Roanoke VA

MARION, Va. (WAVY) – U.S. Marshals arrested a 43-year-old Newport News man in connection with a bank robbery in Roanoke County. Christopher Brian Havens was taken into custody in Marion, Va., Wednesday evening, according to an update from the Roanoke County Police Department. The robbery took place at approximately 3...

Josh Poslusny breaks down four things to watch for Virginia Tech vs William & Mary. Read more below.

ROANOKE, Va. – We are starting off with much cooler temperatures today, only in the 20s and 30s this morning, but we do at least have a lot of sunshine and blue sky!. As you step out the door, we will feel a bit colder than our actual air temperatures thanks to wind gusts up to 40 MPH. Hold onto your hats and be sure...

When I wrote recently about holding onto joy as budgets shrink, I meant it. Public housing is not just an agency. It is a lifeline. It is elderly residents, people with disabilities, children, long-term tenants and working families trying to remain stable in an unstable world. It is also frontline staff doing...

ROANOKE, Va. (WFXR) – Roanoke Indivisible is holding its lecture series titled ‘Understanding Unsustainable Systems and Developing Alternatives’ across Roanoke and Blacksburg, beginning February 16. These educational opportunities are modeled off of teach-ins held during the Civil Rights Movement. Roanoke Indivisible...

When it comes to making spelling bee history at Roanoke County Public Schools, Cave Spring Middle School 6th grader, Ashvin Pinnamaraju, and William Byrd Middle School 8th grader, Rory Grant, are the tops. Last year, Grant edged out Pinnamaraju in the 18th round to claim the title and went on to the national spelling...

ROANOKE, Va. – A major contribution to help build the Carilion Taubman Cancer Center in Roanoke came in the form of a donation from the James M. Cox Foundation on Wednesday. The foundation donated half a million dollars to help expand access to advanced cancer care for thousands of local patients. The donation was...

Former Virginia Tech offensive lineman Xavier Chaplin is finding out things aren't always are not greener on the other side.

Country Herald is Local News, Independent Pulse. Covering breaking local news, sports, lifestyle and events. Blacksburg, Virginia – A widespread rain event Sunday could bring over half an inch of rainfall along I-81 and surrounding highways. According to the US National Weather Service in Blacksburg, most of...

Roanoke County Police responded at approximately 3:00 p.m. Wednesday to a report of a bank robbery at the Member One Federal Credit Union branch located at 2310 Electric. Road. The caller advised that a subject had just robbed the bank and fled on foot. Security footage shows a white male suspect, approximately 5’10”...