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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, but doesnt view it as a permanent victory. Martha hooker r catawba supervisor i think that Mental Hea...

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 different leads. The man accused of abducting and killing teenager Nicole Lovell now has a new attorney. Dav...

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 school. School board mccracken says the students safety is the boards top priority, i want them to ...

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

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