A fire at the OmniSource plant in Franklin County was finally extinguished Thursday after a several-hours long effort by firefighters and plant staff.
The Gentry Locke law firm investigated the school system’s actions related to the Nov. 7 deaths of 17-year-olds Serenity Hawley and her former boyfriend Croney Monk III.
Judge David Carson warned Kemonte Cooper not to violate the terms of his post-release probation.
Roanoke Fire-EMS Department personnel responded to the fire in the 1200 block of Dale Avenue Southeast shortly before midnight.
Temperatures will bounce back into the 80s on Sunday
Roanoke and Botetourt counties and the town of Vinton are collaborating on a plan through the Federal Highway Administration’s Safe Streets and Roads For All (SS4A) program with the goal of preventing deaths and serious injuries for all roadway users.
The latest proposal would increase the average residential customer's bill by about $10 per month.
The latest proposal would increase the average residential customer's bill by about $10 per month.
Virginia Tech will employ security such as it always does for large events, a school spokesman said.
“The timeline of trees is very slow. You plant for two generations from now,” said Roanoke Urban Forestry Coordinator Bill West. “It just takes time to grow. And it takes care.”
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The council does not plan to change the real estate tax rate, and because of that, property owners will see an increase due to the most recent assessment.
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More than a dozen units and nearly 70 firefighters from Franklin and Henry counties responded to the metal scrap pile fire Thursday.
K-9 Officer W. Frosell, with nearly nine years of service, and Officer B. Bailey, with just over two years of service, were involved in the Monday shooting.
The May 1 event features children’s author Katherine Applegate, who wrote “Wishtree,” a youth bestseller about a nonbinary tree. Floyd county schools planned, but later scrapped, a mass-reading of the book after students had already begun reading it.
The Virginia State Police Wytheville, Culpeper, Appomattox, and Salem Divisions will be conducting another “Operation DISS-rupt” on all 325 miles of Interstate 81 in Virginia April 25-26.
The Highlander Hotel Radford opened last year.
Roanoke school staff on Tuesday recommended a series of potential changes for timelier buses in the fall, including earlier start and dismissal times for some elementary school schedules, and later times for middle and high schools.
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A solar energy collaborative is offering free webinars including one on May 15 on how to hook your home or business to sun-powered electricity.
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Officers found the two injured men in the 3800 block of Stratford Park Drive Southwest at about 7 p.m. Wednesday, according to the city police department.
The child appeared to have serious injuries and was transported to Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital for treatment.
Robert Lee Jones, 61, of Roanoke was shot by city police officers responding to a call about a disorder Monday evening.
Demonte J. Belcher, 23, will be sentenced later in U.S. District Court in Roanoke.
Mary Huskey Palmer pleaded guilty in January to five charges related to the July 2021 death of 38-year-old Arthur “Woody” Woodrow Palmer III.
A celebration of life honoring Franklin News-Post sports reporter Steve "Scoop" Marsh will be held this Saturday at Franklin County High School. It is an opportunity for the community to pay their respects to the longtime journalist who died suddenly last month.
The region’s ozone pollution was at levels lower than most of the country, according to the American Lung Association.
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