Good morning and welcome to the Morning Sprint. I’m Brittany
Weir bringing you the top
stories of the day. As
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website at com. I’m happy to
share their first story this
morning is bringing some good
news to you. The Pennsylvania
County Sheriff’s Office says a
four-year-old boy has been
found safe after he disappeared
from his home in Danville. This
is a story we first brought to
you last night on USLS. Wyatt
went missing Tuesday night but
this morning was reunited with
his family. The sheriff’s
office says that he wandered
away from his home wearing no
clothes. Search crews and
volunteers spent the night
looking for him and the morning
as well and they announced he
was found before 7 AM this
morning. So good news there and
happy to hear Wyatt is back
home. We’re working to get you
more details on this story and
we’ll have those for you
starting at noon today and
later also on our website at
com but just again, good news
to share with you on this
Wednesday morning. Well, school
safety continues to be a
discussion within Roanoke City
School District during last
night’s school board meeting.
There was talk about what
changes are being considered to
make schools a safer place. One
parent shared her thoughts on
how to address the problem like
having students use clear book
bags, superintendent Verletta
White gave a glimpse into some
additional safety options that
will be discussed in more
detail School Board’s upcoming
retreat. Let us know your
thoughts and what do you think
are some ideas or options that
could be in place to make
schools safer for students?
School leaders say discussion
about safety measures will
continue at the board’s next
workshop and this is on June
28th. So again, they are
looking from input from parents
and you know, community leaders
as well as how they can make
their schools more safe. And
after years of complaints,
Blacksburg residents may soon
see changes regarding Center
Street and other large
gatherings. Well, Center Street
has long been a source of
concern for the town of
Blacksburg. The tailgating
event draws hundreds of
students each game day but up
until the this point has been
almost impossible to control.
The Blacksburg Town Council
introduced legislation that
would require Blacksburg
residents to register any
gatherings the size of 200
people or more at least 30 days
in advance. This event is too
big. It’s just it’s reached a
point where you know, it has
the potential for something bad
happening just because of the
numbers. And there will be
public hearing on July 12th for
council to vote on this
proposal. Again, this is
another story where we’d love
to hear your thoughts on what
do you think if there should be
any rules in place or not and
if you experience these crowds
in Blacksburg yourself. Alright
and then taking care of the
environment and keeping the
Roanoke River clean. Well,
that’s the goal. The new
project, the Blue Way Trash for
T shirt program wants to
accomplish. You can show your
love for the Roanoke River by
picking up a bag of trash on
your next float or Greenway
Walk. Once you clean up any
trash that you see, you will
receive a free Protect the Blue
Way shirt from Roanoke Mountain
Adventures. The shirt features
a map of the city of Roanoke,
the Roanoke River, and its
other streams. To get the
shirt, you just need to take a
photo showing your trash bag
with the river or greenway in
the background then a photo of
you disposing of the trash in
the correct bins. Maybe
hopefully just seeing the
shirt, people will think about
it but also, I’d say the
biggest thing is just of a
small incentive to get people
out cleaning the river up and
like there are like. Before you
begin your cleanup efforts, you
do need to complete a parks and
recreation volunteer waiver.
This can be found online or at
Roanoke Mountain Adventures in
Wasina. Uh so, let us know what
you think of this. Is this
something you’re going to
participate in? And also, if
you’re someone who frequents
the Greenway or the Roanoke
River, what are you seeing
right now? Do you think there
is an abundance of trash and
that this problem you obviously
needs to be addressed. Let us
know what you’re seeing and
also again, if you are going to
help out, it’s a good way to
chip on in and get that T
shirt. We’re going to take a
look and see any comments that
are coming through right now.
Uh we have one comment from
Melinda who says glad he was
found. This is in reference to
the first story I shared which
is Wyatt, the little
four-year-old boy that went
missing near Danville. He was
found this morning. If you did
miss that bit of information,
we are glad that he was found
as well. We always love seeing,
you a happy ending to a story
like that and to continue, you
know, we’re going to keep
following that story and give
you updates as to what more
went into the search and
kind of what played out this
morning. Um so, make sure to
look for those updates. Um if
you guys have any story ideas
for the day that you’d like us
to follow, please send those to
news at WS Laws. com but thank
you guys so much for watching
and I hope you have a good rest
of your Wednesday.