Roanoke News

They started off their hioliday with a ride through downtown Roanoke. Adults and even children took part in the 1-kilometer race.

July 4, 2009 Protesters gather for Tea Party in Roanoke Independence Day is a time to celebrate our country and our freedom.

July 3, 2009 Two Roanoke country clubs talk merger News7 has confirmed Hunting Hills Country Club and the Roanoke Country Club are talking about merging.

Governor Kaine is spending his whole day in Roanoke Thursday. He began Thursday morning with a five mile bike ride along the Roanoke River Greenway, with kids and staffers from local summer camps.

First, officers' safety was compromised; then, public confidence was shaken in the Roanoke sheriff's leadership of her department after news broke of its participation in training that intentionally put officers downrange of live gunfire.

On Tuesday, it was in Market Square in downtown Roanoke. People could sample smoothies and milkshakes, pose for celebrity-inspired milk mustache souvenir photos, and learn all about the health benefits of milk.

A single-vehicle wreck Monday night in Troutville took the life of a 2-week-old child, according to Virginia State Police.

The he is Roanoke City Fire Marshal Daniel Rakes.A He says Finnicuma s fireworks are legal because they only emit showers of sparks.A So what makes a firework illegal? a oeIf it moves in any direction, horizontally, vertically, shoots up in the air, or explodes with a bang like a firework is considered illegal in the state of Virginia,a oe said ...

Roanoke County Fire and Rescue Capt. Barry Hurley and Glen Greer, a county firefighter and paramedic, prepare for dinner Wednesday with the rest of the Clearbrook station staff, including six Roanoke firefighters who have helped staff the station since 2002.

Authorities are suspecting arson after investigating an apartment building fire that occurred early Sunday.

John and Jane Schreiner drove across the country to pick up their new pet and bring him back to their home in Washington state.

Lights from Sheriff's Dept. vehicles illuminate the scene of a triple slaying early Sunday morning, June 28, 2009 in Axton, Va.

Roanoke City has found one way to help it "go green." Electric cars. In their newest effort to be more environmentally friendly, the city's fleet management division bought two electric vehicles.

Roanoke police arrested four people Friday morning after a rash of thefts from vehicles in Southeast Roanoke.

ROANOKE, Va. - Virginia will keep its interstate highway rest areas open through the Fourth of July holiday weekend, even though money to operate them has run out.

More than 250 animals spent Wednesday night and Thursday on the move after a small fire at the Angels of Assisi office in Southwest Roanoke.

A teenager has agreed to plead guilty to a federal conspiracy charge for his role in a plot to kidnap the wives of wealthy men in the Roanoke area and hold them for ransom.

Some 7,000 people turned out to see the Jacksons in concert at the Roanoke Civic Center on Nov.

A pet shop owner has been charged with 200 counts of failure to bury dead animals.

Roanoke City Fire-EMS believes an electrical problem sparked a fire that destroyed a home in the southeast part of the city, on Thursday afternoon.