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Sheriff’s Office investigating vehicle break-ins
ROCKINGHAM COUNTY, Va. (ROCKTOWN NOW) – The Rockingham County Sheriff’s Office is asking the community for information about a string of late-night vehicle break-ins earlier this week in the Belmont subdivision, west of Harrisonburg. Sheriff Bryan Hutcheson told Rocktown Now that the burglaries likely happened between 11 p.m....
Luray High School hosts pre-prom drinking and driving awareness event
LURAY, Va. (WHSV) - The Page County Sheriff’s Office partnered with Luray High School to host an interactive drunk driving awareness event drunk driving awareness event ahead of this weekend’s prom. At the event, juniors and seniors had the chance to drive a golf cart while wearing ‘drunk...
Woman dies after crash in Greensboro on off-ramp to I-40 East, Mount Hope Church Road, police say
GREENSBORO, N.C. (WGHP) — A Virginia woman died after a crash in Greensboro on Wednesday afternoon, according to a Greensboro Police Department news release. At 4:22 p.m., Greensboro police, Greensboro firefighters and Guilford County EMS officials responded to the off-ramp of Interstate-40 East to Mount Hope Church Road when they were told about a crash […]
More Shenandoah Valley residents are experiencing homelessness
The latest point-in-time results come as home prices and rents skyrocket in the region. The number of people experiencing homelessness in the upper Shenandoah Valley increased between 2023 and 2024, according to newly released data. The results of a January count came at an April 11 event by the Western...
World War II planes displayed at SHD
WEYERS CAVE, Va. (WHSV) - In the 1940s, the U.S. was climbing out of the great depression and airplanes were developing rapidly. With the world at war, each country was competing to make the fastest, most durable and strongest planes to have the advantage against their enemies. Those planes served...
Route 259 bridge to be renamed in honor of Vietnam soldier
ROCKINGHAM COUNTY, VA (Rocktown Now) — The newly-renovated Route 259 bridge in northern Broadway has been renamed to honor a Rockingham County soldier who died in Vietnam. The Board of Supervisors unanimously agreed that the bridge on West Lee Street, near Hillyard Middle School, will now be known as the William M. Pangle Bridge.
United Way awards grants to six organizations
HARRISONBURG, Va. (WHSV) -United Way of Harrisonburg and Rockingham County awarded its Community Impact Grant to six organizations. Executive Director Amanda Leech said United Way was specifically looking at organizations that provide important services to the ALICE population. ALICE stands for Asset, Limited, Income Constrained, Employed. Leech said the ALICE...
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