The Roanoke Police Department announced Friday that a man has been charged in the 2005 shooting death of a teenager.

Police in Roanoke believe they have solved a 20-year-old cold case murder. The crime happened around 3:30 p.m. on December 30 ...

According to RPD, 33-year-old Demetrius Cooper is charged with first-degree murder and use of a firearm in the commission of ...

The agenda item - listed as 7C - officially reads as “Approval of an encroachment permit for the installation of gunshot ...

Crime is falling, but not gone  Data shows improvement, but challenges remain as policing evolves and communities weigh safety and surveillance  By Staff  ROANOKE, Va. (AP) — On a spring morning in ...

UPDATE: The victim has been identified by RPD as Gregory Fortune Sheffield, 59, of Roanoke. Update 12:00 p.m.: Members of the Roanoke Police Department Major Crash Team arrested the driver of a ...

UPDATE: The Roanoke Police Department (RPD) arrested a man in connection with the shooting. 26-year-old Sincere Elijah Hardy of Salem was arrested and charged with second-degree murder. The woman who ...

When a Roanoke police detective called the victim's older sister with the news, she said it hit her "like an atomic brick." ...

ROANOKE, Va. (WDBJ) - Roanoke Police are making an effort to show up in communities before trouble starts. The department’s latest ‘Chief Walk’ in a Northwest neighborhood brought officers, cadets, ...

ROANOKE, Va. (WDBJ) - Overall crime in Roanoke dropped 23% in the first quarter of 2026 compared to the same period last year, police said Thursday. This, despite the city recording seven murders so ...

ROANOKE, Va. (WFXR) – An 18-year-old from Roanoke was arrested for possession of child pornography by the Roanoke Police Department’s Special Victims Unit. On Wednesday, March 18, the Roanoke Police ...