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Wind SW 7-14 knots today. Visibility clear to the horizon. knots tonight. Seas 1-3 feet. the governor's near-total over rights restoration.
Redistricting advocates made push for a redistricting sponsored by Del. Landes, R-Augusta, states lines can't be drawn or hurt any party or incumpolitician. were a lot of good bills in there that could've gotten behind," Cannon, executive director redistricting advocacy group Virginia 2021, said after "It's clear that there's on this subcommitdoesn't want to prohibit from drawing political the girlfriend said, at one point at the apartment complex Dominique said something to Wells, and shortly afterward Wells shot Dominique two or three times when he was standing up. After Dominique fell, Wells shot him a couple times more, she said. "I screamed.
I It was shocking," she said. She said she did not see Dominique with any weapons. According to law enforcement officers' testimonies, when officers arrived at the scene after the shooting, Wells opened the door of his apartment and raised his hands, complied with officers' commands, and officers found a pistol (that Wells said he had unloaded) on a table in the apartment. They also found a 12-gauge shotgun, a rife and ammunition in Wells' apartment. Officers found no weapons in Dominique Waller's apartment.
Wellstestified that he and Dominique had been "smoking buddies" (smoking marijuana together), addingthat at some point, he became sexually involved with Dominique's girlfriend. Wells testified that about a year or so before the date of the shooting, Dominique asked Wells if he was having a sexual relationship with Dominique's girlfriend. Wells testified that he told Dominique he was, and that Dominique threatened to kill him if he did it again. Wells testified that he told Domi- FOR MARTINSVILLE WEDNESDAY THURSDAY Intervals of clouds Mostly sunny and sun REGIONAL FORECAST Shown is today's weather. Roanoke Radford Christiansburg Callaway MY Floyd Rocky Indian Valley Bassett Hillsville p.
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automatically restore the political rights of nonviolent felons and prohibit political considerations in the drawing of electoral district maps both seemed to have some potential of passing this year. Some Republicans pitched compromise plans on felon voting after last year's lengthy battle with Me Auliffe over his executive order that restored rights to more than 200.000 felons at once. Supreme Court of Virginia later overruled by the Supreme Court of Virginia, but Del. Gregory Habeeb, R-Salem, pushed for amendment that he said would loosen the constitutional disenfranchisem*nt policy while scal- simple reason. "I wanted to help them communicate with other Vietnamese people," "Tang said.
Teaching vowels, tones and phrases, Tang performs the pronunciations and the group repeats them. While Vietnamese has twelve vowels and six tones, the tone markers turn the twelve vowels into 72 distinct vowels. "Vietnamese is a tonal language," Tang said. "If vou change the tone of a word, you may change the meaning of a word." So far, students at the middle school have learned several phrases, including "xin which means "hello," "ban khong," which means "how arc you," and "tam which means "goodbye." At the end of each lesson, the lunchroom erupts into applause for the seventh grader. Kids raise their hands as Andrew goes through the audience passing out high fives.
The knowledgeable lessons Tang teaches and the positive feedback he receives from his peers warms Hairston's heart. "The kids love Andrew for who Andrew is," Hairston said. Amie Knowles reports for the Martinsville Bulletin. She can be reached at amie.pickeral@ martinsvillebulletin.com MARTINSVILLE BULLETIN Founded 1889 How to reach us 276-638-8801 or Toll free 1-800-234-6575 News Display Advertising Questions, suggestions, Exts. 222, 224, 226, 249, 269 ext.
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02017 VOTE From Page A1 bulk. In an interview. he said saw some "pretty darn important issues" left on the agenda and he supported the GOP-sponsored amendments on rights restoration and redistricting. "It's a little bit of a welcome to the NFL. moment I guess freshman," Mivares said.
Under Virginia law, the oral Assembly has to pass stitutional amendments in consecutive sessions before changes go to voters on the ballot. Republican-sponsored bills STUDENT From Page A1 approaches the front of the cafeteria. Microphone in captivates a room full of peers who so far, have been willing to listen to theirs schoolmate. Monica Hatchett, Henry County Public Schools director of communications and organizational learning, said the opportunity for kids at Laurel Park is a unique experience in the school system. "We only offer Spanish and French in Hatchett said.
"There are other languages students can take online and American Sign Language counts as a foreign language, but it's only offered on campus at Henry Community Furthermore, students are not introduced to a foreign language until eighth grade. "Here, they're learning Vietnamese a year before they're able to take a foreign language," Hatchett said. Tang grew up speaking Vietnamese with his family and learned more about the language online. While the future engineer has no plans of becoming a teacher, he took it upon himself to teach others the foreign language for one NATIONAL Shown are noon Los T-storms Rain NATIONAL City Albuquerque Anchorage Atlanta Baltimore Billings Birmingham Boise Boston Charleston, SC. Charleston, Chicago Cincinnati Cleveland Columbia Dallas Denver Des Moines REGIONAL Asheville Bristol Chapel Hill Charlotte Charlottesville Chase City Culpeper Durham Emporia Farmville Fayetteville, NC Fredericksburg Front Royal Goldsboro Harrisonburg Hickory Hillsville Johnson City, TN Knoxville s-sunny.
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The proposal with perhaps the most sweeping impact would allow the General Assembly to branch. Such a change could allow the legislature to undo some executive actions it doesn't like, such as McAuliffe's ban on guns in state buildings and the governor's push to roll back restrictive regulations on abortion clinics. The balance of power could change after this year, when voters will choose a new governor and the entire House of Delegates will stand for re-election. A similar amendment is advancing in the Senate. Graham Moomaw reports for the Richmond Times- Dispatch.
benefit themselves." review and nullify rules and reguJackson H. Miller, lations passed by the executive D. an nique's girlfriend not to come back to his apartment. He also said that he and Dominique "bumped heads" on a number of occasion after that. Wells testified that two days before the day of the shooting, Dominique's girlfriend came to his apartment, looking like she had been crying and wanting to get high.
Wells said Dominique's girlfriend eventually got in his apartment. At one point, Dominique "busted" the door open, grabbed Wells by the neck and began to choke him, Wells testified. Wells said he told both of them to get out of his apartment and to work on their relationship. Wells said he blocked phone calls from Dominique after that, adding that one day before the shooting, Dominique threatened him. Thenon the day ofthe shooting, Wells said Dominique threatened him, said he had a gun with him and patted his waist arca as he did, and that Dominique said "he was going to put lead in my ass." Wells' lawyer, Caitlin Reynolds, noted that Wells said Dominique told him he was going to bring more people into the confrontation on his side.
According to Wells and Reynolds, after Dominique threatened him on the day in question, at one point Wells went to his apartment and got a gun to defend himself. Wells said he did that after Dominique told him he had a gun and that Wells would need one. Wells testified that a bit later he after receiving continuing threats from Dominique. Wells said he approached Domi- nique with a gun and said, "Don't make me shoot you." Wells said Dominique indicated he had a gun and patted his waist area as if he had one, but he never saw Dominique with a gun. Wells said he was scared and that he started shooting, trying to aim at nonvital areas on Dominique's body.
Wells said he shot Dominique first in thearm, then in the chest and eventually in the back after he fell. Wells estimated he shot four or five times in all, adding that he did not intend to kill Dominique. Wells also said he aimed the gun at Dominique's father when he came toward Wells "like a raging bull." Henson argued, among other things, that Wells had a number of opportunities to avoid a confrontation with Dominique on the day in question, that Wells acted with malice and premeditation, that Wells continued to shoot Dominique after he had fallen the floor, that no one else at the crime scene besides Wells was found to have a gun and that there were inconsistencies in Wells' testimony. Reynolds tried to challenge those claims, arguing Wells did not act with malice but acted in the heat of the moment and in self-defense. She also pointed out that Dominique was younger, taller and weighed more than Wells.
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