GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) — C.J. Mayhue gave up a run on three hits with no walks and two strikeouts over 5 innings, Josh Moylan and Justin Wilcoxen each hit a home run and top-seeded ECU beat No. 2 seed Virginia 4-2 on Saturday night. No. 8 national seed ECU (44-18) — which has won 20…… Continue Reading
ABINGDON, Va. (AP) — A southwest Virginia county recently rededicated two Confederate monuments after relocating them from a downtown courthouse lawn to make way for construction. A ceremony was held Friday at a new park in Abingdon that was paid for by community donations, the Bristol Herald-Courier reported. One marker honors local Civil War generals. The…… Continue Reading
BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) — Tanner Schobel had three hits, scored three times and drove in three runs and No. 4 overall seed Virginia Tech used a 14-run inning to coast to a 24-4 win over Columbia on Saturday night, landing a spot in the championship game of the Blacksburg Regional. The Hokies (43-12) were trailing…… Continue Reading
CHESTERFIELD, Va. (AP) — One person was fatally shot and five other people were wounded by gunfire in a shooting Friday near Richmond, authorities said. The Chesterfield County Police Department said in a statement that police were responding to reports of shots fired at about 9:38 p.m. in Chester, Virginia. Arriving officers discovered a man…… Continue Reading
(from Roanoke PD) On June 3, 2022 at approximately 11:30 a.m., Roanoke Police were notified by the City of Roanoke E-911 Center of a person with a gunshot wound in the 3800 block of Williamson Road NW. Responding officers located an adult male with what appeared to be critical injuries. Roanoke Fire-EMS personnel pronounced him…… Continue Reading
New: Roanoke Police have arrested the suspect, identified as Keandra S. Smith, 29 of Roanoke, and charged him with second degree murder regarding the homicide of Grover W. Edwards III, 40 of Roanoke. This remains an ongoing investigation and there are no further updates at this time. Previous: (from Roanoke PD) On June…… Continue Reading
Hurt Park Elementary School brought back its Career Day event for Pre-K through 5th grade students today – giving them early exposure to various job paths and fields of study before they reach high school. High school students from ROTEC – the Roanoke Technical Education Center – were also on hand to help out. Hurt…… Continue Reading
A unique trio of athletes, including a record setting bicyclist and a local Congressman, are set to compete in a 70.3 miles long triathlon along the Blue Ridge this weekend. WFIR’s Camden Lazenby has more. 6-3 ironman Wrap#1-WEB Hear the complete in-studio interview from this morning below 6-3 Ironman The post Unique trio of athletes…… Continue Reading
Current numbers from the Virginia Department of Health regarding the number of deaths from Fentanyl – which have risen sharply over the past few years. WFIR’s Gene Marrano spoke with an expert on counterfeit drugs: 6-3 Fentanyl Wrap#1-WEB The post Another warning about illicit fentanyl, which killed 2000+ last year in VA first appeared on…… Continue Reading
A Roanoke College Poll of 648 Virginia residents statewide in late May finds Governor Youngkin’s approval rate up slightly to 53 percent from the previous quarterly survey, with President Biden’s approval rating down 4 points to 37 percent. Donald Trump’s favorability rating dropped to 34 percent among the Virginians surveyed; on the abortion issue 88 percent…… Continue Reading