Virginia Tech students and others set up an encampment on Friday morning, to move the university to divest from entities helping to facilitate Israel's war effort.
Virginia’s basketball roster may be in limbo as the program pursues a number of transfer possibilities, but the Cavaliers’ non-conference schedule is starting to take shape.
A fire at the OmniSource plant in Franklin County was finally extinguished Thursday after a several-hours long effort by firefighters and plant staff.
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The Gentry Locke law firm investigated the school system’s actions related to the Nov. 7 deaths of 17-year-olds Serenity Hawley and her former boyfriend Croney Monk III.
Judge David Carson warned Kemonte Cooper not to violate the terms of his post-release probation.
Frank Csorba, a runner at the University of Lynchburg who last month helped bring a national track and field title to the school, died unexpectedly Tuesday. He was 23.
Roanoke Fire-EMS Department personnel responded to the fire in the 1200 block of Dale Avenue Southeast shortly before midnight.
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Virginia Tech will employ security such as it always does for large events, a school spokesman said.
“The timeline of trees is very slow. You plant for two generations from now,” said Roanoke Urban Forestry Coordinator Bill West. “It just takes time to grow. And it takes care.”
The food and beverage provider at Roanoke-Blacksburg Regional Airport has struck a deal to rename its pre-screening restaurant after Roanoke’s Big Lick Brewing and to serve its beer on tap.
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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.
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Joe Lieberman's death marks an irreplaceable loss for No Labels, injecting a new level of uncertainty into the organization’s 2024 ambitions.
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.
The Supreme Court seems likely to preserve access to a medication that was used in nearly two-thirds of all abortions in the U.S. last year.
A federal appeals court has again prevented Texas from arresting and deporting migrants accused of entering the U.S. illegally, hours after the the law briefly took effect.
In Republican-led states across the U.S., conservative legislators are refusing to reevaluate abortion bans — even as doctors and patients insist the laws’ exceptions are dangerously unclear.
President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump have clinched their parties' presidential nominations with decisive victories in a slate of low-profile primaries, setting up a general election rematch that many voters do not want.
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