[1-News-Head]
[TALENT=Keith]
A domestic murder trial has erie similarities to a homicide in the same family two decades ago.
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[V/O-NAT]
And a section of Lee Highway doubles as an emergency landing strip in Rockbridge County.
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[WX-Head]
[TALENT=Patrick]
[SS=None]
Evening storms will continue, and it looks like the wet weather will persist through the middle of the week, stay tuned for details...
[Video-Open]
[ANCHOR=Keith]
[NEWSCAST=6]
[WRITER=ejo]
[TAPE#=Video Open]
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[VO-NAT]
A murder on Bad Luck Lane in Botetourt County.
A man kills his brother -- 22 years after that brother killed their father.
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[ANCHOR=Keith]
[GRAPHIC=News7at6]
Good evening, I'm Keith Humphry.
[Broughman]
[ANCHOR=Keith]
[NEWSCAST=6]
[WRITER=tte]
[TAPE#=00-15 TC1:09:54]
[GRAPHIC=Legal Scales]
The similarities between the two crimes are remarkable.
[Double Boxes=Keith and Tina/Newsroom]
The trial started today and Tina Tenret fills us in from our newsroom.
[Live=Tina Full/Newsroom]
[SUPER=@Tina1;]
By all accounts, the dead man -- Rocky Broughman -- was dangerous.
He lived in a house loaded with weapons and vodka, and he killed his father 22 years ago.
But now a jury must decide -- did Rocky give his brother Roger a reason to shoot him?
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[SOT]
[IN Q=Roger Broughman]
[SUPER=03-Botetourt Co.; :00]
[SUPER=04-January 29; :10]
[RUNS=:54]
[OUT Q=in this same house]
(( Roger Broughman rolled up to Rocky's house that snowy night last January but never got out of his truck.
He says he wanted to discuss the family home and make peace with his brother after two years of silence.
He laid on the horn until Rocky came out, then Roger shot him six times.
He says he killed Rocky out of self-defense -- but on a 9-1-1 call he changes that story several times.
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[SOT 15:44:18]
[IN Q=He walked up]
((HE WALKED UP WITH A GUN IN HIS HAND. HE WAS REACHING FOR A GUN AND PULLED IT, I DON'T KNOW MAN, HE WAS JUST, I DON'T KNOW, HE, HE WAS TRYING TO KILL ME. OKAY, THIS IS A MATTER IS THAT ROCKY HAD A GUN. I THINK HE HAD ONE. I'M SURE HE HAD ONE. HE WAS REACHING FOR SOMETHING. HE WAS REACHING FOR HIS BACK POCKET.))
[RUNS:21]
[OUT Q=back pocket]
Sure enough, Rocky did have a gun in his back pocket -- the same place their father had toted his gun when Rocky killed him in 1978 -- in this same house.))
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[Live=Tina Full/Newsroom]
Then, Roger Broughman -- now the defendant -- was just 15.
He ran out of the house when he saw Rocky and his father fighting.
But as Roger ran, Rocky shot and wounded him.
[Double Boxes=Keith and Tina/Newsroom]
This winter, they reversed roles -- with fatal consequences.
[Pitts-Murder]
[ANCHOR=Keith]
[NEWSCAST=6pm]
[WRITER=sch]
[TAPE#=00-14 TC1:35:10]
[GRAPHIC=Murder Invest.]
Pittsylvania County authorities are investigating the murder of a prominent figure in the tobacco business.
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[VO-NAT]
44 year old David Whitehead Hutcherson is charged with killing his 60 year old uncle, John Whitehead Motley.
The victim is well- known in the tobacco industry in Danville and Pittsylvania County.
[SUPER=03-Danville;]
He was the co-owner of Motley's Warehouse in Danville.
[SUPER=03-Pittsylvania Co.;]
Authorities found Motley on his property yesterday afternoon, shot in the chest.
Hutcherson appeared in court this morning for his arraignment.
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[SOT 5:28:10]
[IN Q=Even though]
((MAJOR GARY GOODSON/PITTSYLVANIA COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPT.; EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE SOMEONE UNDER ARREST WE HAVE A LOT OF LEG WORK TO DO. THIS IS STILL UNDER A VIGOROUS INVESTIGATION AND WILL BE UNTIL THE CASE IS PRESENTED IN COURT.))
[SUPER=01-Maj. Gary Goodson/Pittsylvania Co. Sheriff's Dept.; :00]
[RUNS=:14]
[OUT Q=presented in court.]
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[VO-NAT]
Investigators are still trying to determine a motive for the shooting.
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[Wolfe]
[ANCHOR=Keith]
[NEWSCAST=6]
[WRITER=mjo]
[TAPE#=00-17 TC58:42]
[GRAPHIC=Legal Scales]
A Wytheville man who plead guilty to beating another man to death will spend 40 years in prison.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Wytheville/April;]
23-year-old Jason Wolfe was arrested in August for the first-degree murder of 24-year-old Michael Alderman.
Police say Wolfe caught Alderman in bed with his then girlfriend and killed him with several blows to the head.
In court today, he told the judge that, despite the murder, his marriage is the best it's ever been.
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[Danville-Drug]
[ANCHOR=Keith]
[NEWSCAST=6pm]
[WRITER=sch]
[TAPE#=00-18 TC1:04:05]
[GRAPHIC=Drup Bust]
A five month undercover investigation has led to Danville's biggest drug bust so far this year.
Police officers arrrested nearly 20 suspects this morning.
[Double Boxes=Keith and Surae/Danville Bureau]
Surae Chinn is in our Danville Newsroom with more.
[Live=Surae Full/Danville Bureau]
[SUPER=@Surae1;]
[SUPER=05-Danville;]
Keith, a team of undercover officers with the Danville Police Department went on a mission to catch drug dealers on the streets of Danville.
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[VO-NAT]
[***SURAE'S MIKE HOT***]
[SUPER=03-Danville]
A total of 19 people have been arrested so far for possession and distribution of cocaine and marijuana and also imitation crack cocaine.
At a press conference today, Chief Neal Morris says the alleged drug dealers sold narcotics to undercover officers during the five month investigaiton.
A total of 40 people have been charged with drug violations. By catching half of those violators, officers say they are sending a strong message.
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[SOt 5:43:08]
[IN Q=We're hoping]
((NEAL MORRIS/DANVILLE POLICE DEPT. : WE'RE HOPING THAT PEOPLE WHO ARE DEALING IN DRUGS REALIZE WE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO MAKE ARRESTS. THEY EVENTUALLY WILL GET CAUGHT.))
[SUPER=01-Neal Morris/Danville Police Chief;]
[RUNS=:17]
[OUT Q=will get caught.]
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[Live=Surae Full/Danville Bureau]
[SUPER=05-Danville;]
Police say most of the suspects are street-dealers.
The investigation is continuing
[Double Boxes=Surae and Keith/Danville Bureau]
and more arrests are expected.
[DMV-Laws]
[ANCHOR=Keith]
[NEWSCAST=6pm]
[WRITER=equ]
[TAPE#=00-11 TC1:53:55]
[GRAPHIC=None]
Most of the hard winter work of the Virginia General Assembly takes effect at the height of summer.
And the laws that may affect you first are the rules of the road.
Ellen Qualls reports.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=July first]
[SUPER=@Ellen2; :13 ]
[RUNS=:54]
[OUT Q=Qualls, News 7, Richmond.]
(( July first, this will be illegal.
After years of debate, two vetoes from George Allen, and some accident horror stories, kids under age 16 are NO longer allowed in the beds of pickup trucks.
Adults learning to drive can only take the license test three times in three months... and must either go to driving school or hold a learners permit for 30 days.
First time drunk drivers with blood alcohol levels of point-2-0 or higher will spend at least five days in jail... mandatory.
After all, that's more than twice the legal limit.
For subsequent D-U-I convictions, the penalties are also increased.
Voter registrars are now allowed to set up in D-M-V offices to get you to fill out absentee ballots.
And finally, don't get too cute with your license plate.
Holders, covers, and tow hitches must NOT obscure the readability of your license plate.
It's the law July first.
Ellen Qualls, News 7, Richmond.))
[Tease#1]
[ANCHOR=Keith]
[SS=NONE]
Homeless kids now have a home in the Wilderness of West Virginia.
We'll explain later on News 7 at Six.
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[VO-NAT]
And a Rockbridge County roadway becomes a landing strip when a small plane runs into trouble.
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[Plane-landing]
[ANCHOR=Keith]
[NEWSCAST=6]
[WRITER=khu]
[TAPE#=00-12 TC1:24:42]
[GRAPHIC=None]
Motorists on Route 11 had to make room for a small plane.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Rockbridge Co.]
Steve Settle used Lee Highway as an emergency landing strip.
Nobody was hurt. The experimental aircraft wasn't damaged.
But Settle refused to talk about it on camera.
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[SOT 10:47:25]
[IN Q=It's not a]
((IT'S NOT A PUBLIC EVENT. THERE'S NO CRASH, NO INJURY, NO NOTHING. SO, BYE. HA HA.))
[SUPER=01-Steve Settle/Pilot]
[RUNS=06]
[OUT Q=bye, ha ha.]
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[* * * Keith on ENG * * *]
Photographer Sara Robinson took these pictures.
Settle told police that he had taken off this morning from the Gordonsville Airport- -on the other side of Charlottesville- - headed for Tazewell County.
He told me the engine developed "vapor lock." Settle considered landing on Interstate 81, but opted for Route 11- -right in front of the Lexington-area State Police office.
He came to rest on Fancy Hill Farm, to Pat Magner's amazement.
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[SOT 10:55:30]
[IN Q=Because we get]
(('CAUSE WE GET A LOT OF TRAFFIC ON 11, AND HE'S VERY LUCKY THAT HE COULD GET THAT PLANE DOWN THERE.))
[SUPER=01-Pat Magner/Fancy Hill Farmer]
[RUNS=07]
[OUT Q=plane down there.]
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[VO-NAT]
Settle wanted State Police to stop traffic on 11 long enough for him to take off again, but they wouldn't.
He had to take the plane apart to get it back to Charlottesville.
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[Allen]
[ANCHOR=Keith]
[NEWSCAST=6pm]
[WRITER=tha]
[TAPE#=00-16 TC1:19:20]
[GRAPHIC=George Allen]
George Allen spent his lunch hour preparing for the November election.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=203-Roanoke;]
The U-S Senate candidate was in downtown Roanoke this afternoon campaigning for votes.
Allen, who's challenging Chuck Robb, says meeting voters face to face is the best way to get his message out.
Allen says he'll work to lower the tax burden on families, reduce violent crime and improve education.
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[SOT 00:55:56]
[IN Q=Also I want]
((GEORGE ALLEN: ALSO, I WANT TO EMPOWER PARENTS WITH A ONE THOUSAND DOLLAR PER CHILD EDUCATION OPPORTUNITY TAX CREDIT WHICH WOULD ALLOW PARENTS TO HAVE MORE MONEY TO PURCHASE A COMPUTER FOR THEIR CHILD OR EDUCATIONAL SOFTWARE OR MAYBE TUTORING HELP FOR A KID WHO WOULD NEED HELP IN MATHEMATICS.))
[SUPER=201-George Allen/(R) U. S. Senate Candidate;]
[RUNS=18]
[OUT Q=in mathematics.]
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[VO-NAT]
Allen says most of the voters he meets are interested in bringing more jobs to the area they live in.
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[Holland-Seat]
[ANCHOR=Keith]
[NEWSCAST=6pm]
[WRITER=equ]
[TAPE#=None]
[GRAPHIC=None]
The date is finally set for a special election in the 15th senatorial district.
Governor Jim Gilmore's set the election to fill the seat of the late Richard Holland for November 7th.
That's the day Virginians pick a President, a U-S Senator, and a congressional representative anyway.
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[TAKE MAP FULL]
The 15th district includes Charlotte County and Appamattox on its western edge.
A host of candidates have already announced.
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[Stocks]
[ANCHOR=Keith]
[NEWSCAST=6]
[WRITER=]
[TAPE#=None]
[GRAPHIC=NONE]
A down day on Wall Street, as the Federal Reserve Board met to consider raising interest rates.
[TAKE DOW, NASDAQ & BLOOMBERG PAGE ]
[RUNS=:30]
[SUPER=x5102;]
[SUPER=430-y/38.53/10504.46/y/53.16/3858.96/y/0.55/110.31;]
The DOW lost 39-points, NASDAQ dropped 53.
The Bloomberg News 7 Index fell about half a point.
[SUPER=431-i1$/31/hb/33@/i*/47/i1d/53c/h1%/22%;]
[SUPER=432-ia/2f/ig/43r/id/27/he/36d/ir/49e;]
[SUPER=433-ir/30@/ha/20%/i!/15%/i2b/28c/hf/27r;]
[SUPER=434-hc/12e/ha/49f/hc/51%/h&/57d/h3!/56&;]
[Scottie's-Place]
[ANCHOR=Keith]
[NEWSCAST=6]
[WRITER=mjo]
[TAPE#=00-13 TC1:18:10]
[GRAPHIC=None]
Homeless children in the area now have a camp just for them...
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Monroe Co., WV;]
Paul Winter and Jo-El Wadsworth have turned their 315-acre farm in Monroe County, West Virginia, into a wilderness retreat for homeless kids.
The camp, called Scottie's Place, opened this summer.
It invites children from the inner-city to spend two weeks on the family farm.
The kids learn survival skills and help care for animals.
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[BUMP SOTS]
[IN Q=We wanted to show them]
[SOT 2:50 - 3:08]
((JO-EL WADSWORTH/SCOTTIE'S PLACE: WE WANTED TO SHOW THEM SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT THAN THEY'D EVER BEEN EXPOSED TO BEFORE, SO WE THOUGHT WILDERNESS ADVENTURE AND WILDERNESS EXPERIENCE WAS A GOOD WAY TO TAKE KIDS OUT OF THEIR SITUATION AND GIVE THEM A WHOLE DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE ON THINGS.))
[SOT 30:36 - :44]
((SHANNON STEVENSON/CAMPER:
I WENT TO CAMP AND I GOT TO MEET ALL THESE COOL PEOPLE AND HANG OUT WITH THE ANIMALS AND STUFF, AND LEARN HOW TO PLAY THE PIANO.))
[SUPER=01-Jo-El Wadsworth/Scottie's Place;]
[SUPER=01-Shannon Stevenson/Camper;]
[RUNS=:26]
[OUT Q=play the piano.]
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[VO-NAT]
Shannon Stevenson and his brother, Daniel, are from Roanoke.
They were two of the first campers at the retreat.
In two weeks, they say they became like part of the family.
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[TAKE WEBWATCH ADDRESS FULL]
To learn more about Scottie's Place, you can check out the Webwatch section of our homepage at wdbj7.com.
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[Sports Tease]
[ANCHOR=Mike]
[NEWSCAST=6pm]
[WRITER=mst]
[TAPE#=]
[GRAPHIC=]
Coming up tonight on News 7 sports, a story telling poet drops in on the George Lynch basketball camp.
The Nets get a new coach on the draft's eve.
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[VO-NAT]
And Roy Stanley takes a shot at mastering the art of shooting clays at the Homestead with a real pro.
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[S-VMI]
[ANCHOR=Mike]
[NEWSCAST=6pm]
[WRITER=mst]
[TAPE#=]
[GRAPHIC=CAA]
The Colonial Athletic Association continues to court the VMI Keydets and it appears that the school will eventually end up joining the CAA.
The holdup appears to be that the conference wants to announce all of its new additions at the same time, and one of the schools it covets - Delaware - has yet to commit.
The CAA loses Richmond, East Carolina and American after next year.
VMI has been a member of the Southern conference for 75 years.
[S-Lynch]
[ANCHOR=Mike]
[NEWSCAST=6pm]
[WRITER=mst]
[TAPE#=SP-65 11157TC]
[GRAPHIC=LYNCH]
Day number two of George Lynch's youth basketball camp featured a man spinning tales instead of basketballs.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke; :00]
As part of George's ongoing effort to teach the campers life skills and help them build character, stort teller "Grandaddy Junebug" dropped by to entertain the kids with his unique method of reciting stories in poetry form - with the help of the audience.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=first time...]
[SUPER=01-Mitch Capel/"Grandaddy Junebug"; :00]
[SUPER=01-George Lynch/76ers Forward; :22]
[RUNS=:47]
[OUT Q=DO WHAT I DO."]
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[VO-NAT con't]
Capel knows all about basketball. His brother Jeff Capel is the head coach at ODU, and his nephew Jason currently plays for North Carolina.
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[S-Scott]
[ANCHOR=Mike]
[NEWSCAST=6pm]
[WRITER=mst]
[TAPE#=SP-63 10815tc]
[GRAPHIC=NBA]
The New Jersey Nets have the first pick in the NBA draft tomorrow night.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-E. Rutherford, NJ; :00]
Today the team hired a new head coach.
Byron Scott, the former Lakers' guard who helped Los Angeles win three world titles inherits a team that won just 31 games last season.
Scott is 39 years old.
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[S-Shooting]
[ANCHOR=Mike]
[NEWSCAST=6pm]
[WRITER=rst]
[TAPE#=SP-70 (37:00)]
[GRAPHIC=News 7Sports Logo]
The Nets may be taking a shot in the dark with Scott, but how would you like to take a shot with Roy Stanley at the controls
Homestead resort shooting pro David Judah recently did just that.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=]
[SUPER=03-Hot Springs; :00]
[SUPER=01-David Judah/Homestead Shooting Pro; :20]
[SUPER=@Roy1; 1:26]
[RUNS=1:54]
[OUT Q=....news 7 sports."]
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[NAT SOT]
[RUNS=]
[OUT Q=.....]
((When it comes to shooting clays, Judah is known as the best instructor on the East Coast.
And Judah is quick to point out that sporting clays is not the same thing as shooting skeet.))
((DAVID JUDAH/HOMESTEAD SHOOTING PRO))
((Since 1985 clay shooting has become one of the fastest growing sports in the United States.
Judah has been the head pro at the Homestead since 1991 in that time he's coached one athlete that's one a national title.
While we all have some athletic ability, Judah says anyone can shoot clays and shoot them well.))
((JUDAH))
((ROY STANLEY))
((JUDAH))
((The shotgunners and golfers will compete at the Homesteads world renowned course August 24-th through the 27-th.
Roy Stanley News 7 sports.))
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[S-Brophy]
[ANCHOR=Mike]
[NEWSCAST=6pm]
[WRITER=mst]
[TAPE#=]
[GRAPHIC=brophy]
Hampton Roads hockey coach John Brophy is in critical but stable condition tonight.
Brophy was involved a serious automobile accident early Sunday morning in Nova Scotia, Canada.
Today investigators said it appears that Brophy fell asleep at the wheel.
They do not believe alcohol had anything to do with the crash, but police say Brophy was not wearing his seat belt.
[S-Tennis]
[ANCHOR=Mike]
[NEWSCAST=6pm]
[WRITER=mst]
[TAPE#=SP-66]
[GRAPHIC=WIMBLEDON]
Day two of Wimbledon and already one of the men's favorites is out.
Australia's Lleyton Hewitt, the seventh seed was knocked out by American Jan Michael Campbell in straight sets.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Wimbledon, England/TNT; :00]
Second seeded Andre Agassi also lost his first set today, but rallied to beat fellow American Taylor Dent.
Agassi won the match after Dent retired in the fourth set with an injury.
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[TALENT=MIKE]
[GRAPHIC=WIMBLEDON]
Defending champ Lindsey Davenport won on the women's side along with Mary Pierce and Monica Seles.
[Promo]
[ANCHOR=Keith]
[NEWSCAST=6pm]
[WRITER=jmi]
[TAPE#=]
[GRAPHIC=None]
The fate of a new church complex will be decided tonight by the Roanoke County Board of Supervisors
[Double Boxes=Keith and Jean/Newsroom]
Jean Jadhon has a preview of the story for us-
[Live=Jean full/Newsroom]
[SUPER=@Jean1;]
It is the Evangel Foursquare church- The Roanoke County Planning commission has already approved the church's plan to build a new complex at the intersection of Franklin and Indian Grave Roads.
Tonight, county supervisors have the final say.
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[VO-NAT]
A special use permit is needed for the proposed 43-thousand square foot church and day-care center.
Church leaders have agreed to help pay for road improvements but residents who live near the site are concerned that the roads will not be able to handle the extra traffic.
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[LIVE=Jean full/Newsroom]
The meeting starts at 7.
[DOUBLE BOXES=Keith and Jean/Newsroom]
Keith we'll have the board's decision tonight on News 7 at 11.
by SS