The West End Center's Spooky Sprint is this Saturday.

Connecting kids and cops – that’s the goal of the Badge Buddies program in Roanoke.

Officers from the Roanoke City Police Department are creating new friendships with children at the West End Center by running.

A new pilot program, Badge Buddies, is aimed at forming relationships between children and Roanoke City Police through running.

ROANOKE, Va. – School’s in session and we’re learning how families are making this year work despite the challenges. “It was a little stressful trying to figure out how the online learning was going to go. It’s one of several remote learning sites for kids to go during the day while parents work. When they’re back in the classroom home life will settle down at night too for Melendez and her kids. Some of the kids are still learning how to navigate to turn in assignments, homework, things like that.”Overall, Melendez says its going well.

ROANOKE, Va. Its day three of virtual learning for most Roanoke City students, and dozens are going to the West End Center during the day. About 70 kids from kindergarten and up are learning there, and they are all on different schedules and in different classes. The program director says its been challenging, but its a work in progress. Its a struggle at this point trying to get everybody on the same page and try to understand everybodys timing and schedules, said Danny Britton, West End Center program manager. After the school day, theyre still providing after school care until 6 p.m. every day too.

ROANOKE, Va. - More than 200 runners gathered for the ninth annual Spooky Sprint on Saturday in Roanoke. The event is held by the West End Center, which provides low-cost child care to people in the Star City. All donations from the race go to the center's fitness and nutrition program. Runners came dressed in their Halloween costumes to take on the 5K run. This year 90 more runners than last year made it out to the race.

The perfect way to make room for candy calories this Halloween is with the West End Center's Spooky Sprint! Amanda Nastiuk joined Bridget and Lindsey to give the details. Copyright 2019 by WSLS 10 - All rights reserved.

The perfect way to make room for candy calories this Halloween is with West End Center's Spooky Sprint! Copyright 2019 by WSLS 10 - All rights reserved.

The perfect way to make room for candy calories this Halloween is with the West End Center's Spooky Sprint! Copyright 2019 by WSLS 10 - All rights reserved.

Radford University will cut the ribbon today on its new Venture Lab. Christiansburg High School students will perform the song "I Want to Know What Love Is" with the group tonight after winning a contest. Lynchburg's Task Force on Education meets today. Today, there's a demolition derby. Hours today are 4 p.m. to 10 p.m.Roanoke's West End Center celebrates its 40th anniversary today.