A new task force is making a difference in the Roanoke Valley and keeping dangerous drugs off the street, including fentanyl.

An all-terrain vehicle driven by a 7-year-old boy flipped and landed on his 5-year-old passenger, killing her, Virginia authorities said.

RICHMOND, Va. More than 1,000 people have been denied the purchase of a firearm under a new law in Virginia that limits purchases to one handgun a month. The Richmond Times-Dispatch reported Tuesday that 1,102 people were denied under the law last month. There were more 1,800 denials overall in the state for the month of July. Many believed the law would not apply to purchases made the month before the law took effect on July 1. Jerry Cochran, owner of Trader Jerry's, said the state made the law "retroactive and did not tell us."

ROANOKE COUNTY, Va. - Billboards in Roanoke and Franklin counties are giving new attention to the case of a Franklin County man missing since 2013. The one on Brambleton Avenue in Roanoke near the Colonial Avenue Kroger is electronic. The one in Franklin County on Highway 220 near Duncan Ford is a traditional billboard. The billboards ask anyone with information about the disappearance of Christopher Douthat to contact state police. The documents say investigators have interviewed the woman.