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Virginia Senate rejects local option for Sunday hunting
The Senate has rejected a proposal to allow localities to decide whether to allow hunting on Sundays.
Sen. Richard Stuart offered the local option Wednesday as an amendment to legislation to allow Sunday hunting on private property statewide. The bill...Tags: Politics, Religion and Belief
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U.S. Senate candidate says a local free clinic is a model for the nation's healthcare system
Anchor/ReporterA candidate who wants to represent Virginia in the U.S. Senate says it's time for the federal government to pull back. E.W. Jackson toured a Christian Free Clinic in Fincastle Tuesday evening. The clinic is part of a ministry by Fincastle Baptist...Tags: Politics, Hospitals and Clinics, Elections, Hospitals and Clinics, George Allen
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Giles Co. School Board sued over Ten Commandments
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) -- Civil-liberties groups are suing a southwest Virginia school board for posting the Ten Commandments, contending that the display violates the Constitution's guarantee of separation of church and state.
The American Civil...Tags: Roanoke (Roanoke, Virginia), File Sharing, American Civil Liberties Union, Giles County, Trials
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Former Roanoke officer Bryan Lawrence breaks neck in fall at church
Anchor/ReporterHe was beaten unconscious and paralyzed trying to arrest two suspects. Now former Roanoke police officer Bryan Lawrence has suffered another injury. Lawrence fell on Sunday at the church were he's now a minister, breaking several bones including his...Tags: Religion and Belief
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Roanoke reverend sentenced to eight months for tax, Social Security fraud
Anchor/ReporterThe pastor of a Roanoke church is going to prison. Reverend Joseph Mayo pled guilty to not paying more than a half million dollars in taxes and illegally taking a hundred thousand dollars in Social Security benefits. He's pastor of Paradise Cathedral....Tags: Career and Workplace, Wages and Pensions, Social Security, Diabetes
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Virginia's Attorney General weighs in on politics and the pulpit
ReporterSome say politics and religion don't mix. Virginia's Attorney General has weighed in on the topic. At a breakfast for ministers Thursday, Ken Cuccinelli offered guidance on how ministers can be involved in politics without jeopardizing the tax-...Tags: Roanoke (Roanoke, Virginia), Politics, Crime, Law and Justice, Lawyers, Ken Cuccinelli
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Susan Bahorich's Blog
Comments, questions, concerns, story ideas, etc. email me at: sbahorich@wdbj7.com
January 4, 2012
Happy New Year, Baby New Year!!!!
Welcome to the first edition of the 2012 Blog-horich.
I've been slacking people, I'm sorry!
First off, Happy belated...Tags: Gun Control, Don't Ask, Don't Tell Policy Repeal (2010), Cell Phones, Prosecution, Golf
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Roanoke Valley law enforcement officers remember fallen comrades
Police and sheriff's deputies looked for a bit of refuge and comfort from each other Thursday afternoon. Their job is a tough one and perhaps no one understands the difficulties better than them.
During a ceremony for National Police Week law...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Crimes, Christianity
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Your Feedback
Here are some of your emails on issues in the local news or local news coverage. *** I just watched your reporter on the 11 o'clock news interview the Mayor of Roanoke re: the U.S. Postal Service plan to eliminate 35,000 jobs. The mayor dramatically...Tags: Soccer, History, Flu, Constitutional Issues, High School Sports
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Smart ways to use your tax refund
ReporterThe prudent choice is not always the first choice when money temptation sets in. Especially when it comes to a big refund check. With state and federal tax refunds being deposited, it's a good time to look at smart ways to use that money. Rod...Tags: Tax Credits, Homes, Human Interest
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Jury recommends three life sentences in Campbell County murder case
Reporter/Lynchburg Bureau ChiefAn Altavista man is headed to prison for killing his neighbor. A jury in Campbell County handed down six guilty verdicts for Alphonso Destin on first-degree murder, five robbery counts and for mis-using a firearm. The 23 year old was on trial for...Tags: Police Investigations, Firearms, Defense, Defendants, Criminal Laws
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State lawmakers react to Ten Commandments decision in Giles Co.
ReporterOn a day when the opening prayer in the House of Delegates acknowledged the separation of church and state, lawmakers reacted to the recent events in Giles County One who sponsored legislation requiring schools to post "In God We Trust" says a display of...Tags: Politics, Crime, Law and Justice, Elections, Teaching and Learning, Manassas (Manassas, Virginia)
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