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Vault Visit | Hundreds of people join a wagon train in 1975
GREENSBORO, N.C. — This year... WFMY News 2 turns 75! So to celebrate... We're opening the WFMY News 2 vault. Today... We're taking a trip to 1975... When it was wagon train time!. You heard that right... a wagon train!. Hundreds of people traveled the 40 miles from Jonesville...
Radford University to see increase in enrollment after down years
RADFORD, Va. – Over the past year, leaders at Radford University have made it their mission to get enrollment up, and with recent reports, it looks like they are headed in the right direction. “The best signals for enrollment in the fall right now are deposits and so for...
Turner Ashby suffers heartbreak in VHSL Class 3 State Championship
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (WHSV) - Christiansburg captured its first VHSL state softball title on Saturday, coming from behind to defeat Turner Ashby 6-3 in eight innings. Trailing 1-0 in the bottom of the third, Turner Ashby took the lead on Kendall Simmers’ 2-RBI double. The Knights would hold that until the top of the seventh.
High School Teammates Enjoy Swinney Football Camp
CLEMSON -- Dabo Swinney held his annual football camps the past two weeks, housing hundreds of high school students eager to work on their game, while also getting some exposure in front of college coaches. (...)
Pulaski County HS Football receives over $10k in safety equipment from former alumnus
PULASKI COUNTY, Va. (WFXR)—Former Pulaski County High School football player and current defensive line coach for the New Orleans Saints Todd Grantham donated over $10,000 worth of player safety equipment to his alma mater. Grantham graduated from PCHS in the class of 1984 and he played football under legendary...
Motorcycle ride hosted to support of late Christiansburg firefighter Jeremy Compton
CHRISTIANSBURG, Va. – On Saturday, hundreds of people came together in the New River Valley to honor the life of the late Jeremy Compton. Compton, a Christiansburg firefighter, passed away at the end of May after a years long battle with cancer. “Jeremy was such a good dad. He...
Roanoke History & O. Winston Link Museums’ Announce Artists-In-Residency
Radford artists L.S. King and Ken Smith will be the Roanoke History & O. Winston Link Museums’ artists-in-residency for summer 2024. King, a photographer, focuses on storytelling through her Victorian character “Maybe Smith” – a pioneering female photographer rooted in 1880’s Appalachia. Smith is a professor of Graphic Design at Radford University and a history […]
Jefferson Forest, Galax boys soccer sweep VHSL top honors
ROANOKE, Va. – With the Spring sports season behind us, VHSL postseason accolades have begun to trickle in for boys soccer. At the Class 4 ranks, Jefferson Forest senior goalkeeper Tyler Beck was named the Player of the Year and head coach Scott Zaring was named Coach of the Year. Beck tallied 80 saves during his senior season and more impressively finished with 18 shutouts. That’s tied for the second most in VHSL history for a single season. The Liberty University commit allowed only one goal during the regular season.
Apco issues water level warning
ROANOKE, Va., June 12, 2024 – Appalachian Power wants recreational users downstream of Claytor and Leesville dams to know water levels on the New and Roanoke rivers could rise rapidly starting Thursday, June 13, and possibly continue to fluctuate throughout early part of next week. The National Weather Service...
2024 VHSL Spring Semifinals
Friday, June 7, marks the beginning of the VHSL Spring Semifinals. Check here to see a list of game times and scores. Class 1: Auburn vs. Rappahannock 3-0. Auburn falls to Rappahannock. Class 2: Dan River vs. Poquoson 2-1. Dan River falls to Poquoson. Class 3: Pulaski County vs. York.
Wytheville native named ‘Conservation Officer of the Year,’ receives national recognition
RICHMOND, Va. (WFXR) — The Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources (DWR) announced that William J. Harris was awarded the 2023 Conservation Police Officer of the Year. The Wytheville native is a Conservation Police Master Officer and has been with the DWR since 2000. During his 24-year tenure, the DWR says he has been proactive in […]
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