Roanoke County News

A fire that displaced a Roanoke County couple and their dog Sunday night has been ruled accidental, a department spokeswoman said.

A teenager was killed while hunting Saturday, according to the Buena Vista Police Department.

Roanoke County police have arrested a man in a string of break-ins over the past three months.

Incumbent Mike Stovall won four more years on the Roanoke County School Board on Tuesday -- his fifth consecutive term in the Vinton District seat.

On Thursday, Nov. 5, the first roundabout in Roanoke County is expected to open on Route 720 at the intersection with Route 687 .

In an effort to communicate with her daughter, Gil Harrington displays a family symbol during a news conference.

Republican candidate Bill Cleaveland won the open 17th District House of Delegates seat Tuesday night, defeating Democratic Roanoke City Councilwoman Gwen Mason by nearly 5,400 votes.

The reward for information leading to the return of Virginia Tech student Morgan Harrington -- or the conviction of those responsible for her disappearance -- could reach $150,000, if rock band Metallica carries through with a plan to kick in $50,000, according to the Web site findmorgan.com. The reward currently offered by the Jefferson Area Crime ...

In her closing arguments for the sentencing phase of the four-day trial of Jeffrey Martin Young this week, Commonwealth's Attorney Stephanie Shortt said Young's brutal, unprovoked attack of Ciera Sowers Boyd in the parking lot of Slaughter's Supermarket on Jan.

After renovating the site, Interactive Design Group invited current and former firefighters to visit the old Roanoke Fire Station No.

The following is a list of highway projects that may affect traffic this week. For statewide traffic information for major roadways, dial 511 or visit www.511Virginia.org . INTERSTATE 81 Paving: Weather permitting, lane closures may be in place for pavement repairs and paving on northbound and southbound I-81 in Botetourt County between mile ...

When asked why he struck a woman with a vehicle and beat her with a log and a club in the parking lot of Slaughters' Supermarket, Jeffery Young told a forensic psychologist that there was something about the store's name.

The Roanoke Valley Association of Realtors has endorsed one incumbent and two newcomers for seats on the Roanoke County Board of Supervisors.

Roanoke County investigators are on the scene of the fire, trying to determine the cause.

A Roanoke County man is dead after a crashing a motorcycle Saturday night. Police say Curtis Hackett, 21, struck a utility pole on West Main Street in Salem near Fort Lewis Boulevard at about 10:40 p.m. Hackett was pronounced dead at the scene, according to Lt.

Roanoke County Fire and Rescue dedicated its first new fire station in nearly 20 years Thursday morning.

Some Roanoke County firefighters EMTs have a new home. The county opened a new fire station near the intersection of Hershberger and Plantation Roads.

Gov. Timothy M. Kaine has denied a clemency request by a convicted child molester whose accuser recanted her testimony.

On the ground and in the sky, police in Charlottesville are searching for 20-year-old Morgan Harrington.

Town officials are concerned that a water line construction project by Franklin County and the Western Virginia Water Authority could disrupt water service and fire protection in Boones Mill if the contractor breaks, cuts or damages one of the town's water lines.