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Local efforts are under way to help Oklahoma tornado victims. Find out how you can help here .
Making It Click: Lives on the Line
Nearly 1,700 unbuckled people have died in wrecks in Virginia during the past five years. But 600 — maybe 700 — could have lived. How? By committing the simple act of fastening their seat belt — and following the law.
A Downtown Evolution: How private development is changing Roanoke's city center
Longtime Roanokers can quote the conventional wisdom about downtown: The City Market area is nice but get too far west and things get ugly quickly. Salem Avenue is a highway for the homeless between the Rescue Mission and the Samaritan Inn.
The Damage Done: How heroin claimed one young life and devastated another
This three-part series examines how two young men from southwest Roanoke County kept the severity of their drug habits hidden. Today, one is dead and the other is in federal prison.
Picking Up the Pieces
This co-production of The Roanoke Times and Equal Voice Newspaper explores how the opening of China to global trade decimated manufacturing in Southwest and Southside Virginia.
Private Battles: PTSD in Southwest Virginia
In this series, we focus on the stories of veterans from Southwest Virginia — and the treatment available to them at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Salem. We'll explain how treatment of PTSD is changing — for the better — and look at some of the struggles that veterans and their families are still facing.
1. Men in werewolf masks robbed Roanoke store Sunday, police say
2. Motorcycle wreck Tuesday sends driver to hospital
3. Sick dog rescued from McAfee Knob trail
4. Franklin County child porn suspect recovering after self-inflicted wound
5. Police identify man wounded in deadly northwest Roanoke shooting earlier this month
6. Franklin County supervisors vote to add $300,000 to school funding
7. Roanoker honored with Virginia Big Sister of the Year award
8. Virginia Tech baseball not satisfied with just making ACC tournament
9. Roanoke County pleads guilty to firearms charges
10. Franklin County supervisors find $300,000 more for schools
THE ROANOKE TIMES
