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Tough Bein' A Daddy
![<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 150%;">Jason Aldean</span><span style="line-height: 150%;"> is crisscrossing the country on his <em>My Kinda Party</em> tour right now. But, back home his two daughters are headed back to school! When Jason has time off from his tour, he’s always looking for a chance to come back home and just be dad. <em>“You know, I’m always goin’ to softball practices and definitely in the carpool line and all that stuff. So, it’s cool. I mean, I enjoy that. I miss a lot of stuff when I’m out on the road. So, when I’m home I like to kinda get involved in all those things.”</em> Jason just announced that he’ll be donating all the proceeds from his September 30<sup>th</sup> concert in Roanoke, Virginia to <em>Susan G. Komen for the Cure</em>. Jason says his team had great success with his <em>Concert for the Cure </em>last year and he can’t wait to see all those pink shirts out in the audience again.</span></span>](http://media.trb.com/media/thumbnails/story/2011-08/64150242-22045925.jpg "<span style="font-size: small;\"><span style=\"line-height: 150%;\">Jason Aldean</span><span style=\"line-height: 150%;\"> is crisscrossing the country on his <em>My Kinda Party</em> tour right now. But, back home his two daughters are headed back to school! When Jason has time off from his tour, he’s always looking for a chance to come back home and just be dad. <em>“You know, I’m always goin’ to softball practices and definitely in the carpool line and all that stuff. So, it’s cool. I mean, I enjoy that. I miss a lot of stuff when I’m out on the road. So, when I’m home I like to kinda get involved in all those things.”</em> Jason just announced that he’ll be donating all the proceeds from his September 30<sup>th</sup> concert in Roanoke, Virginia to <em>Susan G. Komen for the Cure</em>. Jason says his team had great success with his <em>Concert for the Cure </em>last year and he can’t wait to see all those pink shirts out in the audience again.</span></span>")
Jason Aldean is crisscrossing the country on his My Kinda Party tour right now. But, back home his two daughters are headed back to school! When Jason has time off from his tour, he’s always looking for a chance to come back home and just be dad.... -
'Thaw Out' 2012 Tour Announced
![<span style="font-size: small;">Rascal Flatts have announced their winter tour, Thaw Out 2012, with special guest Sara Evans and opener Hunter Hayes. Coming off a successful summer tour and Opry induction, the trio hopes to keep up the pace through the New Year. (Audio) “It feels like we’re right back where we were about three or four years ago in terms of momentum and recapturing the joy and the excitement that we had. Even playing together the three of us, we feel completely reinvigorated.” The tour kicks off in Charleston, West Virginia on January 12<sup>th</sup> and runs through February 18<sup>th</sup>.</span>](http://media.trb.com/media/thumbnails/story/2011-10/65486239-18043852.jpg "<span style="font-size: small;\">Rascal Flatts have announced their winter tour, Thaw Out 2012, with special guest Sara Evans and opener Hunter Hayes. Coming off a successful summer tour and Opry induction, the trio hopes to keep up the pace through the New Year. (Audio) “It feels like we’re right back where we were about three or four years ago in terms of momentum and recapturing the joy and the excitement that we had. Even playing together the three of us, we feel completely reinvigorated.” The tour kicks off in Charleston, West Virginia on January 12<sup>th</sup> and runs through February 18<sup>th</sup>.</span>")
Rascal Flatts have announced their winter tour, Thaw Out 2012, with special guest Sara Evans and opener Hunter Hayes. Coming off a successful summer tour and Opry induction, the trio hopes to keep up the pace through the New Year. (Audio) “It...Tags: Rascal Flatts (music group), Atlantic City (Atlantic, New Jersey)
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WDBJ TV
2807 Hershberger Road, NW
Roanoke, VA 24022-0007
P.O. Box 7
Roanoke, VA 24022-0007
Phone 540-344-7000
Fax 540-344-5097
The Station
Founded: WDBJ first signed on the air in 1955. It has undergone a series of expansions over the years to reach a much...Tags: CBS Corp., Marketing, Lynchburg (Lynchburg, Virginia)
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Todd F. Schurz
Schurz Communications, Inc. With the retirement of Franklin D. Schurz as of June 30th, 2007, the Schurz Communications Inc. board of directors named Todd Franklin Schurz to serve as the company’s President and Chief Executive Officer effective July...Tags: Franklin (Franklin, Virginia), CBS Corp., History (tv network), Marketing, Brown University
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Bedford residents say dangerous intersection needs improvement in wake of deadly wreck
Reporter/Lynchburg Bureau ChiefPeople living near the scene of a deadly accident in Bedford County are calling for safety improvements. Mariah Skalka was driving on Route 122 near Bunker Hill Wednesday night when she hit a truck. Her passenger, Elizabeth Wilson, was killed. The...Tags: Bedford (Bedford, Virginia), Bedford County (Virginia), Virginia Department of Transportation
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UPDATED: Appalachian Power, other utilities working to restore power to thousands after storm
WDBJ 7 Anchor/ReporterPower is slowly being restored after Thursday's severe thunderstorms. Here's a roundup as of approximately 5:00 p.m. on Friday: - Appalachian Power reports more than 40,300 customers are without power. The company says it has 2,200 crew members...Tags: Franklin (Franklin, Virginia), Henry County, Bedford (Bedford, Virginia), Appalachian Power Company, Roanoke County
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UPDATED: Thousands of Appalachian Power customers experiencing power outages due to wind, storms
Thousands of people are without power after Thursday's storms. According to the Appalachian Power website, as of 5:35 p.m., here are some of the latest outage numbers: -In Roanoke County, more than 17,000 customers do not have electricity. -In...
Tags: Franklin (Franklin, Virginia), Montgomery County (Virginia), Bedford (Bedford, Virginia), Bedford County (Virginia), Appalachian Power Company
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UPDATED: Salem man charged with DUI, involuntary manslaughter after major wreck on Interstate 581 in Roanoke
The Salem man charged with killing two tractor trailer drivers in Wednesday’s wreck on Interstate 581 is in jail, and we’ve learned that he has a previous alcohol-related charge on his record. Police have released the names of the two...
Tags: Vehicles, Disasters and Accidents, Judges, Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice
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Center in the Square hosts RoboParade 2013
WDBJ7Roanoke's Center in the Square was all about robotics earlier today. This is the third year for the RoboParade, organized by the Roanoke Blacksburg Technology Council and Roanoke Robotics Club. The day was filled with workshops and displays on the art...Tags: Blacksburg
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Virginia voters pick candidates in primary elections
Virginia voters picked candidates in a primary election today. Ralph Northam won the Democratic nomination for Lieutenant Governor. He will face Republican E.W. Jackson in November. In the Attorney General race, Mark R. Herring will be the...
Tags: Parties and Movements, Henry County, Elections, Primaries, Politics
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High levels of bacteria found in Roanoke waterways
WDBJ7 ReporterThe state is looking into ways to clean up some of the waterways in the region after finding high levels of bacteria. The Virginia Department of Environmental Quality held an open house Tuesday evening at The Roanoke Civic Center. This is the first...Tags: Bodies of Water, Rivers, Environmental Issues
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Mentors needed for new program focusing on fathers returning from prison
ReporterMany dads will celebrate Father's Day behind the walls of a prison. And some will soon be heading home. Making sure those fathers don't return to prison is the goal of a new program in southwestern Virginia. Virginia CARES is the statewide reentry...Tags: Prisons, Father's Day
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