Roanoke VA

Best-selling Roanoke author Beth Macy formally announced her bid for Congress on Tuesday. It was a spectacle of a campaign launch: The crowd filled the bottom floor of Roanoke’s old downtown fire station and spilled out into Century Plaza across the street. Macy delivered a stem-winder of a speech that played up her...

Pictured left to right, Robert Natt, Donna Littlepage, First Lady Suzanne Youngkin, Governor Glenn Youngkin, Dr. Kim Simcox, Isabel Thornton, Shirley Holland. The Grove on Patterson is honored as Outstanding Community Organization in the 2025 Governor’s Volunteerism & Community Service Awards presented by Governor...

If you're new to an area and have a craving for some high-quality lobster meat, you're not alone. This is a common question that many seafood lovers find themselves asking when they move to a new place.

A Virginia father is lucky to be alive after a drunk driver barreled into him at highway speed while he was unloading his car, leaving him with catastrophic injuries. Frankie Cox was struck on Monday, Nov. 17, by a driver traveling an estimated 50 to 60 mph in a crash so violent that the car rolled over his leg and...

ROANOKE, Va. (WFXR) – The results of the second annual City of Roanoke’s Snowplow Naming Contest are in! According to the City of Roanoke’s Facebook, the winning names include: “Last year’s contest was a fun and enjoyable way for the community to connect with ourwork,” said Roanoke Fleet Manager Wayne Farley. “Winter...

INDEPENDENCE, Va. (WFXR) – It’s a day nobody in law enforcement enjoys: remembering someone killed in the line of duty. Hundreds of officers from various jurisdictions, accompanied by members of multiple fire and EMS units, gathered outside the Chief Medical Examiner’s office in Roanoke for a procession. This one was...

ROANOKE, Va. (WDBJ) - Virginia State Police (VSP) provided an escort Thursday, November 20, for the remains of Department of Corrections (VADOC) Officer Jeremy Lewis Hall, who was killed in the line of duty. The escort began at the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, Western District in Roanoke, where...

ROANOKE, Va. (WDBJ) - Thanksgiving is a week away, and hundreds of runners are preparing to move their feet so others can eat, racing through downtown Roanoke for the annual Drumstick Dash. The Dash began 20 years ago as a way to raise funds and bring awareness to the homeless...

The Roanoke Valley Transportation Planning Organization (RVTPO) is seeking public comments on proposed transportation projects. These projects may receive funding from the Surface Transportation Block Grant and Carbon Reduction Program. The main proposal is to secure more funding for the next phase of the Route 419...

ROANOKE, Va. (WFXR) – Pet scams continue to pop up all over the internet, from fake Facebook pages to websites that look like legitimate breeders. Here in Western Virginia, shelters like the Roanoke Valley SPCA report hearing from people who never received the pet they paid for. “She spent thousands of dollars...