LEXINGTON — The Virginia Military Institute Board of Visitors voted unanimously Thursday to move the statue of Confederate Lt. Gen. Thomas "St…
A reader's query about an old postcard leads to some historical detective work for our intrepid columnist and his helpers in Vinton.
Columnist Ray Cox says a phone message from a reader led to an answer about something he'd wondered about his family's burial plot.
The Alleghany Chapter National Society Daughters of the American Revolution held a dedication ceremony on Oct. 7 in honor of Revolutionary Pat…
To say Harry Messimer was a man on the move acknowledges tacit understanding that other pretenders to the same title are by comparison all but…
Mary Ann Obenshain remembered a train derailment in southern Botetourt County from when she was 5 years old. The "What's On Your Mind?" column…
Less than two hours before kickoff for Saturday night's football game at Clemson, the University of Virginia informed the media that seven UVa…
Recent columns brought readers responses about old photos of the Villamont spring gushing from a tree, breaking with convention in the Jim Cro…
During a busy Monday meeting, the Roanoke City Council set a process to select a replacement for a council seat, also agreed to give the Lee M…
Verse introduced last week’s dispatch. Poetry repeats as preface to current reporting.
While public health authorities discourage drinking spring water, some old-timers still swear by it.
The history of one of Roanoke’s oldest neighborhoods, which includes stories of a thriving Black community that was eventually bulldozed in th…
The Gainsboro Branch Library in Roanoke will close its services Tuesday for a renovation that will include new paint, new carpet, patio furnit…
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This being Labor Day, the following is dedicated to a couple of the hardest working men in research.
Read on about protests to wear pants, how coeds hid their liquor from campus snoops -- and the curious case of a custody dispute over a pet iguana.
The electric "mule" towing locomotive from the Panama Canal was a promising lead, but had more to do with General Electric than Virginia Bridg…
Author Shari Dragovich looks at the famed restaurant's humble beginnings in small-town Indiana, its present status as a culinary icon in Roano…
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