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Firefighters rescue Lab from AT

ROANOKE COUNTY – Roanoke County Fire & Rescue rescued an ailing chocolate Lab off the Appalachian Trail section coming down from McAfee’s Knob this afternoon after the 3-year-old dog named Caesar apparently became dehydrated and could not continue hiking with his owner. The three firefighters and a Roanoke County Police officer used an ATV... »

Chamber annual meeting evolves into dinner-and-dance party

ROANOKE – There were awards, surprises but no long, boring speeches – and there was plenty of fun – at the Salem-Roanoke County Chamber of Commerce’s 79th annual dinner on March 15. Awards for educators of the year, police officers, volunteer, ambassador and citizen of the year were announced and applauded.   And then... »

Supervisors approve funding for school security

NEW CASTLE – Members of the Craig County Board of Supervisors have given new Superintendent of Schools Kelly Wilmore the green light to make Craig County schools safer. At the BOS meeting held March 7, supervisors voted to reclassify a portion of capital improvement funding that had been set aside for locks and bleachers,... »

Police training drill at Glenvar schools Friday

GLENVAR – Police will be doing a training exercise on Friday, Dec. 21, at Glenvar Middle and High School. This training drill was scheduled back in October before the mass school shooting in Connecticut. Police will begin training in the morning. This is an active shooter training exercise. Neighbors around the school have been... »

Family Dollar Store at East Vinton Plaza robbed

VINTON – The Family Dollar Store located in the East Vinton Plaza on Washington Avenue in the Vinton was robbed Wednesday, according to the Roanoke County Police Department. At 12:24 p.m. Wednesday a white male entered the Family Dollar Store in East Vinton Plaza. The subject approached one of the cashiers and made a... »

Easley sentenced to life in prison with no parole for Tina Smith’s murder

GLENVAR  – Tina Smith can rest in peace now. The man who stole her heart – and then her life – will be in prison for the rest of his years. More than a year and two months after the 41-year-old Glenvar mother was found murdered in the house she shared with boyfriend Jeffrey... »

Easley pleads to Tina Smith murder, sentenced to life without parole

SALEM, VA – One year and two months after Roanoke County mother Tina Smith was found dead in the house she shared with her boyfriend Jeffrey Easley and her preteen daughter, Easley unexpectedly agreed to a plea and will be sentenced to life in prison without parole. Easley appeared in Roanoke County Circuit Court... »

School locked down after rifle-toting man spotted nearby

CAVE SPRING – Penn Forest Elementary School was locked down for almost 90 minutes this morning after the report of a man carrying a rifle nearby. The lockdown was lifted at 8:55 a.m. when Roanoke County Police notified Principal Linda Wright there was no threat. School officials emphasized students had not been told about... »

Garbage truck trashes house

ROANOKE COUNTY – A Roanoke County garbage truck whose driver failed to set the parking brake rolled into a home and caused at least $25,000 damage today. The accident happened at 2:20 p.m. in the 5700 block of Littlehorn Drive. The driver, who was not identified, was charged with failure to set the parking... »

Rescuer travels across country to meet kidnapped girl

SOUTH BOSTON, VA – Theresa Shanley, the woman responsible for the safe return of 13-year-old Brittany Smith to her family in South Boston last December, had an opportunity to meet the teenager during a weekend visit to that community. According to the Rev. John Eure, pastor of Ash Avenue Baptist Church, the San Francisco... »