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South Africans visit Salem families

SALEM – Even though South Africa residents Trevor and Denise Long hadn’t been to Salem before, they recognized names of towns as they traveled along the way getting here. The South African Longs were on their way from Washington, D.C., to visit Salem residents Bill and June Long – no relation – whom they... »

Cemented back

SALEM – For at least five years, Naomi Buchanan couldn’t bend over to pick flowers from her garden, pet the cats she feeds since her neighbor died, or take walks with her daughter. South Salem resident Buchanan has osteoporosis, a degenerative thinning of the bones that make her susceptible to stress fractures in her... »

Thirty years of neighborhood gatherings

SALEM – For 30 years in the spring, the neighbors of Langhorne Place have had dinner together. It all started with the realization that neighbors didn’t see each other during the winter, particularly, except to wave from driveways. So a few families who belonged to the Langhorne Place neighborhood pool started getting together for... »

DAISY award spotlights nurses’ caring

SALEM – Anita Hassell kept up her smile as she talked about what how two special nurses helped her through the final days of her husband, Joe’s, life. But there were few dry eyes in the LewisGale Medical Center’s Education Center Auditorium that day, and one of the two women Hassell was honoring couldn’t... »

‘Towering figure’ in Salem’s African American history passes on

Lucy Martin Harmon might have been a tiny little lady, but to people who knew her well, she was “a towering figure in Salem’s African American history.” That’s what Salem Museum Director John Long called Mrs. Harmon, who died at age 99 on Monday of this week. She was a legend in Salem for... »

‘Firsts’ mark initial graduation of American National University

SALEM – The 126 graduates who processed across the arena floor in the Salem Civic Center made history May 3, when they became the first classes to graduate from American National University. Until March, the Roanoke Valley Campus in Salem was known as National College, before it earned university status for its diverse degree... »

Police will enforce seat belt laws

SALEM – Drivers and passengers who don’t wear their seat belts may find themselves with a traffic ticket. The Salem Police Department announced today, May 8, that its officers will be participating in the 2013 “Click It or Ticket” mobilization campaign that is being conducted statewide in Virginia from May 20 – June 2.... »

Mock crash brings home drunk driving dangers

NEW CASTLE – On what should have been one of the happiest evenings of their lives, five bloodied and crying Craig County High School students – and three others who were far too still – were extricated from crushed cars that had been carrying them to their prom moments before. One of the cars... »

Cinderella’s carriage highlights fairy tale ball

GLENVAR – Cinderella herself would have felt at home in the pumpkin-shaped carriage that arrived to pick up Joe Thomas and friends last week. A while back, Salem carriage service owner Buck Simmons promised retired contractor Thomas when he turned 91, Simmons would give him a carriage ride. On April 26, Simmons made good... »

George Jones dies before he can perform in Salem

SALEM – Salem-area people won’t get to say goodbye to legendary country singer George Jones in concert here. The 81-year-old who was supposed to have performed on May 9 at the Salem Civic Center at a rescheduled concert died today, according to his publicist, at the Nashville hospital where he was hospitalized a week... »