This year, Halifax County and ten other police agencies received state money for the computers. The future looks good for a project dedicated to the historic legacy of D-Day in Bedford. The total project is scheduled for completion by June 6, in the year two-thousand. But tons of dirt have been removed and the asphalt for a road that encloses the memorial may be finished by next month. The Memorial's Foundation gave Roanoke City Council a progress report yesterday, displaying a scale model of the Memorial's monument and its surrounding grounds.
Tonight is National Night out.
Roanoke is one of several sites around the country observing the 15th annual vigil against crime. Roanoke police kicked it off a day early with a Showcase '98. The idea was to put the police and how they serve the area in the public eye. Officials say it's a different way of developing community policing. The event included games for children and demonstrations involving drug sniffing dogs, finger printing and crime prevention.