earlier today, and wdbj7's joe dashiell is in the studio tonight with that story. jean and melissa, arkay makes high- quality packaging for cosmetics and pharmaceutical companies. and arkay says it needed to upgrade equipment and expand production to meet the growing demand for its products. with arkay employees standing behind him, governor terry mcauliffe delivered the news. a company that opened its doors more than 90 years ago in new york will expand its operations here in western virginia. we beat out texas, south carolina, north carolina and georgia. we wanted it here in the commonwealth of virginia in botetourt county. arkay says it was running out of room at the location on eastpark drive. so it's moving warehouse operations to another buillding. and preparing to install new machinery. mitchell kaneff/arkay ceo: at this point in time we're bringing in state of the art brand new pieces of printing equipment,

gluing equipment. and ceo mitchell kaneff says arkay will need 50 additional employees to run all of that equipment. and local leaders say the announcement will help spread the word that botetourt county takes care of business. jack leffel: it makes a statement that if we get folks here, we try to treat 'em well and they're going to be here a long time. and this is a perfect example of that. ceo mitchell kaneff says arkay is looking for experienced equipment operators, but he also said the compnay will consider others with passion, energy and a strong work ethic who are interested in building a career with the company. we've included information on how to contact arkay, with this story on wdbj7-dot-com. joe dashiell wdbj7. the father of missing blacksburg teenager nicole lovell is begging for her to come home. today he joined the search three days after she went missing. david lovell lives in wytheville and last talked with her a couple weeks ago through text message. he's worried about her safety and her health. she's without her medication after

transplant. david lovell/father: "she's probably going into convulsions, seizures right now." "we're just scared to death, i mean we know she doesn't have her medication. we just know without it, my little girl is going to die." her dad isn't saying if she left on her own or with someone. he's helping investigators by sharing social media posts and recent conversations. she was last seen early wednesday morning in the lantern ridge area of blacksburg. investigators are trying to figure out what caused a deadly house fire in pittsylvania county. katie yeatts died after her home caught fire last night. she was 73. gordon farrell says he has lived next to yeatts for years. last night, he went out to walk the dog and couldn't believe what he saw. farrell says he tried to get her out by banging on doors and windows. gordon farrell, neighbor "the house was pretty much engulfed with smoke inside although the fire was on one end. and i was also afraid that if i opened the door it would create more air and cause it to burn faster and there wasn't anybody there

that was a concern too, i was afraid i'd do more harm than good." farrell says yeatts was very active in the community and will be greatly missed. investigators say arson or foul play is not suspected at this time. forecasttemperatures dropping to the twenties tonight it will be a cold night ahead the good news is we will notice those when started to relax and they are in most locations still finding those fifteen to twenty five mile-per-hour gusts in some the higher elevations out towards hot springs would have the blowing snow early on today the warm-up will begin tomorrow look at all of this warm air down across the south in fact i get 75 right now in dallas seventy one in new orleans and this is the air that were evincing move in here during the day tomorrow and him will happen tomorrow's will sky easily into the fifties right around fifty two degrees bye-bye sunday monday and tuesday were dinner approach

good ten to fifteen degrees above average look at how long this warm weather will stick around and in the cooldown that follows a strong cold front later with thata rare compromise on gun policy. but some gun control advocates describe the agreement as "a dangerous rollback that will put public safety at risk." the deal would reverse a policy that invalidated concealed handgun permits in virginia held by residents of 25 other states. but the compromise would prohibit a person under a permanent protective order from possessing a gun. and the legislation will require the state police to be present at gun shows to provide voluntary background checks. governor terry mcauliffe/(d) virginia: these actions make virginia stronger. i'm not into the politics. i'm into good governance. this is a good governance issue. we have tried to do this for years and years and years. this is the first significant movement on guns here in the commonwealth in a very, very long time. twenty survivors of gun violence sent an

governor mcaullife asking him to reconsider. they said the governor's compromise will gut recent efforts by the attorney general to strengthen enforcement of virginia law. danville city school's superintendent - is working on transparency between school leaders and the community. today stanley jones presented an overview that addressed a new discipline program, the curriculum and school accreditation. wdbj7's danielle staub explains. "everybody cares about what's happening in danville public schools, that's good. i'd be more concerned if we weren't hearing from the public." in a state of the school division presentation friday, danville city schools superintendent stanley jones says improving instruction, behavior, safety and schools climate are at the top of his list. "the issue is, when a student is misbehaving why? and what do we do about it? and how do we provide support to that student, so." jones implemented a new discipline system this fall. he says it's already producing positive results. "there is a partnership now and that child regonizes not only

expect you to do what you are suppose to do, but you parent does." with danville being one of the most challeneged parts of the state, jones says teachers at every school in the city need to be teaching the same curriculum. "how we teach, what we teach and how we asses students who struggle. and then what do we do about it when students are struggling. and we are deploying those strategies across all of our schools." the reality however is that while some schools in the city are fulfilling state standards, others are not. me:woodberry hills elementary school had it's accreditation denied by the state. superintendent jones says they were planning ahead for this and will be working to make the neccessary changes. "the folks at woodberry hills aren't discouraged by this. they are disapointed. they understand the politics of arcredation and that it is a measure but it's not the measure." jones says the measure is what the students and teachers see everyday. at woodberry hills and across the school division kids are in a positive climate, building

learning with a new instructional stragety. in danville, danielle staub wdbj7. this weekend is the deadline to sign up for health insurance this year under the affordable care act. wdbj7's noell saunders tells us what you need to know. melissa..sunday is the last chance to sign up for coverage that will take effect in march now if you don't sign up at healthcare.gov by sunday at midnight you will have to wait until the next open enrollment period in the fall. virginia residents can also go to the website enroll virginia for assistance with the application and enrollment process. here's what you will need. patrick kelly affordable care act certified navigator"you need to have an email address and a password, you need to know the social security number for everbody that you want to enroll and your total income information. that includes both taxable income and some non-taxable income. social security, pensions perhaps may not be taxable under all circumstances. so, you need to have a sense of all of that" affordable care act

insurance online due to the possiblity of heavy call volume. if you need help, we'll have information where you can find it on our website wdbj7.com noell saunders wdbj7. we are your hometown news leader wdbj7 there's a lot of extra costs. small costs and big costs that are associated with a having a child with a transplant. after a successful heart transplant, this 3-year old and his family still need your help because he will have to undergo the surgery again.

next. boy with a new heart is in need of the

he continues to battle a rare disease. wdbj7's eamon o'meara brings us his story and what help he needs now. meet spencer lockard. a fun-loving, mischevious 3-year old who loves playing games. but last year, after feeling sick, spencer began a tough journey. doctors first thought he had pneumonia. (justin lockard, spencer's father) we got sent off for a chest x-ray and then sent over to roanoke memorial and then by the end of 13 hours we were at duke and they were saying you need a new heart. (leslie ann lockard, spencer's mother) they diagnosed him with dilated cardiomyopathy which is an enlarged heart, in particular the left side of his heart was enlarged and not functioning well but neither side was doing well at that point. spencer stayed positive throughout, but his parents struggled with what was happening. the first time they sedated him to intibate him at roanoke memorial was really hard. we had to leave for them to do all of that and i didn't know if i'd ever see him awake again. especially because most children with

death. it's amazing that he's alive and that he was able to make it to getting a heart. doctors were able to give him pumps and a berlin heart to keep him going. he had that until fathers day, which is when he got his heart transplant. but that was just the start of his medical help. spencer had 4 rounds of rejection after his transplant, has had 2, i call them, minor operations for the stenosis, which is his throat will close up a little bit and they just balloon it out. it's left over from being intibated for so long. now living in roanoke, after moving closer to the hospitals, spencer's family needs help with current and future financial burdens. and they tell us in anywhere between five to 15 years we get to do this all over again so any of the funds that we raise for him will go with him through his entire life so the next time it happens he'll have some reserves to call upon. to try to help, fundraisers have been put on. but without support or help setting them up, some have been cancelled. we were disapointed

the word out to be able to let people know that there was a need and to let people know about spencer because he's an amazing kid. an amazing kid who needs help, because he's not giving up. this is not going to end! this is just a new beginning with a new heart. if you'd like to help spencer and his family, check out this story on wdbj7 dot com for more information. in roanoke, eamon o'meara wdbj7. golden footballs are showing up at high schools throughout our region. this year the national football league is celebrating the roots of players who have contributed to super bowl history for its 50th championship game in february. we found one at pulaski county high school where gary clark started his football career when the program was just beginning to get recognition. clark's high school team made it to the playoffs and beat g-w danville, the number one team in the state in the late 70's. his number 80 jersey now hangs near the school gym.

play for the washington redskins and the phoenix cardinals. he played in two super bowls where his team won both. scott vest/pulaski county high school athletic director: "it's just an honor to have someone who has played in a super bowl, won two championships and somebody that is from our community. it's just something that we are really proud of." every high school where super bowl winning players or head coaches graduated from will receive a golden

weekendbut it a beautiful view along the james river you recognize that area that taken your springwood in the gorgeous view of the sunrise along with the snow over the past couple days it's been a great forecast for getting out there taken advantage of these gorgeous sunrise is over the past few weeks because we have had of such a beautiful using clear skies across a good portion of year it's a here's a look at what's happening right now we have temperatures to record off considerably the windsor the start to relax do into the thirties and roanoke right now thirty six him thing in lynchburg rent forty in danville right around thirty one degrees and lewisburg and forty five and hot springs you got the cold start to the day no the winds have already started to relax in most locations but it will eventually turn calm overnight the what happens is we get clear skies calm winds that

off teens set rumbly in unity that thick jacket in the morning if you go when out anywhere from about nineteen degrees in some amount communities about twenty five in roanoke also in the lynchburg in danville with those clear skies by if you go out in the morning you may actually be of it check out i planets in a row type not just this morning but over the next couple weeks with our can caster molina sky to let us know but if you go out in the morning you may actually be of it check out i planets in a row type not just this morning but over the next couple weeks with our can caster molina sky to let us know which five planets those areas dry hate you got arrive elated think so much for upper let us know about those and are getting visible again over the next couple weeks you be of it check those out a little before sunrise each morning at the knights are clear and we are expecting those clear skies tonight there's all the

the south that will move in here during the day tomorrow not the seventies but the warmer weather were getting get up into the fifties easily tomorrow afternoon write rent fifty two degrees and rona can lynchburg about fifty three 53 in danville and 40s and are mountains communities now quiet over the weekend even to start but were watching a storm that will take shape across parts of the plane states in the midwest is can be coming in three different pieces one of those will bring snow to parts of the midwest it's i can a bring snow for ross the down across the south were talking severe weather potential in places like texas all the way arkansas and that's were were get have to watch because tuesday night into wednesday this front will move through the windsor get a become quite gusty and we have to wife's potential for some rain and maybe even some thunderstorms with that's a will state the a 70 polls he can see what's coming up that would be on groundhog day in the evening and then into early wednesday will will see that in and out of that out by some much colder temperatures will go back to the 40s. once again, you winter flashback

spring preview almost bring premium 10 to 15 above average this weekendi get the steadiest you are you wanted early spring your like your done with the snow and i think so i get this next question.

20s. this is are zac glover in for travis wells with your look at sports. after being postponed because of the snow last week, the big orange wrestling tournament got rolling friday afternoon for the first of the 2-day event. while the field was trimmed from 33 teams to 17 because of rescheduling conflicts for some schools, the william byrd-hosted tournament is still showcasing some of the best talent in southwest and central virginia. the blue demons of christiansburg are back for more and looking to defend their 2015 title, but have some tough competition to get past in the host team and others in the area. thomas kessler, william byrd head wrestling coach, "definitely christiansburg and ph. they have two strong teams. they'll

so it'll be fun to watch. the team's looking pretty good. we've been banged-up a lot of the season. adam catron at 170, noah harrilla at 152 and hunter kemper at 138 are all of our top guys so we're looking for them to place high in the tournament." it was certainly a season to remember for the virginia cavaliers baseball team last year. not only did they make it to omaha for the 4th time in seven years, but for the first time in school history, the wahoos won the national championship. uva is back at using the indoor football facilities today. head coach, brian o'connor is season managing the hoos, and it will be an even mix this year on the diamond returners and 17 newcomers on the squad. virginia is picked to acc's coastal division, behind the miami hurricanes. uva opens up their season on february 19th, but the team will be officially putting a bow on last season, when they receive their national championship rings at a ceremony

connor jones, virginia pitcher: "i'm excited for tomorrow. i think some of us almost forgot, because it's been so long that we haven't gotten our rings. we didn't forget completely, but i think it's good to flip back to the past and flash on some of those experiences. moving forward, and looking to this year, and trying to duplicate the season we had last year." brian o'connor, virginia head coach: "they're mature enough to be able to enjoy tomorrow night, to get their rings and celebrate something that they will always have, but also understand that they have to keep the task at hand, and continue to get better, and worry about this year." we are continuing to countdown to super bowl 50. the big game, of course, is a week from sunday right here on wdbj7, and we thought we'd get some help from some of the area's biggest high school football stars to help us countdown to the match-up between between the panthers and broncos. and tonight, glenvar's jacob mullins is putting his #9 jersey to work, as we are now just nine days away from the superbowl. mullins came up with plenty of big kicks for the highlanders. maybe none bigger than the one back on october 10th to end giles' 33-game regular season win-streak, in the 16-14 victory. and just a reminder,

will be right here on wdbj7 at 6:30 next sunday night. stocks soared on the last trading day of january. the dow rose 397 points. the nasdaq gained 107.

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