Karol G made history at the 2024 Billboard Women in Music awards ceremony.

History is in the making in Roanoke City. A diverse community is now expected to be represented in Roanoke City Hall.

Gov. Gavin Newsom has nominated an appeals court judge who is the daughter of Mexican immigrants as the first Latina to serve on the California Supreme Court.

After trying to run for city council in 2007, Vivian Sanchez-Jones was honored to finally take the seat 13 years later, making her the first Latina ever to become a councilwoman for the city of Roanoke.

A governor of a southern Italian region has banned farm work under the afternoon sun on particularly hot days following the death of a migrant who felt ill while toiling in the fields.

ROANOKE, Va. – The City of Roanoke is relying on international connections to help Latinos locally during the coronavirus pandemic. One of the biggest issues Latinos face when trying to get vaccinated is asking themselves where should they go. Country consuls will be able to target specific zip codes in the Roanoke area and reach out to their clients to help explain vaccination information to Latino families. “I do want people to know you don’t need to have a driver’s license,” Bradbury said. “You don’t need to give your papers.

ROANOKE, Va. – A new show that brings Latinas in our area into the spotlight is premiering this week. “Let’s Talk” is a show recognizing individual Latina entrepreneurs and career professionals in the Roanoke and New River Valley area. It’s created by Latinas Network, an organization founded by Kat Pascal, to help connect and support Latina entrepreneurs grow. Introducing a new episode every week, they want to give a platform for women to share their accomplishments. Episodes will continue past the month of March and will be distributed on YouTube and Latinas Network social media platforms.

ROANOKE, Va. – For the first time in the Star City, minorities will hold the majority on Roanoke City Council with four African Americans, one Latina and two white members. Democrat Robert Jeffrey Jr. and independent Stephanie Moon Reynolds will join incumbent democrats Mayor Sherman Lea and Councilwoman Trish White-Boyd. “It speaks well to the equity and empowerment that we’re trying to project in our city," said Lea. Council members Michelle Davis and Anita Price did not run for re-election in 2020. Lea said council is going to hold a public hearing on the bus station and council members are going in with open minds.

While appointing Sonia Sotomayor as a justice for the Supreme Court in 2009, then-President Barack Obama caught a few people by surprise when he said, “Some say Judge Sotomayor saved baseball.”