VMI's Jimmy Coale, who started working as a teacher and volunteer strength and conditioning coach in 1979, is retiring at the end of July.
Have you heard about the dark-pink former school bus known as the Wellness Wagon? The nonprofit enterprise delivers an acupuncture treatment known as the “5 Needle Protocol” to people in the Roanoke Valley and beyond.
A brother and sister duo are being held without bond following two separate but related shooting incidents in the Town of Marion on Friday.
Volvo Trucks North America in Dublin said it has begun shipping freight trucks that can burn hydrotreated vegetable oil, or HVO, with 20 to 25 gallons of the plant-based fuel in the new trucks’ tanks.
It is the second piece of property purchased by the town in just over a year.
City Council interviewed five candidates for three school board seats on Monday afternoon.
Virginia’s roster remake continued Monday with the commitment of Duke transfer freshman forward TJ Power.Power announced his commitment on his Instagram account.
The town council hired St. Louis-based Development Strategies to help it determine a future plan for the area.
Virginia State Police said a plane flying from Manassas to South Carolina crashed in Fluvanna County on Sunday morning, killing the pilot and one passenger.
Do rematches damage the NFL’s wild-card television ratings? Would fewer folks watch an Auburn-LSU first-round game than, say, LSU-Clemson? Doubtful on both counts.
Despite a four-game losing streak, the program's longest since 2013, the Virignia men's lacrosse team will host a first-round NCAA tournament game at Klockner Stadium.
About 30 dogwood trees outside Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church are recent plantings from Roanoke’s urban forestry department, and a request from a longtime church congregant hoping to improve the neighborhood.
State conservation police are preparing for the new boating season and a renewed emphasis on getting boaters to wear lifejackets and to stay sober while boating.
Black Dog Salvage hosts the American Welding Society’s third annual “Sculpted Art Contest” on Thursday, as judges reviewed work from 11 local high school students. The competition supports creativity of young artists and highlights the importance of skilled trades and the growing interest in…
The crash occurred about 10:30 p.m., temporarily closing the 900 block of Peters Creek Road southbound from Melrose Avenue to Salem Turnpike Northwest.
In Florida and across the nation, young voters could prove pivotal in the 2024 election, from the presidency to ballot amendments and down ballot races that will determine who controls Congress.
It's a good thing readers most often communicate with yours truly via email and voicemail. Both seem preferable to the U.S. Postal Service, based on some of the terrible postal tales readers are telling.
The free Art Blossom event is from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tickets for the home tour cost $35 and include a complimentary box lunch.
There will be over 20 vendors selling a variety of goods from jewelry to soaps, according to the release.
“I want my phone, but I also don’t really need it at the same time,” one student said. “I got to get work done, I want to graduate.”
Goal of the annual ICAT Day is to connect the public to the latest creative and innovative works of students and faculty members.
The Virginia Press Association recognized the work of journalists statewide in the annual news contest results announced Saturday in Richmond.
An active jet stream pattern in the western half of the country means that the first half of May will favor more tornadoes in the Great Plains.
The practice of sedating people detained by police is quietly spreading across the nation, illustrating an often-hidden way fatal police encounters end: not by gunfire but with the silent use of a medical syringe.
A top concern for local election workers throughout the country this year is their own safety. A group formed after the 2020 presidential election is traveling the country helping them prepare for what could lie ahead.
The Supreme Court will consider a straightforward but legally untested question: whether a former president is immune from federal prosecution for official acts.
When the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022, Republicans insisted the ruling would mostly impact those seeking abortions to end unwanted pregnancies. But that hasn’t been the case.
Millions across North America witnessed the moon block out the sun during a total solar eclipse Monday.
Dr. Robert H. Gowdy, a physics professor at Virginia Commonwealth University, explains what you need to know about the April 8 eclipse.
College basketball statistician Ken Pomeroy (aka KenPom) comes on the podcast to talk about his wildly popular basketball analytics website and his time as a meteorologist.
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Neither the governor's office nor the school's president nor the university police chief have taken credit for the decision.
No one was injured as a result of either blaze.
A loaded gun was found in the backpack of a 3-year-old student at Maymont Preschool, and a family member is charged with allowing access to firearms, police said.
Gov. Youngkin's chief procurement officer is leaving state government, but not before a push to reach the governor's promised goal of saving $200 million on state purchases by June 30.
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