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A white man charged with cyberstalking and making racist online threats against a black activist in Virginia is expected to plead guilty next month, according ...
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A restaurant in Salem that faced possible closure due to lawsuits will be featured on Today Show Sunday. WFIR’s Clark Palmer has that story. 2-21 ...
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Liberty extended its school-record home winning streak for men's basketball to 19 games and improved to   13-0 this season - in beating North Florida 82-77 ...
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No policies were violated and a police officer did not give Delegate Chris Hurst any preferential treatment when Hurst was stopped and released on January ...
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We previously told you about research being done by Dr. Rob Gourdie on a "milk nano-particle" that could carry drugs to help heart attack victims ...
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A national political analyst says an overseas trip with US lawmakers showed there can be civility in Washington. WFIR’s Clark Palmer explains. 2-20 Ignatius Civil ...
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Plenty of men's and women's college basketball going on this weekend in the ACC - and Virginia Tech head coach Mike Young would like to ...
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The President of the Roanoke-Blacksburg Technology Council, John Phillips, and part two of a conversation on RBTC membership and its oversight of the RAMP high ...
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As Earth Fare in Roanoke prepares to go out of business the major player in the local grocery store market says it is ready to ...
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FROM HENRY COUNTY SHERIFF's OFFICE:On February 18, 2020, at 9:48 pm the Martinsville-Henry County Emergency 911 Center received a call that an individual had been ...
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April's Down by Downtown music festival is in the planning stages and a big change is being made to this year's event. WFIR intern reporter ...
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(Updated) Roanoke County Police have now arrested a suspect after he was identified through the assistance of local citizens. Raphael C. Sierra, 20, of Roanoke ...
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(updated audio) Linking government agencies like the Department of Social Service to local churches and faith-based organizations - pitching in to help children and families ...
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Richmond Raceway president Dennis Bickmeier was in Daytona for a portion of NASCAR's season opening week but came home before the Daytona 500 accident on ...
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Many senior living experts are in Roanoke for the next couple of days, looking at ways to design residential centers that don't just house seniors ...
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Not one, not two, but three orphaned black bear cubs are being cared for at the Southwest Virginia Wildlife Center in southwest Roanoke County. A ...
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NEWS RELEASE:  On February 17, 2020 at approximately 4:00 pm, National Park Service dispatchers received a report of a vehicle off the roadway and down ...
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RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - The Catholic Diocese of Richmond says it will offer  monetary settlements to sexual abuse victims if they give up the right ...
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A new breakfast spot is set to open on Kirk Avenue in Downtown Roanoke - right across 2nd street from the City of Roanoke Municipal ...
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The Virginia and Virginia Tech men's basketball teams both won on Saturday; both squads are back on the court at home tomorrow night. Head coaches ...
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