The Guardian (Free subscription) | 10/10/2008
A local shopkeeper describes her shock at discovering how different attitudes to race are in western Virginia from her hometown in nearby North Carolina
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 09/10/2008
Roanoke seems to be cursed when it comes to high-profile political visitors, writes Gary Younge
Raising Kaine - Front Page (Free subscription) | 08/10/2008
I'm very happy to see this, should be great events! President Bill Clinton to Headline Change We Need Rallies in Roanoke and Richmond Sunday RICHMOND, Va. -- Former President Bill Clinton will headline Change We Need rallies Sunday evening in Roanoke and Richmond. On his first sweep through the commonwealth to campaign on behalf of U.S. Sen. Barack Obama, Clinton will discuss Obama's...
The Shad Plank (Free subscription) | 08/10/2008
So far Democrat Barack Obama's campaign hasn't used Hillary Clinton to rally the troops in Virginia, but that doesn't mean that former President Bill Clinton isn't making the rounds. Clinton is making a campaign swing through Richmond on Sunday that will also take him to Roanoke, where his wife did very well during the state Democratic primary in February. You'll recall that even before the...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 09/10/2008
Virginia House delegate Onzlee Ware gives his take on the US presidential campaign
Dallas Morning News (Free subscription) | 08/10/2008
While trying to sort out the events that led to Ms. Bailey's killing, Roanoke police searched a locker at Medlin Middle School in Trophy Club that belonged to a student who had been disciplined for bringing a knife to school Sept. 22. The name of the student was concealed in the search warrant, but the document indicates he was one of the boys found in South Dakota. The friend who detailed the...
NC Mental Hope News (Free subscription) | 06/10/2008
By Shanna Flowers As black people, we try to pray away our demons rather than treat them. Mental illness carries a stigma in this country. But especially in the black community. Suicide? We don't do that. Counseling? Pray harder. Laverne Williams of the Mental Health Association in New Jersey visited Roanoke on Thursday to speak about mental illness and call on churches to take the lead in
NC Mental Hope News (Free subscription) | 06/10/2008
By WENDY HUNDLEY - whundley@dallasnews.com Oct. 5, 2008 - Authorities are still trying to unravel the events that led to the killing of a Roanoke mother and the arrest of her two teenage children and another youth in the crime. Jennifer Bailey, 17, her 16-year-old boyfriend, and her 14-year-old brother are charged with capital murder in the slaying of Susan Bailey, 43. Her body was found in...
Rick Howell Speaks (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008
In downtown Roanoke today, Indiana Sen. Evan Bayh spoke to a robust crowd of a few hundred Obama-Biden supporters. Bayh was there instead of Obama's running mate, who had to cancel his appearance due to the serious illness of his mother-in-law. Roanoke area Democrats were very disappointed to hear late Saturday that Biden wouldn't be coming, after all. It reminded us of Sen. Clinton's...
From On High (Free subscription) | 06/10/2008
Steve Huff, Roanoke Times columnist, pooh-poohs the idea that we should "drill here, drill now." His most recent column (" Leave the oil in the ground ") is tedious and rather puerile (did we need to be provided with a definition of the word "baby"?) so I'll pull only a few sentences from his tiresome and nearly interminable musing - a few sentences that he could have submitted for approval...
Dallas Morning News (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008
• Sept. 28 – Roanoke police receive a telephone call from Yankton, S.D., police, who have stopped three teens on a curfew violation and found that they are driving a car registered to Ms. Bailey. Police return to Ms. Bailey's home, where they find her body in an upstairs hallway. She has been stabbed in the neck. Capital murder warrants are issued for Jennifer Bailey, her boyfriend and her 14-year-old...
Dallas Morning News (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008
Authorities are still trying to unravel the events that led to the killing of a Roanoke mother and the arrest of her two teenage children and another youth in the crime. Jennifer Bailey, 17, her 16-year-old boyfriend, and her 14-year-old brother are charged with capital murder in the slaying of Susan Bailey, 43. Susan Bailey Her body was found in a pool of blood at her home on Sept. 28. "It...
Red Orbit (Free subscription) | 04/10/2008
By Michael Sluss mike.sluss@roanoke.com (804) 697-1585 Sen. Joe Biden, the Democratic nominee for vice president, will make a campaign appearance Sunday in Roanoke.
NC Mental Hope News (Free subscription) | 04/10/2008
By Shawna Morrison CHRISTIANSBURG -- The day he rammed a police cruiser with his station wagon, William Shane Mattox wanted police to kill him, his attorney said in court Friday. After he was arrested, Mattox asked police why they didn't shoot him, defense attorney Christopher Tuck told a judge at Mattox's hearing in Montgomery County Circuit Court. Later, Tuck said, Mattox asked someone who
kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago
Charlie Manuel will manage the Philadelphia Phillies through a possible Game 5 of the National League Championship Series, but then return to Roanoke, VA to attend the funeral of his mother.
