Roanoke County News

A special prosecutor says an Altavista police officer who fatally shot an armed 83-year-old woman acted properly.

Only about 500 customers remain without power as of Monday morning, four days after storms knocked out power to 175,000 homes and businesses in Virginia.

Roanoke Co., VA - Traffic is very slow moving on Interstate 81 in Roanoke County due to an accident involving a tractor trailer.

A fascinating tidbit in the Washington Post's latest story on NSA leaker Edward Snowden: Snowden wanted the Washington Post to publish online a cryptographic key that he could use to prove to a foreign embassy that he was the source of the documents: Code Name 'Verax': Snowden, in Exchanges With Post Reporter, Made Clear He Knew Risks .

The former vice president of a Rocky Mountain timber company faces up to five years in prison for stealing nearly $1.9 million from the company's lender and an undetermined amount from a subsequent employer.

The knock came while the Hoback family prepared for church on a Sunday in mid-July 1944.

Roanoke, Co., VA - Police officers around the state are making the trek to Richmond for the Special Olympics this weekend.

Roanoke Co., VA - The final step in the completion of Roanoke County's "South County Library" is now complete.

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 147 PM EDT SUN JUN 2 2013 ROANOKE VA-FRANKLIN VA- 147 PM EDT SUN JUN 2 2013 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 215 PM EDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN ROANOKE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA... NORTHERN FRANKLIN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA... AT 135 PM EDT...TRAINED ... (more)

Roanoke Co., VA - Roanoke County firefighters had to free a dog stuck in a drain pipe Thursday morning on Forest Acre Court.

A federal lawsuit filed by an American Indian tribal government against the city of Martinsville and other defendants involved in a raid is being settled.

Roanoke Co., VA - Roanoke County officials have lifted the lockdowns at William Byrd High School and William Byrd Middle School in Vinton Friday.