08:25-01
7Roanoke-Fire
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=cutin
WRITER=sly
TAPE#96-18
GRAPHIC=Fire
Roanoke firefighters spent the early morning hours battling two fires.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Roanoke;
The first broke out shortly after four o'clock on Rorer Avenue on the
city's Southwest side.
Shooting flames could be seen several blocks away.
There were no injuries but the home sustained heavy damage.
Meanwhile a second fire at an apartment building in the 23-hundred block of
Memorial Avenue was reported just after five a-m.
This one was brought under control quickly and appeared to involve only one
apartment--again no injuries.
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7Shooting
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=cutin
WRITER=tal
TAPEedit of c'burg-fire #96-11
GRAPHIC=Knowles
A fund has been established at First National Bank of Christiansburg for
four children whose mother was fatally shot yesterday.
The suspect is the children's father.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Christiansburg/Yesterday; :00
Early yesterday morning, police say William Michael Knowles broke in through
the back door at 109 Evans Street, where his estranged wife Angie and their
children had moved about a month before.
During a struggle over his shotgun, he allegedly shot his wife in the
stomach, and his 18 year- old daughter in the finger.
Police say when they arrived, he turned his gun on them, and officers
returned fire.
No one was injured in the exchange and Knowles was taken into custody.
Angie Knowles died in surgery.
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7Kitts-React
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=cutin
WRITER=sly
TAPE#96-13
GRAPHIC=Legal Scales
A Roanoke teenager begins serving time today as a Juvenile offender for a
drunking driving accident last year that killed a Roanoke school teacher.
Bonnie Kitts died
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VO-NAT
when the young man who lived in the same neighborhood struck her with his car
while she was out for a walk with her husband.
Gary Kitts refused to fill out the court's "Victim Impact" form, because he
was offended by questions that call for a statement on economic loss and the
extent of property damage.
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SOT16:30:35
IN Q=Tha majority
((GARY KITTS/VICTIM'S HUSBAND: THE MAJORITY OF THAT DIDN'T APPLY TO THIS CASE.
IT'S A GENERIC FORM I ASSUME THAT'S NOT TAILORED TO THE CASE THAT WE'RE IN. I
TOOK IT AS BEING IMPERSONAL AND NOT RESPECTFUL OF MY FAMILY AND SURELY NOT
RESPECTFUL OF BONNIE.))
SUPER=01-Gary Kitts/Victim's Husband
RUNS=:16
OUT Q=of Bonnie.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Salem/File Tape;
The boy is serving an undetermined amount of time.
Youth corrections could keep him until he's 21, but the prosecutor said it
will likely be closer to FOUR MONTHS.
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ANCHOR=Melanie
SS=hold
The boy loses his drivers license for five years, and once he's released,
he'll have to perform 100 hours of community service.
7Drug-Bust
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=cutin
WRITER=cro
TAPE# none
GRAPHIC=drug bust/cocaine
An undercover drug buy puts two Roanoke brothers behind bars.
Federal agents had been investigating Ronald Jones and Jackie Mc-George for
two years.
Officials say the brothers had 37-thousand-dollars to purchase drugs when
they were arrested last week outside a Quantico restaurant.
A raid last year at a Roanoke car wash owned by the brothers turned up no
drugs.
After the raid, they closed the car wash and moved away.
7SchoolWatch
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=cutin
WRITER=nle
TAPE#none
GRAPHIC=School Information
It's the first full day of spring, but the winter weather hasn't left us
just yet.
We have several school announcements to make this morning.
take boards
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7Weather
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=cutin
WRITER=nle
TAPE#
GRAPHIC=
Taking a look now at the
forecast - Today is going to be mostly cloudy with highs around 40.
For tonight, expect cloudy conditions with lows in the upper 20s.
The start of your weekend is going to be nice with partly sunny skies.
Highs will be in the low 40s.
55M'ville-Hospital
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=cutin
WRITER=kmc
TAPE#96-20
GRAPHIC=NONE
A mock security drill was a little too realistic for some nurses at Memorial
Hospital in Martinsville.
They have now taken legal action for the incident which they say has left
them traumatized.
Kimberly McBroom has the story.
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SOT
IN Q=About four A-M
SUPER=03-Martinsville; :00
SUPER=01-Jim Shortt/Nurses' Attorney; :27
SUPER=01-Randy Smith/Martinsville Commonwealth's Atty; :58
SUPER=@Kimberly1; 1:08
RUNS=1:19
OUT Q=News 7, Martinsville
(( About four A-M on January 25th, the E-R at Memorial Hospital was invaded
by five masked gunmen-- who took several nurses and other employees hostage.
Turns out, it wasn't a life- threatening situation in the E-R, but a War of
the Worlds- type drama.
Now, four nurses who were on duty have sworn criminal warrants against the
phony gunmen for brandishing firearms.
They say the make- believe drill caused them emotional trauma.
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SOT shortt tape 16:24:42
((JIM SHORTT/NURSES' ATTORNEY: CERTAIN EMERGENCY ROOM BUZZERS HAVE GONE OFF
OVER THE COURSE OF THE LAST SIX WEEKS-- THEY DON'T KNOW HOW TO REACT TO THEM
WHEN THE BUZZERS GO OFF-- THEY START TO PANIC. ))
RUNS=:11
pre- pro here please
Meanwhile, the hospital had no comment-- and maintains that in order to
make it realistic, some employees were not informed about the drill.
end pre- pro
Meanwhile, the Martinsville Police Department has been asked to conduct an
investigation.
But the Commonwealth's Attorney says if the drill involved actors
performing a script-- it'll be hard to prove wrongdoing.
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SOT 20:14:28
((RANDY SMITH/MARTINSVILLE COMMONWEALTH'S ATTORNEY: OBVIOUSLY, IF THAT'S WHAT
EVERYBODY WAS DOING AND THAT'S WHAT THEY INTENDED TO DO AND NOBODY DEVIATED
FROM THAT, THEN I THINK YOU'D FIND IT VERY DIFFICULT TO PROVE ANY CRIMINAL
INTENT. ))
RUNS=:09
STAND UP HERE, SECOND ONE PLEASE
The nurses are receiving psychiatric counseling.
Their attorneys say the'll likely seek punitive damages in a civil suit if
the hospital doesn't settle with them first.
Kimberly McBroom, News 7, Martinsville.))
55Pet-Pals
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=cutin
WRITER=cst
TAPE# 96-15
GRAPHIC=none
Some special new workers at Community hospital are helping to brighten the
spirits of some young patients.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Roanoke/Yesterday; :
It's a new team of pet therapy dogs.
They started work yesterday-- meeting and greeting the patients in
Pediatrics.
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SOT 10:41:01
IN Q=The testing
((JOAN ALLAN/C.H.R.V. OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST: THE TESTING THAT THEY'VE BEEN
THROUGH TO BE A PART OF THIS PROGRAM IS PRETTY EXTENSIVE, AS FAR AS
TESTING THEIR TEMPERAMENT
TO TOLERATE JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING
NOISE, PAIN STARTLING ASPECTS, GROOMING BY OTHER PEOPLE, PULLING ON THEIR HAIR,
A WHOLE SLEW OF DIFFERENT THINGS, AND THEY ALL CAME THROUGH IT WONDERFULLY ))
((JANICE WILMER/THERAPY DOG TRAINER: THEY HAVE TO BE FAIRLY GOOD TEMPERAMENT
AND FAIRLY WELL TRAINED OF COURSE I'M NOT ALWAYS SURE ABOUT THESE GUYS-- AND
THEY HAVE TO KNOW THEIR BASIC OBEDIENCE COMMANDS. AND GENERALLY THEY JUST NEED
TO BE FAIRLY CALM. IF THEY'RE TOO EXCITABLE THEN IT GETS THE CHILDREN OR THE
ELDERLY PERSON OR WHOEVER THEY'RE VISITING UPSET.))
SUPER=01-Joan Allan/CHRV Occupational Therapist; :03
SUPER=01-Janice Wilmer/Therapy Dog Trainer; :32
RUNS=:45
OUT Q=visiting upset.
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VO-NAT
Pet therapy is one of the psycho-social components of patient care-- it
will now be offered weekly at Community Hospital.
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55SchoolWatch
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=cutin
WRITER=nle
TAPE#
GRAPHIC=
It's the first full day of spring, but the winter weather hasn't left us
just yet.
We have several school announcements to make this morning.
take boards
(mel reads boards)
55Weather
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=cutin
WRITER=nle
TAPE#
GRAPHIC=
Taking a look now at the
forecast -
Today is going to be mostly cloudy with highs around 40.
For tonight, expect cloudy conditions with lows in the upper 20s.
The start of your weekend is going to be nice with partly sunny skies.
Highs will be in the low 40s.
8Blaze
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=cutin
WRITER=sly
TAPE#96-18
GRAPHIC=Fire
Firefighers had to battle two fires this morning.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Roanoke;
One home on Rorer Avenue in Southwest Roanoke suffered a lot of damage from
heavy flames. That happened about four o'clock.
Then, another fire was reported in an apartment building in the 23 hundred
block of Memorial Avenue.
No injuries are reported in either fire.
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8C'burg-Shooting
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=cutin
WRITER=tal
TAPE#96-11
GRAPHIC=Knowles
A 47 year old Christiansburg man is accused of shooting his wife to death.
William Michael Knowles allegedly shot 43 year- old Angie Knowles and their
teenage daughter yesterday.
Tracy Altizer has the story.
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SOT
IN Q=As police escorted him
SUPER=03-Christiansburg/Yesterday; :00
SUPER=01-Sgt. Hank Epperly/Christiansburg Police; :31
SUPER=01-Peggy Ridgeway/Neighbor; :51
SUPER=@Tracy2; 1:05
RUNS=1:18
OUT Q=Altizer, News 7.
(( As police led him in handcuffs to the Montgomery County magistrate's
office, Michael Knowles expressed regret.
(/////SOT/////)
SOT 13:39:56
((IT WAS A BIG, BIG, BIG MISTAKE. ))
RUNS=:04
Around 6:30 a-m, police say Knowles broke in through the back door at 109
Evans Street, where his estranged wife Angie and their children had moved about
a month before.
During a struggle over his shotgun, he allegedly shot his wife in the
abdomen, and his 18 year- old daughter in the finger.
Police say when they arrived, he turned his gun on them.
(/////SOT/////)
SOT 8:00:53
((SGT. HANK EPPERLY/CHRISTIANSBURG POLICE: HE EXITED THE REAR DOOR AND FIRED
TWICE AT OUR OFFICERS WITH A SHOTGUN. THE OFFICERS RETURNED FIRE. HE WENT
BACK INTO THE HOUSE FOR APPROXIMATELY FIVE MINUTES AND THEN CAME BACK OUT AGAIN
UNARMED. ))
RUNS=:16
Police say that's when the teenager threw her father's gun out the front
door, and they arrested him.
(/////SOT/////)
SOT 7:18:30
((PEGGY RIDGEWAY/NEIGHBOR: WELL I WAS AWAKENED BY A GUNSHOT AND THEN I CAME TO
MY FRONT WINDOWS AND POLICE WERE RUNNING AROUND EVERYWHERE AND THEY HAD GUNS.
AND THEN A LADY CAME OUT AND DROPPED HER GUN AND I THINK THAT MUST'VE BEEN THE
END OF IT BECAUSE THAT'S WHEN THEY STARTED BRINGING PEOPLE OUT. ))
RUNS=:14
The two younger children in the house at the time were not hurt.
Angie Knowles died during surgery at Montgomery Regional Hospital.
A fund has been set up for all four of her children at First National Bank
of Christiansburg.
Tracy Altizer, News 7.))
8Hospital
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=cutin
WRITER=sly
TAPE#edit of 96-20
GRAPHIC=NONE
Four nurses at Memorial Hospital in Martinsville describe a mock hostage
situation at the hospital in January as too realistic.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Martinsville;
The drill, complete with masked gunmen, was designed to test the ability
of hospital employees to handle such emergencies.
Now, four nurses who were on duty have sworn criminal warrants against the
phony gunmen for brandishing firearms.
The Martinsville Commonwealth's Attorney thinks it will be tough to prove
wrongdoing.
(/////SOT/////)
SOT 20:14:07 SMITH TAPE
IN Q=I could not
((RANDY SMITH/MARTINSVILLE COMMONWEALTH'S ATTORNEY: I COULD NOT SEE HOW YOU
CAN PROVE CRIMINAL INTENT IF THE ONLY THING THE PEOPLE WHO WERE INVOLVED IN THE
THING DID WAS SIMPLY ACT AS ACTORS IN A SCRIPTED- TYPE SITUATION. ))
SUPER=01-Randy Smith/Martinsville Commonwealth's Atty;
RUNS=:11
OUT Q=scripted type situation
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VO-NAT
But the nurses' attorney insists the make- believe drill caused his clients
emotional trauma.
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SOT shortt tape 16:26:02
IN Q=The U.s. Army
((JIM SHORTT/NURSES' ATTORNEY: THE U.S. ARMY, WHEN IT CONDUCTS A DRILL,
EVERYBODY KNOWS IT'S A DRILL. YOU DON'T USE REAL BULLETS. YOU DON'T TELL HALF
THE SOLDIERS THAT IT'S A DRILL AND FAIL TO TELL THE OTHER HALF. IT'S A CRAZY,
CRAZY IDEA. ))
SUPER=01-Jim Shortt/Nurses' Attorney;
RUNS=:16
OUT Q=crazy, crazy idea
ANCHOR=Melanie
SS=None
The hospital had no comment on the nurses' action, but maintains in order to
make it realistic, some employees were not informed about the drill.
8SchoolWatch
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=cutin
WRITER=nle
TAPE#none
GRAPHIC=School Info
Well it's the first full day of spring, but some winter weather in the area
is still causing some school delays and closings this morning.
take boards
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8Weather
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=cutin
WRITER=nle
TAPE#
GRAPHIC=
Taking a look now at the
forecast -
Mostly cloudy and windy today with highs around 40.
Expect warmer temperatures and sunshine for the weekend.
Tonight, cloudy with lows in the 20s.
by SS