WFIR News Express 3-8-24

A 19-year-old woman and a 16-year-old boy from Roanoke County have been arrested in connection with a robbery on Wednesday in the 63 hundred block of Peters Creek Road we have been telling you about. Governor Youngkin says budget negotiators not including funds for a sports and entertainment venue in Northern Virginia is a mistake. At last night's State of the Union address reproductive rights were on President Biden's agenda - and Virginia's junior US Senator brought a special guest with him to help drive that point home. Vice President Kamala Harris reportedly met with Benny Gantz, a member of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s war cabinet, to discuss a ceasefire. Residents are being asked to avoid Buck Mountain Road in Roanoke County today during an active threat training being conducted by county police.