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47+ min ago (147+ words) 10 News has the latest local breaking news and headlines from Roanoke, Virginia. Get Roanoke, Va., local TV news, Lynchburg, Va., headlines, national news, videos and more from NBC's local affiliate in Roanoke, Va. WSLS 10 BLACKSBURG, Va. " The YMCA at Virginia Tech brought holiday cheer Dec. 6, transforming into a cozy wonderland with festive decorations for families to celebrate. Kids up to 12 years old became honorary elves for the day, exploring tables filled with treasures to find the perfect gifts for their families. The YMCA made the experience accessible to families who need it most. Once the gifts were chosen, kids could go to the eco-friendly gift wrapping station to prepare their gifts for their loved ones. The YMCA said the event was not just about presents, but community, connection, and creating joyful moments that remind everyone what the holiday season is…...

1+ hour, 52+ min ago (228+ words) Virginia's new school accountability framework was put in place for the 2024-2025 school year and the first results were published just this month. Analysts with the non-partisan Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission, or JLARC, studied the new system and presented their findings to legislators Tuesday. "We found the new accountability is more effective and useful than the state's prior system," project Leader Joe McMahon told them. But McMahon also identified some weak spots: Labels like distinguished or off-track don't communicate performance or relate to one another. Scoring thresholds don't account for how different school levels are measured, which gives high schools an easier pass. And the framework gives more weight to proficiency rather than growth. Analysts say that last point an important factor for schools with higher numbers of economically disadvantaged students because schools can't control those outside factors. Schools…...

3+ hour, 58+ min ago (288+ words) LYNCHBURG, Va. (WSET) " A warning for you this holiday season about a scam that promises a huge payout. The scammers claim you can win a five-billion-dollar Mega Millions jackpot with a link to buy a ticket. The main giveaway here is that these scammers claim there would be a guaranteed Mega Millions winner on New Year's Eve. Lottery officials told us there is never a guaranteed Mega Millions winner. To be clear, there is the Virginia Lottery's New Year's Millionaire Raffle with a guaranteed winner, but you have to buy that ticket in a store or from a ticket vending machine. The scam comes in the form of a fake CNN article on social media. SEE ALSO: Better Business Bureau warns of holiday shipping scams It says there would be a "Special draw," but drawings for Mega Millions only happen…...

11+ hour, 1+ min ago (642+ words) RICHMOND, Va. " Free school breakfast programs are helping drive down chronic absenteeism rates across Virginia, with 32,000 more students now eating breakfast at school since 2023. Cynthia Atkins has worked in the cafeteria at Holton Elementary on the city's Northside for 11 years and knows her students well. "I can tell you know what they need and that they might be hungry, because I don't know when a child has had their last meal. I really don't," Atkins said. The food service worker sees firsthand how important breakfast is for a student. "I tell the children you have to eat because you cannot learn. You cannot study if you're not eating a breakfast," she added. Richmond Public Schools Nutrition Services Director Shannon Ebron said the district was one of the first in Virginia to offer free breakfast through the Community Eligibility Program in…...

12+ hour, 35+ min ago (285+ words) A teenage Virginia Civil Rights pioneer is now memorialized inside the United States Capitol. A statue of Barbara Rose Johns was unveiled Tuesday afternoon. During the unveiling ceremony, her sister read from the journal Barbara Johns kept when she was a student. "God, please grant us a new school," Cobbs read. "Please let us have a warm place to stay where we won't have to keep our coats on all day to stay warm." Barbara Johns was a 16-year-old student in Farmville who organized students to protest the separate and unequal school facilities. Governor Glenn Youngkin recounted conditions at Moton High School, where Johns was a student in 1951. "Tar paper walls, shabby desks, right where 16-year-old Barbara Rose Johns courageously organized her schoolmates and stood up to the lie, the lie of separate but equal." The school protest eventually led…...

19+ hour, 2+ min ago (191+ words) VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. " Virginia Beach Police say a pedestrian injured in a crash earlier this fall has died. According to police, officers responded to the 5800 block of Northampton Boulevard at approximately 8:50 p.m. on September 11, following a report of a vehicle-pedestrian crash. Police identified the pedestrian as Kevin Rice, 63, of Virginia Beach. He was transported to an area hospital with life-threatening injuries and was pronounced dead on December 12. A preliminary investigation found Rice was attempting to cross the northbound lanes of Northampton Boulevard without the right-of-way when he was struck by a vehicle. Police say the driver remained at the scene and cooperated with investigators. "Pedestrian safety is not just a shared responsibility; it is a community priority," said VBPD Chief Paul W. Neudigate. "Every driver and every pedestrian have a role to play in preventing tragedies." The crash remains under investigation by…...

19+ hour, 12+ min ago (364+ words) Virginia (10-3) vs. Missouri (8-4), Dec. 27 at 7:30 p.m. EST. BetMGM College Football Odds Line: Missouri by 6.5. Against the spread: Missouri 7-5, Virginia 8-5. How to watch: ABC Passing: 195.7 yards per game (102nd) Rushing: 234.1 yards per game (8th) Overall: 272.4 yards per game (9th in FBS) Passing: 171.4 yards per game (11th) Rushing: 101 yards per game (14th) Scoring: 19.4 points per game (22nd) Overall: 426.3 yards per game (26th in FBS) Passing: 242.3 yards per game (55th) Rushing: 184 yards per game (39th) Scoring: 32.2 points per game (31st) Overall: 313.9 yards per game (24th in FBS) Passing: 202.8 yards per game (44th) Rushing: 111.1 yards per game (22nd) Scoring: 20.5 points per game (30th) Both teams perform well on third down. Missouri is 25th in the FBS, converting 46.3% of the time. Virginia ranks 13th, converting 49%. Missouri ranks 104th in the FBS with a -5 turnover margin, compared to Virginia's 34th-ranked +5 margin. Missouri ranks 12th in the FBS with an average time of possession of 32:42. Passing: Beau Pribula, 1,946 yards, 11 TDs, 9 INTs, 67.4 completion percentage Rushing: Ahmad Hardy,…...

23+ hour, 14+ min ago (217+ words) A 61-year-old Virginia man was killed in a three-vehicle crash Thursday in Bedford County. According to state police, the accident occurred about 5 p.m. on Route 30, near Pensyl Hollow Road in Bedford Township. The report states that a Chevrolet Tahoe, towing another vehicle on a trailer, was traveling east on Route 30 when the [] Virginia man killed in Bedford crash A 61-year-old Virginia man was killed in a three-vehicle crash Thursday in Bedford County. According to state police, the accident occurred about 5 p.m. on Route 30, near Pensyl Hollow Road in Bedford Township. The report states that a Chevrolet Tahoe, towing another vehicle on a trailer, was traveling east on Route 30 when the driver failed to notice that a Chevrolet Equinox was stopped to make a turn. The driver of the Tahoe tried to go around the Equinox, but struck the vehicle. A Dodge Ram…...

1+ day, 42+ min ago (296+ words) Towns and cities across Virginia are now required to test for levels of PFAS in public water. But much less is known about whether forever chemicals may be in well water. 1 in 5 Virginians rely on wells, springs, and cisterns for their household water, according to the state Department of Health. A recent study found there is virtually nowhere in Virginia where you won't find some traces of PFAS in the water, even in rural wells. "What we found is that PFAS is pretty much everywhere," said Nick McLelland, a masters engineering student at Virginia Tech who worked on the study. "We found it 100% of our samples." For his thesis, McLelland tested over 300 wells across the Commonwealth. He said the levels of PFAS he detected in the wells were quite small and likely don't post significant health risk. However, their testing…...

1+ day, 9+ hour ago (233+ words) One of two students killed in a mass shooting at Brown University on Saturday has been identified as Mukhammad Aziz Umurzokov by a family friend. Umurzokov had recently graduated from Midlothian High School in Central Virginia. He is being remembered as "incredibly kind, funny, and smart," his sister said. "He had big dreams of becoming a neurosurgeon and helping people," reads an online fundraiser'created to help Umurzokov's family with expenses. "He continues to be my family's biggest role model in all aspects. He always lent a helping hand to anyone in need without hesitation, and was the most kind-hearted person our family knew." The attack Saturday afternoon, which also wounded nine people, set off hours of chaos across the Ivy League campus and surrounding Providence neighborhoods as hundreds of officers searched for the shooter and urged students and staff to…...