A 68-year-old Roanoke man is in the hospital after being hit by a car Saturday on Electric Road in front of Tanglewood Mall, police say.About 11:40a.m., witnesses saw a man standing at the concrete median near Wendy's, waiting to cross the southbound lanes of traffic. When he stepped into the road, he was hit by an oncoming vehicle, according to a news release from the Roanoke County Police Department.

The Virginia Museum of Transportation held its second Train Lovers' Day, featuring short rides.Rail fans flocked to the Virginia Museum of Transportation Saturday for the second annual Train Lovers' Day.The museum's collection of vintage engines, cars and all manner of railroad paraphernalia was on full — and fully detailed — display, letting children clamber through the cab of a diesel engine (Norfolk Southern SD40 No. 1594, used as the base for a RPU6 Slug) or adults marvel at the amenities the railway afforded its executives (the piano- and china-cabinet-equipped President One sleeping and dining car).

Residents across the region are invited to a hero's welcome for a Korean War veteran and prisoner-of-war in Gate City, Va., on Feb. 16 at about 5 p.m.