WATCH: Osprey bird enjoys brand new home courtesy of AEP
Read full article: WATCH: Osprey bird enjoys brand new home courtesy of AEPHere is something you wonโt see every day. Over the weekend, crews with AEP were working on a site when they found an osprey birdโs nest on top of a power line on Old Mountain Road near Hollins Road Baptist Church.
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Man at center of Roanoke chase-turned-standoff arrested
Read full article: Man at center of Roanoke chase-turned-standoff arrestedORIGINAL STORYA standoff between a wanted man and Roanoke police led to a heavy police presence in the area of Hollins Road NE on Thursday night. It started at around 8:45 p.m. when police tried to take a wanted man into custody, according to the Roanoke City Police Department. The suspect led police on a short chase, which police said ended near Hollins Road NE and Mason Mill Road NE after police used spikes to disable the tires on his vehicle. There werenโt any residents nearby during the standoff, according to police. The heavy police presence near Hollins Road prompted several roadblocks and forced residents to take detours.

Freight car fire in Roanoke City extinguished; cause under investigation
Read full article: Freight car fire in Roanoke City extinguished; cause under investigationROANOKE, Va. - Crews extinguished a fire in Roanoke City near Pocahontas Avenue and Hollins Road. Around 2:45 p.m., Roanoke Fire-EMS responded to a report of a grass fire, and the first units to arrive found a freight trailer on fire. Crews extinguished the fire and the cause is currently under investigation. Copyright 2019 by WSLS 10 - All rights reserved.

Crews battled rail car trash fire in Roanoke at Tinker Creek Transfer Station
Read full article: Crews battled rail car trash fire in Roanoke at Tinker Creek Transfer StationROANOKE, Va. - Crews battled a fire that broke out in a train car carrying trash in Roanoke. The fire broke out Friday afternoon inside the Tinker Creek Transfer Station in Roanoke on Hollins Road near 460. Employees dragged the trash car outside and started working to extinguish the fire on their own until the fire department arrived. Authorities on the scene said the cause of the fire is under investigation. Copyright 2019 by WSLS 10 - All rights reserved.

Roanoke authorities investigating report of bicyclist hit by driver
Read full article: Roanoke authorities investigating report of bicyclist hit by driverROANOKE, Va. - UPDATE, 2:11 p.m.No one has been arrested regarding this incident at this time, according to the Roanoke Police Department. Authorities say the driver that hit the bicyclist remained on scene and is cooperating with the investigation. UPDATETraffic is moving on Orange Avenue near Hollins Road after an accident involving a bicyclist in Northeast Roanoke. ORIGINAL STORYRoanoke authorities are on scene investigating reports that a bicyclist was hit by a driver. Police say the call came in around 5:42 a.m.Officers are still at the scene at the intersection of Orange Avenue and Hollins Road.

Inmate who walked off during Roanoke work detail has been captured
Read full article: Inmate who walked off during Roanoke work detail has been capturedROANOKE COUNTY, Va. - An inmate who walked away from a Roanoke County Sheriffs Department work detail this morning has since been recaptured. A spokesman for Roanoke County police said that David Adam McFall, 34, walked off at about 11:30 a.m. in the Hollins Road area near the county garage. He was recaptured today shortly before 2 p.m. just inside Roanoke city limits in the Pennsylvania Avenue area by a Roanoke City K-9 officer without incident. ORIGINAL STORYAuthorities are searching for an inmate they say walked off a work detail in Roanoke County, according to assistant police chief Chuck Mason. The inmate was reportedly working with a crew near the Roanoke County garage in the Hollins Road area when he walked off.

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