Heather Wray News Today

Oct. 29, 1925-March 23, 2024 MARSHALL — Services for Leone Pedersen, 98, of Marshall, and formerly of Arco, are 1 p.m. Thursday at the Bethany Lutheran Ch

Community members gathered at a candlelight vigil Nov. 20 to recognize Transgender Day of Remembrance, an annual observance memorializing those who died because of transphobic bigotry and violence. The vigil

Mary Alcoke, a first-grade teacher at Penn Forest Elementary School, has been named the 2023 teacher of the year by the Roanoke County Public Schools Education Foundation.

“Students who have a positive relationship with their teacher and feel valued by their teacher are more motivated and have a desire to learn.

A Penn Forest Elementary School teacher is being honored for going above and beyond to make her students feel heard.

July 12, 1943 – March 19, 2023