Roanoke VA

ROANOKE, Va. – Medical experts warn parents to pay attention to how heavy their child’s backpacks are as students get ready to head back to school. Dr. Zachary Williams, who is the interim emergency medicine medical director at Lewis Gale Medical Center, said students come in with neck, back, and shoulder pain linked...

ROANOKE, Va. – Clouds will be on the increase tonight with a stray shower possible late. It will be cool night with patchy fog possible...lows will fall into the low-to-mid 60s. Tuesday will be a grayer and wetter day. Mainly cloudy skies are in the forecast with scattered showers...

ROANOKE, Va. (WDBJ) - The City of Roanoke could soon adopt a new ordinance that would ban city residents from owning hybrid canines like wolfdogs. The proposed ordinance follows concerns raised by residents of the Deyerle neighborhood in South Roanoke about a group of wolfdogs that escaped their enclosure on Windsor...

"A cafe with a different style" is how The Little Mule Cafe owner Jasmine Aguirre describes her latest restaurant venture. The Little Mule Cafe opened this past April in the Penhook area and has kicked off to a strong start in its first few months. Serving up breakfast burritos and...

ROANOKE, Va. – Homelessness declined before the COVID-19 pandemic but has since become a growing problem in Roanoke. Monday, Mayor Joe Cobb unveiled the members and mission of a new task force aimed at tackling the issue. “Our goal isn’t just to house everyone in Roanoke City,” Cobb said....

ROANOKE, VA – A Moneta resident was sentenced Thursday to 15 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to stalking a teenage girl and possessing illegal images of minors, following… The post A man who targeted a teen in a prolonged online stalking case will now spend 15 years in federal prison. first appeared on...

UPDATE 11:49 P.M. – Roanoke Police arrested a teenager for the shooting death of a Roanoke man. RPD said Sunday night that a 16-year-old boy is charged with second-degree murder and use of a firearm in commission of a felony. He’s accused of shooting and killing Isaac Lamont Cunningham in the early hours of Aug. […]

ROANOKE, Va. (WFXR) – Roanoke Fire-EMS Department responded to a house fire on Saturday, August 2, at 5:34 p.m. in the 2700 block of Sweetbriar Avenue Southwest. The call came into dispatch at 5:27 p.m., and the caller reported flames in a utility room within the home, according to officials. Crews say they saw smoke...

ROANOKE, Va. (WDBJ) - Average gasoline prices in Roanoke are up ten cents per gallon in the last week, averaging out to $2.96 per gallon, according to Gasbuddy’s survey of 155 stations in the Star City. Gasoline prices in Roanoke are unchanged from a month ago and 29 cents...

ROANOKE, Va. (WDBJ) - It’s time to gather those pencils and notebooks, as classes resume at schools across our hometowns in the coming weeks. However, not every family can afford the needed items. Every year, CHIP of Roanoke Valley does its part to help. It’s hosting its fourth annual...