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Tuesday, a state judge in New Mexico ruled that now-former Otero County commissioner Couy Griffin could never hold elected office in America again, for participating in the Jan. 6 insurrection. ....
One of my teenage clients told me recently that she was afraid to walk her dog after school because of gun violence and gangs in her neighborhood here in Roanoke. ....
Thirteen Roanokers have applied for three open seats on the Roanoke School Board, including educators, attorneys, a doctor and an assistant city manager. This is the largest number of applicants the city has received since 2017. The board is guaranteed to gain at least two new members on July 1. Laura Rottenborn, chief of the Western District of Virginiaâs civil division, did not reapply for a third term. Dick Willis, an industrial digitization leader for Trane Technologies, is ineligible for reappointment because he is serving his third and final term. The third seat is held by attorney Mark Cathey, who has served on the board since 2015 and has reapplied for a third term. Cathey was previously the boardâs vice chair and chair. ....
Brady had 150 years ago on the american public. they re horrible pictures, i would guess. i ve not seen them. the shooting itself was live on television here in roanoke. i didn t see it. i saw the film afterwards. it s horrible and sickening and maybe it will cause us to think about the horror of gun violence in our country and how it seems to be more and more prevalent. and innocent people are dying. i knew alison parker. i knew of adam ward. i didn t deal with them as closely. she was bright and intelligent and she just had a great energy in the mornings here at wdbj. i think everybody did love her and the community is mourning the loss that these two roanokers today. this killer, he was never deemed mentally i ll, so he was easily able to buy a gun, right? ....