Skyla Taylor, 2, of Roanoke, spins the Wheel of Misfortune in “What’s in Our Bodies” exhibit. The wheel had the possibility of spinning to ticks, bed bugs, mosquitoes with malaria and more. Photo by Rebecca Barnett/The Roanoke Times

Drivers make their way along flooded Salem Avenue in downtown Roanoke after a heavy downpour on Monday afternoon. Photo by Kyle Green/The Roanoke Times

Killian Forbes, 7, watches the board after putting his opponent in check Sunday during a match sponsored by the Roanoke Chess Club. Photo by Don Peterson/Special to The Roanoke Times

Patrick Henry players (left to right) Rob Brailford, Javier Espinosa, Alek Brown, Thomas Stockstill, Jimmy Butler and Britt Dunnavant celebrate winning the WVD championship. Photo by Don Peterson/Special to The Roanoke Times

Reigning Miss Jabberwock Jasmine Keeling watches the opening processional from the side of the stage at the Jefferson Center. Photo by Joel Hawksley/The Roanoke Times

Hidden Valley’s Ceyda Durmaz returned to high school tennis with wins in both the singles and doubles finals. Photo by Matt Gentry/The Roanoke Times

Competitors in the boy’s 110m hurdles clear the first set during a Western Valley District track meet at William Fleming High School in Roanoke on Wednesday. Photo by Joel Hawksley/The Roanoke Times

Virginia Tech graduating student Emily Moonan turns and jumps to touch the Hokie Stone as she leaves Lane Stadium after the 2013 spring graduation ceremony held on Friday in Blacksburg, Virginia. Photo by Kyle Green/The Roanoke Times

Koyuki Azuma, 4, of Roanoke County, plays tag with her dad along Jefferson Street during the Local Colors Festival. Photo by Rebecca Barnett/The Roanoke Times

Cave Spring senior Nick Brediger reacts after nearly hitting a hole-in-one during a practice round for the Scott Robertson Memorial Tournament at Roanoke Country Club on Thursday. Photo by Joel Hawksley/The Roanoke Times

Warren Craft, from William Fleming High School splashes into the sand on his winning triple jump of 45 1 1/4″ at the Cosmopolitan Invitational track and field meet held at William Fleming High School on Saturday. Photo by Kyle Green/The Roanoke Times

Highland School sophomore Ali Granato (left) and North Cross School senior Lynsey Barker chase the ball down the field during their game. Highland School won 2-0. Photo by Rebecca Barnett/The Roanoke Times

Melody Hirsch laughs as she plays a game of “Shut the Box” with grandsons Elijah Jackson (left), 8, and Kai Patterson (right)), 11, at the home the family shares in Moneta,. Bob and Melody Hirsch are raising their two young grandsons after their daughter dropped them off one night and never came back. The couple was awarded primary physical custody and joint legal custody with the mother of the boys.

Jonathan Agee’s family members and friends, including Agee’s wife, Julia Angell, console each other in the courtroom after his sentencing. He was given three life sentences for first degree murder, attempted capital murder and aggravated malicious wounding.

Sparks fly as Fabricator Ricky Phoenix of Newcastle welds a motor cover at Apex Industrial Equipment in Salem on Thursday.

Elizabeth Plunkett (from right), 9, her brother John, 7, and Jasamine Perry, 5, stand outside of what was their home in Southeast Roanoke. They lived in an apartment in a house in the 800 block of Jamison Avenue. A white Ford Explorer crashed into a home in southeast Roanoke this morning, sending the Plunketts’ mom to the hospital. “I was up and I seen something coming through the window and I saw smoke,” Elizabeth said. “And now my mom’s in the hospital. If my dad hadn’t been right next to her, my mom would have died.”

Department of Game and Inland Fisheries Conservation Police Officer Francis Miano surveys New River water levels just below Claytor Lake Dam near Radford on Tuesday.

Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) Registered Nurse Melissa White reunites with 15 month old Jurnee Kasey as mother Dionne Kasey (right) laughs in the background. Jurnee was born premature at 25 weeks, weighing 1 pound 10 ounces. Melissa was one of the RMH NICU staff who cared for Jurnee when she was a patient. “I am just so thankful that (the RMH N.I.C.U.) was here. It really is a blessing”, said Jurnee’s mom Dionne. Family and friends of children who passed through the NICU last year celebrated with NICU staff at HoneyTree Early Learning Center – Riverwalk Saturday during a a birthday party celebration. The NICU has been holding these yearly birthday celebrations since the 1980′s.

A 1941 Vulcan steam engine pulls away from the Virginia Museum of Transportation passenger deck Sunday in downtown Roanoke.[Sunday May 12 20013 – A 1941 Vulcan steam engine pulls away from the Virginia Museum of Transportation passenger deck in Roanoke Sunday. The Roanoke Chapter of the National Railway Historical Society charged three dollars for rides behind the oil fired steam engine whose whistle could be heard all through downtown over the weekend during Roanoke Railfest.

Officer Chris Collins, 25, (at the front of the rope) helps the Western Virginia Regional Jail team beat the eight-year champion, the Roanoke City Sheriff’s Department, on Friday to win the finals at the CHIP fundraiser “Tug for Tots” at Salem High School. STEPHANIE KLEIN-DAVIS | The Roanoke Times

A morning mist lifts off a pond along Yellow Mountain Road at Tuesday morning morning in southwest Roanoke County. STEPHANIE KLEIN-DAVIS | The Roanoke times

Jessica Clowers, Veterinary Technician, kisses Jewel, a dromedary camel during set up for the Ringling Bros. and Barnum and Bailey circus. Photo by Kyle Green/The Roanoke Times

Roanoke College sophomore Mike Perrino (center) celebrates with the rest of his team after they win the ODAC title game against Washington and Lee University Sunday. Roanoke College won 10-9. Photo by Rebecca Barnett/The Roanoke Times

Clownfish wait to be added to the 6000 gallon salt water tank in Center in the Square on Friday. Photo by Kyle Green/The Roanoke Times

Virginia Tech’s Chad Pinder (5) warms up prior to playing Radford University Tuesday in Radford. Pender is a leading hitter for the Hokies. Photo by Matt Gentry/The Roanoke Times

Ted Edlich (from left), Shirley Kotheimer and Jackie Bledsoe, all of Roanoke County, speak at the interfaith prayer breakfast at the Elks Lodge in Roanoke County. Bledsoe said she’s attended all three prayer breakfasts that have been held. “It’s growing every year,” Bledsoe said. “It’s really great. “Today is the national day of Prayer. The breakfast was sponsored by the Kiwanis Club of Roanoke. Photo by Rebecca Barnett/The Roanoke Times

William Fleming senior Khalil Bonds, 17, is leading Timesland in the 100, 200 and 400. His favorite race is the 400; “I fell in love with it the first time I ran it.” Photo by Joel Hawksley/The Roanoke Times

Defense attorney Chris Tuck (left) hugs his client Aaron Edwards after a jury found him not guilty of involuntary manslaughter in Giles County Circuit Court in Pearisburg on Friday. Photo by Matt Gentry/The Roanoke Times

Moir Edwards (from left), 59, reacts as his putt lands beside the hole on the #1 green at Brookside Golf Course where he has been a member for two years. Brian Johnson, 37, a four-year member plays against him on Thursday evening. Photo by Stephanie Klein-Davis/The Roanoke Times

Warren Craft, from William Fleming High School splashes into the sand on his winning triple jump of 45 1 1/4″ at the Cosmopolitan Invitational track and field meet held at William Fleming High School on Saturday. Photo by Kyle Green/The Roanoke Times