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VDOT spends $5,000,000 to build Botetourt County wetland
To meet requirements from federal and state regulators, VDOT spent $5.1 million to build a wetland and stream in Eagle Rock.
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Roanoke business leaders, police remove homeless campsite
You've probably driven by an area of Hershberger Road, next to Lowes, a hundred times, and never knew homeless people were living in the woods.
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Roanoke Police officer bitten by pit bull, dog eventually killed
A call about an aggressive pit bull running loose in a neighborhood, ended with an officer bitten, and the dog shot and killed
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Montgomery County man convicted in rape case
Investigators say a DNA match from a peeping case, lead to the conviction of Christopher Walrond
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Smith Mountain Lake sees new businesses popping up
There have been dozens of new businesses to open their doors this past year.
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UPDATE: State Fair of Virginia will be held in September
The State Fair of Virginia will be held in September now that the property was sold at auction today for $5.67 million to Universal Fairs LLC.
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Journell's future at Virginia Tech up to AD Weaver
BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) Suspended Virginia Tech placekicker Cody Journell's future with the Hokies is in the hands of athletic director Jim Weaver. Journell pleaded guilty to misdemeanor trespassing charges Monday in Montgomery County General District Court. He was sentenced to
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Seagrasses drop sharply in Md., Va. coastal bays
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) Seagrasses suffered sharp losses in coastal bays on the Eastern Shore, according to survey results released by Maryland and Virginia officials. Seagrass acreage dropped 35 percent between July 2010 and May 2011, according to the figures released
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Grads with diplomas, GEDs to walk at Montgomery Co. graduations
It is part of a program paid for by federal money. It has happened for about ten years now.
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Cheers, hugs, tears greet local soldiers returning home from Afghanistan
Cheers, hugs, and lots of tears greeted about a dozen local soldiers who returned home Tuesday from Afghanistan.
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Explore Park looks to sell more than 40 acres
Explore Park has started the process of the potential sell of a 47 acre tract of land which is not part of the immediate park.
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AEP says Smith Mountain Lake back to normal levels
A spokesperson tells us the conditions have been improving, and are back at normal levels.
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2013 murder trial set for Somalis in piracy case
NORFOLK, Va. (AP) A 2013 trial date has been set for three Somali men charged with murdering four Americans aboard a yacht off the coast of Africa. Ahmed Muse Salad, Abukar Osman Beyle and Shani Nurani Shiekh Abrar could face
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Hokies add shooting guard Adam Smith as transfer
BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) New Virginia Tech men's basketball coach James Johnson has landed his first player. Johnson says guard Adam Smith is transferring from UNC Wilmington to the Hokies. Smith started 29 games for the Seahawks as a freshman and
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Virginia FREE rankings bemoan lack of road funding
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) A pro-business organization is generally happier with the first fully Republican General Assembly in years, but it's less than thrilled that lawmakers haven't boosted funding for highways or repealed several business taxes. The annual Virginia FREE ranking
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E.C. Glass drama director retiring after more than 3 decades
E.C Glass High School's Director of Drama is retiring at the end of the school year, the drama department announced this morning.
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Virginia Tech librarian recognized for co-creating Campus Police Support Group
Ellen Krupar receives the 2012 President's Award for all the good she's done co-creating and leading the Campus Police Support Group.
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2 die in accidents on I-95 in northern Va.
WASHINGTON (AP) Virginia State Police say two people have been killed in separate accidents on Interstate 95 in Prince William County. Police say they were called to a single-vehicle crash in the southbound lanes of the interstate about 4:30 a.m.
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Jury recommends 58 years in Lynchburg shooting
Orlando DeSean Harvey admitted to being the one who shot Marc Washington and Jahvonte Gilbert on the Grace Street bridge the night of March 20, 2011.
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Site of State Fair of Virginia up for auction
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) The Caroline County farm that's been the site of the State Fair of Virginia is up for auction. The 360-acre Meadow Event Park site is being sold at foreclosure Tuesday after the nonprofit State Fair of Virginia
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Va, others ask feds to fight for execution drug
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli has joined officials in several states in asking the federal government to fight a judge's decision that blocked the importation of a drug used in executions. The Richmond Times-Dispatch reports (http://bit.ly/K83rxy )
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Driver flees scene of accident in Danville
The driver of a 2006 Nissan Altima fled the scene of an accident after hitting an early 1990s model Toyota pickup truck, leaving the driver of the Toyota and a passenger in the Altima trapped.
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State Police charge driver in deadly Rockbridge County crash
James Blankenship faces involuntary manslaughter, DUI charges in Jeep crash that killed passenger
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Flash flood watch
Areas west of the Blue Ridge are under a Flash Flood Watch through midnight.
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Va. woman forfeits 94 malnourished animals
DINWIDDIE, Va. (AP) A woman has given up 94 malnourished horses and other animals that authorities seized from her farm in Dinwiddie County. WWBT-TV (http://bit.ly/KYfz4g ) says Sara Johnson agreed to forfeit her animals during a seizure hearing Monday in
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