Roanoke VA

ROANOKE, Va. – With Christmas just days away, last-minute shoppers are hitting stores in Roanoke hoping to find the perfect gift. But with prices increasing and uncertainty about the economy, many families are shopping more carefully this year. Genesis Mackenzie, a Roanoke shopper, said, “This was like last-minute,...

ROANOKE COUNTY, Va. (WDBJ) - A tractor trailer driver has been charged in a crash that killed three people, including a toddler, in Roanoke County, according to Virginia State Police. 58-year-old El Hadji Karamoko Quattara was charged with reckless driving. At 11:08 p.m. Monday, December 22, 2025, troopers were...

ROANOKE COUNTY, Va. (WSET) — A Roanoke County teenager is being remembered not just for the cancer he fought, but for the joy, faith and kindness he showed throughout his life. Seventeen-year-old Camden Thepsimuong died Wednesday after a battle with a rare bone cancer. Friends, family, and community members...

A tractor trailer driver has been charged with reckless driving in an accident on Interstate 81 that killed three people in Roanoke County on Monday. Additional charges are pending against the tractor trailer driver, El Hadji Karamoko Quattara, 58, according to Virginia State Police. Lorraine Renee Williams, 65;...

ROCKY MOUNT, Va. – Rocky Mount Mayor Holland Perdue is working to achieve a milestone never before reached in Virginia: establishing term limits for the mayor and town council seats. The proposal would cap service in these positions at a maximum of 12 years. To make this change, the...

ROANOKE, Va. (WFXR)- Police in Roanoke said one man was taken to the hospital in a domestic-related shooting over the weekend. It happened at 5:28 p.m. on Saturday, December 20 in the 1100 block of Stewart Avenue SE. According to the Roanoke Police Department, officers located a 37-year-old man with...

ROANOKE, Va. (WFXR) — High pressure arrives tonight with mostly clear skies as winds begin to calm down. Temperatures will drop quickly overnight as lows bottom out in the low-to-mid 20s with teens in the higher elevations. Monday will be another calm day with slightly cooler highs in the 40s for most under mostly...

Virginia Tech remains firmly entrenched in the national recruiting picture, and that reality was reinforced Sunday afternoon when 2027 offensive tackle Layton V

ROANOKE, Va. – On Monday, hundreds gathered to say goodbye to Cam Thepisimuong, a William Byrd High School student who spent his last years battling cancer. Cam led a courageous life, inspiring almost everyone who met him, even as he faced treatment. A friend of Cam said, “That’s the...

(WFXR) – After a holiday party, most people will hop in their cars and drive home, however as drinking habits change, experts are warning folks that other substances can make it dangerous to get behind the wheel of a car too. “It’s more of a societal or demographic shift, younger people are tending to use […]