On Wednesday June 30th, 2021 the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office received a call from Roanoke Memorial Hospital of a seven-year-old Franklin County child with injuries from a reported fall. The child succumbed from the injuries on Friday July 2nd, 2021 at Roanoke Memorial Hospital. An autopsy was performed at the Medical Examiner’s Office on Saturday…… Continue Reading
Created in 2006, the Hollins University-Mill Mountain Theatre 24-hour page-to-stage event “Overnight Sensations” is back again this Saturday night at 8. 7-8 ONS or click below to register: https://bpt.me/5153974?fbclid=IwAR1nI2oN7W04pIn-3Io7WIHdqixZQgE9PDPtpKR2Ip-sGqWzfsxkYO2U-bE The post Overnight Sensations returns on Saturday – virtually again first appeared on News/Talk 960-AM & FM-107.3 WFIR.… Continue Reading
The author of recently-published book on the “soft skills” people need to convey when looking for a job or a promotion says take another look at your resume or cover letter, to make sure that all comes across. The story from WFIR’s Gene Marrano: 7-8 Soft Skills Wrap#2 The post Know your soft skills…… Continue Reading
Virginia’s 511 web site and app now include a new feature that electric vehicle owners may find helpful when on the road — a list of charging stations across the state. It shows every location in Virginia that is registered with the U.S. Department of Energy, information that also includes the charger type and EV…… Continue Reading
At a political event in downtown Roanoke today Mayor Sherman Lea Sr. said there was “nothing” he could add about the embezzlement charges announced against fellow City Council member Robert Jeffrey Jr. – saying the matter was in the courts. Jeffrey, also a magazine publisher, has been charged with felony embezzlement in a period covering…… Continue Reading
Once he played hockey locally as a pro with the Roanoke Rail Yard Dawgs – now he’s teaching others how to play the game. Cal Miska is teaching kids the game now at the Lancerlot rink in Vinton,as well as in Wisconsin and Minnesota: WPLY-MIN The post Teaching the game he grew up with to…… Continue Reading
Starting with an event next month, Fleet Feet Roanoke will start distributing new running shoes (and socks) to as many as 8000 children in the Roanoke City Public School system identified as economically disadvantaged. They’ve raised $55,000 of the $240,000 needed to purchase those shoes at a deep discount from the manufacturers. See the Fleet…… Continue Reading
A state watchdog agency tells lawmakers that the Virginia Employment Commission is still answering just a small number of incoming calls from residents seeking unemployment assistance — and the VEC has been something less than forthright in saying it has significantly increased staffing to handle the flood of pandemic-related unemployment claims. WFIR’s Evan Jones has…… Continue Reading
Carilion Clinic is participating in a nationwide study aimed at helping people diagnosed with major depression – and who have been difficult to successfully treat for it. It involves Vagus Nerve Stimulation in which a device the size of a flash drive is surgically implanted in a chest wall and then transmits impulses to a…… Continue Reading
Not ALL the mask mandates are gone – and there’s a possibility the Delta variant could lead to localized mandates if not enough people get the COVID vaccine. More from WFIR’s Gene Marrano: 7-7 Morrow Wrap#1 The post Could Delta variant could lead to mask mandates where vax rates are low? first appeared on News/Talk…… Continue Reading