Those workers make powder for tank ammunition. The remaining 40-layoffs are NOT connected to the contract. Arsenal officials say those layoffs had been in the works for sometime. Prosecutors say John William King is a hate filled killer. In two days, Elton John will stage one of Roanoke's biggest concert events ever.
Preparations are already underway tonight.
Eric Earnhart takes us behind the scenes. Well just like Jeff Gordon would never travel without a spare race car, Elton John has a spare piano, it's stored in an undisclosed location, and in the event of an extreme emergency , it will be airlifted to Roanoke. And a Roanoke company president pleads guilty to violations that killed several endangered animals. More than 2-thousand fish were killed in a short section of the Roanoke River a year and a half ago. The source of their demise was the Roanoke Ice and Cold Storage Company.