the company specializes in food and beverage packaging.the company already employs 170 people in staunton. the governor's office - also unveling the creation of a statewide task force to prepare and prevent the spread of zika virus. this group will be responsible for throughout virginia - to organize mosquitto surveillance - and control programs. the mosquito season starts in may. make it rain. up next - the breakthrough in weather technology - and how it's always a hot topic for farmers. it's a huge factor - in the way - many make a living. we - cannot control the weather. but as jon jensen shows us - some experts in the united arab emirates...have found a way to make it rain. :48-:53 at a remote airstrip outside abu dhabi, new zealander pilot mike anstis is setting off to do something most would consider impossible in a he's hoping to mike is cloud seeding.he does it by firing salt compounds into the air to rainfall.: "on the wings of the aircraft, we've got flares, which... when we fire the flares, it burns, and it emits a smoke." that smoke then attracts water bigger droplets.the flar

the westbound lanes of melrose avenue and lafayette boulevard staunton avenue. hanover avenue will also close from 25-th street to lafayette boulevard. traffic will be detoured onto 25-th street from seven this evening to five tomorrow morning. crews have finished fixing a bridge along i-77 that was damaged on monday. there were lane closures all week in carroll county because of that. you shouldn't run into delays there now. millions will be watching on sunday, when the broncos and panthers face off in super bowl 50. but before we get to the kick-off here on wdbj7, fans will be stocking up on snacks to get them through the big game. wdbj7's joe dashiell checked in with folks at kroger who are preparing for a super bowl blitz this weekend kimberly and garrett, you know what happens when we get a little snow in the forecast. the bread aisle at kroger is wiped out. we don't have to worry about that this weekend, but there's no doubt the deli will be hopping. this is going to be a busy weekend here brambleton kroger. so how are you all gearing up for the super bowl

a 24-year-old man is in jail because staunton police think he killed his 6-year-old son. this is steven decker. police started to investigate after the 6-year-old died on wednesday. decker is facing several charges including 2nd degree murder, felony child neglect and possession with intent to distribute marijuana. decker's 19-year-old girlfriend, brianna connolly is also in jail. she's charge with felong child neglect and possession with intent to distribute marijuana. still ahead - republican debate - it's the last one before the new hampshire primaries... what the candidates have to say. (donkey sound) (elephant sound) there's a big difference between making noise, (tapping sound) and making sense. (elephant sound) (donkey sound) when it comes to social security, we need more than lip service. our next president needs a real plan to keep social security strong. (elephant noise) hey candidates. enough talk. covering decision 2016 - if you plan to vote in the primary election next month -- you're running out of time to register. the deadline is monday for the march 1st p

the westbound lanes of melrose avenue and lafayette boulevard will be blocked near staunton avenue. expect delays there from 7 p-m to 5-a-m both tonight and tomorrow. drivers will detour onto 25-th street. drainage work could slow you down today in buena vista. crews are scheduled to replace a pipe on route 60 from eight this morning to six this evening. that road will close and there will be a 20-mile detour through rockbridge county and amherst county. one construction project is holding up another in downtown work on the james river interceptor was supposed to be finished last march. contractors are almost done with the project, which involves replacing the city's largest sewer line. leaders at nearby amazement square are waiting for the work to wrap up, so that they can start a project of their own. a nearly 7-million dollar expansion needs to be finished by january, when a traveling exhibit is scheduled to open at the museum. ashleigh karol/marketing director: "we're going to proceed as planned in the spring and it will be tight for sure, but we'll do the best we can to get und

the westbound lanes of melrose avenue and lafayette boulevard will close between staunton avenue and melrose. that's happening from 7 a-m to 5 p-m today through friday. drivers will be detoured to 25-th street northwest. this is a live look at i-81 in christiansburg from a virginia department of transportation camera. if you see any problems on the roads, please tweet at wdbj7traffic so. when you imagine a production of moby dick, do puppets come to mind? well, that's exactly how a chicago theater company will tell the story on friday night in blacksburg. wdbj7's joe dashiell is here with a preview of a unique performance. kimberly, the center for the arts at virginia tech is presenting "in the shadow of moby dick." it's the world premiere for a production five years in the making. ruth waalkes: we've been looking forward to having blair thomas and this particular production of moby dick very very much for a number of reasons. i have worked with blair in the past in other locations so i'm familiar with his work. i've seen the kind of development, the kind of creative work that he doe

the westbound lanes of melrose avenue and lafayette boulevard will be closed near staunton avenue. hanover avenue will also be closed between 25-th street and lafayette boulevard. traffic will be detoured onto 25-th street from seven this evening to five tomorrow morning. bridge work could slow you down on i- 81 in wythe county. the southbound right lane is blocked near the i-77 junction for another 45 minutes. carilion clinic has become one of the only hospitals in southwest virginia to participate in the healthier hospitals intiative to reduce its carbon footprint. hospital leadership was on board to incorporate sustainable and green practices throughout the hospital system. this "green roof" helps keep the building cool in the summer and prevents excess runoff. from more bike bins, to fresh, local veggies, fruit and meal options in the cafeteria, the hospital is dedicated to going green. sara wohlford/efficiency & sustainability program manager: "it is a nationwide initiative to help us reduce our energy use, reduce our waste, purchase products that are safer for the environment

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a 24-year-old man is in jail because staunton police think he killed his 6-year-old son. this is steven decker. police started to investigate after the 6-year-old died on wednesday. decker is facing several charges including 2nd degree murder, felony child neglect and possession with intent to distribute marijuana. decker's 19-year-old girlfriend, brianna connolly is also in jail. she's charge with felong child neglect and possession with intent to distribute marijuana. covering decision 2016 - if you plan to vote in the primary election next month -- you're running out of time to register. the deadline is monday in virginia. you can still submit your letter must be postmarked by february 8th. you can in person. people in north carolina may have different march. that's because a panel of federal judges says two congressional districts need to be changed - this includes the 1st congressional parts of elizabeth city. judges say the two changed because of the race of people living in those areas. lawmakers have two weeks to change the lines. even though, the state may try to

staunton river's jordan patty set a new meet record in the 3a shot put. that does it for week 8 of full court press. thanks for watching. we'll be back with after this. >> dicky: from hollywood - it's "jimmy kimmel live"! tonight, kerry washington, nikolaj coster-waldau, "this week in unnecessary censorship" and music from jason derulo with cleto and the cletones. and now, nobody move, here's jimmy kimmel! [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: welcome to the show, i'm jimmy, i'm the host. thank you for watching. thank you for coming.

stewart and austin wilkerson advanced to the finals in 3a, chad cantrell of l.c.a. 4a, elijah seay of staunton river in 3a, seay is undefeated this season.also wrestling for state titles tomorrow, jeffrey allen of amherst county and mason wolk of lca. 3 that does it for week 7 of full court press. thanks for watching. we'll be back with a final look at >> dicky: from hollywood, it's "jimmy kimmel live"! tonight -- bill maher. from "the danish girl," oscar nominee alicia vikander. jake byrd at a donald trump rally. and music from nothing but thieves. with cleto and the cletones. and now, as luck would have it, [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: thank you very much. hi, everybody. i'm jimmy. i'm the host of the show. thank you for watching. thanks for coming. [ cheers and applause ] i hope you're ready to party. i really do. hey, you know, tonight is mardi gras. it's a big night of celebration. mardi means tuesday in french. gras means fat. it is fat tuesday in new orleans right now. everybody is drunk. even the babies. nobody gets a pass on mardi gras. it's an interesting day in america today be

a 24-year-old man is in jail because staunton police say he killed his 6-year-old son. this is steven decker. police started to investigate after the 6-year-old died on wednesday. decker is facing several charges including 2nd degree murder and felony child neglec. decker's 19-year-old girlfriend, brianna connolly is also in jail. neglect and drug charge, republicans got one last chance to discuss the issues. the final debate going into the new hampshire primary was last night. abc news hosted the debate. donald trump made his way back to the stage. he had skipped the previous debate before the iowa caucus. ted cruz, marco rubio, jeb bush, john kasich, dr. ben carson, and chris christie joined him. bush attacked trump on the issue of eminent domain, which caused the crowd to boo trump. trump responded saying the crowd was full of bush donors. s/donald trump (r) presidential candidate gets a fortune. they get at least fair market but without eminent domain, you don't have roads, highways, schools, bridges or anything." ted cruz came in off a win in iowa. he suggested wat

a 24-year-old man is in jail because staunton police say he killed his 6-year-old son. this is steven decker. police started to investigate after the 6-year-old died on wednesday. decker is facing several charges including 2nd degree murder and felony child neglec. decker's 19-year-old girlfriend, brianna connolly is also in jail. she faces a felony child neglect and drug charge, republicans got one last chance to discuss the issues. the final debate going into the new hampshire primary was last night. abc news hosted the debate. donald trump made his way back to the stage. he had skipped the previous debate before the iowa caucus. jeb bush, john kasich, dr. ben carson, and chris christie joined him. bush attacked trump on the issue of eminent domain, which caused the crowd to boo trump. trump responded saying the crowd was full of bush donors. s/donald trump (r) presidential candidate :17 "when somebody -- when eminent domain is used on somebody's property, that person gets a fortune. they get at least fair market value, and if they are smart, they'll get roads, highwa

instead, 64 was routed through charlottesville and staunton, leaving lynchburg with no interstate of its own. lynchburg has several highways that function like an interstate. routes 460 and 29 pass through the city as four lane freeways, but that doesn't mean much to companies outside the region who are looking for a red, white, and blue shield on the map. cobb: "i had any number of companies that would not even discuss this as a location, because we are not on an interstate." manufacturing companies employ "site selectors," who help them find property for expansion or relocation. one of the top things they look for is an interstate. christine kennedy/lynchburg times when we get leads from the state, it's nothing more than checking a box. do you have an interstate? when we have to check that box 'no,' that in some cases could mean we don't get a look." joe turek/economic analyst: "the absence of an interstate certainly can impede the ability of a community to compete for businesses in the location decision." joe turek is dean of the school of business and economics at lynchburg colle

congressman bob goodlatte hosts a veterans' resource fair today at the armory in staunton. the fair gives veterans a chance to connect with programs veterans... active military and their families. # today: mostly sunny with highs in the middle 40s tonight: mostly clear with lows in the middle & upper 20s friday: mostly sunny with highs in the upper 40s & lower 50s saturday: sun & clouds with highs in the lower 60s sunday: isolated showers possible with highs in the lower 60s monday: isolated showers possible with highs in the middle 50s tuesday: passing rain showers with highs in the upper 30s and lower 40s today: mostly sunny with highs in the middle 40s tonight: mostly clear with lows in the middle & upper 20s friday: mostly sunny with saturday: sun & clouds with highs in the lower 60s sunday: isolated showers possible with highs in the lower 60s today: mostly sunny with highs in the middle 40s tonight: mostly clear with lows in the middle & upper 20s friday: mostly sunny with highs in the upper 40s & lower 50s five things you need to know are coming up next. lindee good

among the region champs who'll be competing for state titles are undefeated elijah seayof staunton river and jeffrey allen of amherst, also brookville's reid stewart and austin wilkerson, lca's chad cantrell and mason wolk and christian kennedy of 3 appomattox raiders linebacker and tight end marquise morgan has signed with division two the university of charleston in west virginia. congrats to marquise. 3 dennis uva pitcher connor jones and catcher matt thaiss have been named to the preseason usa baseball golden spikes award watch list. the cavs open their season this friday against kent state at coastal carolina. 3 nfl commissioner roger goodell took a slight pay cut in 2014. now before you shed tears, the commish is gonna be ok. he made more than 34 million dollars, down from 35 mil the previous year and 44 million in 2012. the only player with a higher salary than goodell in 2014 was green bay's aaron rodgers and a signing bonus. that is a look at sports. >> melissa: here is another viewer photo. frank sent this in the bird houses there. you seat ice sickles hanging with snow. throug

instead, 64 was routed through charlottesville and staunton, leaving lynchburg with no interstate of its own. lynchburg has several highways that function like an interstate. routes 460 and 29 pass through the city as four lane freeways, but that doesn't mean much to companies outside the region who are looking for a red, white, and blue shield on the map. cobb: "i had any number of companies that would not even discuss this as a location, because we are not on an manufacturing companies employ "site selectors," who help them find property for expansion or relocation. one of the top things they look for is an interstate. christine kennedy/lynchburg regional business alliance: "a lot of times when we get leads from the state, it's nothing more than checking a box. do you have an interstate? when we have to check that box 'no,' that in some cases could mean we don't get a look." joe turek/economic analyst: "the absence of an interstate certainly can impede the ability of a community to compete for businesses in the location decision." joe turek is dean of the school of business and eco

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the westbound lanes of melrose avenue and lafayette boulevard will close between staunton avenue and melrose. that's happening from 7 a-m to 5 p-m today through friday. drivers will be detoured to 25-th street northwest. crews now have an estimate for when they will finish repairing a damaged bridge along i-77 in carroll county. right now the southbound right lane is closed near the hillsville exit. that work is scheduled to finish next tuesday. a virginia father, a day after police found his wife who disappeared with his young child. cornelius simmons says it's been two months since he last saw his two year old daughter in richmond. police arrested the wife on monday in new york on abduction charges, but the toddler was nowhere to be found. last month, richmond police found human remains in a vacant apartment. while police have yet to idenitfy the body, simmons says it's his daughter. cornelius simmons/ father: "the only thing that really loved me was my daughter. i loved her." police have not said if the abduction charges are related to the girl's disappearance. an investigator wit

the westbound lanes of melrose avenue and lafayette boulevard will be blocked near staunton avenue. expect delays there from 7 p-m to 5-a-m both tonight and tomorrow. drivers will detour campaign is appealing to senior citizens. every time he says burn, his followers think he is talking about acid reflux. >> that is good, very good. >>> the senior citizens are not laughing, however. >> i know. >>> welcome back to "cbs this morning." in this half hour, playing close attention to the field this weekend at levi stadium. crews are making sure that every blade of grass is perfection for super bowl 50. the frustration on the field that caused crews to bring in more than 600 tons of new sod. >>> plus a new focus on internet dangers after the murder of a 13-year-old virginia girl. the victim might have met her accused killer through social media. a detective reveals how to keep kids safe in a digital world and that information is ahead. time to show you some of the morning's headlines from around the globe. the shbbc says the panel is to rule tomorrow in the case of up in london since 2012.

the westbound lanes of melrose avenue and lafayette boulevard will close between staunton avenue and melrose. that's happening from 7 a-m to 5 p-m today through friday. drivers will be detoured to 25-th street northwest. workers are replacing a pipe on route 11 in botetourt county. one northbound lane will be closed near the truck wash at i-81's exit 150 from nine this morning to three this afternoon. a northbound lane will also be blocked there from nine tonight to six >>> half a dozen free things, the winner had to be determined by a coin toss! >> hillary clinton. >> bernie was right. i guess money does decide elections. >> i find it ironic our founding fathers, george washington, whose head is spinning on that coin is also spinning in his grave knowing this is our electoral system. >> hillary won all six of those kind of coin tosses. forget that! the broncos should draft hillary for the super bowl on sunday! >> a lot of people talking about the coin toss. >> i know. i get there is controversy this morning about who actually won the coin toss. >> yes. >> it is a mystery there. >>>

the westbound lanes of melrose avenue and staunton avenue. also close from 25-th street to lafayette traffic will be street from seven this evening to five tomorrow morning. crews have finished fixing a bridge along i-77 that was damaged on monday. closures all week in carroll county because of that. into delays there now. thursday quietall it's coming back started off with a few screen snow showers in around the region those are pretty much dissipated now a see increasing sunshine which will continue through the weekend thirty four smith mountlake around danville thirty seven thirty three lynchburg just below freezing roanoke at thirty one but with the with bill twenty to twenty bluefield twenty 20 hot springs and louisburg coming in at 28 degrees now our snow ended look up toward delaware new jersey southern new england long island seeing some accumulating snow at this point time that will continue for them thrust dry weather building in from the west menu we can planner high-pressure and control love a mix of sun and clouds saturday, temperatures in the upper 40s sunday just as ni

congressman bob goodlatte hosts a veterans' resource fair today at the armory in staunton. the fair gives veterans a chance to connect with programs and services available to them. . # let's check in with storm team meterologist kristina montuori. today: mostly sunny with highs in the middle 40s tonight: mostly clear with lows in the middle & upper 20s friday: mostly sunny with highs in the upper 40s & lower 50s saturday: sun & clouds with highs in the lower 60s sunday: isolated showers monday: isolated showers possible with highs in the middle 50s tuesday: (phone ringing) you can't deal with something, by ignoring it. but that's how some presidential candidates seem to be dealing with social security. so our next president needs a real plan to keep it strong. (elephant noise) (donkey noise) hey candidates, answer the call already. >>> toyota is recalling more than a million vehicles because of a potential problem with seat belts. the recall involves rav 4 suv from 2005 to 2014. toyota says the belt by the window in the back seat can come in contact with the metal seat cush