Roanoke VA

ROANOKE, Va. (WFXR)- The Roanoke Police Department is investigating a two-vehicle collision that left one man dead and three others injured. The crash occurred around 8:30 p.m. on Friday, December 12 in the 4400 block of Franklin Road SW. The roadway was shut down while officers worked the scene. The three injured...

SALEM, Va. (WFXR) — More than 5,200 locations nationwide participated in Wreaths Across America on Saturday, honoring fallen veterans from their communities. That long list included Salem, Virginia, where the graves of more than 500 veterans, resting in East Hill and East Hill North cemeteries, are now adorned with...

Country Herald is Local News, Independent Pulse. Covering breaking local news, sports, lifestyle and events. Blacksburg, VA – Residents across western and central Virginia, along with nearby portions of West Virginia and North Carolina, are being warned of dangerously cold wind chills tonight into Monday morning,...

Country Herald is Local News, Independent Pulse. Covering breaking local news, sports, lifestyle and events. Blacksburg, VA – Strong northwest winds are impacting parts of Virginia, West Virginia, and North Carolina today, with gusts powerful enough to create travel hazards and potential power disruptions,...

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Virginia Tech University in Blacksburg has officially ended its 7-year-old Ujima program, residence halls that were opened on April 13, 2018 for students who shared academic and personal interests. Ujima, which has grown from an initial 70 students to 188 students, as of the fall of 2025, closed this fall....

ROANOKE, VA – Just in time for the holidays, the 11th annual WSLS Home for Good project is reaching a major milestone. After the community came together to raise the walls in June, the completed Habitat for Humanity home will be officially dedicated on Wednesday, marking the moment it becomes a permanent place to...

BEDFORD COUNTY, Va. (WFXR)- Volunteers with the Forest Fire Department rescued the driver of a pickup who had crashed over a Bedford County Bridge. According to the department, firefighters responded to the scene shortly after 11:00 p.m. on Saturday, December 13. The pickup had went off the bridge on Bateman Bridge...

The Strasburg Rams are playing in The Class 2 State Title Game later this morning against the Glenvar Highlanders. Just one year after falling to Graham in last year’s State Title, Strasburg returns to Salem once again. This will be the sixth time the Rams have appeared in a...

ROANOKE, Va. (WDBJ) - Many of our hometowns have already experienced low temperatures and heavy snow, and there’s more on the way. Several people during the Dickens of a Christmas parade told us how they made it through the snow and how they are preparing for the upcoming cold front.