Dozens gathered on Thursday to applaud the work that’s been done on the old Days Inn, now the apartment complex “The Heights at Gateway Park.”

They said the motel makeover could be complete by the end of the month, and they’re already offering leases.

With the Days Inn on Orange Avenue closing soon, there is a concern for some people experiencing homelessness who stayed there because of the affordable prices.

The owner of the Days Inn off of Orange Avenue revealed their reasons for closing the building

The Days Inn by Wyndham on Orange Avenue will be closing sometime during the week of Sept. 19.

The Indiana State Police say they used genealogical data and crime scene evidence to link an Iowa man who died in 2013 to the killings of three female motel clerks and sexual assault of a fourth in Indiana and Kentucky from 1987 through 1990.

Police say no one was hurt.

ROANOKE, Va. – The Saturday night fire that forced dozens to evacuated is being investigated as arson, according to Roanoke Fire-EMS. Officials say the fire caused about $100,000 worth of damage to the Days Inn on Orange Avenue NE. ORIGINAL STORYDozens of people were evacuated after a fire at a Roanoke hotel Saturday night. At 11:41 p.m., authorities said Roanoke Fire-EMS was dispatched to the 600 block of Orange Ave NE for a fire at a Days Inn. According to firefighters, crews arrived to find smoke coming from the three-story building and had to go door-to-door to make sure everyone escaped.