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ROANOKE, Va. (WFXR) – The United States is averaging more than 56,000 coronavirus cases every day — a 57 percent increase from last week. Hospitalizations are up 43 percent compared to …

(WFXR) — WFXR News has reached out to multiple school districts around southwest and central Virginia to determine who will and will not require students to wear masks. Chuck Lionberger with …

LYNCHBURG, Va. (WFXR) — A lawsuit involving a dozen women accusing Liberty University of creating “a campus environment where sexual assaults and rapes are foreseeably more likely to oc…

ROANOKE, Va. (WFXR) — City Council members have unanimously voted to give the former Lee Plaza two new names following Monday night’s meeting. The portion of the public area where a mon…

SALEM, Va. (WFXR) – The senior pastor for Cowboy Church of Virginia is defending himself after he was arrested at the C&E Salem Gun Show on Saturday. Pastor Raymond Bell says he went to t…

RADFORD, Va. (WFXR) — Southwest Virginia’s schools are aging and now some districts are pushing for the Commonwealth to pay for long-overdue needs amid the “Crumbling Schools Tour…

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — A federal judge on Tuesday dismissed failed U.S. Senate candidate Roy Moore’s $95 million lawsuit targeting comedian Sacha Baron Cohen filed after Moore complained he was tr…

ROANOKE, Va. (WFXR) – Starting July 15, parents of children 17 years old and younger will begin receiving monthly payments from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). The payments are part of th…

LYNCHBURG, Va. (WFXR) — Cleanup crews were out in full force Monday at Piedmont Flour Mill Lofts, just one day after water unexpectedly rushed into the building due to flooding. In the words …

In a final that was spread over two days due to lightning, the Eagles built a big lead and held on for a 24-14 win over the Wildcats.

MOSCOW (AP) — The Russian military on Friday launched sweeping maneuvers in the Mediterranean Sea featuring warplanes capable of carrying hypersonic missiles, a show of force amid a surge in tensio…

The incident took place on the Living With the Land attraction at Epcot, which is described as a “gentle boat tour” of Disney World’s experimental greenhouses and agricultural areas.

PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD) — A man accused of killing a 32-year-old Peoria man pled not guilty on Thursday to the charges at Peoria County Courthouse. According to prosecutors, Allen Schimmelpfennig…

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According to the termination letter, Frazier was fired due to 10 allegations of misconduct.

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Wyoming state Sen. Anthony Bouchard, a Republican trying to unseat U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney next year, revealed that he impregnated a 14-year-old girl when he was 18, describing t…

NEW YORK (AP) — More than a year after coronavirus shutdowns sent “the city that never sleeps” into a fitful slumber, New York could be wide awake again this summer. Starting Wednesday, vaccinated …

Scattered rain showers are likely to linger into the overnight time frame and return on Tuesday. The rain will be beneficial to our budding crops and flowers and lawns as we have been a bit behind…

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israel slammed the Gaza Strip with airstrikes, in a dramatic escalation that included bombing the home of a senior Hamas leader, killing a family of 10 in a refugee cam…

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine has made many newsworthy statements in his long political career, but perhaps none has generated such an immediate and intense response as announcing a w…