Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: TUESDAY, February 7, 1995 TAG: 9502070102
SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: C-3 EDITION: METRO
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DATELINE: LENGTH: Medium
SPOTSYLVANIA - Brock Road Elementary School is closed for at least six days while contractors install humidifiers and continue searching for the source of odors blamed for making people ill.
The School Board voted unanimously Sunday night to close the school until Feb. 13 while a Roanoke engineering firm does its work. About 625 students attend classes there.
About 150 parents and teachers in attendance applauded the decision.
Robert Canova of the engineering firm Hayes, Seay, Mattern & Mattern said low humidity, inadequate air supply and possible sewer gas seepage are contributing to environmental problems at the school.
Staff and students at the school have complained during the last four months of nasal, eye and throat irritations, dizziness, headaches, fatigue, rashes and nausea. School officials have been unable to solve the problem.
- Associated Press
York County woman charged in shooting
YORK - A York County woman has been charged with the shooting death of a 32-year-old man, York Sheriff Press Williams said.
Troy Bradley Woods died Saturday afternoon at Mary Immaculate Hospital, Williams said Sunday. Woods was shot with a .38-caliber revolver. Katherine Cone, 42, was arrested in the shooting and charged with first-degree murder Saturday after Woods died.
- Associated Press
FBI questioning 4 Lorton inmates
LORTON - FBI investigators were interrogating four inmates suspected of instigating a disturbance at the Lorton Correctional Facility.
Six security officers were injured, two seriously, and a half-dozen prisoners were hurt before the melee was brought under control early Sunday.
A power failure about 1 a.m. Sunday caused electronic locks on cell doors to malfunction, allowing 88 inmates to get out of their cells.
- Associated Press
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