One person is hurt after a fire at Melrose Towers on Melrose Avenue in Roanoke.

A local nonprofit is spreading a little holiday cheer by providing meals to those in need.

ROANOKE, Va. – Some local elderly residents can now better protect themselves from the coronavirus thanks to a Virginia lawmaker. Sam Rasoul, who’s district includes Roanoke, handed out masks at Melrose Towers in Roanoke on Monday afternoon. He also handed out information about the coronavirus, instructions for making masks out of T-shirts and distributed fresh fruit for residents. So anytime we’ve got a building like this, people congregating together, we’ve got to do everything we can to protect vulnerable populations. Zion AME Church, the Roanoke Health Department and the Virginia Housing Authority.