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As part of its mission to focus more on prevention, Carilion Clinic is trying on-site "mini-wellness" sessions ... more from WFIR's Gene Marrano: 9-1 Wellness ...

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) _ Former Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell will not have to go to prison while the U.S. Supreme Court considers whether to consider ...

UPDATE: The Roanoke Police Department says Ricky Akers is now in custody. Officers are still searching for Jon Dumire. ----------------------- A Roanoke Police officer was ...

The Roanoke area is in a battle with Morgantown, West Virginia in Blue Ridge Outdoors magazine Top Towns Contest. WFIR's Bob Clark reports: 8-31 Vote ...

Virginia Tech news release: Virginia Tech Athletics will continue to honor the memory of two local television journalists who were tragically killed in a shooting ...

The mourning process moves to a new phase today as the family of slain WDBJ7 photojournalist Adam Ward receives visitors at Salem High School. This ...

From the Bedford County Sheriff's Office: On Saturday August 29, 2015 at 1: 30 p.m., Bedford County 911 dispatchers received a call to 1284 Breezy ...

Rising Consumer Sentiment is usually a harbinger of good times ahead and more spending, and a Roanoke College poll seems to indicate that trend, as ...

BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) _ Virginia Tech's Board of Visitors is expected to discuss potential state budget requests during a quarterly meeting in Northern Virginia. The ...

A Roanoke area business has been the target of a scam that attempted to take it for $47,000, and the Better Business Bureau is warning ...

The former WDBJ-7 News Director who hired -- and fired -- the man who fatally shot reporter Alison Parker and videojournalist Adam Ward says Vester ...

ROANOKE, Va. (AP) _ Virginia medical officials say a TV news reporter and cameraman who were killed during a live broadcast both suffered gunshot wounds ...

An independent radio and television producer has spoken of his interactions with Vester Flanagan, the man authorities say shot and killed two WDBJ7 journalists Wednesday ...

As funeral arrangements are announced for one of Wednesday's WDBJ7 shooting victims, the station says the gunman had not shown any visible hostility to any ...

The stories about local Girl Scout events you may have seen on WDBJ-7 over the past year or so often involved reporter Alison Parker and ...

Alison Parker was 24 and hailed from Martinsville ... Adam Ward was 27 and from here in Salem ... WFIR's Gene Marrano has reaction from ...

The suspect in this morning's double-fatal shooting has died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, according to the state's secretary of public safety and homeland security.  ...

The man suspected of killing two WDBJ7 employees Wednesday morning shot himself on I-66 in Faquier County, according to state police and is in critical condition ...

Bedford County Schools are on a permiter lockdown, a precautionary measure suggested by law enforcement. Roanoke County Schools have released a statement saying their buildings ...

Here is a screen shot of the suspected gunman who may have been involved with the deaths of WDBJ7 crew members this morning in Moneta ...