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	<title><![CDATA[Murder Victim's Family Speaks]]></title>
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	<longtext><![CDATA[07/19/10 10:49pm -- Brookneal, VA - The Poe Family is trying to piece together why someone would murder the man they called &quot;Teddy.&quot; His first child, a boy, is due any day now. He also leaves behind four brothers and a sister. Poe's brother was murdered in 2006. His parents died about 13 years ago within 30 days of one another. His mom had a heart attack and his dad was killed in a motorcycle accident. Poe's grandmother has raised him since his parents' death.
&quot;He loved his grandma, and his grandma loved him,&quot; said grandmother, Corinie Jackson.
Monday evening, family gathered to bond together.
&quot;I'm gonna miss him,&quot;saidJames Hamlett, 14, Poe'scousin.
&quot;It's sad. It really is,&quot; said friend of the family, Monica Hamlett.
&quot;He was sweet and we loved him. All he had was his family,&quot;said sister-in-law, Tracey Poe.
The family heard the news Monday afternoon.
&quot;All I could do is fall down on the floor,&quot; said cousin Melita Brown.
Teddy Poe's family says he was a nice guy, athletic, very outgoing and dressed to impress.
&quot;Everything he wore matched head to toe,&quot; said J. Hamlett.
&quot;He worked hard for what he got,&quot; said M. Hamlett
Teddy's grandma says he was not violent.She sayhe had lots of friends and a million-dollar smile. Brown agrees.
&quot;Anybody that knew him, they should remember his smile. You could ask him a question and the first thing you would see were his teeth. His pretty smile,&quot; saidBrown.
Teddy's grandmother is taking it the hardest.
&quot;Just trying to remember that he is gone, when he just walked beside me Saturday at the wedding. He was the one that led me in to the wedding of his brother,&quot; said Jackson.
Teddy is her second grandson lost to violence. Teddy's brother David was shot to death on Early Street in June of 2006.
&quot;I just got to try to keep on living like I been. Because lost all the sons,&quot; said Jackson.
Family is still trying to figure out why someone would do such a thing.
&quot;I don't see how they have a heart. You know? And it hurts me that people don't have a heart about this,&quot; said M. Hamlett.
&quot;I loved him,&quot; said Jackson batting back the tears.
Neighbors of Jeremiah Overman, the suspect in this shooting, say his house was a hot spot for some sort of activity. They say about 30 cars a day stopped by the house; people from all walks of life. Police say during the search they discovered and seized drug paraphernalia. Poe's grandmother says his truck, a gold Navigator, is still missing.(c) 2010<br>WSET-TV, Inc. and The Associated Press]]></longtext>
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	<title><![CDATA[Man Arrested in Homicide Near Lynchburg College]]></title>
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	<idnum>756817</idnum>
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	<longtext><![CDATA[07/19/10 10:06pm Lynchburg, VA -- Lynchburg Police have arrested a man in connection with the city's second homicide this year.

Just before six Monday, officers took Jeremiah Wayne Overman into custody at a home on Fairmont Avenue.

Overman is now charged with First Degree Murder and Use of a Firearm in the Commission of a Felony.

They say he shot and killed 19-year-old Theodore Curtis Poe of Concord early this morning.

Detectives believe Poe was attending a party at this house.

Police did respond to a 'shots fired' call there at 2:30a-m.

But they didn't find anything.

They now believe that's when Poe was shot... before he collapsed in a neighbor's yard.(c) 2010<br>WSET-TV, Inc. and The Associated Press]]></longtext>
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	<title><![CDATA[&ldquo;MedCottage&ldquo; Revealed]]></title>
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	<idnum>756763</idnum>
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	<longtext><![CDATA[07/19/10 5:58pm Roanoke, VA -- As the 78-million &quot;baby boomers&quot; get older and health care costs rise, one Salem-based company thinks they have an answer for a lot of related issues and they call it &quot;Med Cottage&quot;. 

N-2-Care first went public with their idea last year. 

These things are equipped to monitor vital signs, medicine distribution and even tells a care giver when the occupant falls. But more importantly, they keep families connected. 

As Olin Glidden makes his way into the Med-Cottage, he's nothing short of impressed. 

&quot;It's not too small, it's just right,&rdquo; Glidden said. 

Taking a look around and Mr. Glidden is sure he would rather be in his daughter's backyard then in a nursing home. 

&quot;Because of the confinement, the lack of attention... being able to communicate with people,&quot; Glidden said. 

And that's what N2Care founder Kenneth Dupin is talking about. 

As baby boomers age, he is convinced his creation can help shape the future of care for the elderly. He just won't be able to do it alone. 

&quot;We're about connecting families to health care and in order for that to happen there has to be many people to take up this cause,&quot; Reverend Dupin said. 

Dupin says the current nursing home capacity will only be able to address 20% of the coming baby boom wave, making the need for MedCottage an obvious one. 

&quot;Because of the finances of health care and because of the massive amounts of people... it's going to do it either way. There's no way that America can continue the way that we practice healthcare. There's just no way,&quot; Dupin said. 

A yearly cost is comparable to a year's college tuition, saving families, and the health care system, money. 

More importantly they are meant to keep a loved who, needs some medical help, closer to home. 

Glidden doesn't need a MedCottage now, depending on what the future holds. 

&quot;Yes I would consider it, I would make every effort I could to get one,&quot; Glidden said. 

Through Delegate Morgan Griffiths office, legislation passed the general assembly that allows for the use of the MedCottage in Virginia. 

Zoning issues have plagued the project. The MedCottage designers say they are made to conform to zoning laws nationwide. 

N-2-Care says that prior to a Washington Post story that came out in early May, they were getting just 40-hits on their website per week. 

In the two weeks after, they've received almost a half-million hits from 67 different countries.(c) 2010<br>WSET-TV, Inc. and The Associated Press]]></longtext>
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	<title><![CDATA[Congressional Hearing on Vets Healthcare]]></title>
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	<longtext><![CDATA[07/19/10 5:22pm Bedford Co., VA -- Members of Congress heard the healthcare needs and concerns needs of local veterans today in a field hearing held in Bedford County. 

Several people gave personal testimonies of how the current healthcare system for veterans is failing them. 

&quot;It is striking how we take for granted the lives of those who voluntarily put theirs on the line,&quot; caregiver Lynn Tucker said. 

Three of Lynn Tucker's sons are veterans, but she says getting care for her disabled son Ben is filled with long waiting times, red tape, and an even greater challenge of finding a place to take him. 

They live three hours of from the Richmond Veteran's Administration Hospital where he receives treatment. 

&ldquo;Access to primary and specialty care is imperative for all veterans and especially difficult for rural veterans,&rdquo; Tucker said. 

&quot;This is why we wanted to have this hearing here to make sure it's on the permanent record that people high up in the VA (Veterans Administration)  are hearing stories like this and letting them know that Congress is watching,&quot; Rep. Tom Perriello said. 

Panelists like Retired Major General and South Boston Mayor Carroll Thackston says the V.A. healthcare system is struggling to care for aging veterans and stretched thin by the increased number of veterans returning from wars in the Middle East. 

&quot;I believe that the V.A will have to expand its network of healthcare facilities to meet these increased demands,&quot; Thackston said. 

One idea is to allow veterans to receive primary care through Community Based Outreach Programs to reduce the need to travel to V.A. hospitals. 

&quot;It not only saves more for the V.A. but it allows the veteran to have local access to care. We have a lot of local doctors happy to be a part of that,&rdquo; Perriello said. 

To help families like the Tuckers and the many other veterans who say receiving reliable healthcare is another battle they shouldn't have to fight. 

Health care officials also attended the hearing today to discuss ways to extend care to veterans through the use of telemedicine and other technology.(c) 2010<br>WSET-TV, Inc. and The Associated Press]]></longtext>
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	<title><![CDATA[Tobacco Warehouse Reopening]]></title>
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	<longtext><![CDATA[07/19/10 5:04pm Danville, VA -- Tobacco, of course, has a rich history on the Southside. 

But lately, abandoned tobacco warehouses have littered Danville's tobacco warehouse district. 

Now, some local entrepreneurs think they have a way to bring life back to at least one of those old auction houses. The plan is to re-open the Piedmont Warehouse to enable farmers to sell excess tobacco. 

Now, it's not going to be the same experience as those auction houses of days past, but it could really help local farmers expand their sales. 

&quot;They would wink, they would hold their fingers up, they would nod their heads, they would do anything just to get the auctioneer's attention,&quot; Piedmont Warehouse Harry Lea said. 

It's a high-stakes, exciting tobacco sale system that lasted more than a century, one that 10 years ago was replaced by a set of contracts and sales between buyers and farmers. 

&quot;It's either taken in, or rejected. And if it's rejected, then he really doesn't have a collective area that he can go market that tobacco against anybody else's,&quot; Lea said. 

Until now. Harry Lea and his partner have a plan for creating that market here at the Piedmont Warehouse, a former auction house. 

Enabling buyers and sellers to silently bid on excess tobacco, what isn't sold in those contracts. Great news for area farmers. 

&quot;You're looking at tens of thousands of dollars worth of product that could potentially be sold,&quot; Virginia Cooperative Extension Stephen Barts said. 

Exciting business potential for Danville. 

&quot;If you just use the economics of a multiplier effect, that's a lot of money! So it's more employment, business license, supplies that we're going to be using, the whole shooting match. It's just ...it's a new business,&quot; Lea said. 

A new twist on an old model that could just help the local tobacco industry grow! 

&quot;It could be wildly successful, it could be a miserable failure but we think it's going to be somewhere in between,&quot; Lea said. 

It's worth pointing out, these businessmen are also following the model of a company out of Wilson, North Carolina that is doing something similar, and we're told they were very successful last year. 

It's a good option for folks that otherwise, had to pound the pavement and find their own buyers for excess tobacco. 

The warehouse is set to open in August.(c) 2010<br>WSET-TV, Inc. and The Associated Press]]></longtext>
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	<title><![CDATA[Man Found Shot in Yard]]></title>
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	<longtext><![CDATA[07/19/10 4:51pm Lynchburg, VA -- Neighbors are reacting with fear and concern following Lynchburg's second homicide of the year. 

Around seven Monday morning, a woman found a man's body lying in her front yard. Detectives say 19 year old Theodore Curtis Poe of Concord was shot to death. 

Police believe Poe attended a party a half a block away, and we know shots were fired at that party around 2:30 Monday morning. 

Police didn't find anything at the time. Now that a murder is involved, they are focused on the party house. 

All day Monday, detectives searched while those who live in the home sat on the front porch. People can't believe their neighborhood is the focus of a murder investigation. 

&quot;Absolutely stunned, I can not imagine what would have precipitated this, I can't imagine,&quot; neighbor Maggie Patterson said. 

Neighbors say this house is known for its late night get-togethers. 

&quot;Occasionally, they'll have a big party over there and you'll have some beer cans or beer bottles and stuff scattered around but it's really nothing really that much,&quot; neighbor Paul Waugh said. 

&quot;Very seldom do you ever hear anything out of them,&quot; Waugh said. 

Maggie Patterson says she spoke with many at the party around midnight while walking her dogs. 

&quot;The girls were in dresses and you don't see that much so it just a very benign sweet appearance for those moments when I walked by,&quot; Patterson said. 

Detectives believe the victim was shot near the home and made it down this sidewalk before collapsing across the street. 

&quot;It sounded very, very close and it was just like loud pops, maybe like I don't know four or five of them,&quot; Lynchburg resident Adella Barrett said. 

Now some in this area are coming to grips with the fact that someone was killed just outside their homes. 

&quot;You just have to deal with it and hope and pray to the Lord that it don't happen to you,&quot; Waugh said. 

&quot;I do think that this is going to leave something in the back of their mind that probably won't go away, it will remove that element of safety,&quot; Patterson said.(c) 2010<br>WSET-TV, Inc. and The Associated Press]]></longtext>
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	<title><![CDATA[Trees Browning Due to Dry Conditions]]></title>
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	<longtext><![CDATA[07/19/10 4:26pm Bedford Co., VA -- You may have noticed some trees are turning brown a little earlier this year. 

The Department of Forestry says the lack of rainfall and dry ground conditions is causing many trees to shed their leaves. 

The trees most affected by the dry conditions are walnut trees, sycamores, and poplar trees. The shedding of leaves is a way for the tree to conserve water. 

Officials say only a few days of repeated rain can help restore the coloring to trees in forested areas. But, there are things you can do to help bring back some color to your trees. 

&quot;In a yard setting they could water their trees, they could put mulch around it which helps holds the moisture. But as a forest application you can just pray for rain,&quot; Bedford County forester, Todd Kready said. 

Foresters say the risk for wildfires could increase if these dry conditions continue.(c) 2010<br>WSET-TV, Inc. and The Associated Press]]></longtext>
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	<title><![CDATA[Buying & Selling Cows]]></title>
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	<longtext><![CDATA[07/19/10 4:20pm Lynchburg, VA -- If you're looking to buy a cow, now is a good time. 

This dry weather has so many farmers selling more of them than usual. They say there's not enough grass and they can't let the animals starve. 

At a cattle auctionMonday at the Livestock Market, there were some heavy cows, but some skinny cows too. 

Many farmers say they have to sell some now, so they can feed the others. 

Buyers say, if you have the right material, it's a good time to be in the market. When it comes to cows, it's definitely a buyer's market. 

&quot;I'm able to come in and reap the benefits of people having to sell,&quot; buyer Dave Goggins said. 

Dave Goggins, a part-time farmer, has some extra grass, so he figures it makes sense to buy. 

&quot;If you've got a little extra money and a little extra grass it's a good time to buy, but a lot of these guys are having to get rid of what they've got there,&quot; Goggins said. 

Goggins plans to wait until around December to sell what he buys, but many farmers don't have that option. Dry weather has many already using their winter feed. 

&quot;The grass doesn't grow. The hay is not growing. Creeks are drying up, that's the worst thing, water is getting low and the feed is getting short,&quot; cattle farmer Louis Lichford said. 

&quot;If I feed up all my hay now I won't have none to feed through the winter,&quot; cattle farmer Tommy Campbell said. 

That's why farmer Tommy Campbell is selling off a few more cows than usual. But he says it's not all bad news for farmers. 

&quot;Right now the prices is holding up pretty good I don't know why but it is and I'm glad it is,&quot; Campbell said. 

It's also not all good news for buyers. Perry Huffman says while he may save money on the cows, he's spending more to ship them to the Midwest. 

&quot;We can save a little bit of money being a buyer right now but the freight is costing more too,&quot; Huffman said. 

A concern many farmers have is about cows flooding the market. Prices are good now, but they worry about supply and demand.(c) 2010<br>WSET-TV, Inc. and The Associated Press]]></longtext>
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