ALTAVISTA, Va. (WFXR) – On December 31, the Altavista Police Department said a man was arrested on multiple felony charges in connection to a shooting investigation after an incident in Altavista. According to police, late afternoon on Tuesday, officers and members of the Campbell County Sheriff’s Office Special Response Team arrested 21-year-old Shaquan Obrian Clifton…
VINTON, Va. (WFXR) – Roanoke County Fire and Rescue responded to a cat shelter in Vinton on December 31 that displaced two people and injured multiple cats. Around 8:18 p.m. on Tuesday, fire crews responded to a home at the 200 block of Foxland Avenue for reports of a structure fire. On the scene, Wagon…
NEW ORLEANS (WGNO/AP) — Fifteen people are dead and dozens are injured after a pickup truck plowed into a group of people on Bourbon Street in New Orleans early on New Year’s Day, the New Orleans Police Department said. New Orleans Mayor Latoya Cantrell called the incident a “terrorist attack” during a press conference on…
ROANOKE, Va. (WFXR)—Gusty winds, mountain snow showers, and much colder air will kick off the new year in Southwest and Central Virginia. A Wind Advisory will continue for counties along/west of the Blue Ridge through midday on Wednesday. Wind gusts as high as 50 mph are possible, resulting in isolated power outages and downed tree…
ROANOKE, Va. (WFXR) – New Year’s Eve is one of the most dangerous nights on the roads according to AAA. Data from the Department of Motor Vehicles says that there were 105 crashes involving alcohol last year, leaving 68 people injured, and 3 dead. “New Year’s Eve is a holiday that circles and is celebrated…
Prosecutors are fighting to keep a Virginia man behind bars after they say investigators found what could be the largest number of “finished explosive devices” in FBI history at his 20-acre home near Norfolk. The Federal Bureau of Investigation seal is seen on J. Edgar Hoover FBI Building in Washington, DC. The Federal Bureau of…
