Are so much that. Virginia techs president Timothy Sands wrote an open Community Letter on saturday, reassuring students and saying there are counselors available on campus. Reaction to the discovery of lovells body along route 89 in surry county has surprised residents there. Amber roberts reports family and friends are devasted about the death of lovell. The Small Community is in shock. As far as i feel, devasted. At the restaurant and country store, the news spreads quick. We saw the officers going by. On saturday, officers found her body in this area. Two people have been arrested in her death. David eisenhauer charged with abduction and murder. Natalie keepers is accused of students at without bondboth are in jail without bond students at Blacksburg Middle School where nicole attended will head back to class this morning. Grief counselors will be made available for students. According to the schools website, parents can call ahead if they are concerned about their child. They also have tips about how to talk to children about traumatic events. Since Nicole Lovells disappearance on wednesday, received around 300 leads, and theyre still looking for more information. If you have any information on the disappearance and death of nicole lovell, or information on David Eisenhauer or natalie keepers, the number for the Blacksburg Police department is on your screen right now. Thats number is 540 9611150. We will also continue to monitor the latest developments in the case when were not on the air you find the latest information on our website, virginia first dotcom and on our wfxr News Facebook page. More trouble for roanokes stefanos on the market. The restaurant announced last week it was shutting its doors for good, but reopened over the weekend for a private party. During that party, Roanoke Police were called after a man was hit the arm with a beer bottle during a fight. Crime tape was placed around the building on saturday, but had been ripped away on sunday. Police say the man left the party with minor injuries. No word on if any charges have been filed. A hot bowl of soup can make a huge difference in the life of senior citizen, especially like meals on wheels cant make their deliveries. This week the local office on aging is holding their annual soup for seniors collection drive. Wfxrs paris holmes is here with how they hope to collect 42thousand cans this year. Good morning kyle and good morning january. 42thousand cans can feed the over 3000 seniors that the local office on aging serves with their meals on wheels program. This weeks soup drive is a collaboration with aarp and joining from there is brian jacks. Thank you so much for coming. This week, february 1st through the 5th, the local office on aging is colleting canned soup and crackers for seniors. The annual soup for seniors collection is a collaboration with the aarp. This years goal is 42,000 residents. Some preferred items they need arecanned fruits low sodium crackerscanned meats like tunafish a cold front enters the region today. Sliding south to the after months of hearing from voters in iowa will have their the first big event of the season. We will preview happening on thursday you can learn about the pork industry across the commonwealth. The virginia pork industry conference will take place from 830 to 430 at the paul d. Camp Workforce Development center. Youll have the chance to learn about new developments in breeding herd management, and other new developments. Head to our website, virginia first dotcom for more information are you interested in keeping your vineyard safe from pests and other pesky problems this growing season . Early Mountain Vineyards in madison, virginia will host a vineyard workshop on february 16th. Virginia cooperative Extension Specialists will review Pest Management guidelines and have information on the 2016 growing season. Weve got all you need to know online at speaking of wine. People enjoyed it during this weekends International Wine festival at the Taubman Museum of art in downtown roanoke. The event featured more than 30 wines from countries like chile and argentina. They also enjoyed food and a live band. This is the third year the museum has held the festival. Organizers say each year the selection gets better and continues to offer something for everyone. Wfxr news is your local election headquarters. The president ial candidates have made their last minute pitches to iowa voters. Now its up to iowans to decide their favorite candidate at the caucuses tonight. Fox news correspondent Caroline Shively has more from des moines. 00 0514 19 23 28 30 41 47 591 061 12shively says this race is so tight on both sides. Iowa is still anyones game. It appears republicans and democrats are fighting for the future of their Political Parties in the hawkeye state. With the campaign down to the wire. Donald trump doesnt seem to regret skipping out on the fox news debate last week. Trump says people respect the fact that i skipped the debate because i wasnt treated right. There is one candidate though the republicans are set on defeating. Cruz says we and defeat Hillary Clinton. Clinton thinks shes the best candidate to beat the gop. Clinton says on the republican side, you hear a lot of the same and, particularly, when it comes to the economy. This is one of the biggest dividing lines between me and the republicans. But its starting to look like vermont senator Bernie Sanders could take iowa away from Hillary Clinton. Bernie says a poll done by the Des Moines Register 8 months ago had us 41 points behind. We have come a long way in 8 months. Analysts say a Bernie Sanders win in iowa could be a huge setback for the clinton campaign. Hume says maybe the firewall Hillary Clinton claims to have will hold but boy i wouldnt bet anything i own on that if Bernie Sanders wins these first two states. Shively says after today. The focus turns to new hampshire. Their primary is just eight days away. In des news. Again again again again again . Again again General Mills is removing artificial flavors and colors from our cereals. So you can love cereal. Again from another breakfast bore. Wake up those eggs with glorious spam a cold front and dont forget you can get your latest weather and news on virginia first. Com. 24 hours a day. This weekends weather made many people trade in their snow plows for shorts. In just a weeks time the weather has changed dramatically. Wfxrs Charlie Cooper shows us how some people are enjoying the spring like weather. 2529 this is great its like Black Diamond in the middle of roanoke. From Black Diamond slopes to black ice to black pavement all in a weeks time. Last week one of the most significant snow storms had people hiding indoorsi just went home early and it feels like the first day of spring. Outdoor enthusiasts like Jordan Turner enjoys the unpredictable weather. Its one of his favorite things about living in virginia. You get a little bit of everything and it seems like were getting a little bit of everything of time so its nice. But being able to go for a jog with his pup or bike riding by the river comes at a cost. The snow men are gone at this point, no more snow ball fights. No more snow ball fights but 40 degrees up from last week means he at least gets to swap his snow shovel for shorts. In roanoke, Charlie Cooper wfxr news. Vdot crews across the commonwealth say the recent snow storm has cost them anywhere between 75 to 2 hundred million dollars. The state budget for the storm was set at 2hundred2million storm was an allhands on deck type of event and that a maintenance account is also set aside as well. Most teenage girls do not have a problem finding something to do on a saturday night. But this weekend one group gave up their nights on the town to help others. Next on good day virginia, we will see how their sacrifice could help comfort some children in one of their neediest times. Some girls vo with thousands of quality preowned vehicles. And exceptional customer service, head to your neighborhood enterprise car sales and let the people who buy more vehicles than anyone. Some girls in a church in greensboro want to make it less intimidating for children to interact with police. They donated dozens of teddy bears that will ulimately go to children in need. Amnder roberts reports. 00there are so many things these young girls couldve been doing on their saturday night but instead theyre here. Spending time and money for a good cause. Mos 1 says its important to show people how much we care these are just some of the youth members with oak ridge United Methodist church. And on this girls night out their handing out these bears. Nats thank youlike that i learned that giving back to the community you do it in the right way and have the right people around you each girl spent their own money buying and creating one of these a buildabears. Then, they gave them to the Greensboro Police department. Mos 1 says a really big part of our favorite parts of our church. The Department Plans to donate the bears to kids who they interact with while out on the job kids who are less fortunate or children who go through a traumatic event. These girls know someone in need will take good care of these bears. Mos 2 says it makes me feel really good because i love him and ive only known him for a couple of hours but i hope that they love him for the rest of their life. The churchs youth minster hopes the girls will aim to impact their community. Daily. Betlej says service and outreach and caring and loving their Community Becomes a part of their everyday life. In guilford county, amber a cold front enters the a cold front enters the today. Sliding south to the northcarolina South Carolina border by midnight. This front returnsnorth as a warm front late tuesday night followed by thank you thank you for choosing good day virginia. Its im tara wheeler and im kyle benjamin. Happening today in roanoke a new trial will begin in the murder of Waynesboro Police reserve captian, kevin quick. Six alleged gang members are accused of abducting and killing quick back in 2014. A federal judge in charlottesville declared a mistrial after a defendant shared a list of personal information about potential expected to last about a month. In Pittsylvania County state police are investigating a deadly crash that killed a man from lynchburg. It happened at 1030 saturday night on route 40. Officials say cameron long was driving when his car crossed the center line, ran off the road, lost control and overturned. Police say long died at the scene. Virginia state police say alcohol and speed are not factors in the crash. New this morning we have a Traffic Alert for drivers in botetourt county. A pipe replacement project has the northbound side of route 11 off interstate 81 at exit 150 down to one lane. A vdot camera showing you a live look at the area right now. The closure happening from 9pm to 6am, every day, through thursday. Give yourself a little extra time if your morning commute takes you in that direction over the next down and use caution. An update this morning to a murdersuicide investigation in eastern virginia. Family members say 26 yearold Cameron Dooley struggled with mental illness. The family believes that his forced move from his grandmothers home in chesapeake may have triggered the deadly shooting last week. Police say dooley killed his grandmother, parents, sister and brother before killing himself. A vigil was held over the weekend in chesapeake to honor the victims and show support as well. Wfxr news is your local election headquarters. And iowans head to caucus sites across the state tonight. As president ial candidates wrap a big weekend trying to get out the vote. A president ial campaign thats delivered many surprises may deliver more in just a few hours. Setting the tone for the rest of the primaries. Reid binion reports. President ial candidates made one last big push in iowa this weekend. Ahead of the. Bringing out the family. Hi, iowa, im ivanka trump. And the fame. So lets try one more time to get trump, lets call donald duck to come meet with cruz and debate. Frontrunners trump and cruz taking shots at each other in the sunday talk shows. President ial candidate look, ted cruz is a total liar. Ive always opposed obamacare. I dont even know where he gets this, but hes a liar. President ial candidate donald engages in insults. Because he cant defend his substantive record. A recent Des Moines Register bloomberg poll shows trump five points ahead of cruz. But with many other gop contenders in single digits, scooping up other candidates supporters could be vital. The same poll showed Hillary Clinton with a three point lead over Bernie Sanders. But if Martin Omalley supporters cant bring together 15 percent of the vote at any given caucus site. The clinton and sanders camps will fight for those votes to push themselves over the top. President ial candidate for those of you still thinking about this, weighing your options, i hope i will be able to persuade you. On both sides, its a battle between enthusiasm. With trump and sanders riding a wave of non establishment fervor. While clinton and cruz leverage highly organized campaigns on virginia has virginia has another case of the zika virus. Plus the virus could have an impact on the upcoming olympic games. We will have the details when good day new this morning its about time the taco. Camam out of its shellll unleash the power of dough. Give i it pop. That sound. Like nails on a chalkboard. But listen to this family talking thats a different kind of sound. The sound of the weekend. Unleash the power of dough. Give it a pop. vo want to be happy with your next vehicle purchase . At enterprise, we guarantee it. Head to your neighborhood enterprise car sales and let the people who buy more vehicles than anyone. One of the two people in virginia to have contracted the mosquitoborne zika virus, is a student at the college of william and mary in williamsburg. College Officials Say the student contracted the virus while traveling in Central American over winter break and that the student poses no risk to others on campus. The zika virus is now effecting international events. Olympic organizers in Rio De Janeiro are having to prepare for correspondent, kelly wright, has more from washington. 19331 271 3 outbreak is now taking center stage. With olympics preparations still underway in Rio De Janeiro, brazil. A test event for the summer games was supposed to be a time to get excited for the events ahead. But the virus is stealing the thunder. With questions over health safety. Nascimento says so, actions are being taken with special vehicles, with informing the community. So this is work that has been done so far and we will continue on the way to the games. So we are sure were going to be safe. The south American Country has been hit the hardest. With more than a million cases of the virus. A zika carnival in Rio De Janeiro on sunday is helping inform many about the dangers. Pregnant women face the greatest risk if they contract scare away others from traveling to brazil to see the olympics. Teixeria says its very important for pregnant women to understand that this is a difficult moment but i dont see why the rest of the people from all over the world cannot come to brazil. Other latin american countries are also trying to combat zika. Since mosquitos spread the virus. 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