And our respects. College avenue was lit up in blue nicoles favorite color. Her middle School Principal talked about the kind hearted, softspoken 13 year old. One ella had class with, but wishes she knew better. Ella moeltner whether you were close to nicole or barely knew her, you just feel like youre a part of this and you need to be here. Nicoles mother addressed the crowd briefly, saying her family is still broken. Blacksburgs police chief helped her finish her message of thanks to the crowd. Adana mcwhinney, Virginia Tech student i feel like its a duty and a responsibility to be here. For everyone. Growing from remembering nicole, to remembering their strength. Ella moeltner if youre knocked up and show the people who youre still going to be great and youre going to rise above them. Leave it to a seventh grader to understand what being a community is all about. The event was organized by a group of Virginia Tech as for those blue lights, were told own. Christian heilman, wdbj7. New at eleven two men are in jail in henry county tonight charged in a mans death in eden, north carolina. Investigators arrested Zachary Haley and daquarius martin tonight. Both are charged with first degree murder and kidnapping. Deputies say the charges come after they found Benjamin Baker dead in his eden home last month. Jury selection continues tomorrow in Pulaski County for ashley whites trial. She is the mother of noah thomas, the five year old boy who was found dead in a septic tank last march after a weeklong search. This is new video of her leaving the Pulaski County courthouse after more than six hours of jury questioning. Today her lawyer, kelsey bulger, asked dozens of potential jurors about their facebook usage, if they have liked, shared, or commented on anything related to the death of noah thomas, and if they know any of the witnesses. The judge and asked dozens of questions. So far 15 people have been selected jurors. Seven more will be selected tomorrow. Virginia authorities are still looking for the man who took his weekend, setting off alert. Threeyearold haven moses was believed to be in extreme danger after she was abducted yesterday by her father, james moses the third. Haven was found afternoon in augusta county, where moses lives. Information on his whereabouts should call police. Andthis is one of those weather evenings where v god is prepared but the snow is not really developing snow showers are all part of the set up in the Weather Service keeps their advisorys up for the mountains for snow showers in the mornings back through the greenbrier valley for more accumulations over the next day or two really big story is all about the temperature change that youre about to of the Central Plains and headed our way easily a ten degree drop off tomorrow compared to today and it just stays low for the rest of the week twenty nine degrees right now its novell Elementary School with a relative humidity of ninety six percent peak winds today and about to twenty six miles an hour at about 26 miles an hour and wind is the key yet doublebarreled lowpressure system he have a chance for this really bitter cold air to take a dive down into our region and because the northwest flow continues for the next three four five six days we never warm up in fact its getting colder as we get closer to the weekend well break it their way back to new york after their Royal Caribbean cruise sailed into a violent atlantic storm. 20foot waves and winds over 100miles per hour forced the cruise ship to make a uturn just one day after setting sail. The anthem of the seas was heading to port canaveral, florida when it got caught in the storm. The national Weather Service says alerts for a strong storm were sent four days before the cruise ship ran into virginias 4 p. M. Burning law goes into effect oneweek from today. Its also the start of spring fire season in the commonwealth. Under the law between february 15th and april 30th, you cannot burn anything before 4 p. M. Thats within 300feet of woodland, brushland, or areas of dry grass. If you do, you could be fined up to 500 dollars, as well as the cost of putting out the fire. Last year, 616 wildfires burned more than 59 Hundred Acres in virginia. Campbell countys School Superintendent says hes investigating a social media post made by a principal, following complaints from parents. Ty gafford put a comment on facebook that said just because you put the stars and stripes beside the stars and bars doesnt make it okay. Really . he followed that up with the hashtag stupid expletive redneck. Gafford is the principal at Altavista Combined School in campbell county. Today gafford apologized in a statement that said i have spent my entire investing in the future of the kids entrusted to my care. I do so without bias, judgment, or ill will and with only the best intentions for each child. The superintendent said appropriate action will be taken after his investigation. New at eleven, several middle and high schools in our area started a crusade to try and lower the number of car crashes involving teenagers. Data shows that in 2014, there were more than 23 wdbj7s Khiree Stewart tell us how this program could save several lives. Today, yovaso, or speak about traffic safety, began their yearly campaign. Educate teenagers on the dangers of speeding and the importance of buckling up. The perfect person want to be. Her shirt off her back and give it to a stranger. Just the typical person to be. Describes her step killed in car crash deer. Overstreet supports yovaso to try and prevent others from being involved in a car crash. On monday, they launched their Mission Possible campaign. Its goal is to spread the word at schools that speeding and not wearing a seatbelt could lead to deadly consequences. We try to get a lot of real life stories, so the teens do see like wow, this could happen to me. Cause a lot of teens are going to say this could never happen to me. Of the 67 teenagers killed in car crashes in 2014, almost half were unrestrained. Theyre young and they dont realize sometime the risks and thats what were here to do, to help them to see that. Casey taylor is the Program Coordinator for yovaso. She says the campaign is a peer topeer program. Sometimes it doesnt always take us, sometime it takes their teammate on the Basketball Team to shouldnt be going that fast. The Campaign Runs through the beginning of march. Plenty of time for overstreet and others to make sure more teens buckle up and take it slow. It really, i think it does hit teens and i think when they see the reality of this then it really does hit home for them. You can read more statistics about the program and how parents can get involved by clicking on this story at w dbj7 dot com. Khiree stewart, w dbj7. Have been wrestling with what to do about who say they were because their juries didnt know the abolished parole back in 95. But advocates for the prisoners say a bill aimed at helping them would have the measure was endorsed by a today would allow inmates to become those advocates say the legislation has been narrowed so much that it will affect just a few of those prisoners. Tonight, were hearing from the is countersuing the estate of the 19 yearold he shot and killed back in december. A woman who opened the door to the Apartment Building for the officer also died in the shooting. The lawyer claims the Quintonio Legrier instigated the whole thing, and took a full swing at officer Robert Rialmos head, just barely missing it. Joel brodsky officers attorney he told me that he felt the breeze of the bat passing in front of his face, it was that close. That entire time he was shouting orders for legrier to drop the bat. This is an emotional and psychologial trauma that officer rialmo is gonna have to carry with him for the rest of his life. Rialmo shot the teen six times. The countersuit punitive and emotional damages, ranging from 50 thousand to 10 million dollars. The teens family said legrier never posed a threat to the officer before he was shot. The centers for Disease Control and prevention announced today its moving to a levelone the zika virus. Levelone is reserved for the most Serious Public Health emergencies. President obama is calling for an urgent response, requesting nearly twobillion dollars in emergency funding from congress to fight the virus. In addition to Vaccine Research and diagnostic testing, the money would help try to control the mosquito population in vulnerable areas like florida, texas, puerto rico, and hawaii. The zika virus has been linked to a rare birth defect known as microcephaly, which causes head and brain abnormalities. The government has issued a travel warning for zika affected areas but not a travel ban. The first votes in the New Hampshire primary will be cast tonight at midnight, and leaders expect a record voter turnout. A new cnn poll of polls finds both donald trump and Bernie Sanders holding substantial leads. Sanders has a 54 percent to 40 percent advantage over hillary clinton. Trump tops the gop field with 31percent, well ahead of marco with 13percent. New tonight former new york city mayor Michael Bloomberg says hes still considering a run for president this year. He says he is listening to what the current candidates are saying and what voters are doing. He also took aim at the overall tone of this years campaign, saying the public deserved better. Bloomberg admits that he would need to start getting his name on ballots by early march to stage a serious campaign. This is the first time he has openly discussed a president ial bid for this year two democrats are running for roanoke mayor. Sherman lea and dave trinkle will face off in a firehouse primary on saturday, and the vote could determine who leads the city for the next four years. Lea has been a member of Roanoke City Council for twelve years. Trinkle has served on council for the last ten. Both men say they have the public service, professional experience and passion to lead the city as mayor. Sherman lea d candidate for roanoke mayor really i hope that the citizens will the last 12 years and say that this is the kind of person thats city. Candidate for roanoke mayor i think the time is now for a new type of leadership in the position of mayor, one thats energetic, inclusive, that brings people together, much more collaborative. The democratic primary is saturday from 12 to 7 at the berglund center. So far no republican or independent candidates are running for mayor, so saturdays vote could decide who succeeds david bowers. Botetourt county leaders say archaeologists found no human remains at greenfield plantation. Two slave houses there are on the property where leaders are working to relocate. The Dovetail Cultural Resource Group adds its team didnt find evidence of slave burials at greenfield or in the area where those houses will be moved. The final preparations for the relocation could be complete by weeks end. Its a legal win for disgraced reality tv personality josh duggar. Recall. Find out if your car is one of them. And how one virginia Teens College dreams are shattered with just the snatching of a is in trouble after pinching a middle School Student with special needs. The woman was arrested on friday. Police say the pinch ended up bruising the 12yearold. Video of the assault was found on a staff well as another students. Schools spokesman said the teachers aide has been removed from the school. Canada will stop all Coalition Airstrikes against isis by february 22nd. The countrys Prime Minister says its working to beef up its military efforts, including the number of special forces deployed to train iraqi forces on the ground. The exowner of a Company Whose 2014 chemical leak contaminated the water of 300 thousand people in West Virginia was sentenced today to threeyears probation and fined 20 thousand dollars. A coal cleaning agent at Freedom Industries spilled into the elk river, leading to a tap water ban in nine counties for a week and a half. He pleaded guilty last year, but caused a stir when he said he didnt believe he had committed a crime. When pressed to explain, he said he was guilty because the failure of others quote, results in my failure. Mazda is recalling some suvs because the fuel filler pipe could rupture in some crashes and cause a gas leak and possible fire. More than 200 thousand cxfive suvs from the 2014 and 2015 model years. The automaker discovered the problem during crash testing. Mazda says it has no reports of any fires or injuries. New tonight a virginia woman says someone stole thousands of dollars that was supposed to go her Daughters College tuition. It happened when her family recently stopped to eat in falls church before driving to the college in pennsylvania. The mother realized she left her purse with the tuition money behind shortly after she left, but it was already gone when she returned. She says she is Still Holding out hope that someone will return the money. Voice of Maria Esteves theft victim in my heart i know that maybe something will happen. I hope i can get my money back. I just hope someone will recognize her and call the police. Fairfax county Police Say Surveillance video shows the woman suspected of taking the money. She later left in a dark colored suv. Million dollar lawsuit against reality tv personality josh duggar. Turns out, there was evidence her claims were made up. She said she met in philadelphia where she worked, and he assaulted her last spring when they went to a hotel together. Shows duggar wasnt in philadelphia at the claimed. Kids and counting in may after news broke that he has molested four of his sisters and a babysitter. Wythe county is stepping up to help a monument honoring the father of texas pioneer stephen f. Austin. Austin was born in southWest Virginia in what is now called austinville, named after the father of texas. Now there is a memorial in hsi honor, but the locals who put it there are too old to care for it. So while wythe county asks for the public to step up to help with maintenance and upkeep, they are working to show off the memorial because the history of the county is very jeremy farley, wythe county pio weve played a Critical Role in the nations history. Just a couple miles from here the actual document that inspired the declaration of independence was signed, the fincastle resolutions and so were proud of the history that we have and the mark weve made upon this nation. To see how you can get involved check out this story on wdbj7 dot com. Why the days of cheap gas prices may soon be over. And an update on this 70yearold love story for this virginia vet. The complete first alert forecast these lil chickies and lil doggies are small, but theyre intense. Oh, yeah. Small but intense like my niece, hannah. Oh, yeah. And you, uh, take karate . Yeah she does. 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And grab a burrito and drink for 3. 00 delivered in two minutes outsidetender little time lapse from snellville were Anthony Phillips phd candidate Virginia Tech and a former wdbj whether in turn has a cool weather station caught the snow as it was falling that was cool enough in the clouds broke loose guys broke out after that in the distance or in tbilisi the snow on the trees that little burst that went through a few hours earlier today meaning lower can keep an eye on your viewer photos heres one from westville should come as no are talking about just enough to coat the ground was uphold it an inch maybe little less will be less than an inch of snow Higher Elevations could see up to one to two by tomorrow night as the onoff snow continues we do advise you to watch out for swift travel first thing in the morning earlier snows are up to iran covington and hot springs have moved out what is left is little burst of snow coming into the mountain empire im not really impressive but it will be able to cope ground and i will be about it for tonight and for tomorrow will monitor for any more snow showers continue at shady hour by hour forecast model here we got to mostly cloudy skies in some areas to the southwest actually some breaks in the clouds and the roman delicacy if you dont stop there now temperatures tonight will be in the 20s is or talk about hour by hour with this strong westerly flow this streaky patterns of the snow means that once he comes across the mountains it can just cut things and then move on. But the bulk of this is vanity and the favorite locations for ski resorts in West Virginia their course the north minimum but more activity in pennsylvania as well but in general Central Virginia will not be dealing with anything other than cloudy skies on tuesday and a few snow showers temperatures running anywhere from the loaded the mid thirties now this time of year