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The Governor sums up the state of the Commonwealth, announcing plans for a new manufacturing facility in our part of V
irginia.
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And Radford suddenly finds itself without a police chief after Wesley Terry was fired.
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The Roanoke Valley is again using sports to pump up the area's economy.
The Hokies are on the road tonight at WVU,
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and the Hendricks drivers shake things up at Daytona.
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A wind advisory will mean gusts in excess of 40mph overnight. The western mountains and the Greenbrier will also see snow showers.
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State lawmakers head back to work.
[ANCHOR=Shannon 2-Shot]
As do workers in Henry County, as the area lands a new employer.
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Good evening, I'm Shannon Young.
[ANCHOR=Keith 2-Shot]
And I'm Keith Humphry.
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To tax or not to tax.
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That is the question facing state legislators as they returned to work today in Richmond.
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Meghan Muldoon is at the State Capitol with more on the opening day of the General Session.
Keith and Shannon, it is one day down, 59 more to go for lawmakers here in Richmond
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The big thing on everyone's mind here is money and how the state's going to get it.
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The governor is addressing lawmakers tonight.
He will also be announcing some very good news for Henry County -- more than 745 new jobs are coming to the area. Master Brands Cabinets is setting up a new manufacturing facility.
The day also brought a changing of the guard. three new Roanoke Valley lawmakers took their seats in the General Assembly.
Joe Dashiell caught up with them.
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((ROLLCUE:...personal accomplishment held sway over partisan rhetoric.))
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A lot of people will be watching what the Governor says very closely.
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Dr. Tom Morris is here tonight to help us put it in perspective.
He's the President of Emory and Henry College, an expert in Virginia politics.
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Dr. Morris what will you be looking for in Governor Warner's speech?
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(Shannon thanks)
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the governor's State of the Commonwealth Address, live from Richmond. Our coverage begins tonight beginning at seven.
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In other news, a three-judge panel has overturned a disputed election in Bedford County.
A registrar's mistake led to 56 people voting in the wrong district on November 4th.
After Supervisor Tony Ware lost by 12 votes and School Board candidate Carolyn Dixon lost by just 8 votes, they challenged the election results.
Late today, the judges agreed that the mistake probably had an impact on the outcome of the election.
They ordered a new election, which will be held in November.
Both boards have 45 days to appoint someone to fill the vacancies until then.
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A retired Roanoke woman is killed, and police look for clues close to home. That story is still ahead.
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And Radford police get the word .. their chief is out .. and the search is on for his successor.
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A search is underway to find a new chief of police in Radford.
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Former Chief Wesley Terry was fired yesterday afternoon by the city.
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The entire department was informed this morning in a mandatory meeting.
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New River Valley Bureau Chief Rachel DePompa was there. Rachel, why was the chief was fired?
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No one is saying Shannon. City Manager Tony Cox says it's a personnel issue. But the news was certainly no surprise. The Terry Administration's had some troubles since October.
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After 33-years of police service and nearly 3-years as chief in Radford 59-year old Wesley Terry is out of a job.
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((TONY COX:YESTERDAY CHIEF TERRY WAS TERMINATED FROM HIS POSITION AS CHIEF OF POLICE. HE NOTIFIED YESTERDAY AFTERNOON. IT WAS EFFECTIVE YESTERDAY. BEING A PERSONNEL MATTER THAT'S ABOUT ALL I CAN SAY.))
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Terry was already suspended from the force in October because of several misdemeanor charges handed down by a special grand jury- claiming he illegally searched a home in Radford.
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Terry also says he can not comment, but he did release a brief statement today. "I remain confident that the criminal justice system will deal appropriately with these misdemeanor indictments. I regret that the city did not await the outcome of the criminal justice process prior to addressing my employment status."
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The entire department was informed of Chief Terry's firing this morning in a 45-minute meeting.
Many left the meeting wondering what the future holds for the Radford P-D. There are already pending lawsuits, including one filed by 22 Radford officers over their pay.))
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Commander Gary Harmon will continue on as acting chief until a replacement is named.
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Shannon, the search is expected to last two to three months.
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The death of a retired Roanoke woman Monday has now been classified as a homicide.
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When seventy-seven year old Teresa Rogers was found dead at her home Monday morning, it looked like she'd fallen and hit her head.
An autopsy and a preliminary investigation revealed "suspicious circumstances."
Police have obtained a search warrant for her home as well as the big house where her son, Christopher lived on the same property.
He's a part-time school teacher. Her younger son, Jonathan, is a lawyer. When I asked Jonathan Rogers whether Christopher could be a suspect in his mother's murder, he said, "I don't want to believe that."
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A convicted sex offender whose case resulted in changes to state laws has apparently been murdered in prison.
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Last night, an employee at Sussex One State Prison found 64 year old Richard Ausley strangled in the prison cell he shared with another inmate.
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In 1973, Ausley kidnapped and repeatedly molested Paul Martin Andrews, who was 13 at the time.
Ausley was scheduled to be released from prison last year, but his victim and the state fought successfully to keep him behind bars.
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The state medical examiner's office will conduct an autopsy.
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[Stocks]
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Tech stocks and blue chips led a strong advance today on Wall Street.
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The Dow climbed 111 points. Nasdaq rose almost 15.
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Fire forced residents out of 12-33 Centre Avenue this morning.
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The first alarm came before eight A-M. It quickly went to a second alarm with word that someone was trapped inside.
Investigators are still looking for the cause, but one resident thought he knew where it started.
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((WE HEARD SOMEBODY MESSING WITH THE WOOD STOVE, A BIG WHOOSH. WE HEARD SOMETHING THAT SOUNDED LIKE SPARKLES, AND THEN WE HEARD A COUPLE OF WINDOWS POP.))
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Everyone got out okay, except for two of the dogs.
Fire and police detectives are investigating.
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A weekend crime is testing the faith of one local church.
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Members of the Mount Moriah Baptist Church on East Orange Avenue came in Monday to find the place "ransacked."
Vandals shattered windows, overturned pulpits and generally made a mess.
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((kern@18:39:50:00: IT'S GOT A LONG TRADITION AMONG THE BLACK COMMUNITY IN THE VALLEY, BUT IT NEEDS A LOT OF LOVE AND CARE. IT'S SORT OF A SPIRTUAL FAMILY THAT IS THERE AND WE HOPE TO SUSTAIN THAT.))
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Mount Moriah is nearly 150-years old and on the historic registry.
If you have any information on the crime, you're asked to call Roanoke City Police.
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Coming up tonight on the Big 7 - the city of champions is ready to crown even more in the coming months.
Gordon and Johnson get hot at Daytona,
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and the Tech men's team hits the road tonight for a Big East battle in Morgantown - where no couch is safe.
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Seth Greenberg's Hokies travel to West Virginia Wednesday night to square off with the Mountaineers. Like Greenberg, WVU Head Coach John Beilein is a native New Yorker. Just make sure you get the region right.
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Greenberg's youngsters know they'll have to compete for 40 minutes to be competitive in Morgantown.
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The Mountaineers will be without guard Drew Schifino, the team's leading scorer tonight. He was dismissed from the team on Monday for a violation of team rules.
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The Tech women are back home tonight trying to right what at one point was a top 20 ship.
Bonnie Henrickson's team has lost two straight in the Big East and tonight hosts Villanova. Game time is 7pm.
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Also, tonight the Radford University men are home taking on Liberty at the Dedmon Center. We'll have highlights of both game for you on News 7 at 11.
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Five national sporting events will be coming to the Valley in the next 18 months.
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Among the sports attractions this June, a visit from the U.S Olympic Softball team that spent a few days in the valley back in 2001.
The Salem Civic Center hosted a news conference today to promote the ASA 18 and under youth fast pitch softball tournament that arrives in June. In 2005 the valley will host the national championships in AAU girls 14 and under basketball, AAU 15 and under baseball and ASA slow pitch softball.
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Preseason testing rolled on at Daytona today and DEI got some competition in the form of Hendrick Motorsports.
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This morning Jimmie Johnson and Jeff Gordon both flexed some muscle topping the 187.3 mile an hour mark at the World Center of Racing. Ricky Rudd was third fastest in the session.
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[Maple-Leaf]
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More than a dozen new employees at Maple Leaf Bakery are learning the bread business.
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When the Roanoke plant announced on television last week that it needed to fill as many as 40-positions, the response was overwhelming.
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After accepting more than eight hundred resumes Schlotzer says she's filled about half the positions.
Some of those new employees are already on the job.
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((SUSAN McCASLIN/NEW EMPLOYEE, MAPLE LEAF BAKERY: THEY STARTED ME OUT MAKING BOXES, PACKING, NOW THEY'RE TRAINING ME SO I CAN RUN MACHINES HERE.))
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Maple Leaf plans to have the rest of the jobs filled by the end of the week.
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