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Today because it really means a lot to me. I could see where they are coming from leslies closet is always looking for donations and does a clothing drive regualrly. The church group plans to start serving meals monthly. More information can be found on our website wdbj7. Com Noell Saunders wdbj7. A missing richmond mom and daughter have been found safe. Police say cere seeair lewis and sesha hill were found in pennsylvania. They had been missing since thursday night. Its not clear yet why the two were there. New at six the woman at the center of a debunked article about a gang rape at uva will have to answer questions as part of a civil lawsuit. The woman, known only as jackie has been ordered to submit a deposition on april 5th. Uva administrator nicole eramo is suing Rolling Stone and the articles author for defamation. She claims she was cast as chief villain in the piece, which raped by seven men. A judge set the trial date for october 11 th, and its expected to last two weeks. Died after an accident in charlotte county. It happened yesterday afternoon on route 40. State Police Say John covington drove off the highway and down an embankment. He died on the scene but was wearing a seatbelt. Police are investigating the crash. Goodwhat a beautiful afternoon already getting spring fever with your daytime highs for into the middle and upper sixties across the board right now we are in the low sixties from roanoke to lynchburg sixty two degrees right now in danville were fifty six in blacksburg and fifty three and a lack majority of the clouds and rain to the south of us that will change so come early tomorrow morning clouds gradually move and keep your temperatures mild tonight though their overnight lows middle forties it will be scalia was laid to rest today. The service was held at the basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in washington, dc. Weijia jiang reports. nats of bells church bells tolled for justice antonin scalia. As pallbearers carried his flagdraped casket into the basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception. nats let us pray. Father paul scalia the justices son presided over the mass and delivered the homily. sot father paul scalia antonin scalias son family. Father scalia was on the verge of tears as he talked about his dads love for his wife of 56 years and the couples nine children. sot father paul scalia antonin scalias son to have each other for support, thats the greatest wealth parents can bestow. And right now, we are particularly grateful for it. standup weijia jiang cbs news washington, d. C. scalias Funeral Service was the first for a Supreme Court justice held here at the nations largest Roman Catholic church. Religion was an important part of his life. sot john Garvey Catholic University President it was a reminder that there were more important things in his life than the job he did every day. He loved his church and loved his country both. And, he loved his friends. Says dick coleman, who went to college and law school with scalia. sot dick coleman scalias friend it gets me when i hear in the media hes a curmudgeon. He was the warmest, funniest guy i know. Mourners from both sides of the aisle including Vice President s joe biden and dick cheneyand together. To say goodbye. Weijia jiang, cbs news, washington. Two states are up for grabs tonight as democratic and republican president ial candidates square off in the polls. The six remaining gop hopefuls have been courting South Carolina voters all week for the primary there. Senator ted cruz has been polling in second place and is hoping to knock frontrunner donald trump from the top spot. Trump is confident that he will hold on to his lead. Donald trump republican president ial candidate they always say the field will shrink and they add up 100 percent of everybody. Im going to get a lot of those votes. For the democrats, it was all eyes on nevada. Hillary clinton and senator Bernie Sanders started out in a virtual tie ahead of the caucus there. Now cnn is projecting clinton is the winner. Protesters are getting ready to assemble in more than 30 cities next week. This as a reaction to the fbi trying to force apple to make it easier to unlock encrypted iphones. The protests are organized by the internet rights group, fight for the future. Theyre scheduled to outside apple Stores Across the nation. The protests come a week after the fbi apple to weaken the security built into most iphones to help a terrorism investigation in san bernardino, california. The General Assembly has approved more coal related tax credits the measure was voted in by a wide margin yesterday. The vote puts governor mcauliffe in a tight spot hes vetoed similar measures in the past. But with this weeks majority vote, he likely wont be able to stop the credit extensions. Tax day is coming up and some people in our region, need a little help with filing. Wdbj7s Christian Heilman has more on an organization working to help them. Nadia, there is a group of volunteers that help folks with filing every year. They were in Botetourt County today holding a tax fair. Theyd like to open up an extra site there, but need some help first. The term tax fair makes it sound fun but the name doesnt trick yvette gibbs. Oh i hate it. I really do. Shes in the vocal majority who hate the world of w2s, 1099s, and 1040s. Yvette gibbs, attended tax fair but, if it has to be done it has to be done. Carol sheahan, district coordinator taxwise we work for the smiles and the handshakes and the thank yous that we get from our clients. Yvette came to fincastle saturday to get help filing from someone like carol sheahan. Carol sheahan, district coordinator taxwise the tax code is so difficult so hard for so many people to understand. She was one of the volunteers who came to help about 20 people file. Theyre usually in roanoke, but call a church in Botetourt County home for two days during tax season. Carol sheahan, district coordinator taxwise is out there because we fill up quickly and have to its a problem theyd like to fix with more volunteers. Theyre already just about booked for their second tax fair in march. Carol sheahan, district coordinator taxwise they call and we say im sorry we dont have any more appointments. Carol says you dont have to be a cpa just a willing learner with basic computer skills. There are 30 hours worth of classes to get certified. If they get enough hope to one day expand to a permanent place in Botetourt County. It wont make taxes fun for people like yvette but itll make it a little easier. Yvette gibbs, attended tax fair oh its very very important. I dont think id know what to do without it. The group is funded by the Aarp Foundation and irs. If youd like to volunteer, weve got Contact Information for the group. You can also find other locations where you can get help filing taxes. Its all on our website, wdbj7. Com Christian Heilman, wdbj7. We are your Hometown News leader, wdbj7. Folks enjoyed the nice weather with some classic trains in our region today, well take you to the fun. And if youve never tried rock climbing, a all ages how to do it the crimpers climbing gym in christiansburg. The gym hosted their 3rd annual rock climbing competition. Organizations, colleges and youth clubs were tested on Different Levels of challenges. At the end of the competition, first second and third place winners recieved trophies and other items. The gyms owner john johnson says its all about collaboration. What we are really trying to do is build the community. Just get a bunch of different people together, just have a chance to try a bunch of new climbs and really challenge themselves and cheer each other on if youve never climbed and want to learn, crimpers has classes every week. The Roanoke Disc Golf Club kicked off its inaugural ice bowl today participants met at Botetourt County greenfiled park this morning. The disc Golf Tournament is played like golf, but with frisbees instead of balls. Organizers say the ice bowl is a great way to raise awareness and have some fun outside the office. Dustin olin tournament director our goal for this was to raise some funds and some food and to bring some folks from the rescue mission out and hopefully get them involved in the Disc Golf Community and provide an outlet for them to do in the park when theyre not at the mission. Raise one hundred pounds of canned food and 1thousand dollars to benefit the roanoke rescue mission. Leaders say they aim to grow the tournament and increase the amount each year. Today train enthusiasts gathered at the Virginia Museum of transportation for train lovers day. Those who took part got the chance to learn more about the y6a Steam Locomotive from st. Louis. The event also featured model train displays, diesel train rides and a yard sale. Organizers say this event has brought train lovers from around the world. Fran ferguson director of development we are so pleased and grateful to have what is left of the best of norfolk and westerns theme housed here at the Virginia Museum of transportation. We have guests who come from all over the world weve already got guests whove signed up for 611 excurions from australia and new zealand. The world knows what special locomotives and engines these were. Ferguson says they are planning more events in the future including some excursions in the spring. The springlike temperatures more day but meteorologist Lindsey Anderson says that goes along with some rain. Slothfultable take it at least temperatures are above freezing now for today temperatures soared into the mill upper sixties clouds clearly metal outer numbers to rise very quickly sixty seven degrees and behind roanoke and sixty six degrees in danville we will be more the way of the tomorrow i went to the rainphotojournalist brandon who took a trip up to collection for into this afternoon it was a beautiful and glorious day in the highlands and everywhere across southwestern virginia perfect afternoon before high purchase to go outside today was the day to get any of your chores done because tomorrow is going to be a soggy wine and clips afford right now with sixty four degrees along with the light southwesterly breeze viewpoints writedown the middle forties and three percent elsewhere were still very mild if youre heading out for some dinner. Its comfortable the Mountain Lake sixty five degrees sixty two in lynchburg fifty six degrees right now in blacksburg and sixty one and whispered check out how much warmer we are today compared to yesterday many of us tend to 15 warmer lot warmer though towards lynchburg seventy degrees and the path to category now for tonight we drop into the lower middle forties and other comfortable way to start sunday and that will set the stage up for lessons into the weekend we are going to track her next disturbance will begin to scream them across the Tennessee River valley its going to move to the east and bring us a lot more reading showers come midmorning sunday injuring more rights writer on the lunchtime hour so heres a seven a. M. December theheavy rain will fall across West Virginia into the highlands and greenbrier valley by 7 am and slowly moved to the east looks like all of the rain wont arrive until after lunch time thinking between 1 59 pm with the heavier rain lingering across the mountain communities. Carolyn isolated thunderstorm as well in the afternoon, but the main concern will be the heavy rain and from flooding concerns especially north of interstate 64 as runoff over some snow melting will be a big issue, but look by 11 pm we begin to see some clearing up at the start of the week is much cooler and will be wet as well rainfall totals of range anywhere between a corner manage up to a half minutes with the majority of the rain falling along interstate sixty four quarter and that corresponds with a flood watch thats in effect for four Allegheny County bath county Greenbrier County Pocahontas County until sunday at seven p. M. With the possibility of seeing some localized flooding servers as they mention became lot isolated rumbles of thunder with anywhere between a quarter manage up to half of an inch of rain and flooding will continue watch that issue was for tomorrow afternoon to check your highest were once again in the middle to upper fifties towards the mountains and lower middle sixties will southside is going to be beautiful but we cooled down very quickly. Monday and tuesday we fall back to worry the below normal forty degrees is high on tuesday and we do have highlighted an impact day on wednesday in fact it looks like temperatures will support all rain event but if the overnight we have to watch out for the rain could change over system wintry mix especially across her Higher Elevations on wednesday night and thursday morning she would work for you just one more day sport of racing that the world a president has to grapple with. Sometimes you cant even imagine. Thats the job. And shes the one whos proven she can get it done. Securing a massive reduction in nuclear weapons. Standing up against the abuse of women. Protecting social security. Expanding benefits for the national guard. And Winning Health care for 8 million children. The presidency is the toughest job in the world and shes the one wholl make a real difference for you. At sports. Lets get started with some acc hoops, and Virginia Tech hosting Florida State saturday afternoon. It was a blackout today in cassell coliseum, with the hokies looking to move up the acc standings justing bibbs leading tech to a nice opening possession. Throws it down with one hand. But the 2nothing lead would be the only hokie lead for quite sometime. The hokies down nine quickly, but chris clarke doing his best to get his team back in it. The hoop in the harm. But later in the first. Clarke on the drive. Has to be carried off. He would not return with a left sprained ankle. Rhythm before the half. Zach leday getting it up ahead, and shane henry will finish it off with the dunk. Tech again pushing it up the floor. The steal, then slapped ahead by seth allen to leday for a flush of his own. Hokies would get within four, but go into the break down eight. Tech continuing to claw away in the 2nd half, as theyve done all year. Jalen hudson hits the three, cutting the lead to three, 6461. And then the hokies finally break through. Allen finishing off the fastbreak to give tech the 6766 lead. Their first since the opening minute of the game. The hokies then adding a little cushion. Justin robinson with all of his 13 points in the second half. As the hokies complete the comeback in a big way, 8373. Seth allen, gamehigh 23 points in win we just kept throwing punches, and give Florida State credit, they threw a lot of punches. At one point in the first half, they had more threes than we did free throw makes. So for us to overcome that just speaks to this teams heart and grit. We keep fighting no matter what to it. Radford and vmi also in action today, where the highlanders are still in action against high point. That one a 4 30 tipoff and at last check, radford held a onepoint lead with under 3 minutes to play. Cameron jones leading the way right now with 18 points, rashun davis with 10 so far. As for vmi, the keydets lose on the road to samford 73 67 despite 33 points from qj peterson. They fall to 2 and 14 in the southern conference. In division 3, Roanoke College wrappingup the regular season on the road at randolphmacon. First half action, lamont moore gets his shot blocked, but daniel noe is there as backup. Macon by 2. Roanoke has a quick answer though. John down the 3 to put the maroons out front. Fitchett with 14 points, 7 rebounds. Later first, Michael Taylor with a clear view from long range. He knocks down one of his 5 threes in the game. Then it was more taylor later. He led all scorers with 31 points, lifting randolphmacon to the 8973 win over roanoke. High School Wrestling state championships are wrappingup right now at the Salem Civic Center for 1 through 4a schools. The third place matches goingon earlier in the day with action on 4 mats for the 4 classifications competing for titles. Heading into the afternoon, the 1 and 2a titles were all but lockedup before the finals even started. In 1a Rural Retreat held more than an 80point lead over rappahannock was another familiar sitting in first place in the Team Standings point lead over clarke county. 3a was tight through the thirdplace matches, with christiansburg then in 4a, faquier county and eastern view were neck and neck at the top 2 spots. Well have final team results at 11. The 58th running of the daytona 500 takes place tomorrow afternoon with the green flag just after 1 oclock. As a driver, if youre fortunate enough to make it to the last lap of the 500, its a White Knuckle e

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