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A pizza delivery driver fended off an attempted mugging Sunday night in Southeast Roanoke, according to police.

A pizza delivery driver fended off an attempted mugging Sunday night in Southeast Roanoke, according to police.

After hearing testimony today about a woman fatally shot in the Landsdowne Park public housing complex in June, a Roanoke General District Court judge certified a murder charge against 48-year-old Kenneth Devon ...

David Woodford testified that he woke up in the early hours of June 10, 2007, to the sound of his teenage stepdaughter screaming, "Get off of me! Get off of me!" He hurried toward her attic bedroom and found ...

The Roanoke City Council voted unanimously Monday to approve a rezoning request to turn civil rights pioneer Oliver Hill's childhood home into a legal aid center and museum.

Bedford Police tell us an autopsy by the Medical Examiner's Officer in Roanoke found that the person died from smoke inhilation, due to a traffic accident.

Four Carroll County residents have been charged in connection with beating a father after he asked them not to curse in front of his children at a local convenience store, according to the Wythe County ...

July 22, 2008 Convicted felons fight for the right to vote The push is on to get more people to vote, including convicted felons who have served their time.

July 22, 2008 Special prosecutor will investigate campaign ads from Roanoke's May elections The campaign trail has grown cold, but a case involving a campaign attack ads is just heating up.

The state Department of Rail and Public Transportation is holding public hearings around Virginia to gather input on a proposed statewide rail plan.

A pizza delivery driver fended off an attempted mugging Sunday night in Southeast Roanoke, according to police.

Roanokers are getting ample opportunity to offer input. In the end, let's have a park.

A local woman is taken to the hospital after an early morning rescue on Smith Mountain Lake.

A tanker truck traveling northbound on U.S. 220 went over an embankment just before the Franklin Road exit near Old Southwest and caught fire about 10 p.m. Saturday, according to Roanoke police.

A standoff at a church in Northeast Roanoke ended shortly after noon when officers went into the church to remove the armed woman.

The shooting at a Williamson Road convenience store in February that left the store's owner dead, was the second murder of the year.

A first-degree murder charge against Antonio R. Burnette is headed to the grand jury after eyewitness testimony today in Roanoke General District Court about the killing of John Wilfred Rivera Jr.

They want to know if they're barking up the right tree in one Roanoke City neighborhood.

Staff Sgt. David W. Textor, 27, of Roanoke, died Tuesday in Mosul, Iraq, of injuries suffered from a vehicle accident, the Department of Defense announced today.

Here they are, your blasts from the past revealed. It's been fun going down memory lane with so many of you in the last week, after you commented on your favorite restaurants or stores that no longer are in the ...