Updated: 9:08 AM You won't be getting PETA's latest message.

Updated: 9:10 AM Virginia has a plan to spend more than $7 billion improving the roads you travel.

Updated: 9:33 AM Think of it as a commercial on wheels.

Updated: 9:30 AM A colony of rats is kicking a local family out of their home. Building inspectors have condemned a Harrisonburg duplex. But the family says it has nowhere to go.

Updated: 9:34 AM A new report offers some alarming details about a high speed police crash.

Updated: 9:32 AM He's been convicted of rape and murder, but lawyers for Augusta County resident Bobby Wayne Swisher are fighting to stop his execution.

Updated: 9:35 AM Say goodbye to a popular shortcut in Harrisonburg.

Updated: 9:26 AM If you're a hiker, a camper, or you just enjoy a ride along Skyline Drive, this is a wake up call.

Updated: 9:29 AM The DMV hopes to protect your identity by giving your drivers license a new look.

Updated: 9:30 AM One man is in custody Wednesday evening after a standoff with police.

Updated: 11:57 AM She's served the state for nearly a year, and now her reign is coming to an end.

Updated: 11:58 AM Here's a wake up call for drivers of small SUV's.

Updated: 11:59 AM If you or someone you know is looking for work, here's some good news.

Updated: 9:50 AM Two warring football leagues may be the demise of Staunton's youth football program.

Updated: 9:47 AM When it comes to doctor check-ups, parents have a responsibility, too. The Stagner family of Verona learned that the hard way.

Updated: 9:46 AM This is "do or die" week for some Valley farmers.

Updated: 9:40 AM Delays in I-81 improvements could end up costing you.

Updated: 6:35 PM Police are still waiting on the results of an autopsy to determine when and how a Broadway man died over the weekend. Investigators are calling the death "suspicious."

Updated: 10:08 AM It was a very special Father's Day for one local family. A nine-year-old boy from Verona has spent the past year battling cancer. But one particular medical test has revealed some exciting results.

Updated: 10:06 AM What's beneficial for your bones and brings in the bucks? The answer is, milk. Dairy producers in the Valley helped the industry generate more than $1 billion for the state last year. And Saturday, they took the farm to the mall to educate shoppers about their business.

Updated: 3:50 PM Wholesale prices dipped by 0.3 percent in May, on the heels of a record drop registered the month before, underscoring Federal Reserve concerns about the possibility of the country facing an economically dangerous price decline.

Updated: 6:19 PM Gang activity has been cropping up around the Valley. Last week we brought you a story about gang taggings and graffiti in Harrisonburg and Rockingham County. Now authorities have analyzed it and you may be surprised by what it means.

Updated: 2:38 PM David Brinkley, who first gained fame as one-half of NBC's Huntley-Brinkley anchor team and for more than a half-century loomed large in the newscasting world he helped chart, has died at age 82.

Updated: 9:36 AM A Rockingham County convenience store wants an ABC license, but school officials are saying "no." For years, stores in the area have been turned down, but now one of them is going to Richmond with its request.

Updated: 7:39 PM People all over the valley are seeing more snakes this year, and the wet weather isn't helping. Here's what you need to know in case you have a close encounter of the slithery kind.