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The fatal shooting brings the city's annual homicide count to seven. In the same time frame last year, there were 18.

Mark L. Gray, 23, of Roanoke, is charged with second-degree murder.

Family, friends mourn construction worker dead from fall at Virginia Tech

Vape users have triggered sensors in Roanoke County public high school bathrooms around 1,500 times since the start of the school year. Roanoke County Police Commander Pat Pascoe, who oversees the county’s school resource officers, said vaping is the school division’s biggest problem.

Scammers are calling registered sex offenders and telling them that if they don't provide a cash payment, someone will come and arrest them.

WVTF, or Radio IQ, program director Kevin Sanders claims he was fired after repeatedly reporting another employee's misconduct.

In 2024, city police reported nine fatal shootings. The last time the city had fewer than 10 gun-related homicides was 2016.

The newly-elected council member said that his educational background in community health science and his personal connection to gun violence makes the commission appointment a good fit.

Isaac Ikier Cunningham, 15, of Roanoke was fatally shot while walking home from school June 5.

"Out of the 12 interventions we did last year, we had one person who reoffended," the program manager said, "and based on our relationship with him, he turned himself in."