PARKS AND RECREATION

The city along with architects hope to have a final design by March.

The show has seemed stuck in a rut lately; this week’s host brought some much-needed eccentricity.

Helen Slayton-Hughes, who is best known for starring on "Parks and Recreation," died Thursday at the age of 92. Her family announced her passing on Facebook, but no cause of death was given.

A Houston polling location was closed Tuesday after a city employee died while working, and voters were re-directed to another site, authorities said

While the Lynchburg Downtown Renewal Project gets ready for it's next phase, Parks and Recreation is looking ahead to the next 10 years.

Early this year, Roanoke Parks and Recreation received $2.3 million to address a list of projects and improvements in the area’s parks.

Micah Beals has been charged with criminal mischief in connection with the Oct. 3 incident. Under a stage name, he's played minor roles in television shows like "Parks and Recreation" and "CSI: NY."

The man had one-off roles on the shows.

Honest-to-God advice on how to enjoy nature, from an actor-comedian-author-canoe-builder who grew up on a farm and takes rock stars rafting

On "The Ellen DeGeneres Show," Rob Lowe gave "Parks and Recreation" fans a treat: a mini-reunion with former co-stars Adam Scott and Kathryn Hahn.

Next month, Roanoke Parks and Recreation will begin revitalizing Washington Park through several projects that have been a decade in the making.

ROANOKE, Va – Community organizations in Roanoke are hosting a fun way to share some of the city’s history this week. Roanoke Public Libraries and Parks and Recreation are hosting a story walk this week to debut the new bilingual Roanoke baby book. Every baby born at Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital gets a copy of the book, but this is the first year the book is also being printed in Spanish. “It is so important that we embrace our diversity, and so we just love the idea of and we also have a lot of parents that want their children to learn Spanish or English and so it just seemed like a nice way to do it and start early very early literacy with that,” director of libraries Sheila Umberger said. There will be several other story walks taking place this week:

ROANOKE, Va. A new project is giving families the option to play outside and stay safe at the same time. Roanoke Parks and Recreation, also known as Play Roanoke, is working to equip all city playgrounds with hand sanitizing stations. Right now, 12 of the city's 35 playgrounds have hand sanitizing stations. While Play Roanoke doesn't have research showing how often children are getting outside, they do know parents certainly are. Adults are flocking to the outdoors in numbers weve never seen before, said Stephanie Long, marketing coordinator for Play Roanoke.

Registration for Roanokes Summer Play Enrichment Program started on Monday. Roanoke Parks and Recreation is hosting the event again, but things will look different because of COVID-19. From spacing to sanitizing, all things safety are being considered. Still keep it a fun event but make it a safe time for everybody," said McKee. The enrichment program runs from July 6 to August 14.