Commonwealth’s Attorney Andy Hall said he made the request to avoid any potential conflicts of interest. The appointment follows the firing of City Manager Aretha Ferrell-Benavides last month.

The fallout from the firing of Martinsville City Manager Aretha Ferrell Benevides continues to deepen, as City Council members clash over whether to release investigation documents to the public.

The City of Salem Community Development Department will be holding a public meeting at City Hall today to get public input about its latest Roanoke River Greenway Project.

Mayor Jones said in an address to City Council that the attack - while devastating - has only brought a tight-knit Danville community even closer together.

The race for Detroit’s next mayor is set to pit a longtime City Council member against a popular pastor, after council President Mary Sheffield and megachurch leader Solomon Kinloch were the top two vote-getters in Tuesday’s nonpartisan primary.

Danville residents and colleagues expressed shock and support after City Councilman Lee Vogler was severely injured in a brutal attack at his workplace Wednesday, where an assailant doused him with gasoline and set him ablaze.

Monday’s City Council meeting saw the Roanoke City Council make a move towards clearing up those city maintenance issues, passing a Line of Credit Bond Anticipation Note - or LOCBAN for short - worth $25 million.

Milan's mayor says he will not step down in the face of a sweeping probe into the city’s massive urban development over the last two decades.

A Roanoke-based business owner wanted to bring his smoke shop to Electric Road in Salem, but city leaders said no. Now, the decision is reigniting questions about how the city enforces its zoning laws and who gets to open shop in Salem.

Dozens of protesters filled the room Monday as Lynchburg’s City Council held a heated budget meeting that sparked debate and left many questions unanswered.

According to a new report, Martinsville’s full-time municipal workers are being underpaid by as much as 12% on average.

Roanoke overspent its budget by more than $ million last fiscal year, and now a newly elected Council is working to restore accountability and prevent it from happening again.

The City of Roanoke will meet today to discuss an amendment to the 2024-2025 annual budget for the Roanoke City Public Schools budget.

A new meals tax hike is leaving a bad taste in the mouths of Roanoke restaurant owners. This week, the City Council approved an increase in the meals tax from 5.5% to 6.5%. Now, some local business owners say the city is taking too big of a bite out of their profits.

Six people in a rural Texas county have been indicted in a widening elections investigation led by Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton.

This week national small business week, and the city of Roanoke is showing its support.

Roanoke City officials are considering an increase on meal taxes as a way to meet the city’s budget needs.

The Mayor of Martinsville responded Thursday after a City Councilman was removed from a meeting last week.

A few months ago, a mayor in Massachusetts was relishing a rare victory over a newspaper for its years of personal attacks.

A Martinsville city councilman spoke out on Thursday afternoon after being removed from a Tuesday night council meeting.

Roanoke City’s recommended budget will be presented to the City Council later today, March 24, at 2 p.m. It will contain several items, from school to street maintenance funding.

A new study found that the Buena Vista community needs to update its zoning codes to address the housing needs the city currently has.

The spotlight is on Roanoke City Public Schools as the district potentially faces millions of dollars in budget cuts.

Roanoke City high schools have a problem with overcrowding, and during a joint meeting between the Roanoke City School Board and the City Council, they plan on tackling this issue.

Roanoke City high schools have a problem with overcrowding, and during a joint meeting between the Roanoke City School Board and the City Council, they plan on tackling this issue.

Earlier tonight, the Lynchburg city council voted to extend the city’s youth curfew.

The City of Roanoke has narrowed its search for a candidate to fill Mayor Cobb’s vacant city council seat.

The first task of the year for Roanoke’s new city council is to fill a vacant seat left open by newly elected mayor Joe Cobb.

The Roanoke City Council gathered for its annual summit earlier today to discuss plans for next year, including housing.

Tenants searching for an apartment in New York City have long been forced to pay thousands of dollars to real estate brokers.

Nick Hagen will be first Republican on Roanoke City Council since 2000.

The 2024 General Election will be held on Nov. 5. You can find results for Salem here.

The 2024 General Election will be held on Nov. 5. You can find results for Radford here.

The 2024 General Election will be held on Nov. 5. You can find results for Martinsville here.

The 2024 General Election will be held on Nov. 5. You can find results for Lynchburg here.

The 2024 General Election will be held on Nov. 5. You can find results for Lexington here.

The 2024 General Election will be held on Nov. 5. You can find results for Danville here.

The 2024 General Election will be held on Nov. 5. You can find results for Covington here.

Roanoke College released its poll for the upcoming races in the Star City Wednesday.

A lot of political changes are coming to Portland, Oregon.

Until next July, city council members will still be paid $23,000, and the mayor makes $25,000.

The changes were proposed to better enable the creation of affordable housing in the city.

The city of Norfolk, Virginia, has repealed a 45-year-old ban on palm reading and clairvoyance for money.

HopeTree proposed selling over half its property to a developer who would build up to 340 residences and several businesses

Roanoke Police Department, Roanoke Sheriff's Office and Roanoke Fire-EMS will receive an average of a 4% raise.

Lynchburg City Council voted Tuesday to set aside $1.6 million to keep Sandusky and T.C. Miller Elementary Schools open for one more year.

City Council adopted the zoning reform changes back on March 19

City Council asked the city manager to find the money to keep Sandusky and T.C. Miller elementary schools open for one more year

T.C. Miller and Sandusky Elementary may remain open for one more year if the city finds the money.

Black immigrants have turned out in the hundreds across from a City Hall, drawing attention to racial inequities in the city’s shelter and immigrant support systems.

The rural city of Grants Pass in southern Oregon has become the unlikely face of the nation’s homelessness crisis as its case over anti-camping laws goes to the U.S. Supreme Court.

NYPD officers will have to record the race of people they question under new police transparency law.

New York City’s mayor has vetoed bills aimed at banning solitary confinement in city jails and requiring more transparency in police encounters with civilians.

Roanoke police say crime is down from last year. They recently presented numbers to City Council and shared how they are working with organizations to make sure crime is down all across the city.

Funding concerns prompted an audit of the Gun Violence Prevention Commission in 2023.

New York City lawmakers have passed a bill meant to ban solitary confinement in the city’s jails.

The two bus shelters will be built along Blue Hills Drive.

Councilman Marty Misjuns was censured during Tuesday night's city council meeting.

The Jefferson Center is asking City Council for over $6 million to keep the nearly 100 year old center up and running.

The Jefferson Center is asking City Council for over $6 million to keep the nearly 100 year old center up and running.

The lawyer for a small Kansas newspaper raided by police last month said he believes officers didn't follow the search warrant's requirements to only seize computers believed directly involved in suspected identity theft.

One of the reporters who works at the small Kansas newspaper that was raided by authorities earlier this month filed a federal lawsuit against the police chief Wednesday.

Newly released video shows the 98-year-old mother of a Kansas newspaper publisher confronting police officers as they searched her home in a raid that has drawn national scrutiny.

The resolution would essentially cease city government communications and training in relation to 'racism' and 'sexism' concepts.

Activists have announced an effort to force a referendum that would allow Atlanta voters to decide whether the construction of a proposed police and firefighter training center should proceed.

A federal jury in Florida has awarded $63.5 million to a pair of businessmen who claimed a city of Miami commissioner used his office to harass them after they supported the commissioner’s political opponent.

The curfew will be enforced from 11 p.m. - 5 a.m. the next day.

Democratic leaders in major U.S. cities are finding themselves politically squeezed when it comes to addressing homelessness.

Five major U.S. cities and the state of California will receive federal help to get unsheltered residents into permanent housing.

A new tax rate in the city have some public services questions what impact it will have on them.

The City Council voted to expand the sale of alcohol to 24/7 inside the casino.

A public hearing was held for the proposed curfew in Roanoke City on Tuesday night.

A new project that will turn the former Viscose plant in Southeast Roanoke into a major development was announced during the Tuesday night City Council meeting.

Reed won the vote over councilman Jeff Helgeson by one vote.

One of the top priorities for Roanoke city council in 2023 is going to be addressing and combatting gun violence in the city.

Los Angeles' new mayor has outlined her vision to turn around a troubled City Hall and restrain an out-of-control homeless crisis in the nation's second-largest city.

Voters in Portland, Oregon, have approved a ballot measure that will overhaul the city's government, spurred by growing concerns over homelessness and a desire to make City Hall more inclusive.

U.S. Rep. Karen Bass has pulled ahead of developer Rick Caruso in their back-and-forth contest to become mayor of Los Angeles.

History is in the making in Roanoke City. A diverse community is now expected to be represented in Roanoke City Hall.

The 2022 General Election will be held on November 8. You can find results for Salem here.

The 2022 General Election will be held on November 8. You can find results for Roanoke here.

The 2022 General Election will be held on Nov. 8. You can find results for Lexington here.

The 2022 General Election will be held on Nov. 8. You can find results for Danville here.

The city of Danville announced that Danville Transit will offer free bus service on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 8.

Lynchburg City Councilman Randy Nelson announced his resignation from council effective at noon on Monday, Nov. 7.

Two of the seven candidates are currently on City Council.

Questions asked to the candidates ranged in topics from economic development to crime in the area.

Nearly a half-century after arson killed 32 people in a New Orleans gay bar, the City Council has renewed the search for the remains of four victims — three of them never identified.

The Roanoke City Council is pushing an incentive forward to increase housing opportunities in the Star City – City leaders approved a $50,000 grant from the Virginia Housing Development Authority during their session Tuesday.

The Roanoke Fire Fighters Association spoke at Monday’s city council meeting to address the proposed Public Safety Pay Plan before the official budget is voted on in May.

Homeless people may soon be banned from sleeping on sidewalks in downtown Roanoke because of a newly proposed ordinance presented at Monday’s City Council meeting.

The 2021 General Election will be held on November 2. You can find results for Galax here.

Minneapolis voters are deciding whether to replace the city’s police force with a new Department of Public Safety.

An 1833 statue of Thomas Jefferson will be removed from New York’s City Council chamber by the end of the year.

Los Angeles leaders have voted to enact one of the nation’s strictest vaccine mandates.

Lynchburg Police are hoping to get the green light on its proposed budget from city leaders Tuesday night.

During a City Council meeting on Tuesday, Wynter Benda was appointed as city manager.

The Danville City Council approved its $280 million budget without and tax or rate increases for citizens.

A video that shows a portion of a recent deadly police shooting in Portland, Oregon, has circulated on social media and evening news broadcasts.

LYNCHBURG, Va. – Lynchburg residents have the chance to attend a public hearing on March 30 and express their thoughts over the city’s budget. One major item is a possible increase in real estate taxes. Preston said his valuation went up 16%, and he’s already paying about $1,100 a year. This comes as the city council considers raising real estate taxes because Lynchburg’s total assessment went up to $428 million. “For the city government to now come in and say, ‘okay, we’re going to add an extra burden, another $4.2 million of tax increase on these citizens and businesses?