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Ridge View Bank Hosts “Fill the Bus” Events Benefitting Local Teachers
Ridge View Bank this month hosted a second annual “Fill the Bus” school supply collection for Franklin County and Salem City teachers. The two-day event collected an overflow of classroom essentials to support teachers for the start of the school year. “We are very thankful for the communities...
Drought shows no sign of improvements as sunshine filled weekend gets underway
Friday we bring in winds from the west-southwest as our high pressure dome pushes east. This helps push out the cooler air for something closer to seasonal averages. For our western counties the low 80s by the afternoon while our eastern mountains make a run for the mid to upper 70s. A nice improvement from […]
Girl with rare disorder dies at age 11: ‘Fought to the end’
ROANOKE, Va. (WDBJ/Gray News) - A little girl from Roanoke, Virginia, who was recently placed in hospice care, has died, according to her family on Facebook. Meg Burrow, 11, had a “rare genetic condition called CTBP-1, where she is the 13th person in the world to be diagnosed with it,” the girl’s mother, Meredith Burrow, said in 2023.
Political parties look to November following national conventions
ROANOKE, Va. (WDBJ) - The balloons have dropped, and the party is over for now, as Democrats and Republicans put their national conventions behind them. “And I think they both had an incredible convention,” said WDBJ7 Political Analyst Dr. Bob Denton. Denton said both parties had successful conventions, with...
LGBT Life Center signs vandalized
NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY) — Staff at the LGBT Life Center were met with vandalized signs when they pulled into work Thursday morning. The signs displayed profanity and denounced the LGBTQ community. Julie Snell, director of housing for the center, said it was disheartening to see. “We serve anyone in...
Roanoke County Public Schools report 17 cases of written threats and intimidation
ROANOKE COUNTY, Va. – Every year, Virginia public schools are required to send a report on student behavior to the state’s Department of Education, which is called the Student Behavior and Administrative Response. With 10 News being your Back-to-School Authority, we are breaking down what the report looks like for Roanoke County Public Schools.
Virginia Tech's most important players in 2024 - No. 9 Da'Quan Felton
As the Virginia Tech football season draws near, the Hokies are eagerly preparing for their season opener against Vanderbilt. The countdown to kickoff has begun!. To enhance the excitement, the VTSCOOP contributors recently assembled a composite list of the 15 most pivotal players on the 2024 roster. Each contributor crafted their own Top 15 rankings, considering factors like position group, talent, and depth. These individual lists were merged to create a comprehensive overview of the team's key players.
Sanctuary policy is largely the reason a quarter of Fairfax County’s high schools are almost failing
Fairfax County’s Board of Supervisors has put its local schools in an impossible position. In January 2021, nine of the board’s 10 members voted to adopt a sanctuary policy titled, “The Public Trust and Confidentiality Policy (Trust Policy).” The policy allows anyone, regardless of immigration status, to “access county services without fear that the information […]
Suffolk Public Library celebrates Community Fridge and Pantry
Suffolk Public Library debuted a new method to combat hunger in the City of Suffolk on Aug. 13. It unveiled the Community Fridge and Pantry during a ribbon-cutting ceremony held at the ForKids Birdsong Center. Sponsored by Suffolk Public Library, ForKids, Lowe’s, Food Bank of Southeastern Virginia, Big Lots, and many others, the fridge and […] The post Suffolk Public Library celebrates Community Fridge and Pantry appeared first on The Suffolk News-Herald.
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