Gene Marrano
There’s plenty of local high school football action again tonight. Carl York with the Crunch! High School football weekly publication talks about last week’s standouts:
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The Fellowship of Christian Athletes is bringing in another former football player for its “Fields of Faith” event on Sunday night. This motivational speaker has an interesting story for the youth that will attend, as WFIR’s Gene Marrano reports:
The biggest game and the biggest name in at least several years comes to Blacksburg on Saturday when the Irish battle the Hokies. Tech head coach Justin Fuente is getting his troops ready:
This Sunday beginning at noon the Henry Street Heritage Festival returns to Elmwood Park after being postponed because of Hurricane Florence last month. WFIR’s Gene Marrano has more on the annual funding source for a local museum:
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A former high school and college basketball player who now refs games is launching an “urban wear line” on social media and at a party on Sunday – and all the proceeds go to a local non-profit. WFIR’s Gene Marrano has that story:
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Former Roanoke City police chief Joe Gaskins used to declare that “there were no gangs in Roanoke” – but times have changed: