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They were found in Mount Pleasant and Windsor Hills in Roanoke County and in the Grandin Court and Raleigh Court neighborhoods in Roanoke. Police are investigating, but it appears there's little they can do unless officers catch the pamphleteers in the act.
ROANOKE, Va. (WFXR) – Local law enforcement agencies are reporting that anti-Semitic materials have recently been distributed throughout the Roanoke Valley area. If you have found a baggie on your doorstep containing flyers with graphic images and negative messages about people of the Jewish faith, you’re not alone. Reports of someone distributing the flyers were […]
Betsy Biesenbach Grandin Road at Brandon Avenue in Roanoke is a busy intersection. Packed with traffic at all hours, the sounds of car engines, booming stereos and wailing sirens create a noisy ambiance. But 160 years ago, it was the site of a shady grove bisected by a wagon track so humble, it wasnât even shown on a survey made in 1864. The only sounds would have been the lowing of cattle and voices drifting in from far-off fields. What wasnât pastureland was planted in corn, wheat and tobacco. The road was a shortcut between James Persingerâs farm and his brother,...