October 04, 2007
Purdue pays Virginia as part of OxyContin settlement
The more than $44 million Virginia received goes to State Police for their role in the three year investigation investigation into the drug company.
June 20, 2007
Learning the Science of Earthquakes
The first lesson about an earthquake is…
“...That you never know when they’ll come. You never know what’s underneath the earth’s core,“ says 8-year-old C.J. Banks.
April 23, 2007
Cho: “He was Creeping me Out”
Chastity Frye says she spent an hour, all alone, with Virginia Tech killer Cho Seung-Hui last month
April 21, 2007
Virginia Tech Professor’s Body Laid to Rest in Israel
Liviu Librescu protected his students from the deadliest school shooting in U.S. history
April 18, 2007
Photos from Virginia Tech
Photos from the aftermath of the April 16th shootings
April 17, 2007
Nikki Giovanni’s Moving Speech from Today’s Service
Her words silenced the room on a topic that silenced the nation. Famous Poet Nikki Giovanni was at today’s memorial service helping a nation come to grips what the deadliest mass shooting in modern history.
April 16, 2007
Local Hospitals Receive Injured VT Students
17 students are at Montgomery Regional hospital with a variety of injuries, including some gunshot wounds.
3 students have been transported to Roanoke Memorial Hospital.
31 Dead: VT Deadliest Campus Shooting in US History
Police say a gunman at Virginia Tech University has killed 31 people after he opened fire in a dorm and classroom
February 09, 2007
RU security breach info linked to child health care
Some local parents are wondering why Radford University is sending them letters.
Jennifer Jarels got two letters, one for each of her sons, ages 2 and 4. They are obviously not students at Radford University.
But Jarels received two of 2400 letters which warning of a security breach of a computer containing Social Security numbers and birthdates at RU’s Waldron School of Health and Human Services.
August 28, 2006
Army Major Inspires Young People
Watching a video, Army Major Jayson Altieri’s year in Iraq flashes before his eyes.
“It’s not about the college funds. It’s not about being able to travel. It’s not about being able to do cool things.“, says Altieri.
August 21, 2006
Attorney General on murder of deputy Sutphin
Attorney General McDonnell called the fallen deputy"a courageous Virginian”.
Timeline of Montgomery County shootings
The search for an escaped prisoner suspected in the slayings of a hospital security guard Sunday and a Montgomery County sheriff’s deputy this morning is focusing on the Blacksburg area.
William Morva arrested after intense search
William Morva was arrested just before 4:00 Monday afternoon, after a day of intense searching and high anxiety in Blacksburg.
May 09, 2006
Va. company to give refunds after lawsuit
ASDC has agreed to pay up, nearly one million dollars in refunds to people nationwide.
April 28, 2006
Off the beaten path - outdoors in Southwest and Central Va.
Photos and video of the Pigg River, Staunton River, and outdoor opportunities in Danville.