By Tonia Moxley
The Roanoke Times
Oct. 22, 2008
Summary: Many in Blacksburg knew Teddy Henderson as the tall homeless man they passed on the street.
BLACKSBURG — They came Saturday to piece together the story of Teddy Henderson.
Forty people from all over town — ministers, doctors, professors and others crowded into the Blacksburg library community room.
Then came [...]

By Tonia Moxley
The Roanoke Times
Oct. 5, 2008
Summary: Blacksburg officials have started to put away money in hopes of breaking ground on a new rescue squad building within five years at an estimated cost of $4.8 million.
BLACKSBURG — The dispatcher’s voice echoed through the Progress Street station just before 5 a.m.
“Blacksburg rescue, respond to a fire [...]

By Tonia Moxley
The Roanoke Times
Oct. 10, 2008
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WAKE FOREST — Esther Jones’s family history was all but hewn from the rugged coal faces deep inside Brush Mountain.
Born into a mining family in Wake Forest in 1920 and married for 43 years to a coal mine operator, Jones is sought [...]

By Tonia Moxley
The Roanoke (Va.) Times
August 29, 2008
Summary: Anthony Lucas had been accused of firing a pistol into a Tech football player’s apartment.
CHRISTIANSBURG — Anthony Jobair Lucas smiled big for the first time in two days Thursday when a Montgomery County jury found him not guilty of firing a gun into Victor “Macho” Harris’ [...]

August 20, 2008
By Tonia Moxley
The Roanoke (Va.) Times
Summary: For the next few weeks, Blacksburg police will focus on education instead of punishment.
BLACKSBURG — Forget the romantic photos of windswept babes with coifed hair motoring around Europe on curvaceous Vespas. Beginning in October, moped riders in Blacksburg have two choices: helmet hair or a $50 [...]