Huddle Up Moms, a non-profit organization focused on empowering and educating mothers, is taking the first steps to launch a “maternal health collaborative” across the Roanoke Valley. Dr. Jaclyn Nunziato, executive director of Huddle Up Moms, and Mandolin Restivo spoke with WFIR’s Gene Marrano yesterday about the Collaborative; here is a “Longer Listen.” 1-14 Maternal…… Continue Reading
Roanoke City School officials say Lucy Addison Middle School is closed today due to a water main break. The Water Authority is estimating the outage, which happened around 6am this morning, will last 6-8 hours. The post Lucy Addison Middle School closed after water main break first appeared on News/Talk 960-AM & FM-107.3 WFIR.… Continue Reading
This Spring – Mill Mountain Theatre Conservatory is offering in-person classes for students Pre-K through Adult! Classes will meet once a week beginning January 31st and will run through March 31st… WFIR’s Rob Ruthenberg has more: 1-14 MMTC WRAP 1-WEB CLICK HERE for more information The post Mill mountain theatre conservatory spring classes first appeared on…… Continue Reading
This spring, Mill Mountain Theatre Conservatory is offering in-person classes for students Pre-K through Adult. Classes will meet once a week beginning January 31st and will run through March 31st. WFIR’s Rob Ruthenberg has more: 1-14 MMTC WRAP 1-WEB CLICK HERE for more information The post Mill Mountain Theatre to offer conservatory spring classes first appeared…… Continue Reading
Update: January 13, 2022 — Officers with the Roanoke County Police Department, with assistance from the Virginia State Police, have located and apprehended the suspect from Wednesday’s hit and run incident. The suspect, Benjamin Logan Cross, 29, of Roanoke County was taken into custody Thursday afternoon for Aggravated Malicious Wounding. The victim is identified as…… Continue Reading
Roanoke County Fire and Rescue responded around 1:45 p.m. today in the 6600 block of Back Creek Road, in the Clearbrook area, for the report of smoke in the trees. First arriving crews found a double-wide mobile home that was fully involved in fire. The home was occupied by a single adult and one dog…… Continue Reading
The Roanoke City Police Department is facing a staffing shortage that impacts its ability for now to respond to animal control calls. For the immediate future, it will focus on helping the animals that are sick, hurt, neglected, abused,or in immediate danger. For now it will no longer provide an in-person response for Stray or…… Continue Reading
The event called Mothers Matter: The Maternal Health Collaborative of the Roanoke Valley – will be facilitated by the Council of Community Services in cooperation with Huddle Up Moms Headed by Executive Director Dr. Jaclyn Nunziato to address the high mortality rate amongst women. 1-13 PP WRAP 2-WEB For more information contact Director of Community…… Continue Reading
Governor Northam’s office says the commonwealth and Norfolk Southern have signed a “definitive agreement” to expand passenger rail service to southwest Virginia, a plan first announced last spring. The first step will bring a second daily Amtrak service to Roanoke later this year — then extending both trains to the New River Valley by 2025.…… Continue Reading
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (AP) – Virginia’s attorney general says police in Virginia Beach used forged documents linking people’s DNA to a crime to get them to confess. Mark Herring made the announcement Wednesday following an investigation by the AG’s Office of Civil Rights. Herring’s office said in a statement that the city’s police department has…… Continue Reading