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Taubman survives tough first year - roanoke.com
The Taubman Museum of Art opened a year ago today amid visions of nearly 200,000 annual visitors walking through its front doors and igniting a major economic upswing in downtown Roanoke.
Its founders now say those consulting firm predictions were too sunny for what already would be a challenging year, as Roanoke's dramatically expanded art museum strove to reinvent itself with a new identity.
Chick-fil-A founder joins fundraising effort - roanoke.com
A Roanoke nonprofit that wants to provide tuition-free Christian education to children is banking on the founder of a well-known national fast food chain to help it raise funds.
Truett Cathy, the founder and chairman of Atlanta-based Chick-fil-A, will speak on Wednesday at a benefit banquet for Renewanation at the Hotel Roanoke & Conference Center.
Clues elusive, but hope lingers - roanoke.com
CHARLOTTESVILLE The scene was idyllic -- green fields, white fences, sunshine, a breeze and such quiet that you could hear the hiss of shoes on dry grass.
A beautiful setting for what was a grim task: a search for anything to help tell the story of what happened to 20-year-old Morgan Harrington on the mid-October night the Roanoke County woman disappeared from outside a Metallica concert here.
VMI cadet collapses, dies after training - roanoke.com
A Virginia Military Institute freshman died Saturday after collapsing following a training event, according to a release from the school.
John Alexander Evans, a 19-year-old fourth-class cadet from Highland, Md., collapsed in his barracks room after completing a 10-mile road march with other members of the rat class.
Flu shots draw hundreds to clinic - roanoke.com
An H1N1 flu shot clinic drew hundreds of people to a Salem medical office Saturday, with dozens of people lined up in the 36-degree morning chill when the clinic opened at 8.
Primary Care Associates announced the vaccination clinic earlier in the week. The private medical practice had received 1,000 doses of the H1N1 vaccine, which has been in short supply both locally and nationally because of production delays. The clinic distributed the vaccine for free but charged a $19.96 administrative fee per dose.
Fort Hood shooting suspect Hasan left few impressions in schools he attended - roanoke.com
Eric Brady | The Roanoke Times
Search for missing VT student Morgan Harrington finds no new leads - roanoke.com
CHARLOTTESVILLE -- A massive search by 360 volunteers Friday apparently turned up no new leads in the disappearance of Virginia Tech student Morgan Harrington, but organizers said they will return to the job today and Sunday.
Musical performance on adoption has theme focused close to home - roanoke.com
It's not central to the actor's craft to share traits with his character. After all, many of the great Shakespearean roles require killing another person.
But consider Anette Lloyd, the 26-year-old who plays the only adult in the local production of "They Chose Me!" a musical in which 10- to 19-year-olds represent adopted children telling their stories. Lloyd was adopted as a child, and she plays a central role in the play that opened Thursday at William Fleming High School.
Disgraced former New York Times reporter Jayson Blair discusses his transgressions - roanoke.com
LEXINGTON -- Burr Datz wanted to hear a full-blown confession.
Datz, a Washington and Lee University leadership development professor, sat in the last row of the college's Stackhouse Theater, waiting for Jayson Blair, disgraced former New York Times reporter and the night's featured speaker, to deliver.
Buck runs amok in downtown Roanoke - roanoke.com
Video: Catching up with the deer
Video by Jordan Fifer | The Roanoke Times
Teen pleads no contest in shooting - roanoke.com
A Roanoke Circuit Court judge on Friday afternoon convicted a 17-year-old of killing another teenager.
Marquise Terrel Daye is scheduled to be sentenced Feb. 3 for fatally shooting Gregory Grant, 15.
Suspected Fort Hood shooter Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan: Social awkwardness kept with him into adulthood - roanoke.com
Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, the Army psychiatrist accused of shooting 12 people to death and wounding 31 others at Fort Hood, Texas, on Thursday, was the son of Roanoke merchants and restaurateurs, lived in Vinton and graduated from Virginia Tech.
Large turnout expected in Charlottesville search for Morgan Harrington - roanoke.com
Roundabout opens in Roanoke Co. after delays - roanoke.com
After numerous construction delays, the Virginia Department of Transportation on Thursday afternoon opened a roundabout that will merge two streets in Southwest Roanoke County.
Franklin County voted into Western Virginia Water Authority - roanoke.com
Franklin County was voted in as a full-fledged member Thursday of the Western Virginia Water Authority by the governing bodies that already made up the regional utility.
The Roanoke City Council, the boards of supervisors of Roanoke and Franklin counties and the water authority board unanimously approved Franklin County's membership. The membership will become official upon approval by the State Corporation Commission. It's unclear when the SCC will take up the issue.
National Guard soldiers called up - roanoke.com
Four hundred Virginia National Guard soldiers, including companies based in Bedford, Clifton Forge and Lexington, were called for active duty in Iraq on Thursday. Some New River Valley-based companies could also get the call.
Arrival of H1N1 shots continues in Roanoke and New River valleys - roanoke.com
The 2009 H1N1 flu vaccine continues to trickle into the region, and health department officials in the Roanoke and New River valleys are concentrating vaccination efforts on high-risk groups that include pregnant women and children between 6 months and 18 years old.
Funeral rites across history and cultures come alive in Rocky Mount - roanoke.com
ROCKY MOUNT -- For some, a trip to a local funeral home Thursday wasn't to mark the death of a loved one, but to reflect on the history and tradition of funerals.
A tractor-trailer transporting "Reflections: The American Funeral" set up outside Flora Funeral Service for the day.
12 killed, 31 hurt at Fort Hood in Texas; Shooter once lived in Vinton - roanoke.com
UPDATE (7:55 a.m.: Nov. 6, 2009): Death toll from Fort Hood shooting now at 13
