At the start of the Roanoke Symphony Orchestra season finale for its classical music series late last month, an original, 2-minute composition called “Ukraine Lives,” was played for the Berglund Center audience. David Stewart Wiley talks more about that with WFIR’s Gene Marrano, “In Depth.” 5-17 In Depth Ukraine Lives Hear the complete, 2 minute…… Continue Reading
A program that gets active-duty service members and their families into museums for free is starting at an area attraction this weekend. WFIR’s Camden Lazenby has more. The post National D-Day Memorial holds ‘Pack the Convoy’ Supply Drive first appeared on News/Talk 960-AM & FM-107.3 WFIR.… Continue Reading
A conference, held in Roanoke, on the future of senior living says it’s going to explore the “infinite possibilities in finding longevity.” WFIR’s Camden Lazenby has more. The post SFCS hosts 37th Annual By Design conference first appeared on News/Talk 960-AM & FM-107.3 WFIR.… Continue Reading
A man from Bedford County, Va., was cited by police after Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers prevented him from carrying two loaded handguns onto his flight on Sunday, May 15, at Roanoke-Blacksburg Regional Airport. Both were semi-automatic handguns, one loaded with six bullets and the other with seven bullets. A TSA officer who was staffing…… Continue Reading
Roanoke County Police are devoting a lot of attention along the Tanglewood corridor to enforcing Virginia’s hand-held cellphone law. Virginia law prohibits use of those hand-held phones while behind the wheel, and Roanoke County Police Chief Howard Hall says it has led to many of those rear-enders you see along Electric Road, and that is…… Continue Reading
Roanoker Restaurant statement: Our hearts are heavy as we make this difficult announcement. After 81 years of serving the valley, The Roanoker will close at the end of May or the first of June. We tried to sell the business to someone who would keep the Roanoker food and customer service the way the Warren…… Continue Reading
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — A white 18-year-old wearing military gear and live streaming with a helmet camera opened fire with a rifle at a supermarket in Buffalo, killing 10 people and wounding three others Saturday in what authorities described as “racially motivated violent extremism.” Police said he shot 11 Black and two white victims before…… Continue Reading
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A federal jury convicted on Friday three members of a Virginia family of conspiring to coerce another family member to perform domestic services by verbally assaulting and physically abusing the victim over 12 years, according to a federal prosecutor. Zahida Aman, 80; Mohammed Rehan Chaudhri, 48, and Mohammad Nauman Chaudhri, 54,…… Continue Reading
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) – A federal judge has ruled that a lawsuit against two former police officers accused of protecting a sex trafficking ring in northern Virginia in exchange for sex can move forward. The former Fairfax County officers had asked a judge at a hearing Friday in U.S. District Court in Alexandria to have…… Continue Reading
WILSONS, Va. (AP) – Several property owners in Virginia are suing the state Department of Wildlife Resources over a state law that allows hunters to retrieve their hunting dogs from private property. A number of states allow hunters to retrieve their dogs without permission from property owners under certain circumstances. But Virginian’s law says hunters…… Continue Reading