🌱 Officer-Involved Shooting + Roanoke County 200 Plan

Morning, neighbors! Nicole Fallon-Peek here with your brand-new Roanoke Daily.

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First, today's weather:

Partly sunny and cooler. High: 46 Low: 31.

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Here are the top stories today in Roanoke:

1. Neighbors react to Roanoke County Police officer-involved shooting that unfolded on Friday night. The situation that led to the shooting was a domestic dispute that Roanoke County Police were called to. After setting up a perimeter on the scene, RCPD said officers attempted multiple times to communicate with 52-year-old Shawn Alan Smith but were unsuccessful. (WDBJ7)
2. Over the last few months, Roanoke County leaders have been hosting public meetings for potential projects in communities across Roanoke County. Those projects are a focus of the Roanoke County 200 Plan. (WDBJ7)
3. Law enforcement is seeing a boom in the theft of catalytic converters made with valuable precious metals. In Roanoke, 182 converters were reported stolen by the end of October compared to about 16 during all of 2020. (Free: Newsbreak; Subscription: Roanoke Times)
4. A Roanoke church is trying to sprinkle a little Christmas cheer for students by hosting a toy drive. (WSLS 10)
5. More than 800 Virginia National Guard soldiers were sent off Saturday to the Horn of Africa. (WSLS 10)

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— Nicole Fallon-Peek

About me: Nicole Fallon-Peek is a journalist and copywriter with a degree in Media, Culture and Communication from New York University. She has served as a freelance reporter, managing editor, copy editor, and editorial director for a variety of B2B news outlets. She currently co-owns and operates content creation agency Lightning Media Partners.