Roanoke County

A Southwest Virginia plastic surgery practice is the first and only facility in the region to offer FDA approved non-invasive face lifts that don’t involve cutting or scars. Since the Southwest Virginia Center in Roanoke began offering the Ultherapy...

Two years ago in Missouri, a man named Tyler McNeely was pulled over for driving while intoxicated.  McNeely refused a breathalyzer and then refused a blood test.  The officer then arrested him and took him to a hospital to take a blood test again. ...

Two hundred and fifty acres may not seem like a lot. But the Western Virginia Land Conservancy thought a particular view of downtown Roanoke is too good to lose. The Glenburn farm in Roanoke County was placed under a conservation easement. The...

A Roanoke County man convicted of making illegal whiskey has avoided jail time. The Roanoke Times reports that 62-year-old James Ricky Lyle received a two-year suspended sentence Tuesday. Roanoke County Circuit Court Judge James Swanson found Lyle...

The Museum’s annual family-centered holiday event will offer train rides, take-your-own pictures with Santa, crafts, model trains and holiday music. Reduced admission for the entire weekend: $5 per person. Museum members and infants 2 and...

Fire investigators have determined that discarded ashes from a wood stove sparked a brush fire Monday on Bent Mountain in Roanoke County. The fire burned 13 acres. After all natural causes for the fire were ruled out, investigators determined that a...

It was unlike anything voters in Southwest Virginia had ever seen. Our part of America saw each of the four candidates for President and Vice-President, in person, most, multiple times. It was the 2nd biggest story of 2012. When President Obama came...

Imagine calling the doctor only to be told 'I'm sorry. We can't see you.' That's what many doctors fear could happen to patients who are 65 and older if we hit the fiscal cliff. "It's going to force a lot of doctors not to accept new Medicare patients and...

Some people spend a lot of time putting the Christmas decorations together. Pete Archie spent two and a half weeks getting his Roanoke County home ready for the holiday.  The thousands of lights and hundreds of figurines that line his front yard are...

"Our message today to Congress, don't throw wind off the fiscal cliff," says Sarah Bucci, Environment Virginia. The clock is ticking and this group doesn't want to be caught under the buzzer. Explains Bucci, "Incentives are benefits in place to build...

Right now, a truck carrying more than 20,000 pounds of food is headed to New York to help the victims of Hurricane Sandy. WDBJ7's Joe Dashiell is in Hauppauge on Long Island. That's about 50 miles east of New York City The food and water that many...

Officers say there were two infants inside a suspected meth lab they raided Monday night. Franklin County sheriff's deputies say they raided the home on Crowell Gap Road around 7:00 p.m.  Roanoke County police officers and state troopers were also...