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Bubba’s 33 Roanoke Supports Veterans with Burger Sales

Throughout July, Bubba’s 33 will partner with Homes For Our Troops to raise money to help build specially adapted homes for post 9-11 veterans, severely injured in the line...

Four things to remember as you celebrate the Fourth of July

From fireworks to food preparation, Virginia Tech experts offer practical advice for enjoying this week’s...

Roanoke Offers $7.76 Holiday Admission at Parks and Rec Centers

Roanoke County Parks, Recreation and Tourism invites the community to celebrate Independence Day weekend with...

Smith Mountain Lake Cleanup Nets 26 Tons of Debris

Community volunteers collected more than 26 tons of debris as part of the 37th Annual...

TRIO Programs Empower First-Generation Students Across Southwest Virginia

Karlee Shivley can’t wait to be a Hokie this fall — but there was a...

Harlem Globetrotter Buckets Blakes Visits YMCA

by Bill Turner “The important thing is to get up and get moving - to ‘Spin’,” Globetrotter Buckets Blakes told children last week at the...

Lady Titans Pull Away for 59-36 Win in Region IV Division 4 Playoff

by Bill Turner Sunday afternoon, Hidden Valley senior Liz Burke walked the stage at Cave Spring High School modeling prom gowns for an After Prom...

Around the Hardwoods with Wild Bill

by Bill Turner High school tournament play has reached the regional level and for our local teams the troops are beginning to dwindle. Here’s...

International Tennis Professional Lands Academy In Roanoke

by Gene Marrano Once he was tennis royalty, battling the likes of Jimmy Connors and John McEnroe, winning fourteen singles titles, including the Australian Open...

Baseball Hall Of Fame Dinner Evokes Tears, Laughter

by Gene Marrano The Salem-Roanoke Baseball Hall of Fame existed only as a roster of inductees and an annual dinner until a few years ago,...

Around the Hardwoods with Wild Bill

by Bill Turner The district tournaments are in full swing so it’s time to look at the key matchups which hopefully will crown champions...