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Southwest and Central Virginia start October 3 with crisp fall temperatures and low humidity, with warmer afternoons ahead and midweek rain chances expected. Weather Authority's latest updates from Parker Beasley at WSLS.com.

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Winds are gusty at times today, but become calmer tomorrow.

Magna Vista came out on top, 27-10.

JF shut out Halifax 42-0.

The three suspects in Italy’s cable car disaster have left prison after a judge indicated that for now, most of the blame fell on the service technician who intentionally disabled the car's brake because it kept locking spontaneously.

Police in northern Italy have made three arrests in a cable car disaster that killed 14 people.

The investigation into Italy’s cable car disaster that killed 14 people will focus on why the lead cable snapped and why the emergency brake didn’t engage and stop the cabin from carreeinng backwards.

A cable car taking visitors to a mountaintop view of some of northern Italy’s most picturesque lakes has plummeted to the ground, killing at least 14 people.

French President Emmanuel Macron, center, gestures towards French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin, right, as he meets police officers rescuers in Breil-sur-Roya, southeastern France, Wednesday, Oct.7, 2020. French President Emmanuel Macron is visiting the mountainous area near the Mediterranean coast Wednesday, and promised government aid to flood victims. “Together we will surmount this.”Speaking from the village of Breil-sur-Roya, Macron praised the “courage” and “solidarity” of rescuers and residents and promised government aid to flood victims. “Thank you, thank you, you were brave,” Macron told firefighters and other rescuers both in Tende and Breil-sur-Roya, before heading to Saint-Martin-Vesubie. About 3,000 homes were still without electricity in the area Wednesday, according to French energy company Enedis.

In this image made available Sunday, Oct. 4, 2020, firefighters evacuate people from a house amidst flooding in the town of Ornavasso, in the northern Italian region of Piedmont. Floods washed away houses and destroyed roads and bridges surrounding the city of Nice on the French Riviera after almost a year's average rainfall fell in less than 12 hours. The missing include two French firefighters whose vehicle was carried away by a torrent when a road collapsed south of the village of Saint-Martin-Vesubie. An Italian firefighter was killed on Saturday during a rescue operation in the mountainous northern region of Val d’Aosta. Italian firefighters also rescued 25 people trapped on the French side of a high mountain pass due to the flooding.

ROANOKE, Va. – Another piece of good news on this dry Friday in Roanoke. On Friday afternoon, city officials announced that those who had been encouraged to leave their homes are now safe to return home. During this week’s heavy rain, residents in the Cravens Creek Road neighborhood, as well as the Arbutus, Arbor, and Piedmont neighborhoods were encouraged to evacuate their homes as a precaution, in case of flooding.

LYNCHBURG, Va. – Liberty University aviation maintenance students won’t have to spend $5,000 on tools. Piedmont Airlines of Roanoke donated 33 toolboxes to the students. Officials with the School of Aeronautics say their long-standing partnership with Piedmont helped make this possible. Piedmont Airlines officials say a little more than half of their employees are Liberty University students. “And I am very grateful and hopeful to be working with them soon,” freshmen Sha’Un Jerome said.

DANVILLE, Va. - The Piedmont district lead was on the line Friday night, and two perennial powers delivered another thriller in Danville. Warriors quarterback Dryus Hairston triggered a Magna Vista surge that broke a 14-all tie with G.W, Danville, producing two touchdowns in the final 9 minutesHairston finished with a 17-32 evening thru the air for 260 yards and 3 touchdowns. He added a rushing touchdown, and a two point conversion pass in the Warriors 28-14 win. The junior quarterback threw touchdown passes of 29, 24 and 13-yards in putting Magna Vista atop the Piedmont district. For his efforts Dryus Hairston is our Week 10-1st and 10 Player of the Week.