The Roanoke City Fire Department is currently handling a fire in Downtown Roanoke Market Square Friday. The department says that roads around Market Square are currently closed.

The Southwest Virginia Coalition for Palestine gathered at Market Square for another in their series of protests. They say it’s important to bring awareness to the situation in Gaza.

Chipotle Mexican Grill is coming to Mexico.

Today is Small Business Saturday, and local shops are hoping you spend your holiday shopping dollars with them, instead of big box retailers.

Chipotle says its employees can choose chicken again.

The Roanoke Police Department is asking the public to avoid downtown after a bear cub was spotted in Market Square.

Restaurants are beginning the new year with a recurring problem: labor shortages.

Downtown Roanoke ready for New Year's Eve Celebrations

UPDATE - Sept. 19, 2022

Whether you’re looking for a new adventure, a restaurant, or an incredible view, you can find it in Roanoke.

A union says workers at a Chipotle store in Michigan have voted to unionize, becoming the first of the Mexican fast-food chain’s 3,000 locations to do so.

ROANOKE, Va. – Downtown Roanoke businesses are not just helping you complete your Christmas shopping. They are also providing the community with some traditional sights of the holiday season as several stores around Market Square have decorated their window fronts. The idea behind some of the extravagant displays is to encourage people to shop local this holiday season. “It’s been wonderful even when we were decorating the windows and just putting them up, the people stopping on the street just to say how excited they were to see some beautiful Christmas windows downtown again and to see them in the Heironimus building again,” said Olivia King, a manager at Mast General Store. This is the first Christmas Mast General Store has been open in Roanoke.

ROANOKE, Va. – The Roanoke Police Department arrested the man responsible for stabbing two men Friday night. At 9:15 p.m., police responded to the Market Square area downtown and found two men with non-life-threatening stab wounds. The two injured men were transported to Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital and officers located a suspect on the scene. Kemarcus Curry, 34, was arrested and charged with two counts of malicious wounding, according to authorities. Police said that all three men know each other and a verbal altercation escalated to the stabbing.

Hundreds of people pulled up chairs and participated in a worship service on Market Square. Its so important that our city hears the voice of peace, hears the voice of Jesus coming in the midst of chaos, Henderson said. Were bringing togetherness; thats our mission.This was the second Sunday in a row Hendersons event occupied Market Square. We want to know that the city of Roanoke wants to gather and worship Jesus appropriately, McClure said. Let us leave this event today saying I have to be better, added Pastor Michael Anderson of New Generation Church.

Former Fluvanna Correctional Center for Women inmate Stephanie Parris sits in Market Square on Wednesday, July 15, 2020, in Roanoke, Va. Parris was finishing a two-year prison sentence for a probation violation when she heard shed be going home three weeks early because of COVID-19. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

ROANOKE, Va. The Science Museum of Western Virginia cleaned out its closet and gave away educational materials in Market Square Saturday morning, but the items did not last long. Executive director Rachel Hopkins said their surplus ran out within half an hour. She said about a hundred kids and their parents came to their sidewalk social, and some lined up an hour before the event started. I think theres a demand for such items.The items included books, board games, and other assorted materials to help elementary-age children learn. The Science Museum of Western Virginia is still closed to the general public, although it is offering summer camps for children.