The Blue Ridge Games have come to an end and it is time to celebrate everyone who participated this year, especially our winners.

Books that explore subjects from William Shakespeare and The Beatles to the lure of Mount Everest and life inside one of the world’s most secretive states are competing to be named the best-ever winner of Britain’s leading nonfiction book prize.

Roanoke County Public Schools celebrated reachers and announced the winners of its annual Golden Apple awards.