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The Virginia Bandits spent some of their COVID-enforced off time working on the town’s playground equipment and generally helping out.

The calisthenics at the first football workout might look familiar, but formations are spread out, using the yard lines as convenient markers for distancing, and everyone has his own backpack filled to provide weights for the workout.

The new edition is part of the Next Generation 911 program.

They're restricting the space to 10 people at a time.

The Academy will offer a master’s degree program at Tech’s Blacksburg and Northern Virginia Campuses – with more degree options likely in the future.

New standards require employers to mandate social distancing measures and face coverings for employees in customer-facing positions and when social distancing is not possible, provide frequent access to hand washing or hand sanitizer, and regularly clean high-contact surfaces

A VDOT spokesman told WDBJ7 the goal is to have the road back open by Labor Day.

Meadows will face a possible maximum of nine life sentences plus a mandatory 15 years.

The committee also voted to delay the beginning of fall sports until a final decision is made July 27.

The robber appears to be a tall white male who “made great effort in an attempt to conceal his identity.”

A second employee of the facility was arrested in connection to the escape.

VDH has started providing the COVID-19 Key Measures for additional regions across the state.

Two suspects are in custody Wednesday morning.

Mom blogger Caitlyn Scaggs says a positive outlook can help families navigate the new normal.

The plan is still preliminary - though the board did confirm August 31 will be the official first day of school.

Approximately 4,000 students make up Salem City Schools.

On Tuesday, Pulaski County Public Schools presented a plan for reopening at its school board meeting. Both an instructional plan and a health plan have been developed.

Training, teamwork and a keen sense of smell paid off this week for the Botetourt County Sheriff's Office.

The Star City Strong Recovery Fund Task Force continues to help Roanoke figure out how to spend about $7 million of relief funds for COVID-19.

Despite the pandemic, the Smokies are blooming like never before.

The drop-in centers in Roanoke have reopened.

The Brownsburg Museum in Rockbridge County has converted their main display area into an old time country general store to help guests better understand the place the stores held in local life in the days before supermarkets.

While a few businesses remain closed, Clifton Forge is beginning to come back to life.

The vaccine is made by the National Institutes of Health and Moderna Inc. It’s one of nearly two dozen possible COVID-19 vaccines in various stages of human testing around the world.

They have a goal of 10 iPads.

The technology would enforce speed limits in school zones.

Early Monday morning, 20-year-old Jabar Taylor and 18-year-old Rashad Williams overpowered security staff and escaped through a hole that had been cut in a security fence, according to officials at the facility.

The deputy captured the snake and put it into a pillow case, then took it to a shelter.

Franklin County small businesses can visit www.franklincountyva.gov for a program application and to learn more about the grant.

If she wins, she will become the first woman to hold the position.