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In our monthly Corner Booth food column, we feature restaurant openings, closings, changes, a first-impression review and more. Big Daddy’s BBQ & Sweet Shack brings Texas-style ‘cue to Salem. Food truck Big Daddy’s BBQ & Sweet Shack announced it will open a permanent location at 602 West Fourth...

The story below is a preview from our July/August 2025 issue. For more stories like it, Subscribe Today. Thank you!. For six decades, the Catawba Sanatorium treated patients ravaged by tuberculosis. It would often begin as fatigue occasionally accompanied by night sweats and persistent coughing. Once blood appeared...

ROANOKE, Va. – The Smokey Bones Bar and Fire Grill in Valley View is set to close on July 6, according to note left on the window of the restaurant Tuesday and in an email sent to customers. The email to customers said in part:. Our Smokey Bones location...

BOTETOURT, Va. (WFXR) – Botetourt County Department of Fire and EMS is rolling out a new incentive program aimed at strengthening its volunteer ranks. Starting tomorrow, volunteers in Botetourt County will be eligible to earn between five and 20 dollars for every emergency call they run. Zach Beckner, Fire Chief at...

ROANOKE, Va. – On Saturday evening, a shooting at Huff Lane Park left an 18-year-old with serious gunshot wounds. Huff Lane Park is normally a quiet park where families can enjoy the beauty of Roanoke. “This is a beautiful and widespread area where you get to see the grass,...

ROANOKE, Va. (WFXR) — There were four shootings across the region in a little more than 24 hours this weekend. Roanoke Police released photos of persons of interest after a Saturday shooting injured an 18-year-old near Huff Lane Park. Also in Roanoke, a man is accused of killing his father Saturday, then fleeing to...

BEDFORD, Va. (WFXR) – The Bedford County Sheriff’s Office has announced a new addition to deputies’ uniforms that will go into effect on Tuesday, July 1. A western cowboy hat will be a part of the uniform policy after deputies and staff brought the idea to the table with positive feedback, according to officials....

ROANOKE, Va. – ROANOKE, Va. – Temperatures return to the 80s for most of Southwest Virginia. A few of us see the 90s, but showers and storms may limit how hot we get. The overall setup for the day continues to bring moisture into the region ahead of a front.

ROANOKE, Va. (WDBJ) - The Smokey Bones Bar & Fire Grill restaurant location at Valley View Mall in Roanoke is closing. July 6, 2025 will be the last day of business, confirms a manager at the restaurant. The chain has several dozen restaurants in Eastern US states. WDBJ7 is working...

For every careful step forward in cancer research, there is a patient waiting — a family holding its breath in the middle of the night. That reality was clear at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute’s Cancer Research Symposium in Roanoke held June 11-12. The annual event, organized this year by the Fralin...