Prosecutors pointed to inconsistencies in Thomas' story and that of his girlfriend. Thomas was sentenced to five years in prison. Legionnaires State health authorities are in the New River Valley examining a sudden outbreak of Legionnaires' Disease. Legionnaires is an acute form of pneumonia- that can be fatal. Two are in critical condition, the others are stable.
Victims usually inhale airborne water droplets containing the bacteria.
Symptoms include fevers between 103 and 105 degrees. A new campaign against drug and alcohol abuse is getting its start in western Virginia. The program will offer advice and ask parents to sign a pledge that parties for young people will be drug and alcohol free. The new program was started with money from the Bonnie Kitts Memorial Fund. She was the Roanoke County resident killed last last year by a drunken teenaged driver.