good evening and thanks for joining us for wsls ten at 5:30 i'm dawn jefferies. and i'm john carlin. for many new river valley families... child care is hard to come by. there are no licensed child care options for kids under 2- years-old in the town of pulaski. the latest numbers show pulaski highest infant death rate in the

jeffery brock holding down the suspect joy kent. police say brock had what looked like a stab wound on his side. he was taken to the hospital for treatment. kent was charged with malicious wounding ... and is currently being held at the roanoke county jail without bond. meanwhile in amherst ... a man is in jail tonight facing charges that stem from a domestic dispute. deputies say ... it happened in amherst highway on saturday. deputies arrested 39- year-old william crank at the scene for malicious wounding. deputies found the female victim at another house ... with cuts on her arm along with other signs of harm. she was treated at the scene. crank was also charged with "curse and abuse" based on how he treated the 9-1-1 dispatcher. he's being held at the amherst bond. healthcare of abingdon ... following an anonymous complaint. many details are not been released as it's an active investigation. we know the abingdon police department requested the investigation back in november after receiving a complaint forwarded from the adult pr

i'm dawn jefferies. and i'm john carlin. we're following breaking news out of campbell county ... according to eyewitnesses in the dan river plant. here you can see flames and us by a viewer. we have a crew headed to the scene. we'll of course bring you the latest on air ... and online at wsls dot com. another below freezing day as temperatures continue to fall creating dangerously temperatures continue to fall creating dangerously cold conditions. tonight ... highs are expected

wsls ten's dawn jefferies joins us now in the studio. dawn ... police have not said how nicole first met the two charged in connection with her death. there has been a lot talk about social media following the death of nicole lovell and whether it played a role in this case. police aren't saying but it's not stopped some moms-- and likley some dads too from looking deeper into what their kids are doing online. but the question is... is it enough. 20.22.18 natasha rodgers/mom on mission "20 years ago predators had to search for their victims. they had to get in their cars go integrate themselves into families but technology the double was sword that it is has allowed victims to just walk right into the predators hands." tonight at six... we talk to natasha and her friend charise... both are moms on a mission to raise awareness like many of you have over the last week. we'll share what they've found and what internet safety experts say needs to be done. an infant's body was found in a franklin county dumpster this morning. now... rocky mount police

dawn jefferies .. wsls 10. three people are out of their home tonight following a fire in bedford county. fire fighters from several departments arrived in the 11- hundred block of shepherd's store road around 4:30 this morning. according to the fire marshal's office -- the fire started in the attached garage from a heat lamp that was on for the owner's six cats. no one was hurt. thousand- dollars. montgomery county circuit court clerk erica williams responds to the board of supervisors' questions about turnover and work attendance. however.. the board still doesn't have any answers. last week .. supervisors asked williams to explain the 155- percent turnover rate in her office during her first term. the board also asked her to respond to allegations that she doesn't always work 40- hours a week. yesterday.. board members received a letter from williams' lawyer.. saying she is not prepared to provide this information. she believes personnel matters are private.. and that the board was not specific enough about

dawn i'm dawn jefferies here dawn i'm dawn jefferies here in the what's coming up tonight at 5-30. vo the latest winter storm is behind us and warmer temperatures on the way but we're not out of the woods yet. melted snow is pooling on the roads and raising river levels. w-s-l-s ten meteorologist alan auglis checks for signs of flooding. vo plus... danville looks to put more officers on the streets. why the police department says adding a few more positions can make a big difference. on cam in your w-s-l-s ten economic news... families in radford now have more access to healthy food... thanks to a new grant. new river community action now has an extra 500-dollars to feed local families in need. the money comes from the food lion feeds charitable foundation. the n-r-c-a says it will go to the radford fairlawn food pantry. the extra money comes just in time for the community. last year... the food pantry fed 11-hundred people. organizers say ... they expect to a 20-thousand dollar grant is making its way to bedford. governor terry mcauliffe announced the virginia main street grants t

wsls 10's dawn jefferies attended today's news conference. she kicks off our team coverage police department. dawn --

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in christiansburg, dawn jefferies wsls 10. meanwhile .. the search for evidence in the police investigation of nicole's killing continues today. a lake on virginia tech's campus for the second day in a row ... while a criminal investigations unit is stationed in the jefferson national forest using surveying tools to collect evidence. the police activity along with the fallout following the blacksburg community heartbroken tonight. w-s-l-s 10's rob manch spoke to people there who knew lovell. rob - how are people who were close to her dealing with this we're here on virginia tech's campus tonight where police have spent the day searching for clues in this pond here behind me. but as you said all of this investigative activity is a constant remider to passers by of a crime that is tearing this community apart. i stopped by auburn baptist church in riner today, where lovell's family have been members for the past 5 years. lovell's youth pastor josh blankenship says she rode the bus to be at sunday school there every weekend. many people there

i'm dawn jefferies. and i'm john carlin. hundreds of people remember the victims of this past weekend's deadly shooting rampage in kalamazoo, michigan. 6 people were killed ... 2 others critically hurt when police say 45-year-old jason dalton opened fire. today ... a vigil was held at a

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jefferies says everything should be completed this summer, and the school will open in august. khiree stewart, w-d-b-j-7. virginia officials and business prospects wined and dined last month, and all you get is the bill. how much virginia taxpayers are paying for a pricey party during an nfl playoff they helped highlight the magnitude of a water crisis hundreds of miles away. now, the next step virginia tech is taking to get flint, michigan safe tap water. and new insight tonight on what happened for a ship captain to sail video from hawaii of a tour helicopter crashing near the u-s-s arizona memorial at pearl harbor. were hurt, one critically. five people in all were on board. the man who shot this video said something didn't seem right, with the helicopter being as low as it was. other witnesses to the crash jumped into the water and helped pull the victims to shore. it's not clear yet what caused the helicopter to go down. day three of hearings into last year's sinking of the cargo ship el faro. today, a second mate on the ship testified before the coast guard panel. he said

. >> i'm gonna start with you, jeffery. 16 years behind bars for something you didn't do. how did all that play out? what role did your confession play in your conviction? >> that was -- that was the only piece of evidence that they had. basically i was interrogated for seven hours, driven out of county, threatened, and given false promises. it was not recorded. details out of their testimony, and i was wrongfully convicted despite a negative dna test. >> how old were you? >> i was 16 when i was arrested, 17 when i was convicted. i wasn't free again till 32. >> ugh. and this was a rape conv-- >> this was a rape and murder. >> yes. >> did you confess? did you say something that would seem to indicate you had actually done this crime? >> i gave a coerced, false confession, because i was interrogated for seven hours, and i was threatened, and they gave me false promises. i was totally overwhelmed psychologically and emotionally. >> and what was the breakthrough that lead to revising your case and ultimately getting you out of prison? >> further dna testing through the dna dat

of lousiana -- donald trump actually signs a baby - right on the the little boy is named curtis ray jeffery the second -- who if you couldn't tell was sucking on a bedazzled trump pacifier. olympic athletes voicing concern about the zika virus in the months rio... some say they won't go becasue they're planning on starting families in the coming years and won't take the risk. the good news is when the rio games begin it will actually be the winter in brazil and so there should be fewer mosquitoes. here's a live look at the waterloo skycam. storm track seven meteoroligst mark schnackenberg has a final look at your weather next. we'll be right back --------- --------- viral -- because of how the baby acts in-utero... a kansas couple posted their ultrasound online... and their unborn son accidentally punches himself right in the face... he gets hit soo hard that he knocks his head right back. despite the hit, the baby is perfectly healthy -- their ultrasound tech says in her 20 years of reading ultrasounds, she's never seen storm track seven chief meteorologist mark schnackenberg has >

experts say if he gets out of prison, he will become another ted bundy or jeffery dahmer. in section assaulting her, to me howard attacked a woman at a bus stop. the victim said she was walking when she was confronted by the man that threatened her with a knife. authorities say that he rocked her and sexually assaulted her. >>> the officer that fatally shot the mentally ill man last year will not face charges. the report says that the officer was justified in using deadly force against hall, at three threaten the officer with a metal tipped a broomstick after a series of confrontations after his mother had called the police for help. and he says he is not surprised by the decision. >>> mothers seeking justice for the murdered children marched outside the office of the miami- dade state attorney. they are accusing the prosecutors of criminals, and not responding to the needs of the victims' families. they say that the state is not investigating the case -- cases of their murdered children as aggressively as they are the whole profile -- high-profile cases. >>> a big problem percolatin

. >> dawn jefferies was there. she joins us live in the studio. prosecutors said this was a plan weeks in the making. >> prosecutors described keepers as meeting someone she never met. keepers parents were in court ready to bail her out and painting a different picture of her daughter. keepers' father said they were a very close family consisting of him, his wife, natalie's twin sister and brother, that they were a close strong christian family and even called her a wonderful role model for their siblings. they stressed education over chores. he told the court natalie keepers wanted to follow in his footsteps and be an areospace engineer. the keepers offered to pay for home electronic monitoring to get their daughter out of jail instead of isolation. keepers said his daughter has never been in trouble before and the pom time anyone ever called was to say how she was excelling in school. lindsey? >> thank you, dawn. >>> law enforcement officials are calling the social media app kick messenger dangerous. if a-- it allows people to message one on one

and i'm dawn jefferies. today is county circuit court clerk erica williams to provide the board of supervisors with information on turnover rates and work attendance. while the board cannot force williams to provide this met the deadline. but as wsls 10's bethany teague explains ... the board is no closer to getting answers. supervisors is seeking erica williams. chris tuck, board of supervisors - "we need to start moving forward." the board wants to know why williams' office had a 155 percent turnover rate in her first term.. and how often williams was actually at work. while the board asked for an explanation by today.. it cannot force one. chris tuck, board of supervisors - "she is a constitutional officer, and while we can ask her to respond,

wsls 10's dawn jefferies talked to doctor phil from his los angeles studio this afternoon about social media's impact and the role he says parents need to take. dr. phil/talk show host - "if you can tell your children the tools that a predator will use to groom them and you can make them aware perhaps you inoculate them some. so i think you have to teach them the tools of the predator and to do that you have to know what they are. but then i think you have to shadow your child on the internet and they're talking to." you can watch doctor phil's complete interview with david lovell wednesday at 4 right here on wsls 10. jury selection began today in she's charged with child abuse and neglect. noah thomas ... white's son ... was found dead in a septic tank back in march. wsls 10's bethany teague was in the courtroom all day and has the latest. court is in recess until tomorrow morning. there was talk about going as long into tonight as it took to seat a final jury, but ultimately the judge decided to finish tomorrow. so far, 15 jurors have been selected. tomorrow morning, an additional se

w-s-l-s ten's dawn jefferies sat in on today's news conference. dawn... what more can you tell us? we also heard from nicole out to share some personal details about her daughter... everything from her health battles to her favorite animal. dawn "my daughter nicole lovell, colee is what we called her." it's a position no mother should ever be in. "she was born she was born may 3, 2000." tammy weeks.. speaking to what's become a nationwide audience... talks about her daughter nicole lovell... born 13 years ago and almost immediatley fighting for her life. 10.55.56 "after many tests and scans and blood work she was diagnosed with... a rare tumor in her liver." at just 10 months old... nicole had a liver transplant. a few years later... another fight. 10.5616 "colee try to live a normal life at the age of four when she was diagnosed with non-hodgkin's lymphoma. at this point we almost lost her for second time." tammy says nicole fought to live a third time.. condition in which her daughter had a one percent chance of survival. "we were of survival. she beat the odds and thrived." she

otherwise, we will see more clouds than sun on wednesday dawn i'm dawn jefferies here in the wsls 10 newsroom with a look at what's coming up tonight at 5-30. vo the bedford county sheriff's office wants the community to take charge after recent shootings. the upcoming training course to help you prepare in case of an emergency. vo plus ... a woman on a recent cruise ... is back home in the ship got caught in severe weather. on cam we'll hear her story ... tonight a new report says certain veterans are at risk for more health problems than originally thought. a u-s department of veterans affairs sponsored study finds gulf war veterans may be at an increased risk for a-l-s. disease... a-l-s ... is a fatal neurological disease which attacks nerve cells... leading patients to lose control of their muscles. there's no cure ... but drug treatment to slow the disease is available. at this point... the study says ... it's too early to known if gulf war veterans are likely to develop other age- related diseases. a different neurological disease is on the decline. scientists say ... they don'

hakeem jefferies / congressional black caucus pac board member - "the members of the congressional black caucus across many different generations, members in their thirties, forties, fifties, sixties, seventies and eighties have collectively concluded that hillary clinton is the right person for the job." things are shaking up on the other side of the spectrum. g-o-p candidates chris christie and carly fiorina have both dropped out of the race. the remaining republicans are gearing up for south carolina. ### politicians in the star city are gearing up for this weekend's firehouse primary. candidates running for roanoke city council and mayor will answer questions tonight about their vision for the city. there are nine candidates running for three council seats... and two candidates running for mayor. this is the first mayoral race without an incumbent in 12 years. the council forum begins at 6:30 at center in the square. the washington and lee mock political convention kicks off this afternoon. it nominates the ticket for the party that is out of power. more than 15- hundred washington a

dawn i'm dawn jefferies here in the wsls 10 newsroom with a look at what's coming up tonight at 5-30. vo the nation's first primary of the 20-16 election is underway. a live report from new hampshire ... as voters cast their ballot. vo plus ... virginia tech researchers take a closer look at the zika virus and its threat to the public. on cam drug addiction is a growing problem here in the commonwealth... but it isn't only the user suffering the consequences. thousands of babies are born every year... already addicted to drugs. according to the group 'connecting hearts in virginia'... nearly 11- hundred babies on medicaid were born addicted to drugs last year. it's called neo- natal abstinence syndrome. it makes the babies more vulnerable to birth defects... sudden infant death syndrome... heart and liver issues... and development and behavior problems. early intervention helps. doctors say ... it takes about 6 months to wean babies off of the drugs... but families say ... it's hard to watch the babies go through it. stephanie paquette -- foster mom tap and i was...pause...it' s just

storm team 10 continues to track this torment brings you joining us i am lindsay ward and i am tall at jefferies. >> active area as parts are hit hard in one affected the most is here, we find coulter standing by and we saw the image and how bad is the damage left behind? >>reporter: it is really really bad, this is everything you would expect from a storm like this and you can see what is left of this mobile home, it is completely destroyed and you can see debris scattered everywhere. i spoke to a woman who was inside and she said one of the sons actually got a notification that a tornado was in the area on his cell phone and open the front door and they notice the storm was upon them. >> he opened the front door and said mama, tornado, tornado! in the front yard. >>reporter: the company that her son works it has put her in her family up in a hotel for the night and they are looking forward to eating dinner with the family and relaxing. life for wsls 10. >>> thank you, we are hearing from viewers in those areas, in evergreen, teresa lee says when the storm hit she and her staff got their childr

wsls 10's dawn jefferies talked to doctor phil about the interview today. she joins us now live in the studio. dawn ... what was your biggest take-away? i asked dr. phil what sparked his interest in this tragedy... he said two things.. the social media aspect and the loss of life. and that's really what has so many people talking about this case. dr. phil spoke to nicole lovell's father david lovell sunday. he flew to los angeles over the weekend to tape this episode which will air wednesday. in our interview... dr. phil talked a lot about social media and the dr. phil/talk show host 12.07.58 "if you can tell your children the tools that a predator will use to groom them and you can make them aware perhaps you inoculate them some. so i think you have to teach them the tools of the predator and to do that you have to know what they are. but then i think you have to shadow your child on the internet and know where they're going and who they're talking to." we'll have more with our interview with dr. phil tonight a six... and also talk about something many of

. >> anden joined by jeffery toobin of cardinal and new yorker magazine. >> he reoriented many people's thinking about what the constitution means and changed the way statutes are i interpreted. >> >> rose: he appeared in 2008 and 2012. here's excerpts from the conversations. >> the key conversation with the question to contexts and the supreme court would the american people have ratified the document if it said the application of this document and what it means shall be what the supreme court says it means from age to age. nobody would have ratified that document. it's -- >> rose: it's a dead document to you? >> i like to say an enduring document. >> rose: but you don't say it's a living document. >> it is not living. it is not living. >> rose: justice scalia for the hour, next. >> rose: funding for "charlie rose" has been provided by: >> rose: additional funding provided by: >> and by bloomberg, a provider of multimedia news and information services worldwide. captioning sponsored by rose communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. >> rose: supreme court a

deputies and north police connected them to a break in at a pharmacy not once but twice. 33 year old jeffery apple ton and justin davis. the two broke into a pharmacy in the town of north and stole prunings drugs. video surveillance showed the break in as it happened. both were charged with burglary and possession with intent to contribute a controlled substance and a host of other charges. >>> a woman is behind bars after deputies say she threw a lit cigarette in an officer's face. 41 year old selena corn. deputies were called to her home after 1:00 in the morning today and they say she got unruly. one of the deputies says corn threatened to get a gun and deputy. >>> to politics, republican presidential hopeful jeb bush had a few campaign stops in our state today. he spoke at usc sumpter and in florence. at this hour he is taking part columbia. >>> marco rubio is trying to gain momentum. he was in by ford county today for a town hall. he then headed to simpson ville. he will be campaigning in the tomorrow. john kasich will also be in the midlands tomorrow. he is taking part in a lunch with

our very own dawn jefferies has the emotional reaction to today's developments from nicole's mother. "my daughter nicole lovell, colee is what we called her." it's a position no mother should ever be in. "she was born she was born may 3, 2002." tammy weeks.. speaking to what's become a nationwide audience... talks about her daughter nicole lovell... born 13 years ago and almost immediatley fighting for her life. 10.55.56 "after many tests and scans and blood work she was diagnosed with... a rare tumor in her liver." at just 10 months old... nicole had a liver transplant. a few years later... another fight. 10.5616 "colee try to live a normal life at the age of four when she was diagnosed with non-hodgkin's lymphoma. at this point we almost lost her for second time." tammy says nicole fought to live a third time.. developing an often fatal lung condition in which her daughter had a one percent chance of survival. "we were advised she only had a 1% chance of survival. she beat the odds she thrived only to be taken before fulfilling her childhood dreams. 10.57.00 "she had a passion for

wsls ten's dawn jefferies has been following this story closely... and joins us now live outside of the courthouse with the latest. questions... what have we learned? both david eisenhauer and their first court appearances this morning. the judge did not allow cameras inside. the judge appointed a lawyer for eisenhauer while keepers hired her own attorney. we have copies of arrest warrants for both. while there's not a lot of information other than what we've already been told... the warrants describe what little eisenhauer said when talking to police. documents relating to the abduction charge show eisenhauer told investigators... "i believe the truth can set me free." also here this morning... nicole lovell's father. a family friend tells us david lovell came here wanting answers. 10:36:30 "it's just been terrible to the family. the family is in shock. there are really no words they can say right now. they're at a loss for and she still is an angel." we talked to nicole's father david lovell... we'll talk about what he shared with me as well as mor

i'm dawn jefferies. and i'm john carlin. in the southern parts of the u.s. ... millions of americans are without today... as more than a dozen twisters ripped through communities .... damaging homes ... churches ... and a college campus. meanwhile ... the same system ... dropped a massive blizzard on the midwest ... creating white- out conditions and shutting down major highways -- making travel nearly impossible. here in southwest virginia ... flash flood watches and warnings remain in effect for parts of the area. here's a look at the roanoke river greenway ... where today's rainfall created high waters. storm team ten chief joins us now ... hey jeff ... what can we expect into tonight. wednesday was a very wet day with heavy rain and storms as a powerful cold front rolled through the region. we did have some areas of flooding as well. the rain will get out of here by late this afternoon. it was a cooler than expected day, as the wedge was in play for some of us, holding temperatures down in spots. tonight: skies slowly clear, especially after midnight with lo

and i'm dawn jefferies. today is the deadline for montgomery county circuit court clerk erica williams to provide the board of supervisors with information on turnover rates and attendance. while the board can't force williams to provide the information ... she voluntarily met the deadline. but as wsls 10's bethany teague a lot of unanswered questions. clerk of circuit court erica williams responds to the montgomery county board of supervisors request for information on the high turnover rate in her office and her attendance records. but as the board quickly found out.. she didn't have much to say. yesterday.. board members received a letter from williams' lawyer.. saying she is not prepared to provide this information. she believes personnel matters are private.. and that the board was not specific enough about its request for her work attendance records. although the board asked for a response by today.. it cannot require one. chris tuck board of supervisors she is a constitutional officer, and while we ca

and i'm dawn jefferies. tonight we're getting an inside look at equipment state police used during the investigation into the death of nicole lovell. an updated scanner ... used for the first time in this investigation ... helped police create a 3-d model of what they believe to be the crime scene in montgomery county. wsls 10's rob manch has the story you'll see only on w-s-l-s 10. police were training with the leica p-40 laser scanner today in roanoke county. that's the same device they used two weeks ago at a site in the jefferson national forest to survey the location where police say nicole lovell was killed. 888vo888 nats the machine scans a million the crime scene. when police get that data loaded into the computer, it looks like this: a 3d image of a crime scene, complete with accurate measurements, so police who have never been there can review the evidence as it existed the day it was discovered. kevin zirkle, vsp special agent: 22:47:11 "the data is never going to change and it's always available,

and i'm dawn jefferies. the mother of noah thomas now awaits senteincing tonight after a judge found her guilty on all three counts of child abuse and neglect. ashley white was charged following the death of her 5- year-old son last march. investigators found him dead in a septic tank. wsls 10's bethany teague explains how the judge reached his verdict. ashley white has been found guilty on all three counts of felony child abuse and neglect. those charges carry a total of 20 years in prison. the moments ago. judge bradley finch said that ashley white deliberately left her two children home alone the morning that noah went missing. he said the conditions in her trailer were deplorable. he also said ashley white confessed that she saw noah standing on top of the septic tank about a month before he died. she told him to never do that again because she was afraid he would break the lid. he said when ashley white went to sleep that morning and left her kids unattended, even though she was still with them in the h

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and i'm dawn jefferies. the recent snow storm knocked out power all over southwest virginia. one of the areas impacted is danville. power crews have been working all day to restore power to everyone in the just about finished. wsls 10's colter anstaett has an as you can see behind me, crews are still on kennon drive, as they have been all day, working to repair multiple power poles and multiple power lines. "we're pretty lucky. i'd say we're lucky." lucky because the storm could've been much worse. around 750 people in danville lost power as a result of yesterday's storm, but now only about 150 are still without power. jerone mabe/engineerin g technician - "if it had kept raining and the temperature had staid around freezing, 31 to 32 degrees, we would've had a lot more people out." the city says the biggest concentration of outages came this morning when around 500 people lost power due to a problem at the piney forest substation. utilities worker are hoping to have everyone's power restored before the end of today. last time the city experienced a large number of power outa

and i'm dawn jefferies. we're following a developing tonight where a massive fire is still burning at the dan river plant. town manager russell thurston ... who we spoke to during our 6 o-clock news cast ... says it started a little after three this pictures... they show heavy smoke and flames. thurston says a recycling plant has been in the process of tearing down the former textile building for the last six months. v-dot says drivers can expect delays around earl street. all north and south through lanes are closed on route 501. we have a crew headed there right now. information as it comes into our newsroom. is underway. she is charged with three counts of child abuse and neglect. white's son ... noah thomas ... was found dead in a septic tank back in march. wsls 10's bethany teague explains what happened in court today. day one of ashley white's bench trial went to about 530 this evening. the prosecution indicated that it has just a few more witnesses to call tomorrow. we learned today that the prosecuti

wsls 10's dawn jefferies talks with dr. phil about his interview with nicole lovell's father. from the search for 13- year-old nicole lovell... to police announcing her death... and the arrest of two virginia tech students in connection with her killing... the story touched communities from blacksburg and beyond. nat: dr phil nicole's father-- david lovell sat down with talk show host dr. phil mcgraw sunday to talk about the case. the dr. phil show provided this clip from the episode set to air wednesday. "what was her likely reaction like at the time? david lovell: i bet she fought like a wildcat. she's my kid. the keepers girl, in her mug shot, looks like she has a scar. i couldn't tell in court because she had her hair, pictures right there. you can see the scar going down her face. what you see... according to commonwealth's attorney mary pettitt is not a scar... but a strand of hair. she says after their arrest... both natalie keepers and david eisenhauer were subjected to a forensic exam to document any injuries, bruises or scratches...any relevant results of those exams

wsls 10's dawn jefferies begins our team covearge tonight live from the montgomery county courthouse. dawn ... what more can you tell us about today's arraignments? this was their first court appearance. against them and where lawyers are appointed are announced. many people have to see the accused... including in this dawn david lovell walks into the courthouse monday looking for answers in the death of his daughter nicole. 10.38.12 david lovell/nicole's father "these two individuals took my daughter from this planet and i want to know why and i want all the information i can get." few details come out of the arraignments for david eisenhauer and natalie keepers. cameras-- not allowed inside-- wouild have captured keepers.. in her orange jumpsuit.. hands barely above a whisper-- she understood the charges against her and hired her own attorney. a lawyer was appointed for eisenhauer. arrest warrants reveal some new information. when he first talked to investigators... eisenhauer stated... "i believe the truth can set me free." by the time he was charged with murder several hours later

i'm dawn jefferies. and i'm lindsey ward. the trial of a pulaski county woman charged with child abuse and neglect will still happen in not be decided by a jury. last night ... the judge granted ashley white a change of venue ... after a jury couldn't be seated. white's son .. noah thomas .. was found dead in a septic tank last march. wsls 10's bethany teague breaks down this means for the case. pulaski county circuit court judge bradley finch granted the change of venue motion for ashley white.. something that has only happened in pulaski county twice in 50 years. out of 66 potential jurors.. 41 were disqualified. finch explained that 20 jurors had fixed opinions already.. or knew they couldn't be impartial. 11 had been active on social media regarding the case. six personally knew noah.. or had helped search for him last year. eight felt that white should be charged with murder.. not just child abuse.. or that she should be required to prove her innocence. however.. after this decision.. the prosecution asked for a rather t

i'm dawn jefferies. and i'm john carlin. the below freezing temperatures are a concern this evening ... as parts of southwest virginia could get down to the teens. that's not taking into consideration the wind chill ... which could make it feel like single-digits outside. storm team ten chief meteorologist jeff haniewich joins us now ... jeff ... a bitter cold night out there ... with wind and cold air in place, wind chills were below zero in the highlands and in the single digits in the nrv. 15 below zero in the highlands.it will also feel below zero in the nrv. please bundle up and take good care of yourself and your pets tonight. tonight: any mountain snow showers end, blustery with lows in the middle teens.but with the wind, it will feel much colder than that. thursday: partly to mostly sunny and still blustery with highs around 30. another weak disturbance may impact the area on friday.it's a weak clipper system that could bring us more light rain and/or snow showers. a approves a bill that would allow electric chair as

wsls 10's dawn jefferies joins us now live in studio with more. dawn .. you spoke to the talk show host earlier this week .. we spoke to dr. phil about sunday's interview with david lovell... including what we could expect... today we saw. david lovell shared his concerns and what he says were his regrets as he addressed a nationwide audience from the stage of the dr. phil show. nicole lovell's father david lovell tells talk show host dr. phil mcgraw he's on a mission. heck with the dad who lost his daughter. that's not what, i want to get out the word for the next little girl that might get into the situation or the next day that might lose his daughter." he talks about his daughter-- his little baby girl who was bullied. 19.42.14 she would talk to me about being bullied. what did they bully her about. her scar. her tracheotomy scars. and because of the medication she was a little heavier. he dscribes the impact bullying had on her. 19.44.06 "a girl with self- esteem issues anyway somebody told her some good things about her of course it would be easy to

our very own dawn jefferies caught up with lovell's father in an interview you'll only see here in wsls ten. appearance for david eisenhauer and natalie keeper. it's was also the first opportunity many people have to see the accused in person and that includes, in this case, nicole lovell's father david. david lovell didn't get to see either as they were arraigned earlier than scheduled. he and his family are wearing blue ribbons in honor of nicole.. blue was one of her favorite colors. what we know so far from police is and according to arrest warrants.. david eisenhauer who is charged with 1st degree murder and abduction.. deliberately killed the 13- year-old... it was premediated. it's a detail davis says it hard to hear but he wanted to be here. 10.38.12 david lovell/nicole's father david lovell "these two individuals took my daughter from this planet and i want to know why and i want all the information i can get." eisenhauer and keepers next court appearance is march 28th in christiansburg, dj, wsls 10. the blacksburg community continues to be the site of a major police investigat

good evening, and thanks for and i'm dawn jefferies. this is the strongest tornado to ever hit appomattox county. according to the national weather service .. the e-f-3 tornado ... covered 13 miles ... killing one person in its path. state police say 78-year-old edward harris was thrown from his home. he was found last night in an area nearby. 7 others were hurt. now the community is pitching in ... to help those impacted. wsls ten's duke joins us now live from appomattox county. duke ... you spoke to the coach of the appomattox county high school football team. what is he saying about his players supporting the community? football coach doug smith is very proud of his players on the team giving back and helping the community aww work work he says there are about 25 members helping to clean the debris left behind from the storm. some have been out removing of the churches impacted by the storm. the coach is glad to see his players volunteering. doug smith/appomatto x county high school football coach - "it makes me feel great last night

in blacksburg, dawn jefferies, wsls 10. we also learned today that there are new charges filed against one of the virginia tech students police say was involved in nicole lovell's death. 19-year-old natalie keepers is now facing a felony that could land her in prison for the rest of her life. wsls 10's bethany teague got a copy of keepers' new arrest warrant. she joins us live in blacksburg as part of our team coverage. bethany.. what did you find out? virginia tech student natalie keepers is now charged with accessory before the fact to first degree murder. david eisenhaur is still charged with first degree murder in what we now know was the stabbing death of nicole lovell. keepers was originally charged with accessory after the fact and concealing or transporting a dead body. accessory after the fact carries a carries ten years. this new charge.. accessory before the fact.. carries a possible sentence of 20 years to life in prison. commonwealth attorney mary pettitt announced the new charges during a news conference today

and i'm dawn jefferies. it's been two days since the e- f-3 tornado touched down in appomattox county ... bringing with it winds up to 165-miles-per- hour. the damage is extensive ... and today ... families ... emergency crews ... and volunteers are lending their support to those in need. storm team ten chief meteorologist jeff haniewich is on the ground in evergreen toured the devastation today ... he has the latest on the public safety agencies like the national guard are planning their roles in the cleanup after governor terry mcauliffe declared a state of emergency wednesday following the tornadoes that touched down across the commonwealth. wsls ten's rachel lucas has more on how soldiers are helping in appomattox county. there is still a lot of work to be done, a lot of debris, downed trees. it's going to take a while l but i can tell you we have been here since early yesterday morning and in that time a lot of progress has been made.. and the national guard has really made a difference. vo we have had

i'm dawn jefferies. as light snow showers continue to fall in some parts of southwest virginia ... another concern for communities is the bitter cold heading our way. temperatures could fall into the mid-teens in some places. storm team ten chief meteorologist jeff haniewich joins us now .. jeff ... it's time to bundle up. well, it was another cold day across the region with temperatures mainly in the 20s and 30s. the winds picked up as expected too. we continued to see some mountain flurries/light snow showers, with a little more sun farther east. the pattern does not look to change a whole lot through wednesday. tonight: mostly cloudy with light mountain snow showers still possible, blustery with lows in the lower 20s. wednesday: clouds west, more sun east with mountain snow showers hanging tough.bluster y still with highs in the lower 30s. thursday will see a mix of sun and clouds area-wide.and it looks to be a dry day for everyone. it will remain cold highs only in the upper 20s. friday will be partly sunny and not quite as cold with highs in the middle 30s. the winds actually

and i'm dawn jefferies. a roanoke man charged in connection with a double murder changes his stance mid-trial. demetrius wade is facing murder and firearms charges involving the deaths of ronald ramey and lenard hamlett. january 20-15 in shenandoah avenue. wade initially pleaded not guilty to his charges ... but changed his mind this afternoon and pleaded "no contest." wsls 10's ananda rochita has more. ananda rochita/roanok e - "prosecutors talked about some of the evidence they would've presented today like witness testimonies." witnesses say wade was angry when someone hit him in the head that night and then he started firing. evidence he was firing at someone specifically they were quote "to whom it may concern" bullets. the assistant commonwealth's attorney told the victim's family members ... wade may have changed his mind after seeing them in the courtroom. wade pleaded "no contest" and took a plea deal for two murder charges and two firearms charges. the judge said he could face a maximum of fourty y

dawn jefferies -- wsls 10. just into the wsls 10 newsroom. the suspect in a bank robbery at the b-b-and-t branch in downtown roanoke is in custody. roanoke police say a suspect was arrested around 4:15 in the 100 block of henry street. no one was hurt. charges are pending. construction crews are on the site of a historic plantation in botetourt county tonight. they're getting ready to move two buildings that have sat on the property for more than two- hundred years to make way for new industrial development. but as wsls 10's rob manch explains .. some people in the county want to put a halt to the plans. nats to the horror of county residents danny kyle and lisa farmer, dirt was flying at the greenfield plantation wednesday. danny kyle, friends of greenfield: 11:14:29 "it's a lot of people that are very, very upset about this. it's not just a development, it's taking american history, and it's very upsetting buildings could also mean destroying unmarked graves on the site. lisa farmer, friends of greenfield: 11:28:43 "there are too many unacc