Roanoke VA

Roanoke College celebrated its connection Friday to an alumnus who played a pivotal role in the 20th century movement to liberate Korea from Japanese rule. Roanoke College officially opened its new Kim Kyusik Center for Korean Studies on the school's campus in Salem. Kim Kyusik was born in Korea in...

ROANOKE, VA. (WFXR) – An audit found that the Roanoke Police Department (RPD) overspent a $300,000 state gun violence prevention grant. Mike Crawley, the Roanoke Deputy Chief of Police says the City of Roanoke received the grant in 2020. The funding was used to support RPD’s Rapid Engagement of Support in the Event...

Country Herald is Local News, Independent Pulse. Covering breaking local news, sports, lifestyle and events. Blacksburg, Virginia – Residents across Southwest Virginia are heading into a sharp weather swing that could drop temperatures by more than 35 degrees within 48 hours, bringing spring warmth this weekend...

Yokohama Tire announced that it will permanently close its manufacturing plant in Salem, Virginia, effective March 18. Previously, the company announced a reduction in output for March and notified employees that production could cease in July. After negotiations with the United Steel, Paper and Forestry, Rubber,...

ROANOKE, Va. (WDBJ) - Exit, Pursued By A Bear, the community theater based at the auditorium of Community High School in downtown Roanoke, opens its production of Buddies Friday night. The play was written by Ben Abbott, a 2025 graduate of the Hollins University Master of Fine Arts Playwriting program.

ROANOKE, Va. – The Roanoke City Commonwealth’s Attorney’s office announced Friday that Assistant Commonwealth’s Attorney Jason D. Morgan had been selected by the Virginia General Assembly as General District Judge for the 23rd Judicial District. Morgan will fill the position for a term beginning in Nov....

BEDFORD, Va. (WFXR) – Just after 1:30 a.m. on the morning of March 13, firefighters with the Bedford Fire Department (BFD), Forest Fire Department (FFD), and Brookville-Timberlake Volunteer Fire Department joined forces to tackle a garage fire on Colby Dr. The fire Chief from FFD arrived to see a...

ROANOKE, Va. (WDBJ) - A Roanoke gun shop owner says sales of semi-automatic firearms are surging as customers rush to buy, before an expected assault firearms ban takes effect. The bill, which could ban the sale of assault firearms, is on Gov. Spanberger’s desk. If signed, selling or transferring semi-automatic...

BEDFORD, Va. – A man was arrested and a woman was rescued following an abduction and assault in Bedford, Bedford Police Department said. BPD said they responded to a disturbance at Raintree Village Apartments on Thursday around 8:05 p.m. The Bedford County Emergency Communications received a call from a resident who...

Virginia Tech is likely not in the tournament, but several games are worth monitoring just in case.