know when much warmer weather moves in. Danner thank you, george. New developments tonight in a rare political compromise reached between virginia lawmakers over guns. Republican and Democratic Leaders are praising the new gun policies that gun safety activists are feeling betrayed. Mark spain is following the latest and joins us live in the newsroom. Mark rare indeed, an agreement that Terry Mcauliffe and republicans have been hammering out for weeks. It strengthens some gun control measures while reversing a policy that would have invalidated handgun permits in other states. What is in this deal, the state could take away guns from anyone and you twoyear order for Domestic Violence offenses. State police would have to be present at gun shows to perform voluntarily background checks. I am into Good Governance. This is a Good Governance issue. And we tried do this for years is the first significant movement. Guns here in the commonwealth in a very, very long time. But you should not be willing to be to recognize conceal carry permits with states with weaker standards in exchange for the nra support of very watered down gun safety bills. Mark park in in a release the collusion to stop gun violence revealed it as a mistake and urging the governor to lobby for gun provisions or drop this legislation all together. In the newsroom, mark spain, abc 13 news. Danner thank you, mark. We want to know if you like the governors gun plan. Go to our Facebook Page and take todays poll. President obama announced a new initiative for equal pay for women. A new actual will require company to report payday at that by gender, race and ethnicity. It will apply to companies that have more than 100 employees. Have salary information already submitted to the equal Opportunity Commission that includes sex and the age of workers. Still got to make sure that women are not penalized orwomen are not penalized or held back in the workplace for start a family. Danner will help aid investigations on employers who are unlawfully shortchanging records based on gender, race and ethnicity. New tonight, we are learning more about the plan to address student behavior issues at George Washington high school in danville. After a student brought to light disruption issues in her class. Superintendent dr. Stanley jones held a state. School Division Address today. Tola adamson so far this plan seems to be working . Danner, jones said the School Division has made many changes all aimed at improving the quality of learning at gw. Offering professional development to gw staff to improve student engagement, classroom management and the an example will be teachers attending a google for education sum knit charlotteseducation sum knit charlottesville in march. Suspensions are down 32 from last school year. Gw is transferring more students. They are now between eight and nine School Resource officers, so all areas of the school are under adult supervision. Dr. Jones says the most important time for supervision during twrans significances periods so now teachers are required to stand outside of their classrooms during class change to watch students. So all the adults are in unison like parents, a mother and father, will we act in unison, the you child rises up to what that expectation is. Reporter coming up at 5 30, i will tell you about the School Systems new plan to involve parents in tud ent discipline. Live in danville, tola adamson, abc 13 news. Danner thank you, tola. New developments tonight in the zika virus. Extremely high. Danner now the fda getting involved with this. How much warmer we will see will see rain retumeteorologist george flickinger. Awardwinning coverage you can count on. Good friday evening to you. Hopefully you were prepared for the wind today because we saw the wind gusts over 30 Miles Per Hour as expected and wind kept us cold. In evening, so if do you have dinner plans, you and your date are headed out, keep in mind it is going to be breezy but not as windy as today. We will see areas of melting snow, refreezing by morning and below freezing the 20s. Most of us are in the 30s. Lynchburg. 40 toward charlotte. 38 in roanoke and lower 40s towardtoward south side. Martinsville at 39. This map shows the wind chills. Right now feels like the freezing mark in lynchburg and we have that breezy west and northwest wind. If you were watching us from Virginia Tech and blacksburg. The wind chill is a frigid 25. That wind is really cutting through you this evening. The weather is dry and a few of us saw light snow, snow flurries this morning mainly toward i81 but around lynchburg we even had a few snowflakes reported. The precip has ended and moved away and we will have drier weather as we move to the weekend. Looks good for your outdoor plans for your saturday and tomorrow morning will be cold. The temps for all of us below freezing the 20s. We will have a lot of sunshine tomorrow. As we go throughout the day, we may see a few high clouds developing, but overall a lot of sunshine for your saturday. But temperatures will be reaching the lower 50s and also not as windy. On sunday, big warmup for all of us. A lot of sunshine for virginia and we will see highs climbing into the 60s for on the heart of virginia for your sunday. For tonight, mostly clear, breezy cold and dry and as we go throughout the evening, we will gradually see the wind diminishing and we are in the lower 20s by morning. 23 in lynchburg. Watching us from madison heights, amherst, lower 20s. Appomattox, 25. South boston, 27. And Smith Mountain lake at 22. Here is your hourly weather for your saturday. We will be below freezing for most of us through 9 a. M. Then between 9 and noon, we will be warming into the 40s. 47 at lunchtime tomorrow. Highs reaching the lower 50s and down 50 degrees with mostly around the heart of virginia, bedford reaching 52. Watching us from lexington you will reach 51 tomorrow and mid50s for danville reaching toward 57. Then on sunday, all of us will be climbing into the 60s. Maybe you are getting ready for church on your sunday morning at 9 a. M. , we will be at 40. But when church is ending lunchtime, we will be nearing 60 at noon and lower 60s. Mild and pleasant for your sunday afternoon. Your sevenday forecast show on monday, a slight chance of showers and light rain. Not expecting anything big. On tuesday, slight chance for light showers. Nothing big expected. Most of the rain for the week is going to be falling very late tuesday night into wednesday. And wednesday is looking wet, but it is going to be rain, not snow, as temps will be in the 50s for highs. Danner thank you, george. The latest with the zika oh remotes, youve had it tough. Watching tvs get sharper, bigger, smugger. And you . Rubbery buttons. Enter the x1 voice remote. Now when someone says. Show me funny movies. Watch discovery. Record this. Voila. Remotes, come out from the cushions, you are back. Take a look at the map here. The cdc says right now there are 32 cases of the zika virus in the u. S. In 11 different states including virginia. There are concerns tonight about the zika virus spreading all of the cases in the u. S. Were brought back from travel abroad. At least three are in i will and new york under close watch. It is believed the virus causes Brain Development problems in fetuses. Pregnant women in the u. S. Are getting refunds from airlines and cruise operators traveling to the caribbean and latin america and the fda is reviewing the policy on blood donations. Now here is a abc dr. Richer besser with the five things you need to know right now. Reporter five things you do need to know about the zika virus infection. I am abc chief medical Health Director rich besser. Number one, pregnant women should not travel to areas currently affect by the zika virus outbreak. The concern is that zika virus can damage your developing baby. Number two, if you have to travel too these areas avoid mosquito bites. Use effective repellent. When the mosquitos are most active. Number three, the disease is spreading. The mosquito that causes is it found in the western hemisphere. And four, if you have already been to those areas and develop symptoms, fever, rash, joint pain and red eye, get test and get tested. If you have it, they want to you use a repellent so mosquitoes dont take the infection from to you other people in number five, it is not an every there problem. We have a mosquito in the United States that can spread the infection. The good news is, mosquitoes arent active in the winter. The spring and summer it may be an issue, so remember the fight the bite. Danner the Lynchburg Community market is getting a we will show if you haveu have travel plans for your weekend, looks good for much of the east coast. If off flight out of lynchburg or maybe one of the other airports, right now we are not seeing any delays. Looks good for lynchburg, roanoke and richmond and also quiet as you make your way toward new york city. You. The public is getting its first look at new planes for the Lynchburg Community market. The window county based out of richmond presented what could be the final plan for the it has an amphitheatre and public plaza. A canopy will cover outdoor venues. They have ear marked 2 million for the project and the final phase will be the underground parking and begin in 2017. Those aspiring to be on broadway will get a firsthand lesson from lynchburg of those that graced the broadway stagesthat graced the broadway stages. Two stars of the beauty and the beast and les mis will hold a master class for dancers from 4 to 6 p. M. At a Elementary School for innovation. The actor also then hold auditions monday at seven hills dance studio for their summer intensive program. Participants learn a short dance and then sing 16 bars from the broadway repertoire as part of the audition. Registration is open for both. New numbers on heroin deaths in vcu researchers say nearly 1,000 fatal drug overdoses in 2014, that is up 38 from 2012. Most of the cases involve prescription pain kill painprescription pain kill painkillers and heroin. Researchers say drug overdoses killed three times as many virginians as homicide. The most Overdose Deaths occurred southwest virginia, hampton road, richmond and southside. Next at 5 30. It is just very, very sad. Reporter an elderly woman is dead after a house fire. We went to the scene to get the very latest. Plus sometimes it is the parent not really knowing what their child is createchild is creating in school. Mark the state of our schools. How one area is trying to get the community involved. And governor mcauliffe weighs in on lindenberg not coming to appomattox. Winning coverage you can count on, this is abc 13 news. Mark tonight, we are tracking the cause of a fire that killed a woman from gretna in her home last night. Now we just checked with the pennsylvania county Fire Marshals Office and they tell us they wont know today and it could be days before they determined what happened. 73yearold katie yates was found dead inside her home when the fire crews arrived. Valerie bragg has the details. Reporter it still smells like smoke from that fire last night. The get that Fire Department tells me it started in this corner of the house and quickly spread in the attic, and this is all this is left. Fire crews tell me it and yates tried to get out, but the smoke overtook her. Family members were here earlier today looking for anything they could salvage. They tell me they were able to get a few pictures out of the more than 30 Fire Fighters from

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