Among the 11 candidates running for the four open seats on Roanoke City Council in next Tuesday’s election are three campaigning as independents. WFIR’s Gene Marrano has more in this “Longer Listen” segment: 10-31 City Council LL The post Independent candidates for Roanoke City Council make their case first appeared on News/Talk 960-AM &…… Continue Reading
Its a first on the Roanoke region’s greenway system – a dedicated, private space where new moms can nurse their babies. A local Girl Scout troop help make it happen. More from WFIR’s Emma Thomas: 10-28 Wasena WRAP1-WEB The post New mom pod at Wasena Park first appeared on News/Talk 960-AM & FM-107.3 WFIR.… Continue Reading
A local coalition of social service and mental health agencies wants to assure local young people that they do matter – much more than they expressed on the latest Youth Risk Survey. More from WFIR’s Gene Marrano: 10-31 I Matter Wrap#2 The post I Matter campaign follows youth risk survey results first appeared on…… Continue Reading
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (AP) — A Virginia pastor who is running for a City Council seat is being investigated by local authorities for allegedly campaigning and soliciting donations during church services. The Daily Press reports that a video surfaced recently showing Willard Maxwell Jr., pastor of New Beech Grove Baptist Church and a candidate for…… Continue Reading
CLIFTON, Va. (AP) — Robert F. Horan Jr., who secured a murder conviction of D.C. sniper Lee Boyd Malvo during his four-decade tenure as the top prosecutor in Virginia’s largest county, died on Friday at his home. He was 90. The cause of Horan’s death at his home in Clifton, Virginia, wasn’t immediately determined, but…… Continue Reading
NORFOLK, Virginia (AP) — The U.S. Coast Guard, a crew of scientists and others launched an air and sea mission to rescue 13 people, including a child, from a fishing vessel just moments before it sank in darkness early Friday in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Virginia, authorities said. The 115-foot Tremont fishing…… Continue Reading
CENTREVILLE, Va. (AP) — A bus driver for an elementary school in the nation’s capital has been charged with driving while intoxicated after his bus veered into a ditch while returning from a field trip to a farm in northern Virginia. Nine children were treated at the scene for minor injuries, Fairfax County Police said.…… Continue Reading
UPDATE: Roanoke Police have arrested Demarco C. Jackson, 23 of Roanoke, and charged him with First Degree Murder and Use of a Firearm in Commission of a Felony regarding the death of Demarion Sanders. Throughout the course of the investigation, Detectives identified Jackson as the suspect in this homicide. Warrants were obtained for his arrest…… Continue Reading
An event that is not a “first of its kind” is getting first of its kind backlash. A Halloween drag brunch open to all ages is NOT geared towards children as the owner of a local coffee shop tells WFIR’s Ian Price. 10-28 Sweet Donkey WRAP The post Coffee shop responds to Halloween drag show…… Continue Reading
The opioid epidemic that has gripped Virginia and much of the country in recent years doesn’t only impact the victims and their loved ones. It impacts productivity as well. The story from WFIR’s Gene Marrano: 10-28 VCU-VDH Wrap#2-WEB The post The cost of opioid epidemic in Virginia is defined first appeared on News/Talk 960-AM &…… Continue Reading