At 5:30 p.m., an E-911 call directed police to man with a gunshot wound near the intersection of Dupree Street  and Blaney Avenue.

A Franklin County prosecutor said Gregory Wade Kendrick, 57, called 911 to report his own act of murder two years ago after shooting his friend, Denny Smith, 59, of Rocky Mount.

The Virginia attorney general's office says it will not challenge a recent appeals court ruling that exonerated David Wayne Kingrea.

Troy Pierre Taylor, 31, of Roanoke, has been charged with three felonies in connection with the May 1 home invasion that left two Daugherty Road residents with gunshot wounds.

At approximately 11 p.m., police said they received reports of shots fired and a person with a gunshot wound in the 900 block of Kellogg Ave. in the city's northwest quadrant.

In search warrants, investigators said that James Stallard admitted killing Crystal Hannah last week.

Former Roanoke City Councilman Robert Jeffrey Jr. faces a possible penalty of 22 to 57 months in prison when sentenced later this summer for f…

Susanna Camp and Jeffrey Newman have both served as patrol lieutenants in the Roanoke Police Department. They each claim they were denied promotions after reporting sexual harassment and unsafe working conditions.

They allege that Lorstan Allen, who is no longer employed by Roanoke County schools, groomed them as freshmen for sexual assaults that he carried out in their later years at the school.