(from Roanoke College) Just a few days before Election Day, the race for Virginia governor is a statistical tie. Former Democrat Gov. Terry McAuliffe holds a 1-percentage point lead over Republican Glenn Youngkin (47%-46%) with 6% undecided, according to The Roanoke College Poll.[1] The downticket races are also within the margin of error, with Del. Hala Ayala (D)…… Continue Reading
SALEM, Va. (AP) — A Roanoke College alumnus is donating $15 million to the Virginia school — its largest-ever cash donation. The gift from Massachusetts-based cybersecurity expert Shaun McConnon will go toward a new science center, the college said in a news release Friday. Every student takes at least three classes from the programs that will…… Continue Reading
NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — The anti-Donald Trump group The Lincoln Project took credit Friday for five people appearing with tiki torches at a Charlottesville campaign stop by Virginia’s GOP candidate for governor, a stunt recalling white supremacists who descended on that city amid violence in 2017. Charlottesville TV station WVIR covered the campaign stop and reported candidate…… Continue Reading
(from Roanoke PD) On October 30, 2021 at approximately 12:30 a.m., Roanoke Police were notified of a disturbance in the area of 15th Street and Loudon Avenue NW. Responding officers located an adult male outside of a residence with what appeared to be a non-life threatening gunshot wound. Roanoke Fire-EMS transported the man to Carilion…… Continue Reading
NEWS RELEASE: STAUNTON – A multi-vehicle crash on Interstate 81 southbound at mile marker 281.5 has closed all southbound lanes. This location is in Shenandoah County near Edinburg and Woodstock. Another crash has also closed all southbound lanes at mile marker 292 near Toms Brook. Traffic will be detoured off of I-81 southbound exit 296…… Continue Reading
A new statewide poll from Fox News shows Republican Glenn Youngkin leading Democrat Terry McAuliffe by eight percentage points, 53-45%. All other recent polls have shown the governor’s race to be a dead heat, so the Fox News one is currently an outlier. At Christopher Newport University’s Wason Center Poll, Research Director Rebecca Bromley-Trujillo says…… Continue Reading
UVA head football coach Bronco Mendenhall returns to his old stomping grounds tomorrow when the Cavaliers play at BYU in Provo Utah; VT heads south to Georgia Tech: WPLY-MIN The post UVA heads west first appeared on News/Talk 960-AM & FM-107.3 WFIR.… Continue Reading
There is still time to sign up for one of the favorite fall 5K races – the Spooky Sprint run or walk, to support the West End Center. Many show up in Halloween costumes. Its tomorrow morning at 9, starting and ending at Wasena Park. For the first time 25 “student-athletes” from the West End…… Continue Reading
A former Republican Governor who was also the father-in-law of Democratic US Senator Tim Kaine has passed away. Linwood Holton Jr. was Governor in the early 1970’s, when he also signaled support for desegregation by placing his children – including Tim Kaine’s future wife Anne Holton – in mostly back Richmond Public Schools. Holton practiced…… Continue Reading
Updated COVID case numbers for the Near Southwest Region, which includes Carilion, Centra, LewisGale, Sovah Health, and the Salem VA Medical Center, as of today: there are 195 hospitalized COVID-19 patients and 65 ICU patients. That compares to 231 that were hospitalized in the region a week ago for COVID – and more than 300…… Continue Reading