Troutville News

Fire crews responded to a house fire in Botetourt County that killed a dog and caused heavy smoke damage Wednesday evening.

The Virginia Department of Transportation has begun putting up electronic message signs today warning motorists that 18 Interstate rest areas will close July 21.

Travelers who count on Virginia's no-frills rest areas as places to stop are about to find their passage through the state less comfortable.

Now that the July 4 holiday weekend is over, VDOT has finalized dates for rest stop closures along I-81. As we reported last month, 9 of 18 rest stops from Winchester to Bristol along the 1-81 corridor are scheduled to close.

State Police are investigating a crash that killed a 14-day-old infant in Botetourt Co.

Six of Roanoke's 18 elementary schools will get new principals in the fall after the closure of two elementary schools, according to a list from school administrators.

Joel Branscom isn't pictured in the Sol Revolt band photo online yet, so he posed with the band members in his office recently.

The days of convenient rest areas, freshly mowed grass and weed-free flower beds along the interstates in Southwest Virginia are coming to an end.

As white-dove releases become popular tributes in weddings and funerals, a pair of West Virginia brothers have turned a hobby into a full-time business.Places to go, things to do The birds return to their "home." Scientists are still unsure how homing pigeons can find their way home, even from locations where they've never been released before.

Eighteen-year-old Jacob Creasy of Troutville killed a nice gobbler on May 5 near Buchanan.

Eighteen-year-old Jacob Creasy of Troutville killed this nice gobbler on May 5 near Buchanan.

Kaitlin King, a kindergartner at Life Academy in Roanoke, plays at Troutville Park during a school outing.

Some health care reform strategists are talking about a value-added tax. They'd have to overcome its regressive nature.

Officials are crafting a boundary-adjustment proposal in Troutville that would approximately triple the tiny town's area.

A Western Virginia transportation leader wants Virginia to soften a plan to close most rest areas on Interstate 81.

Mary Eng and her daughter Tiffany Eng at their home in Roanoke County. Annie Lin and her son, Jerry Wu, pose at the Salem Public Library.

Yesterday was a day of celebration for Roanoke Cement Company -- the only cement manufacturing facility in the Commonwealth of Virginia -- as it took the top honor winning the Overall Environmental Excellence Award in the Portland Cement Association's 2008 Cement Industry Energy & Environment Awards.

Gus the dog tried very hard to keep these goats out of the road. Around 2 p.m. a vary large white dog, a Great Pyrenees by the look of him, tried his best to keep three goats out of harm's way near the intersection of Trinity Road and Lee Highway, north Route 11.

The Botetourt County Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday afternoon to acquire two private water systems -- the latest move in the county's mission to control public utilities and growth along the U.S. 220 corridor.

An inmate at the Botetourt Correctional Unit near Troutville died Thursday afternoon, and the cause of his death is still being determined, officials said.