Laura Kebede-Twumasi

Healthcare, democracy and data centers were top concerns heading into this year's midterms.

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Peter Macedo, who lost the race by 18 votes to Michael Sutphin, requested the recount.

Paul Morrison won the race with 77 of 106 write-in votes cast by residents of the Giles County town.

Salem’s minor league baseball team has changed its name. Reaction is … divided.

County election officials had to verify more than 2,000 provisional ballots, most of which were cast by voters in precincts heavily populated by Virginia Tech students.

Just 46 votes separate the two candidates for mayor. But election workers must still tally more than 2,000 provisional votes, most of them from precincts with sizeable student populations.

Only 46 votes separated Peter Macedo and Michael Sutphin as of Tuesday night.

Michael Barber was elected to a fifth term as mayor. The three available seats on Christiansburg’s town council will be filled by Tanya Hockett, Christine Waltz and Beth Umberger, according to unof…

All but one member of the town council resigned in August. A court has now filled those positions. Meanwhile, the newly reconstituted council hears a call to dissolve the Giles County town.

Phillip Hatley was shot and killed by a Memphis police officer in 1939. His family still is coming to grips with the trauma of his loss.

Edward Garner, 15, was shot in the head while fleeing from an officer. The killing led to a Supreme Court ruling limiting police use of force.

Blacksburg’s housing shortage has emerged as a key issue in the town’s mayoral and town council elections.

In this third and final episode of season 6, we talk to the family and others connected to the Memphis case that resulted in a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that made national waves and shaped how police could use force against people fleeing from them.…

This episode explores how Phillip Hatley’s family responded to his death — both at the time and through three generations, as more information has come to light.His grandsons say they have a newfound understanding of their father, who was five years…

In this episode, we bring you the story of Phillip Hatley, a 43-year-old Black husband and father who was shot in the back and killed by a drunk Memphis police officer in 1939. His death led to a publicly contentious trial that ended with his killer…

The two candidates, who are competing for a House seat that covers parts of Montgomery and Roanoke counties, agreed on some issues and disagreed on others.

The shakeup leaves just one town council member in the Giles County community.

Tennessee recently scheduled its first executions after a five-year hiatus. In this episode, we host a conversation between Steven Hale, author of “Death Row Welcomes You” based in Nashville, and Margaret Vandiver, author of “Lethal Punishment:…

One hundred years ago on May 8, a Black man who could not swim saved 32 white people from drowning in the Mississippi River. That heroic act got him a meeting with President Calvin Coolidge and a house in North Memphis. And one of Downtown’s most…