Dr. Pepper Park will welcome the Indigo Girls to Roanoke on August 17. Their 1989 major label debut sold over two million units, with the singles “Closer to Fine” and “Kid Fears” and help turn the Indigo Girls into one of the most successful folk duos in history. The Grammy-winning duo has recorded sixteen studio…… Continue Reading
While he wasn’t at Virginia Tech’s first ACC Tournament Title win, Governor Glenn Younkin stopped by the Virginia High School League Basketball Championship. WFIR’s Ian Price has more. 3-14 Governor Bball WRAP The post Governor talks basketball at VHSL championship first appeared on News/Talk 960-AM & FM-107.3 WFIR.… Continue Reading
On Sunday, March 13, at 4:26 a.m., Roanoke Fire-EMS was dispatched to the 700 block of Brownwood Dr. NW for a reported fire. Units arrived to find fire showing from the rear of the home, and smoke showing from the roof. The fire was knocked down by the first-arriving units with no injuries to personnel…… Continue Reading
From TSA: ROANOKE, Va.– A man from Atlanta, Ga., was cited by police after Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers prevented him from carrying a handgun onto his flight on Saturday, March 12, at Roanoke-Blacksburg Regional Airport. The revolver was not loaded, but the man had eight bullets with the gun in his carry-on bag. A…… Continue Reading
A Washington and Lee professor of comparative literature who knows all about fleeing from oppressive regimes – even if it means leaving her beloved home country – has written a no-holds-barred memoir about her journey from Eastern Europe almost 40 years ago. She spoke to WFIR’s Gene Marrano recently about her life … and here…… Continue Reading
A Virginia Tech economics professor says the invasion of Ukraine has handed the Biden administration a way to seek blaming Russia for inflationary pressures here — even if prices had already been rising before the military action began. David Bieri says it’s nothing political, just economics at work: it was clear, he says, that COVID-related…… Continue Reading
The President of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly hails from the Commonwealth – 11th District Congressman Gerry Connolly – and his boots were on the ground at the Ukraine-Poland border last week. WFIR’s Gene Marrano on what he saw: 3-14 Connolly Wrap#1 The post VA Congressman on what he saw at Ukraine-Poland border first appeared…… Continue Reading
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) – A police officer in Virginia has been sentenced to one year in prison for fatally shooting his then-fiance dog with a 12-gauge shotgun. WRIC reports that Richard Chinappi III was sentenced Friday in Powhatan County Circuit Court. The Richmond police officer had pleaded guilty to a felony charge of torturing or…… Continue Reading
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — The Virginia General Assembly approved legislation Saturday to toughen the penalty for stealing catalytic converters. The emission control devices have become popular targets for thieves to cut out of a vehicle’s exhaust system. Thefts have increased across the country over the last two years as prices for the precious metals they…… Continue Reading
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia’s divided part-time Legislature, unable to reach an agreement on a budget, opted to adjourn Saturday and reconvene later at the call of the governor to finish the year’s work. Both chambers agreed to a resolution Saturday that allows the budget bills and a wide range of other measures that were…… Continue Reading