Watching, waiting as storm rolls closer
Tony Winstead’s Wednesday at the beach went much like normal. The Salem man, his wife, three children and brother’s family awoke in their orange house on Emerald Isle on the ...
Funeral marred by early cremation
Betty Redlinger wasn’t opposed to her cremation. The 76-year-old Roanoke woman had spent years of her life riding the bus each day to work at a hosiery warehouse in Salem. ...
Roanoke County chairman exercises influence
Butch Church insists to those who ask that he’s only one-fifth of the Roanoke County Board of Supervisors. No single board members can make a decision, and anything the board ...
Process of Floyd County superintendent’s salary increases queried
The Floyd County School Board has nearly doubled Superintendent Terry Arbogast’s salary since 1993 through phone conversations and unwritten agreements — a process that may be in violation of his ...
Floyd County school superintendent to step down early
FLOYD — Terry Arbogast announced Monday that he will step down as superintendent of Floyd County Public Schools on Sept. 30, three months before his planned retirement. His early departure ...
Giles County Ten Commandments display stirs up fight
Lewis Webb said he spent days and nights brooding over arguments of hanging the Ten Commandments in schools. On Tuesday, Webb was one of two Giles County School Board members ...
Multiple reports show officials knew gym had structural problems
For more than 10 years leading up to Blacksburg High School’s gym roof collapse, school administrators knew of significant structural problems inside the school and, particularly, the gym. Three separate ...