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The Roanoke County School Board approved a pilot program outsourcing maintenance work at three schools, a system spokesman said.Ohio-based GCA Services Group will take over the maintenance work at Hidden Valley High, Cave Spring Middle and Cave Spring Elementary schools for one year beginning July 1. School system spokesman Chuck Lionberger said in an email […]

Jason Shell was sentenced to 18 years for beating elderly Bedford County store owner Bob Terry.BEDFORD — Prosecutors at a Tuesday plea hearing admitted right away they had no forensic evidence and no eyewitness to say Jason Andrew Shell beat and robbed an elderly shopkeeper a year and a half ago. […]

At least two people will seek the Democratic nomination in the race to replace Roanoke Sheriff Octavia Johnson in November.Tim Allen, a retired officer at the Western Virginia Regional Jail, on Tuesday confirmed his plans to run. A 26-year veteran of the jail system, Allen said he'll make a formal announcement Friday morning in the city council chambers […]

That process will take months, raising questions about meeting federal timetable goals.If Medicaid is expanded in Virginia, it likely will happen only with serious tinkering by state lawmakers.As part of a budget bill that keeps the proposal alive, the General Assembly over the weekend created a legislative commission that will determine how Virginia applies […]

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Two rockets hit a Shi'ite Muslim district of southern Beirut on Sunday and wounded several people, residents said, a day after the leader of Lebanese Shi'ite militant movement Hezbollah said his group would continue fighting in Syria until victory. […]

SAN ANTONIO (AP) -- Two women died after being swept away by floodwaters after weekend rains deluged numerous roads in San Antonio, forcing more than 235 rescues by emergency workers who aided stranded motorists and homeowners at times using inflatable boats.... […]

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) -- The woman hired to clean up Rutgers' scandal-scarred athletic program quit as Tennessee's women's volleyball coach 16 years ago after her players submitted a letter complaining she ruled through humiliation, fear and emotional abuse, The Star-Ledger reported Saturday night on its website.... […]

Two years ago Mr Obama visited Joplin, Missouri, after it too suffered a deadly tornado strike. Tim Muffett has been finding out how residents there have been coping since. […]

Thousands of runners have completed the final mile of the Boston Marathon, five weeks after they were forced to abandon the race when two bombs exploded. […]