Company is also in the news tonight we are following new developments in the takeover bid involving Norfolk SouthernNorfolk Southern seaboard has rejected multiple offers from Canadian Pacific railways. Now Canadian Pacific plans to appeal directly to Norfolk Southern shareholders to make the deal happen and more than one hundred years old Norfolk Southern operates some twenty thousand route miles in twenty two states and also serves every major container ports in the eastern United States now Small Businesses in norfolk are also working to boost the economy off its neon district is working to bring a new energy to downtown the area is near the intersection of Virginia Beach boulevard in grandview street businesses such as clothes comedy were clearly sun bakes beans and balls are all about encouraging creativity and the grand Bay Social Club a set to open in april the downtown of the council says it will businesses to the district virginias attorney general and the u s attorney cracking down big on heroin dealers they came to an offer today is a Virginia Beach man pleaded guilty to selling heroin that killed a woman twenty eight year old gregory hack could face life behind bars when his sentence that would be one of the toughest sentences for this type of conviction. Attorney general mark herring said his office is making an example of hat and this is just one of several aspects of a crackdown on drugs in the commonwealth herring announced his continued support for state and local agencies in fighting this epidemic something that local police say is crucial we talk about bringing the federal government in bringing the State Government is talking about dealing with how these medicines are prescribed or try to lead to less addiction talk about providing services to folks thats a bit of different products. I think thats thats what were gonna make the difference here. Todays defended is the latest in a series of harrowing convictions in Hampton Roads prosecuted the out and get there on a large heroin ring in portsmouth members of the group called imperial gangsta bloods also face prosecution investigator say back then was part of a violent drug war in Hampton Roads. Thirteen years now has led the way in uncovering virginias growing heroin problem both caring and the federal prosecutors in our documentary help shed light on the epidemic that documentary hooked on heroin virginias growing killer is on thirteen is not com click on the investigate staff to watch it and we learned today that walgreens is joining the fight against prescription and drug abuse some of the Company Plans to make an ark and available at his Virginia Stores without a prescription that medicine can reverse the effects of heroin during an overdose a different drug bust in dare county one involving a suspect has been in trouble with drugs before ballots and Patrice Walker accused of for the Animal Hospital in nags head. Narcotics detectives launched a Major Investigation and drug bust last week. Marcello robertson has a closer look and how the couple allegedly tried to cover it all up in a couple is facing some very serious charges they are accused of stealing prescription drugs when their own personal news right here from the Animal Hospital in and said that they are the owners of snow we got our hands on some search warrants and they had each other very serious accusations and just exactly how the couple tried to cover it all at a major drug investigation in an unlikely place. Police searched his nags head Animal Hospital last week according to a search warrant Police Seized a laundry list of evidence hundreds of pills Surveillance Video and medication logs from the business at the center of this investigation. Dr barry welsh and his wife patrice both owners of the animal and charged monday. Search warrants reveal details of the couples stealing medication from the hospital inventory for their own personal use. Investigators say doctor welch would then prescribe medication to his pads and pads of friends and family members to cover it all up. Police also searched the couples Kill Devil Hills home. Thats where they also seized dozens of pills. We stopped by there tuesday but no one answered. This is not the first time dr welchs been in trouble with the law according to search warrants in two years ago the da fined him twenty thousand dollars after they found missing medication and incorrect prescription records investigators say the employees of the Animal Hospital fully cooperated during last weeks search employees there had no comment for us today when asked about the charges they did however say the doors of the Animal Hospital will remain open for all of its patients in nags head years now. The Mackinac County the sheriff says two murder suspects are on the run tonight take a look at your screen this is twenty four year old tube on proper and twenty road j hunt ratings. Investigators say the suspects killed robert j and were in town. If you know where these guys are called the aca mac county Sheriffs Office right away. Deputies have named two people found dead in southampton county yesterday they are a husband and wife sixty four year old donald ray for ten fifty nine year old vanessa referred were found dead in a home in cortland no word yet on how they do some stunts in Office States say they have some unwanted roommates roaches see the video students gave only to thirteen is now showing the reported infestation Technology Like tablets and smartphones too early may not be the best learning tool for your child will tell you how you can use these devices to improve your childs learning a couple of things really cold air in my extended forecasts to let you some songs of Norfolk State University tell us they are dealing with unwanted roommates is a cockroach infested one of their universitys dorm buildings and they said the problem hasnt been properly addressed christina surgical find out how the school plans to deal with the pass officials with an s u tell me that every time the complaint is filed an exterminator comes to the dorm building they couldnt tell me exactly how many times they have ed smith hall has been treated already but students say it hasnt been enough to hold her the move and they come to the shower room on the floor and on the walks in the hallway and inside said to be plaguing norfolk state students inside the bag the dorm hall the new year three we already know it is wrote to anne askew sophomores tom and the cockroaches started coming out months ago we contacted many people they keep that memory can do about it the cute us to go buy rating and i just had a spring stuff to try to keep the pass out students have placed towels underneath the dorm room doors but they seem to get in anyway is that if i like where youre scared to open your door open to the bathroom because you dont want to crawl out from the norfolk state officials tell me that an exterminator has been called out every time a complaint has been filed as a clean safe environment is top priority for the university of the students saying the problem continues to persist partially repay all over the bay and the towers at the end only when the piano for speaking more and su Officials Say that crews were at that hall again today and they are working on since students a spring occasionally hasnt totally gotten rid of the cockroaches as he saw for yourself christopher j co thirteen years now dollars using tablets and smartphones before they can even talk but does the Technology Help or hurt your child. There are some guidelines that can be helpful in using technology as a learning tool. Thirteen years now has a look at the best ways to use those devices to help your childs development and so much colder air will move into Hampton Roads soon tough losses tracking patients across the country have spoken. They recently rated their Care Experience at over 3,500 hospitals nationwide in a survey conducted for the centers for medicare and medicaid services. Fewer than 6 received 5 stars. Among them was Cancer Treatment centers of america ininhiladelphia. Learn more at cancercenter. Com slash eastern. Care that never quits. Chances are if you know any small kids to see how easy it is for them to use a smartphone or tablet is becoming more more common for kids to play on these devices at an early age but how early is too early. Aaron a bow gives us a glimpse into the lives of some tech savvy tots and when experts say your kids should play on these devices room after a long day Lydia Christopher likes to kick back with a cookie watch a little tv or lounge on the couch with her parents smartphone to find a fountain you find that certain apps and deleted or moved around at the age of three shes able to program her familys internet tv tap swipe an unlocked smartphone by entering its password is how she finds programs games and apps. She loves the house thats right very good i think every generation has its technological advances and we just have to be open adaptable and has better speed. Yeah dont go the paint yet. Lydia is among a growing number of kids who are being called a tech savvy tots because how easily they can navigate smartphones and tablets as the eye. Ok julie a young got her first camera at the age and to see noses at school and bought a kindle and on this sad little we hear she knows how to navigate through on you to define affair at the sold out in the waiting part of her culture now and i think its very its kind of explosive in the past two years weve seen more and more of that Child Development specialist michelle try on says very little is known about the effects of technology on small children but it is being researched more the she says if technology is not introduced to a child in a positive way it could learning and development expecially if the device is used as some kind of virtual babysitter she describes that as being passive when i say passive i mean theres no interaction for the child the child is to simply sitting watching the monitor screen some kind the oh there is something children can learn from tablet games whether its their colors are counting Something Like fruit but the best form of learning comes from when they can use multiple senses like touch and taste the American Academy of pediatrics give some tips on how to use technology as a positive learning tool. They recommend no screen time went on a smart device or tv for children under two and for children three to four years old less than an hour total screen time i did a fine you may also suggest that that out already and learn how to like a tablet the ups and make sure the content is age appropriate and the cal uses the device with an adults hand doesnt nap well done she can start writing her numbers and her letters as well. Shes learning the same things at school and from us as i think just being able to play with those same games are reinforcing what shes learning from under her environment no matter how tech savvy your child may be the experts say the best form of learning comes from the real world reporting i near new beau thirteen years now. Well we have a clear and crisp evening out there at least in some locations in others when you look up you can see some clouds and a few spots are looking up and finding a very little bit of precipitation best chance of seeing any wet weather right now is across areas of North Carolina and sliding on the pier and and again most of this is a very light and sound its not even reaching the ground and what is falling has according to what weve been able to determine generally just been some rain now that has not been the case some of these areas appear on the peninsula on up into the Northern Neck middle console and weve seen just the last few hours. West point reporting theres little bit up there in the Northern Neck of us a mix precipitation. Its really cold a few thousand feet up and thats why it were getting some sleep and its falling but in areas where its way up there in the upper forties like it was today if it came down hard enough and quickly enough that meant that it didnt have time to melt so despite highs in the upper forties we did have some sleet across the area today mostly cloudy out there though right now forty five a snow shower possible specially to the north by about nine pm. Temps are down to thirty nine at that point thirty seven part week i will call at midnight right now you can see forty five year southside forty two peninsula number. Elizabeth city and a quarter thirty nine right now at Wallace Island temperatures then you can see this is thursday morning look how we start out in the thirties and we really dont see a whole lot of improvement during the afternoon so tomorrow is going to be chilly but this is the day of the next three thatll be the cold s and then wait until you see the teachers i have coming up after that so you head out thursday evening youll definitely need to bundle up even more than tonight or tomorrow for that matter you can see this big storm swirling around. Oh lot of the moisture is on the other side of the mountains is that cold air picks up some moisture off the great lakes and gradually rises going up the mountains and produces more but here in the eastern parts of virginia North Carolina we have seen some of that very light precipitation the winds batter the northwest but lets take a look what the jet stream is going to do this weekend is going to dip if anything even us temperatures fifteen to thirty degrees below normal does look like record low temperatures a record cold highs or anything like that might certainly though be up to twenty five or more degrees below normal. What about the tides we had said to be some kind of problems four point eight feet of total water but you can see how it is expected to go down as we go through the next couple of days so hopefully wont have to deal with that tonight breezy and chilly stray showers with a mix possible specially to the north and then the rest of the seven day forecast forty four tomorrow but then look at the temperatures on thursday friday saturday and if you think thats bad sundays on the twenty nine for the high till ii really i think jeff by scott caster other athlete of the week a young man you need to look out for. Thats right will be paying much more attention to norfolk collegiate Basketball Team a man a pretty strong case because the best if not the state our fn the athlete of the week is the heart of the program. His given name is sebastian in town but everybody calls him pass. No one has a name thats more fitting than to move over here like always a blessing to those wholl also became the main bedroom houses the us but with the same as personally as a breath of the dash is a senior and every year at norfolk collegiate news averaged around eighteen points a game are what i like about him is i think we have something that really nobody has any area which is a polished ready made post player bass continues to work on his game is already pretty good in the classroom with me would be better devoted student question that home hard and never stop working on the one the hardest workers are here. Id never start with you. Hes a very driven individual bodies on a very even keel. Ok great teammate isaac really are the only shows one maturity this year he came as a mature obviously bash sets a good example but thats just part of being a good leader nineteen eighty the gnocchi was a job that he was grounded no cocoa to only do so might as well as a team they have a lot of bonding time with a lot of time together wont be long before bash will get to the two thousand point mark for his career which no one in norfolk legion has ever done now we come back two sessions of the virginia the las 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. I as always emerge in a prep stuff com classic put together some great teams nor coming escape entry last night it was k j davis twenty points eleven rebounds between them these two schools won six state titles in six years travis builder and the pain organ won the game sixty four to forty nine oscar smith against lance i just need to say one bucket because it was the game winner with seven seconds ago donald hicks stopped a three pointer to give oscar smith the forty seven forty five when i was and that is thirteen is now date at this hour. Thanks for at humana, we know when you have your health. Great things are ahead of you like seeing old friends or making new ones, learning some moves or showing off your skills and being free to keep on exploring. Choose a humana medicare plan for the care you need. To help you have Better Health for everything thats ahead. Breaking news tonight as we come on the air. Telling us, right here in new