us, i'm january keaton. and i'm kyle benjamin. we do want to let you know that several school districts across the region are altering their schedules today. you'll find those scrolling a the bottom of your screen and online at virginia first dot-com.ommands with yet another day of school delays or closings, many parents throughout central and southwest virginia are feeling the snow day blues. we found parents scrambling to pick up their kids from babysitters and daycares in lynchburg on tuesday night.tuesday marked five or even six snow days for some schools. some moms say they're forking out a lot of extra cash for the unexpected days off. amber ly "i'm a little upset because they could go two hours late. i don't understand why they're just closing it." teritta brown "the kids, of course they're enjoying it, but as far as me getting back and forth to work, the roads clear and everything. it's been hard." there are plenty of new babysitter listings popping up homework, check references before dropping yours kids off somewhere new. it'll be business as usual in washington d-c-- hopefully-- as metro lines and schools slated to reopen today after that monster weekend snow storm. government officials working around the clock say they've made great strides in the clean-up process, thanks to a ban on city streets. but the costly cleanup effort is eating up most of the city's annual 6-million-dollar snow removal budget. d-c officials now asking for federal disaster assistance to help. a live look this morning across the roanoke blacksburg regional airport. all quiet for now.. but how is your hump day forecast shaping up? frontal boundary shifts east today with high pressure moving overhead by thursday morning. a trough will slide by thursday nightwith a high pressure builds in friday we're following developing news out of oregon this morning. one person is dead and eight others, including the man at the center of an armed militia takeover of federal land are now in police custody after a oregon.officials say it started with a traffic stop while ammon bundy and some of his followers headed to a meeting.all eight are facing federal felony charges.federal officers converged on the wildlife refuge after the arrests and are expected to remain at the site throughout the morning. more help is on the way to flint, michigan. six million bottles of water being sent to students throughout the city. walmart, coke, pepsi and nestle all pitching in.. promising to provide clean water throughout 2016. high levels of lead were traced back to the city's tap water.. and flint officials have been struggling to provide resources to residents. the next republican presidential debate scheduled for thursday night on fox news won't include donald trump. trump is refusing to face questions from fox news.that news came just hours after liberty university president, jerry falwell announced his endorsement of the billionaire businessman.in a statement, falwell called trump quote a successful executive and leading the early polls with 39-percent to cruz's 25, that according to a new c-n-n poll released on tuesday. last weeks winter storm forced the american red cross close some donation centers.now the group is in need of platelets donations.as wfxr's solina lewis tells us, the american red cross in our area is calling for anyone who can donate, to step up and help. 27-371:11-1:202:13-2:18 the snowstorm caused a lot of problems for the red cross to get enough donations and are urging anyone who can donate, to help""when he was dying of cancer, he got platelets and it was like an energy drink he could sit up and it, it gives them a chance to say goodbye to the ones they love, it was helpful especially at the end" for lisa, a nurse at the red cross in roanoke, who lost her grandfather to cancer, getting people to donate blood and platelets is a cause that is close to her heart....unlike many she hates missing work, because each day the red cross was closed, was another day patients weren't getting the platelets and blood they so desperately need"you do take it home with you when you cant get to work, because it does matter to us and it matter to are regulars, coming back week after week..."i come in every two or three weeks and lay around for a couple hours" larry locke discovered his hidden talent after donating blood--his platelet count was extremely high, allowing him to provide enough platelets for three people at once... "it's my secret gift that i didn't know i had"lisa says in her 16 years she's seen some incredibly generous people, coming in to help people they don't even know and may never meet..."i had a 79 year old here today he said i cant do much lisa but i can do this if you would like to help out and donate, we've got that information posted on our website, virginia first dot-com. ahead on good day virginia: an online post is sparking outrage in one virginia hometown. reaction, coming up! and someone in virginia has tested positive for the zika virus. where health officials believe that person contracted frontal boundary [ horn honks ] okay, this is u.s. cellular, and this is verizon. now, same phones, but with u.s. cellular you get 6 gigs of 4g data for only $40 per month -- $20 less than verizon. and u.s. cellular's network was built to work in places like out here, here, and here. so, with all of that, why would you ever go to verizon? switch to u.s. cellular now and get 6 gigs of data for just $40 a month plus get $300 back. let's not overthink this. look, i know you're a cow and all. and you may not know what i'm talking about, mmmm, yoplait. listen up! i'm here to get the lady of the house back on her feet. and give her the strength and energy to stay healthy. who's with me?! yay! the complete balanced nutrition of great tasting ensure. with 9 grams of protein and 26 vitamins and minerals. ensure. take life in! @carlybeyar tweeted: at this point, i should just be a brookside chocolate ambassador. well, i am sorry, carly... it's something you earn. brookside. shifts east today with high pressure movingoverhead by thursday morning. a trough will slide by thursday night with a reinforcing shot of in fridaythrough the weekend as temperatures moderate above normal..today...mostly cloudy this morning...then becoming partly sunny.highs around 40. northwest winds 10 to 15 mph. gusts up to 30 mphthis morning. .tonight...partly cloudy. cooler with lows in the lower 20s.light and variable winds. .thursday...mostly sunny. highs in the lower 40s. light andvariable winds...becoming west around 10 mph in the afternoon..thursday night...partly cloudy. lows in the upper 20s. westwinds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 35 mph. .friday...mostly sunny. highs in the lower 40s. northwest winds10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 35 mph..friday night and saturday...mostly clear. lows in the mid 20s.highs in the upper 40s..saturday night...mostly clear. lows in the lower 30s..sunday and sunday night...partly cloudy. highs in the upper 50s.lows in the mid 30s..monday through tuesday...mostly cloudy. highs six cleveland ohio police officers are without a job after being fired in connection with a deadly car chase.the incident happened back in 2012.michael brelo is one of those officers. prosecutors indicted brelo and accused him of firing 49 shots at suspects at the end of the chase..last year, a judge acquitted brelo of manslaughter and assault. some sad news this morning, beloved character actor abe vigoda has died. vigoda was a veteran of the stage when, in 1972 -- het got his hollywood break as mobster sal tessio in the godfather. he then moved to television, earning three emmy nominations for his work on the sitcom was 94 years old. a virus that causes birth defects in unborn babies has been reported in virginia. this is first confirmed case of the zika virus in virginia-- and the second case in the united states. the person recently traveled to a country where the zika virus transmission is ongoing. health officials say the virus was caught through the bite of an infected mosquito. officials say this is the time of year when more people travel to countries with warmer climates where zika virus is found. police in galax are looking into online threats made toward a school.police say someone threatened the chestnut creek school of the arts with a photo...the photo appears to be from someone associated with the school officials say they are looking into whoever made the picture, and are investigating it as a crime. a stern warning from alpha natural resource to almost a thousand coal miners in wwst virginia. marfork coal and elk run coal will be by the end of march. the reason for the massive cuts to an already dwindling industry is a reduction in supply and demand, which has made coal prices plummet. more troubling news on the job front, this time for sprint. efforts to revamp the company will force 2-thousand people out the door.the company is is closing or cutting back call centers in new mexico, tennessee, texas, virginia and colorado.with fewer call centers operating, sprint is urging customers to handle routine business online or through the sprint zone app. restocking after the storm! how a local business cashed in during the grocery store rush. "it was found at two different locations in the city of milwaukee. that's all i can say right now." there's no doubt this story has been a you slice it.. or cut it! keeping busy in the wake of the snow storm, refilling the shelves of stores they supply. homestead creamery says their customers are still playing catchup after the holidays...and with the storm...they couldn't keep eggs and milk in stock.they increased milk production by 20 percent to try and fill the need. even though the storm is over, the creamery is still as busy as ever. after the storm, everyone is empty and and everybody needs to be filled back up so, you know, sales will be back up another week and then we may see a little bit of a leveling off." they say a couple of delivery week because of the weather, but did get through on monday. 70-thousand dollars worth of cheese stolen from a truck in wisconsin.it's the second big cheese heist this month!as jenna sachs explains... police are trying to find a connection between the two heists. "all cheese was recovered." there's no denying the story is a talker. "i believe that the intention was to sell cheese."no matter how you slice it. "right now, we're exploring all investigative options."early friday morning, 70-thousand dollars worth of cheese was snatched in a semi-trailer from d & g transportation in germantown. hours later, with the help of facebook, police found the discarded trailer at 89th and tower.now, we've learned that on friday evening, detectives tracked down the stolen stash. "it was found at two different locations in the city of milwaukee. that's all i can say right now."no arrests have been made, but germantown police are now in contact with law enforcement in marshfield, wisconsin.police there are investigating 90-thousand dollars worth of cheese -- stolen back on january 15th -- when someone loaded 40-pound blocks of parmesan onto a semi. "it's kind of shocking, because all of these cheese businesses."the manager at milwaukee's wisconsin cheese mart has been wondering if any of their suppliers are affected. "it almost seems like it's a bunch of cowboys out there, trying to steal cheese."kelley cramer says that much stolen cheese would be hard to resell, but what really grates him is that even if the cheese is recovered, it's a total loss. "there's no way to resell it, and it kind of stinks." police say once the lock is cut on the trailer the cheese can't be resold.insurance may cover the losses as well. has everything you need to get throw a cold night...throw a price tag attached! some new york residents built an igloo during this weekend's blizzard and advertised it as a "boutique it wasn't listed for long! katie lusso has more. "is there a specific way to go in, just go for it"it may take a little maneuvering.but inside this igloo lies everything you need to get through a cold brooklyn night. "got some nice animal print blanket got a couple candles. very romantic.exactly"it's all thanks to some intense handiwork of three greenpoint residents."were you just sitting around for you like let's go build an igloo? how does that happen?well once we knew... yea pretty much"so they began researching...on youtube"which didn't help because they're all in foreign languages.you were taking this pretty seriously?we did our research we did our due diligence with this"and 6-8 hours later their igloo was complete... the next obvious step.. list it on airbnb."this is new york people have done crazier things with their money so we didn't think $200 to stay in a giant ice cave was not an out of the question thing"the offers started coming in, but then airbnb stepped in."airbnb broke our hearts, they took it down"so instead they use the igloo to attract the ladies"they're definitely fans, they get pretty giddy as soon as they get inside and see how luxurious and romancing it is inside. i think the candles are a nice touch"so as you can see we are inside the igloo, it's pretty nice in here.it's cozy.it is cozy. we can fit think there's room for a few more. so if you're maybe interested in renting out this igloo there's still time. you've probably got about a frontal boundary shifts east pressure movingoverhead by morning. a trough will thursday nightwith a of cold air. high pressure through the good morning, it's january 27th. thanks for starting your wednesday off with us! i'm kyle benjamin. and i'm january keaton. six days and still no sign of the three inmates who escaped a southern california jail. this morning, we're learning more about just how dangerous they really area. one of the three is accused of attacking a man, pourching bleach on him, and then tourting him with a blow torch. paul vercammen has the latest. the bounty on the heads of three extremely violent jail breakers.. jumped 50-thousand for each fugitive.. orange county supervisors raised the reward to 200-thousand dollars total.the prosecutor handling the terrifying torture case of escapee hossein nayeri wonders why this ex-con with a history of escape and his fellow fugitives with gang affiliations were not somehow isolated."i'm not in charge of the jail and i don't wanna second guess what they do. but it's disconcerting to learn that they were with all these other you know hardened criminals who could collaborate and conspire to escape."but the orange county district attorney chastised his deputy in a statement... saying her comments were, quote, "inappropriate, uninformed and rash" and "do not reflect the position of the o-c-d-a.""i will say that men's jail which is a maximum security jail. there's many other inmates with very similar charges to nayeri. so, there's a very sophisticated classification system that every inmate that comes into the jail goes through. he met the criteria to be housed in that particular location." little clues keep trickling out about how the trio escaped last week.authorities say clothing may be intertwined with linens in their makeshift ropes.the three apparently cut through steel bars, made their way through plumbing tunnels and rappelled off a roof.and perhaps a big clue as to why nayeri, jonathan tieu and bac tien duong escaped:they all faced long sentences, potentially the rest of their lives in jail."whenthey get out onto the street there's obviously some desperation that they will lean on. and as far as where they'll go or what means they will go to to evade law enforcement. and it was evident by their attempt and eventual success to escape."cnn has learned that duong was almost sent out of the country back to his native vietnam.immigration and customs officials say a judge ordered him removed for unspecified immigration violations.but after an appeal and a year in incarceration, officials say duong remained in the u-s on an order of supervision. 3-hundred thousand ford pick up trucks are being recalled because of issues with recalled because are being pick up trucks thousand ford 3-hundred 3-hundred thousand ford pick up trucks are being recalled because of issues with airbags. the recall effects ford ranger pick up truck--- model years 2004 to 2006. the automaker says the driver's side air bag deploys with too much force and can cause injuries. the company will send letters to ranger owners starting next month. last weekend's snow storm turned deadly for three people in the roanoke area. wfxr's sophia borrelli went to carilion to speak with doctors while quiet now, the emergency room at roanoke memorial hospital was bustling this weekend because of the snow.sarah klemncic says she's seen it all in the er.sarah klemencic/emergency medicine physician: "most were snow related injuries falls, three cardiac arrests from shoveling from snow and accidents."four people came in with cardiac problems ... three people died. sarah klemencic/emergency medicine physician: "often times someone with cardiac history doesn't realize how strenuous shoveling snow can be, and they go out there and they shovel for an hour or two hours and they stress their heart out."dr. klemencic says unfortunately this is typical for a snow storm this big. standup: "doctors say if you are out shoveling and you do start to feel pain in your chest or your arms, you what you are doing."jack perkins/emergency medicine physician: "certainly if you have chest pain or down your arm or your jaw or chest pain that is new for you, it needs to occur to that individual that that could be heart related."doctors say if you do have a history of heart problems in your family - then hopes in the next storm, everyone can remain at home safe and sound.reporting in roanoke, sophia borrelli wfxr news. in bedford county - firefighters scrambled to an ice rescue on tuesday afternoon near moneta. the victim - a cow - wandered onto a frozen pond and fell through the ice *near* spring lake stock yard - around 4 o'clock. firefighters in special suits used ropes and a tractor to get the cow out of the frigid water - alive. despite their best efforts - rescuers tell us - the cow didn't make it. workers at the stockyard say - the cow wandered away from a neighboring farm - and made it onto the pond - which is on a property line. local officials are warning drivers to be aware of icy road conditions overnight some roads may become slick and covered with black ice. virginia state police say black ice-- has caused many accidents - since the people cannot see the ice on the road. troopers are warning drivers to take it slow- especially during the morning commute. "if you do have to leave in those early morning hours, is just, you know, travel below the speed limit, at a safe you do hit it, and you're going at the speed limit or above, there's a chance you might slide off the roadway, hit another vehicle." state police suggest-- waiting until temperatures are above freezing before driving - if possible. another warning from virginia state police as well this morning.this is what can happen when snow falls off the top of a vehicle!officers say always make sure you clean off the top of your car completely before traveling on the highway! frontal boundary shifts east today with high pressure movingoverhead by thursday morning. a trough will slide by thursday night with a reinforcing shot of cold air. high pressure builds in fridaythrough the weekend as temperatures moderate above during this recent snow storm many people used their time to relax and enjoy a day off. others used it as an opportunity to help!here at wfxr news we are calling those who went above and beyond our storm heroes. our first hero is 13 year kenneth...over the weekend , kenneth 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 it's a good form of encourage his friends to get involved as well. the people in hunting hills say it's just amazing seeing a kid working so hard. "it really impressed me that this 13-year-old kid out there instead of playing video games, sledding out there making money, doing something with it.kenneth says storm he's going back to hunting hills to help but he's also going to help out in his own neighborhood starting with an older neighbor who lives across the street. what are your plans this weekend? are you in the mood for a little wine? wine? well the international wine festival is happening this weekend at the taubman museum of art. and that's were we find wfxr's paris holmes. going to be food and wine pairings, live more here on sunday. i will details ahead hosting the 3rd annual international wine festival this weekend. it's a chance for people to sample several different wines from across the globe. wfxr's paris is live at the taubman right now with what else the festival will offer. what can people look forward too?the taubman museum of arts is presenting the 3rd annual international wine festival on sunday jan 31st. the festival is happening between 1p.m.- 4p.m. some highlights from the festival is 30 different wines from the globe. there will be expert food and wine pairings, tasting notes from experts, spotlight talks on wine selection. for music lovers, there will be live music by the brian mesko organ quartet featuring randy johnston. there will also be driver service, and souvenir wine glass. are there any non-alcoholic options?how can people get tickets?tickets are available for $45 in advanced or online at taubmanmuseum.org /winefest and through jan.27 at area kroger locations. we are only about a month away from finding out what the future holds for explore park in roanoke county. coming up next we'll let you know how you can provide some final roast it... roast it... roast it... slice it. new, hand-carved slow-roasted sirloin. perfectly paired, perfectly served... and starting at just $10.99?! shifts east today with high pressure movingoverhead by thursday morning. a trough will slide by thursday night reinforcing shot of cold air. high pressure builds in friday through the weekend as temperatures moderate above normal..today...mostly cloudy this morning...then becoming partly sunny.highs around 40. northwest winds gusts up to 30 mphthis morning. .tonight...partly cloudy. cooler with lows in the lower 20s.light and variable winds. .thursday...mostly sunny. highs 40s. light andvariable winds...becoming west around 10 mph in the afternoon. .thursday night...partly cloudy. lows in the upper 20s. westwinds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 35 mph. .friday...mostly sunny. highs in the lower 40s. northwest winds10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 35 mph..friday night and saturday...mostly clear. lows in the mid 20s.highs in the upper 40s.night...mostly clear. lows in the lower 30s. .sunday and sunday night...partly cloudy. highs in the upper 50s.lows in the in the mid 50s.lows around 40. virginia first dot-com has your latest news headlines, pinpoint weather forecast and sports highlights as well. also, like our facebook page.. just search for wfxr news! roanoke county parks, recreation and tourism recently released a draft concept of what explore park may look like in the future. before the final plan is presented to the board of supervisors in march, roanoke county wants to hear your feedback. wfxr's taylor included in this first draft and how you can get involved. good morning. last year, the roanoke county parks, 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 this first draft along with a number of other options such as reserved spots for camping. the final draft of this master plan is expected to be completed at the end of february, but officials say there's 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. that's why it is important we get the citizen feedback. we still have plenty of opportunities for them to 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 vinton war memorial. 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 can't make either of these meetings, you are welcome to call 540-387- 6078 or email explorepark@roano kecountyva.gov. if the board of supervisors accepts this plan, crews will begin phase one of the implementation of the plan which will focus on circulation through the park with vehicles, trails and better connection to the greenway. parks and rec officials say there will be about 8 - 10 phases all together that could take anywhere from 25 to 40 years to complete. reporting in roanoke county, taylor kanost a cat's nine lives are put to the test next. a cat caught in a storm drain for almost a week has been rescued. but only above and beyond the call of duty to do it! animal control officers fed the cat regularly. but the drain is part of a series of tunnels and pipes that the cat may have regularly roamed around, making rescue efforts