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SERVING THE VIRGINIA PENINSULA SINCE 1896 SUNDAY, JANUARY 24, 2016 LANDMARK IN RUINS DONK'S DESTROYED: ROOF COLLAPSES ON HISTORIC THEATER ICY HAVOC: DANGEROUS CONDITIONS AT TAIL END OF STORM ROB OSTERMAIERDAILY PRESS PHOTOS Debbie Buchanan takes photos of the historic Donk's Theater in Mathews County after its roof collapsed overnight. As a little girl, Buchanan saw the movie "Cinderella" at the theater. Wintry mix: Wrecks, flooding, closures TRY OUR E-EDITION: The Daily Press digital edition, at eedition.dailypress.com, is online and available at 5 a.m., regardless of the weather. It's included at no additional cost to seven-day home delivery customers and at a greatly reduced price to all others. STAY AHEAD OF THE STORM: Go to dailypress.com for the latest weather updates, road condition information and closings and cancellations.

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By Jane Hammond and Reema Amin ejhammonddailypress.com ramindailypress.com Rain, sleet and snow combined to create icy conditions on the Peninsula during much of the day Saturday. Dropping temperatures on Saturday helped ice over more roadways as the morning progressed on both the Peninsula and the Southside, the Virginia Department of Transportation said. More than a dozen incidents on Interstate 64 shut down lanes up and down the Peninsula throughout the day. Some roads in Poquoson and Hampton were reported flooded and impassable in the late morning after the rain and snow mixture. At least two deaths were attributed to the weather, Virginia State Police said.

Hampton See WEATHERPage 7 Mathews County building is on National Register of Historic Places By Reema Amin ramindailypress.com The loss of the historic Donk's Theater in Mathews County feels like a death in the family to Lynda Smith, a manager of the theater and the daughter of the man who reopened it 40 years ago. "I know that seems strange because it's just a building, but that building meant so much," Smith said. The weight of snow and ice mixed with heavy wind gusts likely caused the 70-year-old theater's roof to collapse late Friday night, according to Jamie Wilks, the county's chief building official. He said the building, on the National Register of Historic Places, is a total loss. Authorities were dispatched about 11 p.m.

to the building, located at 8259 Buckley Hall Road in Hud-gins, said Mathews County Sheriff Mark Barrick. The roof had completely buckled and took out portions of three walls, Wilks said. It was unoccupied, and there were no injuries reported. "Due to the age of the See DONK'SPage 6 York County grounds worker Daniel Howard shovels walks at the Yorktown waterfront Saturday as high winds from the storm drive sand and snow. More inside: Crippling blow to the East Coast The winter storm surpassed many forecasters' already dire predictions and was well on its way to smashing snowfall records, flooding coasts and killing at least 10 people.

Mayors and governors said they did not expect their cities to be back in business until next week. In Page 13 of News CAMPAIGN CASH ROLLS IN AFTER ELECTION IS OVER 'Pay to play'? Donors shelled out more than a million post-Nov. 3 to General Assembly candidates who won INSIDE ANCHOR WALKS FOR WEIGHT LOSS After a blood pressure scare, WTKR news anchor Jessica Larche lost 100 pounds by hitting the pavement for up to 3 miles a day and changing her diet. As a result, she ended up on the cover of Woman's Day magazine. Page 1 of Good Life THE FIRST LADY OF LAUGHTER Groundbreaking funnywoman Carol Burnett reflects on six decades of show business, what makes her laugh and why she's nervous about getting a lifetime achievement award in front of Meryl Streep.

In Parade AFTER SCARE, STAR ROLE AT CNU Nearly eight years ago, doctors feared a tumor in Aaron McFarland's back could lead to paralysis or cancer. Today, he's the leading scorer on the Captains' men's basketball team, despite coming off the bench. Page 1 of Sports found. That figure does not include donations in the final 12 days before the General Assembly convened, as those have not yet been reported. "I'll leave it to the lawyers to explain how it is not pay to play," said Stephen Farnsworth, a political scientist at the University of Mary Washington.

"This is not about helping a candidate win election." Special interests ranging from those in the beer, wine and liquor See FUNDSPage6 By Dave Ress dressdailypress.com The winners in Virginia's legislative election last November also won lots of new friends in the weeks that followed Election Day. Those friends have deep pockets and big interests at stake in the General Assembly. Campaign donations to the winners after Election Day totaled more than $L35 million, a Daily Press review of state Department of Election reports nr Visit us online dailypress.com Like the Daily Press facebook.com dailypressnews Follow us twitter.comDailyPress Price: $2.00 "It is almost laughable to think that there is no connection between the donations and especially their timing and a possible quid pro quo." Olusoji Akomolafe, head of the political science department at Norfolk State 3621.