Rural Floyd Co. fatality detailed in court papers. bit.ly/2ZDVls5

Officials touch their faces while telling us not to. wapo.st/2VLzvD1

At Towers shopping center.

Scooters back.

Staff just told the board of Valley Metro in Roanoke that, if warranted by a worsening of conditions, the bus service could make riding the bus free. Concept behind idea is to temporarily stop the handling of money at farebox.

Join me and dozens of other newsroom colleagues at the Roanoke Times in supporting the Timesland News Guild. We are forming a union to save and strengthen local journalism for Southwest Virginia.

Watch the fast decline of air travel by checking the daily count of passengers screened by TSA. It was 203,858 Thursday, down from nearly 2.5 million a year ago. bit.ly/2Jw24x7 The local airport Roanoke-Blacksburg Airport is getting quieter by the day. bit.ly/2JgOgpW

Virus also kills newspapers. bit.ly/3e85G5C

5-day deadline to answer records requests suspended by city of Roanoke, Va., citing virus threat. bit.ly/2WUxHId

Check out Covid-19 dashboard from Roanoke Valley-Alleghany Regional Commission. bit.ly/36IbfoI

Enchanted by butterflies like me? Too bad they're going extinct. bit.ly/2AlcPBk

Roanoke Times to cut 10 as newsroom consolidation continues. bit.ly/2QTporZ

Repair underway of fallen Norfolk Southern train bridge, Salem, Va., Wednesday. Rain falling.

Repair at fallen NS train bridge, Salem, Va.

Virginia high schoolers break into song to inspire safer driving. Clever, 30-second original tunes are worth a listen. bit.ly/34PDdz6

How the Police Killed Breonna Taylor nytimes.com/video/us/10000…

Hey Tara Boyle, what is the name of the song and artist played as background music during the first minute or two of the latest hidden brain segment, the story of your life, please?

Help beef up local journalism. 4 reporter openings at Roanoke Times. journalismjobs.com/job-listings?k…

Hey Laura Corley, would you email me at [email protected], please? I want to mention something.

Hey David Harrison, where are you working now?