Evan Jones

Roanoke Police identify weekend fatal shooting victim **OLD** wfir-default

Roanoke Police identify weekend fatal shooting victim

Evan Jones August 29, 2016

Roanoke Police have identified a weekend homicide victim as 36-year-old Rajae Henderson. Police say he was fatally...

Gas Buddy: recent bump in gas prices won’t last long **OLD** Gas-Prices1

Gas Buddy: recent bump in gas prices won’t last long

Evan Jones August 29, 2016

That recent bump in gasoline prices shouldn’t last very long, and the downward trend we always see...

On air and at outside memorial, WDBJ7 remembers Alison and Adam one year later **OLD** Alison Parker-Adam Ward

On air and at outside memorial, WDBJ7 remembers Alison and Adam one year later

Evan Jones August 26, 2016

Flowers outside the WDBJ7 studios, and inside, on-air remembrances today — one year after Reporter Alison Parker...

Garage fire shows it’s a good idea to let lawn mower cool down before bringing it inside **OLD** wfir-default

Garage fire shows it’s a good idea to let lawn mower cool down before bringing it inside

Evan Jones August 26, 2016

Roanoke County fire officials say a lawn mower brought into a garage just after use sparked a...

Remembering Lewis and Clark’s Virginia travels — and there were many **OLD** William Clark

Remembering Lewis and Clark’s Virginia travels — and there were many

Evan Jones August 25, 2016

Efforts to create a Virginia Lewis and Clark historic trail in Virginia are changing direction — away...

UVA expert: FBI faces tough challenge in finding domestic terrorists and preventing their attacks **OLD** wfir-default

UVA expert: FBI faces tough challenge in finding domestic terrorists and preventing their attacks

Evan Jones August 24, 2016

As the FBI investigates whether the weekend stabbing attack in Roanoke County is terrorism-related, experts say finding...

McAuliffe: a few mistakes are worth the greater goal of restoring former felons’ rights **OLD** Gov. Terry McAuliffe

McAuliffe: a few mistakes are worth the greater goal of restoring former felons’ rights

Evan Jones August 23, 2016

Governor McAuliffe says there be some mistakes along the way, but he is committed to restoring the...

Backyard chickens: a Salmonella risk no matter how clean you keep the coop **OLD** Backyard Chickens

Backyard chickens: a Salmonella risk no matter how clean you keep the coop

Evan Jones August 22, 2016

As the popularity of backyard chickens grows in Virginia, so does the number of Salmonella cases associated...

Pipeline builders, critics disagree on proposed projects’ very need **OLD** natural gas pipeline

Pipeline builders, critics disagree on proposed projects’ very need

Evan Jones August 19, 2016

As federal regulators continue the process of reviewing two proposed natural gas pipelines across Virginia, builders and...

Salem leaders hope downtown improvement project can begin by spring **OLD** Salem

Salem leaders hope downtown improvement project can begin by spring

Evan Jones August 18, 2016

Salem officials will update interested citizens and businesses owners later today on plans to improve the city’s...

SOL pass rates improve again, but “achievement gap” remains between whites, other students **OLD** Education-News1

SOL pass rates improve again, but “achievement gap” remains between whites, other students

Evan Jones August 17, 2016

The percentage of Virginia public school students meeting reading, math and science Standards of Learning inched upward...

More than 20 dogs rescued from NC home to be helped recover in Roanoke **OLD** Angels of Assisi

More than 20 dogs rescued from NC home to be helped recover in Roanoke

Evan Jones August 16, 2016

Roanoke-based Angels of Assisi is taking part in another large-scale rescue operation, this one involving dozens of...

Denton: 13% Clinton lead in Va. poll may reduce state’s role as key battleground state

Evan Jones August 15, 2016

WFIR Political Analyst Bob Denton says a new statewide poll suggests Donald Trump is going have a...

VT prof: many cities may someday share Flint’s water problems **OLD** Marc Edwards

VT prof: many cities may someday share Flint’s water problems

Evan Jones August 12, 2016

The Virginia Tech professor widely credited with exposing the water health dangers in Flint Michigan says there...

It’s a beetle that kills trees, and state officials want to keep it out of Virginia **OLD** Asian Longhorned Beetle-2

It’s a beetle that kills trees, and state officials want to keep it out of Virginia

Evan Jones August 11, 2016

State agriculture officials have issued an alert for the Asian Longhorned Beetle. It has not yet been...