The week. Another clipper system will cross our region on friday with some light snow accumulations. Especially in winter storm may impact the tuesday. Searching for a february 10thim kyle benjamin, january has the day off. This Morning Police in rocky mount are searching for the man who they say robbed the family pharmacy. Officers identified the suspect as Joshua Wayne Cundiff of boones mill. Cundiff allegedly pull a gun on the pharmacist and demanded drugs. An employee pulled a gun in self defense. During the Getaway Police tell us the worker fired at least one shot as the robber took off in a pickup truck. Police seached a wooded area around the pharmacy, but did not locate cundiff. They believe left the area. Police in danville want to know who stabbed a puppy last week. Wfxrs Sophia Borrelli caught up with the pup to see how she is doing and when she will be ready for adoption. 0 53 nat of whining this pup is already full of energy, and recovering at the Danville Humane Society after she was stabbed in the back with what some believe was a knife. Paulette dean executive director, Danville Humane Society i am horrified. After Police Responded to a call about an injured dog, they got in touch with the Humane Society who made sure she got the care she needed. Unfortunately paulette says with the years she has been a director here at the shelter, this is not the first time shes seen this kind of animal cruelty come through these doors. Paulette dean executive Danville Humane Society i wish was shocked, but after almost 24 job, i have seen many horrifying police are still trying piece anyone would want to hurt dan wallace Danville Police the danville area Humane Society will be accepting applications for the puppy starting on friday. If youre interested on adopting her head to our website virginia first dot com for details. Wfxr news is your local election headquarters and the polls proved correct in New Hampshires primary, but there was at least one surprise on tuesday night. Karin caifa reports from manchester, New Hampshire, with the results, and whats next in the president ial race. 00 18 18 34 42581 151 30 1 301 49donald trump and Bernie Sanders are the winners here in New Hampshire. Both of them coming off of losses in iowa last week. Bernie sanders lost iowa to Hillary Clinton by the narrowest of margins. He led in most New Hampshire polls leading up to tuesday. He said his win, by a fairly president ial candidateit is just too late for the same old, same old establishment politics and establishment economics, the people want real change. Meanwhile Hillary Clinton, in her concession remarks acknowledging those young voters that really buoyed sanders to his win. President ial candidatei know i have some work to do particularly with young people but i will repeat again, even if they are not supporting me now, i support them. In the gop contrast between the campaigns of the first and second place finishers. Donald trump turning big poll numbers into his first victory and Ohio Governor john kasich beat out the many contenders in that big battle for second place, after running an upbeat, positive campaign. President ial candidate at a time when clearly change is in the air, maybe just maybe we part of american politics. Because tonight, the light overcame the darkness of negative campaigning. President ial candidate we are going to make america so great again, maybe greater than ever before. I love you all, thank you, New Hampshire. We are going now to south carolina. Were gonna win in south carolina. South carolina will be the next contest for the republican candidates on february 20th. Sanders compete in nevada, the same day. In manchester, New Hampshire, political analyst ed lynch from Hollins University will join us later this morning to breakdown the results from New Hampshire. Virginians will make their choice in the upcoming president ial primary. Polls will open on march 1 st. The deadline to register to vote in the primary was monday. But general election. Remember new voter i. D laws took effective in july 2014. You can find a link to that information along with sample ballots and information on your polling locations at our website virginia first dot com. Every four years, washington and Lee University hosts mock con a convention aimed at predicting who the party currently out of office will nominate to run for president of course, this time around its the Republican Party which has been accurately forecast by mock con since 1948. Wfxrs Taylor Kanost is live at washington and Lee University in lexington with some of the students that hope to continue that streak this weekend. Good morning. Theres a lot of excitement not only on the campus of washington and lee, but all of lexington for the 26th mock convention. More than 1,500 washington and lee undergraduates will act as delegates in a mock republican determine who will get the president ial nod. Student organizers raised nearly a half Million Dollars for research on procedures, create this convention hall, hold an opening parade, and book some bigname political speakers such as former Vice President dick cheney and former speaker of the house Newt Gingrich among others. This event has proven to be pretty darn accurate by correctly predicting 19 of 25 president ial elections since this all began back in 1908. The event begins tomorrow evening and continues through saturday. You can catch a live check out this video. Its a Lightning Storm striking earth seen through the eyes of peake filmed the video from his spot in the International Space station. He captured the storms as they crossed through europe and africa. Peake is in the midst of a sixmonth mission for the European Space agency. Jason and kyle at wx poda strong upper over the ohio valley will remain nearly stationary today before slowly moving east tonight into thursday. Weak upper shortwaves will move across the mountainsthrough tonight flurries. Temperatures will remain below normal for the remainderof the week. Another clipper system will cross our region onfriday with some light snow accumulations. E specially in themountains. Arctic High Pressure builds in for the weekend. Anotherwinter storm may impact the midAtlantic Region monday intotuesday. There is more trouble for one largest retailers. Now sears says it is going to have close more stores. The details are next on good day virginia. And the situation is not much better on wall street. After reason the stock markets are falling and what you should do about it. We may be knee its about time the taco. Camam out of its shellll unleash the power of dough. Give i it pop. Its always worth that icing the Cinnamon Rolls is a privilege not a right. Unleash the power of dough. Deep in snow. But spring will be here before you know it. And that means planting season. Experts at the Bedford County coop say yield potential and pest resistance are some of the picking out seeds. But keep in mind no field is the same. There are different seeds for different environmental conditions. For more information on seed placement and where you can get help picking out ideal crops head to our website virginia first dot com and click on the ag life tab. Sears is quickly closing at least 50 stores. The company says the stores slated to close are what it calls most unprofitable. The retailer originially planned to close the stores over the next few months, but poor holiday sales is speeding up the timeline. The company shut down hundreds of sears and kmart stores over the last five years. It did not reveal which stores are closing. Retailers are not the only ones struggling. Investors on wall street are facing some serious losses. The stock market has been fluctuating all year, with experts throwing around terms like bull market and bear market. But what exactly do those terms mean and how do they explains. 25 30bull market. Bear market. These words are tossed around all the time but what exactly do they mean and do they really have anything to do with you . Simply put, a bull market is trending up. A bear market is trending down. Weve been living in a mostly bull market for at least the past five years. So, in order for it to switch, wed need to see a 20percent dip from the highest point last year. Usually market turmoil doesnt cause a recession, but it can predict a recession. I think thats what everyones grappling with right now. And 2016 has been rough so far. The market is off to a terrible start in 2016. All three indexes are down. A major culprit . That cheap gas youve been enjoying. The Energy Sector stocks have been suffering because of the free falling price of oil. Energy companies have been really taken to woodshed to put it bluntly. You have pretty much every Major Oil Company is down. So, if you want to keep that good feeling youre getting from filling your gas tank without emptying your wallet, you might want to avoid looking at your 401 right now. You never want to be checking it on a day to day basis. Thats when emotions may make the wrong decisions. Assuming youre not that close to retirement, sit this out, dont sweat it. In washington, im dianne gallagher. A strong upper low centered over the ohio valley will remainnearly stationary today before slowly moving east tonight into thursday. Weak upper shortwaves will move across resulting in scattered snow and dont forget you can get your and news on virginia first. Com. 24 hours a day. Researchers at Virginia Tech are turning their attention to the Zika Virus Health crisis. The researchers are studying how these kinds of viruses get past the mosquitos immune system and the human immune system. The family of virus that zika belongs to includes other pathogens, like west nile virus and yellow fever. Zika virus infected a growing number of americans over the past few weeks. One of the researchers say the development of a vaccine would resolve the problem but for now theyre looking into how to control the virus to prevent outbreaks. Doctors and researchers are not the only one fighting the zika virus. Jackie ibanez tells us how politicians are now getting involved as the number of cases continues to grow. 25 37 49 561 121 21 1 211 32reid says this should not be a political issue. The threat virus threat continues to grow. With two new cases in pennsylvania and one in delaware. Both travel related. A Bipartisan Group of now taking action. But while democrats want to approve president obamas nearly twobilliondollars in emergency funding. Republicans say there doesnt need to be any fight the mosquito borne illness. Blunt says id theres still money left that for ebola but it was ebola and diseases so theres no immediate shortage of money for the administration to do what it thinks needs to be done. Meanwhile the states are taking are taking their own action to prevent an outbreak in the with florida and texas preparing vaccines for the summer. When mosquitos will be more prevalent. Scott says we have asked the centers for disease control, i have asked for thousand test kits to test for antibodies for people that have previously had zika that might have traveled overseas and are back. Started in brazil and has concentrated in latin america. Costa rica is trying a new approach to mosquitos that carry the by using bacteria to kill Mosquito Control experts could help researchers better. Conlon says truth is, there is a lot to be this trying to find out. The republicans hearing for thursday to options. While democrats argue they action now. In new york, fox news. Not everyone is a sore loser over the super bowl. We will tell you why one man had to dress like a football and dance on a public street when good day virginia continues. And give her the strength and energy to stay healthy. Whos with me . yay the complete balanced nutrition of great tasting ensure. With 9 grams of protein and 26 vitamins and minerals. A lot of people enjoy playing fantasy football. But after this weekends super bowl. One man might think twice about playing next season. Thats because he joined the panthers in the loss column. One man who lost his fantasy football league. Admitted his shortcomings publicly. The winner of the league got to pick the punishment for loser. And he decided john zarse should dress up in a football onesie holding a sign that read im the worst at fantasy football. Zarse says you know it was just me. I drafted with my heart instead of my brain. I had a tough year. 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The thefts happened at goodwill on brambleton avenue, walmart on clearbrook village lane, and at kroger on williamson road. Investigators say the women were taking cash from then dumping the purses at another location. Anyone with information is asked to contact police. Two men from henry county are now charged in connection to a homicide in North Carolina. Police say daquarius martin and Zachary Haley are charged with the first degree kidnapping and first degree murder of Benjamin Baker from eden. Police say they found baker dead in his home from a gunshot wound on janurary 15th. Police arrested both martin and haley in henry county monday night. One puppy is recovering after someone stabbed her in the back and police are still investigating why anyone would hurt the dog. The pup is back at the Danville Humane Society the Humane Society is offering a 1 thousand dollar reward for any information which will lead to the arrest of whoever commited the crime. Humane Society Workers say unfortunately this is only one of the many cases they see. Paulette dean executive director, danville area Humane Society about all the other that we dont know and the cats and all the animals that have been abused or tortured and we never find out about them so we can never get them help. If you have any information, you are asked to contact the Danville Police department. As for the puppy, the Humane Society will be taking applications for her on friday. Wfxr news is your local election headquarters. This weekend voters in the city of roanoke will decide which democrat will get the nomination in the mayors race. Dave trinkle and sherman lea both are on the council already and are now vying for the job. Wfxrs solina lewis spoke to lea about his last minute push to win your vote. The other day we spoke to running for mayor, and while they differ on a lot of issues they both want to encourage people to get out and vote with less than a week left until the vote, lea says he and his campaign maintain whats been their motto throughout, slow and steady. Were canvassing and making logistical plans to encourage the vote even though the weather is chilly this week im pleased with our efforts and its just a matter of grinding it outlea says his main concern is voter turnout. For this election, its the same building, you dont go to your regular precinctworrying that some voters might not know about the changes to the primary, and that all voters will have to go to the Berglund Center this saturday. Looklive with no republican candidates announcing a run for mayor, this primary could very well determine who the next mayor will be, in roanoke, solina you know were all looking for ways to better our smartphone photography game. 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