ROANOKE, Va. (WDBJ) - As football season winds down, now is a good time to reflect on the sports center that once stood in the center of the Star City, Victory Stadium. Local high schools and ...

Having lived in Roanoke since 1968, I also have memories of Victory Stadium. I saw the title game that Salem lost to the Titans with Eddie Joyce as coach and his son as quarterback.

Wilkinson helped bring about integration in Roanoke’s schools, lunch counters, theatres and victory stadium. City leaders and Wilkinson’s family with reveal the street sign Friday morning at 11.

ROANOKE, Va. – Victory in the Valley — that’s what over 30 pastors, community leaders, and law enforcement officers pushed for Friday. After 19 gun-related deaths since the start of 2023 ...

The football teams from Patrick Henry and William Fleming high schools will be in Victory Stadium tonight.

Church leaders behind the Ceasefire: Victory in the Valley initiative are claiming a small victory after Roanoke saw zero deadly shootings in 30 days.

Lawson also played a pivotal role in convincing the Roanoke City Council to defy Virginia’s segregation law in 1961 and integrate Victory Stadium in Roanoke.

Sixty years ago today, civil rights history was made in Roanoke. On Aug. 12, 1961, Victory Stadium was integrated.

Lawson also played a pivotal role in convincing the Roanoke City Council to defy Virginia’s segregation law in 1961 and integrate Victory Stadium in Roanoke.