Good morning, just after 7oclock on this thursday. Thanks for starting your day with good day virginia. Im kyle benjamin. And im january keaton. One of the two Virginia Tech students charged in the disappearance and death of Nicole Lovell in blacksburg will be in court in a matter of hours for a bond hearing. Natalie keepers is charged with helping the other suspect, david eisenhauer, dispose of the body and being an accessory before the fact to the murder. Well bring you the latest information from that bond hearing onair and online at virginia first dotcom. Nicole lovells friends and family will say their goodbyes today as the 13yearold is laid to rest. Funeral services will be this afternoon at 3 oclock at mccoy funeral home in blacksburg. There is a Memorial Fund set at national bank. You can make a donation at any bank branch or mail donations to the address you see on your screen. We have the details of the Memorial Fund, along with more information on this case on our website virginia first dotcom. Rocky mount Police Arrested a woman for unlawful concealment of human remains, after a newborn was found dead in a dumpster. We first told you about this story yesterday on good day virginia. An autopsy showing the infant was stillborn. Katherine dellis of rocky mount remains in jail this morning. Anyone with information is asked to call police. New this morning the Virginia Department of corrections says it doesnt have enough drugs to execute its next death row inmate march 16th. The Attorney Generals Office said back in 2015 that the National Shortage of execution drugs is the result of quote well recognized efforts by anti Death Penalty advocates. Corrections Officials Say a lot could happen between now and march 16th and they will wait and see if new drugs are delivered. Back in commonwealth the first of three drugs it needed to execute serial killer alfredo prieto. Virginias house of delegates approving a bill that will allow people who have taken out protective orders to carry a concealed gun without a permit. The order would go into effect 45 days after its issued, and would only apply if youre 21 and older. Supporters say the measure ensures that people in danger are able to protect themselves. Democrats say theyre concerned because no formal training on concealed carry is expected to be given. A Bank Robbery Suspect is in jail this morning. Police say the suspect robbed the bbandt bank in downtown just after 330 wednesday afternoon. Police caught the robber less than a mile away on henry street. Charges are pending. A roanoke man in jail without bond this morning after breaking into the Roanoke ValleyBaptist Temple tuesday. Officers later identified and arrested the faces one count of breaking and entering and two counts of forging a public document. Cool High Pressure will gradually build into the centralappalachians from the west today. Passing overhead friday intosaturday. Sunday. Low pressure moves across the southeast and off the coast. At this time this system will keep the main precipitation southeast of our area. You dont have to book a book a flight you dont have to book a flight to hollywood, to enjoy a night at the oscars. Just head to Downtown Roanoke for this years heart ball. Just a week and a half away. Its an event that brings out the generosity of people to help raise lifesaving funds for the american heart association. Wfxrs Becky Freemal takes a look at a local artist whose work plays a big role at the ball. Work on glitter and heartjohn reburn says14 40anytime you large format it is a challenge and i love the reburns work can be seen at press in Downtown Roanoke. And is sold to customers around the country. Nats thanks to his generosity, his biggerthanlife artwork will soon be seen at the hotel roanoke. Created for the roanoke heart balls a night at the oscars. John reburn says,15 05these will be propped and set so they can be hugged on, grouped around, and we will also have actual award envelopes you can open and act as if you have even won the award. I left any jobs that involved true artist ability to the professional john reburn,17 24you do the hard one, and ill do the easy. While i stuck with glitter. Something that is clearly an important component for a night at the oscars john reburn, 15 33the heart is one of the most amazing props. Something i think will be stuck in my clothes for months john reburn says,14 20the heart, the oscars, these will people to get their photos taken, do their selfies, post to social media, and take the event wider and further than heart ball is part of a bigger, nationwide effort, to raise money for the american lifesaving research. Reburn says,16 25so we are just one element and we want roanoke to look good. The concept is simple. Buy a ticket, help save a life. John reburn says, 16 46ultimately, your ticket is doing a really wonderful thing for charity. But its board. That was Becky Freemal reporting. The roanoke heart ball takes place on saturday, february 13th at the hotel roanoke. You can head to our website, virginiafirst. Com, to get tickets and find more information on the night that coming up next on good day virginia airbag recall is your car one of the millions on a newly released list . The details you need vandals in galax attack a factory and force dozens to miss work this week. Well hear what businesses nearby cool High Pressure will gradually build into the centralappalachians from the west today. Passing overhead friday intosaturday. Sunday. Low pressure moves across the southeast and off the coast. At this time this system will keep the main precipitation southeast of our area. The huge recall of deadly takata airbags recall of area. The takata airbag recall list is now expanding to include newer models. Airbags from the japanese manufacturer are at risk for exploding as they inflate, firing out shards of metal, leading to serious injuries. The defect has already prompted the biggest auto recall in american history. So far, more than 20million cars have been recalled. Heres a list of those newer models they include 2004 to 2006 bseries mazda pickups 20072011 20092013 fit and 2013 fit ev and finally 20072014 ridgelines. Manufacturing operations are shut down again today at the vaughanbassett furniture companys plant in galax after someone vandalized the facility tuesday night. Police say they are still trying to figure out who broke into the facility. Wfxrs Kristen Eskow spoke with downtown galax Business Owners to find out if they are worried about similar crimes happening again in the neighborhood. 34 39 40 451 061 11 following the breakin and vandalism of a furniture plant just blocks from downtown businesses shop owners say theyre surprised a crime like this would happen in their neighborhood. My husband works there, and when he came home today, i was very shocked before i left to come to work. Hair salon owner Donna Higgins says her husband is one of the factory employees who is now unable to work because of the vandalism which Company Officials estimate is at least 100 thousand dollars worth of damage to equipment. She and others who work downtown say things like this dont often happen in galax. Ive never had any trouble as long as ive been here for about 38 years. I think our Police Department does a great job in theyve always backed us up if anything. We rarely have anybody have any vandalism or breakins. Ive been down here since 1999, and we havent had any problems at all. Sharon shop and the wine cellar at chapters. She says she is not worried about vandalism happening at her business and feels downtown galax is still a safe neighborhood. I leave at night late. Ive never been scared downtown. Its always felt very safe, and just, you know, no problems at all. Standup officials with vaughanbassett say they only expect the shipping department and inoffice departments to remain open through friday. Reporting for good day virginia, im Kristen Eskow, wfxr news. The water problems in flint, michigan took center stage on capitol hill on wednesday as people who live there and officials took on the issue. Virginia techs professor, dr. Marc edwards who led the team that identified the issues in flints water also spoke before the House Oversight committee. One flint resident done to fix the situation broken policies and procedures are smothering the outcry of an entire community suffering financially, physically, mentally and emotionally. I urge you to help restore some of the trust lost and protect all of the citizens in the United States by never allowing this to happen again. Michigan governor rick syder estimated it would cost more than 767 Million Dollars to replace the citys water system in a letter to president obama last month. That number does not take into account the cost of Emergency Water supplies, or paying the water bill for the people of flint. President obama made his first visit to a mosque in the United States as president on wednesday. He went to the Islamic Society of baltimore, a 47yearold mosque with thousands of attendees. Obama said Muslim Americans keep the nation safe, crediting contributions muslims made to communities. Many muslim groups called for the president to schedule a stop at a us mosque as a public rejection feed regulations for livestock are about to change next on good day virginia how farmers can get prepared vo want to be happy with your next vehicle purchase . At enterprise, we guarantee it. Head to your neighborhood enterprise car sales and let the people who buy more vehicles than anyone. And Drug Administration is putting new regulations in place for giving livestock antibiotics. Starting next year, farmers who want to give their animals feed with medication in it must first visit a veterinarian to get a form to give to the feed regulations will take affect january 1st, 2017. There are more livestock in virginia this year according to new information. The Virginia Department of agriculture and Consumer Services announced statistics for live stock and grain inventory for the state. The total inventory for cattle and calves as of january 1st 2016 is 1 point 5 million head. Sheep and lamb stayed the same but goat inventories increased. As for corn, soy bean and wheat stocks, they all increased in bushels, but oats decreased by 4 thousand bushels from 2014. Do you take your mail out of the mailbox without thinking about how it got there . Happening today how you say thank you to your mailman youre today is National Thank a mail carrier day february 4th is set a side every year to show appreciation to the person who delivers your mail six days a week. Theres been mail delivery in american since before, there was an america. The first organized delivery of letters was established by the Second Continental Congress back in cool High Pressure will gradually build into the centralappalachians from the west today. Passing overhead friday intosaturday. Sunday. Low pressure moves across the southeast and off the coast. At this time this system will keep the main precipitation southeast of our good morning. Its thursday, february 4th. Good day virginia. Im january keaton. And im kyle benjamin. Wfxr news is your local election headquarters. With less than a week before the New Hampshire primary the president ial candidates are swarming the granite state. As molly line reports senator ted cruz is leading the republican charge against donald trump and Hillary Clinton is trying to steal voters away from senator bernie sanders. 22 30 35 40 41 46 51 57 1 141 26 cruz says god bless the great state of New Hampshire. Fresh off a win in iowa. Republican ted cruz is barnstorming New Hampshire to try to pull off a similar upset against donald trump. But the new york billionaire is playing offense tweeting. Based on the fraud committed by senator ted cruz during the iowa caucus, either a new election should take place or cruz results nullified. Jeb bush is also hoping cruz stumbles. Bush says i applaud ted cruzs victory. He worked really hard. And he deserves credit. But New Hampshire has a strange way of resettin races. Meanwhile, florida senator marco rubio is on the campaign trail selling himself as a party uniter. Rubio says we must nominate someone who can unify this party quickly if we have any chance of winning. Paul says although today i will suspend my campaign for the presidency, i will continue to fight on for liberty. Kentucky senator rand paul is the latest gop candidate to fall. Hayes says unfortunately for rand paul, ted cruz stepped up and really largely inside washington outsider. Democrat Hillary Clinton is hoping to pull off a big upset against bernie sanders. Clinton says i am going to be out here making my case, answering your questions, doing everything i can to persuade you to come out and vote next tuesday. Line says sanders also isnt conceding iowa just yet. His Campaign Says today it will review caucus results that left him in a virtual tie with clinton. In manchester, New Hampshire, molly line, fox news. The virginia president ial primary elections are less than a month away and time is running out for those who still need to register to vote. Wfxrs Taylor Kanost joins with what voters need to know those in the city of roanoke. Good morning. Not only will the virginia primaries on march 1st have big implications on the president ial race, but it will also be the first election in the city of roanoke since city council announced precinct adjustments. Last november, City Council Unanimously voted to reduce the number of voting precincts in roanoke from 32 to 21. The main purpose of this change was to improve efficiency by creating a better balance of registered voters in each precinct. Officials often found in the previous alignment certain precincts would tally over 4,000 votes, while others would only receive around 1,000 votes. Now voters are allowed to vote for either the republican primary or the democratic primary, and since the state of virginia does not require voters to register by party, voters can choose to vote in whichever primary they would like. The Republican Party had required a statement of affiliation. They have since dropped that. We are awaiting official word from the department of elections so hopefully when people no one additional paperwork than the application itself if you still havent registered to vote, you need to hurry because the deadline to register for the primaries is next monday, february 8th. You can register online at voterinfo. Sbe. Virginia. Gov. Paper applications are available at all city post offices and libraries. You can also drop by the Voter Registration office in Downtown Roanoke. All registered voters in roanoke should receive a notice in the mail over the next week or two with information on whether or not your poll location has changed. With four different elections this year in the city of roanoke, officials urge voters to make sure they have the correct address on their Voter Registration so they can get to their polling location without too many headaches. Reporting in the studio, Taylor Kanost wfxr news. Filers going through the process of submitting your taxes. The Internal Revenue service is reporting there was a hardware failure with a number of tax processing systems. The agency also saying it is in the process of making repairs. A number of taxpayer and tax practitioner tools are unavailable right now. Irs dot gov however is still working, but a number of features including wheres my refund are not. The irs says taxpayers can continue to prepare and file their tax returns to their efile provider as they normally would, companies will hold the tax returns until the irs resumes accepting electronic tax returns. Cool High Pressure will gradually build into the centralappalachians from the west today. Passing overhead friday intosaturday. Sunday. Low pressure moves across the southeast and off the coast. At this time this system will keep the main precipitation southeast of our startling news from the world Health Organization, the zika virus is not just being spread by mosquitos, but also through sexual contact. As reid binion reports, who leaders say the virus posing a future threat to as much as 63percent of the us population. The clusters of microcephaly and other neurological complications constitute an extraordinary event. World Health Organization director general margaret chan. Declaring a Public Health emergency this week. In the evolving threat of the zika viris. Now present in at least 24 countries as it sweeps through central and south america. Northward to the us. The virus is spread by mosquitos. One species in particular. This guy this is a nasty mosquito. This is the one. This is aedes aegypti. The aedes aegypti mosquito the primary carrier of zika. Is known only to exist in certain parts of the us, but apparently mosquitos arent reporting. Happening tonight. If youre looking for something to do the docs for morgan basketball challenge wfxrs paris holmes is going to tell us how the medical community is shooting hoops for a good cause. Good morning. Its all for the morgan dana harrignton schloarship fund. I will all about it coming up on good day many of you may be familar with the murder of morgan harrington. She was the 20 year old Virginia Tech student who went missing while attending a concert in charlottesville in 2009. Her disappearance sparked one of the largest searches in charlottesvilles history discovered three months later. Since then morgans family and friends have tried to create some good out of the tragedy by organizing events in her name that bring the community together. Wfxrs paris holmes is here with one of those events that is helping some Virginia Tech medical students. This eveningresidents and physicians from carilion clinic and students from Jefferson College of Health Sciences will be squaring off against Virginia Tech carilion school of medicine students in the annual docs for morgan basketball challenge. Players have been practicing for weeks for this game that celebrates the Morgan Dana HarringtonMemorial Scholarship fund. In the last four years oraganizers have raised almost three hundred thousand dollars for tech medical students in need. Morgans father dan serves as vice dean of the school. Morgan herself was an intern the summer before she died and bonded closely with the staff. She actually helped us start the school. When we were all doing projects analysis and with us. Dr. Tracy criss who spearheads the basketball game every year says this year the event will include a silent auction of signed Sports Memorabilia and a raffle for a chance to win 10 thousand dollars with a half court shot. Criss says the docs for morgan basketball challenge is just a natural way to honor morgans work in the community and to recognize there is still good in the world. Good can overcome evil when everyone comes together for a good cause, and also in doing so were able to find meaning in loss. The game is at Patrick Henry high school on grandin road. Its starts a 7 pm and the game is free. And they will be awarding two scholarships to those Virginia Tech medical students at the game. In the studio, paris holmes, wfxr news. Ahead good day virginia doctors are trying an old method of pain relief to help cancer patients. Well share those details next. And the largest us drug home youre day virginia pressure will gradually build into the centralappalachians from the west today. Passing overhead friday intosaturday. Sunday. Low pressure moves across the southeast and off the coast. At this time this system will keep the main precipitation southeast of our area. Today. Mostly cloudy this morning. Then becoming partly sunny. Highs in the upper 40s. Northwest winds around 10 mph. Tonight. Mostly becoming partlycloudy. Cooler with lows in the upper 20s. Northwest winds 10 to15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph. Friday. Sunny. Highs in the lower 40s. Northwest winds 10 to15 mph with gusts up to 30 mph. Friday night. Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 20s. Northwestwinds around 10 mph in the evening. Becoming light and variable. Saturday. Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 40s. Light andvariable winds. Saturday night through sunday night. Partly cloudy. Lows in theupper 20s. Highs in the upper 40s. Monday. Partly sunny with a chance of snow. A chance of rain inthe afternoon. Highs in the mid 40s. Chance of precipitation40 percent. Monday night and tuesday. Mostly cloudy. A 40 percent chance ofsnow showers. Lows in the upper 20s. Highs in the lower 40s. Tuesday night. Mostly cloudy. A chance of snow showers in the evening. Lows in the lower 20s. Chance of snow 40 percent. Wednesday. Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 30s. Wind in health news this morning acupuncture has been practiced in china and other Asian Countries for thousands of years. Research has shown the practice can reduce nausea and vomiting after chemotherapy and it can also relieve pain. Now doctors are looking to see if it can help certain Breast Cancer patients. Carl azuz explains when titi ariyo was diagnosed with early stage Breast Cancer, her doctors put her on a treatment that caused her to have some serious side effects. I had joint pain, my knees and my ankles and my entire body just hurt. So her physicians recommended she take part in a trial study that looked at acupuncture as pain. She says it worked. I was sleeping better and also the pain reduced. Experts say more than 60 percent of women with early stage Breast Cancer suffer from hot flashes, joint and muscle pain and depression caused by their treatment. They thought if acupuncture could help these patients with some of their discomfort, it could eventually be used as therapy along with the medication. What they found was both patients who were treated with acupuncture and sham acupuncture, which involves retractable needles, that are not placed in acupuncture pressure points, said they felt some relief. Dr. Ting bao said, our trial definitely shows there are minimum side effects, and this can potentially help them have significant symptom improvement, both in musculoskeletal symptoms and also hot flashes. Dr. Bao theorizes that the pricks from both real and sham acupuncture needles may stimulate the body which can relieve pain and sham or not, acupuncture may be a reasonable alternative to health minute, im carl azuz. New this morning the countrys largest drug store chain is finding a new home inside one of the countrys largest Discount Retail stores. The first cvs pharmacy inside of a target will officially open in charlotte, North Carolina wednesday. Cvs agreed last june to pay 1 point9 billion to acquire the target pharmacy business. Now all one thousand 672 of targets pharmacies will be rebranded under cvs. Targets 79in store clinics will also be rebranded under the cvs Minute Clinic brand. Theres a very exclusive club getting ready to attend the big game on sunday1 `you could call this next group of guys, the ulitimate fans why, you ask . They watched every super bowl. In person. now theyre ready to check number 50 off their list heres mike shumann with more 76yearold Larry Jacobson was one of the first super bowl volunteers to check out his official uniform. Im ready to get to work right now. Larry is spending this week helping tourists find their way around San Francisco, but sunday hell be at levis stadium watching the game with a very exclusive club. How many original members of the never miss a super bowl . We had five, now were down to three. Jacobson started as a diehard San Francisco 49ers fan. Hes had season tickets for 63 years. Then, in 1967 he decided to take a date to los angeles to see the first super bowl. It was a 100 investment including tickets and airfare and rent a car and food, but she wasnt impressed with football and she wasnt impressed with me. Jacobson gave up on the woman, but not the game and he developed a special talent. As anybody who knows me knows, i dont know a thing about football, i know how to get tickets, so thats my thing. 50 years later jacobsons house is full of super bowl memorabilia. You have all the programs here . This is super bowl 16. Larry is one up on me. This is the First Official super bowl 50 ball handed to him straight off the press at the factory in ohio. Then, Larry Jacobson. Got your own name on a football. I dont even have my name on a football anywhere, larry. Larry first met the other men who had never missed a super bowl 16 years ago. Now, they get together and swap stories every year. This is number 50, this would be a good number to wrap it up, say hey im done. Well now, the nfl is treating us so well for for 100. Haha. Cool High Pressure will gradually build into the centralappalachians from the west today. Passing overhead friday intosaturday. Sunday. Low pressure moves across the southeast and off jason 8 00 now on our