wsls ten's christina craig sat down with the better business bureau ... and roanoke city police ... to help ease your mind as april 18-th approaches. there are many different ways to file your taxes, but it doesn't have to be a challenging process. "for me i'm going to talk to people that i know. everybody has a friend or two who's like 'who do you use,who do you recommend, who do you trust. how many years have you used them'." detective dale brink file's online... working i-r-s fraud scams he knows the importance of finding a trusted website when filing his taxes and handing over his personal information. "where you want to start is on the i-r-s site and find which companies they recommend, which sites they have vetted and they make sure are secure." some filing websites, like the i-r-s' e-file or my free charge for people who make 62- thousand- dollars or less. united way of the roanoke valley launched a national program just this year; the organization says it's safe because they utilize a partnership with h-and-r block. "last year more than 200,000 people file through this syste

in blacksburg, christina craig, wsls10. in your w-s-l-s ten timesaver traffic report... drivers can expect easy travel this evening ... as there are no accidents or delays reported at this time. flint michigan's mayor takes a major step .. in ridding the city flint michigan's mayor takes a major step .. in ridding the city of lead- contaminated pipes. how much the project is expected to cost. but first ... here's a look at how some stocks of local interest here's a live look at our poor mountain sky cam. well, it was another cold day across the 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

wsls 10's christina craig spoke to one middle school principal who says it could increase interactive learning in classrooms. nat - typing it's all hands on... using computers to edit papers, create powerpoints and research in the classroom. nat - "are you ready to submit yet." at first glance it may look like a computer lab, but it's english class. 15-25 "recently we've been doing a research project. so, where they may have been limited to computer research before or bound to books in the library, they're able to choose whatever topics they're

in roanoke county, christina craig, wsls10. v-m-i freshman ... who are referred to as "rats" ... are one step closer to officially becoming cadets. the 450 rats recently finished a 20 mile march and other activities within the post. the next step is a "rat breakout" which is an all day event. stewart macinnis/vmi "they've been engaged in a series of events since they got here in august and the 20 mile march is one of the culminating the culminating events now." v-m-i would not say when the rat breakout will happen but say it will likely happen soon. still ahead -- general motors is recalling thousands of trucks. what to look out for to keep you if i want to go up... hello. or if i want to go down... no. but then if i want to come back again... yes. it's perfect. my favorite part is to be able to lift your legs up a little bit and it feels like i'm just cradled. (vo) change your sleep, change your life, change to tempur-pedic. more than 473- thousand g-m trucks are being recalled ... because of break pedal issues. the recall covers certain 2015 and 2016 chevrolet silverado h-d, g-

in roanoke, christina craig, wsls10. still ahead -- the weekend is almost here and you may be looking for some things to do. from ice skating to roller derby ... morning ted! scott! ready to hit some balls? ooh! hey buddy, what's up? this is what it can be like to have shingles. oh, man. a painful, blistering rash. if you had chickenpox, the shingles virus is already inside you. after almost 3 weeks, i just really wanted to give it a shot. you know, i'm not feeling it today. talk to your doctor or pharmacist today about a vaccine that can help prevent shingles. something to do, we have some ideas for you. wsls 10's patrick mckee gives us a look at what's going on round town. this weekend is your last chance elmwood park. hours are 4 p.m. to 10 p.m. friday, 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. saturday and noon to 7 p.m. sunday. admission is $6 with skate rental costing you $2. if you love girl scout cookies, head to north cross school for cookiefest. it's a family event featuring a cookie box creation, inflatables, karaoke, face painting,

wsls 10's christina craig is tracking damage in the star city. she joins us now live in roanoke. christina -- you followed a tree removal service during appraisals today. what did you see? the combination of snow and freezing rain weighing on tree limbs caused many to split -- creating a mess and put crews to work. branches or entire trees -- the owner of marks tree and stump removal says his phone has been ringing off the hook non-stop since earlier this morning. mark booth says it's hard labor, but someone's got to it. nat - chainsaw clean up crews are building up a fallen trees. nat - 14:01:59 "we've take it out of peoples living rooms before." the mixture of snow and ice weighing on branches -- is causing tree limbs to to split. that's lead to an influx of calls to clean up the mess, which means business for mark's tree and stump removal. "i'm getting ready to go look at some in salem. and, it's really a lot of trees and they're big in diameter...could be up to 20 inches to 5 foot in diameter sometimes." it's not a job for everyone -- it's lifting heavy branches and requires

wsls10's christina craig follows up. roanoke county's police chief told us the incident leading up to friday night's shooting happened within