Committee calls for changing name of Roanoke’s Stonewall Jackson Middle School
The Roanoke School Board appointed a committee to look into whether Stonewall Jackson Middle School, named after a Confederate general, should be renamed.
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Roanoke County’s Sen. David Suetterlein gains attention for role fighting for ratepayers
David Suetterlein and Ralph Smith at the former state senator's retirement announcement in 2015.
Veterans injured by service wait years for compensation hearings
"If I sit down with the VA [secretary] nominee, I'm going to ask him about technology, personnel and managing the system," Sen. Tim Kaine said. Vietnam veteran Thomas Hundley displays letters he sent to his wife in 1966 from Vietnam He had to prove to the VA that he served in the war.
FBI investigates attack; suspect…
This undated booking photo released by the Western Virginia Regional Jail, shows Wasil Farooqui. The FBI is investigating a stabbing in Virginia in which Farooqui allegedly shouted "Allahu akbar" while attacking a man and woman.
Donald Trumpa s new derisive nickname for Hillary Clinton a ” a Rottena
Roanoke , Jul 26: Donald Trump has a new, derisive nickname for his Democratic rival: Hillary "Rotten" Clinton. Addressing backers in an overly warm ballroom in Roanoke, Virginia, the Republican presidential nominee yesterday lashed out at Clinton as low-energy and needing naps.