Sloan nominated Arcadia-area resident Amy White to replace him for the remainder of his term, which expires Dec. 31, 2021. His board colleagues unanimously approved White, who is dean of Virginia Western Community College's School of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics.
David Oranchak, who lives in Roanoke County and studied at Virginia Tech, is among a trio of international code-breakers who recently decoded the second cipher from a still unidentified California serial killer.
The charges stem from an Aug. 29 crash on the Blue Ridge Parkway that killed two men and injured a third. None of the three was wearing a seat belt.
Acknowledging that gangs are mostly responsible for a surge in the city’s gun violence in recent years, the Roanoke City Council listened to recommendations to reduce shootings and curb gang membership among young people.
Stacey Pomrenke, who used to be chief financial officer for a public service utility, and her husband, disgraced ex-judge Kurt Pomrenke, pleaded guilty Friday to conspiracy to defraud the United States by scheming to portray Stacey as an alcoholic who needed treatment in prison, authorities said.
Richmond police continued to block traffic from entering Lee Circle on Monday and officers posted signs in the area warning that guns are prohibited, one day after a clash at the circle between a "Trump train" of cars and opposing protesters.
A judge ordered compensation of $7.5 million paid to a New River Valley man who fell while working at the Poff federal building in Roanoke.Â
A judge ordered compensation of $7.5 million paid to a New River Valley man who fell while working at the Poff federal building in Roanoke.Â
Police have arrested a suspect in a shooting that left a man dead on a Roanoke street.
Authorities have identified a man arrested late Monday night in Goochland County, after police were alerted to be on the lookout for a vehicle possibly linked to a homicide in Roanoke County.
Roanoke County police found Julian Brown, 31, dead with apparent gunshot wounds at a home on Thirlane Road.
Roanoke Police are investigating after a man showed up at Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital early Saturday morning with a gunshot wound.
Physically interfering with Mountain Valley Pipeline workers will cost a protester $1,000, a Montgomery County judge ruled Tuesday. Emma Howell, known as "Ash" among pipeline opponents at the tree stands near Yellow Finch Lane, was convicted of three misdemeanor counts of assault and battery. The charges came from separate incidents in which Howell was accused of scuffling with two workers.
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The bank offered to drill the lock on Twig Gravely’s deceased sister’s safety-deposit box after he couldn’t locate its key. But when the drilling date and time arrived, Gravely and bank personnel found the lock already had been drilled open — and his sister's box was empty.
"Something's got to give. Something's got to change to protect these men and women that sacrificed so much for our freedom. I get emotional when I think about them," Paul "Chip" McCauley, a retired U.S. Marine Corps first sergeant, said during an observance service Saturday at Evergreen Burial Park in Roanoke.
A special investigation by Lee Enterprises showed that of 105 agencies serving communities identified as diverse, 76 underrepresented the percentages of people of color by 10 points or more.Â
Memorial Day, when Americans pay tribute to military men and women killed defending the United States, has a complicated origin.
The filing is the latest chapter in a more than two-decade-long legal saga that began in 2000 when Lisa Miller and Janet Jenkins were joined in a Vermont civil union, the first statewide legal recognition of same-sex couples.
In its forecast for the 2023 Atlantic hurricane season, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration predicts that there will be anywhere from 12 to 17 named storms between June 1 and November 30.
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Within the Roanoke County border, there are four men of color who serve as chiefs of police. The other 17 chiefs in the Roanoke and New River Valley regions are white men.
Roanoke Fire-EMS said that two city residential fires were connecte and the person of interest was 62-year-old Lewis James Lambert Jr., who was also one of the persons found fatally shot.
Walter Dandridge Jr., a forensic firearms and tool mark examiner, shows off the unique markings left on a shell casing before a news conference to announce a new phase of the Western District of Virginia's violent crime reduction strategy at the Berglund Center Thursday, May 25, 2023, in Roanoke.
Matthew Jason "Tweet" McKinney, 41, pleaded guilty in December to one felony, concealing a dead body, and one misdemeanor, disposing a dead body on private property.
The town council authorized the town manager to sign agreements for the funding, construction and maintenance of regional stormwater facilities and a cost sharing plan for a number of sewer improvements at Glade Spring.
🎧 Reporter Karen Robinson-Jacobs discusses the racial makeup of police departments in relation to the communities they serve.
Memorial Day, when Americans pay tribute to military men and women killed defending the United States, has a complicated origin.
A social worker is running against the only accountant in Virginia’s House of Delegates.
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