A group of protesters continues to pressure 6th District U.S. Rep. Ben Cline to hold a town hall with them; he has yet to agree.

Roanoke prosecutor John McNeil is running for commonwealth’s attorney, meaning Don Caldwell, the longest serving commonwealth’s attorney in the state, plans to retire.

Roanoke’s political and legal establishment is reeling after a deadlocked City Council said it couldn’t agree on who should become its seventh member.

Battle lines are being drawn over who will fill the remaining two years of Roanoke Mayor Joe Cobb’s vacant City Council seat.

David Bowers has until Monday to request a recount, though an analysis of recounts nationwide shows it's unlikely to change the outcome.

New data show how well candidates for mayor and City Council performed across Roanoke’s diverse neighborhoods.

The city’s electoral board must certify the final results by Friday, but a recount may be likely.

It could take another week before Roanoke residents learn who their next mayor is.

Republican Nick Hagen and Democrats Terry McGuire and Phazhon Nash represent a wave of younger leaders elected to Roanoke City Council.

For City Council, Democrats Terry McGuire and Phazhon Nash lead the field, with the third open seat statistically close.

The poll gauged voters on various local issues, including on reforms that ended single-family-only zoning and potential development of Evans Spring.

Three candidate forums in the last week were marked by feisty exchanges over policy and groan-inducing remarks on racism.

Some prominent Roanoke Democrats are showing support for independent Evelyn Powers over Democrat Benjamin Woods.

None of the candidates has been elected to City Council before, and many found common ground in attacking the status quo.

Evelyn Powers is running for City Council as an independent, while Jamaal Jackson dropped out Tuesday, hours before polls closed in a Democratic primary.

Andrew Cochran, who's served as Roanoke's voter registrar since 2013, says he will retire in September.

Despite last week announcing his withdrawal from the race, Jamaal Jackson has not given formal notice to elections officials about the June 18 contest.