Military officials say the suspected shooter at Fort Hood was a graduate of Virginia Tech, where he was a member of the ROTC and earned a bachelor's degree in biochemistry in 1997.
He is identified as Nidal Malik Hasan or Malik Nadal Hasan.
We have more details on this developing story here.
The act scheduled to open for Maroon 5, K'Naan, has changed. Fitz and the Tantrums will perform instead.
Maroon 5 will perform Nov. 10 at Virginia Tech at Burruss Auditorium.
"We recognize that for many ticket holders this will be very disappointing news and we are trying to get more information. However, the tour/agencies representing the tour are not obligated to do so," wrote Laura Bedenbaugh, spokeswoman for the concert in an e-mail Monday.
The concert is being sponsored by Virginia Tech Union, Student Government Association and Hillel at Virginia Tech. As of late Thursday, about 300 tickets were still available for the show.
--Amy Matzke-Fawcett
Hokie Nation may not be in much of a mood for talking football after Thursday night's loss to North Carolina, but sportswriters Doug Doughty and Randy King still have plenty to say on this week's edition of the Sports TimesCast, our weekly college sports webcast.
If you'd rather hear about something else sports-related, check out Randy King and Aaron McFarling making their weekly picks on Big Lick Sports Picks.
We have more photos from Friday's three overtime game between Christiansburg and Salem. These come from Matt Gentry of The Roanoke Times.
You can view his photos in the slideshow above or in this gallery format.
Do you have photos from the game? Or anything, for that matter, involving people or events around the New River Valley? If so, you can share at newriver@roanoke.com and we'll show 'em off on the Community Current, our site for reader-submitted news and photos.
The Giles golf team won the state Group A golf tournament today while Zeke Shaffer of Radford won the individual title. We have details on our Pressbox sports blog.
We've just updated Radford's searchable crime database with the most recent offenses. In all, Radford police reported 162 offenses from Sept. 20 to Oct. 17.
Among them were four rapes, 11 burglaries -- and lots of drunkeness and liquor law violations.
You can see a map of where the incidents took place - or you can search the database yourself, by date, by location or by offense.
The Radford crime database is part of our Datasphere site of searchable data. Among other things you can find: School-by-school results on the annual No Child Left Behind tests.
Who has the most smoke-free restaurants? The fewest? Data editor Matt Chittum took the health inspection reports from restaurants around the state -- which note the smoking status -- and plotted them on a map.
You can find the results here.
Letters are going out today to Fairlawn residents detailing a proposed sewer rate increase. The letters will be attached to sewer bills, which will come in an envelope instead of thier usual postcard form.
For residential customers, rates will increase from a flat rate of $13 per month to $23 per month. For commercial customers, rates will increase from $13 per month plus $3.27 per 1,000 gallons for usage over 5,000 gallons per month to $21.00 per month plus $4 per thousand gallons.
The rates are anticipated to increase Jan.1, said Ronald Coake, chairman of the Pulaski County Sewerage Authority. A public hearing is scheduled for Nov. 17.
Sewage rates have not been raised since 1987, according to the letter.
"The increased rate is comparable to that [1987] rate in today's money," Coake said.
This year's budget is approximately $300,000, and the projected income is $212,000. Income has dropped over the past few years, and the authority's budget has been subsidized from the authority's surplus funds, Coake said.
The Pulaski County Sewerage Authority has approximately 825 customers in Fairlawn, and only serves the Fairlawn area, not including the New River community or Viscoe Road area, Coake said. The Sewerage Authority was established in 1966 to serve only Fairlawn, and the Pulaski County Public Service Authority was established later to serve the rest of the county, Coake said. The increased rates will not affect Public Service Authority customers, Coake said.
Here's the full text of the letter: Read more »
Who are the best high school football players in Western Virginia? Well, Radford quarterback Dontae Carter has been named one of them. See what sportswriter Robert Anderson has to say about the top high school football prospects on the Varsity Cast, our high school sports website.
We've just updated Radford's searchable crime database with the most recent offenses. In all, Radford police reported 18 offenses from August 2-15. Among them were three burglaries.
You can see a map where the incidents took place - or you can search the database yourself, by date, by location or by offense.
The Radford crime database is part of our Datasphere site of searchable data. Among other things you can find: A database of the state's top high school football recruits.
