Roanoke County Police responded at approximately 6:00 a.m. Friday to the McAfee Knob trailhead parking lot on Catawba Road where two deceased males were located. This is an active investigation and no further information is available at this time. Police believe there is no danger to the public. As police conduct their investigation, parking in the…… Continue Reading
The curtain rises tonight on Attic Productions’ performance of Murder on the Orient Express in Fincastle. WFIR’s Denise Allen Membreno has more on the adaptation of the Agatha Christie classic tale. Show times and ticket info here The post Murder on the Orient Express opens tonight at Attic productions first appeared on News/Talk 960-AM…… Continue Reading
“NIBIN” has arrived – the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms has unveiled a mobile crime fighting tool – a rolling lab that can identify unique marks on a spent bullet casing and link it to previous gun violence incidents via a massive database. It stopped in Roanoke this morning. NIBIN stands for “the National…… Continue Reading
The Town of Vinton, Precision Fabrics Group, Food Lion and the Daughters of the American Revolution have joined forces to turn three-thousand pounds of discarded plastic into park benches. The first one was dedicated along the Glade Park Greenway this morning. Three benches have already been installed along the greenway and the rest will soon…… Continue Reading
An annual celebration of the old-time, Americana and bluegrass music found in far southwest Virginia. For those that aren’t planning a major excursion this holiday weekend – but still want to “Get Out of Town,” WFIR’s Gene Marrano has more about a happening in Big Stone Gap: The post Get Out of Town to the…… Continue Reading
Efforts to turn the Fishburn Park caretaker’s cottage into a coffee shop aren’t dead yet. In conjunction with online news source, The Roanoke Rambler, WFIR’s Taylor Sherrill has the story: Fishburn Park Coffee WRAP 5-25 For more stories like this from the Roanoke Rambler CLICK HERE. The post Coffee shop at Fishburn Park project “not dead”…… Continue Reading
A long-standing charity golf tournament will have a new addition this year. WFIR’s Emma Thomas has details: The post New addition to annual Delta Dental Pro-Am For Kids first appeared on News/Talk 960-AM & FM-107.3 WFIR.… Continue Reading
From the WFIR News room this is your Culture Calendar – sponsored by the Roanoke Arts Commission – roanokearts.org. With a look at some of the events coming up this weekend and in the near future. The post “Murder” at Attic Productions and the Gap Music Festival down the road first appeared on News/Talk…… Continue Reading
Flags were placed yesterday at Evergreen Memorial Burial Park in Roanoke as a part of the Memorial Day Observance at the park. As Denise Allen Membreno reports, this year the annual observance focuses on the war on terror. The post A special Memorial Day observance at Evergreen this weekend first appeared on News/Talk 960-AM…… Continue Reading
More than one million Virginians are expected to travel by car for the long Memorial day weekend, which for some will begin tomorrow or Friday. Triple-A Mid Atlantic has a few tips about the best times to hit the road, as WFIR’s Gene Marrano reports: The post When to hit the road on Memorial Day…… Continue Reading