Your favorite Roanoke Rambler stories of 2025 spanned issues from city hall drama and homelessness to defamation and strip clubs.
This was a big year for The Roanoke Rambler. We doubled our staff — we hired Todd Jackson as our managing editor and brought on board Sinclair Holian, thanks to support from Report for America, to cover the effects of segregation.
And 2025 was a big year for local news, too. We broke news of explosive letters between Roanoke’s city manager and school superintendent over the future of school funding; brought to light compelling lawsuits that never would have been covered; and reported on grassroots organizing, homelessness and strip clubs…