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Friends of Old Lick Cemetery learn new skills as they continue restoration

The Friends of Old Lick Cemetery have been hard at work reclaiming a sacred space. Recently they met a man on a mission with a valuable set of skills.

Drawings capture a lost era - Roanoke's Gainsboro Neighborhood

Roanoke Valley community gathers for annual Law Enforcement Memorial Service

Every officer who died in the line of duty since 1892 has their name read followed by the ring of a bell in their honor.

Roanoke's Berglund Center acknowledges site's painful past, honors Gainsboro through art

In the 1950’s, 60’s and 70’s, vital parts of Roanoke’s historically Black Gainsboro neighborhood were ripped out and replaced with infrastructure projects like Interstate 581 and the Roanoke Civic Center.

Ruben Studdard and Clay Aiken coming to Jefferson Center

"American Idol" fans were thrilled two decades ago as singers Ruben Studdard and Clay Aiken made it a competition to remember, with Studdard taking the win.