candidates have scheduled events in our state before the march 1st. primary. donald trump will take part in regent university s presidential candidate series on wednesday. ben carson will also be at that series next monday. today s event with john kasich starts at 6:30 p.m. super tuesday is close and that means several deadlines are coming up for voters who want to participate. since you can vote absentee in primaries, the deadline to request a mailed absentee ballot is tomorrow at 5-pm. the deadline to vote absentee in person is february 27-th. you can only vote in one political party primary election when multiple party primaries are held on the same day. voting officials say make sure your voter details are correct now. andrew cochran city of roanoke director of elections you can go to elections-dot- virginia-dot gov and in the upper lefthand corner is a red box that says citizen portal you can go in, put in your information and it will pull up your correct voter registra
work scheduled for interchange project postponed because of the weather. vdot announced that lane closures would be put in place from tonight until to 6 tomorrow morning for the northbound lanes of interstate 58. exit 3c off i- 581 was also scheduled to be closed for three vdot says it will re-schedule the work. new at noon: david bowers will not run for congress. seeking the nomination for the 9th district congressional seat, which is currently held by republican morgan griffith. bowers says he decided not to run, because he couldn t overcome the thought of representing a district where he doesn t live. he announced in november that he would not run for re- election as mayor of roanoke. instead, he says he plans to re- open his law practice full-time. the murder trial for demetrius wade is scheduled to start today in roanoke. he is charged with two counts of murder, after a shooting on shenandoah avenue in january of last year. two men died in that shooting, and four others
consider borrowing 40-million dollars to build a middle school and gymnasium for students in the northwestern part of the county. wdbj7 s tim saunders is live in bedford with a preview of tonight s meeting. jean, school leaders have been talking about this project for a long time and tonight they re hoping they need to move forward. supervisors will consider a resolution on construction of a school and a competition gym for 40-million of that amount would be borrowed. the board cast a similar vote last june, limiting the project to 38-million. since then three new members have been elected. some members of the school board have said the project can t be done for 38-million and tonight they ll get support from parents like john messier, who plans to speak at the meeting in favor of the larger amount. john messier/parent: we need to let the five supervisors who are in favor of the project at 100% of the funding know that we support them and appreciate that, and the other two s
hirsbrunner. rain this morning followed by heavier rain wednesday. flooding concerns increase by midweek. as an investigation continues, students at hargrave military academy are back to their normal schedule. message was recieved over social media last week with possible ties to isis, the campus shut down for the weekend. law enforcement spent the weekend patroling the area and students were allowed to go home. school leaders say schedules are back to normal and there are no updates on the investigation. pittsylvania county sheriff s officers say they are aggressively following up on many different leads. the man accused of abducting and killing teenager nicole lovell now has a new attorney. david eisenhauer hired tony anderson from roanoke to represent him in court. the montgomery county juvenile and domestric relations court confirmed the change yesterday morning. eisenhauer was first appointed christiansburg attorney chris tuck by the court. natalie keepers is also charge
reporting live, stephen tschida, abc7 news. jonathan: thanks. fans were flocking to paisley park as the news of prince s passing spread. some holding each other and others crying. others took to social media to express condolences and share the pain. horace holmes picks up the team coverage with the newsroom from that part of the story. so many performances that he put out there, including the super bowl that was epic. great stuff. horace: one recently in june in washington, d.c. people have been posting about that. social media is abuzz. 4 million tweets on twitter. banjo captured half a million posts. it s one of the top trending items on facebook. look at the responses. when doves fly. this is a picture of prince and michael jackson. see if we can get it to m here. well, i ve got a few more. i will come back. right now is not operating the way i would like for it to. people from all over the world and all over the area. warner theater last june here we go. the american