College drinking in Virginia
Sparked by the Amethyst Initiative to re-examine the legal drinking age, The Roanoke Times launched an occasional series in the spring called "Under 21" to take a look at how the issue of drinking is handled on college campuses round the region. As part of the series, we've been collecting and analyzing data on college alcohol policies and practices, how college presidents feel about the Amethyst Initiative, and, most recently, the rates of alcohol violations on 42 Virginia campuses. See what we've found on our Under 21 site, including the data section featuring interactive maps and graphics of all our data.
- Matt Chittum
- Data Delivery Editor
- matt.chittum@roanoke.com
- 540-981-3331
More than 1,000 black Roanokers found their final resting place in Springwood Burial Park, a private black cemetery in the Lincoln Terrace area of the city. After the cemetery closed in 1979, it fell into disrepair. But in the last year, Roanoker Bob Bird has been on a mission to reclaim the graveyard and document who lies in the hundreds of lost graves. So far, he's identified more than 325 of them. See who they are in our searchable Springwood Burial Park database.
The DataSphere column
Data in the News
- The Roanoke Times' Age of Uncertainty series
- In these times of economic uncertainty, what's at stake in the Roanoke and New River valleys?
- Roanoke City Councilman Alfred Dowe resigns over travel expenses
- Trophy freshwater fish: The James is still king
- Virginia's toxin levels higher than reported; Radford Arsenal is state's biggest polluter
- Digging up the past at Roanoke's Springwood Burial Park
- City population growth: Roanoke not taking leave of its census
Primary Sources
- Indictment against Former Roanoke City Councilman Alfred Dowe
- Indictment against Roanoke Neo-Nazi Bill White
- Search warrant affadavit for the Jeep believed involved in Roanoke jogger hit-and-run
- Judge's ruling that search of FloydFest guest was illegal
- Michael Vick's indictment on dogfighting charges
- The Virginia Tech shootings panel report
- Henry County sheriff's department indictments
- Former Henry County Sheriff Frank Cassell's plea agreement
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