A new AP-NORC poll finds that in the tumultuous political climate marked by this year’s assassination of a conservative activist Charlie Kirk in Utah and Democratic legislators in Minnesota, younger adults are much less worried about political violence than older adults.

The city of Roanoke is making strides in its efforts to reduce violence, with significant progress reported in recent months. The city’s Group Violence Intervention (GVI) program, launched just over six months ago, aims to prevent individuals from committing violent crimes.

The primary reason behind it was to protect the general public by reducing the number of crimes committed by kids under the age of 18.

A series of school threats across Southwest Virginia put districts on high alert.

In response to the Death of Nicole Rosser, a Lynchburg woman Killed last week in a stabbing, the nonprofit group Peacemakers are helping any woman in the area that has a protective order. T

Roanoke Police and city staff hosted a community forum on Wednesday evening in Downtown Roanoke for community members to express their concerns about happenings in the city.

Roanoke Vice Mayor Joe Cobb speaks to the WSLS 10 about how to address gun violence in the Star City.

The curfew will be enforced from 11 p.m. - 5 a.m. the next day.

Roanoke Councilmember Stephanie Moon Reynolds spoke with Virgnia Today Saturday, about her reaction to the gun violence in the city and what she would like to see how city leaders can address.

President Joe Biden has signed an executive order setting the path to sanction individuals involved in the recent violence in Sudan that’s left hundreds dead and thrown the African nation into chaos.

At 3:00 p.m., the City of Lynchburg will conduct a press conference at the Lynchburg Police Department’s West Building, 805 Court Street, in the conference room. City Manager Wynter C. Benda and Lynchburg Police Chief Ryan Zuidema will address the recent violent crime in the City of Lynchburg.

Lynchburg community leaders sit down Saturday to discuss a plan to stop violence from escalating in their neighborhoods.

Police officials have said it is going to take everyone to resolve it, which is sending faith-based leaders in Roanoke to the streets to find an end.

For the second night in a row, people in Lynchburg gathered in solidarity to take a stand against violence in the city.

The next community forum will be on July 29.

It will be at 6 p.m. Thursday at the Jubilee Center

ROANOKE, Va. – While domestic violence is a sensitive topic often left unspoken, it is likely affecting more people than you’d think. October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month, 10 News spoke to Jamie Starkey with Family Service of Roanoke Valley. Family Service of Roanoke Valley serves as an advocate and helping hand, if you will, for families and individuals dealing with traumas like domestic violence. For more information, click here.

Interactions between Looney Tunes characters are now a little different. Elmer Fudd and Yosemitie Sam do not carry guns in the new Looney Tunes Cartoons that launched on HBO Max. Were not doing guns, Peter Browngardt, the series executive producer and showrunner, told The New York Times in an interview. Theres no word on whether the exclusion of firearms is related to gun violence in the nation. A 2019 Looney Tunes short featured Fudd without his rife, rather using a sythe to chase Bugs Bunny.