Elm Avenue interchange project enters next phase, and drivers will notice a...
If you take Elm Avenue over Interstate 581 this morning, you will notice a change -- and a sign of progress. It's all part of ...
Pulaski to sell ballpark to Shelor Motor Mile
PULASKI, Va. (AP) _ Pulaski plans to sell its historic baseball park to a Christiansburg-based car dealership. Media outlets report that the Town Council voted ...
2 plead guilty after baseballs tossed into prison
BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) _ A Georgia woman and a Virginia man have pleaded guilty of placing marijuana and other contraband into baseballs tossed over the ...
Lexington woman pleads guilty to embezzling from church
LEXINGTON, Va. (AP) _ A Lexington woman has pleaded guilty to embezzling from a church in Rockbridge County. Fifty-six-year-old Marilyn J. Dudley was accused of ...
10 traffic deaths in Va. during Labor Day weekend, including one in Roanoke...
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) _ Virginia State Police say 10 people died in traffic accidents over the four-day Labor Day weekend. That's up from the nine ...
McDonnells’ corruption case goes to jury
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) _ The public corruption case against former Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell and his wife, Maureen, is in the hands of a federal ...
Not much time to spare if a child is left unattended in hot car
There's not much time to spare if a small child is left unattended in a hot car - as happened on Sunday in Roanoke with ...
Traffic pattern change for I-581 and Elm Avenue interchange project
As part of Roanoke’s I-581 and Elm Avenue interchange project, crews will be putting a new traffic pattern in place. Beginning tomorrow morning, the eastbound ...
I-581 lane closures for Valley View interchange project
There are day and night-time lane closures scheduled again this week and next for the Valley View Boulevard interchange project in Roanoke. The right southbound ...
Jury to begin deliberations in ex-governor trial
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) _ A federal jury will hear instructions from a judge before beginning deliberations in the public corruption trial of former Virginia Gov ...
Salem High School students can now bring personal electronic devices to cla...
Public Schools open in the City of Salem today ... and for the first time students at the high school can bring their phones and ...
Fire officials: child’s death in hot car shows it can happen anywhere — eve...
Roanoke Fire-EMS officials don't want us to pass early judgment on a young child's death in a hot van, but they say it demonstrates this ...
Police: two-year-old dies in Roanoke after parent leaves her in hot car
ROANOKE, Va. (AP) _ Roanoke police are investigating the death of a 2-year-old girl who was left in a van for an extended period of ...
Yesterday was “International Overdose Awareness Day”
Yesterday was "International Overdose Awareness Day" and people that have been impacted by drug use met at a local park. Garst Mill Park in Roanoke ...
Tobacco commission grants go to family connections
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) _ A review by The Associated Press has found that a Virginia commission that invests money from a national tobacco settlement gave ...
“Driftwood Tides” is latest novel from a Roanoke writer
A Roanoke writer's fourth novel makes its official debut today. best-selling author Gina Holmes set her latest, "Driftwood Tides," at Nags Head. WFIR's Gene Marrano ...
WW II bomber in skies over Roanoke today — and again this coming weekend...
An airplane that once flew bombing missions in Europe will be in the skies over Roanoke today and again this coming weekend. The Memphis Belle ...
Bedrosian: surplus county school items should not all be given to just one ...
Roanoke County Supervisor Al Bedrosian thinks 20,000 pieces of surplus county school items should be distributed across the county -- and not just to a ...
Roanoke police seek barber shop bandit
From Roanoke City Police: On August 29, 2014 at 11:46 a.m. Roanoke Police were dispatched to the 1400 block of Peters Creek Road NW, the ...
Military pilot in Virginia F-15 crash identified
WESTFIELD, Mass. (AP) _ The pilot who was killed in the crash of an F-15 jet this week in the remote Virginia mountains has been ...
