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Liz Dudley moved into her home on Sixth Street in Roanoke in 2004 and started up the Belmont Neighborhood Watch group after an attempted break-in. She is now the president of the group, which covers the area around the Roanoke Rescue Mission.

Zeb Haggerty and his family are visiting Roanoke from New York -- and wanting to take advantage of the nice weather, they spent their day Sunday at Festival in the Park.

Graffiti is something businesses typically want to stay away from, but Sunday one local restaurant encouraged it -- all in the name of a good cause.

The following school systems are closed Monday: Roanoke, Roanoke County, Salem, Bedford County, Botetourt County, Franklin County and Virginia Western Community College.

The end of the school year marks the completion of many high school careers after four years of hard work.

Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) May 27--BLACKSBURG -- As competitive coding gains traction in the Blacksburg technology community, Hussein Ahmed has emerged as the man to beat.

Recent downtown Roanoke developments have displaced several art studios and for now taken a bite out of the monthly Art by Night lineup.

After several years of declining population, city schools posted enrollment gains in the falls of 2008, 2010 and 2011 to exceed 13,000 students.

Roanoke Police say officers responded at 3:17 a.m. to the intersection of 14th Street and Orange Avenue.

Survivors include her husband, Michael Cornett; her mother, Barbara Jean Mayes Stanley of Greenville; two sons, Christopher Cornett of Roanoke, Va., and Joshua Andrew Cornett of Louisville; seven sisters, Brenda Jackson of Louisville, Brooksie Dukes of Greenville, Jeanetta Kelly of Dixon, Connie Slaughters of Clarksville, Tenn., Cindy Polson of ... (more)

The system off the southeast U.S. coast has gained the name of Subtropical Storm Beryl.

A great local Appalachian Trail hike climbs the back side of Tinker Mountain with expansive views of Carvin's Cove and McAfee Knob.

The museum plans a public meeting next month, called a "Taubman Talk About," to unveil new programs, talk about upcoming shows and discuss the feedback collected over the past four months from focus groups.

Roanoke police spokeswoman Aisha Johnson said a motorcycle driven by Thomas Nau, 58, struck the back of a pickup truck driven by Wesley Hawley, 40, near the intersection of Bennington Street and Redwood Road Southeast about 5 p.m. Nau was taken to Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital where he was listed in good condition Friday night, Carilion Clinic ... (more)

The lively music of bands filled Elmwood Park in Roanoke, as hundreds of people came out to celebrate the unofficial kick off to summer at Festival in the Park.

James C. Justice, II, Chairman, President and CEO of James C. Justice Companies, Inc.

It's Memorial Day weekend and Turner Classic Movies is your destination for a two day marathon of star-studded war movies.A This cable television event kicks off at 6:25 a.m. Sunday with the 1942 John Ford directed recruitment short "Winning Your Wings."A It concludes at 4:30 a.m. Tuesday with the 1955 Naval Academy romance "An Annapolis Story."A ... (more)

A medical doctor from Dublin, Va. has been indicted by a federal grand jury sitting in the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia in Roanoke on charges related to her alleged illegal distribution of controlled substances.

Officers on May 11 arrested 30-year-old Nathaniel Lyle Collogan after a woman in the southwest part of the city reported an assault, according to police and Roanoke General District Court records.