Roanoke VA

MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Va. (WFXR) – A Christiansburg woman will spend decades behind bars in the death of her two-year-old daughter. Heather Renee Bentley was sentenced 45 years on Wednesday, June 10, according to Montgomery County Circuit Court documents, with 25 years suspended. Forty years of the sentence are for felony

Former Virginia Tech rector John Rocovich filed a lawsuit against Gov. Abigail Spanberger in Montgomery County Circuit Court on Tuesday after she removed him from the university’s board of visitors in May for undisclosed reasons pertaining to his conduct. Rocovich was removed from the board in May, before his...

ROANOKE, Va. (WDBJ) - A new residential development is raising concerns in a Roanoke neighborhood. The project will add homes and a new road, along with traffic and noise that worry residents. A developer is planning to build 124 single-family homes just off Old Mountain Road. The project will add...

Drought starts getting real to a lot more people when officials start asking them to conserve water. That isn’t the case everywhere across Cardinal News’ Southwest and Southside Virginia coverage area, at least yet, and there are no mandatory water restrictions anywhere. But last week, Bedford Water issued a statement

ROANOKE, Va. (WFXR) – The spongy moth may seem harmless on the outside, but its presence causes destruction across Southwest Virginia and northeastern Tennessee. They’re an invasive and non-native species that feed on leaves, damaging and killing trees in the George Washington and Jefferson and Cherokee national forest

ROANOKE, Va. (WDBJ) - Federal, state and local law enforcement agencies announced the results of a month-long crime reduction effort Wednesday, highlighting more than 150 arrests, hundreds of warrants served and nearly $2 million worth of drugs seized across the Roanoke Valley. Operation Combined Resolve brought togeth

BOONES MILL, Va. (WDBJ) - A natural cemetery in Southwest Virginia is offering families a greener burial option. Forest Rest, located along the edge of Mountain View Memorial Park in Boones Mill, is certified as the only hybrid cemetery in Virginia. It is the only natural burial option between Raleigh and Harrisonburg.

ROANOKE, Va. – Virginia’s Secretary of Labor visited The Excel Center in Roanoke to get a firsthand look at how the state’s first adult high school is helping shape Virginia’s workforce. The school, operated by Goodwill Industries of the Valleys, serves adults 18 and older through an accelerated diploma program and off

A search is underway for a missing Missouri woman who was last heard from in May while she was believed to be staying at a hotel in the Town of Bedford, according to the Bedford Police Department. Rita Priyadarshani Francis, 58, is from Fenton, Missouri and has no known ties...

Owners of a wine and beer garden in Moneta are planning to build an additional outdoor stage and green space area to hold additional activities and events. Land behind Harvest Moon Marketplace and Harvest Moon Wine & Beer Garden and Tavern on Moneta Road has recently been cleared, in part to make way for an expansion o