Kaitlyn Dillon
Digital Producer
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Kaitlyn is a recent graduate of Virginia Tech and a Roanoke native. She joined the WDBJ7 team in March 2023 and is excited to cover her hometown station.
Kaitlyn is the weekend and nightside digital news producer; she creates content for the web and social media.
Kaitlyn received her degree in Communications from Virginia Tech in December 2022, majoring in Multimedia Journalism with a minor in sociology. She previously worked for Getty Images through the Emmy’s fellowship program, where she edited photos and created content for the Getty Images social media profiles.
When not at work, she enjoys photography, video games, and playing with her pet corgi.
Please feel free to say hello through email!
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Roanoke Police have arrested two additional suspects for a July homicide in NW Roanoke.
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The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office responded to reports of a breaking and entering Sunday near Eastern Montgomery High School.
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The Virginia State Police is investigating a fatal vehicle versus pedestrian crash that occurred Sunday at 2:30 p.m.
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The girl has been found safe, according to the Amherst County Sheriff’s Office.
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A person was found dead in a car that was fully submerged in Claytor Lake on Saturday evening.
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The Blue Ridge Rock Festival has issued a statement amid community outcry.
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Flags will be lowered at sunrise on Monday, September 11, and remain at half-staff until sunset.
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In 2022, over 15 million visitors to the Blue Ridge Parkway spent nearly $1.3 billion in surrounding communities and supported 17,824 jobs according to the National Park Service’s (NPS) report.
A woman has been charged after fatally striking a pedestrian on August 2 in Wise County.
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The Sheriff’s Office is consulting with the Commonwealth’s Attorney’s Office to discuss additional charges.
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The Liberty University Athletics Department shared that an offensive lineman Tajh Boyd, 18, had passed away Sunday.
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Franky Merchan, 28, of Martinsville is charged with 3 counts of malicious wounding and is being held in the Henry County Adult Detention Center without bond.
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The Rockbridge County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a drowning after three bodies were found in the James River at 9:45 a.m. Saturday morning.
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VCRT officers responded reports of a man wanted out of Bedford, Campbell, and Amherst Counties in a store on the 3000 block of Wards Road.
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A Martinsville officer conducted a traffic stop on Evening Star Lane in Henry County when the passenger of the vehicle exited with an AR-15 style rifle.
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The victim has been identified as Christopher Illes Csorba, 33, Roanoke.
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VCU students received an active shooter alert for the Monroe Park Campus Tuesday after a shooting at the Altria Theater.
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Two hikers said they found the bodies in the parking lot early Friday morning.
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Lynchburg Fire Department responded to reports of a pedestrian struck with a car Tuesday night.
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A federal jury convicted a Houston, Texas man last week for trafficking a large number of drugs from Mexico into Southwest Virginia.
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