VWCC student awarded prestigious community college transfer scholarship
Submitted by Virginia Western Community College Pic: Submitted photo / Lukas Havenstein and Robert Sandel. Lukas Havenstein, a student at Virginia Western Community College, is one of 100 recipients of the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation’s prestigious Undergraduate Transfer Scholarship. The highly competitive national scholarship will provide Havenstein with up to $55,000 a year to complete his bachelor’s degree. Havenstein is a graduate of Patrick Henry High School in Roanoke, Va. He plans to transfer to the University of Virginia and study commerce. In the 2020-21 academic year, four-year colleges and...
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St. Mark’s United Methodist of Daleville invites all for Joyful Journey Travel Club
Submitted by St. Mark’s United Methodist Church The Joyful Journey Travel Club of St. Mark's United Methodist Church in...
National League of Junior Cotillions to host Parents’ Reception and Registration
Submitted by the Roanoke Valley NLJC The National League of Junior Cotillions, Roanoke Valley Chapter, has scheduled a...
Friendship physician clinic welcomes Nurse Practitioner Benita Bocanegra
Submitted by Friendship Retirement Community Pic: Submitted photo / New Friendship Nurse Practitioner Benita Bocanegra Friendship Retirement Community, a...
National Thought Leadership on Caregiving Conference announces additional speakers and partnerships
Submitted by The Care Colloquium The Care Colloquium, a national thought leadership conference on caregiving issues will be held...
Sports
GHS girls finish regular season unbeaten
Dhruvi Patel serves for Glenvar. The Glenvar girls will head into Region 2C play with a 13-0 record while the...
Sallah is All-State wrestler
The Virginia Sports Information Directors (VaSID) have announced their 2022 All State Wrestling teams and Roanoke College had a first...
Region 4D tennis opens Monday
Zoe Prosser hits a return for Salem in last week's win over Lord Botetourt. The Salem boys and girls will...
Bullets down RC laxmen
Taylor Lewis of Roanoke College had 13 saves in the Maroons NCAA loss to Gettysburg. The Roanoke College men’s lacrosse...
Obituaries
Mauk, Michael Ray
Michael Ray Mauk, age 69, of Salem, Virginia passed away May 8, 2022, at Orange Park Medical Center....
Margaret O’Donnell Key
Our beautiful and amazing mother passed away on May 13, 2022. She was born in Darby, England on July...
Bruce Clinton Switzer Sr.
Bruce Clinton Switzer Sr., 86, went to be with his Lord and Savior Saturday, April 30, 2022. He...
Mary Elizabeth “Betty” Moles
Mary Elizabeth “Betty” Moles passed away April 14, 2022 after a brief illness. Betty grew up in Floyd, Virginia and...
Spiritual
Methodist Pastors Change
A Salem church and one Daleville are among those affected in the annual rotation of United Methodist pastors. They “itinerate”...
Give Light ~ Catching up ~
Frances Stebbins Correspondent When I was enrolled in the seventh-grade class taught by Miss Nannie...
State & National
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Report finds falling student achievement in K-12 schools
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia’s public schools, which have long enjoyed a reputation for academic excellence, have […]
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Feds sue operator of dog breeding facility, seize beagles
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Federal officials have accused a company that runs a Virginia facility breeding dogs for […]
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Johnny Depp was a controlling lover, ex-girlfriend testifies
To hear actor Ellen Barkin tell it, Johnny Depp was a controlling, jealous and angry man even back in the 1990s, when […]
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Target workers at a Virginia store withdraw union petition
NEW YORK (AP) — Workers at a Target store in Christiansburg, Virginia, have withdrawn their request with federal […]