(Update 6/29 3 PM) The Franklin County Sheriff’s Office responded to a call yesterday of a shooting...
Crime and Public Safety
President Biden announced steps last week he said were aimed at reducing the level of gun violence...
NEWS RELEASE: On June 25, 2021 at approximately 9:00 p.m., Roanoke Police were notified of a person...
Virginia State Police Trooper G.L. Goad is investigating a two-vehicle crash in Franklin County. The crash occurred...
John McAfee, the security software pioneer and Roanoke College alum who tried to embrace life as an...
On June 20 at approximately 6:55 p.m., Roanoke Police responded to a report of a deceased person...
The man wanted for fatally shooting a Roanoke woman more than four years ago was arrested Friday...
Franklin County emergency crews are responding to a house fire this morning in the 3 hundred block...
On June 20, 2021, at approximately 1:31 a.m., Roanoke Police responded to the 100 block of Campbell...
(update 6/17 5pm) The Bedford County Sheriff’s Office arrested Tyler Hayes Martin, age 21 of Forest, Virginia...
Virginia’s Department of Corrections says it released more than 2,000 “responsible inmates” for coronavirus-related considerations since April...
A southwest Virginia woman has been sentenced to nine years for defrauding the government of almost 500-thousand...
(Roanoke County release) New Western Virginia Regional Jail Superintendent Appointed June 11, 2021 – The Western Virginia...
On June 9, 2021 at approximately 2:00 p.m., Roanoke Police were notified of shots fired in the...
(Roanoke County, VA—June 4, 2021) At approximately 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Roanoke County Police officers responded to the...