WDBJ 7 news at 6 for 04/20/99

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It may be the worst incident of school violence yet in America: Heavily- armed young men- -possibly students of a high school outside Denver open fire injuring at least 20 students.
We'll take you there in just a moment.
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We'll also take you LIVE to the courthouse in Bedford and the capital murder trial of Andre Evans.

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Tonight in sports, the Tech football team is getting more and more national recognition, Wendell Scott is finally getting some recognition by the International Motorsorts hall of fame.
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And it may seem Extreme, but indoor football is really coming to Roanoke. Details are straight ahead.
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Shots fired inside a high school in suburban Denver... at least 20 students hit... two gunmen are reportedly still inside.
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Good evening, I'm Keith Humphry.[2School-Shooting]

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It happened around 1:30 our time- -11:30 Mountain Time- -at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado.
Then, a little over an hour ago, a swat team went in and rescued several dozen students.
There have been no officials reports of fatalities, though we could see what looked like at least one lifeless body on the ground outside the school.
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Angie Holdsworth is there with the latest.... from K-K-T-V in Colorado Springs.
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It could come down to a matter of timing. Andre Evans shot and killed Tim Robinson after a confrontation on the streets of Bedford. But did he act in self-defense.
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Steve Smallshaw has been following the capital murder trial and has more on today's testimony.
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Virginia's sixth execution of the year is scheduled for tonight at 9 p-m.
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Arthur Ray Jenkins is convicted of shooting his elderly uncle and an elderly companion in the face in 1990.
Neither man died, so he alledgedly finished both off with more shotgun blasts and knifings.
Jenkins' attorneys say he was the victim of mental, physical, and sexual abuse by his parents, and then at the hands of jail personnel in his teen years.
It was robbery from his aunt that made Jenkins' murders qualify for the death penalty.
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Traffic was tied up for miles on Interstate 81 in Montgomery County, this afternoon.
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Here's why ... a tractor trailer crashed at mile marker 114 in Christiansburg.
State police say the driver was traveling North when he apparently fell asleep at the wheel and struck a guardrail.

The rig overturned on the bridge and caught fire.
No one was seriously injured.
Traffic in the area is still slow moving.
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The F-B-I is investigating a racist incident in Craig County that prompted a black resident to move out.
Students from Hollins University today paraded through the man's former neighborhood to demonstrate their concern.
Tina Tenret was there.
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While Oscar Ramsey walked calmly back to work after lunch --
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about 25 Hollins University students chanted for his rights.
They marched through the trailer park where Ramsey used to live --
He left ten days ago when a sign on his neighbor's lawn carried a racial slur and told Ramsey to go home.
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Ramsey has moved in with another family in Craig County -- who says it's not afraid of racist retribution.
He's helping to build the new grocery store in town -- but plans to leave the area when the job wraps up this week.
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These students are into history. Still ahead on News 7, a school helps preserve Virginia's Civil War heritage.
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And Kroger already has plans to tear out the walls, when it gets this store in the big swap. The details are straight ahead.
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The great grocery store swap has been a hot topic among Harris Teeter customers and employees.
Now it's getting the attention of Virginia's Attorney General.
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Scott Goldberg is in our newsroom with more.
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Keith, Attorney General Mark Earley says it's too soon to tell whether or not his office will take any action.
But he has heard complaints from customers and employees saying Kroger's plan to buy 11 Harris Teeter stores will take too much competition out of markets like Roanoke.
That's something Earley said he's watching.
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A spokesman for Kroger told us after the store swap there will still be -- quote "all kinds of competition" in the grocery industry.
He added that Kroger has "absolutely" no intention of closing any of its stores...
Including stores in the Cave Spring area, where an existing Kroger is just blocks from a Harris Teeter that Kroger will take over.
A spokesman also said Kroger is seriously considering expanding the Harris Teeter at Towers mall.
That store, Kroger said, is smaller than stores Kroger typically operates.
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The Harris Teeter stores bought by Kroger will shut down around May 11th.
They'll stay closed for a week or two while Kroger restocks them.
If Kroger picks up all of Harris Teeters' old customers, it will have more than a 50-percent share of the Roanoke market.
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Keith.

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Some Blacksburg fifth-graders are taking a special interest in Civil War history.
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After a classroom visit from Civil War historian James Robertson in January, Gilbert Linkous fifth-graders decided to help raise money for a Civil War Studies Center at Virginia Tech.
They presented Robertson with 268 dollars in a milk can this afternoon. Students raised the money walking dogs, babysitting and performing other odd jobs.
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Virginia Tech is still looking for donations toward the three-million-dollar goal of opening the center on campus.

Tech officials say they hope the children will inspire others to raise funds.

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Wall Street returned to the "up" side today ... and tech stocks led the way. [TAKE DOW & NASDAQ PAGE ]
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A Republican from Dublin is running for the seat vacated by delegate Tommy Baker.
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Barbara Chrisley is a registered medical technologist and dietitian and is currently head of the Foods and Nutrition Program at Radford University.
But Chrisley says it's her work as a Public Policy Coordinator for the Virginia Dietetic Association that's most prepared her for politics.
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Chrisley says she actually postponed an earlier announcement after learning Baker, who's also a Republican, was considering another term.
Baker was NOT at today's announcement and could NOT be reached for comment.
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There's a new Juvenile and Domestic Relations judge in the 27th judicial circuit.
Lee Chitwood was appointed to the position on Friday by the region's circuit judges.
The 27th judicial circuit includes Pulaski, Bland and Wythe counties as well as other surrounding jurisdictions.
Chitwood will serve in the position until the General Assembly reconvenes.

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Coming up tonight in sports, indoor football is coming to the Roanoke Civic Center - it is Extreme.
The Hokies are getting some national football pub,
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and it's hall of fame week in Talladega as the "Kid from Crooktown" enters the hall of fame. We'll hear from relatives of the late Wendell Scott right after this break.
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The Express needs one win to advance to the Northern Conference finals for the first time ever.
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Ownership splashed down in unchartered waters today. The Express will field an indoor football team in the new XTreme league that kicks off in April Two thousand. Steve Mason has more.
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The Virginia Tech football team is getting some national recognition in the latest edition of ESPN magazine.
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The April 19th edition of the bi-weekly publication features the top four quarterbacks from this past weekend's NFL draft on the cover.
But inside on page 118 in the college football section the Hokies are the story.
Frank Beamer and Tech's very special "special teams" are the focus of the article. Tech has blocked 61 kicks in the 1990's.
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The late great driver, Wendell Scott.
The Danville native, who is the only black driver to ever win a Winston Cup event, is being posthumously inducted into the International Motorsports Hall of fame on Thursday night.
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His family members will be in Alabama for the week long celebration that in many ways is long overdue.
Scott recorded 147 top 10 finishes in his career.
He also was a tremendous mechanic, father and a husband who had the courage to follow his dreams despite the racial ignorance of others.
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We have plenty of local news to bring you tonight, but we begin with another school shooting. This time it's in Colorado.
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The latest reports indicate at least (14) students are under treatment for gunshot wounds. Some of the students who got out of the school say two students wearing black trench coats walked in and started firing. There are several reports that pipe bombs or grenades may have been used as well. It happened at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado, not far from Denver. (------------) We will have complete coverage on the CBS Evening News at 6-30.