If you're caught carrying a gun after being convicted of a crime, you face a mandatory term of anywhere from two to five years in prison. A man wearing a bandana over his face robbed a Roanoke business this morning at gunpoint. Police say a female employee had just unlocked the back door when a black male armed with a hand gun entered the restaurant and demanded money. The suspect made off with checks and cash and may have fled in a silver car. No one was injured.
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We'll have the details. And Verizon is on the verge of a strike. In a matter of hours, more than 700- telephone workers in Roanoke could go on strike. The union members work for Verizon Virginia. Their three-year contract is set to expire at midnight.