After a local woman was caught at a TSA checkpoint with a loaded gun, an expert shares what happens after the stop. WFIR’s Emma Thomas has details: 02-13 TSA WRAP2-WEB Click here to learn how to travel with firearms The post Another firearm seized at Roanoke-Blacksburg Regional Airport first appeared on News/Talk 960-AM &…… Continue Reading
Last summer Roanoke City Public Schools approved more than two dozen updated and new safety measures designed to keep students, teachers and staff out of harm’s way. The school board will hear a progress report at its regular meeting tonight, as WFIR’s Gene Marrano reports: 2-14 Perkins Wrap#2 The post School Board will hear safety…… Continue Reading
A fitness expert offers tips to help make your exercise-related resolutions more attainable. She says the key is to set SMART goals instead – each one should be specific, measurable, attainable, realistic, and time-based to ensure you reach your goals in a safe and sustainable way. WFIR’s Emma Thomas reports: 02-13 Resolutions WRAP2-WEB The…… Continue Reading
$820,000 in new federal funding has been secured for the jointly-owned Wood Haven Technology Park, located near the I-81 and 581 interchange. It will be used to bring additional water to Wood Haven, with an eye towards future development by first upgrading water and sewer utility capacities. The cities of Roanoke and Salem, and Roanoke…… Continue Reading
(from Roanoke PD) on February 12, 2023 at approximately 6:30 p.m., Roanoke Police were notified by the City of Roanoke E-911 Center of a person with a gunshot wound in the 2800 block of Hershberger Road NW. Responding officers located an adult male victim inside of a residence in the area with a gunshot wound.…… Continue Reading
Last month the office of the Virginia Attorney General released its report on the Virginia Parole Board, where according to AG Jason Miyares the former chair of that board – now a judge – abused her power. He spoke recently with WFIR’s Gene Marrano about those findings: 2-13 Miyares-Wrap#1 The post Miyares details Parole…… Continue Reading
Residents in many newer Roanoke Valley neighborhoods have been surprised in recent months to find broadband internet installation crews digging into their front yards or causing other damage to their lawns. Glo Fiber contractors must sometimes install new fiber optic cables in neighborhoods where the utilities are underground, and they are generally permitted to do…… Continue Reading
On February 11, 2023 at approximately 6:30 p.m., Roanoke Police were notified by the City of Roanoke E-911 Center of a person with a gunshot wound in the 2700 block of Massachusetts Avenue NW. Responding officers located an adult male victim with what appeared to be a serious gunshot wound outside of a residence in…… Continue Reading
SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — Grant Basile scored 33 points, including 16 in a near six-minute stretch of the second half, and Virginia Tech defeated Notre Dame 93-87 on Saturday. The Hokies made 10 consecutive shots — seven of them by Basile — in building an 85-75 lead with 3:49 to go and finished it…… Continue Reading
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — Virginia coach Tony Bennett said he didn’t know what happened on the final play of regulation in the eighth-ranked Cavaliers’ 69-62 overtime victory against Duke. Blue Devils coach Jon Scheyer didn’t, either — and he was left fuming. “I still would like an explanation exactly,” Scheyer said after the game. “I…… Continue Reading