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The Roanoke Times | File

This photo, taken about 1915, shows Randolph Street (now Williamson Road) looking north across Campbell Avenue. The Randolph Market building is the long building on the right. The Shenandoah Hotel is across from it on the left.

2000 (10 years ago)

-- "Cave Spring looked to its go-to player for inspiration as it went for its first regular-season Roanoke Valley District championship Friday night. Sophomore J.J. Redick scored 34 points as the host Knights raced past William Fleming 74-66 to clinch the district title in front of a sold-out crowd of 1,200."

-- "What else would you expect at a "chilennium" celebration but a constant flow of chili, hot dogs, burgers and cheesy westerns? A sea of customers, old and young, many of them regulars, helped the Texas Tavern celebrate its 70th birthday a day early Saturday"

1985 (25 years ago)

-- "The Reagan administration's endorsement Friday of the Norfolk Southern Corp. bid for Conrail brought joy to NS headquarters in Norfolk, bitterness to a competitor in Richmond and puzzlement for union leaders in Roanoke."

-- "Roanoke music fans received a rare treat Saturday night -- the performance of a major-league band at the height of its power and popularity. Alabama's concert at the Roanoke Civic Center at times sounded like a greatest-hits recital."

-- "Most musicians would consider an invitation to play Carnegie Hall a mind-boggling honor. Daniel Womack of Roanoke is taking it in stride."

1960 (50 years ago)

-- "Note to railroad historians: Tuesday, Feb. 9, 1960, Norfolk and Western Railway, last major American railroad to convert from steam to diesel motive power, receives final unit of 263 diesels ordered October, 1958, at cost of $50 million. Dieselization program complete."

-- "Two of the greatest Negro stars in the history of basketball, Reece 'Goose' Tatum and Sweetwater Clifton, will be in Salem Thursday, Feb. 18 when the Harlem All-Stars face the original New York Celtics at the Andrew Lewis gym."

-- "Roanoke Electric Steel Corp. today announced a $400,000 addition to its plant on Miller street in Roanoke County."

-- "In five years racial integration in the Roanoke Ministers Conference has become an accomplished fact."

-- "The end of sales of candy, seeds and so on by Roanoke County school children may be in sight. The County School Board voted yesterday to study the possibility of putting into the annual budget $1 or $1.50 for each student to end the doorbell ringing."

-- "Sam Horner, Virginia Military's speedy full back, yesterday inked his professional football contract with the Washington Redskins."

-- "Winter's biggest surprise swirled into Roanoke Valley shortly before 4 this morning. Ten inches or more of snow will blanket the area before the fall tapers off tonight or early tomorrow."

1935 (75 years ago)

-- "Addison high school's cagers made a sensational rally in the final half of their contest with Henderson Institute, of Henderson, N.C., to pull out of a 25-9 hole at half time and drop the winning tally into the hoop within 15 seconds of the final whistle for a 46-45 win on the home court last night."

-- "The 'Moonlight Coal Company' fared badly in Police court this morning as its alleged president and two active members started taking enforced 90-day vacations."

-- "The Jarrett-Chewning Co., Inc., has been named local dealer for the Willys 77 and new models are now on display in the company's showroom, 509 Commerce street, S. W."

-- "Roanoke's champion band organizer is Professor W. H. Burt. Among his bands, Vinton Military, Shrine, 116th Infantry, Bedford Firemen's, Roanoke Concert, and Buchanan Firemen's."

-- "A group of 21 of the 48 pilots active at the municipal airport met at the Hotel Roanoke last night and organized the Roanoke Aviators club."

-- "Salem police will be equipped with the latest in tear gas and nauseous gas equipment, the town council decided last night."

-- "William A. Buckley, chief boatswain of the dirigible Macon and one of the 81 navy men who survived the giant airship's 2,500 plunge from one element to another last night, is a native of Salem, Va."

1910 (100 years ago)

-- "Fine work on the part of the local fire department in the face of a gale of wind Sunday prevented a conflagration in the Northwest section of the city."

-- "The first day of the sales of the Roanoke Horse Sales Company were a success."

-- "Mr. F. H. LaBaume , agricultural and industrial agent of the Norfolk and Western railroad, is planning to organize a large boys' corn club in Roanoke county."

-- "Henry Dunnington, popular as a good fellow, a Mason and an Elk, suffered a badly bruised body yesterday afternoon as the result of a collision with a big dog."

-- "One of the surest signs of prosperity about Roanoke is the battery of nine 1910 Cadillac-30's standing in the garage of the Roanoke Automobile Company on Sixth avenue, southwest."

-- "The pennant for 1909 of the Virginia State League which was won by Shaughnessy's Roanoke Tigers has arrived in Roanoke."

-- "Roanoke was in the clutches of a heavy snow storm last night, the second heavy fall which has visited the city in the past six weeks."

-- "Roanoke's new fire truck arrived here yesterday and was placed at fire headquarters in the afternoon."

-- "Randolph Market is to be converted into a storage warehouse. The convenience of its location and its great size will make it an ideal place for such an enterprise."