The celebration is a production of the Roanoke Kiwanis Club, Goodwill Industries and the Shiloh Baptist Church men s ministry. It happens 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday inside and outside the Melrose Branch Library.
Roanoke s Gun Violence Prevention Commission has four new members: a gun buyback coordinator, a pastor, a felon and a retired U.S. Secret Service agent.
If adults would deal with their own emotions better, it would help the young people who look up to them, said a high school sophomore during the event s panel discussion.
A planned grocery store at the future Melrose Plaza project will open in December 2024, officials said. A group of community partners have engaged with Goodwill Industries of the Valleys