Crime and Public Safety

Kaine tells WFIR assault weapon bill is starting point for conversation Gun Laws

Kaine tells WFIR assault weapon bill is starting point for conversation

Gene Marrano February 28, 2018

U.S. Senator Tim Kaine has co-sponsored a new bill that would ban 205 military-style weapons and detachable...

Senior scams are subject of a Lunch and Learn WFIR Generic

Senior scams are subject of a Lunch and Learn

Gene Marrano February 27, 2018

There seems to be no shortage of scam artists looking to separate seniors from their money –...

Kionte Spencer to be remembered today two years after his death Roanoke County Police

Kionte Spencer to be remembered today two years after his death

Gene Marrano February 26, 2018

Brenda Hale with the Roanoke NAACP says 18-year-old Hidden Valley High School student Kionte Spencer “should never...

Kaine points at NRA ahead of round-table on improving school safety US Senator Tim Kaine

Kaine points at NRA ahead of round-table on improving school safety

Ian Price February 26, 2018

U.S. Senator Tim Kaine listed the NRA as his top reason why there’s not more gun-control legislation...

Roanoke County officials comment on the arming of teachers School Shooting

Roanoke County officials comment on the arming of teachers

Gene Marrano February 26, 2018

Teacher’s unions aren’t on board right now but training and arming educators with firearms is part of...

UPDATE: “Shelter in place” lifted at Northside; no weapon found Breaking News

UPDATE: “Shelter in place” lifted at Northside; no weapon found

Evan Jones February 23, 2018

UPDATE: Roanoke County school officials say the “Shelter in Place” has been lifted at Northside High and...

Parents say more can be done for security at Roanoke Co. Schools Education News-WFIR

Parents say more can be done for security at Roanoke Co. Schools

Lillian Boyd February 23, 2018

A Cave Spring Middle School student has been taken to a juvenile detention center after bringing a...

Cave Spring Middle School student brings loaded gun to school WFIR Generic

Cave Spring Middle School student brings loaded gun to school

Evan Jones February 22, 2018

Roanoke County school officials say a Cave Spring Middle School student brought a handgun to school this...

UPDATE: Roanoke Co. crews battle forest fire in Mason’s Cove area Brush Fire

UPDATE: Roanoke Co. crews battle forest fire in Mason’s Cove area

Evan Jones February 21, 2018

Roanoke County fire crews are currently working to douse a forest fire off Bradshaw Road in the...

City council candidate Grover Price on gang activity in Roanoke Group

City council candidate Grover Price on gang activity in Roanoke

Lillian Boyd February 21, 2018

Grover Price is a co-founder for The Hope Center – a non profit that serves those in...

Man charged again with removing tarps on Confederate statues Robert E Lee Statue Charlottesville

Man charged again with removing tarps on Confederate statues

AP February 20, 2018

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) _ Police in Charlottesville have charged a Richmond man for a second time after...

Police seek Hershberger Road robbery suspect

Web Staff February 20, 2018

From Roanoke City Police: On February 19, 2018 at 8:51 p.m., Roanoke Police responded to a robbery...

Local criminologist: many lessons to be learned from Florida school shootings

Evan Jones February 20, 2018

Amid funerals for the victims and calls for government action, a local criminologist says law enforcement personnel...

Relative newcomer named Salem Police Officer of the Year; Here’s why. Officer Cody Keen

Relative newcomer named Salem Police Officer of the Year; Here’s why.

Gene Marrano February 19, 2018

The City of Salem’s Police Officer of the Year for 2017 is Cody Keen, a 25-year-old patrolman...

Report: Drowsy driving more frequent than federal numbers show drowsy driving_text

Report: Drowsy driving more frequent than federal numbers show

Ian Price February 19, 2018

The AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety collaborated with the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute for a new report...