The council voted to keep the city's real estate tax rate unchanged.
A federal appeals court ruled Tuesday that Thomas "T.J." Robertson's prison term was based on erroneous sentencing guidelines.
The unanimous vote on a $335.6 million spending plan came after a month after supervisors dropped the county's real estate tax rate.
Stephen Matteson Epperly, now 72, was found guilty of murdering Radford University freshman Gina Hall the same year she vanished. He continues to serve a life prison sentence.
Some may not get service restored until Wednesday evening.
Jaliyl Saalim Clinton, 34, was charged in connection with the stabbing five days after his shooting charges were temporarily dropped.
A three-vehicle crash in Craig County Sunday resulted in a fatality, according to the state police.
A three-vehicle crash in Craig County Sunday resulted in a fatality, according to the state police.
Howard Laron Love, 40, of Pulaski and formerly of Detroit, Michigan succumbed to his injuries at about 5 p.m. Saturday.
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It was part of a larger storm system that struck across the region Sunday evening, knocking out power to more than 100,000 Appalachian Power customers in Virginia, West Virginia and Tennessee. Power had been restored to all but 40,000 by Monday evening.
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The Smith Mountain Lake Marine Volunteer Fire Department finally has a headquarters to call its own. After years of fundraising, planning and construction impacted by significant delays, members have spent the past few months moving into the newly constructed lakeside facility.
Multiple rounds of showers and thunderstorms will move through on Monday.
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Conditions are increasingly favorable for damaging thunderstorms in Virginia during Sunday evening.
The nation on Monday honors members of the military who have died in the line of duty with the Memorial Day holiday.
New River Valley Leading Lights recently honored 21 community volunteers during its annual ceremony April 23 at the German Club at Virginia Tech.
The power company is asking for feedback at a June 4 meeting.
BLACKSBURG — Virginia Tech is signaling its intentions to take a more active role in infrastructure planning for the New River Valley.
The decisions came during a meeting where board members questioned the school system's decision-making.
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In much of our everyday lives, we don’t see a real connection between far away celestial phenomena and us. Sure, the 93 million mile distant sun shines, giving us heat and allowing plants to grow. But not much else in the heavenly realm appears to directly affect us.
There will be no newspaper printed for Memorial Day.
Can the height of humble pot plants in a Grandin Court garden predict the outcome of Roanoke’s three-way race for mayor? Metro columnist Dan Casey wants to find out. Also, he’s offering free marijuana plants* to The Roanoke Times most clever readers.
Town police said in a press release Friday afternoon that there was no danger to the public and no further information to share.
Virginia State Police said the crash occurred at 5:50 p.m. Friday on U.S. 220 near Burgess Road, south of Boones Mill.