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Updated: May. 25, 2023 at 6:46 PM EDT
|By Patsy Montesinos
“What I’m here to talk about is the child abuse, grooming, conditioning, (and) indoctrination by sexual predators disguised as teachers and staff."
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Updated: May. 25, 2023 at 6:11 PM EDT
|By Brittany Morgan
In total, the board has awarded more than $520,000 in scholarships.
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Updated: May. 25, 2023 at 5:48 PM EDT
|By Makayla Shelton
The 10-month program includes meeting with leaders like presidents of local colleges and visiting the Capitol to network with lawmakers.
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Updated: May. 25, 2023 at 5:33 PM EDT
|By Makayla Shelton
Project Imagine steers youth away from gang activity by helping them improve grades, focus on their goals, and gain employment through relationships with mentors they can relate to.
Updated: May. 25, 2023 at 4:49 PM EDT
|By WDBJ7 Staff
General admission is $5 + tax for this Film Lab fundraiser.
Updated: May. 24, 2023 at 5:47 PM EDT
|By Neesey Payne
The math garden is part of an ongoing project by seventh-grade math teacher Jennifer Hatch.
Updated: May. 23, 2023 at 8:05 PM EDT
|By Joe Dashiell
Five Ferrum students are taking living history to the next level, as they experience life in the 1800s at the Blue Ridge Farm Museum.
Updated: May. 23, 2023 at 5:18 PM EDT
|By Makayla Shelton
Project Imagine steers youth away from gang activity by developing relationships with mentors.
Updated: May. 22, 2023 at 7:11 PM EDT
|By Isabella Ledonne
Juniors and seniors can take flight courses in the CTE program next fall.
Updated: May. 22, 2023 at 6:52 PM EDT
|By Isabella Ledonne
Roanoke County spent $150,000 on renovations for the library.
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Updated: May. 22, 2023 at 11:01 AM EDT
|By Isabella Ledonne
The CEO of Centra delivered the commencement speech to the graduates.
Updated: May. 22, 2023 at 11:01 AM EDT
|By Pat Thomas
Meals will be provided on a first-come, first-served basis.
Updated: May. 22, 2023 at 10:50 AM EDT
|By Pat Thomas
The State Board will consider mandatory tuition and fee increases of between 0 percent and 4.7 percent for all undergraduate students.
Updated: May. 21, 2023 at 7:43 PM EDT
|By Patsy Montesinos
“You can always accomplish what you start out. So, just never give up, just keep trying and just keep pounding and you’ll do it.”
Updated: May. 20, 2023 at 10:39 PM EDT
|By Isabella Ledonne
In the fall, Alleghany High School will merge with Covington High School.
Updated: May. 20, 2023 at 6:00 PM EDT
|By Kaitlyn Dillon
Three late University of Virginia football players were honored at the spring commencement ceremony on May 20.
Updated: May. 19, 2023 at 11:30 PM EDT
|By Will Thomas
The CHS Class of 2023 are now the final seniors to graduate as the school will become the middle school for Alleghany Highlands Public Schools in the fall.
Updated: May. 19, 2023 at 6:22 PM EDT
|By Isabella Ledonne
Young women from Roanoke City Public Schools learned about dentistry, health care and science research.
Updated: May. 19, 2023 at 5:21 PM EDT
|By Makayla Shelton
The new technology will improve communication with the 911 dispatch center and eliminate “dead zones” on campus.
Updated: May. 18, 2023 at 4:46 PM EDT
|By Makayla Shelton
It includes giant life-like bugs with displays explaining their anatomy and how they play a role in our ecosystem.
Updated: May. 18, 2023 at 4:17 PM EDT
|By Meteorologist Catherine Maxwell
For 37 years in a row, students and faculty at Ferrum College head out to Smith Mountain lake during the months of May through August to collect water samples.
Updated: May. 17, 2023 at 6:50 PM EDT
|By Riley Wyant
A new Virginia law will honor students who never get to finish their final year. The change will cut through the historic red tape for granting posthumous degrees.
Updated: May. 17, 2023 at 6:48 PM EDT
|By Isabella Ledonne
More than 500 inmates have each gone through at least one of the 11 programs at the jail.
Updated: May. 17, 2023 at 5:42 AM EDT
|By Kimberly McBroom
Samantha Leach says she thought of filling out scholarship applications as another class
Updated: May. 16, 2023 at 7:50 PM EDT
|By Patsy Montesinos
For the first time in school history, four cadets will be joining the Coast Guard.
Updated: May. 16, 2023 at 11:25 AM EDT
|By Amanda Alvarado
According to the report, the USDA says chocolate milk can contain as much sugar as soda.
Updated: May. 16, 2023 at 5:29 AM EDT
|By Sophia Borrelli
Governor Glenn Youngkin is in one of our hometowns Tuesday.
Updated: May. 15, 2023 at 12:35 PM EDT
|By Sophia Borrelli
Many of the students will be staying right here in Southwest Virginia and will help build the local economy.
Updated: May. 14, 2023 at 6:19 PM EDT
|By Patsy Montesinos
“The dental hygiene program is challenging, it’s a difficult program. And students often spend their time just getting through it,” explained McGowan.” But Ashley chose to not only get through it but to help people.”
Updated: May. 14, 2023 at 12:42 PM EDT
|By Braedyn Speight
The Virginia Board of Education voted to automatically renew 15,000 teaching licenses.
Updated: May. 13, 2023 at 6:34 PM EDT
|By Jacob Phillips
Ken Woodley is a retired journalist, author, and the creator of a fund aiding Black students.
Updated: May. 13, 2023 at 4:40 PM EDT
|By Isabella Ledonne
Dr. Verletta White and her leadership team passed out cakes to every school.
Updated: May. 13, 2023 at 3:55 PM EDT
|By Patsy Montesinos
The plan is to build the facility on a 40-acre property behind Franklin County High School.
Updated: May. 12, 2023 at 7:38 PM EDT
|By Joe Dashiell
The Virginia Board of Education took emergency action this week to extend thousands of teacher licenses that were set to expire this summer.
Updated: May. 12, 2023 at 6:51 PM EDT
|By Colby Johnson
A new Virginia grant program that helps families provide tutoring for students is now open. Governor Glenn Youngkin’s K-12 learning acceleration grants program will offer $1,500 grants to families of all school-aged children in the state.
Updated: May. 12, 2023 at 4:49 PM EDT
|By Patsy Montesinos
Congratulations, Coach!
Updated: May. 12, 2023 at 4:40 PM EDT
|By Patsy Montesinos
First-generation college student Ashlyn Clemmer is one of more than 7000 Hokies graduating from the university this spring.
Updated: May. 11, 2023 at 5:48 PM EDT
|By Makayla Shelton
The parents were not notified until 4 that afternoon - allowing the school day to finish as normal.
Updated: May. 10, 2023 at 9:57 PM EDT
|By Isabella Ledonne
The Virginia Department of Education is looking for feedback on how to improve the curriculum.
Updated: May. 10, 2023 at 6:08 PM EDT
|By Pat Thomas
A juvenile is in custody after a gun was found in a school trash can Wednesday.
Updated: May. 10, 2023 at 2:13 PM EDT
|By Andrew Webb
She’s now finishing her sophomore year at Virginia Tech with dreams of becoming a doctor.
Updated: May. 9, 2023 at 9:09 PM EDT
|By Andrew Webb
Over those six months Bragen says he has learned quite a bit about his new school district.
Updated: May. 9, 2023 at 6:48 PM EDT
|By Kaitlyn Dillon
The Alleghany Highlands Public Schools Division Board approved the elementary school attendance zone redistricting plan on Monday for the 2023-2024 school year.
Updated: May. 9, 2023 at 3:00 PM EDT
|By Kate Capodanno
The American Association of University Women launched its Roanoke Valley Branch in 1923 with a small group.
Updated: May. 8, 2023 at 4:57 PM EDT
|By WDBJ7 Staff
The fest will be May 13 from 11am-4pm, rain or shine, at the Blue Ridge Vineyard in Eagle Rock, VA.
Updated: May. 8, 2023 at 7:42 AM EDT
|By Neesey Payne
Jennifer Hatch has received several awards this year for her work in the classroom. Most recently, she was honored with the 2024 Regional Teacher of the Year award.
Updated: May. 6, 2023 at 5:40 PM EDT
|By Patsy Montesinos
“I truly believe this going to be the next greatest generation of Americans,” said Roanoke College president Frank Shushok Jr.
Updated: May. 5, 2023 at 11:03 PM EDT
|By Joe Dashiell
Months of work on metal sculptures culminated with an awards ceremony Friday night at the Taubman Museum of Art.
Updated: May. 5, 2023 at 7:18 PM EDT
|By Andrew Webb
PCHS holds first "Future Veterans Breakfast"
Updated: May. 5, 2023 at 5:53 PM EDT
|By Brittany Morgan
Kasey Draper was part of the State Champion Northside boy's basketball team in 2019.