The Virginia Department of Corrections is making it easier for crime victims to know what’s the status of prisoners who victimized them. WFIR’s Ian Price has more. 7-7 Victim Tool WRAP-WEB To go to the NAVVI website click HERE The post Website allows victims to know status of specific Virginia inmates first appeared on News/Talk…… Continue Reading
Close to 500,000 fawns are born each year across Virginia, and this is the time you may encounter them on or along roadways. Experts say the young deer don’t really get how to deal with moving vehicles — and neither do older ones. Many newborn fawns become victims of predators like coyotes, bobcats or bears,…… Continue Reading
UPDATE — ROADWAY NOW OPEN — HAZMAT ON SCENE CLEANING UP OIL ON THE SHOULDER******* East bound Challenger Ave at Valley Gateway Blvd is currently blocked due to a traffic crash. There is a detour in place but drivers can expect delays in the area. Additional information may be released as it becomes available…… Continue Reading
Your next DMV renewal notice may contain an opportunity to reduce the amount you pay, mainly if you own a fuel-efficient vehicle that doesn’t get a lot of miles. Virginia’s Highway Use Fee is aimed mainly for electric cars, hybrids and some other vehicles to support highway maintenance and construction in place of gas taxes.…… Continue Reading
FRANKLIN COUNTY, Va. – Virginia State Police is investigating a single vehicle crash, which resulted in a fatality. The crash occurred Wednesday (July 6) at 10:43 a.m. on Jubal Early Highway, just south of Silver Lake Road in Franklin County. A 2016 Honda Civic was traveling north on Jubal Early Highway, when the vehicle ran…… Continue Reading
Virginia hit a 20 percent positivity rate for COVID testing recently, without the sharp spike in hospitalizations or serious illnesses however. The latest from the Roanoke City and Alleghany Health Districts, as WFIR’s Gene Marrano reports: 7-6 Morrow Wrap#1-WEB The post COVID rates up, but other warning signs are not first appeared on News/Talk 960-AM…… Continue Reading
Anne Marie Green has stepped up to run for Salem City Council after more than thirty years serving Roanoke County. She is in the running for one of two available council seats and is running against three others – two of which are incumbents. She cites her late husband, Mac Green’s, two decade career as…… Continue Reading
The only affordable housing provider that serves as realtor, architect, builder, mortgage lender, counselor and educator has received $2.6 million from Roanoke City through the American Rescue Plan Act. The funding will enact a unique collaboration between public and private sectors to “improve the lives of Roanoke residents.” WFIR’S Camden Lazenby has more. The post…… Continue Reading
Details from Roanoke Fire-EMS on a late Sunday night structure fire in the 600 block of Orange Ave NE, in a hotel near the Berglund Center. Units arrived to find smoke coming from a first floor hotel room, in a portion of the hotel that was unoccupied, with some rooms boarded up. Fire damage was…… Continue Reading
Playwrights will pull random prompts that include genre, theme and setting and then write plays overnight at Hollins University this weekend. Their productions will be performed in front of a live audience the next day. WFIR’s Camden Lazenby has more. The post Overnight Sensations returns to live productions this Saturday first appeared on News/Talk 960-AM…… Continue Reading