gil harrington/daughter killed in 2009: "you can survive. the anguish and the grief will subside somewhat. i tell people you don't get over it, there will always be the loss, but you can get passed it, you can learn such a severing. it's like severing a limb. you never forget that you don't have your arm, but you learn maybe to write with your feet. you accomidate to the loss. it's a long, hard process." the group harrington started after her daughter's disappearance and death is teaming up with law enforcement. the montgomery county sheriff's office announced a partnership with help save the next girl yesterday. sheriff hank partin says this is something he planned since his campaign for sheriff. he admits, montgomery county is a target for violence because of all their schools. hank partin, montgomery county sheriff: "with our 2 universities, all of our we're going to do everything we can to fight evil on the front lines." the sheriff's office plans to put a help save the next girl chapter in every high school that doesn't have one. then,

(gil harrington, founder and president, help save the next girl) you have to consider the problem enough and find the answers that are tailored to your community . sheriff partin says it's most important to focus on educating students, like the one's at tuesday's announcement. (inessa cooper, junior christiansburg high school) i think it's important because it really just gets the message out there that bad things happen. if you can just help in the slightest, it's still helping. (cody hardwick, junior, christiansburg high school) we're the biggest group in the high school, as a matter of fact, so we have a whole lot more people in the school pitching in and helping out and town better and safer for everybody. he says the first step will be launching chapters at eastern montgomery and auburn high schools, the only two high schools in the county not already involved. (hank partin, montgomery county sheriff) hopefully we're going to utilize the young ladies from the high schools that already have the chapters to help the young ladies at the other schools that don't have chapters yet. while

gil harrington speaks out ... following the announcement of an expected plea agreement for jesse matthew junior. good evening and thanks for joining us for wsls ten at 5:30. i'm john carlin. and i'm dawn jefferies. relief... harrington's mother gil describes the news jesse matthew junior is expected to enter a plea deal in the hannah cases. matthew is facing adbuction and murder charges in the cases which were scheduled to go to trial later this year. i spoke with mrs. harrington this afternoon and she tells me they are very relieved. she says she's glad the lawyers were able to successfully come to what she describes as the most logical and compassionate resolution. she tells me it's logical because of the expense of going through two more trials when matthew a sexual assualt case in fairfax. gil harrington says it's compassionate for them because it's been 6 1/2 years since morgan disappeared and it's been daunting for them. matthew's hearing will take place wednesday at 1:30. a henry county man is lucky to

harrington's mother gil describes the news jesse matthew junior is expected to enter a plea deal in the hannah cases. matthew is facing adbuction and murder charges in the cases which were scheduled to go to trial later this year. i spoke with mrs. harrington this afternoon and she tells me they are very relieved. she says she's glad the lawyers were able to successfully come to what she describes as the most logical and compassionate resolution. she tells me it's logical because of the expense of going through two more trials when matthew a sexual assualt case in fairfax. gil harrington says it's compassionate for them because it's been 6 1/2 years since morgan disappeared and it's been daunting for them. matthew's hearing will take place wednesday at 1:30. a henry county man is lucky to alive tonight after his mobile home exploded in flames while he was inside. he has third degree burns over most of his body. wsls 10's colter anstaett spoke to the neighbor who pulled the man to safety. this morning, lillie paige arnold and her husband were at 71 graham park drive trying to salvage wha

gil harrington/daughter killed in 2009: "you can survive. the anguish and the grief will subside somewhat. i tell people you don't get over it, there will always be the loss, but you can get learn such a severing. it's like severing a limb. you never forget that you don't have your arm, but you learn maybe to write with your feet. you accomidate to the loss. it's a long, hard process." the group started by harrington after her daughter's disappearance and death is teaming up with law enforcement. this afternoon, the montgomery county sheriff's office announced a partnership with help save the next girl. sheriff hank partin says this is something he planned since his campaign for sheriff. he admits, montgomery county is a target for violence because of all their schools. hank partin, montgomery county sheriff: "with our 2 universities, all of our high schools, all of our middle schools, we're going to do everything we can to fight evil on the front lines." the sheriff's office plans to put a help save the next girl chapter in every high schoo

harrington lost their daughter morgan to the hands of a murderer in 2009. since then they have worked in an effort to save the next girl from such a fate.last night the couple hosted the docs for morgan basketball game.as wfxr's solina lewis tells us, the game came at a time when the community is still healing from another tragedy in which a young girl was murdered. 00-05 10-15 with all the tragedy out of blacksburg this week the harrington's say this that out of darkness, there can be light...."we try to prevent predatory violence and when it happens we try to respond in the best possible way"since their daughter's murder 6 years ago, the harrington's have been active in trying to prevent violence from sexual predators, along with a non profit called help save the next girl, they host an event called docs for morgan, a basketball game where doctors play against med school students, the money raised goes towards a scholarship for medical students...the harrington's have raised a quarter of a million dollars for the fund so far...and as parents of a child wh

while ago...the event, hosted by dan and gil harrington comes at a time when the community is still healing from another tragedy in which a young girl was murdered.wfxr's solina lewis reports. 00-05 10-15 with all the week the harrington's say this game couldn't come at a better time to show the community that out of darkness, there can be light...."we try to prevent predatory violence and when it happens we try to respond in the best possible way"since their daughter's murder 6 years ago, the harrington's have been active in trying to prevent violence from sexual predators, along with a non profit called help save the next girl, they host an event called docs for morgan, a basketball game where doctors play against med school students, the money raised goes towards a scholarship for medical students...the harrington's have raised a quarter of a million dollars for the fund so far...and as parents of a child who was murdered, they say they know what the lovell's are going through "that's the medicine, that's the medicine, that's what does it, they're still holding us up until we're

harrington lost their daughter morgan to the hands of a murderer in 2009. since then they have worked in an effort to save the next girl from such a fate.last night the couple hosted the game.as wfxr's solina lewis tells us, the game came at a time when the community is tragedy in which a young girl was murdered. 00-05 10-15 with all the tragedy out of blacksburg this week the harrington's say this game couldn't come at a better time to show the community that out of darkness, there can be light...."we try to prevent predatory violence and when it happens we try to respond in the best possible way"since their daughter's murder 6 years ago, the harrington's have been active in trying to prevent violence from sexual predators, along with a non profit called help save the next girl, they host an event called docs for morgan, a basketball game where doctors play against med raised goes towards a scholarship for medical students...the harrington's million dollars for the fund child who was murdered, they say they know what the lovell's are going through "that's

dan and gil harrington lost their daughter morgan to the hands of a murderer in 2009. since then they have worked in an effort to save the next girl from such a fate.last night the couple hosted the docs for morgan basketball game.as wfxr's solina lewis tells us, the game came at a time when the community is still healing from another tragedy in which a young girl was murdered. 00-05 10-15 with all the tragedy out of blacksburg this week the harrington's say this game couldn't come at a better time to show the community can be light...."we try to prevent predatory violence and when it happens we try to respond in the best possible way"since their daughter's murder 6 years ago, the harrington's have been active in trying to prevent violence from sexual predators, along with a non profit called help save the next girl, they host an event called docs for morgan, a basketball game where doctors play against med school students, the money raised goes towards a scholarship for medical students...the harrington's have raised a quarter of a million dollars for the fund so far.

harrington lost hands of a murderer in 2009. since then they have worked in an effort to save the next girl from such a fate.last night the couple hosted the docs for morgan basketball game.as wfxr's solina lewis tells us, the game came at a time when the community is still healing from another tragedy in which a young girl was murdered. 00-05 10-15 with all the tragedy out of blacksburg this week the harrington's say this game couldn't come at a better time to show the community that out of darkness, there can be light...."we try to prevent predatory violence and when it happens we try to respond in the best possible way"since their daughter's murder 6 years ago, the harrington's have been active in trying to prevent violence from sexual predators, along with a non profit called help save the next girl, they host an event called docs for morgan, a basketball game where doctors play against med school students, the money raised goes towards a scholarship for medical students...the harrington's have raised a quarter of a million

gil harrington/daughter killed in 2009: "you can survive. the anguish and the grief will subside somewhat. i tell people you don't get over it, there will always be the loss, but you can get passed it, you can learn such a severing. it's like severing a limb. you never forget that you don't have your arm, but you learn maybe to write with your feet. you accomidate to the loss. it's a long, hard process." the group harrington started after her daughter's disappearance and death is teaming up with law enforcement. the montgomery county sheriff's office announced a partnership with help save the next girl yesterday. sheriff hank partin says this is something he planned since his campaign for sheriff. he admits, montgomery county is a target for violence because of all their schools. partin/montgomery county sheriff: "with our 2 universities, all of our high schools, all of our middle schools, we're going to do everything we can to fight evil on the front lines." the sheriff's office plans to put a help save the next girl chapter in every high s

gil harrington is the founder of that organization and mother of murdered virginia tech student morgan harrington spoke at the event. the sheriff's office also revealed a special wrapped s-u-v to commemorate the partnership. save the next girl played an instrumental part in the lovell case..it helped get facebook to shut down a teen dating group nicole was active in. the danville police department is offering a ten thousand dollar reward - for information leading to suspects involved in a shooting.police say someone shot two men shortly after 7 o'clock monday night on mount vernon avenue.doctors treated and released one of the victims...but another- dr. randolph neal is still recovering in a north carolina hospital. new this morning: the white mill dam in danville could soon be removed. a presentation was given last night for that possible removal. city staff recommends the removal to make city crews removed the brantly dam, which was located downstream from the white mill dam. both dams are low-head, meaning as water flows over the dam and drops to the lower level, the force creates a

gil harrington is the founder of that organization. she spoke to the crowd. the sheriff's office also revealed a special wrapped s-u-v. the organization has been instrumental in nicole lovell's case- even getting an online dating group shut down. the danville police department is offering a ten thousand dollar reward - for information leading to the suspects involved in a shooting. police say two men were shot shortly after 7 o'clock monday night on mount vernon avenue. one of the shooting victims was treated at the hospital and released. victim, randolph neal remains in a north carolina hospital, but is expected to recover. new this morning: the white mill dam in danville could soon be removed. a presentation was given last night for that possible removal. city staff recommends the removal to make the area safer. in 2011, city crews removed the brantly dam, which was located downstream from the white mill dam. both dams are flows over the dam and drops to the lower level, the force creates a backward movement of water toward the dam that can trap anything th

harrington, the founder of the organization spoke to the crowd about what the organization is working on.the sheriff's office also revealed a special wrapped s-u-v at today's event.the organization has been instrumental in nicole lovell's case- even getting an online dating group shut down that nicole was part of. and while we're not on the air- we're updating our website with the latest.you can see our complete coverage on this case- at virginia first dot com. we have an update to yesterday's train accident-- that killed an a-e-p worker in roanoke county. officials say the surviving a-e-p employee has been transferred to a burn center.johnny collins from abingdon is now being treated at the burn center at wake forest.collins was driving the truck when it was hit by the crossing yesterday afternoon. county officials say there is an a-e-p lot across the train tracks- and they believe thats where the truck was headed. under state law--the private crossing is not required to have gates.william lineberry was killed in the crash. in danville- city officials say they;re wrapping up an inves

the group gil harrington started after her daughter morgan's disappearance and death is teaming up with law enforcement. the montgomery county sheriff's partnership with help yesterday. sheriff hank partin says this is something he campaign for sheriff. montgomery county is a target for violence because of hank partin/montgomery county sheriff: "with our 2 high schools, all of our middle schools, we're going to do everything we can to fight evil on the front lines." the sheriff's office plans to put a help save the next girl chapter in every high school that doesn't (man) this is where it all started. i received a call from our dispatch center. smoke was coming from a manhole, and that's not good. we entered the manhole. we discovered that the cables had been melted by the fire. we jumped in, we got to work, and in a little over eight hours, we had the power back on. hi, i'm john snyder, distribution system supervisor for appalachian power. it's my goal to keep the lights on and everything run smoothly, and no one even notices. (announcer) we may be a power company, but the true power i

we are hearing reaction from harrington's mother gil who founded the group help save the next girl in her daughters memory. wsls 10's rob manch has more.