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Recent Multimedia

Whitetail gallery, with your trophy photos and stories, is back for deer season.
Gobbler gallery
Your turkey kills with photos and field notes.

Skateboarders tell their stories about their interactions with officers -- everything from friendly relationships to claims of harassment.

Cicadas -- The bugs' 17-year life cycle has crescendoed in a noisy, crunchy, smelly frenzy.

The hammer throw has brought Spyridon Jullien to America, and he has cleared many obstacles on the way to the national meet.

Photo galleries and slide shows

Harvesting memories
Slideshow narrated by the author

Deadheads in Roanoke
The Other Ones opened their tour in Roanoke Nov. 14. Read the reviews, with lots of photos.

A mind in pieces
Sharon Simmons, longtime Southeast Roanoke resident, has battled multiple personalities for most of her life. Read the story and see the slideshow .

Roanoke Express slide show
Travel with the Roanoke Express hockey team.

Walking Witchers gallery
Follow the Witchers along the 2,100-mile Appalachian Trail

Roanoke County tire fire: Read the latest news, SEE the slide show, get the background on the story.

Uncle Roy
The life of a simple man with a lot of history (Flash slide show with text).

Slideshow

Redemption

Don Lovern, Old Southwest resident, is deaf, mentally ill and an alcoholic, but he does good deeds, many say. His story in words and pictures.

Championship slide show
Cave Spring's journey to basketball championship.

Spring wildflowers
The columbine is on our minds / Now that spring is here; / Those blossoms drooping from their stalks / Could be a hound dog's ears.

Jacob Tyree's story and slide show
Salem youngster gamely balances sandlot baseball, spinal tumor. Oct 2002 update: Jacob and his family face a choice no one should have to make

Hokie football photogallery: SEE photos from VT's 2001 season.

First women graduates of VMI: SEE Sam Dean's award winning photo package.

Time for a shoe shine: Despite the lack of business, a few Roanoke men still wait proudly beside their shine benches for the occasional customer

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Streaming audio, some with photos

Keeper of the lore
Listen to Frank Mills tell the stories of the Franklin County he knew growing up. Click here.

In their own words, as spoken at the October Old Dominion 500 at Martinsville Speedway. Click here, and when the window pops up, click on a fan's photo to hear his and her stories. (Long loading time.)

Catawba's Murder Hole
Few know the secrets of this deep, dark cave system. Read the story and listen to the ballad of Murder Hole.

The high life
For the Lemoine family, performing death defying acts is the family business. Hear their story in their own words.

Just passing through: 9 hikers, 18 feet, 4 paws and 1 goal -- to hike the entire Appalachian Trail.

He has overcome: A. Byron Smith, business man, community leader and family man, reflects on his hard-earned wisdom.

Last veterans of WWI: Listen to conversations with Southwest Virginia veterans of the Great War.

An American staple: Real sandwich artists at work in the Roanoke Valley.

Threadbare: The unraveling of Henry County
For 70 years, Martinsville and Henry County's textile industry employed one in five workers. See the slideshow and listen to workers tell their own stories.

Tradition with a twist
A Roanoke restaurateur rented a bus to New York City so loyal friends and diners could share his son's wedding day. Read the STORY | LOOK and LISTEN

Tech Triumph
By golly, when Bob "Dutch" van Luyn gets it cranking, it toots out "Tech Triumph!" and a wooden Hokie bird rings a bell. That's right, a Hokie bird. Read the STORY | LOOK and LISTEN

The Cardinal's Song: They used to write songs about trains. Ralph Berrier, Jr. still does.

Singing Valentines: Smith Mountain Lake Harmeneers sing some joy on Valentine's Day.

D-Day Memorial speeches: If you couldn't be there or just want to hear them again, honor the sacrifice.

A song for heroes
Bob Slaughter comes to the aid of the National D-Day Memorial Story | Song

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Streaming video and Flash presentations

The worst multimedia ever made
Charles Cullen brings his bizarre world to roanoke.com, including a weekly column, cartoon, video or audio clip and news from the Cullen compound. Throw the Chicken Man some feed.

Keeping the traditions
The region's native music is public music meant to be played and passed on, not stored in a museum or stashed in a vault. Listen and watch and read the story.

Tour the D-Day Memorial: Bob Slaughter narrates this virtual tour of the memorial he fought to build.

Virginia Senior Games: SEE and hear the participants.

Willie Muse sings: Roanoke's famous circus performer sings his favorite tunes.

Take a ride down Mill Mountain: Join Dan Casey for a real-time bike ride --down the mountain at 40 mph.

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Webcam and virtual tours

Roanoke Times webcam: Watch as we build our new press facility, preview the new printing process.

Roanoke City Market tours: QuickTime VR 360 Tours of Hotel Roanoke, Center in the Square's Mill Mountain Theater and museums, Farmer's Market and more.

Then and now tour of Roanoke: See Roanoke change right before your eyes.

Downtown Lookin' Up: An architectural tour of downtown that also tests your memory.

Stained Glass Tour: The window artistry of Roanoke area churches and synagogues.

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