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Man drowns in river near Smith Mountain Lake Drowning

Man drowns in river near Smith Mountain Lake

Web Staff July 12, 2020

NEWS RELEASE: Wirtz,VA. (July 12, 2020) –On Saturday, July 11, 2020, the Franklin County Communications Center received...

UPDATE: Woman with cognitive impairment found Sonya Riche

UPDATE: Woman with cognitive impairment found

Web Staff July 12, 2020

Update from Virginia State Police: Riche has been found. No further information was given. Previous:The...

Overall coronavirus case count in Roanoke County exceeds 300 Coronavirus Covid-19 Cases

Overall coronavirus case count in Roanoke County exceeds 300

Web Staff July 9, 2020

According to the latest numbers released this morning by the Virginia Department of Health there are 25...

UPDATE: Roanoke fatal shooting victim identified

Web Staff July 8, 2020

ROANOKE POLICE UPDATE: Roanoke Police have identified the victim of this incident as William English, 48 of...

Blue Ridge Parkway reopens to Explore Park

Web Staff July 8, 2020

NEWS RELEASE: Roanoke, VA – National Park Service (NPS) officials announced today that a section of the Blue Ridge Parkway from Milepost 112.4...

Coronavirus case count in Roanoke Valley continues to increase Coronavirus Covid-19 Cases

Coronavirus case count in Roanoke Valley continues to increase

Web Staff July 8, 2020

According to the latest numbers released this morning by the Virginia Department of Health there are 30...

Roanoke man faces charges in fiery fatal crash Fatal Accident

Roanoke man faces charges in fiery fatal crash

Web Staff July 7, 2020

NEWS RELEASE: Virginia State Police is investigating a single-vehicle fatal crash in Bedford County. The crash occurred...

Police: Feds find no cause to probe Roanoke hanging death ruled suicide Israel Monte Jackson

Police: Feds find no cause to probe Roanoke hanging death ruled suicide

Web Staff July 7, 2020

NEWS RELEASE: The Roanoke Police Department has been made aware of a social media post referencing the...

Poll: More US residents are satisfied with local police than not Race in America

Poll: More US residents are satisfied with local police than not

Web Staff July 7, 2020

A new nationwide poll co-conducted by Roanoke College finds more Americans have a generally positive opinion of...

Overall coronavirus case count in Roanoke Valley surpasses 1,000 Coronavirus Covid-19 Cases

Overall coronavirus case count in Roanoke Valley surpasses 1,000

Web Staff July 7, 2020

According to the latest numbers released this morning by the Virginia Department of Health there are 24...

Roanoke Valley’s coronavirus case count continues to increase Coronavirus Covid-19 Cases

Roanoke Valley’s coronavirus case count continues to increase

Web Staff July 6, 2020

According to the latest numbers released this morning by the Virginia Department of Health there are 24...

Roanoke Valley COVID cases now total 950 Coronavirus Covid-19 Cases

Roanoke Valley COVID cases now total 950

Web Staff July 3, 2020

The Virginia Department of Health now reports 950 confirmed or probable COVID-19 cases in the Roanoke Valley:...

Suspect, car photos released for Roanoke dumpster fires Roanoke arson suspect/car

Suspect, car photos released for Roanoke dumpster fires

Web Staff July 2, 2020

NEWS RELEASE: On the morning of June 26th, Roanoke Fire-EMS responded to five dumpster fires in the...

Argument with boyfriend leads to $177,777 lottery prize Chyanne Creel

Argument with boyfriend leads to $177,777 lottery prize

Web Staff July 2, 2020

NEWS RELEASE: What’s a good way to end an argument? Win the lottery! That’s what Chyanne Creel did. The...

Coronavirus cases in Roanoke Valley continue to increase Coronavirus Covid-19 Cases

Coronavirus cases in Roanoke Valley continue to increase

Web Staff July 2, 2020

There are ten new confirmed or probable coronavirus case being attributed to the Roanoke Valley according to...