Roanoke Police are investigating a shooting that took place early Saturday morning in the heart of downtown. Officers responded around 12:56 a.m. to reports of gunfire in the 200 block of Market ...

The Southwest Virginia Wildlife Center wants your aluminum beverage cans. Tomorrow is the kickoff of the nonprofit's Cans for ...

Roanoke College became a Bee Campus this spring.  As WFIR’s Denise Allen Membreno reports a group of students worked to make ...

Travelers in Southwest Virginia will soon have a direct connection to one of the country’s busiest travel hubs. Starting ...

Roanoke City is remembering the victims of 10 homicides. The hope is drawing attention to these cold cases will bring answers ...

It’s been 50 years or so since Danny Wilmer, an assistant coach on Virginia’s football team, was a standout recruiter who played a major role in the Cavaliers reaching respectability. UVa’s boss ...

Roanoke City is remembering the victims of 10 homicides. The hope is drawing attention to these cold cases will bring answers.  As WFIR’s Denise Allen Membreno reports the City of Roanoke’s Gun ...

Audio report available above. Read the full story below. By Ian Price | WFIR News | April 28, 2025 A new stadium for the ...

Construction is about to begin on the Carilion Taubman Cancer Center, which will get underway next week at the Virginia Tech ...

Today is National Fentanyl Awareness Day. Congressman Morgan Griffith wrote today that, “families in Virginia’s Ninth ...

The United States is among the parties trying to broker a deal between Ukraine and Russia to stop the war - three-plus years ...

Fortune Feimster  is bringing her down home humor to the Berglund Center. WFIR’s Denise Allen Membreno has more. Comedian ...