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updated: Sat Jul 19, 2008 05:08 am

Radford News

Local news for Radford, VA continually updated from thousands of sources on the web.

9 hrs ago | Biking Bis

Virginia law limits judge's sentence in bicyclist's death

Does losing a driver's license for one year sound like an excessively heavy penalty for someone convicted of reckless driving in the death of a bicyclist? It is in Virginia.

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Related Topix: Radford University

Thu Jul 17, 2008

New River Valley Current

First Look: Radford to open bike trail area

Where, in Radford, can a person find a couple hundred acres or so with miles of fresh mountain bike trails that range from easy to advanced? Well, nowhere in Radford, exactly.

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Related Topix: Montgomery County, VA

Main Street Newspapers

Gilmore's Working Families tour rolls through Radford

Former Governor Jim Gilmore, now a Republican candidate for U.S. Senate, was pumping gas and shaking hands in Radford earlier this week, stopping briefly in the city during his campaign tour down I-81. The rain ...

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Related Topix: Jim Gilmore, US Politics, US News, Agriculture, Science, 2008 Presidential Election

Tue Jul 15, 2008

New River Valley Current

First Look: 5-story development planned for Radford

' Tyler Place would be quite a place. Taking up most of the block bounded by Tyler and First avenues and Clement and Downey streets, adjacent to Radford University, it would be five stories of retail, office ...

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Related Topix: Radford University

Sun Jul 13, 2008

Roanoke Times

Police chief finalists to interview at RU - roanoke.com

A committee at Radford University plans to interview three people this month who want to become the school's new police chief.

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Related Topix: Blacksburg, VA, US Politics, US News

Fri Jul 11, 2008

Main Street Newspapers

Police awaiting medical examiner's word on body

A Radford citizen out playing with his dog made a grisly discovery Friday as people began lining up along the New River to enjoy Fourth of July fireworks.

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Thu Jul 10, 2008

Southwest Times

Police trying to identify body found in Radford

Radford police are investigating whether a body found off West Main Street in the city July 4 may be that of a Pulaski man who was last seen in Radford nearly a month earlier.

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Tue Jul 08, 2008

Roanoke Times

Former Radford mayor kept politics in perspective - roanoke.com

You'd have to call them rivals. Ted Bess and Tom Starnes ran against each other in 1986, the first time Radford voters chose their mayor.

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Related Topix: Opinion, US Politics, US News

Mon Jul 07, 2008

New River Valley Current

Radford's plans for police station move forward

Every 120 years or so, it's time for something new. Or, at least, something recycled.

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Sat Jul 05, 2008

WSET

Body Found, Police Investigating

Radford police are waiting on autopsy results to identify a body that was discovered Friday night off of West Main Street.

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Fri Jul 04, 2008

WSLS-TV Roanoke

Body Found Near Sonic In Radford

The Radford Police Dept. is investigating a body that was found near the Sonic on West Main Street.

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Related Topix: Roanoke, VA, Roanoke Metro

Thu Jul 03, 2008

NRV Today

Radford 4th of July Celebration

The Radford Parks and The Radford Parks and Recreation Department will sponsor a July 4th Celebration in Bisset Park which will feature Country Music Hall of Fame performer, Jimmy Fortune, formerly of the ...

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Wed Jul 02, 2008

Main Street Newspapers

City plans use of Entitlement Community grant funds

Each year, the City of Radford receives more than $200,000 in federal Housing and Urban Development funds, due to its designation as an "entitlement community." The Community Development Block Grant funds can ...

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Mon Jun 30, 2008

NRV Today

Free Concert Series at the Gazebo in Bisset Park in Radford

Meet your friends at the gazebo in Bisset Park and enjoy a free concert in the park.

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Sun Jun 29, 2008

Roanoke Times

This week's events

Well, zip-a-dee-do-dah! "Remus Tales" will be performed at the Roanoke College amphitheater off High Street.

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Related Topix: Pulaski, VA, Roanoke, VA, Roanoke Metro, Education Etc., Salem, VA

Fri Jun 27, 2008

Roanoke Times

It's a phenomenal, phenomenal river - roanoke.com

Above: Than Hitt, a research associate with Virginia Tech's fisheries and wildlife sciences department, holds up a bag containing a telescope shiner.

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Related Topix: Grayson County, VA, Eggleston, VA

Wed Jun 25, 2008

WDBJ7

Authorities need help locating missing man in Pulaski

June 25, 2008 Authorities need help locating missing man in Pulaski Police in Pulaski need your help locating a missing man.

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Related Topix: Pulaski, VA

Mon Jun 23, 2008

News-Star

Ellerman - Shurley

Dr. and Mrs. Gary Dwain Ellerman of Radford, Va., announce the engagement of their daughter, Anna Katherine, to Mr.

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Sat Jun 21, 2008

Roanoke Times

Jury: Minister abused girl - roanoke.com

After a trial that lasted late into the night Friday, a jury found a minister from Radford guilty of sexually abusing a girl in 2000 when she was 8 years old.

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Related Topix: Roanoke, VA, Roanoke Metro, Dublin, VA

Thu Jun 19, 2008

New River Valley Current

Festivities to mark historic day

The Community Choir, which performs traditional African compositions, sings during the 2007 Juneteenth Smithfield Plantation celebration.

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Related Topix: Montgomery County, VA

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