A 911 caller who reported an active shooter at the Hotel Roanoke early on Thanksgiving Day, police said.
District officials said a Patrick Henry High School student was killed; a Virginia Tech student was among 4 injured, VA Tech said.
The bodies of two officers killed in a shooting at Bridgewater College on Tuesday will be taken home Thursday in a police procession.
Roanoke firefighters were called to a neighborhood where they found one house engulfed in flames and another on fire nearby.
A Virginia man was sentenced to 18 months in prison after burning a cross in the front yard of an African American family in June 2020.
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The toddler was taken from her home Tuesday night, police said.
The 4 and 5-year-olds were abducted by their mother, who does not have custody of the children, Roanoke Police say.