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Roanoke, VA
Joined June 2015
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This is what the first day of class looked like inside one #VirginiaTech classroom yesterday. Students tell us this professor has been temporarily replaced, but the university will not comment on that.
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A look inside today’s socially distant #SpecialSession from Del. Sam Rasoul
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Police throwing tear gas into a crowd of protesters tonight in Lynchburg.
The face mask mandate inside businesses goes into effect Friday. This is how Doomsday Tactical Supply plans to handle the order.
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You can watch this announcement live on @wsls
I'll be making a major announcement about Virginia's #COVID19 response at 2:00 PM today. Watch live here on Twitter or at facebook.com/GovernorVA.
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.@MissAmerica can be a scientist because a scientist IS NOW #MissAmerica2020!! 👩‍🔬👸 Congratulations to @VT_alumni @MissAmericaVA — you've made @VT_Science, #HokieNation, and #WomenInSTEM everywhere so proud. 😭 🥳
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The @RoanokeFireEMS Grandin Village Fire Station is coming down today after nearly 100 years of service. The demolition is underway, and the fire station already looks like a shell of itself. – at Roanoke, VA
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Wow! Go Officer Carey! 👏👏👏
Casually eating lunch-to saving a baby's life-all in the day's work of a law enforcement officer. Today Off. Melissa Carey rescued a two-week-old who was choking and had stopped breathing. The mother stated that, “If it was not for Off. Carey, my baby would not be here.”
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Storm damage on the Roanoke Times building downtown
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On this Memorial Day, we'd like to extend our heartfelt gratitude to the families of those who paid the ultimate price for our freedom. We will never take your sacrifices for granted. (Photo credit: Joni Link, Shawsville)
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A truly special #MemorialDay at the National D-Day Memorial in Bedford. Thank you to the men and women who have courageously served our country and to those who paid the ultimate sacrifice fighting for our freedom.
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"It sounded like a bomb went off." This huge tree in Vinton split, knocking down power lines and blocking this whole street. Luckily no one was hurt.
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Gov. Northam tells me he hasn't read the report on his controversial yearbook yet. He says he plans to issue a statement this afternoon.
Gov. Ralph Northam is in Lexington today, minutes before the results of the investigation into his controversial 1984 yearbook are released.
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He couldn't afford new tires, so Roanoke Fire-EMS Station Five stepped up to helphttps://www.wsls.com/news/virginia/roanoke/roanoke-first-responders-buy-tires-for-good-samaritan-in-need wsls.com/news/virginia/roano…
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Imagine putting your dog in this crate in the bottom of a plane, getting to your destination and he's not there. That's what happened to one Roanoke woman. Hear her story tonight on @wsls
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Words can’t express the pain we feel for @unccharlotte @UNCCpolice It is an unspeakable tragedy that no one should experience. Our thoughts & prayers are with. We are a call away... #ninerstrong – at North Carolina, USA
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