Good evening and thanks for joining us tonight. And travell eiland. And im becky freemal. Everyone please look at your screen right now. This is 13 year old Nichole Madison lovell. Police and her parents are desperate to find her tonight. Shes been missing since early this morning. And what makes matters worse. She needs to take medication for a liver transplant. Nichole was last seen around midnight at her home on fairfax road in blakcsburg. Wfxr news solina lewis. Has been in the neighborhood all night. And is live at the Blacksburg Police station. Solina. Are Police Looking into her online every day nichole lovells family makes sure the 13 year old has taken her medication for a liver transplant she had as a child. But this morning the family was in a panic when they entered her bedroom to find the window open, a blanket missing, and no trace of the young girl. Shes a good kid, always playing, nice, talkative, an outgoing kidBlacksburg Police, Virginia State police, and the fbi have all become involved in trying to locate nichole. Saying the situation is even more urgent, given her medical history. If she doesnt have the meds it can do irreversible damage thats why this is such a high priority, it always is, but you knowinvestigators have been with the family all day, leads that could help bring her home safely. Investigators say the circumstances of her disappearance are still unclear at this time. Whether its a run away or foul play were not sure whatever the circumstances, neighbors and relatives say they just want one thing. Just, hope they find her safe this young 13 Year Old Girl needs your help tonight. If you have seen her please call police immediately. Police in roanoke need your help tonight, to find a 26 year old man who has been missing for several days. This is a picture of alan kent. His coworkers reported him missing and say he hasnt been heard from since january 20th. Kent drives a 2015 grey honda crv, with license plate vec7717,police are not saying if foul play is suspected. If you know anything that can help the investigation, call police. The centers for Disease Control is issuing a travel warning after a virginia woman contracted a virus that causes birth defects in babies. The zika virus is mosquito borne diseases that causes a neurological condition where the babys head and brain dont develop. There is currently no vaccine or treatment. Zika is spreading in many top vacation spots, such as the caribbean, mexico, and brazil,the cdc warns if youve traveled to these places while pregnantget those infected have no symptoms. Its important for them to go in because we really dont know right now whether having symptoms or not having symptoms with zika virus infection has any impact on the possibility that there will defect in the child. Brazilian Health Officials say nearly 42 hundred babies have been born with this condition since october. 51 of those babies have died. More trouble for Norfolk Southern tonight. The railroad says its profits are down and its going to cut more jobs. The railroad reported nearly a 30 percent drop in 4th quarter profits today. In an effort to combat the down numbers. The Company Plans on cutting 2 thousand more jobs. No word yet on where and when those cuts will happen. In your local election headquarters report tonight. Its trump versus fox news. More mudslinging between the republican front runner and the cable news channel. As jim acosta reportstrump backs out of tomorrows the debate. Saying fox host. Megan kelly wont treat him fairly. 0004 101113 reporter pkgas follows toy with everybody else. Of all the high Stakes Campaign gambles, this one is huge. Donald trump is showing no signs of backing down from his threat to skip the networks Republican Debate tomorrow just days before the iowa caucuses. President ial candidate let them have their debate and lets see how they do with the ratings. Asked earlier today whether the gop frontrunner was crack, Trumps Campaign manager all but slammed it shut. The short answer is i just dont think so. Trump is furious at fox news for putting out a sarcastic statement suggesting the real estate tycoon was afraid of moderator megyn kelly. President ial candidate when they sent out the wiseguy press releases a little while ago done by some pr person along with roger ailes, i said, byebye okay . Trump lashed out on twitter i refuse to call megyn kelly a bimbo, because that would not be politically correct. Fox accused the Trump Campaign of trying to threaten kelly, saying in a statement, we cant give in to terrorizations toward any of our employees. President ial candidate apparently megyn kelly is really, really scary. And you know, donald is a fragile soul. Trumps pounced launching a ducking donald page on his campaign web site. If trump is afraid of megyn kelly, cruz crowed, lets debate one on one. Cruz is also selling a new hat that reads, make trump debate again. President ial candidate if she asks him mean questions, i mean, his hair might stand on end. Trump fired back on twitter, can we do it in canada . Its all a risky move for trump to give up his time on the debate stage as a new poll shows hes widening his lead over cruz in iowa. Hillarys always surrounded herself with very good people. I think hillary would do a good job. As a new antitrump pac is airing ads attacking him, critics are recalling the time he slammed republicans for skipping a debate during the 2012 cycle, when he complimented kelly on her moderating skills. Do you really think that youre a better moderator than i am . No, i could never beat you. That wouldnt even be close. That would be no contest. You have done a great job by the instead of attending the debate donald Trumps Campaign says he will hold a special event honoring veterans during fox news debate. The winter storm has taken another life in the northeast. This time a 5 Year Old Girl. This time a 5 northeast. Taken another life in the northeast. This time a 5 Year Old Girl. The girl neighborhood with some friends when she slid into then was hit by a car. A 49 year old woman was driving the car when the accident happened. Parents in the area are stunned. My heart bleeds for the family and the lady who was driving. Thats going to change her life forever. Police questioned the driver of the car. They dont believe speed or alcohol played a role in the accident and they dont expect any charges to be filed. Governor mccauliffe says this past weekends storms could be one of the most expensive in our history. Mcauliffe says at one time the storm was costing the state 2 to 3 Million Dollars an hour. In the end. He believes costs will top the 100 Million Dollar mark. If it does run that much. It will put the commonwealth in a dire financial situation. Because thats half of vdots budget for the entire year. During the snow storm many people used their time to relax and enjoy a day off. Others used it as an weekend , 13 year old Kenneth Bryant and his uncle daniel went to the Hunting Hills area in South Roanoke to help shovel driveways for those who needed the hand. Kenneth says he just thought it was a nice thing to do plus its a good way to get some exercise. Now hes encouraging his friends to get involved as well. The people in Hunting Hills say its amazing seeing a kid working so hard. It really impressed me that this 13yearold kid out there instead of playing video games, sledding out there making money, doing something with it. Kenneth says when the next snow storm hits hes going back to Hunting Hills to help but hes also going to help out in his own neighborhood starting with the older neighbor who lives across the street. What should explore park in Roanoke County look like . Thats the question parks and recreation is asking all of us. Last year, the department received more than 1,000 responses from the public on what they want to see from the future. An overwhelming amount of the response focused on the need for more physically active options in the area. The most common requests included hiking and biking trails, zip lines, and better access to the Roanoke River for various water activities. Those were all included in the draft concept released earlier this month along with a number of other options such as locations reserved for camping. The final draft of this master plan is expected to be completed at the end of february, but Officials Say theres still time for the public to have their voice heard. Well with this particular type of fluid process, we have the ability to make changes to the plan. Thats why it is important we get the citizen feedback. We still have plenty of opportunities for them to influence the final product of what we want to focus on at explore park. If you would like to see the progress made in person or if you have any questions or comments on the master plan, Roanoke County parks and rec will hold two open houses over the next week. The first one is tomorrow from 6 to 8 pm at the second open house is at the south county library on tuesday, february 2nd from 6 to 8 pm. If you have a comment or question and cant make either of these meetings, you are welcome to call 540387 6078 or email explorepark roano kecountyva. Gov. A tornado twists things up in south florida. Coming up dramatic video of the storm that tossed cars across the highway. Sometimes its the Little Things we do that have a big impact. Coming uphow a restaurant, a drawing and words on a piece of paper. Overnight. Most ly cloudy this evening. Then becoming partlycloudy. Cooler with lows in the lower 20s. Light and variablewinds. Thursday. Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 40s. Light andvariable winds. Becoming southwest around 10 mph in theafternoon. Thursday night. Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of snow aftermidnight. Lows around 30. West winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts upto 35 mph. Chance of snow 20 percent. Friday. Mostly sunny. A slight chance of snow in the morning. Highs around 40. Northwest winds 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to35 mph. Chance of snow 20 percent. Friday night. Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 20s. West winds10 to 15 mph. Saturday and saturday night. Mostly clear. Highs in the lower50s. Lows in the monday night. Partly cloudy. Highs in the upper50s. Lows in the mid 30s. Tuesday. Partly sunny. Highs in the mid 50s. Tuesday night. Mostly cloudy. Showers likely. Mainly aftermidnight. Lows in the lower 40s. Chance of rain 70 percent. Wednesday. Mostly cloudy in the morning. Then becoming mostlysunny. A 50 percent chance of showers. Highs in the upper 50s. Will ever day none of us 9 11 is a 9 11 is a day none of us will ever forget. 15 years later. Many people are still brought to tears just thinking about the attacks. Today in roanoke. A magical meeting took place. That started with some words scribbled by a child right after the towers fell. This reunion of sorts all started after famous anthonys kicked off their. Whats your story campaign. As wfxrs Charlie Cooper explains the campaign is designed to bring people together through the stories of their customers. 10 2112 1936 3039 15 56 131 00 11track 1at first glance it looks like your typical family meal but two of these people are perfect a work of art. Wendy jones 911 was a very difficult time for me. When i went into anthonys and saw this picture with the words they can destroy our big famous American Building but they cant destroy our big famous American Pride that just really spoke to me. Track 2she didnt know it at the time but a young boy named aaron lyles was the artist behind it. It wasnt until famous anthonys kicked off their campaign to share customers stories that it all came together. Bonny viar Vice President operations, famous anthonysshe started telling me about the picture that she had hanging up that was drawn in the back of a coloring sheet she had asked to take from one of the famous anthonys and so we decided to use that as our kick off story with the hopes that finding aaron would just be the icing on the cake. Track 3and fortunately after months of searching they found him. Aaron lylesi had no clue when i drew that that it was going to impact somebody so deeply. Track 4he says it was inspired by his upbringing. Aaron lyles some of the values i was instilled with from a very young age were love of god love of country. So the fact that something from way back when is having an impact now is great but for me its just about trying to live out the values. Wendy jones this has really done a lot for me. Kids are really powerful. Theyre a lot smarter than we give them credit for. Track 5and now famous anthonys can be credited for creating this new roanoke, Charlie Cooper wfxr news. Copies of the drawing that brought the two together are hanging around the restaurant. Famous anthonys staff say they hope it will also give someone else comfort during hard times. Childhood obesity is a growing epidemic across america. Coming up, a look at a program across the country. That could work right here in our area. The hokies battling to take down lousiville in blacksburg tonight. Details on the key acc safe to say most kids have definite opinions on what they are willing to eat. And sometimes, those Favorite Foods arent necessarily the healthiest. The cdc says one in 6 kids are obese. And its a growing epidemic. Tonight, reporter martha shade, takes a look at how reading labels might just be the nudge, a kid needs. To make better reporter pkgas follows so if youre going to have a rainbow on your plate what do you have to do . You have to have a lot of fruits and vegetables. Bingo awesome. These children crash course in nutrition called kids n fitness at Childrens Hospital los angeles. For sixweeks, the kids spend 90minutes a week learning ways to live a healthier lifestyle. Theyre learning how to read labels a way that is meaningful to a Grocery Store how to measure out grams of sugars, they learn about what is considered a healthy plate based on the usda my plate guidelines. Todays lesson focuses on sugar and identifying how much of it theyre consuming. All of the information corresponds to a lot of times people are eating many, many servings. So they dont know you have to multiply all of that information by however many servings that youre eating. The program also stresses the importance of exercise. And encouraging each other during the workouts. Some of the kids say thats the best part. Part would be going down and playing games because i actually like move and not just sit down. When we go exercise because i have a lot of movement, not just sit caring for cows during the winter. In tonights aglife report how one farmer kept his herd safe during last weeks monster snow storm. And another kind of storm ripped through a south florida today. Details of the destruction and. The amazing for days weve warned about the need to prepare last weeks winter storm. But those warnings arent just for people. In tonights ag life report. Wfxrs Sophia Borrelli checked in with a local cattle farmer. About how he kept his farm running, and livestock safe as the storm passed through our area. 0 23 0 320 33 0 44 nat of cowsthese cattle are trying to stay warm in the hay after the snow storm. I caught up with albert epperly on the farm. He says because of all that preparation, the cows were fine this weekend. Albert couldnt get here on friday, got here late on saturday to check on them. They were fine, they needed nothing. Standup because cows need more energy in the winter time to keep warm, they can get that nutrient from hay or from protein supplements like this one. Albert epperly cattle farmer and they are picky, if its really good hay, they will eat it. If it s low quality hay, theyll pull at it and lay in it, those kinds of things. So we try to give them what they want and what they need. Albert says they were lucky because the wind blew too strong for the snow to stick and pile up on the buildings. Albert epperly cattle farmer it kept these barn roofs and house roofs and everything with just a minimum amount of snow on them and so with that we didnt have to worry about the structures collapsing under heavy weight snow. Now the albert will be battling a different element. Albert epperly cattle farmer oh the mud trying to get around with tractors and everything in and out of these pastures, sometimes gets as difficult as going through snow. But albert says he would rather have the mud than the snow any day. Reporting in bedford county, for more ag life stories you can head to our website at virginiafirst. Com a tornado tears through a florida neighborhood. A look at the devastation. El nino storms cause landslides in california. And leave homes on the edge of a cliff. How residents plan to move forward. This evening. Then becoming partly cloudy. Cooler with lows in the lower 20s. Light and variablewinds. Thursday. Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 40s. Light and variable winds. Becoming southwest around 10 mph in the afternoon. Thursday night. Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of snow after midnight. Lows around 30. West winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts upto 35 mph. Chance of snow 20 percent. Friday. Mostly sunny. A slight chance of snow in the morning. Highs around 40. Northwest winds 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to35 mph. Chance of snow 20 percent. Friday night. Mostly clear. 10 to 15 mph. Saturday and saturday night. Mostly clear. Highs in the lower50s. Lows in the upper 20s. Sunday through monday night. Partly cloudy. Highs in the upper50s. Lows in the mid 30s. Tuesday. Partly sunny. Highs in the mid 50s. Tuesday night. Mostly cloudy. Showers likely. Mainly aftermidnight. Lows in the lower 40s. Chance of rain 70 percent. Wednesday. Mostly cloudy in the morning. Then becoming mostlysunny.