Roanoke News

City school administrators are meeting with officials from other school divisions to get ideas on the best practices in building a proposed new middle school.

Lawyers for Del's Lemonade have demanded a frozen lemonade business in Roanoke, Va., stop using a lemon design and logo that is awfully similar to the famous Del's frosted-lemon logo that made frozen lemonade a household name in Rhode Island and beyond.

The Laurel posted a station memo saying in part, "Jamie is heading over to the dark side, working in media relations for Sullivan & LeShane in Hartford.

"Afghanistan MASH units are in GREAT NEED of sheets!" said the Facebook page created to help.

The efforts by John Force and his Castrol GTX Ford Mustang team this weekend brought a well-deserved event win to the John Force Racing stable.

A renowned New Orleans band is making a final funky round of shows that will bring it to Martinsville on Wednesday.

Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell and his wife used taxpayer money to pay for sunscreen and dog vitamins, the Washington Post reported on Monday, a disclosure that comes as the Republican leader is said to be under scrutiny by the FBI.

In human terms, she had a bleeding ulcer [ in bus terms: a fire in the electrical panel ] in Roanoke, VA.

Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) June 14--Botetourt County supervisors approved a resolution to spend nearly $450,000 to upgrade the county's aging emergency radio equipment.

A Martinsville Public Works employee begins work with a chain saw on a tree blocking Mulberry Road on Thursday.

The 2013 Virginia Blues & Jazz Festival features Rene Marie, Joe Louis Walker, Carolina Chocolate Drops, Nikki Hill and more.

The latest breaking news, from new products to acquisitions to industry events, from across the high volume transaction output industry.

Here's the press release from Blue Ridge Country magazine: ROANOKE, Va., June 12, 2013 - Three Asheville locals have been recognized in Blue Ridge Country for making a difference in the region.

A driver has been charged in Wednesday afternoon's fatal wreck on I-581. State Police say 34-year-old Timothy Wellons of Salem has been charged with two counts of involuntary manslaughter and DUI.

Retired Floyd County Judge K. O'Donnell, who served as a substitute judge at the hearing in Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court in Martinsville, certified the two felony charges to the grand jury, which will consider whether to issue indictments in the case of James Scott Witherow II of Martinsville.

June 12--The state is offering to cover nearly half the estimated cost of the culvert needed to carry a new passenger rail line into downtown Roanoke.

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Staff Photo by Stacey Hairston: Rocky Mount Assistant Town Manager Matt Hankins, right, introduces Gary Jackson at a press conference Monday at the farmers' market.

A late afternoon accident on Rte. 15 that downed a utility pole and snarled traffic for several miles in both directions for an hour and a half, remains under investigation.

Courtesy Photo: Doug Sprouse with Varney Electric examines the new equipment for the electrical upgrade to the town's water treatment plant.