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CRIME & SAFETY
Body found in North Fork Roanoke River in Montgomery County
ELLISTON, Va. – The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office is investigating after a body was found in the North Fork Roanoke River in Montgomery County. On Saturday just after 4 p.m., the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office, Montgomery County Fire and Rescue, and Elliston Fire Department responded to reports of a body found in the river in the area of Cannery Road in Elliston.
16-year-old killed in Saturday morning Myrtle Beach shooting
MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (WBTW) — A 16-year-old from Virginia was shot and killed along 16th Avenue North on Saturday morning, Horry Couty Chief Deputy Coroner Tamara Willard said. Jakolbi Taylor of Roanoke was visiting Myrtle Beach with friends and family when he was struck about 1:15 a.m. near a beach access point. No further information […]
10 displaced after vehicle ‘rolls’ into apartment building on Electric Road
ROANOKE COUNTY, Va. (WFXR)– Roanoke County Fire and Rescue reported a vehicle rolled into a building on Electric Road during the afternoon of Saturday, July 20. According to the fire department, crews responded at 3:57 p.m. to the 4300 block of Electric Rd on a report of a vehicle into a building. Units arrived to find a wall collapsed in an apartment building, and the vehicle had already been moved.
Man charged after sustaining gunshot wound in Roanoke
ROANOKE, Va. (WDBJ) - Roanoke Police say arrest warrants have been issued for a man wounded in a shooting Friday morning in the southwest part of the city. Police say probable cause was established for arrest warrants for Kweli Ransom, who sustained a gunshot wound in the incident. The warrants include charges for trespassing and stalking, and a protective order was issued and served. Specifics have not been released about the circumstances.
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ROANOKE, Va. (WDBJ) - The assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump Saturday left the former president with a wound to his ear, a crowd member killed, and two more left in critical condition. While we don’t yet know the motive of the shooter, this instance is just one in...
Security countdown to the J.D. Vance rally in Radford begins
RADFORD, VA – In just a few days - the Dedmon Center at Radford will be transformed from a basketball court into a political stage. “It’s a security nightmare,” former law enforcement officer and criminologist Dr. Tod Burke said. Burke says when he heard Republican vice presidential...
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