[7Wx-Headline]
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Good morning, I'm Kimberly McBroom......
Look for increasing sunshine today with mild high temperatures around 80.
Meteorologist Leo Hirsbrunner has a peek ahead at the weekend forecast, coming up.
[7-11Tate]
[ANCHOR=Kim]
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[TAPE#=04-23 TC09:26]
[GRAPHIC=Murder Invest.]
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A man wanted for murder in Franklin County is now in custody.
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[VO-NAT]
Stanley Dion Tate surrendered to police in Danville about eight o-clock last night.
Authorities say Tate's lawyer called them earlier and said he would turn himself in.
[SUPER=03-Franklin Co./May 24]
Tate is wanted for the murder of a woman in Franklin County.
Charmane Tamika Davis was found shot to death last month inside a home on Water's Edge Road near Smith Mountain Lake.
Tate was her boyfriend and is the father of two of her three children.
Investigators believe she caught Tate at his home with another woman.
Franklin County officers were in Danville last night.
They hope to arraign Tate in Franklin County later today.
He also faces drug charges in Danville.
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[7-11C'burg-Robbery]
[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
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A Christiansburg couple is custody for stealing donations from a man in a wheelchair.
The robbery happened around 4-twenty last Saturday in the Wal-Mart parking lot.
Police say 26 year old Joshua Via took the money pail from a wheelchair bound man as he collected donations for the Disabled American Veterans. About 400 dollars was taken.
19 year old Krishna Via also faces charges.
Police say she hit a pedestrian as she drove a getaway car.
The pair was arrested Tuesday night.
[7-VOBI-73]
[ANCHOR=Kim]
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[TAPE#=04-13 TC 1:09:18]
[GRAPHIC=I-73]
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More people are trying to stop Interstate 73 in its tracks.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke Co.]
V-Dot held several public information meetings on I-73 this week.
The proposal originally went through Southeast Roanoke but now it will follow existing Route 220 through Clearbrook.
Although the new route will affect fewer homes, opponents say they'll continue to fight.
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[SOT 1:33:00]
[IN Q=After you've invested]
((ANN ROGERS/VIRGINIANS FOR APPROPRIATE ROADS: AFTER YOU'VE INVESTED SO MUCH TIME AND YOUR SPIRITUAL ENERGY IN THIS YOU REALLY CAN'T BACK DOWN AT THE LAST MINUTE.))
[SUPER=01-Ann Rogers/Virginians for Appropriate Roads;]
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[OUT Q=at the last minute]
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Opponents say the project would cost too much money, hurt the environment, and ruin what they believe is a historic religious community in Franklin County.
V-Dot says an environmental study and public input will address some of these concerns.
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[SOT 1:25:50]
[IN Q=We will collect]
((LAURA BULLOCK/V-DOT SPOKESPERSON: WE WILL COLLECT THE INFORMATION GATHERED FROM THE TWO NIGHTS OF MEETINGS AND WE WILL GIVE SOME NEW INFORMATION TO THE TRANSPORTATION BOARD MEMBERS LATER THIS SUMMER AND ASKED THEM TO MAKE A DECISION TO CHANGE THE I-73 CORRIDOR.))
[SUPER=01-Laura Bullock/Virginia Department of Transportation;]
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[OUT Q=I-73 CORRIDOR]
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[VO-NAT]
If that's granted, the proposal then goes to the federal government for final approval.
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[55-WXHeads]
[ANCHOR=Kim]
[NEWSCAST=Cut-ins]
[WRITER=kor]
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[GRAPHIC=Mornin' Report]
Good morning, I'm Kimberly McBroom......
Turning partly cloudy with with a few isolated showers possible.
Meteorologist Leo Hirsbrunner has the full forecast details, right after the news.
[55-11Riggs]
[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
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A Lynchburg teacher has been charged with aggravated sexual battery of a juvenile.
44-year-old Norman Edward Riggs was arrested last week and is being held without bond.
Police say the offenses took place late last year and early this year, but *not* on the grounds of Heritage High School where Riggs has been a graphic arts teacher for five years.
Officials say Rigg's has been suspened but is still under contract while they review the situation.
[55-11Cardinal-Glass]
[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
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Vinton will be getting 100 jobs when a new glass facility opens.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Vinton]
Construction began last month on the new Cardinal Glass plant.
The facility is 240-thousand square feet. It's been framed and crews are now working on the sprinkler system and roof.
The plant manager says the company plans to start operations in August and be fully-operational by October.
Cardinal Glass hopes to have 100-employees by the end of this year and increase that number to 200 next year.
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[55-11Edwards]
[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
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[TAPE#=04-12 TC1:19:21]
[GRAPHIC=John Edwards]
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A state senator has expressed his disatification with the Attorney General's office.
Senator John Edwards now says he's considering running for the position next year.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=04-December 2000;]
Edwards sought the Democratic nomination in 2001, but came in a close second among four candidates.
Democrats are gathering in Roanoke this weekend for their state convention, and Edwards will host a reception at the O. Winston Link Museum on Friday night.
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[IN Q=People over the last three years]
((SEN. JOHN EDWARDS/(D) ROANOKE; PEOPLE OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS HAVE URGED ME TO THINK ABOUT IT AGAIN, AND THEN THIS PAST SESSION, I THINK IT MADE IT QUITE CLEAR, THAT WE NEED TO MOVE FORWARD IN VIRGINIA. AND THERE ARE THESE FORCES THAT WANT US TO GO BACK TO THE PAST. AND DON'T BELIEVE IN INVESTING IN THE FUTURE.))
[SUPER=01-Sen. John Edwards/(D) Roanoke]
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[OUT Q=believe in investing in the future.]
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[VO-NAT]
Edwards says he won't make a final decision until the end of the year.
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[55-6-Youth-Smoking]
[ANCHOR=Kim]
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The number of kids taking a puff are going way down in the Commonwealth.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=@file;]
A recent survey found that the smoking rate among the state's high school students has dropped by 28 percent.
Smoking among middle school students decreased by 45 percent.
And the number of male students who chew tobacco or snuff dropped by almost fifty percent.
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[SOT 16:08:28]
[IN Q=WE WERE SURPRISED BY THE RESULTS]
((MARTY KILGORE/VIRGINIA TOBACCO SETTLEMENT FOUNDATION: WE WERE SURPRISED BY THE RESULTS. WE WERE HOPING TO SEE A DECREASE BUT I THINK WITH THE AGE, GENDER AND RACE WE SAW A COMPLETE DECREASE ALL ACROSS THE BOARD SO WE WERE VERY PLEASED.))
[SUPER=01-Marty Kilgore/Virginia Tobacco Settlement Foundation]
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[OUT Q=SO WERE VERY PLEASED.]
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[VO-NAT]
State officials say there is still a long way to go.
21-percent of Virginia's high school students and 6 percent of middle school students report that they regularly use tobacco.
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[8Wx-Headline]
[ANCHOR=Kim]
[NEWSCAST=Cut-ins]
[WRITER=kor]
[TAPE#=none]
[GRAPHIC=Mornin' Report]
Good morning, I'm Kimberly McBroom......
Look for a mixture of clouds and sunshine today with highs around 80.
Cooler temperatures are ahead for the weekend.
Metereologist Leo Hirsbrunner has the seven day outlook, coming up.
[8-11Vick-Case]
[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
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Attorneys in the case against three Virginia Tech football players are arguing over trial dates for their appeals.
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[VO-NAT]
Quarterback Marcus Vick, Wide Receiver Brenden Hill and tailback Mike Imoh were all convicted two weeks ago of contributing to the delinquency of minors.
[SUPER=03-Blacksburg/File Tape;]
The three football players are appealing their convictions and want three separate jury trials.
Brenden Hill's attorney Dennis Nagel claims prosecutor Joey Showalter is refusing to set a date and that Hill is being treated unfairly.
But, in a letter to the judge, given to us by Dennis Nagel, the prosecutor argues it's the defendants seeking special treatment to accomodate their schedules.
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[ANCHOR=Kim]
[SS=None]
Nagel has asked a judge to step in this Friday and end the disagreement.
[8-11UVA-Players]
[ANCHOR=Kim]
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[GRAPHIC=UVA]
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Three U-V-A football players have been acquitted of disorderly conduct and vandalism after a campus shooting.
The three players were arrested, just hours after another teammate was shot outside a dorm.
Upset that a teamate had been wounded,
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[VO-NAT]
police said quarterback Marques Hagans and Brandon Lee refused to leave the crime scene.
A third player, defensive back Kenneth Tynes allegedly threw a chair through a dorm window near the shooting scene.
[SUPER=03-Charlottesville/Last Season;]
An Albemarle County judge acquitted Hagans and Lee of the misdemeanor charges on Tuesday.
Tynes was acquitted of a vandalism charge last month.
A grand jury will decide Monday whether to indict Virginia student Aaron Joshua Robinson for starting the whole chain of events... when police say he shot Jamaine Winborne in the leg.
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[8-11Holcomb]
[ANCHOR=Kim]
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[GRAPHIC=Roger Holcomb]
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A former Giles County Pastor convicted of molesting a child got a victory in the courtroom.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Giles Co.;]
A judge ruled yesterday that 53 year old Roger Holcomb will not have to undergo a new type of test used to evaluate convicted sex offenders.
Holcomb WAS to be shown pornographic images while hooked up to a machine that measures his arousal.
The judge also ruled Holcomb's attorney must be present for a lie detector test, but the results of that test can not be used in determining Holcomb's sentence.
The jury recommended a 10 and a half year sentence.
Holcomb won't be formally sentenced until sometime later this summer.
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[8-11School-Fight]
[ANCHOR=Kim]
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[WRITER=ssm]
[TAPE#=04-]
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A school fight at a Lynchburg school leads to four arrests.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Lynchburg]
About a dozen officers responded to the Middle School Learning Center on Hollins Mill Road around noon yesterday.
The school resource officer there had broken up a fight between two students.. a few minutes later, a parent and sibling of one of the students arrived and began fighting too.
The Center is an alternative program for students who've had problems in the regular school system.
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