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Judge, Pittsylvania County Board of Supervisors urge woman who filed lawsuit to step forward
ReporterYou won't hear the Pittsylvania County Board of Supervisors praying, at least for now. A federal judge has issued a preliminary injunction, silencing the board until a federal lawsuit is settled. "It's tough, it's going to be a long battle. We knew that,...Tags: Justice System, American Civil Liberties Union, Judges, Crime, Law and Justice, Laws
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Federal judge orders Pittsylvania Co. Board of Supervisors to stop prayers at meetings
WDBJ7 Associate ProducerA federal judge has ordered the Pittsylvania County Board of Supervisors to stop opening its meetings with prayer, at least for the time being. A woman who regularly attended the meetings filed an anonymous lawsuit against the Board. The American...Tags: Justice and Rights, Religion and Belief, Justice System, Civil Rights, American Civil Liberties Union
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Prosecutors say some of the 8 killed in Appomattox County shootings died two days earlier than thought
Prosecutors now say some of those slain in a 2010 multiple shooting in Appomattox County died two days
before originally believed.
The Appomattox County Commonwealth's Attorney's Office tells media outlets investigators now believe 41-year-old...Tags: Shootings, Prosecution, Prosecution, Justice System, Criminal Laws
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Judge certifies charges against man accused of beating Bob Terry
New details in the case of Bob Terry.
He's the 80-year-old store owner in Moneta who was brutally attacked at his country store last October.
Jason Shell, the man arrested for assaulting Terry, was in court Monday.
During his hearing at the Bedford...Tags: Prosecution, Prosecution, Justice System, Witnesses, Bedford (Bedford, Virginia)
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Virginia Tech football kicker released from jail
News 7 ReporterHe won't be in New Orleans with the football team, but Cody Journell will be out of jail. Journell was released on a $100,000 secured bond from the Montgomery County jail Wednesday morning. He's been in jail since getting arrested for breaking and...Tags: Prosecution, Prosecution, Justice System, Prisons, Prisons
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UPDATE: Virginia Tech kicker and two other men charged with breaking into a Blacksburg home, Judge denies bond
Blacksburg police say three men were charged with breaking and entering Wednesday night including Virginia Tech kicker, Cody Journell. Also arrested were Matthew Dunton and Matthew Brady. All three men are in the Montgomery County jail.
Police are...Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Police Arrests, Prosecution, Defense, Football
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Bedford County trial postponed while defendant undergoes mental evaluation
Reporter/Lynchburg Bureau ChiefA Bedford man accused of holding deputies in a standoff before setting fire to his own house last summer will have to wait a few more months to stand trial. Dennis Caldwell's case was scheduled for jury trial in Bedford Circuit Court Tuesday morning, but...Tags: Prosecution, Justice System, Bedford (Bedford, Virginia), Defendants, Judges
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Gingrich, Huntsman and Santorum all join Perry's lawsuit against Virginia
Three other Republican presidential hopefuls have joined Texas Gov. Rick Perry's lawsuit challenging Virginia's ballot access law.
U.S. District Judge John Gibney on Wednesday granted a motion by Newt Gingrich, Jon Huntsman Jr. and Rick Santorum to...Tags: Judges, Newt Gingrich, Crime, Law and Justice, Republican Party, Trials
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Ex-Salem vendor sues city, claims discrimination
A federal lawsuit that accuses Salem officials of discriminating against a former vendor is scheduled to go to
trial in the fall.
The Roanoke Times reports that U.S. District Judge James Turk scheduled an Oct. 16 trial on Tuesday.
Yvonne Henderson filed...Tags: Justice System, Judges, Crime, Law and Justice, Trials, Trials
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Governor McDonnell, Lieutenant Governor Bolling and ACLU ask state GOP to rescind loyalty oath in March primary
ReporterA loyalty oath in Virginia’s presidential primary drew more opposition today from unlikely allies: the state’s top Republican elected officials and the American Civil Liberties Union. Governor Bob McDonnell joined Lieutenant Governor Bill...Tags: Government, Executive Branch, Politics, Democratic Party, Republican Party
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New Montgomery County Courthouse is 80% complete
ReporterIt's been talked about for more than a decade. Now, construction on the new Montgomery Courthouse is 80% complete. It is located next to the current courthouse in downtown Christiansburg. The new $20,000,000 facility is two and a half times bigger than...Tags: Justice System, Prisons, Prisons, Montgomery County (Virginia), Crime, Law and Justice
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State GOP chairman seeks dismissal from Perry lawsuit
Virginia Republican Party Chairman Pat Millins is asking a federal court to dismiss him as a defendant in
Rick Perry's legal bid to be included on the state's presidential primary ballot.
The Texas governor along with several other Republicans failed...Tags: Government, Executive Branch, Politics, Parties and Movements, Newt Gingrich
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