Sunday | via Roanoke Times
Southwest Virginia Veterans Cemetery What: First Memorial Day ceremony at the cemetery, which opened in May 2011. Comment?
Flashback: Tracking NRV history
Sunday May 27 | via Roanoke Times
"Jayne Powell will be the featured performer Saturday during the annual Hethwood/Foxbridge and Terrace View spring flings." - "Police in Montgomery County are arresting more drunken drivers, but too few repeat offenders are going to jail, a citizens' group says." - "A rainstorm Tuesday night washed away a fence and the dirt and clay baselines of ... (more) Comment?
Saturday May 26 | via Roanoke Times
What: First Memorial Day ceremony at the cemetery, which opened in May 2011. Virginia State Police 1st Sgt. Comment?
State leads gang training seminar in Radford
Wednesday May 16 | via TriCities.com
State leaders say gangs are a growing problem in the Commonwealth. One particular concern exists in parts of the Roanoke and New River Valleys. Comment?
Soldiers sentenced for carrying guns
Tuesday May 8 | via WLUC-TV Negaunee
Twenty-year-old Powers Ashley Goldwire and 21-year-old Matthew Shay Cox of Radford, Virginia were sentenced to 80 days in jail with credit for 80 days already served. Comment?
Buckner Ball Sells For $418,250
Friday May 4 | via WRIC-TV Richmond
The baseball that rolled through the legs of Boston Red Sox first baseman Bill Buckner in the 1986 World Series has been sold at auction for $418,250. Heritage Auctions says the ball was RICHMOND, Va. Comment?