Even with the tax increase and a budget $14.9 million larger than last year’s, the proposal does not meet the increases ...

The Spartans beat the Crabbers 42-34 on Tuesday night to reach the Class 4 state championship game for the second straight season ...

Getting Sean Spencer to join his staff was part of what James Franklin called “being able to get the band back together.” ...

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As hundreds of bills move toward an end-of-the-week deadline, legislation to limit forever chemicals on farm fields cleared a final legislative hurdle on Tuesday.

We are going to need to make cuts to meet this budget proposal,” said School Board Member Eli Jamison. “We have begun conversations of what those cuts will be, but ...

Standing on the stage at Westlake Cinema, Vicki Gardner shared with a crowd her experiences surviving a gunman bent on revenge.

Staff raises, rising benefit costs, 14 new hires, higher water and sewer expenses and increased maintenance and operations costs are driving the growth.

A Roanoke County man received a suspended prison sentence Tuesday for the reckless handling of his 9 mm pistol, which — as he cleaned it — went off accidentally and struck a sleeping infant in an ...

SML Gives, a one-day fundraiser, returns next week with 50 participating nonprofits from Franklin and Bedford counties.

Lord Botetourt football's head coach Jamie Harless walks on the sidelines against Bassett in the fourth quarter of their Region 3D semifinal game at Lord Botetourt High School on ...

Iran’s attacks on regional oil infrastructure and pledges to choke off a vital waterway left markets on edge as the United States promised blistering new strikes.