Roanoke VA

ROANOKE, Va. – Roanoke City Public Schools are back to routine today. That included staff and students at Monterey Elementary School. We got to join in on the first day of school along with the principal and Superintendent Dr. Verletta White. Dr. White got to speak with some of...

Roanoke College is unveiling a new on-campus housing option this year. Maroon Village consists of a group of renovated shipping containers, a form of housing that is growing in popularity across the country. Roanoke College senior Colin Mendoza took 10 News on a tour of Maroon Village, his new home...

Twenty-five years after it was purchased by a state-created recreational authority to create a Lewis and Clark-themed heritage site, Explore Park is under new ownership. The Roanoke County Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday to purchase the 1,060-acre park for one dollar from the Virginia Recreational Facilities...

ROANOKE COUNTY, Va. (WDBJ) - A resident was found dead in the aftermath of a house fire Saturday night, according to Roanoke County Fire & Rescue. Fire crews were called at 10:23 p.m. August 16, 2025, to the 1300 block of Goodwin Avenue. They found flames on the second floor and brought the fire under control in...

The Culpeper County Sheriff’s Office (CCSO) reports the arrest of a Roanoke County man for assault and battery and abduction. Culpeper County Deputies responded to the assault with serve injuries near Camp Road August 16 at approximately at 3 a.m. On arrival deputies found a female suffering from significant...

FRANKLIN COUNTY, Va. (WSET) — The man accused of killing a Franklin County High School coach was denied bond on Tuesday. James Maddox, the man accused of killing 46-year-old Tony Demond Gill, was denied bond in General District Court, and is reportedly appealing the decision to Circuit Court. The...

James H. McDowell Jr., 33, of Beverly City, was charged with murder, certain persons not to have firearms, possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose, and unlawful possession of a weapon, Burlington County Prosecutor LaChia L. Bradshaw and City of Burlington Police Chief Ryan P. Elbertson said in a joint statement.

ROANOKE, Va. – Tuesday is starting off with partly to mostly cloudy skies and mild temperatures. Zone by zone temperatures will reach the upper 70s and lower 80s. A couple of showers are possible across the region Tuesday, but most stay dry. A front will move in close on...

Everybody knows "Jack and the Beanstalk," the fairy tale in which a boy trades away the family cow for magic beans that grows overnight into an enormous beanstalk up to a castle. But in other tellings, Jack went on to have many more adventures, including here in Appalachia. And perhaps...

On Tuesday, August 19, WDBJ would like to give a shout out to all those in our hometowns who are celebrating a birthday or anniversary!. Sponsored by Montano’s Restaurant.