The Virginia Tech Board of Visitors announced that it had met on Tuesday and discussed a wide variety of topics, including electing a new Rector and Vice Rector.

The Executive Committee of the RCACP announced their new executive director will take the role on March 14.

The Regional Center for Animal Care and Protection (RCACP) has completed its newly renovated free-roam room for cats. This remodeled space is designed to help felines feel more comfortable while they wait for their forever homes.

ROANOKE, Va. - Thomas Melton, 75, is serving three life sentences for a 1977 murder in Newport News, but he will still have a parole hearing this year. Rector and his sister, Aimee Bright, drove two hours from Bristol to Roanoke to speak with Roanoke Mayor Sherman Lea about the possibility of Melton's parole. Melton now faces a parole board hearing every year because he is classified as a "geriatric" inmate due to his age. Lea says Melton's parole hearing will likely happen within the next month. Four out of five parole board members have to approve Melton's parole for him to be released from prison.