News 7 Morning Cut-Ins
04/11/07
ANCHOR ON CAM ANCHOR ON CAM
GRAPHIC=Morning Report Good Morning, I'm Kimberly
McBroom.
Clouds and periods of rain
today, with highs not warming up too
much-- staying in the upper 40s.
Meteorologist Leo Hirsbrunner
has the full forecast, after the news.
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GRAPHIC=Cobler, Charles The man suspected in the murder
of an area minister will be arraigned
this morning.
ENG#=1 VO-NAT
VO-NAT
*CG locator Franklin Co.
Charles Cobler arrived back in
Virginia last night from Ohio where
investigators say he fled last week.
Cobler is suspected of killing
Snow Creek Pastor Nancy Copin although
they're still not disclosing a motive.
*CG locator Henry Co. One of the last places Cobler was seen
before leaving town is this corner gas
station.
Yesterday, the clerks who helped
him that day told News 7 he was a
little out of character.
ENG#=2 SOT FULL
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INQ=HE WAS IN A HURRY.
*CG 2line Jean Emerson
Store Clerk
:00
*CG 2line Diane Nutter
Store Clerk 04:24:09 "HE WAS IN A HURRY, VERY
:09 BIG HURRY. MATTER FACT WHEN HE CAME
THROUGH THE DOOR HE TOLD ME HE WAS
RUNNING LATE AND WAS IN A HURRY" 15
(6)
04:25:58 "HE JUST SEEMED VERY NERVOUS.
I DON'T KNOW I WOULDN'T WANT TO SAY
THAT HE'D JUST LEFT THERE." 04 (6)
RUNS=15 (END SOT)
OQ=JUST LEFT THERE...
VO-NAT VO-NAT
Cobler will remain in jail with
out bond.
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GRAPHIC=UTIN, JONATHAN There are new charges being
brought against a retired Blacksburg
teacher.
ENG#=3 VO-NAT
VO-NAT
*CG locator Hamilton, OH
65 year old Jonathan Utin was
indicted by a Montgomery County grand
jury on 10 counts of statutory rape of
a 12 year old girl.
Utin taught math and science for
35 years at Blacksburg Middle School
before retiring.
The indictment alleges that the
abuse happened between June 1st 1970
and March 31st 1971.
The victim would now be 48 years
old.
Utin pleaded guilty last month in
Ohio to raping another 12 year old
girl.
He will be sentenced next week.
Commonwealth's Attorney Brad
Finch says he will bring Utin back to
Virginia as soon as possible.
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GRAPHIC=NONE As tax rates go down in
Lynchburg, residents may end up paying
MORE.
ENG#=4 VO-NAT
VO-NAT
*CG locator Lynchburg
Real estate assessments went up
sharply this year, so the city would
have to reduce its tax rate from a
dollar-eleven to 94 cents to remain
revenue neutral.
But the city's budget recommends 12
million dollars in new spending ...
money some say will be well-spent.
ENG#=1 SOT FULL
SOT FULL
INQ=We want to
*cg 2LINE Michael Gillette 16:26:52
Lynchburg City Council MICHAEL GILLETTE/LYNCHBURG COUNCIL
MEMBER: WE WANT TO KEEP THE CITY A
QUALITY PLACE TO LIVE, WE WANT A
FIVE-MINUTE RESPONSE TIME, WE WANT GOOD
POLICE, WE WANT GOOD FIRE, WE WANT GOOD
SCHOOLS, WE'VE GOT MAJOR CAPITAL
IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS COMING DOWN THE
PIKE.
RUNS=09 (END SOT)
OQ=down the pike.
VO-NAT VO-NAT
Council voted on a tentative tax
rate of $1.05 during yesterday's work
session.
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GOODBYE!
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*CG standup Kimberly McBroom
kmcbroom@wdbj7.com
ANCHOR ON CAM ANCHOR ON CAM
GRAPHIC=Morning Report Good Morning, I'm Kimberly
McBroom.
Bring along the umbrella with
periods of rain likely today.
Meteorologist Leo Hirsbrunner
has the complete Skytracker 7 forecast,
after the news.
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GRAPHIC=VA Lottery North Carolina's year old lottery has
caused some bad luck for Virginia's
Lottery.
ENG#=1 VO NAT
VO NAT
*CG file File Tape
Overall, lottery sales in Virginia
are down nearly five percent, that
equates to about a little over 68
million dollars.
The state says that's not exactly
that bad when you consider the lottery
took in more than a billion dollars
last year.
However, stores along the border have
taken a huge hit.
ENG#=2 SOT FULL
SOT FULL 9:00:16
INQ=We do think
*CG 2line Jill Vaughan
Lottery Spokesperson JILL VAUGHAN: WE DO THINK THEY ARE
PROBABLY STAYING IN NORTH CAROLINA FOR
SCRATCH GAMES AND DAILY GAMES. HOWEVER
ON MARCH 5TH WE HAD A RECORD 390
MILLION MEGA MILLIONS JACKPT AND WE
KNOW FOR A FACT PEOPLE WILL COME OVER
THE BORDER FOR THAT.
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OQ=border for that
VO NAT VO NAT
Some of the area's hardest hit along
the border are Carroll County, Henry
County, and Danville.
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GRAPHIC=None For decades, customers in Old
Southwest Roanoke could get a haircut
at the Highland Park Barbershop.
ENG#=3 VO-NAT :16
VO-NAT
*CG locator Roanoke
The shop's been around for nearly
40 years, but soon will close its door.
The owners of the building have
decided to sell it to Melinda Kantor,
who runs a skin care consulting
business.
Members of the community
expressed mixed emotions to the zoning
board as it reviewed Kantor's
application yesterday.
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SOT FULL
INQ= the barbershop to
*CG 2line Pam Armstrong
Community Member Starts @ 17:08:52
:00 Pam Armstrong/Community Member - "THE
BARBERSHOP TO ME IS CHARMING, I LOVE
IT, I LIKE THE COMRADERIE THAT IT FEELS
LIKE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD WITH EVERYBODY
VISITING."
BUTT BUTT BUTT
Starts @ 16:58:42
COMMUNITY MEMBER - "I HOPE THAT WE CAN
OPEN OUR MINDS AND JUST ALLOW SOME
SMALL CHANGES IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD WHICH
ARE FOR THE GOOD OF THE COMMUNITY"
RUNS= :17 (END SOT)
OQ= of the community
VO-NAT VO-NAT :06
The Roanoke Zoning Board approved
Kantor's application six to one.
She hopes to have renovations
complete by midsummer.
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GRAPHIC=US TROOPS "HOMECOMING" A local soldier has experienced
coming home from war for a SECOND
time...
ENG#=1 VO-NAT
VO-NAT
*cg LOCATOR Roanoke
Jason Spradlin's homecoming
yesterday had special meaning because
it's his second time back.
We first met Spradlin back in
20-04 when he came home for 30 days --
just long enough to see his newborn
son.
This time, his wife and two
children flew back into Roanoke by his
side-- they were in Germany while
Spradlin finished up his tour in Iraq.
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*CG standup Kimberly McBroom
kmcbroom@wdbj7.com
ANCHOR ON CAM ANCHOR ON CAM
GRAPHIC=Morning Report Good Morning, I'm Kimberly
McBroom.
Clouds and periods of rain today,
with highs not warming up too much--
staying in the upper 40s.
Meteorologist Leo Hirsbrunner
has the full forecast, after the news.
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GRAPHIC=Roanoke City The verbal battle is continuing
between Roanoke's mayor and Councilman
Sherman Lea.
ENG#=1 VO-NAT
VO-NAT Yesterday, we told how some in
the black community are outraged
council won't consider Sherman Lea
Junior, a young African American, for
the school board.
City leaders say it would be a
conflict of interest because his father
is on city council.
Sherman Lea Senior tells News 7
he doesn't believe there would be a
conflict and he takes issue with Mayor
Harris' comments that he's stirring
things up in the black community.
ENG#=2 SOT FULL
SOT FULL 33:24
INQ=That's the frustration
*CG 2line Sherman Lea
Council Member SHERMAN LEA/COUNCIL MEMBER: THAT'S THE
FRUSTRATION THAT MANY OF CITIZENS HAVE
WITH THE MAYOR AND HIS DICTATORIAL
LEADERSHIP STYLE. WHEN YOU SAY GROUPS
ARE STIRRED UP. THAT MEANS THEY CAN'T
THINK FOR THEMSELVES THEY CAN'T
RATIONALIZE FOR THEMSELVES AND THAT'S
NOT THE CASE.
RUNS=18 (END SOT)
OQ=that's not the case
VO-NAT VO-NAT
Lea questions why it's ok that
Councilman Fitzpatrick's son works for
the city.
He also believes Fitzpatrick has
a conflict of interest because he's the
director of the Transportation Museum
while serving on council.
(END VO) (END VO)
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GRAPHIC=NONE Councilman Lea also told News 7
he's thinking of running for mayor in
the next election.
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GRAPHIC=FATAL AX A man was killed in a car
accident in Northeast Roanoke County
yesterday.
ENG#=3 VO-NAT
VO-NAT
*CG locator Roanoke Co.
At around 10:42 yesterday morning
a car ran a stop sign at the
intersection of Rome and Crumpacker
Drives.
Pearl Hoffman was driving her
Buick when she went through the
intersection, went up an embankment,
and overturned.
Her husband, Leon Hoffman was
pronounced dead at the scene.
Pearl Hoffman was taken to
Roanoke Memorial Hospital and is listed
in fair condition.
Police are still investigating
the cause of the accident.
Both were wearing their
seatbelts.
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GRAPHIC=FIRE AFTERMATH There's still no official
word on what caused a fire at a Roanoke
County home last week.
ENG#=4 VO-NAT
VO-NAT
*CG locator Roanoke Co.
Friday The fire damaged the house
in the North Lakes subdivision so badly
it will have to be torn down. The
total cost-- 340-thousand dollars.
No one was injured in the
fire and one of two cats missing after
the blaze has turned up.
The Red Cross is providing
housing assistance.
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