High School Seniors who came up with the idea for thursdays program. Lidya tadesse, 12th grade we can really make a difference and the best way to do that is educating and having an open dialogue. About two dozen people attended. Hans wants thursdays discussion to serve as a start to more meaningful talks. Nancy hans, executive director, Prevention Council i look at that as heres an opportunity there are new faces in there. So we want to continue to build on all of this. If youre interested in hosting an event, you can get in touch with the roanoke alliance. We have a link to their website on ours, wdbj 7 dotcom. Christian heilman, wdbj7. New tonight, 67 people have been indicted on 188 drug charges in our area. This morning the Alleghany Highlands Drug Task force made the arrests with help from several local agencies and state police. Those arrested face charges related to marijuana, cocaine and heroin. Lynchburg police need your help solving several breaking and entering incidents ar
Huge additional problems as temps are above freezing. In lynchburg right now, light to moderate rain moving in. The rain there near the timberlake area toward evanton and russburg, you will be getting rain moving in as well as appomattox. Showers in amherst. Occasional showers. We will see a little bit more rain develop back behind this. Occasional showers for your evening, but it is not goodbye toing a washout. Temp not going to be a washout. Temps above freezing to the upper 30s by 11 00. A little later we will let you know when we will have a big warmup and more showers returning. Imagine being stuck in your car in the snow for the entire weekend. That happened to one woman in maryland. The Maryland National guard rescued that woman last night who was trapped in her snowwho was trapped in her snowcovered car since friday. Their humvee was able to go down the unplowed road to get to her after someone called for help. It was located on on a side street that hadnt been plowed. So the h
And abc13 obtained a search warrant. And what theyre telling us about the day police say a centra Security Guard shot a patient. George were tracking light rain as it moves across the heart of virginia. Well let you know how long you can expect this rain to stick around. Danner a live look tonight at wintergreen resort where skiers are enjoying the snow. George danner, we are going to see a few more light showers continue, but we are not expecting any heavy rain. Were looking live out over lynchburg. Weve had some areas of light showers make their way across the showers are moving off to the east. And well see small showers reforming and moving across our area. Danner across the area, icy slush is covering a lot of the residential streets out there. Public works says that the city cant afford to pretreat those side roads. Katie brooke checked in with public works and has more on their progress. Katie the director of public works, gaynelle hart, says that they are doing everything to ge
Different clothes. Phone records put spinner in the area paynes home at the time. The prosecutor said spinner did not have a Checking Account to use an atm. Our crew is going back into the court room right now, and tonight at 6 00, we will tell you what else is coming out. Police call it one of the worst things a community has to deal with, and right now there is still no sign of 13yearold Nichole Lovell of blacksburg. Annie andersen has the latest for a News Conference held just a few hours ago. Reporter Blacksburg Police set this up as master control as they search for 13yearold Nichole Lovelle. She went missing between midshe went missing between midnight and 7 a. M. Yesterday morning. The army corps of Virginia Tech are walking behind me. They joined in on the search as multiple local agencies, the state police and the fbi. Her daughter snuck out the bedroom window. Left with Water Bottles and minion blanket and didnt take any of her medication. That is really scary and when she wa
Can expect warmer weather. Danner the iowa caucus is just days away from kicking off the president ial nominating process. The republican candidates had their last chance tonight to make their case. But their frontrunner wont be on stage. Well live in des moines with what viewers can expect. Reporter people enjoy going to all the events and meeting all the candidates, and sometimes taking notes. But donald trump played by his own rules and had his own event. I think cruz is a snake to be honest, and i think trump is going to walk all over him. Reporter but trump saying that hell opt out has sparked a debate on what his supporters want. Some wants policy comparisons and others dont want moderators getting in the way of their guy. Hes against it. Reporter the result is an environment that he controls completely. Thats good. Hell draw a crowd over there. Yeah, yeah, i like that. I have full faith and trust in mr. Donald trump to do the right thing. And if thats the decision he made, im be