This year’s festival celebrated African American heritage with crafts, merchandise, cuisines and of course, music. By Shawn Nowlin [email protected]  On...

Tuition reduced by 28 percent and launching new center for “purpose, life and career exploration” -   Roanoke College recently announced...

By Shawn Nowlin, [email protected]  When an organization invests in the community, the possibilities are endless. The Salem Kiwanis Club, established...

The Salem Red Sox let a five run lead slip away in a game they needed to win to make...

The Salem High football team will be idle this Friday for the second time in three weeks, and they haven’t...

If Thursday Night Football on the NFL Network was as exciting as the game Glenvar played last Thursday night the...

Guest Contributor, Dr. Cynthia Morrow Roanoke City and Alleghany Health Districts Health Director Fueled by the highly transmissible Delta variant, the...

By Frances Stebbins, Correspondent With news of the arrival in Roanoke of some refugees from the distressed nation of Afghanistan,...

Jacqueline Duke “Jackie” Nelson, 85, most recently of Virginia Beach, Va., passed away on September 6, 2021, after a long...

Leon August Vorst of Fairhope, Alabama (formerly of Salem) passed away on September 16, 2021. He was born September 20,...