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(from Floyd County Sheriff's Department) URGENT REQUEST: Please help the FCSO find a missing man, Turner Quesenberry. Mr. Quesenberry is a white male approximately 70 ...
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The Virginia Department of Health is reporting 140,511 total cases of COVID-19 in the commonwealth as of today.  That's an 856-case increase from Saturday - ...
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(from Roanoke Fire-EMS) Around 8:00pm [Saturday], Roanoke Fire-EMS was dispatched to the 5100 block of Williamson Rd NW for a vehicle into a building. No ...
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(from ABC News) President Trump is expected to put forth a nominee to fill Ruth Bader Ginsburg's seat on the Supreme Court in the coming ...
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(Message from Tech president Tim Sands yesterday) After an initial surge in positive cases following the move-in period, all indications are that the rate of ...
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RICHMOND—Governor Ralph Northam issued the following statement today on the passing of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. “It is with the deepest sadness that ...
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The NY Times has reported that Supreme Court Justice Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg died today of “complications of metastatic pancreas cancer,” the Supreme Court announced ...
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From Roanoke County Fire and Rescue: At approximately 2:25PM today, Roanoke County Fire and Rescue units responded to a call for a vehicle fire in ...
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From the Virginia Department of Health: Today, the Virginia Department of Health (VDH) announced that an adolescent resident in the Southside Health District who tested ...
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From the Henry County Sheriff's Office: The Henry County Sheriff’s Office is currently investigating a robbery that occurred on September 17, 2020 at 8:00pm at ...
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This is the day the nation remembers those who were once prisoners or war – and the servicemen and women who remain unaccounted for. The ...
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With concerns over mail-in ballots being lost and never counted, one local registrar says that’s not a problem here as WFIR’s Ian Price reports: ...
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Congressional candidates vying for a chance to represent Virginia’s 5th District -- which includes parts of Bedford County and all of Franklin County -- are ...
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NEWS RELEASE: On September 17, 2020 Roanoke Police arrested Jason Dickerson and charged him with first degree murder and arson for the 2017 homicide of ...
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Amtrak service to Roanoke is nearing its three-year anniversary. State rail officials say ridership was still going strong until COVID hit, and while additional service ...
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The Roanoke Police Department has reached out to the Culpeper County Sheriff’s Office to inform them that an article circulating on social media that references ...
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Police have confirmed what the family of a shooting victim had already said, that the shooting victim two days ago in Vinton has died from ...
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The Virginia- Virginia Tech Football game has been rescheduled for December 12th . The game was originally scheduled for September 19th. The rescheduling follows the ...
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Lunch options are limited this year at Virginia Tech for the thousands of students, faculty and staff who normally take advantage of campus dining halls ...
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The Botetourt County Registrar’s office has made some changes to accommodate more voters at a time - but these renovations have nothing to do with ...
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