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New River Community College students return to class, five days after shooting
WDBJ7 ReporterStudents returned to class at New River Community College on Wednesday, five days after two women were shot. There was lots of energy and everyone was busy on the campus at New River Valley Mall in Christiansburg Wednesday night. Inside the...Tags: Students, Colleges and Universities, Politics, Teaching and Learning
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UPDATE: New River Valley Mall shooting suspect bought 12-gauge shotgun legally
Neil MacInnis, the teenager accused of opening fire Friday at the New River Valley Mall in Christiansburg, was taken into custody with a 12-gauge shotgun that he legally purchased two days before the shooting, investigators say. MacInnis wounded two...
Tags: Labor Legislation, Court Preliminary, Crimes, Laws, Shootings
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Liberty University pledges $500,000 matching gift to restore historic Lynchburg Academy of Music Theatre
The Academy of Fine Arts and Liberty University announced an initial $500,000 matching gift from the university to help with restoring the historic Academy of Music Theatre in Lynchburg. The pledge is in response to the campaign announced by the Academy...
Tags: Arts and Culture, Lynchburg (Lynchburg, Virginia), Colleges and Universities, Arts, Education
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Lynchburg students display work through downtown "art crawl"
Reporter/Lynchburg Bureau ChiefLynchburg students are getting a unique opportunity to show off their art skills. If you walk through downtown Lynchburg during the next few weeks, you may see artwork hanging in the windows of different buildings. Each piece was created by a...Tags: Arts and Culture, Students, Lynchburg (Lynchburg, Virginia), Arts, Education
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Fire damages living community for older people Friday morning
Fire forced several people out of their homes in Roanoke early Friday morning. Firefighters put out a fire in the boiler room of Melrose Towers near 31st Street before it could spread. Our WDBJ7 photographer saw people who live there gathered in the...
Tags: Politics
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Pittsylvania County Sheriff's Office working to put deputies in schools
The Pittsylvania County Sheriff's Office is meeting with school leaders today to discuss ways to provide better safety in schools. They are working to put a deputy in all 20 of its schools. The initiative includes a seven step security process that...
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Pittsylvania County Schools will have armed deputies, metal detectors at all schools
WDBJ7 ReporterSchool shootings have prompted new security at some local schools. Soon when you enter a Pittsyvlania County school, you'll pass through a metal detector. That's one of seven new security measures the sheriff there wants by the start of next school...Tags: Pittsylvania County, Mike Taylor, Politics
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Armed deputies in Pittsylvania County schools hope to be a crime deterrent
WDBJ7 ReporterIn Pittsylvania County the sheriff, the school board, and county supervisors are taking major steps to prevent a school tragedy. They released a detailed seven-point security plan Thursday, and it starts with an armed deputy in every school. This is...Tags: Pittsylvania County, Mike Taylor, Politics
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Both sides of gun control debate agree that something needs to change
WDBJ7 ReporterOn Sunday night President Obama hinted that tragedies like the Connecticut school shootings can't happen anymore. With that, the gun control debate re-enters the American conversation. People on both sides of the debate agree with the president that...Tags: FBI, National Rifle Association of America, Barack Obama, Interior Policy, Gun Control
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New aquarium arrives at Roanoke's Center in the Square
ReporterCenter in the Square is bringing the ocean to Roanoke, but first it had to bring an aquarium from California. Crews worked into the evening Thursday to ease the new addition into place. Jeff Turner is with Reef Aquaria Design of Florida, the company...Tags: Politics
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Judge approves settlement that could close Virginia training centers
Reporter/Lynchburg Bureau ChiefThe fight continues over whether to close Virginia's training centers. A federal judge approved a settlement Thursday between Virginia's government and the United States Department of Justice. The agreement calls for closing four of Virginia's five...Tags: Judges, Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice, Chesapeake (Chesapeake, Virginia), Politics
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Averett University getting freshened look
WDBJ7 ReporterAverett University in Danville is freshening up. In addition to new programs, the school is expanding its student capacity and renovating buildings. One of it's first projects begins here. Prichett Auditorium, home of Averett's theater department, will...Tags: Politics
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