Roanoke police indictment, Botetourt budget fight, new Virginia housing laws & 611 steam locomotive — Roanoke Valley’s Morning News 6/2/26

Today’s Roanoke Valley’s Morning News covers Botetourt County’s decision to delay budget approval amid questions over school funding, along with felony charges against a Roanoke man accused of trying to strike a police officer with his vehicle. We also report on new Virginia laws aimed at expanding affordable manufactured housing, the unveiling of a new patriotic design for Norfolk & Western 611, and a Lynchburg courtroom escape that remains under investigation. Plus updates on a fatal Roanoke duplex fire, growing union membership across Virginia, local weather, Salem baseball, the Division III College World Series in Salem, and the latest NHL, NBA, and NFL headlines.