Grammy-nominated bluegrass artists Cherryholmes performs Saturday, April 26, at 8 p.m., in Radford University’s Bondurant Auditorium, Preston Hall. Tickets go on sale Wednesday, April 9th

Firefighters rush to a home in Danville finding intense flames and heavy smoke.

Roanoke City School Board votes 6-1 in favor of changing school start times

New plans have been revealed for Slate Hill development.

The Wilson Park Steering Committee will conduct a clean up campaign on Saturday, April 12, from 1:00 – 4:00 p.m.

If members of the Pittsylvania County Board of Supervisors get their way, the county’s only ABC store will shut its doors.  That’s because the state kept the county’s annual liquor-sale reimbursement funds to balance the budget for the coming fiscal year, County Administrator Dan Sleeper said.

She’s a six-week-old Pit Bull puppy, and already scarred for life. Both of her ears were cut off.  Danville Humane Investigator Paulette Dean said the owner of the dog paid someone to cut them with box cutters.

Roanoke Commonwealth’s Attorney Don Caldwell said he felt a judge or jury should decide if a police shooting was justified.

Several elderly advocate organizations come together for Car Fit 2008.

Local leaders have 30 days to review DRPT’s report and make a recommendation on the proposed site.

Developing Story: The accident happened near the intersection of Bridge Stree and Russell Avenue.

City of Bedford and Bedford County officials are negotiating the possibility of changing the city’s status to town status.
If it happens, Bedford City would become the state’s third locality since 1988 to revert to a town, said Bill Hoy, the county’s public information officer.

The Blue Ridge Area Food Bank Network says that it has been chosen by Bruce Springsteen to be the charitable beneficiary of his April 30th concert at the John Paul Jones Arena in Charlottesville

U.S Army Lieutenant Colonel Jayson A. Altieri, a 1982 graduate of Northside High School and commander of an 82nd Airborne Aviation Task Force which recently redeployed from southern Afghanistan was recognized for his distinguished service at ceremonies held at Fort Bragg.

The award winning poet addresses Continuing Education students, reflecting on the past year at Virginia Tech and sharing her new work.

The tragedy hit Charles Steger, harder than most.
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Accident now clear

Police in Galax have found strawberry-flavored methamphetamine two times in the last few months.  State police believe the flavoring is added to get rid of the drug’s bitter taste and/or to mask the odor

The squad wins the award for their response to the gyrocopter crash last October

On the stage of the William Fleming High School Auditorium there was more agreement than disagreement between the Roanoke City Council and mayoral candidates.

U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Virginia John Brownlee says Jamar Bernard Woody received a 12 year sentence for conspiring to distrbute more than 50 grams of cocaine.

The U.S. Attorney’s Office says Robert Lawson pleaded guilty to setting fires at Terrace View Apartments back in July, August, and September 2007.

Senator Jim Webb’s staff to hold satellite office hours in Staunton April 15th

Salena Marie Sullivan is part of the Roanoke City high school’s French Honor Society and a member of the Colonel’s Theatre Company

An indictment accuses John Stanley of murdering Marvin Lawson.

A Roanoke grand jury indicted Beverly Mangum late Monday afternoon, for what police say was his role in the murder of convenience store clerk Jay Brahmbhatt back on February 28th.

Postmaster Barry F. Perdow said there no longer appears to be a need for the post office to stay open later because more people file their taxes online.

A plan to build an 18,240-square-foot fire station in Forest was approved Monday by Bedford County’s Planning Commission.

A crowd of close to 60 people showed up to a public hearing and eight spoke, many of them supporting a pay raise for teachers

The request, made by Donnie and Sandra Cyrus, was to accommodate a pet miniature horse, which Sandra Cyrus told the board was a gift from neighbors.