Fast, local news for Roanoke and Southwest Virginia.
On today’s WFIR News Express:

• A Roanoke man pleads guilty to killing two people with an illegal machine gun at a Melrose Avenue party

• City officials respond after an audit reveals Roanoke overspent by $5 million — a violation of state law

• A former Pulaski County school employee faces charges for misconduct involving a student

• A serious motorcycle crash in NW Roanoke

• Rocky Mount’s mayor under scrutiny after a dismissed lawsuit and allegations of unethical conduct

• Roanoke College reports a drop in Virginia’s consumer sentiment as tariff uncertainty looms

• New TMEIC scholarship aims to boost engineering opportunities at Roanoke College

• Virginia Tech alum Nic Enright makes MLB debut after battling cancer

• Remembering Brian Wishneff, a driving force behind Roanoke’s downtown transformation

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