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Next on News 7-
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More racial problems near a Wythe County School. Slurs painted on the road
are now covered up, but the tension is far from over.
Plus Jon Bonet Ramsey's stepsister died several years ago. Now police are
looking into her autopsy.
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Wx-Heads
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What a day! Hazy sunshine and temperatures in the mid 60's. But tomorrow
there will be some changes.
MEDICAL-HEADS
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On Health Check-- a tour of The Achievement Center--
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as learning disabilities don't have to hold kids back.
That story, for "Exceptional Children's Week"
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The racial tension mounts at a Wytheville school.... as a hate message is
placed where everyone could see it.
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Good evening... I'm Jean Jadhon.
Racial problems continue to surface in and around George Wythe High School.
Now civic leaders are worried this current trend could eventually lead to
violence.
double boxes Jean/Scott
Scott Prince has been tracking this story... and he now joins us from our
New River Valley Newsroom with today's developments.
ANCHOR=scott
Jean... first we need to remember what's transpired at George Wythe in the
past week.
SUPER=@Scott1;
SUPER=22-Blacksburg;
Black students were outraged when a group of white students tied their
jacket drawstrings into nooses.
Those students were suspended but the problems appear far from solved.
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SUPER=03-Wytheville;
This morning, students and teachers were greeted with a racial slur painted
on the road leading up to the school... and the adjacent school board office.
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IN Q=
((ROBERT GREEN/CONCERNED CITIZENS NETWORK: THEY HAD WROTE BURN NIGGER OUT
TOWARD THE SCHOOL BOARD OFFICE AND THAT'S ALL I KNOW ABOUT THAT. ))
SUPER=01-Robert Green/Concerned Citizens Network;
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OUT Q=know about that
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That's all most anyone knows at this point.
We spoke with principal R.T. Phillips.
He calls this latest incident "very unfortunate," but says at this point
there's very little the school can do.
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ANCHOR=scott
SUPER=22-Blacksburg;
He says because it happened on public property, the school is not really
involved in the investigation... and he adds at this point there's no evidence
that it was done by a student.
Double Boxes Scott/Jean
Jean at this point there have no arrests made in the case.
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SS=va tech
The woman who says she was raped by Virginia Tech Football players James
Crawford and Brian Edmonds told her story today in court.
double boxes Joed/Jean
Joe Dashiell is in Blacksburg tonight where the preliminary hearing is still
underway.
SUPER=@Joe1;
SUPER=06-Blacksburg;
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(roll cue: "... BOTH MEN HAD SEXUAL INTERCOURSE WITH HER.")
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SUPER=03-Blacksburg;
RUNS=:15 approx.
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(joe ad lib)
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(questions: is it unusual to hear from so many witnesses during a preliminary
hearing?)
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A murder victim's car led police to the suspects in Greenbrier County, West
Virginia.
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SUPER=03-Floyd Co./Last Night;
Stanley Harmon's 1977 Firebird was missing from his Buffalo Mountain home
when the 38-year old's body was found yesterday.
The car turned up in Rupert, West Virginia.
Mark Anthony Beavers and Jerry Wayne McKinney were arrested there last
night on fugitive and auto theft warrants.
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wipe wipe wipe
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SUPER=03-Giles Co./Last Night;
A Giles County man has been charged in the murder of his girlfriend.
Benjamin Scot Elliott shot Misty Dawn Dellinger in the head at their home
near Newport.
HE says it was an accident. County sheriff's investigators charged him
with SECOND- degree murder and use of a firearm.
The two had lived together for the past couple of months in the mobile home
where the shooting happened.
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Next on NEWS-7 at FIVE-- it's crunch time at the State Capitol-- Ellen Qualls
has a live report on today's debates.
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And the widow of Martin Luther King Junior asks a judge to try confessed
assassin James Earl Ray.
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Anchor=Connie
Also, the National Institutes of Health takes up the issue of marijuana for
medical usage-- the story on Health Check.
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ANCHOR=Jean
Patrick Evans is checking out some vintage vehicles-- and you can too.
ANCHOR=Connie
A live report-- and the Two Minute Ticker, when NEWS-7 at FIVE returns.
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Virginia's House of Delegates has done the inevitable.
It has passed what abortion opponents calls "true parental notification."
It's a bill Governor George Allen promised -- and that only needs his
signature now to make history in Virginia.
DOUBLE B0X=Jean/Ellen
Ellen Qualls is in our Richmond newsrooom with the latest.
ANCHOR=Ellen
Jean, what may be most notable about today's vote is how long it was put off
by Democratic leaders in the House,
SUPER=@Ellen1;
SUPER=22-Richmond;
how heavily everyone was lobbied on both sides, and then how quietly it went
into the record books just a half hour ago.
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(( ))
SUPER=01-Del. Thelma Drake/(R) Norfolk;
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OUT Q=would notify.
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SUPER=03-Richmond;
The first order of business was to strip off the amendment that the House
committee had tacked on.
That would have expanded notification to other adult relatives.
That done, the bill abortion opponents have fought for so long was finally
coming out of a second chamber -- with NO debate.
The vote: a whopping 74 to 26, with a rare smattering of applause
following.
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LIVE=Ellen full
SUPER=22-Richmond;
The difference of course this year was that it went to the Senate Courts
Committee.
It's passed before in the House, but everyone knew the Senate Education and
Health committee would kill it.
This year it didn't have a chance.
So this year was the scenario abortion rights supporters have dreaded for
years.
DOUBLE BOX=Ellen/Jean
And Jean, Governor Allen's pen is ready to sign this one into law.
5-Ramsey
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Police in Colorado say they'll look into how JonBenet Ramsey's 22-year old
stepsister died.
John Ramsey's daughter from his first marriage, died in a car crash in
1992.
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SUPER=03-Boulder, CO/December 1996;
A city spokesman refused to say why the stepsisters autopsy has become part
of the investigation.
Meanwhile police aren't saying much anything.
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IN Q=
((KELVIN MCNEILL/POLICE SPOKESMAN: OUR INVESTIGATION IS MOVING FORWARD. WE
CONTINUE TO BE IN CONTACT WITH COUNSEL FOR THE RAMSEY FAMILY. OUR RELATIONSHIP
CONTINUES TO BE COOPERATIVE.))
SUPER=01-Kelvin McNeill/Boulder Police Spokesman;
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OUT Q=to be cooperative."
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McNeill says they haven't ruled anyone out as a potential suspect.
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The widow of Martin Luther King Junior wants a trial for the man who
confessed to killing her husband.
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SUPER=03-Memphis, TN;
King asked a Tennessee judge to help her search for the truth- by ordering
a trial for James Earl Ray.
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((CORETTA SCOTT KING: INDEED A TRIAL FOR MR. RAY IS OUR LAST HOPE TO REVEAL THE
TRUTH ABOUT MY HUSBAND'S ASSASINATION. AND BRING ABOUT AT LEAST SOME SENSE OF
CLOSURE.))
SUPER=01-Coretta Scott King/Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Widow;;
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OUT Q=sense of closure."
ANCHOR=Jean
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Ray never stood trial- instead pleaded guilty. But three days later he tried
to rescind his admission of guilt.
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A Danville teen on his way to church died last night when the car he was
riding in collided with another vehicle.
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SUPER=03-Danville/Last Night;
Police say 16-year old John Paul Bailey was in the front passenger seat when
his older sister pulled into the path of a car.
18-year old Mary Bailey was crossing Route 58 on her way to Westover Baptist
church.
A younger brother, who was in the backseat, is recovering.
The driver of the other car and his passengers were not seriously injured.
Charges are pending.
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Antique autos take the floor of the Roanoke Civic Center--
All to help the Muscular Dystrophy Association.
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SUPER=21-Patrick Evans;
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STOCKS BUMP NEXT
5-MDA-CARS
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If you love antique cars and racing memorabilia, then we have a deal for
you.
DOUBLE BOX JEAN/PATRICK
The Annual MDA Car Show begins tomorrow. Patrick Evans has a guest in
studio today to tell us more about the event.
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SUPER=21-Patrick Evans;
SUPER=01-Tom Allison/Charity Car Show Committee;
(ROLL OVER INTERVIEW)
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Forecasts
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Late/60-64;
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To keep us in the warm weather mood, Mike has some baseball spring training
news in tonight's Ticker.
ANCHOR=Connie
As Elizabeth Taylor recovers from surgery to remove a benign brain tumor,
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we'll hear more about this condition, the treatment,-- and what it means for
other patients.
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((TOTAL REMOVAL OF THIS TYPE OF TUMOR IS COMPLETELY CURATIVE.))
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Elizabeth Taylor is now recovering, after a three-hour surgery in Los
Angeles today for a benign brain tumor.
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SUPER=04-ABC; :
A little medical background about the condition-- this is not cancer.
Still, when most people learn that they have a brain tumor, they expect
the worst.
Taylor's particular benign tumor is called a meningioma (Menin-GEE-oma).
Hers arises in the covering of the brains left parietal (puh-rye-ital)
lobe-- the main information center.
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IN Q=The tumors don't
((DR. ROBERT SOLOMON/COLUMBIA PRESBYTERIAN NEUROSURGEON: THE TUMORS DON'T
ACTUALLY INVADE THE BRAIN, THEY DON'T ARISE FROM THE BRAIN, AND THEY DON'T
REALLY DO ANY DIRECT DAMAGE TO THE BRAIN. THEY JUST APPLY PRESSURE TO THE
UNDERLYING BRAIN. ))
SUPER=01-Dr. Robert Soloman/Columbia Presbyterian Neurosurgeon; :
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OUT Q=the underlying brain.
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SUPER=@File; :
MRI's are used to identify a tumor and figure out the best way to operate.
With a technique is called stereotactic surgery, using a probe and computer
enhanced images, surgeons can pinpoint the exact location of the tumor and
remove it without damaging healthy brain tissue.
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Just how difficult the operation is depends on the exact location of the
tumor.
In Elizabeth Taylor's case, surgery apparently went quite well.
5-Marijuana
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A panel of experts thinks marijuana has some promising medical uses.
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Experts with the National Institutes of Health are recommending that
marijuana be investigated in careful clinical studies.
They say it could help people with cancer, AIDS and glaucoma.
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Governor Allen has declared this week in Virginia "Exceptional Children's
Week"-- a time to learn more about learning disabilities.
In recent years, we've heard a great deal about conditions like dyslexia
and Attention Deficit Disorder.
Tonight, Joe Dashiell takes us on a tour of one school, helping kids find
their own way of learning.
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IN Q=A visit to the Achievement Center
SUPER=03-Roanoke; :00
SUPER=07-Jared Palmer; :15
SUPER=01-Barbara Ann Whitwell/The Achievement Center; :39
SUPER=07-Jonathan Carriker; 1:09
SUPER=@Joe2; 1:20
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OUT Q=JD News 7 Roanoke
((A visit to the Achievement Center finds an atmosphere of quiet
accomplishment.
While some students work at their desks, others receive individual
attention from their teachers.
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IN Q=Are you glad
((JARED PALMER: ARE YOU GLAD YOU CAME HERE? YEAH. WHY? BECAUSE I'VE LEARNED HOW
TO READ BETTER AND I'M DOING A LOT BETTER IN MATH THAN I WAS.))
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OUT Q=than I was.
Sharing the campus of Roanoke Catholic School, the Achievement Center is an
independent, non- sectarian facility.
Since 1975, enrollment has grown from fewer than 25 students to more than
90, expanding into portable classrooms behind the main building.
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IN Q=I think that people
((BARBARA ANN WHITWELL/THE ACHIEVEMENT CENTER: I THINK THAT PEOPLE OFTEN LOOK
AT THE L-D CHILD AND THINK THAT THEY ARE DUMB, THINK THAT THEY ARE SLOW, THINK
THAT THEY ARE LAZY, CALL THEM CARELESS, YOU KNOW, AND NONE OF THESE THINGS
APPLY TO THESE CHILDREN. THEY ARE BRIGHT CHILDREN WHO ARE TRYING AS HARD AS
THEY CAN. AND THEY WANT TO LEARN AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE HERE FOR, TO HELP THEM
TO LEARN IN A WAY IN WHICH THEY CAN.))
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OUT Q=a way in which they can.
That alternative approach is one that stresses phonetics, and employs all
of the senses.
Students say it works.
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IN Q=What's made the difference?
((JONATHAN CARRIKER: WHAT'S MADE THE DIFFERENCE? PROBABLY LESS PRESSURE,
BECAUSE IN MAIN SCHOOLS THEY SOMETIMES WANT YOU TO GET ALL OF THAT WORK DONE AS
FAST AS YOU CAN AND HERE THEY SAY TRY TO TAKE YOUR TIME AND JUST GET IT DONE,
AND HOPEFULLY YOU GET IT RIGHT.))
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OUT Q=hopefully you get it right.
For students with learning disabilities, frustrated by traditional
teaching, that can be a powerful message.
Joe Dashiell News 7 Roanoke))
2-shot-toss
ANCHOR=Jean
Time now for the Two Minute Ticker and some baseball news--
ANCHOR=Connie
Plus Mike Stevens previews this weekend's Goodwrench Service 400.
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The Thursday afternoon two minute sports ticker has definitely caught a
little Spring fever today.
SS=yankees
Let's get started with some baseball news concerning the Yankees.
Manager Joe Torre got a couple of presents today - a two-year $2 million
dollar contract and Cecil Fielder in camp.
The money is safe, Fielder still may be traded.
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SUPER=03-Plant City, FL; :00
Deion Sanders also checked into training camp today with the Reds.
Deion still has a little blurred vision stemming from the broken eye socket
he suffered in the playoffs loss to Carolina.
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The Winston Cup circuit pulls into the North Carolina Motor Speedway in
Rockingham tomorrow morning to begin preparing for this weekend's Goodwrench
Service 400.
SS=Jeff Burton
South Boston's Jeff Burton is anxious to get back to the Rock and improve on
his 13th place finish at the track last Winter.
But duplicating last year's start may be a tough trick to duplicate.
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SUPER=03-Richmond/February 1996;:00
SUPER=01-Jeff Burton/91 Career Winston Cup Starts; :00
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OUT Q=...THAT THIS YEAR."
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(( As the newest member of Jack Roush racing, Jeff Burton was outside looking
in last season, trying to find his place amongst veteran team members Mark
Martin and Jack Roush.
But the Exide battery team came out of blocks on fire, finishing 5th at
Daytona, 13th at Rockingham and 4th at Richmond to move into second place in
the points standings.
((JEFF BURTON:))
But reality set in the next week in Atlanta when Burton failed to even
qualify for the race. His absence killed his chances of finishing in the top
10 in the final points standings, but as Rick Mast found out last week making
races on your reputation is no longer possible in Winston Cup racing.))
((JEFF BURTON:))
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ANCHOR=Mike
SS=ROCKINGHAM
The News 7 sports team will be in Rockingham tomorrow for qualifying. At six
Roy Stanley checks in from the Rock with first round time trial results.
SS=TWO MINUTE TICKER
Jean will be back for News 7 at Five right after this. Take care.
go to break
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Do you remember watching John Glenn when he became the first American to
orbit the earth?
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((AND ALL MERCURY RECOVERED THIS IS FRIENDSHIP SEVEN...SOMETHING ELSE.))
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Glenn looked back at the historical orbit- on its 35th anniversary.
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IN Q=
((I'VE RECALLED IT SO MANY TIMES INSTEAD OF 35 YEARS IT SEEMS LIKE IT WAS MORE
LIKE A MONTH AGO OR 35 DAYS AGO))
SUPER=01-John Glenn/Astronaut;
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OUT Q=or 35 days ago."
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SUPER=04-February 20, 1962;
Glenn says the space program has made leaps and bounds in 35 years.
He wonders what on earth young people will experience in the future.
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ANCHOR=Jean
SS=NONE
The 75 year old has been a U-S senator since 1975- He announced today he
will NOT run again.
Glenn says he does long for a second trip into space.
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(ROBIN tosses to Jean)
ANCHOR=Jean
Most of us are familiar with the work done at the Bradley Free Clinic--
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But Keith is here to tell us about the WOMAN behind it.
ANCHOR=Keith
Jean tonight on NEWS-7 at Six--
SUPER=@Keith1;
we continue our series on women role models.
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VO-NAT
Meet Estelle Nichols-Avner, the director of the Bradley Free Clinic.
We'll hear about her 22-years at the facility-- and hear why she believes
people aren't yet used to seeing women in positions of power.
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ANCHOR=Keith
Denise Allen has the story- tonight on NEWS-7 at SIX.
double boxes Jean/Keith
Thanks Keith-- we'll tune in--
ANCHOR=Jean
That's it for NEWS-7 at FIVE-- for more news later tonight--
full screen
check out the region's first local primetime newscast, NEWS-7 Primetime--
tonight at 10 on WEFC.
Have a good evening, Goodnight.
ANCHOR=Jean
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