Down By Downtown Publicizes Chief + Deputy Arrested For Medicine

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Listed here are at the moment’s high tales in Roanoke:

1. The Roanoke Southern Christian Management Convention held a memorial service for what’s now referred to as Bloody Sunday — tMarch 7, 1965 African-American Voting Rights March in Selma, Alabama, which ended with Alabama State Troopers and a bunch of white locals led by an area sheriff beating and teargassing protesters. “We will not neglect the sacrifices of our ancestors and our elders, who walked hand in hand for our proper to vote. And we won’t act prefer it did not exist or did not occur,” stated Sean Burch, pastor of the Baptist Church Spirit of Unity. Group members gathered on the bridge and the Martin Luther King Jr. statue in downtown Roanoke. (WDBJ)
2. Freedom First Down by Downtown Music Pageant has introduced the headliner for the four-day, multi-venue music occasion — Joe Hertler & The Rainbow Seekers. Hailing from Michigan, the band creates an eclectic, genre-defining sound that has been well-liked with FloydFest followers for a while now. “Stay is the aim of the band. That is why we make music. Enjoying music is a symbiotic course of, the world is as a lot part of it because the musicians. We give as a lot power and love as we are able to and we are able to really feel that from the gang,” stated Hertler, the band’s lead singer. The competition runs April 20-23, tickets are $20 upfront and $25 on the door, and collaborating venues embody the Elmwood Park Amphitheater, the Martin’s Downtown, Candy Donkey Espresso and Massive Lick Brewing amongst others.(WFIR)
3. A joint investigation by the Roanoke Metropolis Commonwealth’s Legal professional’s Workplace, Virginia State Police and the Roanoke Metropolis Sheriff’s Workplace has resulted in expenses towards a Roanoke Metropolis Jail deputy. Deputy Jonathan Hidalgo was charged with tried supply of medicine to an inmate, supply of medicine to an inmate and two counts of bribery in a correctional facility on Monday and has been suspended with out pay because the alleged misconduct was found in January. Hidalgo had been with the Sheriff’s Workplace since 2019, however was terminated Monday with the indictment. (WFXR)
4. Division leaders within the metropolis of Roanoke offered potential price will increase to town council Monday in an ongoing effort to maintain folks out of Roanoke for causes identified solely to them. Apprentice Planning Director/Assistant Metropolis Supervisor Chris Chittum shared the proposed value will increase for allow functions, which might begin at $50 for tasks at or below $1,000 and go up $6.70 for each $1,000 thereafter. As well as, Hearth EMS Chief David Hoback stated that Hearth EMS expenses will enhance by $20 p.c, however that the division will proceed to make use of lenient billing practices and never pursue collections. Final however not least was PARK Roanoke Enterprise Supervisor Brian Mann, who cited the hiring of personal safety for the rise in month-to-month parking allow costs. Even with the will increase, town nonetheless has a $3.8 million shortfall to handle earlier than fiscal yr 2024. (Roanoke Instances)
5. The Virginia Division of Environmental High quality is quietly amassing public feedback on the 2020 prepare derailment that occurred simply east of Salem over the Roanoke River. Residents have till tomorrow (Friday) to submit feedback on the VDEQ order that fines Norfolk Southern $27,300 along with the railroad paying for the cleanup prices. “The general public remark interval for this consent order settlement is to permit the general public to touch upon the end result of the consent order and the proposed penalty. That’s, to make sure that DEQ meets our statutory requirement that how the enforcement motion was taken inside our current enforcement tips,” stated a VDEQ spokesperson. Feedback might be emailed to VDEQ right here. (WDBJ)

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At the moment in Roanoke:

• Evans Spring Grasp Plan Assembly at Williams Memorial Baptist Church (6:30 p.m.)
• Bob Ross “Impressed” Paint Social gathering at Properly Hung Winery (6:30 p.m.)
• Group Trivia at Massive Lick Brewing Firm Co. (6:30 p.m.)
• Branford Marsalis at Jefferson Heart’s Shaftman Efficiency Corridor (7:30 p.m.)
• Jeremy Quick at Martin’s Downtown Bar and Grill (9:30 p.m.)

From my pocket book:

• Roanoke Valley SPCA: “Flurry and Uno are two great women who got here to us from the @aspca Behavioral Rehabilitation Heart (BRC). The ASPCA Behavioral Rehabilitation Heart in Weaverville, NC is the primary everlasting facility devoted to the research and behavioral rehabilitation of homeless canines that they undergo from intense concern and undersocialization, typically ensuing from cruelty and neglect.” (Roanoke Valley SPCA through Instagram)
• Roanoke Southwest Virginia Wildlife Heart: “TIME’S RUNNING OUT! Jap Grey Squirrel Ambassador Identify Voting ends tonight at 9pm! Nutter Butter and Baldwin go head-to-head! What is going to they identify this infant? Click on👇 to vote earlier than it is too late !” (Southwest Virginia Wildlife Heart of Roanoke through Fb)
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• Roanoke-Blacksburg Regional Airport: “Ever surprise why some airport codes finish in X (like LAX and PHX)? Option to go.” (Roanoke-Blacksburg Regional Airport through Fb)
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• Taxes in Retirement Seminar March 14 and 15 on the South County Library in Roanoke (March 14)
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Now you are in control and able to head out the door this Thursday. See you tomorrow morning vibrant and early!

— Ian

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