When fire crews arrived they found smoke showing from all sides of the house and flames coming from the basement door.

The U.S. Forest Service says the flames have scorched 16 acres

A search warrant shows Zane Blankenship was walking across the parking lot of the Awful Arthurs restaurant, when police say Blakenship was shit by the Jeep officers say Shaun Scott was driving.

A vision of Carilion and Virginia Tech is becoming reality.  Their joint venture of a medical school is becoming reality. 

Roanoke officers charged Brooks Leisure with involuntary manslaughter

Roanoke is in the international spotlight as election day gets closer.  Journalists from around the world are here to talk to the voters of this swing state.

Gas prices and a slowing economy have taken a toll on tracks like Martinsville. 

A former first lady who was born in Wytheville gets a center in her honor.

The pedestrian swing-bridge over Walker creek collapsed on Sunday, October 12th, sending ten people plunging 30 feet into the water

New sculptures arrive and others are moved as the National D-Day Memorial continues implementing its overall plan.

Meeting tonight for people around Smith Mountain Lake to learn more about the film.

A Madison Heights man has been indicted by an Amherst County grand jury on a charge of murder in a March 2007 car crash in which the victim died more than a year later. 

Sheriff Jimmy Ayers said John Wayne Eggleston was arrested in June and charged with using the Monelison Volunteer Fire Department and Rescue Squad account to buy gas for his personal vehicle. 

Rose was charged in May with two felony counts of selling drugs within 1,000 feet of a school

Officials in Virginia Tech’s information technology and administrative services divisions continue to analyze the results of the Oct. 8 test of the university’s emergency notification system. Early indications are that the systems tested that day performed as designed.

Passenger traffic at Lynchburg Regional Airport jumps 36% in September. 

The first Bible was handwritten.  And now there will be another, only this Bible will be written “one verse, one person” at a time.

Mayor Skip Tharp said the city tried to be as fair to everyone as possible in pursuing the change, which will increase the tax rate from $1.80 per every $100 of assessed value to $2.17. 

Higher interest rates and uncertainty of bond sales were factors that led the School Board to vote not to proceed with its bond sale application

Virginia Tech’s top officials will meet families of those who died April 16, 2007, only once, on Sunday afternoon, despite concerns by families there would not be enough time for questions.

Because of the tightening economy, the Amherst County School Board voted Tuesday to delay a planned 10-classroom addition to Amherst Middle School. 

Bedford City Council voted Tuesday to discontinue vehicle decals and to raise the personal property tax rate to compensate for the city’s revenue loss. 

Senator Webb to rally support in our area for Senator Obama.

When choosing your next president you can’t wear candidate buttons, shirts, hats or any other paraphernalia.

A Democratic official said that Barack Obama will visit the Roanoke area on Friday. Times and locations have not been worked out.

At an press conference Tuesday afternoon, 9 of the 10 vendors appeared with their legal team, breaking the news about their potential lawsuit.

The Botetourt County Sheriff’s Department says a man tried to kidnap two teenagers in Iron Gate on Sunday night

Shaun Scott is charged with murder that happened early Saturday, August 11th

A beloved family pet is brutally attacked by a wild animal. Although seriously hurt, a siberian husky living in Grayson County is back home tonight. A witness says she was attacked by a bear. 

Roanoke Police are asking foreyewitnesses to come forward.