Gene Marrano
The St Louis Blues are tied at 2 games a piece in the Stanley Cup finals with Boston. One big reason is Blue goaltender Jordan Binnington -a one time 4th stringer who started his pro career in the ECHL – the same league some of the Roanoke Rail Yard Dawgs have been promoted to in the past:
Today is the official launch date for a fundraising campaign that aims to raise at least $250,000 for a Science Museum of Western Virginia capital project. More from WFIR’s Gene Marrano:
Click below to hear an extended conversation about the Science Museum’s fundraising drive:
Sherman Lea, Sr.
Roanoke City Vice-Mayor Joe Cobb will spearhead a new Roanoke City Gun Violence Taskforce that will focus on the root causes of shooting incidents in the city. Before they passed a City Council resolution today, Mayor Sherman Lea declared that “enough is enough.” Lea also urged Roanokers to wear orange this Friday on what is “National Gun Violence Awareness Day.”
The City of Salem’s police officer of the year in 2012 has announced that he intends to run for the Botetourt County’s sheriff’s position that is open this fall with the retirement of Ronnie Sprinkle. Danny Crouse is a Botetourt County resident and is now a Lt. in Salem’s Detective division. Crouse is not one of the three Republicans who are running in a primary next Tuesday for the Sheriff’s position.
(From WMBF) A Roanoke woman has died from injuries she sustained during a motorcycle crash in North Myrtle Beach, S.C., earlier in this week.Horry County, S.C. Deputy Coroner Michelle McSpadden said 51-year-old Leigh Ann Kurtz of Roanoke died Saturday morning. McSpadden said Kurtz was involved in a motorcycle crash Thursday near 15th Avenue North in North Myrtle Beach. North Myrtle Beach Department of Public Safety is investigating the crash
(from Fox News) National Rifle Association (NRA) spokeswoman Dana Loesch ripped Rep. Ilhan Omar after she blamed the gun rights group for the deaths inside a Virginia Beach municipal building on Friday. The Minnesota Democrat took a swipe at the NRA just hours after a disgruntled city employee went on a shooting spree that left 12 people dead and four more injured.
“I am outraged and heartbroken,” she wrote in a tweet. “How much longer will we ignore the pain of our communities? We need to immediately confront the power of the NRA and end the epidemic of gun violence in this country.” DeWayne Craddock, the suspected shooter, died in a gunfight with police officers. He was a veteran employee of the Public Utilities Department who made multiple legal firearm purchases, including for a handgun and rifle, in recent weeks, the Wall Street Journal reported.
A police officer was also wounded, but was saved by his bullet-proof vest. The police didn’t reveal the motive for the shooting. Omar’s comment about the NRA prompted the group’s spokeswoman to question how it was related. “This was a heinous tragedy,” Loesch wrote in a tweet. “Your remarks move me to ask: What do 5 million members of the NRA have to do with this man’s crime? Was this man a card-carrying member? His purchases were legal, whose fault is that? Does he bear any blame at all? Serious questions.” The Minnesota Democrat has long been opposed to the NRA, often decrying the supposed influence of the group on the gun control debate in the country.
At one time “The Yard” meant the entertainment district centered on Henry Street in Gainsboro. Tomorrow an all-day event there (including a soul food “cookoff”) and on surrounding streets aims to evoke that period of time – and raise funds. WFIR’s Gene Marrano has the story: