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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 […]

STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - A nearly week-long spate of rioting spread outside Stockholm on Friday but authorities said police reinforcements sent to the Swedish capital had reduced the violence there, even though dozens of youths set cars and a recycling station ablaze. […]

The office of Sheriff Joe Arpaio of Maricopa County, Arizona, improperly targeted Hispanics in patrols for undocumented immigrants, a judge finds. […]

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- A California bill that would have required manufacturers to figure out how to keep the most common plastic junk out of state waterways died in the state Assembly without a vote Friday.... […]

Chilean authorities fine the world's largest gold mining company, Barrick Gold Corp, more than $16m for environmental offences at an Andean mine. […]

Toronto Mayor Rob Ford has denied allegations from a major Canadian newspaper he was caught on camera smoking crack cocaine. […]