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Rescue squads around the region are suffering from lack of volunteer support, and now, faced with funding reductions, some are considering possible closure.

A Patrick Springs man was arrested by the Patrick County Sheriffs Office on Monday in connection with a robbery that occurred in Winston-Salem, North Carolina earlier that day. Jerry Christopher Howard, 40, of 4028 Pleasant View Drive, was taken into custody and jailed in the Patrick County Jail, awaiting extradition to Winston-Salem.

A new initiative is working to highlight the rich history of moonshine in our region.

It is what her family calls a miracle.

TODAY’S WORD is gallimaufry. Example: The artist’s studio was a gallimaufry of colorful paints, brushes, and unfinished canvases.

The West Piedmont Planning District Commission (WPPDC) has released its Comprehensive Housing Study in an effort to improve the housing stock in the region and create new housing opportunities.

TODAY

ROANOKE, Va. (WFXR) — Thunderstorms surged through Southwest and Central Virginia with strong wind gusts on April 11 knocking power out for hundreds of Appalachian Power customers overnight. Now, more than 3,000 customers are waking up in the dark across Virginia on Friday morning. According to the AEP outage map, the majority of outages in […]

While municipalities in other states have such restrictions, a recent report found that Virginia was one of the most restrictive states when it comes to local ordinances that hold back

Thousands of AEP customers across Virginia are in the dark Friday morning after the state was battered by severe weather Thursday night.