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PULASKI COUNTY, Va. (WDBJ) - A Radford man died in a motorcycle crash in Pulaski County Tuesday afternoon, according to the Pulaski County Sheriff’s Office. The crash occurred on Hazel Hollow Rd in Fairlawn, according to police. Police say Devvin Gusman, 26, was driving a motorcycle when he lost...

PULASKI COUNTY, Va. (WFXR) — A motorcyclist was killed Tuesday afternoon following a collision with an oncoming vehicle in Pulaski County. According to the Pulaski County Sheriff’s Office, deputies — along with members of Pulaski County Public Safety and Virginia State Police — responded to Hazel Hollow Road in Fairlawn around 1 p.m. on Tuesday, May 17 for a crash involving a motorcycle.

ROANOKE, Va. (WFXR) — A Roanoke animal shelter is caring for a number of overheated and dehydrated felines — all but one of whom are kittens — after first responders found them abandoned Tuesday evening. According to Angels of Assisi, a local fire department found the mama...

SALEM, Va. – It was a special Wednesday morning at the home of the Spartans as a dozen student athletes signed to continue their academic and athletic careers at the next level. 7 different sports programs were represented with the student athletes heading to eight different college/universities. “You know...

Virginia Tech hosted a few talented 2023 standouts out of the Pittsburgh area yesterday including four-star ATH Rodney Gallagher who Tech is recruiting as a WR. Gallagher's visit went quite well as seen on his Twitter and also as he shared with us. "It was a great visit," Gallagher said....

Flash back to 2013, Virginia Tech baseball was beginning to wrap up one of its most successful seasons on the diamond in program history. With the Hokies set to host their first-ever NCAA Regional, the program momentum was as high as ever. Directing that momentum? Then-head coach Pete Hughes, who...

Daryl Hall has announced the expansion of his forthcoming tour. The Rock and Roll Hall of Famer has added six additional stops to his first-ever solo retrospective. The upcoming jaunt supports the musician’s April 1 release, BeforeAfter, via Legacy Recordings. Dubbed the tour’s third leg, the newly announced stops...

The Richmond outposts of two soon-to-merge Virginia law firms won’t have far to go when it comes time to combine their local operations. Roanoke-based Woods Rogers and Norfolk-based Vandeventer Black are set to join forces later this summer in a deal that will create the state’s fifth largest law firm with 130 attorneys.

Virginia Tech's new head man isn't shy about saying it. If Virginia Tech hopes to be competitive on the national stage any time soon, the Hokies will need some help from the talent in Hampton Roads.

NEW YORK (AP) — Workers at a Target store in Christiansburg, Virginia, have withdrawn their request with federal labor regulators for a union election. Such an election would have joined a wave of union organizing across the country at other retailers from Amazon to Starbucks. The petition was filed...

ROANOKE, Va. (WDBJ) - Roanoke City Public Schools Superintendent Verletta White held a news conference regarding the school district’s dealing with two unloaded guns found on an elementary school campus Tuesday. Watch the live stream of Wednesday’s news conference above. White said as a parent, she agrees with...

Forty-seven students in the 2022 associate degree nursing (ADN) class at New River Community College received their NRCC nursing pins and associate degrees at a ceremony at the college in Dublin, Va. on May 11 at 6 p.m. This is the 19th graduating class of associate degree nurses at NRCC....

BLACKSBURG, Va. (WFXR) — Home runs by Carson Demartini, Carson Jones, and Jack Hurley helped lead the 3rd ranked Virginia Tech Hokies to a 8-2 win over Kansas State Tuesday night at English Field. This game was a homecoming for former Virginia Tech head baseball coach Pete Hughes as he is the current head coach of the Wildcats.

ROANOKE, Va. (WFXR) — The baby formula shortage may be nearing its end as Abbott announces a return to production, but officials say it could still take weeks before products are back on shelves. Meanwhile, for parents trying to feed their babies, every week counts. Caitlin Gills, a mother...

This time last year, Jeffers entered the portal looking for greener pastures, but learned a hard lesson in market value.

Here’s a look at some of the stories we’ll be following today as they make headlines across Southwest Virginia:. Roanoke County will hold a public meeting about the Route 460 Land Use and Connectivity Study. The goals of the study are to recommend ways to travel in Bonsack without using Route 460 and to examine zoning classifications and railroad crossings. The meeting runs from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. at Bonsack Elementary School.

ROANOKE, Va. (WDBJ) - Roanoke City officials report crashes in school zones have increased by 85% in the last five years. Now, the city is working on new ways to keep kids safer in school zones by educating drivers. It is all a part of the city’s ‘No Need to...

ROANOKE, Va. (WFXR) — If you missed the time to plant your seeds this year, you’re in luck because a southeast Roanoke kid with a green thumb has a solution. Jake Campbell may only be eight years old, but he already knows what he wants to be when he grows up. “I wanna be a […]

ROANOKE, Va. (WDBJ) -You don’t have to go far to see Help Wanted signs. Jobs are available, and Roanoke City Public Schools has plenty of young talent to offer. “To be able to connect our students with the employers in the region. It’s very important. It does fill a gap. It fill the needs, not only for our students, but for our employers, as well,” says Roanoke City Public Schools Superintendent Verletta White.