USA Women’s Basketball head coach Dawn Staley – a former UVA standout player and the head coach at South Carolina, where she has won an NCAA title – speaks ahead of next month’s Olympic Games at a press conference: WPLY-MIN The post Dawn Staley on her USA Olympic basketball squad first appeared on News/Talk 960-AM…… Continue Reading
A new restaurant looks to bring the taste of Chicago to Roanoke. WFIR’s Ian Price has more on “Chicago Bob’s” 06-22 Chicago Bobs WRAP1 Bob Walsh went into more detail about what makes a hot dog truly Chicago-style. 06-22 Walsh Hot Dog-web The post Chicago style restaurant takes sub shop’s Roanoke location first appeared on…… Continue Reading
The New River Health District may not hit the July 4th target of having 70 percent of adults 18-plus at least partially vaccinated against COVID-19 by then – but they will keep “plugging away,” as the health district director puts it. More from WFIR’s Gene Marrano: 6-22 Bissell Wrap#2 The post New River will keep…… Continue Reading
A national apartment rental website says if you are looking a a relative bargain in Virginia, the number-one place to look right now is Roanoke. Rent.com says one-bedroom apartments in the Star City have been going for about $600 dollars on average over the last year, and that is about one-third the statewide average. Two…… Continue Reading
UPDATED NEWS RELEASE: The motorcycle’s operator, Richard L. Boyce Jr., 30, of Bassett, Va., and passenger, Chastedy R. Boyce, 29, of Bassett, Va., were both thrown from the motorcycle. Both were flown to Roanoke Memorial Hospital for treatment of life-threatening injuries. Both were wearing helmets. PREVIOUS: Virginia State Police Trooper G.L. Goad is investigating a two-vehicle…… Continue Reading
The country as a whole may not make President Joe Biden’s vaccination target by July 4th – but the Commonwealth has. Governor Northam’s office announced today 70% of adults 18 years and older in the Commonwealth have received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine. Virginia is the 16th state in the nation to meet…… Continue Reading
Many Virginia employers face a big increase in payroll taxes next year if the General Assembly does not intervene. The state’s unemployment trust fund has been largely depleted in the last year as it paid out record numbers of unemployment compensation claims, and under the formula now in place, many employers would have to increase…… Continue Reading
Claims by Bedford County Sheriff Mike Miller that THC makes marijuana addictive don’t hold water, according to Virginia’s head of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws – or NORML. WFIR’s Ian Price has more: 06-21 THC Nonaddiction WRAP The post NORML pushes back against Bedford Sheriff’s claim THC is addictive first appeared…… Continue Reading
The man wanted for fatally shooting a Roanoke woman more than four years ago was arrested Friday in New York City. Roanoke Police report a fugitive task force took 36-year-old Rodney Dunn into custody. He faces a second-degree murder charge for the death of Asia Wade in February of 2017. Wade was found shot in…… Continue Reading
Retired professor of American History Jim Sargent may be busier than ever. The Roanoke County resident has just released the 5th title in his “Mickey Mathews Mysteries” collection. Once again its historical fiction, as WFIR’s Gene Marrano reports: 6-16 Mickey Mathews Wrap#1-WEB The post Local author releases another Mickey Mathews Mysteries novel first appeared on…… Continue Reading