There’s so much happening in D.C., Maryland and Virginia. WTOP has you covered with a list of things to do in the area for the first week of 2025. Co-Hosts of Elvis’ Birthday Fight Club: Elvis and Betty O’Hellno.(Stereo Vision Photography) Co-Hosts of Elvis’ Birthday Fight Club: Elvis and Betty O’Hellno.(Stereo Vision Photography) For a…
ROANOKE, Va. (WFXR) – On January 1, the Roanoke NAACP welcomed the new year by celebrating Jubilee Day. It’s a day that commemorates January 1, 1863. That’s when Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation into law. Newly elected Roanoke City Mayor Joe Cobb joined other lawmakers, local civic leaders, and citizens at the Mount Zion…
CARROLL COUNTY, Va. (WFXR) – Virginia State Police are investigating a single-vehicle crash in Carroll County that killed a man from North Carolina and seriously injured another on January 1. VSP said just after 1 a.m. on Wednesday, 19-year-old Elijah B. Slavey of Low Gap, North Carolina was driving south with a passenger in a…
(NewsNation) — The person who authorities believe died in the explosion of a Tesla Cybertruck packed with firework mortars and camp fuel canisters outside President-elect Donald Trump’s Las Vegas hotel was Matthew Livelsberger, an active-duty U.S. Army soldier, three U.S. officials told The Associated Press on Thursday. He allegedly served at the same military base…
(NewsNation) — Investigations continue into an “act of terrorism” in New Orleans’ bustling Canal and Bourbon streets after a truck drove into a crowd, killing 14 people and injuring dozens more. The FBI said the agency plans to issue a statement about the victims once all families have been notified, but some of the victims’…
(The Hill/NEXSTAR) – Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry (R), New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell and representatives from the FBI and ATF held a news conference on Thursday to update the public on the New Year’s Day terror attack that killed 14 and injured dozens of others. The briefing comes a day after a driver, identified as…
VINTON, Va. (WFXR) – On New Year’s Eve, at around 8 p.m. Ian Yeager walked into his home in Vinton, which also doubled as the kitten rescue he and his wife founded 3 years ago called Nomadic Paws Kitten Rescue, filled with smoke. The bathroom was on fire, and the Roanoke County Fire Marshals Officer…
ROANOKE, Va. (WFXR) – January 1 brings a new year and a new term for three Roanoke City council members and newly elected mayor Joe Cobb. For Nick Hagen, the date marks the history that he has made by becoming the first elected council member in Roanoke City since the turn of the century. “I…
DANVILLE, Va. (WFXR) – The Danville Fire Department responded to a house fire early on January 2. Crews responded to a single-family home on Glenn Street just after 6 a.m. on Thursday after reports of a structure fire. On the scene, arriving units found smoke coming from the home’s front door. Firefighters entered and found…
ROANOKE, Va. (WFXR)—Brisk northwest winds will carry cold air into Southwest and Central Virginia over the next several days. Mostly to partly sunny skies will be overhead on Thursday. Expect temperatures to start in the sub-freezing 20s and lower 30s before rising into the chilly 30s and 40s by the afternoon. It will still be…
