Being on american she left the podium statement, overcome with emotion. Lovells youth pastor finished what was written. Josh blankenship youth pastor what it meant to lose you no one will ever know. Now the woman charged in the case is being accused of perhaps more involvement, natalie keepers was already charged with improper disposal of a body and being an accessory after the fact. Now she faces a third charge being an accessory before the fact of first degree murder a charge that is punished the same as first degree murder. Mary pettitt Montgomery CountyCommonwealth Attorney that charge carries a term from 20 years to life in prison. Blacksburg police chief anthony enforcement is processing more than 400 tips. Chief Anthony Police federal investigators assigned to the case progress with reconstructing the timeline of those two individuals movements and activities leading up to nicoles abduction David Eisenhauer is charged with first degree murder in lovells death. I learned he has family in the galax and Grayson County area not far from where lovells body was found in surry county, North Carolina. Its not clear if he was familiar with that area. Live in christiansburg, justin ward, wdbj7 while they may not understand all the Legal Proceedings to come, nicoles friends and classmates are mourning her loss this week at school. Wdbj7s eamon omeara is also live with how they are remembering the 7th grader. Chris. If you walk around Blackburg Middle School today you wont hear too much, as the students and staff are still shocked over the loss of nicole lovell. But what youll see are great memories of the 13year old made by her classmates. Students wrote messages, drawings, and notes for nicole and her family. There are even some messages left on the boards in classrooms. One of the memorials done by four of nicoles friends is on display in the cafeteria for the classrooms now have special spaces for students to go to remember nicole. All of these printed signs and messages are going to be shared with nicoles family, along with photos of the boards with what her friends wrote. And its not just these memorials. Youll see a whole lot of blue inside the school. Thats because the principal announced yesterday the students could wear blue throughout the week to honor nicole. As i said yesterday, there are still counselors at the school, and theyll be there as long as they are needed. Live in christiansburg, eamon omeara wdbj7. Family and friends will pause to remember lovells life this week. Visitation is scheduled tomorrow from five until eight at mccoy funeral home in blacksburg. Her funeral is thursday at three also at mccoy funeral home. The cbs evening news will have continuing coverage interviewed nicoles father and stepmother. They are pointing to social media as a culprit for this tragedy. You can watch that interview tonight during the cbs evening news beginning at 6 30. Youan interesting weather daytoday temperatures were down about twenty degrees from where we were yesterday and the rain is not that far away its an interesting pattern because everything is coming up out of the south unfortunately that means some rather Severe Weather is taking place in mississippi and alabama at this hour about eight Million People are impacted by the possibility of tornadoes tonight in there are several on the ground at this hour were still pretty far away from the rain and we are also pretty far away from warming up we will do thattomorrow. And when we do showers and thunderstorms become a dominant weather maker for us right now. Its interesting to watch with easterly breezes are done from lynchburg this little code of protection this is actually getting keep Severe Weather out of our region for tomorrow for a while but then once it warms up in the sixties it could get a little bit noisy during the afternoon and evening wearing a breakdown all the things you can expect were to bre Franklin CountyElementary School teacher now faces dui and Involuntary Manslaughter charges. A Franklin County grand jury indicted Lesley Wildasin of North Carolina for her part in dona minnicks death. You see her here, minnick was from roanoke and a long time teacher at rocky mount elementary. The headon crash happened in november on route 220 just south of boones mill. In search warrants investigators said they found an empty box of wine in wildasins front seat. The man who survived this train crash is now being treated at the Wake Forest Burn Center in North Carolina. Responders rushed Johnny Collins to roanoke Memorial Hospital after yesterdays crash near Spring Hollow resovoir. His work partner William Lineberry died at the scene. Appalachian power says collins and lineberry were driving to a sub station in a work clear why they pulled out in front of the train. Lineberry was a 30 year veteran of the company. Collins worked there less than a year. There are no lights or gate at this crossing, and Norfolk Southern says its engineers followed all regulations. Tonight were getting a look at a credit card skimmer that was attached to an atm in vinton. Wdbj7s shayne dwyer is here with incredibly detailed photos of the devices, shayne . Chris, Vinton Police chief jeff dudley says his investigators are in contact with federal authorities for this case. A skimmer is a device that captures your credit card information while you unassumingly make a purchase at a gas station or use the a tm. Most devices are homemade and can be put anywhere you swipe a card. This is what investigators found in vinton. On the plastic where the card goes you can see the electronics stuffed away inside. And then you can see the tiny camera that recorded the keypad. As you can see, the parts match exactly to the real parts on an atm. They go right on top making it very hard to tell whats real and whats not. These devices and them come back for them later. Right now Vinton Police are looking for this woman they believe put the devices on the at m. Its difficult to protect yourself from this type of crime. You can run your fingers around the area where you put your card to check for things that just dont feel right. Or you may notice when youre swiping or inserting the card that it feels different. But although homemade, these devices are extremely sophisticated and may be impossible to detect and look completely different depending on where theyre placed. Chris if you recognize the woman in that picture or saw anything suspicious saturday around First Citizens bank on hardy road in Vinton Police want to hear from you. The city of danville wrapped up its investigation into employee misconduct by announcing new measures to make sure it does not happen again. The city says the misconduct was uncovered in 2013. That started a 19 month investigation which included a review of time sheets, contracts statements. Six employees were convicted. One of the safeguards announced today includes a whistleblower policy. That will allow employees to anonymously report wrongdoing by other city workers or contractors. We are your Hometown News leader wdbj7. How lynchburg leaders are using their arts and Cultural Community to a 10 thousand dollar reward for information that leads to an arrest in a shooting. One of the victims, dr. Randolph neal, is currently at a hospital and listed in stable condition. His neighbor was also shot and is expected to be okay. Today wdbj7s Danielle Staub spoke with neighbors who are questioning their security after last nights shooting. Me investigators have been walking up and down virginia ave and near by streets speaking with neighbors all day. A noticeable amount of patrol cars were out and about as well. Speaking with Averett University leaders and area residents ive found mixed emotions when it comes to security in a neighborhood which many considered very safe. Patti clifton, neighbor, i would walk my dogs every night probably around 11 oclock or midnight and i have very big dogs and i felt fine doing that. Until last night. Patti clifton lives right down the street from where dr. Randolph neal and another neighbor were shot. My mother is on mt. Vernon, shes 84. I dont want her out after dark. I dont want anybody out after dark at this point. While many are on high alert, others are not letting what happened change their daily routinue. Lyn joyce, neighbor anymore threatened. Neigbor lyn joyce says this shooting isnt any different from whats been going on in danville already. Happening. But you know, there is a problem and its not just in our city. Its a lot of small towns and big cities. And its a problem, that has found itself right at the front of Averett Universitys campus. Student averett unviersity , that its right across the scary. Say they sent out a text alert and follow up email but are reminding students to be aware of their surroundings. Lesley villarose, dean of students Averett University if they are seeing some thing suspicious or something is going on that just doesnt feel right or look right, what ever that may be, that they should and can report it. Many students live right near where the shooting occured. The university will be holding a special security meeting this thursday for off campus students. In danville Danielle Staub wdbj7 can art drive the economy . A national to answer that question and research for the project is being conducted in lynchburg. Wdbj7s tim saunders is live in our Lynchburg Bedford newsroom to tell us why. Chris, theres a growing Energy Around arts and cultural organizations in lynchburg. City leaders want to harness that momentum and use it to further Economic Development efforts. For many years the Virginia Theater association was headquartered in harrisonburg, but the Organization Recently moved to an office in downtown lynchburg. Perry Payne Millner executive director i am just so glad to be here, because there is just so much going on with theater in this town. Perry Payne Millner wanted to locate the organization in her hometown because of its growing arts scene. Payne millner i think it would be really difficult not to know about theater in this town, because its all the time and everywhere. Theater is just one aspect of a Larger Arts Community in lynchburg thats emerging with lots of economic potential. Kim soerensen James River Council for the Arts Humanities the arts are not always seen as an economic driver. The James River Council for the Arts Humanities is working with city leaders on a project that she hopes will prove how much impact the arts are having on things like jobs and tax revenue. Soerensen we feed off each others energy, which is just producing even more. Recently, lynchburg was chosen to participate in a National Arts and Economic Prosperity study. A group called americans for the arts will work with lynchburgs office of Economic Development to measure the impact arts organizations are having on the citys economy. Anna bentson assistant director of Economic Development we know that the arts is an economic sector and its a growing one, so when we saw the opportunity to use a National Organization to get local data, we leaped at the opportunity. Payne millner hopes the study will prove what she already knows. Payne millner when we nurture the arts in our schools and our communities, it makes society better. Research will be conducted at various arts and cultural events throughout 2016. People at those gatherings will be surveys, which will help track how money is being spent. Lynchburg is one of nearly 300 communities across the country that was chosen to participate in the project. Live in the Lynchburg Bedford newsroom, tim saunders, wdbj7. New at six, the blue ridge autism and Achievement Center announced two new programs to help people with disabilities. This afternoon leaders announced the creation of family and adult services. The programs will help people with disabilities find jobs and help families in crisis find counseling and take part in support groups. Angie leonard we have a lot of work to do to get our community prepared and get our families expecting a little bit more out of their kids. Theyre totally able to do things, it just takes a lot of hard work and thats why were here so we can come in and provide that hard work. You can find out how to sign up for the program by clicking on this story at w dbj7 dot com. Tonight at 11, hear from families on how this program could change their childs life. Weather just ahead with warm temperatures and heavy rain. Here is a look at the highs, lows and precipitation at the regional airports. We are back with the complete first alert break absolutelybut would start off training or when the heaviest rains might be headed your way so wednesday when you wake up the morning is about seventy percent chance or to be getting wet already in the notice it hangs tough for the rest of the day and might peak in the early afternoon hours around four oclock after that a quick drop off to the amount of moisture that we will be seen it is a very very big front and it will have a big impact on temperatures theamount of rain may be some win for some of you and then after that behind that front its about 20 to 25 colder all over again 45 big island elementary dewpoint temperatures in the mid30s, so the humidity level has gone down a little bit on the david is seen some patchy dense fog hang in tough and some of the Western Mountain communities and thats because it was a little bit more snow on the ground there so when the moisture moved in the temperatures dropped and saturated images sat there with his easterly breeze throughout the day today big problems with the weather tonight in the southlands and mississippi these are all tornado watch boxes and you can see these discrete lines of super cells that have been forming tops to these cards when rising up about fifty thousand feet and thats a big storm for a wintertime seasonal move in a little bit closer to alabama and this is where a tornado has been on the ground for the last half hour or forty five minutes across the state line and win in alabama this is just towhen and alabama. This is just to the west of tuscaloosa. Weve seen on the radar pictures on indications of debris in the air meaning that the buildings and things have been thrown up in the air by the tornadoes this is the leading edge of one of the more severe ones that were seen right now flip the page to Colder Weather and you get in the winter in a hurry when she given to wisconsin its not so much on the eastern side parts of green bay and a walk youre getting cold rain and maybe some sleep that on the western side the state and in that extends in the Central Plains its also very very windy so as you learned not to long ago blizzard conditions have to do know how much wind and for how long and theyre definitely in a blizzard conditions at themoment wherein between major patterns right now we have plenty clouds and the political breakup from time to time this evening. I think the rain will start overnight and then start to pick up the pace a little bit by tomorrow so lets check out forecast for tonight. We stay steady in the mid40s in most locations will start to see the showers develop and move our way and then during the day wednesday. We anticipate this bump up in the temperatures as a warm front swings by the warm front all by itself has showers associated with it a bit theyre going to be on the lighter side until this cold front starts to make its approach notice that by ten eleven twelve oclock its in the new river valley heaviest of the rains along the south side of around one oclock and in that batch heavy rain continues to track to the east during the course of the day on the backside wednesday night and thursday we might find ourselves in a little of the clearing and it certainly can be colder you just set up now for an impact on wednesday thursday sharply colder but not yet unacceptable weve had temperatures like this for a whiles were used about that on friday were doing okay saturday sunday great weekend fairly sunny skies and it looks like football forecast is just fine of course we get out about do a few things but i suspect most of us will find this where a tasty, tasty snack and september on six thirty of 637. What do you you know we been so busy with the forecasters and then the chance to really drill down on them but i Area High School coaches that are on the move tonight, plus tony stewart