Virginia First Lady, Pamela Northam, will visit schools in Southwest Virginia today. She will visit E. C. Glass High School in Lynchburg and Rocky Mount Elementary School. According to the Department of Historic Register, the hospital was built in the 1950s to treat Roanoke’s African American residents. The unveiling takes place at 1 p.m.It’s the last weekend for the Roanoke Valley SPCA Virtual Tail Chaser. Lynchburg non-profit, Roads to Recovery, holds a community education program today on recovering from substance use disorders.

ROCKY MOUNT, Va. – One elementary school in Franklin County will close for a week due to a confirmed COVID-19 breakout. Franklin County Public Schools announced that Rocky Mount Elementary will close and students will switch to virtual instruction from Friday, Jan. 15 through Friday, Jan. 22. The health department’s interactive map]Students will return to a normal schedule on Tuesday, Jan. 26 as that Monday is a teacher workday. School officials said that during the closure the building and buses will be deep cleaned. Food will still be available via outside pickup on Jan. 18-19 and Jan. 21-22 from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.