Pictures. They show heavy smoke and flames. Thurston says a recycling plant has been in the process of tearing down the former Textile Building for the last six months. Vdot says drivers can expect delays around earl street. All north and south through lanes are closed on route 501. We have a crew headed there right now. Information as it comes into our newsroom. Is underway. She is charged with three counts of child abuse and neglect. Whites son. Noah thomas. Was found dead in a septic tank back in march. Wsls 10s Bethany Teague explains what happened in court today. Day one of ashley whites bench trial went to about 530 this evening. The prosecution indicated that it has just a few more witnesses to call tomorrow. We learned today that the prosecution is alleging two of ashley whites child abuse and neglect crimes occurred when she left noah thomas and his six month old baby sister home the childrens father, paul thomas, to work. The third offense occurred when she fell asleep after returning home that morning, leaving noah unattended. Thats when the prosecution says he ultimately died. The defense is arguing that falling asleep in your home is not a crime. Ashley white cried multiple times in court today, specifically when her neighbor took the stand and talked about how noah loved to ride his bicycle and play basketball, and that he always enjoyed being outside. The defenses witnesses have been instructed to report to prosecution is expected to rest its case friday. In pulaski Bethany Teague wsls 10. State police are searching for an armed teen they say lead them on the hospital. It started on route 220 in boones mill last night. To stop and eventually lost control of the car. Crashed. And caught fire. All four passengers were taken now. Police k9s and the state Aviation Team are searching for the driver. Who ran off. The 15year old is believed have a gun but troopers say he is not a threat to the public. For one local school. Preventing drug abuse begins in the classroom. Macy mclaugherty Elementary Middle School just received a grant to begin the too good for Drugs Program this semester. The program is offered once a week during school hours for 5th and 7th grade students as a supplement to the dare program theyll receive in 6th grade. The class teaches students social and emotional character that will help build self esteem and enable them to say no to drugs an issue many children may already face at home. Jared rader principal Macy Mcclaugherty so many people get involved with drug abuse from an environment or family life. If we can teach kids the necessary tools that we have to think better of themselves so that they dont fall victim and prey to things like those in their life, that will give them a step and an advantage over other too good for drugs is a program taught by prevention specialists from new River Valley Community services who partners with the school system. Roanoke students dress to recognize homeless awareness day today. Many wore help the homeless t shirts. They were designed by students and sold to raise money to support the School Systems 484 homeless students. Theyve raised nearly 8 thousand dollars and made changes that are priceless. Megan potter history teacher opening up conversations with our students. Being able to talk about issues that are uncomfortable for some. Just by nature of us wearing the t shirts it shows our students how much we support we do love and support them and want to be able to help them in anyway that we possibly can. Roanoke city schools have also held other events like coat drives to help homeless students. Ten washington and lee students were back at the site of an Apartment Fire thursday. Retrieving any personal items salvageable in the rubble. The fire at the building on the lexington began on the wooden fire escape. Caused by discarded smoking implements. The building is more than 120 years old. Senior kaela fiutak was the first to notice the blaze. Many of her roommates say they owe her their lives for waking them up in time to get out safely. Kaela fiutak, discovered fire at that point, your mind is just, its go, you just have to get out of there. Grab some pants and, didnt even get any shoes and just woke up my flat, apartment mate on the third floor and we tried to get everyone else out. Fiutak was back onsite today searching for belongings. But all she recovered was her wallet. No one was hurt in the fire. But two pet rats were killed. All of the students have found alternate housing. People in the community have donated clothing and food to help. Turning now to your forecast. It was another bitter cold day. We had temperatures in the high 20s. And the wind only storm team ten chief meteorologist jeff haniwich joins us now. Jeff. The flurries and snow showers have finally ended. For a brief time. Thursday was pretty chilly but at least we saw more sunshine however, another clipper will impact the region on friday, bringing more snow showers, especially into the mountains. Tonight clouds thicken, cold with less wind. Lows in the midtoupper teens. Friday mostly cloudy with the middle 30s. While most of the snow showers will occur in the a spillover of some flurries, maybe even a few snow showers farther east. We are looking at a coating1 maybe above 2500 ft. , up to 2 in the nrv and highlands, with a possible dusting in spots farther east. This will start in the morning and end in the afternoon or early evening. The weekend looks dry. But very cold. Saturday will highs in the middle 20s. It will be breezy too, so it will make the temperatures feel even colder. Overnight lows saturday night. Website where it posted arguments for the proposed takeover of Norfolk Southern. The majority come from previoulsy released statements. The site also lists what Canadian Pacific plans to ask Norfolk Southern shareholders this spring including voting on whether they discuss a merger. So far. Norfolk southern has pacifics takeover offers. The latest one was worth about 30billion dollars. The town of bedford is making source of power. Wsls 10s ananda rochita explains how the upgrades to the will lower your electric bill. Ananda rochita arochit a wsls. Com the hydroplant was built in 1911 and the town of bedford is planning on making some major upgrades. The town of bedford is planning on increasing electric rates to pay for nearly a Million Dollars in renovations. However the town manager says itll pay off since the town will not depend on other companies as much for power in the future, which could help lower bills. Charles kolakowski tow n manager were hoping it will contribute toward stabilizing the expenses and cost renovations include upgrading gates so they can open, close, and seal better. And add an automatic cleaner. Ananda rochita amherst county the town of bedford is planning on adding more gates right behind that trash rake to generate more electricity. The hydroplant continuosly generates five megawatts which is equal to powering five to six thousand homes. Electric Department Says the benefits are the reason why they want to make changes soon. Ananda rochita arochit a wsls. Com the town of bedford will start making upgrades in july. In amherst county, ananda rochita wsls 10. Teachers are turning their attention to engineering. Teachers from grades prek through fifth. Learned new classroom skills at the 20th annual virginia childrens Engineering Convention at the hotel roanoke. They say engineering is incorporated into middle and high school classrooms. But now. The idea is to get Elementary Students involved. Kelly davis, 2nd grade teacher, page county engineering is a big word, but everybody in essence is an engineer. Engineering is more just being able to come up with ideas and solve problems and fix things. And, if you think back to pre school the little kids are the ones that actually take things apart and put things together. Different vendors and st em based workshops in design, engineering and technology were availible throughout the day. Still ahead on wsls 10 at 7. The race for the white House Democratic candidates prepare to go headto head in wisconsin. What each candidate hopes to here in vineland, home of progresso, we figured out how to get rich ingredients like bacon into 22 light soups, so if you want 100 calories or less per serving without giving up rich flavor do what we do. Make it progresso. Look at this sweet face. So sweet. Ok, were going to need a napkin the city of cleveland is asking the family of a 12yearold shooting victim to pay for his last dying expense. 500 dollars for the Emergency Services tamir rice received. This includes ambulance advance life support and mileage. Rice was shot by a Police Officer while holding a pellet gun back in november of 20 14. Last december. The officers involved were not indicted after a county prosecutor said they should not be charged. There was a peaceful ending to a nearly 6 weeklong standoff at a wildlife refuge in oregon. Today. The last four of the surrounded by federal agents. The fbi surrounded them overnight. Leading to hours long negotiations. Reverend Franklin Graham and nevada assemblywoman Michele Fiore convinced the protesters to give up. The protest was part of a long running dispute over public use of federal land. It was originally led by ammon bundy. Who was arrested last month. Turning now to your political coverage. Just two days after the nations first primary. The democrats head to wisconsin to square off. After Bernie Sanders win over Hillary Clinton in new hampshire. Tonight is the first real showdown between the two remaining democratic candidates. Clinton is hoping to deliver a solid performance to reassure her supporters. Meanwhile the goal for Bernie Sanders is to topic and prove hes the top contender. The debate starts tonight at nine. Now a look ahead to stories that will be making headlines tomorrow. Jenna hundreds of teachers are in town. Well take you inside the hands on lessons theyll be taking back to their own classrooms. The couch. New research linking sitting to the size of your brain. Join us friday morning on virginia today from 57 am. Again again again again again . Again again General Mills is removing artificial flavors and colors from our cereals. So you can love cereal. Energy efficiency doesnt pick favorites. It should apply to everyone. Im zach bacon with appalachian power. Im an Energy Efficiency coordinator here in virginia. To me, its all about being able to help our customers learn Energy Efficiency. This partnership with appalachian power allows us to touch more families in this region that really need it. woman when we first moved in, the house wasnt very livable. It had holes in the ceilings. It was very cold. They saved our house. announcer we may be a power company, but the true power in our communities the flurries and snow showers have finally ended. For a brief time. Thursday was pretty chilly but at least we saw more sunshine however, another clipper will friday, bringing more snow showers, especially into the mountains. Tonight clouds thicken, cold with less wind. Lows in the midtoupper teens. Friday mostly cloudy with mountain snow showers. Highs in the middle 30s. While most of the snow showers will occur in the mountains on friday, we will see a spillover of some flurries, maybe even a few snow showers farther east. We are looking at a coating1 maybe above 2500 ft. , up to 2 possible dusting in spots farther east. This will start in the morning and end in the afternoon or early evening. The weekend looks dry. But very cold. Saturday will see a mix of sun and clouds with highs in the middle 20s. It will be breezy too, so it will make the temperatures feel even colder. Overnight lows saturday night will get down into the Single Digits in most spots, with some mountain locations getting down below zero. Thats not the wind chill. Thats strictly air temperature. And with the wind, it will feel colder than mostly sunny with highs in the midtoupper 20s. Please bundle up all weekend long. Things get interesting on monday. Frankly, you want computer model consistency between runs and hits the london stage. Dont forget. You can still get wsls ten updates even when were not on the air. Like us on facebook. Search for wsls ten for updates. Also. You can find news, entertainment, traffic and sports videos on your smartphone or tablet. With the wsls ten news app. And for your latest weather information. Including radar and future forecasts. Weather app. Just search for wsls in your i our coverage on the fire out of campbell county. This is video from the scene. As you can see. Crews are still battling the fire at the former dan river plant. Wsls 10s duke carter is currently on scene and will have more tonight on wsls 10 at 11. We will of course keep you updated online as more information becomes available. Friends star Matthew Perry trades in the Television Screen for the london stage. The 46yearold actor wrote and stars in the end of longing. The play centers around four people who feel the pressures of life as they reach their forties. According to the plays synopsis, characters jack, stephanie, joseph and stevie are four lost souls. Searching for meaning. Matthew perry actor writer in their lives where generally most people have it all set out already, theyre married and have kids, and none of these characters are that, so they feel a certain amount of pressure to have that in their lives. The end of longing runs at londons playhouse theater until may 14th. Fresh off his super bowl fifty win. Peyton manning stops by the tonight show with jimmy fallon. He didnt talk about his future plans but did explain the video of elis reaction after he won the big game. With a lifesize cardboard cutout of elis now infamous stare sitting beside him. Peyton said eli was probably just going over the game in his head. Manning later played a game of egg russian roulette with magic johnson. And lost on his first try. Heres what you can expect to see tonight in primetime. Starting at eight its you me and the apocalypse. After that its the blacklist at nine. At ten its shades of blue. Then at 11 well be back with sports. 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