UPDATE 1/31 9:18 A.M. BOTETOURT COUNTY, Va. (WFXR) – The vehicle crash on I-81 North Botetourt County has been cleared. All traffic is moving normally – BOTETOURT COUNTY, Va. (WFXR) – The Virginia Department of Transportation is reporting a vehicle crash on Interstate 81 near mile marker 148 in Botetourt County. Motorists can expect delays…
ROANOKE, Va. (WFXR) – Spreading respiratory illnesses have caused at least three schools in the region to close for several days this week. Natural Bridge Elementary School in Rockbridge County announced on Thursday afternoon that its already three-day-long closure would extend into Friday, as school officials say that approximately one-third of students and staff have…
FRANKLIN COUNTY, Va. (WFXR) – Fire crews have made significant progress in containing the Wades Gap brush fire, containing about 70 percent of its entirety. As conditions improve, they will begin to demobilize. Franklin County Fire & Emergency Medical Services (EMS) predict the fire affected between 550 and 600 acres, after starting at just around…
ROANOKE, Va. (WFXR) — Prepare for wet conditions. Rain is likely across Southwest and Central Virginia on Friday. A Flood Watch is in effect through early Saturday morning for the westernmost counties in Virginia into West Virginia. Repeated rounds of moderate/heavy rainfall and snow melt could cause flooding along streams and creeks, as well as…
ROANOKE, Va. (WFXR) – Roanoke Fire and EMS responded to a commercial structure fire on Franklin Road Southwest on Thursday. On January 31 around 10 p.m., crews responded to the 3600 block of Franklin Road Southwest and quickly extinguished the flames. Wanted man arrested after shooting and barricade situation in Henry County (Photo Credit: Roanoke…
It took a jury only 30 minutes to find “shopping cart killer” suspect Anthony Eugene Robinson guilty of killing two women in Harrisonburg, Virginia in 2021. The jury recommended four life sentences, plus 10 years in prison and a $400,000 fine in the deaths of Allene “Beth” Redmon and Tonita Smith. It took a jury…
Most everyone in the D.C. area is still in shock over the midair collection between a military Black Hawk helicopter and American Airlines Flight 5342 near Reagan National Airport on Wednesday night. This page contains a video which is being blocked by your ad blocker.In order to view the video you must disable your ad…
Plays, art shows and culinary events are among the things to do this week in the D.C. area. Manuel Oliver is pulling zero punches in his theatrical experience, “GUAC,” at Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company — a performance that is not just a show, but a movement for change. “GUAC” explores Oliver’s experience having lost his…
Several hours after a midair collision between an American Airlines regional jet and an army Blackhawk helicopter near Reagan National Airport in Arlington, Virginia, the rescue mission turned to a recovery mission, which means no one is believed to have survived the crash. Several hours after a midair collision between an American Airlines regional jet…
The collision involving an American Airlines jet and a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter over the frigid waters of the Potomac River on Wednesday night has raised questions about air safety and the mix of civilian and military aircraft in the skies above the nation’s capital. Bradley Bowman, senior director of the Center on Military…
