Martha Hooker News Today

News on the future of catawba hospital. Jean, the new budget proposals confirm what we heard last week, that keep the Mental Health facility open, at least for now. Proposals strip the funding that governor mcauliffe had proposed, to begin the process of closing the hospital in roanoke county. Lawmakers did call for a study of Psychiatric Services for geriatric patients, to be completed year. Roanoke county supervisor Martha Hooker says she is pleased catawba hospital will remain open for now, b...

As an investigation continues, students at Hargrave Military Academy are back to their normal schedule. After an threatening message was recieved over social media last week with possible ties to isis, the campus shut down for the weekend. Law enforcement spent the weekend patroling the area and students were allowed to go home. School leaders say to normal and there are no updates on the investigation. Pittsylvania county Sheriffs Officers say they are aggressively following up on many differen...

Through social media. Why werent we updated sooner. Why did they wait until the next day . Parent Cliff Jennings says like many, he thinks more should have been done. Thank goodness it wasnt a threat, but had it been and something happen the next day and they didnt a alert parents, it couldve been a bad situation. School leaders admitted that more shouldve been done to alert parents. We should have sent you a message. Social media can be good, but in these situations, its really causing this the...

Roanoke Councilwoman Vivian Sanchez-Jones abstained from voting on a $5,900 school board appropriation request during the city council meeting Monday.

In John Carlin’s Outdoors, we meet the legendary mountain biker who built the trail and a former Olympian who is coaching the next generation of cyclists, as they try out the new dirt.

The lawsuit was filed by a member of the Roanoke County Board of Supervisors, who claimed she was fired from the part-time job with the school system for political reasons.

“This is not revolutionary,” said Sen. David Suetterlein, R-Roanoke County. “This just goes back to our understanding prior to this year.”

Roanoke County plans to spend about $80 million to build a new career and technical education center and $50 million to renovate two elementary schools.

Peters became commissioner of the revenue on Jan. 1; Shepherd will serve until a special election is held in November.

The board held its reorganizational meeting Tuesday.