The Roanoke Times is a local newspaper in Roanoke Virginia. It has come into national media attention because of the Virginia Tech school shootings of April 2007. The Roanoke Times immediately launched local coverage of the shootings and...
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The Roanoke Times is a local newspaper in Roanoke Virginia. It has come into national media attention because of the Virginia Tech school shootings of April 2007. The Roanoke Times immediately launched local coverage of the shootings and experimented with "blog like" features.
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The Roanoke Times has eyewitness reports from students at Virginia Tech.
One of the reports is from freshman Allyn Hughes:
"When I left the dorm this morning, no one really knew what was going on until I walked outside and there were [about] 20 police cars in the quad. So I knew something was up, but no e-mails had been sent out yet. And when I got to class, people were talking, they were like, 'What happened?,' and no one knew. And then the e-mails started coming. The building that I... Read Full Story
The Roanoke Times is reporting that one man had to hang out of a window at Norris Hall to avoid the gunman. the story stems from a student report from freshman Douglas Cobb. Doug Cobb said that Jake Grohs told him he climbed out the window of an engineering class as the gunman apparently made his way from room to room in Norris. Cobb said. "He was hanging out the window when the person came in" and heard people being shot, Cobb said. He said that 4 of 6 people who were in the room at that... Read Full Story
The Roanoke Times is providing live updates about the Virginia tech shootings in blog-like fashion . Their latest post is about the gunman, 23 year old Cho Seung Hui. Roanoke Times paraphrases The New York Times in describing Cho Seung-Hui as "a loner with no friends, at least none known by his two roommates." The NYTimes described Cho as "antisocial" and given to spending most of his time in the shared dormitory suite in front of his computer. Read Full Story
The Roanoke Times reports that "Hokies United", an ad hoc group that has brought together Virginia Tech's student organizations during past tragedies, is organizing a candlelight vigil tomorrow night on Virginia Tech's Drillfield. The vigil is open to the public (and the press) and will begin at 7:30 p.m. Students are preparing memorial events for the vigil including a candle passing ceremony and a wall where messages can be written to victims and their families. Read Full Story
Virginia Tech students have started a facebook group titled "I'm OK at VT" "I'm OK at VT" is being used to let friends check in with each other. Students are letting friends know their whereabouts and asking about people who are missing. Read Full Story
"It hasn't even registered to us/" "This is so much worse than Columbine. We don't even know what to think of it." -- Justin May, student at Virginia Tech Read Full Story
Usain Bolt’s agent says representatives for the record-breaking track star are in talks with publishers about a biography. Ricky Simms says he’s negotiating a deal for a book for the sprinter but can’t discuss many details yet.
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