Federal funding for after-school programs, including the Boys and Girls Club of Southwest Virginia, that was previously ...

ROANOKE, Va. (WDBJ) - In Roanoke, a woman has been reunited with her missing lunchbox after over 40 years. Roanoke City Public Schools said a plumber was working in Fairview Elementary School and ...

The lunchbox, featuring the cartoon character Heathcliff, was discovered by a plumber working at Fairview Elementary School, according to Roanoke City Public Schools.

Roanoke City Public Schools announced in a letter to families that a change may be coming to its after-school programming due to uncertainty regarding federal funding.

Roanoke City Public Schools said in a Facebook post that a plumber was doing maintenance at Fairview Elementary School and came across a metal lunchbox bearing images of the orange cartoon cat.

Dean Horton, the school resource officer at Fairview Elementary, said these buckets will help in case of lockdowns. “If we had [a lockdown] that lasted an extended period of time, I think it ...