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A judge has declared a mistrial in the deadly gas station explosion case in Rockbridge County.

Phillip Ray Westmoreland, 53, of Roanoke delivered fuel to the South River Market shortly before it exploded. His jury trial, which ended with a deadlocked jury, was held in August.

A Rockbridge Circuit judge dismissed the jury Thursday. After almost two days of deliberation, it could not unanimously decide whether Phillip Westmoreland was guilty or not guilty of involuntary manslaughter.

A Rockbridge County jury began deliberating Wednesday the involuntary manslaughter case against a Roanoke man charged in the 2019 Buena Vista gas station explosion that killed four people.

Phillip Ray Westmoreland, 53, of Roanoke faces four charges of involuntary manslaughter for the deaths of three employees and one patron after the South River Market, a gas station outside

The Vinton man at the center of Roanoke Countys first red flag case will be seeking mental health treatment before his next hearing in October, his attorney said Wednesday.

Kayla Lynn Raines was the last of four people convicted after investigators tracked marijuana shipments from Northern Virginia.

Ahmad Halim Mubdi, 51, of Roanoke was sentenced to life in prison for the murder of Derrick Bostic, who was fatally shot during a brawl outside a Norwich bar in

BEAMIT Group (BEAMIT), partly owned by SANDVIK, has invested in a GE Additive Concept Laser M Line system to meet growing demand from its aerospace and defense customers for both large format metal 3D-printed components and assistance in industrializing additive production. This investment comes six months after Avio Aero, BEAMIT and GE Additive signed a

Electric and hydrogen owners will be taxed 2.5 cents per kilometre from 2027 and plug-in hybrid owners will have to pay 2 cents, with the rate to be tied to rises in the consumer price index.