On Saturday, Ferrum College senior Breanna Weaver will be experiencing a first. She will be walking the stage to accept her diploma, something she and many other seniors were unable to do when graduating high school.
Kadyn Camper signed her NLI this week to continue her softball career at Purdue, where she'll be taking both a prolific pitching and batting talent
The retirement of longtime Executive Director Karen McNally was made public at the end of April when the Presbyterian Community Center, a nonprofit ministry serving residents of southeast Roanoke since 1967, broke ground for a $6 million facility adjacent to its 1228 Jamison Ave. S.E. home.
The weekend brings clouds and a threat of a shower or thunderstorm and any time.
A total of 82 people were arrested Sunday.
In one recent case, about $20,000 was withdrawn from a Botetourt County woman's bank account in about four hours, a Roanoke County detective said.
The fallout from issues with financial statements continues.
Ridiculous Chicken and Centro Taco Bar in Blacksburg each recently paid $1,000 fines for overcrowding in September.
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David and Mike talk about college basketball's portal news as Virginia Tech makes noise, UVa is quiet, and some early looks at ACC football.
The spread-out Ryan siblings hail from Wyoming, Arizona, South Carolina, Virginia and beyond. This weekend, they’ll be gathering at Smith Mountain Lake for the fourth time in 25 years, in what’s become a family triathlon tradition.
A new volunteer program will soon begin monitoring Smith Mountain Lake in an effort to better understand algae growth around the shoreline as well as more quickly identify any harmful algal blooms.
A Massachusetts renewable energy company has proposed placing solar panels on Bent Mountain.
More than a dozen artists have created art to celebrate flowers and gardens in Christiansburg. The Montgomery Museum of Art and History will hold a "Spring Garden Day" at the display, located at 300 Pepper St., the former home of the museum, from 2 to 4 p.m. Saturday.
Jae’vian M. Allen, 18, is charged with one count of robbery in connection with the April 24 gunfire incident.
“The Council rushed the process for approving these zoning changes, adopting them with disregard to state law requirements for public notice,” the lawsuit reads.
A smaller protest has continued for several days after a pro-Palestinian encampment was broken up by police on Sunday.
Plus Taylor Preston homered twice as Marion beat Tazewell in softball action
However, Wednesday's statement did not detail what the failures were surrounding the Nov. 7 deaths of Serenity Hawley and her former boyfriend Croney Monk III.
All-ACC lacrosse defender Cole Kastner will use his final year of eligibilty to play basketball back in his hometown, announcing on social media he will transfer to Stanford for the fall.
“I fit JMU, and I hope that excites you,” Roan said. “But what excites me is that JMU fits me.”
The practice of sedating people detained by police is quietly spreading across the nation, illustrating an often-hidden way fatal police encounters end: not by gunfire but with the silent use of a medical syringe.
A top concern for local election workers throughout the country this year is their own safety. A group formed after the 2020 presidential election is traveling the country helping them prepare for what could lie ahead.
The Supreme Court will consider a straightforward but legally untested question: whether a former president is immune from federal prosecution for official acts.
When the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022, Republicans insisted the ruling would mostly impact those seeking abortions to end unwanted pregnancies. But that hasn’t been the case.
Millions across North America witnessed the moon block out the sun during a total solar eclipse Monday.
Dr. Robert H. Gowdy, a physics professor at Virginia Commonwealth University, explains what you need to know about the April 8 eclipse.
College basketball statistician Ken Pomeroy (aka KenPom) comes on the podcast to talk about his wildly popular basketball analytics website and his time as a meteorologist.
The Supreme Court seems likely to preserve access to a medication that was used in nearly two-thirds of all abortions in the U.S. last year.
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Topsøe detailed plans for the plant, which will employ 150, at a news conference at its Denmark headquarters with Gov. Glenn Youngkin, who was in the country this week.
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With a sloppy fourth quarter Saturday, Virginia felt it gave away a game against Notre Dame, the No. 1-ranked lacrosse team in the nation. Friday night in Charlotte, the ACC tournament presents the No. 5 Cavaliers with a chance to snatch one back.
LYNCHBURG — Emma Lemley screamed out “Yes!” the moment her battery mate Kylie Aldridge squeezed the ball into her mitt. The Virginia Tech junior right-hander was celebrating more than just a complete-game performance Wednesday night against Liberty.
Virginia Tech junior right-hander Emma Lemley discusses her complete-game, seven-strikeout performance as the Hokies defeated Liberty 4-1 on Wednesday night in Lynchburg.
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