ROANOKE, VA - October 08, 2026 - Motorists who text while driving cause numerous collisions throughout Roanoke each year, frequently along busy routes such as I-581, Peters Creek Road, and Williamson ... Read More

MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Va. (WFXR)- Drivers traveling northbound on Interstate 81 in Montgomery County should expect delays due to a multi-vehicle crash. The Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT), ... Read More

Construction to widen 3.2 miles of Interstate 81 between Roanoke County and Salem to three lanes will begin in spring 2027, the Virginia Department of Transportation announced in a news release ... Read More

A third lane on I-81 from exits 137 and 141, northbound and southbound in Roanoke County and Salem, is open to drivers. The five-mile stretch widening the interstate from two to three lanes is part of ... Read More

MONTGOMERY CO., Va. - A crash on I-81 South in Montgomery County is causing delays, according to VDOT. The crash happened at mile marker 128.8 on the VDOT website. Traffic backups are approximately ... Read More

TROUTVILLE, Va. (WFXR) - A fiery four-vehicle crash is causing delays near mile marker 157.1 on Interstate 81 in Troutville, according to the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT). The south ... Read More

MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Va. (WFXR) - Traffic is delayed for almost four miles on Interstate 81 northbound towards Roanoke due to a tractor-trailer crash. The crash is at mile marker 120.9, according to the ... Read More

Construction to widen 3.2 miles of Interstate 81 between Roanoke County and Salem to three lanes will begin in spring 2027, the Virginia Department of Transportation announced in a news release ... Read More

A motorcyclist is dead after he hit a Honda pickup truck from behind while driving on Interstate 81, according to Virginia State Police. (VSP) The crash happened on Tuesday, July 7, at 6:07 p.m. on ... Read More

Virginia State Police (VSP) said a 36-year-old died after a crash in Botetourt County. Read More

ROANOKE COUNTY, Va. (WFXR) - A 19-year-old was killed in a two-vehicle crash in the early hours of July 5 on I-81, according to Virginia State Police. (VSP). State police say the crash happened around ... Read More

ROANOKE, Va. - If you're heading southbound on Interstate 581 in Roanoke, expect delays. VDOT is reporting a multi-vehicle crash near the 0.9 mile marker. Traffic is backed up for about 2 miles, and ... Read More

ROANOKE, Va. (WFXR) - Drivers on I-581 in Roanoke can expect delays due to two separate vehicle crashes, one at mile marker 0.9 and one at mile marker 1, resulting in multiple lane closures and ... Read More

Memorial Day marks the unofficial start of summer travel, and with it comes road construction across Virginia. Read More

AM EST May 20, 2026 Edited: 5:05 AM EST May 20, 2026 For Roanoke drivers, the newest hazard on Interstate 81 may not be the orange barrels, narrowed ramps or concrete barriers. It may be the envelope ... Read More

Enforcement began Monday with a 30-day grace period, during which the registered owners of vehicles exceeding the 60-mph limit will receive a warning in the mail. Read More

A new traffic flow is coming to U.S. 220 in Franklin County where it intersects with Wirtz Road and Virginia Market Place Drive. Read More

ROANOKE, Va. (WFXR) - Drivers can expect delays on Interstate 81 North due to a multi-vehicle crash at mile marker 143 and a tractor-trailer crash near mile marker 143.4. VDOT 511 says traffic backups ... Read More

ROANOKE, Va. (WFXR) - Virginia State Police Appomattox, Salem, Culpeper, and Wytheville Divisions, will be conducting Operation DISS-rupt on all 325 miles of Interstate 81 in Virginia as a part of an ... Read More

Construction to widen 3.2 miles of Interstate 81 between Roanoke County and Salem to three lanes will begin in spring 2027, the Virginia Department of Transportation announced in a news release ... Read More

A young married couple went to a Fourth of July Party and were never heard from again until their bodies were discovered in an embankment off an interstate. No one has ever been convicted of their ... Read More

ROANKE COUNTY, Va. (WFXR)- Transportation officials report traffic delays on a section of Interstate 81 in Roanoke County. According to 511 Virginia, there is a vehicle fire northbound at mile marker ... Read More

Update 8:20 a.m. : Lanes are no longer shut down; traffic backups are approximately one mile, according to VDOT. ROANOKE, Va. (WFXR) - According to VDOT 511, US-220 North in the County of Roanoke is ... Read More

Interstate 581 has notoriously short weaving lanes for drivers to enter and exit the roadway. Getting on and off 581 can be a bit tricky in many spots. Read More

Virginia State Police confirmed that a man died and another person was injured in a crash last night on Interstate 581 in Roanoke. Read More

Virginia State Police is investigating a two-vehicle crash, which resulted in the death of a motorcycle driver in the City of Roanoke. The crash happened on Thursday, March 5 at ... Read More

Virginia State Police (VSP) said a 58-year-old died after a motorcycle crash on Thursday. Read More

MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Va. - If you're driving North on Interstate 81 in Montgomery County, expect delays. The Virginia Department of Transportation is reporting a vehicle crash at the 122.8 mile marker. Read More

An illegal sex operation stretching across a number of our hometowns has been broken up. At the center of the investigation, local shop "Amanda's Touch." ... Read More

The wreck happened Monday morning near Crowell Gap Road. Read More

MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Va. - If you're driving south on Interstate 81 in Montgomery County, expect delays. The Virginia Department of Transportation is reporting a multi-vehicle crash at the 119.6 mile ... Read More

UPDATE: 11:32 A.M. RONAOKE COUNTY, Va. (WFXR) - VDOT is reporting the crash on I-581S has been cleared. RONAOKE COUNTY, Va. (WFXR) - The Virginia Department of Transportation is reporting a car ... Read More

If you're driving south on Interstate 81 in Roanoke County, expect delays. The Virginia Department of Transportation is reporting a tractor-trailer crash at the 137.2 mile marker. At this time, the ... Read More

A tractor-trailer crash near mile marker 154.3 in Botetourt County is causing delays, according to VDOT. All south lanes are closed and traffic backups are approximately 3 miles. A detour has been ... Read More

The Roanoke Police Department has identified the person killed in a seven-vehicle crash at the intersection of Orange Avenue and Plantation Road NW. According to police, speed appears to have played a ... Read More

Officers were dispatched to a report of a multi-vehicle crash at the intersection of Orange Ave. and Plantation Rd. NE. Read More

Police in Roanoke have released photos of the vehicle they said was used in a hit-and-run that left a toddler injured. Read More

The Virginia State Police is investigating a ten-vehicle crash on Interstate 81 in Rockbridge County that left one man dead. It happened around 5:00 p.m., Thursday, September 25, in the northbound ... Read More

Today, Virginia State Police will launch a 24-hour highway safety initiative, '?Operation Drive Safe 460." The effort targets Route 460 in Bedford, Botetourt, Roanoke and Montgomery counties. Read More

A United Airlines flight with 53 people on board crash landed at the Roanoke-Blacksburg Regional Airport in Roanoke last night. Read More

On I-81 at mile marker 126.2 in Montgomery County, motorists can expect delays due to a tractor-trailer crash. All northbound lanes are closed, according to VDOT. Traffic is backed up approximately ... Read More

A vehicle crash on I-581 Northbound at mile marker 0.7 is causing delays in the City of Roanoke. Motorists can expect delays and the north center lane, right lane and right shoulder are closed. The on ... Read More

ROANOKE, Va. (WSET) - The Roanoke Police Department responded to two major crashes on Friday that left multiple people injured. Read More

ROANOKE, Va. (WSET) - Police are investigating a major crash after a car and a bicycle collided in Roanoke on Saturday. Officers with the Roanoke Police Department responded to a report of car and ... Read More

A 1995 Ford Super Wagon was traveling south on Interstate 81 when a 2004 Freightliner tractor-trailer merged into its lane. The Ford swerved to avoid the truck, lost control, and crashed into the ... Read More

The wreck happened when a Ford Super Wagon swerved to avoid a tractor-trailer and ran off the road in Rockbridge County. Read More

ROANOKE, Va. (WSET) - Police have identified the victim from a deadly crash in Roanoke on Saturday that also injured eight others. 31-year-old Jonathan Robert Lambert, of Salem, has been identified as ... Read More

ROANOKE COUNTY, Va. (WDBJ) - Roanoke County Police have shut down all lanes on the 4300 block of Buck Mountain Road due to a fire. Roanoke Police are assisting Roanoke County Fire and Rescue in ... Read More

The Virginia Department of Transportation says a crash on Route 220 has closed all southbound lanes as well as the northbound left lane and shoulder, near the intersection of Winter Drive. The Roanoke ... Read More

A '?Pardon Our Dust'? public information meeting is set for Feb. 3 to discuss construction impacts and traffic management for upcoming roadwork on U.S. 220 and Virginia 419 in Roanoke County and Roanoke ... Read More

Crews worked for hours to clean up a tractor-trailer wreck that occurred overnight in Covington on I-64. Read More

Virginia State Police, the Prince Edward County Sheriff's Office, and Farmville Police are asking residents within a five-mile radius of Hixburg Road and Prince Edward Highway / Route 460 in western ... Read More

The right lane of southbound Interstate 81 at mile maker 138.4 in Roanoke County near Salem was closed for emergency bridge repairs Friday ... Simpson flips commitment from Rutgers to Virginia Tech; ... Read More

A Honda Insight driven by Tech student Paige M. Neubauer, 21, traveling south on I-81, near Fort Chiswell about two miles north of the Interstate 77 interchange, crossed the median and struck head ... Read More

A Christiansburg man riding a motorcycle was killed in a chain-reaction crash Thursday on West Main Street (U.S. 11 / 460) near the Montgomery County line, Roanoke County police said. Read More

ROANOKE COUNTY, Va. (WFXR) - The Virginia Department of Transportation is reporting a motor vehicle accident on Interstate 81 North near mile marker 136.6 in Roanoke County. Traffic is currently ... Read More

Interstate 81 motorists in Virginia would have fewer wrecks and spend much less time in backed-up traffic under a $2 billion upgrade proposal outlined in Roanoke Thursday. Read More

The Virginia Department of Transportation is reporting a motor vehicle accident on Interstate 81 North near mile marker 136.6 in Roanoke County. Traffic is currently backed up around 3.5 miles, and ... Read More

Roanoke police charged a 48-year-old man with driving under the influence and DUI manslaughter in connection with a head-on collision late Friday that left two teenagers dead and a third ... Read More

Two people are dead, and another in critical condition, after a crash at the intersection of Cove Road and Dansbury Drive NW Friday night. Police arrested Reynaldo Diovanis Hinojosa Mayan, saying the ... Read More

ROANOKE, Va. (WSET) - A man was arrested for DUI manslaughter after two people were killed in a car crash Friday, authorities say. According to the Roanoke Police Department, officers responded to a ... Read More

A Roanoke man has been charged with drunken driving and manslaughter in connection with a single-vehicle wreck that killed a 22-year-old woman and injured two other passengers. At about 3:24 a.m. Read More

WYTHE COUNTY, Va. (WDBJ) - Virginia State Police say they're investigating a death involving one person late the evening of Friday, May 16 at mile 73 on Interstate 81. Officials say the driver of a ... Read More

In a scenic valley on the outskirts of Roanoke, Virginia ... 311, 220, 460, and 221, the road to Floyd, a small Southern town with a booming arts scene. These highways meander around the Catawba ... Read More

Two people are dead after a two-vehicle crash that occurred in Botetourt County on Monday, Virginia State Police said. Read More

Two people from Northern Virginia died when a Mercedes ran into the rear of a stopped tractor-trailer on the right shoulder of Interstate 81 in Botetourt County on Thursday evening. Read More

EMS, crews responded to the intersection of Peter's Creek Road and Valley Point Parkway, across from Airport Road, just before 10 a.m. on Friday. At the scene, a pickup truck that had collided with a ... Read More

ROANOKE, Va. (WSET) - One woman was killed Friday afternoon in a two-vehicle crash in Roanoke. Just after 4 p.m., officers with the Roanoke Police Department responded to the 3100 block of Peters ... Read More

ROANOKE, Va. (WSET) - A 7-year-old boy was taken for treatment of injuries after being hit by a vehicle in Roanoke Thursday. The incident happened around 2:15 p.m. on March 20 at the intersection of ... Read More

Roanoke Police are investigating after a 7-year-old child was hit during a vehicle accident in northwest Roanoke on March 20. According to Roanoke PD, officers responded to the intersection of ... Read More

All lanes are blocked on I-581 North past the Peter's Creek exit at mile marker 6.3. VDOT is reporting a tractor trailer crash via their 511 website. It's closed the north left shoulder, left lane, ... Read More

Emergency responders rushed to the scene of a multi-vehicle crash on Interstate 81 North in Roanoke County on Friday | Contact Police Accident Reports (888) 657-1460 for help if you were in this ... Read More

Drivers are being asked to avoid the intersection of Challenger Avenue and Cloverdale Road after a car crashed into a utility pole as it was headed east. Read More

Roanoke County Fire and Rescue Department is on the scene of accident at Challenger Avenue and Cloverdale Road. A car struck a utility pole on Challenger Avenue heading east. Motorists are not able to ... Read More

Two Roanoke men have been arrested in a multi-year narcotics investigation of a large-scale trafficker after search warrants were executed. Read More

Multiple powerlines have fallen in the 3100 block of Colonial Avenue SW, leading to the closure of all lanes of traffic. Read More

The winter storm that swept into Virginia on Tuesday continues to impact travel conditions across the Commonwealth, with hundreds of crashes reported, including several in the Roanoke Valley. Since ... Read More

ROANOKE, Va. (WSET) - A woman has died from car crash injuries Saturday, officials say. The Roanoke Police Department responded to 2000 block of Dale Ave SE for the report of a single-vehicle crash ... Read More

Around 6:10 p.m., Roanoke Police officers responded to the intersection of Melrose Avenue and Peck Street NW for a fatal pedestrian crash. Officials say that the woman died at the scene and the ... Read More

The Roanoke Police Department is investigating a fatal vehicle crash that occurred at the intersection of Melrose Ave. and Peck Street NW Tuesday evening. Read More

ROANOKE, Va. (WSET) - The Roanoke FireEMS Department said one person was taken to the hospital after an accident on Monday morning. Around 7:37 a.m., crews said they were dispatched by the E-911 ... Read More

Interstate 581, Amtrak train station, the Taubman Museum of Art, plus a private rooftop deck and garden. blacksburg stock videos & royalty-free footage Roanoke is a city located in Southwest Virginia ... Read More

ROANOKE, Va. - Your Local Weather Authority is tracking a Winter cold front that will bring slick road conditions, and wintry precipitation to Southwest and Central Virginia that lasts from Sunday ... Read More

A woman died Saturday as the result of a single-vehicle crash in northwest Roanoke, city police report ... Gainsboro Road Northwest and Interstate 581, according to a news release. Read More

A tractor-trailer tanker overturned on U.S. 220 south of Rocky Mount Saturday morning, spilling its cargo of raw milk and blocking the highway for ... crews and the Virginia Department of ... Read More

Grayson County High School Football team overcomes Helene to chase first state title The Interstate 81 Advisory Committee voted Friday to recommend adding 5 new projects to the I-81 corridor ... Read More

Roanoke Fire and EMS are on the scene of an accident near the Orange Avenue exit on Interstate 581. Details remain limited; however, Roanoke Fire and EMS officials told WFXR news that one vehicle is ... Read More

A fire on Bent Mountain is fully contained after burning about 23 acres, according to Roanoke County Fire & Rescue (RCFRD). The Roanoke County Fire Marshals Office reports the fire was accidental and ... Read More

Paired with the city's urban renewal projects that tore down historically Black neighborhoods to make way for Interstate 581, the civic center and a post office, Roanoke became one of the most ... Read More