InMotion to open 1st US plant in Virginia

BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) _ InMotion has chosen Virginia as the site of its first manufacturing operation in the United States. The plant will be located ...

Ex-Rocky Mount officer fined in gun buy case

ROANOKE, Va. (AP) _ A former Rocky Mount police officer has been fined $400 for his role in a gun-buying scheme. James Marion Slate was ...

Poll shows Warner with 12-point lead in U.S. Senate race

A poll released Tuesday shows Democratic U.S. Senator Mark Warner leading Republican challenge Ed Gillespie, 51-39% ...

Senate candidates appear at Chamber forum

The Roanoke Regional Chamber of Commerce called yesterday's luncheon forum "Making Things Better for Business," and posed questions to Warner, Republican Ed Gillespie and Libertarian ...

The two couples who challenged VA same-sex marriage ban express job and dis...

The two Virginia couples who challenged the state's same-sex marriage ban expressed joy and disbelief their long long-sought goal had come true, but supporters of ...

UPDATE: Same-sex marriages begin in the South

Tues., 10/7/14 4:48 a.m. RICHMOND, Va. (AP) _ Gay and lesbian couples are getting legally married in the South for the first time, crossing a ...

Roanoke Police charge man with killing father; suspect had been arrested fo...

From Roanoke City Police: At 5:46 a.m. this morning, officers responded to the 1800 block of Cambridge Avenue SW to investigate a possible death.  The ...

New student life center at VWCC will hold open house

The Virginia Western campus on Colonial Avenue has changed dramatically in recent years ... and now the new student life center will hold a special ...

Trucker driver charged in Route 24 crash

From Virginia State Police:  Police are continuing their investigation into an early morning crash which occurred on Route 24 at the intersection of Joppa Mill ...

Independent congressional candidate battling Morgan Griffith.

There's no Democrat on the ballot but Republican Congressman Morgan Griffith does have a challenger as he seeks a third term as the 9th District ...

Chief: Aggressive search continues for UVa student

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — Charlottesville's police chief says an anguished statement from the parents of a missing University of Virginia student gives searchers a clearer ...

Parents of missing UVa student ask for information

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) _ The parents of a missing University of Virginia student are appealing for whoever is responsible for the disappearance to help them ...

Va. gov says he was unaware of possible job offer

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe says he was not aware that his chief of staff made a potential job offer to the ...

Man fatally shot by police in Christiansburg

CHRISTIANSBURG, Va. (AP) _ A 69-year-old man has died after being shot by police responding to a report of a domestic disturbance in Christiansburg.  According ...

2nd person of interest named in 1975 disappearance

BEDFORD, Va. (AP) _ Authorities have named a second person of interest in the 1975 disappearance of two young Maryland sisters. Montgomery County, Maryland, Deputy ...

Special grand jury to investigate two girls’ disappearance almost 40 years ...

The search for the Lyons sisters' bodies -- and anyone who may have killed them -- takes an additional direction today at the Bedford County ...

Senate candidates forum on Monday

With four weeks to go Virginians may start dialing in on the U.S. Senate race more closely. In Roanoke on Monday Democrat incumbent Mark Warner ...

Roanoke police: possible child abduction in SW city

From Roanoke City Police: On September 30, 2014 at approximately 5pm the Roanoke Police responded to the 500 block of 14th Street SW concerning a ...

No action from U.S. Supreme Court on gay marriage

The Supreme Court has taken no action on appeals asking it to take up the issue of same-sex marriage. The gay marriage cases are not ...

What impact has City Works (X)Po had?

Ed Walker's City Works (X)Po begins today at the City Market building ... the Roanoke developer says attendees in the past have found funding for ...