Roanoke City and Alleghany Health Districts holds vaccine clinic for people with disabilities
ROANOKE, Va. – The Roanoke City and Alleghany Health Districts held a COVID-19 vaccine clinic specifically for people with disabilities Wednesday.
The once-coveted COVID-19 vaccine is now available to just about anyone who wants one but for many, available does not mean accessible.
“Afraid to go out, afraid to catch it because if I catch it, with my lungs, I’m a goner,” said Shelia Addair, who got her vaccine Wednesday. “People with disabilities like me can’t walk very far, we can’t get very far, we can’t stand, we can’t sit.”
What’s News Today: first lady visits, road improvements
Here’s a look at some of the stories we’ll be following today as they make headlines across the country and Southwest Virginia.
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First Lady Pamela Northam will make a visit to Southside today. She will visit Schoolfield Elementary in Danville. She will meet with teachers and staff, thanking for their service as part of Teacher Appreciation Week.
Road work in Lynchburg could impact your commute today in Lynchburg. Boonsboro and Link Roads will be down to one lane as crews work underground. Work will take place between 8:30 a.m. and 3 p.m.
Timmy Boyd paints trains for a living.
The locomotives and cars he coats with shiny colors arenât full size â and yet theyâre way too large to fit on the kind of train set that a child, or a dedicated rail fan of any age, might set up in the basement rec room.
Boyd works at Titan Trains, a small factory tucked away inside a mostly empty industrial building across from the historic Boones Mill train depot, part of a complex that also holds the town government offices.
The business makes one-eighth-scale model locomotives, train cars and tracks. The company also bills its products as âlarge-scale ride-on trains,â because you can in fact ride on them. A Titan Trains locomotive is comparable in size to a soapbox go-kart.
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BOONES MILL â Timmy Boyd paints trains for a living.
The locomotives and cars he coats with shiny colors arenât full size â and yet theyâre way too large to fit on the kind of train set that a child, or a dedicated rail fan of any age, might set up in the basement rec room.
Boyd works at Titan Trains, a small factory tucked away inside a mostly empty industrial building across from the historic Boones Mill train depot, part of a complex that also holds the town government offices.
The business makes one-eighth-scale model locomotives, train cars and tracks. The company also bills its products as âlarge-scale ride-on trains,â because you can in fact ride on them. A Titan Trains locomotive is comparable in size to a soapbox go-kart.