NEWS RELEASE: United Airlines has added the Roanoke Blacksburg Regional Airport to its Touchdown in College Town Program to support additional demand expected for the Notre Dame versus Virginia Tech football game on October 9, 2021. United created the Touchdown in College Town Program in 2017 to connect smaller college towns to each other with…… Continue Reading
NEWS RELEASE: A Roanoke Police K-9 Officer was patrolling the Downtown area on Friday night when he located a subject believed to be involved in numerous property crimes that had recently occurred in the City of Roanoke. The K-9 Officer stepped out to speak with the male subject, and confirmed that the man was the suspect in the crimes.…… Continue Reading
(Update 7-28) Roanoke Police have arrested James Edward Lee, 53 of Roanoke, for the assault of a Roanoke Police K-9 Officer/Roanoke Police K-9 and for his involvement in numerous property crimes. NEWS RELEASE: A Roanoke Police K-9 Officer was patrolling the Downtown area on Friday night when he located a subject believed to be involved in…… Continue Reading
NEWS RELEASE: The Bedford County Sheriff’s Office has been attempting to identify a person suspected in passing counterfeit currency on the southside of Bedford County. Investigators have identified the suspect as Melissa Ann Parks, age 33 of Roanoke, Virginia. The Sheriff’s Office holds an arrest warrant for forging coin or bank notes. If anyone knows…… Continue Reading
NEWS RELEASE: On July 24, 2021 at approximately 2:00 a.m., Roanoke Police were notified of a person with a gunshot wound in the 200 block of Cherry Avenue NW. Responding officers located a juvenile male outside of a residence with what appeared to be a serious injury from a gunshot wound. Roanoke Fire-EMS transported the teenager to Carilion Roanoke…… Continue Reading
UPDATE 7/26 5pm: Roanoke Police have determined that the teenage victim located on Cherry Avenue NW was injured in a shooting that occurred at approximately 1:45 a.m. in the 100 block of Campbell Avenue SE. No other injuries have been reported to police at this time regarding this incident. No arrests have been made and…… Continue Reading
ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) — President Joe Biden led the kind of campaign rally that was impossible last year because of the pandemic, speaking before nearly 3,000 people in support of a fellow moderate Democrat whose race for Virginia governor could serve as a test of Biden’s own strength and coattails. Biden motorcaded across the Potomac…… Continue Reading
NEWS RELEASE: (Strasburg, Va.) – The North Fork of the Shenandoah River in Shenandoah County is experiencing a benthic harmful algae bloom (HAB) caused by cyanobacteria. Out of an abundance of caution, the public is advised to avoid contact with blue green algal mats and scum in the river from Bethel Road to Strasburg. Some…… Continue Reading
A month out from Virginia’s first gun buyback event in Roanoke, everyone from local non-profit leaders and lawmakers to concerned citizens is trying to get the word out. WFIR’s Ian Price has more: 07-23 Groceries Not Guns WRAP Catherine Koebel Stromberg wrote the grant securing money for the gun buyback event. She says the goal…… Continue Reading
State transportation officials are considering a new passenger rail route that would link Roanoke and the New River Valley with Richmond and Hampton Roads. This is separate and apart from plans to expand Roanoke Amtrak service to two round-trip trains a day, trains connecting the region with Washington and the Northeast Corridor. For starters, the…… Continue Reading