(ROANOKE) Funeral services for Kelly Elaine ... Honorary pallbearer will be Ray Staples. A Randolph County native, Miss Watts was born on Dec. 1, 1978, the daughter of John Wesley Watts and Doris ...

(WADLEY) Funeral services for Vina Leavida Calhoun, 86, of Wadley will be held on Saturday, Feb. 8, 2025, at 11 a.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel in Roanoke. Burial will follow ... her stepson, John ...

Two Roanoke men have been arrested in a multi-year narcotics investigation of a large-scale trafficker after search warrants ...

A Tuesday garage fire on Poor Mountain Road caused by combustibles too close to a heat source caused an estimated $75,000 in damage, according to the Roanoke County Fire and Rescue Department.

When the settlers at Roanoke vanished in 1590, they left behind one piece of evidence: the word "Croatoan" carved into a ...

ROANOKE, Va. (WDBJ) - Roanoke Police have identified a woman who died in a crash Saturday, January 18. Roanoke Police responded at 6:40 a.m. to a report of a single-vehicle crash on the 2000 block ...

Discover the remarkable life of Asa Philip Randolph, the first great Black union leader in America. From founding 'The Messenger' to leading the March on Washington, Randolph's legacy lives on.

One of the greatest mysteries in American history is the Lost Colony of Roanoke, a small settlement of more than […] ...

An incarcerated man has been linked a cold case involving the 2003 murder of a Roanoke man and his dog. Richard Anthony “Dickie” Palmer was found dead on April 22, 2003, in his Chevrolet ...

At a hearing in U.S. District Court in Roanoke, he pleaded guilty to bank robbery. As part of a plea agreement negotiated by Assistant U.S. Attorney Coleman Adams and defense attorney Brooks ...

Read full article: WATCH: How much snow we’re expected to get and when it peaks Demolition crews tear down a building at the Old Poage Farm in Roanoke County on Monday. Your BJ's membership is ...

Or was it 1974? By Laurie Gwen Shapiro One morning in the mid-1970s, a solemn announcement came over the intercom at Friends Seminary: “Noted person John Lennon is now in the meetinghouse.